The Other One(STOPPED WRITING)

Chapter 57: We've met...

I'm running.
Running through a forest.
I don't know where I'm going, but I'm terrified. I can't stop running.
I can hear shouting, getting closer to me.
My running gets faster.
Where am I?
Where am I even going?
Why am I even here?
What's happening?
I'm running so fast, I can't even realize my surroundings.
*crack*
A twig breaks, near me. But I didn't break it.
I hesitate, standing still for a moment.
But I shouldn't. I have to keep running.
So I do.
Someone left a file sitting around. Someone with Hydra.
I found the truth. Some of it, at least.
It was horrible. And I don't even know how I escaped.
But now, they were chasing me.
And all I could do, is run.
I kept this mask over my face, for protection.
It felt like armor.
And it made me feel as though I could hide from everything I've actually done.
I don't know what I've ever even done. I just know it couldn't be good.

I keep running.
I won't stop, not ever-
Suddenly, there's no ground beneath me.
Water.
I'm surrounded by water.
It was some sort of lake or river.
And I can't swim.
Helpless, I wave my arms up and down.
Desperate to get out of this. Would this be my death? I didn't want to die, yet. Sure, my life wasn't so great. But maybe I could change it.
My breathing gets heavy and fast paced, as my head slowly reaches the water.
"HELP." I manage to let out, before my body is underwater. It didn't do much, considering this mask muffled my voice.
Would I die?
I didn't try to move. It'd only make things worse. Maybe, this death wouldn't be so terrible.
But it probably would.
I didn't know much about death, nor the world anymore.
But I wanted a life.
And now, I wouldn't get that.
I breathe in some water, drowning now.
I struggled to get air. I was desperate for air.
It felt as though I was choking. This mask didn't help, either.
My eyes, almost closed.
But before they did, I could see a hand reaching down for me.
It was probably Hydra. But it didn't seem like it.
I couldn't tell, though.
My eyes shut closed.
....

It felt like minutes, before my eyes shot open.
Quickly, I sit up, taking off my mask.
Immediately, I'm coughing up water.
I was alive?
I was alive.
But not with Hydra?
It was dark, and hard to see.
I was still in the forest, just not the same part of the forest as before.
I look around.
How? How did I get here?
And suddenly, I hear a voice behind me.
It was a deepish voice, but at the same time, it wasn't.
It was a man, I think.
"I was starting to think you were dead." The man says.
Quickly, I put this mask of mine back on my face.
And didn't turn around.
I didn't want to see him.
I didn't want him to see me.
If he knew who I was... or what I did...
I couldn't do that.
This mask protects me. It makes me feel like I can hide away from all of my problems. Like I could hide who I am. And nobody would have to get hurt.
I had to leave, even if he saved me.
I didn't want to hurt him.
"Are you alright?" He asks me.
I wanted to answer him, I did.
But I was afraid if I let the answer out of my mouth, the horrors would never stop.
I feel like if I answered, Hydra could find him too, and kill him, for saving me.
"Ma'am?" He asks.
Ma'am. It sounds so formal.
And I was anything but that.
But, something about his voice was comforting.
I don't know why.
Maybe, I'm just used to getting screamed at.
I decide, since it's dark, to turn around and face him.
With the moonlight, I could only see part of his face.
He had these beautiful bluish-green eyes, but mostly green. And this necklace shined and sparkles so brightly. It was beautiful. It was golden, and it looked like the shape of a snake.
I wondered what he was doing in the forest.
I answer his question, with a simple shake of my head and an, "I don't know."
And I was being honest. No, I wasn't alright. But was I free? I had to run.
So, I did so. I started running.
I can hear him call after me, but it was no use.
As much as I wanted to stay, and feel safe.
I wasn't safe.
I run, again.
This time, running in an opposite direction.
I run for what seems to be an hour, but it's only been minutes.
And just like that, an arm sticks out in front of me, from behind a tree.
And like that, I'm knocked out.
...
I sit up, quickly.
My breathing was fast and heavy, like in the dream.
Except, it was most likely an event that happened.
I escaped once, apparently.
I don't remember how, but I did.
And that man. If only I had stayed with that man, and trusted him, I wouldn't have gone back.
Or maybe, I would've.
Who knows? I shouldn't dwell on what could have been. But, I still do. I do it all the time.