One Above All

Chapter 15:...Are condemned to repeat it

An unknown place, a void blacker than the one seen when you close your eyes, a place without sound, a place where not a single unknown soul could reside. The darkness seemed to have no end, there was no hope of finding a light at the end of the tunnel in such a desolate place where not even something material could be felt.

There was no way to make or feel a movement, it was just a static subconscious in time, waiting for something to happen and give meaning to its existence, or better, trying to make something happen that would wake it up or make it move.

It was a dream, he realized, there was drowsiness and he could barely feel the weak thread between reality and the fantasy created by his imagination, which made him understand that any noise from outside could wake him up.

The most amazing thing was perhaps, that he could think about all this without even waking up on his own

Suddenly, just like when a light is turned on in a dark room, some strange noises were heard from somewhere leaving behind the sepulchral silence, they sounded irregular and static like a television trying to resume the signal from the antenna. He took a lot of effort to try to recognize what it might be, until, he could recognize what it was... They were voices.

"IS tHis?" he recognized the question that came from a completely unknown voice, it was deep but at the same time with a sharp touch that denoted amusement or mockery.

"YEs, I fOuNd it" Another voice joined to destroy the silence that was in this unknown and desolate space. It sounded like a normal voice, the voice of a person, probably a young adult.

He couldn't recognize any of the voices, they sounded distorted, but he thought that even if he could hear them better, he couldn't guess who they belonged to.

"Hurry Up TImE Is GolD" The deep and playful voice spoke again giving a kind of order "If S... FiNDS OuT PrOBABLY KILL YOu"

"I KNOW" the human voice spoke again, it was the only one of the two that seemed to be getting clearer hearing "Try to change it, try to change it, TRY TO CHANGE IT, IT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE No...that ...place...everyone...the world...HIRO!"

As suddenly as it was, a rumble was heard from somewhere like an explosion in some kind of room. The two voices fell into a silence so deep that not even their breaths could be heard, it was as if whatever had happened... It left them mortified with fear.

"Ho HO..Sh...is here..."

"..."

"THere is No More tIme, I'M sorry, try aGain anoTher tiMe.."

The human voice made an irritated sound as if he felt dissatisfied with what was happening.

"Just do what your heart says"

Every sound that ever existed on that plane... He fell silent, as if someone had turned the volume down somehow.

With nothing else to process... Everything went white... And Hiro woke up.

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The blue-eyed boy looked at the ceiling of his room, his gaze was lost and his eyes did not move in any apparent direction. For a few moments his mind went blank, until the thought that if all of that was real, or if it was just a dream came to mind.