Gexo XXX Days

Scream

"You need to see her."
The nurse told me while I was thinking whether I am even alive anymore or
not. I looked at my right hand and my ribs and they were fine. What is
happening to me? There was only one way to know all the answers I had in
my mind. That girl... I mean, that's what I thought.
I entered the room and she was laying on the bed, looking at the window
on the other side. "Hey" I knocked.
She turned and looked at me. Her eyes were green and she had the perfect
chisel jawline with a precise face cut. For a moment, I forgot all the
questions I had in my mind.
"What?" She asked.
I replied in an instant, "uh... nothing. How's you doing?"
To be honest she was in the worst condition.
She looked away and replied, "what do you think?"
"I think it's pretty bad." I sat down on the chair next to her bed.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I am Laita.. you?"
"I am Badger. Remember me? I was at the Gravil-Avil yesterday"
"Stubborn guy who stole my reserved seat. How can I forget you?"
I am not really good at making conversations so I decided to leave her be.
"I will let you have some rest. My mom was calling me and she is really
freaked out right and i
I need to go home ASAP."
I told her.
She didn't reply. I stood up and walked towards the gate.
As I was leaving, she said, "Why did you save me?"
I turned around and answered, "I didn't save you. All i did was to send you
to the hospital nothing else."
"Life is a hell."
"What?"
"Nevermind. Thank you for taking me here." And then she smiled.
I thought I knew what she was talking about but I wasn't sure.
My phone buzzed one more time. It was mom, perhaps.
"I'm coming mom, on my way." And then i hung up.
I was really pissed because i had to repeat everything. I had no idea what
was actually going on with me? Am i dead? Is this some kind of my
personal hell? These sort of questions were spinning in my mind. I got out
of the hospital and grabbed a taxi just like yesterday, or maybe today, I
don't know.
At least I wasn't damaged today.
I reached the apartment and my mom was not at the reception centre.
She was standing outside near the front gate. I paid off the taxi and then I
hugged her.
"Where were you Badger? I was really worried about you. What were you
doing at the hospital?" She asked.
"There was an accident involving a girl last evening and I was the one who
carried her to the hospital. I was exhausted so I decided to sleep there as
well." Having no other option, I told her the truth.
"Thank god you are safe."
Yeah... today. I whispered in my mind
"You have also missed your schools without any notice and I really want to
know the reason. Are you sick or anything? We will go to the doctor
today..."
"MOM!" I interrupted her. "Give me a break okay? I am already tired and
encountering that accident made my mind even more sick and I need
some rest. At least lets go to my room and we
talk everything you wanna talk about. Plus, I want your pancakes. I really
missed it."
"Yeah, I am sorry sweetheart. Let's go." And we both started walking into
the apartment. After few minutes, we were standing on my door. Then i
realized I didn't see Mr. Charles today. Neither at the reception centre nor
at his room. I looked at his doorstep and it had a lock on it. Is Mr. Charles
ok? Did he go to the hospital to check on her mother again? Maybe. I
unlocked the door and once more i was in my room. In the last several
hours, everything was repeating itself with some variations but one thing
was common between yesterday's version and today verison of today, that
my room was in the same condition in both versions. What was yesterday
anyway? I still don't know.
"Go and take some rest Badger. I will cook some pancakes for you after
taking a shower." "Sure mom."
But I really was not in the mood to sleep because I wanted to know the
truth. So the first thing I did to reach the conclusion was to go for a walk in
the City Centre Lake just like yesterday. I took a shower and then me and
mom ate her best pancakes in the world together and then I told my mom
about my city lake plan and she allowed me to go.
Only if I had known what I was going to experience in that lake today, I
would've never gone there.
I had never been to the city lake before because of the lack of time. But I
actually did yesterday but was it real or not. Who knows. As I stepped out of
the taxi and looked at it, it was all the same. Peaceful. Quiet. Green. It is
heaven on earth. The perfect place you could ever ask for. I laid down near
a pond. It was 1400 hours and I had some time to take a rest from the
mystery going on with me. I don't want to sleep this time. I am scared to
sleep and i don't think i will be sleeping anymore. This is where it all begins.
Sleep. So I just started scrolling my phone. After 3 hours it started to get dark and I decided to go home. As I stood up
I heard a scream. It was the voice of a man in his 40s. It was loud. Loud as
he was screaming with all the energy he had in himself. Then there was
silence. The Scream came out once again. This time, it came from the left
side of the lake and then shifted into the right. It was not an echo, but
more like the sound was shifting from one place to another, probably
because the centre lake had too many trees and the sound might be
diverging.
I ran towards an empty place to hear the voice and follow it to its origin.
The scream was louder the third time and it was coming from the pond's
side. I followed the sound. The scream was constant this time. I was
running with all the power I had in me. The scream was getting louder and
louder as I was approaching it. Through the passage of time it was also
getting darker and I was unable to see anything clearly now. But I kept
running. The scream was too loud this time and I thought I was close to
finding out who it was until it stopped all of a sudden. I stopped and
looked around the lake. It's a dead silence. Like a pin drop. I can hear the
sound of my breath.
I am sweating badly and looking around everywhere. It is dark and I can't
see anything properly. All of a sudden I hear the same scream again but it
was right in front of me. It was coming from almost 1 inches away from
me. I lost my balance and fell down. I was numb and couldn't move but i
gathered my guts and started running. As i was leaving the lake i started
hearing the sound of a woman, a man, a child coming from all around the
lake. I closed my eyes and kept running. I ran and ran until i reached the
exit gate of the lake. I don't know when I left the lake and was running on
the road now. I don't know what is going on around me anymore. All i am
thinking is to reach the apartment as soon as possible and eventually i
arrived. I was panting badly and I tried to catch my breath. I entered the lift
and pressed for the 25th floor. I am all sweaty. I can't hear anything. My
breathing rate is faster than any athlete right now. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
And now... 25. I was finally here.
I knocked at my doorstep and mom opened it. She was kinda worried. But
not more than me. She hugged me tightly right after opening the door.
"Oh thank god you are alright Badger." She was almost crying. "I was really
worried about you going to the park."
"Mom, I'm fine. What happened? Why are you crying?"
"You didn't hear? Oh dear. Poor Mr. Charles was found dead."
"WHAT? WHEN? WHAT HAPPENED?" It was a literal shock for me.
"After you left the apartment he came here. He was on his leave today so
he went fishing at the city centre lake. But there was a fire in the lake and there were many casualties. I was worried about you so much. Thank god
you are safe. Thank god."