Become Human

Left Behind

After a few minutes, I went back inside. The atmosphere had became more dreadful and weary. I'm not really sure why though. Just when I thought nothing can get more worse than last week, but I was wrong. I think they're just uncomfortable from the cold winds that blew from door and the windows.

As I walk around, everyone was weirdly staring at me, as if I am a danger to them. They were staring at me with sharp eyes that could probably cut through me if they were knives. I just continued walking although I felt quite uneasy around them with their piercing and judging eyes  

Maybe it's all just in my head, so I decided to take a warm shower. I walked to the bedroom to get my stuff. As I was talking my stuff, I saw Nathan at the corner at the room. At first I couldn't see what he was doing, so I crept slowly towards him. As I come closer, I can see that he is talking to someone on the phone. I hide behind a bed and I listened closely to their conversation.

"Is that so?" He said in an odd deepened voice

Then he listened to what the person said then at some times he said some few mm-hmm's.

"Great, Nice doing business with you." He said then he hung up

I was just too curious about what was it, so I came out of hiding and talked to him

"What was that?" I asked him

"Oh, umm..." He said while stuttering. "Well, It's..."

"What is it? Is there something wrong?" I asked him again

"It's nothing, it's just Neil's associate" He replied

I widened my eyes and I crossed my arms as I wait for a more elaborate reply and explanation

"It's just about the water filter that we've ordered from her for quite some time and she has it now. Neil should pick it up later" He said

"Oh, is that so" I said

"Yes and If you'll excuse me, I'm going to leave now as I still have plenty of things to do" He said then He left.

I was thinking of weird and suspicious thoughts at first, but It all cleared up as he explained himself. For a few moments, I forgot what I was about to do, so I wandered around, then as I walk around, the telephone catches my attention. 

I picked up the phone from its dock and I placed it on my ears. I could hear nothing but the noise of static. Just before I place back the phone from Its dock, I hear a faint sound. I place it back on my ears. The static sound was gone but there was no sound coming from it. At first I hesitated to talk but I did it anyway

"Hello?" I said as try to contact someone from the person on the other side of the line

"Hello? Is anybody there?" I said once again in hopes that someone would reply

"Yes, who is this?" Someone said with a low and deep voice

I was surprised, but not as much since I was expecting it. "How did you..." I said but I got interrupted 

"It doesn't matter, what matters are the moves, we already made ours. What's your  move?" He said in a somehow amused way

"What are you talking about?" I said with a slightly raised voice

He chuckled then he said "Checkmate, Partner." after that, the call abruptly ended

I slowly placed the phone back to its dock. "What the heck was that?" I whispered to myself. I walk away slowly from the phone. Then I finally remembered what I was supposed to do, I was supposed to take a shower. I quickly walked to my bed and took the stuff that I need

As soon as I got my stuff, I went out of the room immediately as I thought that the danger resides inside the room. It was a really bizarre experience. I've never felt that way as I talked earlier on the phone. 

As I talked to whoever that was on the phone, I felt fear. I felt it slowly creeping through my body, starting with my feet and slowly working its way to my backbones and eventually to my head. Every word he said was somehow eerie.

I went to the shower rooms. There was no one on the shower rooms, so that made me more terrified. Who knows? I could just be taken away by some people as I take a shower. I placed my clothes on the lockers and I took my towel.

I stepped inside a shower room, I took my clothes off and then I turned the knob of the shower. I was reluctant to take a shower at first, but I thought that I really need to shower since I did so much work earlier. I just stepped forward then I got drenched by the cold water of the shower

I was freezing at first but my body eventually got to adapt to it. My hands went through my hair, slowly washing them, then I went on to wash my body. I pondered in the shower, what did he mean by "We already made our move", why did he ask me "What's your move?" and more importantly, why did he say "Checkmate, Partner"?

What move did the man do? and why is he waiting for mine? I could only imagine that some people are plotting something against us, a sabotage perhaps? I don't know. Then I thought that the man is probably spying in on Calls that Neil and Nathan do. I should tell them about it but I should just keep it to myself for now and do solo "investigations".

I turned the knob of the shower and turned it off. I used the towel to dry myself off then I wrapped the towel on my waist. I went out of the shower room and I dressed myself up with the clothes that I left in the lockers

As I dressed up, some guys went in the shower rooms to take a shower, as the walk pass me, they looked at me again with sharp and piercing looks. This actually started even last week, but I didn't pay much attention to it and I still don't know why they look at me like that

I left the room as soon as I got dressed up. I went to do the next task on my schedule. I just want this day to end, but it never seems to. After a few hours, I finished everything. It was already 5 o'clock. Since I didn't know where to go, I just went outside.

I'm so glad I wore this long sleeved shirt since It was so cold outside. I went over to the bench and cleared the snow that was stuck in there. I sat down on it as I waited for Neil's return. Every moment, I thought "Any second now, Neil's gonna come back".

But eventually dusk fell and he still hasn't come back, so I just waited inside since the temperature was dropping every 10 minutes. Dinner has came and gone by, but he still hasn't came back. I waited at the tables in the dining hall along with Hazel for Neil.

Then it was already 11 o'clock, Hazel was already getting tired and she's inviting me to go to sleep now. I hesitated, but I eventually agreed. We went upstairs and before I went inside the bedroom, I looked at the door one last time then I realized it:

"He isn't coming back. Well, not tonight" 

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