Fablen

Chapter 6 - Generation of Lies

Skylar awoke with a start, startled by a noise coming from the distance. Voices followed the clank that woke him and footsteps echoed each time the voices sounded closer. He looked around to see that he was sitting on a metal board with sheets at his legs, fallen from getting up. He wanted to hide, get away from the things that may be coming to his area but he still ached. Slowly he reached down for the sheets hoping to cover himself and make it so they didn't know it was him. As his hand reached the sheets it slipped right through them as if nothing was even there. He didn't have time to think and turned away from the open archway making his back face the incoming visitors. Closing his eyes he listened to the voices that were now clear to him.

¨Again I don't know who you are or what you want with me. I think this counts as stranger danger so...Mom! Help I'm being kidnapped by a mad old wizard dude!¨ a young voice called out when it reached the room. Skylar recognized it as Dezz's voice. He wanted to turn toward him and see who he was with maybe get him on his side about where they may be.

¨Dezz just give it a break everything will be explained soon right after we get the rest of you five,¨ a aged mans voice came right after Dezz finished his rampage. ¨Now would you keep it down, Skylar is still down from the sparks we gave him, might of gave him a little too much.¨

¨Wait, that's Skylar? What are you doing with him you little old dude?¨ Dezz said walking closer to Skylars metal bedside. All of a sudden Skylar felt a sudden shake to his body as Dezz was shaking him from side to side. ¨Get up before you die.¨

¨Dezz stop it that could cause a burst of sparks to fly out of him waking him up the wrong way causing massive problems,¨ the man told Dezz.

¨Like?¨ Dezz asked in return.

¨Doesn't concern you,¨ he replied back. The man walked over to a table topped with bottles scattered everywhere. He started to fumble with them scooting some over a little to find another one behind it.

¨Now what are you planning on doing?¨ Dezz asked trying to peer over the mans cloak.

¨Oh just hungry after the travel,¨ he responded.

¨I think you need old people glasses now, that isn't food.¨

The man looked at him annoyed at his comment. ¨If you would let me explain things you might understand that I know this isn't normal food.¨

¨Well then explain. Now.¨

¨Not yet, you must wait for the others to join.¨

¨See that's why I keep saying things. You won't tell me anything. Not even the reason you took me through your magical twisty hole of soon to be death.¨

¨Well then maybe you should just sleep and wait.¨

Nice try but I'm not that easy to trick. I'm ot just going to laydown go to sleep and open the door to my death.¨

The man poured one last liquid into the a bigger bottle with all the mixed liquids in it.

¨In fact I am never sleeping ever again because like i said, sleep equals open door which leads to death.¨

The man poured the liquid into his hand which then formed a pile of blue grainy sand in his palm.

¨Which isn't a good door if you were wondering because the door doesn't really invite more like drags you to it.¨

¨Sleep,¨ the man said in a low voice and blew the blue particles into Dezz's face. Slowly Dezz stopped talking and started to mumble. His legs started to give out and slope to the ground dragging the rest of his body down with them. He eventually reach the ground motionless without another sound.

The man looked down at him pleased with what he whipped up. Turning back to the table he motioned up his right hand which activated a platform to rise in the middle of the table bringing up a small silver device with a green light blinking in the middle of the round tube. A piece of the table by his hand slid away revealing a little panel with buttons for different commands. Immediately he started tapping in different buttons until the silver tube projected a screen above it showing a map. Tapping more commands on the pad my his hand the screen moved showing different angles of maps and more areas.

¨Where are the last three?¨ The man asked himself in a whisper.

Skylar slowly moved to get up hoping to leave without being noticed. He had to go slow for his body still ached. He reached his hand down on the table but it slipped right past catching him off guard and caused him to tumble off the metal bedside. His body surged with pain as it slammed down on the stone floor.

¨Oh good you woke up.¨ The man said still studying the map across him.

Skylar tried to push himself up but stumbled back to the grey ground floor.

¨Oh sorry let me help you, I forgot about the pain.¨ The man said walking over to Skylar. ¨It's just a side effect, it'll go away soon now that you are awake.¨ Skylar slowly reached his hand up for the mans hand. ¨Oh no you cant do it, I must fist grab onto your hand.¨ He reached for Skylars and pulled him up to his feet. He then helped Skylar slowly walk over to a couch on the other side of a small coffee table in the middle. Skylar got comfy and relaxed letting his pain cease. ¨So to explain why you couldn't grab my hand, since you came through a dream, the wrong way in fact, you are stuck between a vision and wake stage. In other terms your only half here. So with that you can't interact with other things but they can interact with you. So I can help you up but you couldn't grab my hand first. Make sense at all?¨

Skylar was just relieved to let the pain fade. ¨Right now nothing makes sense so I am just going to act like I understood every word you just said,¨ Skylar responded closing his eyes trying to shut out everything else going on. As he relaxed, letting his mind drift off into the new things he couldn't explain. First his school just collapses then his dreams kidnap him until he can't touch things.

The couch gave under him and he slammed down onto the stone floor below. A surge of pain flew through his bottom up stinging his hands. His eyes snapped opened but his vision was blocked by a fluffy white colored furniture piece. Inside of the furniture anyways.

¨Oh shoot sorry I forgot,¨ the man said running over the the sofa. He grabbed Skylars mist hand and pulled him out of the couch.

¨What just happened?¨ Skylar asked. The pain surged through his outstretched arm being pulled up.

¨Not only do the objects have to interact with you, you also have to keep focus on the object or it'll slip right through,¨ the man explained. Skylar stood this time trying to get past the pain flowing through his aching body.

¨I'm still confused by it all. I dont even believe any of this is actually going on. For all I know this is still a dream that is lasting forever,¨ Skylar said groaning in the pain from standing.

¨Soon I will explain everything and it'll all make sense,¨ the man said turned back to the table with all his bottles.

¨Well for starters can I at least get a name?¨ Skylar asked. The man slowly set down the bottles on the table and laid his hands flat against the wood. He let out a slow breath and turned around.

¨Call me dad.¨