Beyond Heaven and Hell

Chapter 2 - The Man

As the lock started to click, I focused on my breathing so that the idea of me being asleep was more believable. Slowly, the heavy door creaked open. Slow enough for it to seem suspicious. Were they trying to sneak in? or kindly let me rest? Whoever or whatever it was, their aura was soft, soothing my heart rate. Was it the man from my dream? Or reality? Or the bizarre hallucination?

The fear of the unknown prevailed. So, I peeked. It was him, the strange man from earlier. Millions of questions flooded through my head. Who? Why? What does he want? Where on earth am I?

I stretched as I 'woke', hoping I could continue with the sleeping act. The man stopped and looked at me in a caring way. As he glided over to my bed, I tried to move in the other direction, but my body was just too weak. The man then sat softly at the foot of my bed.

''You're awake?'' he whispered with concern.

I fumbled, trying to catch my words I stutter; ''W-what is going on? W-who are you?!''. As flustered as I was, I managed to sound desperate. The strange man looked old but somewhat wise. Damaged but in some way kind. His soft vibes concerned me. He was caring, but then again so was that beautiful woman.

''You are in danger. Lost in the wrong place'' he exhaled as I glared back with concern.

''Just tell me who you are!'' I stressed.

My vision was still blurry, I was still in thedream like state. What was even real? The strange man's aura may have beenangelic, but he was beyond concerned. I started to drift off but was woken byhis movement. He reached for the sheets like a feather as he tried not tostartle me. I tensed up instantly, but he gave me a 'trust me' look with hiscaring eyes. This strange warmth allowed me to trust. Until... I glanced by hishand. There I saw the straps over my ankles bounding me to the bed. Suddenly, Icouldn't breathe, who the hell was this man?!