Chapter 1: Symptoms

December 21st, 1995. 2:10 AM. 23 degrees.

Alex Grey Sits on a train in the subway. He takes out a pack of cigarettes and smokes.

Alex: Mind: it's damn colder than it was last night...

Alex looked around the subway to find drunk business people and teens kissing each other.

Disgusting he thought. He blows out the smoke and sighed. One of the business people walks up to him and sits across from him. Alex looks up.

Alex: Need something?

The person shakes his head. The person didn't seem to be drunk and he probably needed to walk away from his drunk co-workers.

Alex: So what's your name?

Person: my name is asher. I know yours is Alex because you are well known around here.

Alex nods to what he said and sighs. Alex stands up.

Alex: Well my stop is here. See you next time asher.

Asher: And one more thing. Make sure to control it... Don't let it control you...

Alex: Ok?

The train stops at a station and he got off. He walked onto the cold and bitter streets. The streets are always flooded with drunk people late at night. He walks into an abandoned building and went down to the basement. This Is his home. He closes and locks the door. He sits on his bed coughing and rubbing his eyes. He was tired and sick from his last case.

Alex: I probably need some medicine...

Alex gets up and walks weakly to his bathroom coughing more. He grabbed his pills and swallowed 2 of them. He then walks back to his bed and laid down. He wipes off the black ooze coming from his nose with his eyes closed then drifting off to his sleep. He then woke up on a beach, but not just any normal beach. The sand was dark grey and hard. The sky was looming grey. There were black rocks coming out of the white water. Then he saw a figure in the distance.

Alex: Hello?

Alex walks toward the figure weakly as he keeps coughing. When he was close enough, He saw the face of the figure. No mouth, big white eyes, a shadow black face with black hair with a slim body.

Alex: who *cough* are *cough* you!?

The figure looks at him and walks to him. Alex tries to back away but he couldn't as he can't move. The figure got to his face and stared at him which seemed like forever. Then the figure hold its head and screamed.

Figure: WaKe uP! wAkE UP! WAKE UP!!!

Alex wakes up terrified and stood up without hesitation. He runs to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Under his nose was black ooze. His hands were shaking as he wipes the ooze off. Then his head starts hurting. He falls to the ground not able to move. His vision was shaky and the world around him was disappearing.

Alex: mind: a-am I dying?

Then the world....turned black and white.

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