Episode 0.5

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“Finally the last chapter is done”.

I breathe out a long sigh then look into the screen of my dual core laptop. Excitement rig throughout my frame but it didn’t last long before fatigue overtook me in just a matter of seconds. I move the mouse pointer onto the print option on the desktop as the mini printer hums into life. Getting up from my seat I scan around my small apartment, though small it is quite spacious in some ways. I give out a silent yawn before proceeding directly into the bath. This book, no, these books don’t need to read by anyone only the chosen 16 have a chance of finding it and also understanding it’s context. I enter the small bath and turn on the shower choosing cold water over the rather

famous hot water option. The cold droplets make my muscles ache giving it a numbing feel that I enjoy it no other way. A little near 4 minutes I turn off the shower before proceeding towards the sink, I halt in my tracks still unable to get used to the person staring at me the mirror. I know it is my own reflection yet still I hardly trust it since it also reveals the changes that has occurred over the years. The change between the me of now in 2022 and the one in 2017...yet there is one thing that makes me remember that day as both the happiest and saddest time in my lifespan. I still have a letter still imprinted even though for 5 years I haven’t touched it I still can’t shake it off no matter what I do. The promises I had made in past are the ones I strive harder to keep not those I just seem to make on a whim.

“My challenge has been accepted “

I muttered out the words silently as though I wasn’t the only one in the room. Quickly I brush my teeth then dress up into my usual one way clothes which consists of a black top, a dark jeans to match up then a glove to cower my right hand(a habit I cannot stop). After dressing I pack and arrange the newly printed sheets together all 16 sheets in total into a brown folder. As I make an exit the apartment I pause taking in all the air and the world at once. For a minute everything seemed to be in my favor which obviously gives me a feeling of deja vu. It makes me uncomfortable because all that means is that one giant storm of bad luck with my name on it is waiting for me along the path to my destination. I make my way to the exit of the house then I stop at the appearance of someone. There is a pause in my tracks because of fear, fear of the unknown. A person I have never laid eyes upon but had the power to intrigue a person like me who never really gives a damn about anything, a sense of familiarity calmed down my nerves for a bit. The person comes in the image of a boy but I couldn’t really sense any boyish thing about, for a second I thought he was a homosexual rapist. His features I couldn’t commit to memory no matter how many times I tried because every time I study them all would vanish but one part remains as an exception he or whatever he is can’t be trusted. He smiled and I remained indifferent to it as though ignoring him completely.

“How are you”

The boy asked and draws himself closer as I retreat backwards.

“Go away”

I make a run for the gates but he somehow makes it before me. He raises both his arms into the air as a sign of having no evil intention and he tilts his head to the side in a way a girl would do.

“I mean no harm, you see”

He said

“Tough sell from a girl in the disguise of a boy”

I stare at his from his head to toe as I take out my phone and dial the emergency number of the police without warning.

“You won’t call the police on a girl

I attach the phone to my ear before he could finish allowing me to miss some words he had uttered, it takes me second to realize the call wasn’t going through somehow.

“Told you”

His image revert from a boy into a girl whose supernatural looks felt surreal even in person.

My jaw goes slack when I took notice of the time, it was unmoving as if stuck because of the girl’s mere presence. Her eyes give off a golden glint that exude an imperious and holy

to nothing yet everything.

”What are you?”

I asked

“Why is someone like you talking to me”

I move back slightly because I know someone so pure shouldn’t be meeting with a person like me one so afflicted with since and even dared to lay a challenge to the Supreme Being Himself.

“I come to you with a warning”

She said with a tone more serious than before her blank face makes me shiver inside, I don’t like the words she spoke just now.

“I can not let you pass”

She looked almost tearful which comes as a huge surprise from a person who is almost like a deity herself.

“Why...for...what reason must I believe you”

I know this a stupid this to say to a celestial being void of sin but I ask because everything in this world has a flaw...no one is perfect.

“Because your death awaits you on your journey”

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