Immortalia

Acquaintance

Somehow I woke up in a strange room. I know I'm still inside this hell because of the guards being standby. This prison isn't the typical type with steel bars. It has dining table, living room with a set of books and papers only, and also a bedroom with a bath tub and comfort room. But still, several days have passed and I wasn't able to escape this prison. Gladly, I can hear the singing of the birds from where I am locked up. If only I was born as a bird and free to fly like them. But here I am, alone in a cellar with my freedom lost in dreams. All I have is faith and hope, that's why I am still alive and breathing and able to face each day.

          Ever since that Earth turned into Immortalia because of the rising of the Nightwalkers. We Lightseekers formerly called human were all turned into slaves not until they used us as an experiment. And thus, we are extinct. I don't know of I have any relatives left. I know that all the Lightseekers that were captured were all dead because I can't hear any voices anymore.

          The Nightwalkers which you may think as an immortal were not all pure immortal. Some of them were originally Lightseekers. They think they are lucky that the Nightwalkers have converted them. But in reality they just use them as an instrument and experiment, and they also leave their moralities and comrades for the sake of being a Nightwalker. Once you are converted, you will not feel any emotions like love, happiness, sorrow and sadness. All you need to do is to follow the leaders which they call ELDERIANS. They will be the one who will provide anything you need and the roles you need to take part. In short, they are control freak. They persuade us by telling that it can make our world to be a peaceful living place but in reality they are just using us for their own good. Making us a slave in our own world and home.  I think the time has come where us humans become extinct like what happened to the dinosaur. Although, the way of extinctions were completely different. Dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact while us humans were extinct by invasion of the Nightwalkers.

          Many Lightseekers fight for our humanity but in the end they died. Unlike me, I'm still waiting for my day I will die. I didn't even try to track the time because I know it's worthless. I should've focused more on myself and think of a plan on how am I going to escape.

          The only problem I have is how I should execute my escape. They have their eyes on me. There is this guy who always brings my necessities as a human every hour. And it is only that time that the door is opened, while guards are on full guard beside it. I can't also escape through the window because there is none.

Speaking of the devil, here he comes.

 "Hey, here is your food." Then, he sets down the table. He keeps going back and forth getting the other food and drinks from the guard.

 I walk towards him and look him in the eyes and said "What are you going to do with me?”

 "You don't need to know" he answered without hesitation.

 "When will you kill me, and why not now?" I tried to keep myself calm but I can't so I punched him in the face. And try to escape through the door, but suddenly he grabbed my hand.

"Not so fast dear Lightseeker, if I were you I'll eat and relax." His hands griped my wrist so hard. I am frozen in my place because of the coldness I see in his eyes. I know they don't have emotions but their dominance and power climbs up to my body and that makes me shiver.

He then loses his grip and said “If you need anything let me know right now." He walks towards my bedroom and reached for the medical kit. I think I hit him so hard because he got a cut near his lips. The only thing that fascinates me about the Nightswalkers is that they always look calm but despite of it they hide their true nature.

"Leaving me alone will do." I asked

"If you say so", while he walks out to my cellar

"Wait, I forgot to ask."

"What is it?"

"Have we met before? Your face looks familiar."

"Of course, I am the one who always bring your meals here."

"I mean before I was captured by your race."

"I better go"

          His answer sounds suspicious. In the end, I ignore it I picked up the pen and write on the scattered paper. Do I still have a choice? It’s a good thing that I can keep myself entertained and pretend not to get bored. Across the room, I sit on the wooden chair and place the paper on the table. I pretend that I can see what I can hear. I wrote everything that I can think of just to keep myself busy. Sleepiness doesn’t stop me on writing though I really feel sleepy.

"A beautiful morning isn't it, thank you milady for tending me while I'm sick." He stands in the walls of the cave which I think he watched me while I'm asleep. "You're welcome but may I know your name, as a token of your appreciation." I bluntly said when he offered his hand. I grabbed his hand so that I may stand then I passed by him and go ahead to the river which is on the back side of the cave. I know his following me because of the rustles of the leaves every time he step. "It really does have a river in here. By the way, my name is Raven."

Was that a dream? It feels so real but the face is blurred. There’s a big chance that I’m not alone. Where is he now? At least I know his name, RAVEN. I really hope that wasn’t a dream. I’ll look for him once I got free out of this cage. I didn’t notice that I fell asleep but the strange thing is my papers are missing or should I say all I can see are papers with sketches that I don’t remember. I know I write something on the paper not draw besides I don’t even draw. There are faces and sketches of place that I don’t even remember and it look so real. I can’t seem to leave these thoughts behind. What are these? I give up. Returning the pen and the paper to the shelf when a book fell, suddenly someone spoke at my back. 

“What are you doing?” this guy doesn’t stop asking questions on what I do.

“Returning the pen and paper, don’t you see, or you’re blind already.” I still didn’t face him.

 “I was told by the ELDERIANS that I should bring you to them” he whispers on my ears making me shiver and fears run down my back.

 “Will you please move aside? I’ll fix myself up on a second thought I don’t want to meet them.” Flipping my hair in front of him a caught a slight movement. Is it real or is it just me that he tried to hug me? It’s a good thing a move quickly and went inside the bathroom. I’ll take a bath longer than the usual.