Telephus

The Awakened Sleep

21 year old Telephus was finally able to join the army. He always wanted to protect his people and whatever he stood for. The issues with Sparta were getting worse and worse as time flew by and famine was starting due to the Greek Civil war. Alliances were questionable and so were the truces. 

Due to a Truce they sent over a hunting squad to get food for the population and Telephus decided to participate since he was not needed in the defense lines. He wanted to feed his own family. His mother sick and his father, a general in the front lines, with his fate yet unknown.

It was the day. Telephus and 10 other men were gathered up, given the hunting tools they needed and went outside to hunt. They had quite the successful catch. Deer after deer, boar after boar, rabbit after rabbit. It was Spring and a lot of the animals came out of their hiding spots for food.

As time flew by, Telephus and the men settled down for the night on a camp. They made a bonfire and sat around it to celebrate the motherload of hunt they have succeeded in a matter of a few hours. As the sun had gone and moon took its' place and as it was dark around, a few moments later there was rustling in the woods. The men stood silent as they looked around. The rustling became more and more loud and they could spot figures flying from one tree to another. The general of the group shouted "TURTLE FORMATION"

Telephus and the men gathered up with their weapons and shield in a circle as the figures made themselves visible. Strange men and women with masks depicting animals such as goats and sheep and their eyes were dark. They engaged on the soldiers who were defending but to no avail with a few swings the soldiers fell one after another and it was Telephuse's turn to fight as he went to stab one of the figures fighting a fellow soldier. The figure however managed to grab his sword with it's bare hands leaving Telephus shocked and then punching him with the other.

The punch was so abnatural that it penetrated Telephus'es helmet and made him fall paralyzed to the floor and unconsious.

As Telephus Faded away he could hear the soldiers still fight with those assasins. His eyes were slowly shutting down and his fate left unknown.

What felt like moments later he woke up inside a strange place. It was what felt like a temple wih two towers. One of them was where he was. The other was a strange figure standing and looking at the moonlight. It was fully dark with dark angelic wings resting behind it's back. 

Around the temple was nothing but darkness and ambient noises of wind blowing. Then the silence was broken by a male voice. It was heavy and it could be heard all around the temple.

"Youre here" Said the figure

"Who are you? what is this place?" Asked Telephus

"I am the thing you see when you close your eyes. The fear that emits through your nightmares. Some say I am the nightmare itself."

"I dont understand" Answered telephus confused not standing on his two legs. There was a bridge between Telephus and the figure. 

"I am he comes out at night because the sun burns. Stripped from what mortals call the beauty of life. I am Hypnose's brother.  I am Phobetor." He answers.

"This doesnt make any sense. Why am I here? Where are my brothers? What did you do to them and what was that ambush in the woods?" 

"Don't worry. They are in a good place." Says Phobetor as he stands up from where he was sitting from and turning his body towards Telephus. He was 2 times taller than a normal human. He was slender though his face wasnt visible. It was what one could describe as blurry. It was manifesting fast and sometimes it didnt make any sense. First it was people that Telephus knew and then it was faceless. Then it was other things Telephus had never seen before.