A.L.E.N - Between Shadows (Chapter 2)

Act 28

However, it was a bit too late, as someone else was already there at Robert and Julie's house, where the door was smashed down. He walked around with a pocket knife in his pocket; it was Alen.

The little dog Lex was barking at Alen from the stairs, making those cute little sounds of Lex barking, growling, and whimpering.

However, as Alen looked at him, he raised his hand up, tried to pat him, and, as close as possible, placed it in front of the puppy's nose.

Lex was suspicious but also curious as he smelled it a little bit, and then he looked at Alen, feeling sleepy, and Lex's head was placed down. He fell asleep because Alen had a bit of liquid on his bandage.

As Alen changed his bandage from his hand, he saw his burn scars on his hand, reminding him of the incident that happened, and he started to breathe loudly in panic as he started to see fire, until a sweet little whisper of a little boy with green and blue eyes and black hair, who appeared out of nowhere, said to him, "Don't worry, it will go away. Just close your eyes," she says, smiling at the expression on the boy's face as she gets closer to Alen.

Then Alen looks at Michael, surprised, as Michael raises his arms and replies, "You seem surprised, little brother. Well, I must say, you are unique and blinded by your own feelings. Especially the one for Lena," as Michael walks around, "I never thought that she would fall for it, you," and laughs about it, "Oh Alex!" and Alen slowly tries to get up and punch Michael in the face, but it is impossible because Michael has been dead since that fire accident at the hospital in the 87s.

Michael just laughed at Alen and how he tried to hit Michael but couldn't. "C'mon, Alex! Try to hit me, c'mon!" Michael is having a fun time with Alen as he teleports from one place to another.

As Alen started to get tired, he breathed loudly, trying to still stand up, and Michael gave him a close-lipped smile and said to him, "I always knew it. You lost your mind completely, Alex. And if this is already at an advanced level, imagine what you will do when you lose total control," and Michael approaches Alen and whispers, "You let loose everything. It's just the beginning until you get full of your world, where you never ever leave again. You will be trapped in your own fantasy, Alex, and nobody will be able to help you."

Alen looks down, and Michael continues to tease, "To be true, nobody wants to help you because they are afraid of you and your illness; that is why you have been so alone for many years." As Michael was face-to-face with Alen, "It hurts, doesn't it? No one cares about you, Alex. No one. Not even your own sons or Hannah. Because they think you are some sort of monster," and Alen was so quiet with all those thoughts as he came to a conclusion.

And as Michael steps back, he finishes up his talk by saying, "Get real, Alex. I mean, look around! Forget about Alexander Walf, and show them the real you! This is the time to stop hiding and show them what you are capable of. Alex, or should I say now, Alen?" and Michael disappeared with a laugh out of thin air, and Alen got it together and looked around.

Alen shakes his head and goes to the stairs, where he gently and carefully picks up the puppy.

He then goes to one of the bedrooms and places the little dog on the bed.

Then, finally, Alen found the book of A.W., also known as Alexander Walf. Alen picked it up and left some sort of letter inside the pages.

He looked around, and before he got out of there, he spotted a few flyers on the table beside the Halloween event that would happen at the school and took one with him.