TF Chapter 21 Awakening
When my consciousness returned to my body from the vision, I didn't expect many things, like being alive and whatnot...with one of them being the pain I was currently experiencing.
My body spasmed at my instinctual reaction as I felt like screaming out, yet, even opening my mouth was a strenuous endeavor. It was like every cell in my body, even the brain, was screaming at me for something I had no idea of!
When such a massive amount of pain overwhelmed me, my body took the best course of action, knocking me out!
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Once again I awoke, this time in less pain than previously. I could barely handle the feedback from my cells, so I didn't pass out, instead, I struggled to open my eyes and to turn on my back. The sensation of my face on something sticky made me hurriedly choose such a course of action. Damn! My arms are in too much pain! What happened?
I pushed myself by my right palm, barely managing to give my back a turn on the warm stone floor. The pain had made such a simple task exhausting. I breathed out, trying to settle my nerves.
"Danny! Bora!" I called out, trying to be as loud as possible, yet my voice came out as a whisper. I really needed a glass of water or something.
"It looks like our Nathan is finally back." Danny's voice entered my ears accompanied by footsteps. The fighting appeared to have ended. Though, many questions were still swimming in my mind even as I pursed my lips to prevent myself from screaming out on pain.
"Easy there! I suggest you don't try anything else as your body has just been through something strenuous. I doubt even I have ever had my muscles that active!" Danny's words seemed to suggest something and I could feel a faint fear within, as if he had just encountered something terrifying.
"What happened?" I finally managed to get my voice out, my eyes focussing on the ceiling of the stone room. If I wasn't in a lot of pain, I would have been immensely surprised by the red splotches marring the grey stone. But that still begged the question, what had happened? Why was I still alive? And most importantly, why was I in such intense pain? Surely someone chocking the air out of you couldn't lead to such pain, right?
That was most definitely dried blood on the ceiling. Had someone died?
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"Its a very long, epic and entertaining story. It was like you had become possessed or something!" Danny exclaimed in both fear and excitement as his face finally entered my vision.
"It was scary." Bora's voice for some reason made me feel happy that she was alive, not that I'd wanted her dead! Its good that they were both still alive.
"My mind went into the vision this time, when I was on the verge of death." I spoke slowly and quietly, as even straining my voice by raising it an octave caused intense pain.
"Really! That explains your previous state!" Danny's blue eyes shined. Isn't he a bit too excited considering the current situation?
At this time, Bora's face entered my vision. The thin face was now marred with an expression bordering on exhaustion. The battle must have been hard on her. If I hadn't been in this condition, I would have been thanking her and apologising for being weak, but that could wait.
The two were both crouching low, their faces almost taking up the most of my vision, something I would have been dissatisfied about previously, but now I only found it comforting that they cared.
"You slaughtered everyone...well, I don't believe its the current you...it was like you were possessed by something..." She tried to explain, but couldn't, her expression morphing into that of someone doing intense brain work.
But me!? A weakling!? Slaughtering everyone!? Wasn't that absurd?!
I moved my gaze to Danny's face, trying to gauge if Bora was playing a joke on me yet only saw the guy nodding intensely in acknowledgement.
Really?! Could it be that something had hijacked my body while I was experiencing the vision? What could it have been? I pondered while feeling that the pain was receding, even if a bit too slow for my liking.
"You should rest up for now. It would be better if you only learnt of the full details later." Advised Bora after which her face left my vision.
"Yeah. Thanks for saving us by the way...though you probably have no idea." Danny's face also left my vision leaving me staring at the red stains on the ceiling in thought.
Had I really killed everyone? I really wanted to move my head, turn it to the side, but that would only make it even more painful for me.
It was really miraculous how I was lamenting my own weakness in the illusory vision, yet here in reality, my two closest pals are insinuating that I had slaughtered all those who had attacked us. The world really was mysterious!
Though, that also begged the question, why did I manage to enter the vision alone this time, without linking with the two? And why? What was the entity that had taken control of my body? Was it trustworthy? And most importantly of all, how did I manage to slaughter everyone when my nano suit was a generation older?
As I pondered all those questions, my mind once again sank into the pool of unconsciousness due to now feeling the tiredness of my body which had been covered up by the sensation of pain.
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I had a dream where my body was moving with the ferocity of a warrior, wielding a sword that could turn into a long string with just a thought on my part. I was cutting down foes like mowing grass. It was bizarre! In this dream, I appeared to have been very skilled in combat, with my faceless opponents failing to even last a single second.
'How I wish I were that strong!'