The Other Road

Chapter Two: Confusionem

And so he ran, as he ran, he noticed the people in the street disappearing one by one, as if they had been....edited out. He tripped and fell over an unseen rock, after all he was in a dark park and he was scared for his life, no time to look for rocks. Somehow Samantha had already caught up with him, in fact, she was in front of him. "Wow, this was the first time you've ever actually listened to me." She said looking down at him as he still lay on the ground. He laid there for a little longer trying to contemplate what exactly she meant by 'this time.' She grabbed his hand and yanked him up onto his feet, and as he stood there he realized the streets were empty, the street signs all were changed to "You took the other road, bad idea" Samantha looked Veto into his eyes and quickly grabbed him. "I need to explain what all is happening or....what's not happening to you. I don't know how to put this, but you've been in a coma for the past 30 years." That's impossible, he's only been alive for 15, he was a high school freshmen, not a middle aged man. Yet he still didn't object, after all the crazy shit he just saw, he would believe any excuse to explain this madness. He nodded as a sign he was still listening, she continued "As you remain in the coma, you are stuck living your life up to the point when you got put into the coma, to make you believe you are living a normal life." This confused him, why would the brain want to trick it's owner into believing this? "I can see your confusion, you saw that girl back there? She was a replicant of a real life girlfriend, a demon replicant, they choose to replicate important people of certain events in your life to make sure you follow the same route, I came to let you take the other route, the girl I am right now, she never existed in your past." Veto responded with "Why would demons keep me stuck here, and if you are here to help me, what are you, and what will you get from this?" She responded "The demons have a greater plan, they wish to take your soul as you are very important to them in the real world, it has to do with why you were put into the coma, but I cannot tell why, not yet. And I....well I am what you could refer to as an 'Angel' and I cannot speak about what I will get from this, it'll ruin the plan" Veto just wanted to go home, whenever home was, but he couldn't, it probably doesn't even exist anymore. "So what now?"