1 yr old
"Momma."
"JAMES, JAMES!"
Footsteps come running. He kisses her on the lips, gently. I grab his hands.
"Helen?"
He asks, his lab coat still waving from his quick arrival.
"Listen."
"Momma."
A tear streams down his face and my mother holds his cheek. She sighs, still smiling.
"It will be alright, James. He's going to do great things."
"You're right."
He sighs, wiping his face.
"Great things."
3 yrs old
I look up at my dad who's holding my hand, with a cold, grave face.
"Dad-"
"Quiet, Apollo."
He says with a pained expression, staring at the deep hole where the big box was being lowered. My younger self didn't understand.
"Where's Mom?"
I ask. He grips my hand tightly, with shaky breaths.
"Somewhere beautiful, I'm sure."
He smiles, his eyes watering.
"But she'll always be with us in our hearts."
5 yrs old
"Dad, what's going on?"
"Don't worry, Apollo. You're going to keep us all safe. You're saving the world."
My father points at a large object in the sky.
"That is the thing putting us in danger. You're going to stop it.
"Am I going to space?"
I ask, trying to ignore how he told me we're all going to die.
"Not really, but you sure will be a hero."
He motions toward a room and we both enter.
"Will Bingo come?"
My orange and black cat brushes around my feet.
"No, but you'll be just fine without him."
He smiles and takes a deep breath with shiny eyes.
"Dad, why are you crying?"
He shakes his head and wipes his eyes.
"Because I love you, Apollo."
He turns and exits the room closing the door behind him leaving me alone in the white room. I bang on the door that's now sealed shut.
"Dad? DAD?!"
5 yrs old
I wake up in the white room. Everything is empty, normal. I forget my Mum and my Dad and Bingo.
Images flash across my eyes. I see a monster, tearing me apart. I see myself fall off a bridge and suffocate in a forest. Every time it's the same. I wake up in the white room, forgetting everything.
I see myself running, but this time it's different. I tear off the white paper from the walls and roll up one piece, wiping off the blood from my side and scratching into the paper. "Apollo,"
The monster races into the room, roaring at me. I slap the paper back on the wall behind me as I get torn to pieces again.
I open my eyes, back in the white bed in the white room. Bingo the cat sits up on the sheets.
"Bingo, let's go."
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Ficção CientíficaApollo, I don't have much time because it's almost here. Just remember. You need to escape. Get out. Whatever you do, don't trust anyone or give anyone anything that's yours. No matter what they say or how convincing they are, they don't want to hel...
