The One

I'm real

George's pov
I wake up on the floor in a some kind of hallway with doors. It's dim. I stand up and check my surroundings. I open a door and I suddenly I was at a park.

"What the-" I say as I spin around the place. Taking in my surroundings.I walk towards laughing sounds. I see a picnic blanket and baskets. There were bikes also.
"Mia!" someone says. I turn around when I recognize that voice. Hope. But she looks young. She looks to be 14. She's wearing a floral dress with a cardigan on. Her blonde hair blowing through her face. She tucks her hair behind her ear and smiles.

"Mom! Mia is annoying me." Hope says as she walks towards the blanket and then she sits on the grass. Mia and William then runs towards her and pulls her. "Oh you better run because when I chase you, you wish we stayed at home." Hope says as she stands and chases her siblings laughing.

I then walk towards her. "Hope." I say as I try to touch her cheek but it just phases through. I realize I'm in her memory. A memory from when she was young. I see the door and get out.

I'm back at the hallway. How do I find her? There are thousands of doors. I'm getting frustrated. "Ugh. Hope! Where are you?! Please. Tell me where you are." I shout as my voice bounces through the hallway. "How can I find you." I say as I kneel to the floor. I take my necklace and fiddle with it. It then glows for a bit when I pointed it at a door. "What?" I say to myself. I realize I can use this to find her.

I take the necklace off and point it at doors. It glows a bit so I open the door and then I'm teleported to another hallway. I walk around then I realize where I was. I then head to a room and open a door.

I'm back to my dad's 40th birthday. When I first met Hope. When I first made someone feel safe. I see a young Charlotte with dad talking to Taylor. I then see a young Hope walking towards little me.

"Hi! I'm Hope." she says as she puts her hands out. Little me shakes it. "I'm George." little me said. "Is he your dad?" she asks as she points to my dad. Little me nods and faces the floor again fiddling with the friendship bracelets. "My mommy is Taylor. I think your dad and my mom are friends. I guess that makes us friends too!" she says and I smile at her. "I guess we are." little me and I said at the same time. I laugh. "more than friends though." i say to myself. Laughing a bit. I walk towards Hope and try to talk to her but its not use as she was another memory.

I leave before the memory continues to her panic attack and found myself back at the hallway. I drop to the floor. Holding onto the necklace. "Please. Hope. Show yourself. I'm not leaving you again." I day as I close my eyes. I open my eyes from a bright light and when I do, I'm facing an old red wooden door. I open it and enter.

Instead of finding myself in a bright and sunny place, I find myself in a dark one. I'm at a ship. I hear shouting and fighting so I follow the sound. I see Hope pinned to the ground by some aliens. I hid at the corner watching.

"Have I not done enough?! Killed enough?!" she said crying. "Nothing will ever be enough. You are mine." Darkseid said as he shot the girl. "No!" Hope shouts. I stopped watching and closed my eyes at the sight of it. I can't believe she went through those.

After a few minutes, they brought Hope to a kryptonite room. I enter that room and see Hope lying down on the floor. I get close to her. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I wasn't there." I said. Then Hope opens her eyes and stares at me. "Wha- Hope?" I say in shock.

"You're not real. You're dead. You're dead." she said looking at me. Eyes red. "You-you can see me?" I ask and she turns away. "Stop. You're dead. You're not real. You're my imagination." she said. I touch her shoulders and it doesn't phase through. It's Hope. "Hope. It's me. George. I'm real. Okay? I'm real." i say to her.

"You're dead. It's been years. You're not real." she says again closing her eyes. "Hope. Please. It's me. I'm real and I'm never leaving you again. This isn't real but I am. Please." I shake her but nothing works.

Then the doors open and before I could turn around to see who it was, they grab a hold of me. It was those men who pinned Hope to the ground. "No. Let go of me!" I resist them. "Hope! Hope! Please. I'm real. Please come back to me. Hope! Please. Come back to me." I shout at Hope as those alien try taking me away. "Please! None of this is real! Come back home." I shout. I hold a the door frame stopping them from pulling me.

Then Hope looks up. Crying and looks at me. "George." she says. "No. No!" she shouts as she stands and walks towards me but they stop her. She reaches for my hand and I do the same. "George!" she shouts. "No!" I shout at them as I still reach for Hope. The ground shakes.

Then, bright light appears and my vision blurs.