Whispers in the Void

2

"Yes, I know what you are. A wanderer between realms." 

In the profound silence, I recall the strange feeling I had before entering my room. Something was troubling me deeply, an ancient memory I had chosen to forget. 

"You were brought here against your will, weren't you?"

"Do you think this place is your reality? You were brought here by force, I've been here for a long time..."

"So I guessed right, huh?"

He doesn't respond, leaving me with my thoughts. I had a sense of déjà vu. The shiver down my spine, the rapid pulse, and blurry eyes... I've felt this before, a long time ago. My mind was boiling, images unleashed, trying to reconstruct themselves into a coherent story but remaining blurred. I sit on a chair nearby and close my eyes.

"WAKE UP!" a powerful voice shouts, but it's not the tall man's voice. It's my voice. I open my eyes and find myself in another room, far from a hotel. I look around, still feeling the déjà vu. I raise my hand in front of me and realize this isn't real, it's just a memory. I hear a loud noise and flinch slightly before hiding behind a small, rickety cupboard. I hear footsteps coming up the stairs and I am shocked to see a little girl, about 5-6 years old, with red, teary eyes. She stops in front of her room, trembling and breathing heavily. Eventually, she opens the door, and an intensely sweet fragrance fills the rest of the house. The little girl mumbles something, but it's not intelligible. That little girl was me, after my mother, who had raised me, died. That was the moment I first entered the void. Then I realized, closed my eyes, and returned to the hotel where the tall man awaited.

"I brought you here, didn't I? I trapped you between realms a long time ago."

"You brought me here? And you can't get me out?"

The tall man appeared like lightning next to me, enveloping me in a heavy, cold shadow that sent shivers of uncertainty through me.

"If you can't get me out of here, you're useless to me."

"I'm sorry, but I don't even know how to get out myself, but I promise we'll find a solution."

"A solution? I've waited long enough not knowing how I ended up here, and here you are, a mere girl who thinks she can escape my wrath? Huh, you have quite the courage for a simple human."

"If you want to get rid of me, do it, but do you have any guarantee that you'll get out of here? If I brought you here, only I can take you back."