【ＨＩＲＡＥＴＨ】- 𝒥. 𝒦𝒶𝒽𝓃𝓌𝒶𝓁𝒹

Ｔｈｅ ｍａｎ

Our feet makes a loud noise against the floor, echoing off the dark walls in the hospital. Our hands are still linked, shoulders brushing at every step we take, our eyes fixated on the door on the end of the hall. Mikkel.

We reach the door, and Jonas open it, pushing it open. Suddenly he stop, making me crash into his back with a painful wince. I peek around him, blood running cold as i see the priest sitting on the chair beside a sleeping Mikkel. Jonas grip me tighter, and the man slowly raise his gaze. First they connect with Jonas, and then they meet mine.

My eyes narrow as he stare into my eyes, something familiar with him that i can't pinpoint "Who are you?" Jonas question, making the man snap his gaze to him, before he raise his pointerfinger and puts it over his lip, shushing us quietly.

Suddenly the door creak from behind us, and a pair of arms are thrown around both Jonas and i, pressing clothe with a weird chemical smell against our mouth and nose. I make a sound of surprise, my shoulder squished with Jonas who goes limp just before my vision begins to darken, the last thing i'm seeing being the priest's eyes.

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I blink, dizziness making my world spin as i'm met with Jonas's worried gaze. Suddenly i remember what had happened, sitting up quickly with an alarmed expression, my heart beating quickly. "w-what the fuck" I whisper shout, Jonas gripping me tight as we scan the room in horror. A chair is in the middle, looking straight out of a medieval torture movie. The walls are adorned in a wallpaper, toys placed around and no windows anywhere, along with a metal door.

Jonas pull me up, and i stand as close to him as possible, my breathing erratic. "There's no need to be afraid" A voice speaks from a hatch in the door that is slid open. It sounds familiar, and as i try to think of where i've heard it before, Jonas rush forward, banging on the door. "Hey! Hey! Hey! What's this supposed to be!? What is this!?" He shouts. I step closer as well. "Let us out!" I plead,peeking through, seeing the man that stopped us by the hospital, Lillith behind him. I feel tears in my eyes.

"Lillith?" I whisper, just as Jonas shout. "Why did you lock us in here!?" Lillith stares at me with a look full of remorse. "It wasn't us. It was Noah" My world comes crashing down, the familiraty i couldn't pinpoint suddenly clciking. "Noah?" I whimper. Jonas sends me a confused look before he realize too. "Your father" Lillith confirm, smiling sadly. Tears slip from my face, but i quickly begin slamming my fist into the door again.

"Let us out!" Jonas join me. "What is this!? Where are we!?" We don't get any proper response at all, but the two in front of us share a look. "This is a kind of prototype of a time machine. You're the guinea pig, the passage under the cave lies directly under this bunker. If opened, the energy flows through this room-" I glance back at the chair in horror, lower lip trembling as i shake, Jonas holding me against him although he is afraid as well. "-But it needs to be increased. No Delorean. No hissing or steam. The first time machine is a bunker with four walls. But it still doesn't quite work" He explain.

"Let us out, please?" I whimper, my eyes welling with more frightened tears. The man stares at us in pity. "I can't. It's the only way for things to be normal again" He whisper. I feel more confusion, realazing that he is similiar in a way to Jonas. "Who are you?" I ask susipisciously, voice shaking as i stare at him wide eyed, Jonas looking at the man curiously too, but dread is clear on his face.

"You don't know?" the stranger question. I narrow my eyes, Jonas shaking his head as he keep eye contact with the stranger. "the letter. You burned it. And yet it still exists. You'll carry that letter for almost 33 years before you pass it on" Jonas has gone so still i'm concerned, tears running from one of his eyes as he blink. He clutches me tighter. "-To yourself" the stranger state. It finally clicks, and i take a few steps back "I am you" The stranger confirm, staring into Jonas's eyes as Jonas look at him in shock, Lillith standing behind the man with a worried expression