THE INNOCENT WILL RISE

This Chaos Within Me

WILLIAM'S POV

I don't understand what this girl is talking about.. Am I going crazy? This can't be real..

Suddenly I close my eyes. And I wake up laying in my bed. How? Did that girl carry me here?

It's morning now. And there's a suit laid next to me. Did I do this before going to bed? My phone rings. Is it that strange guy from yesterday? I answer the phone.

"Hello.." I say.

"Oh, hi. I'm calling to tell you that I'll pick you up at eight o' clock okay? Is that enough time for you to get your stuff ready?"

"Yes. Do you need my home address?" I ask the guy..

"No. I've got it right... here. So don't you worry" He said.

Weird.. How does he know where I live? It's probably a joke

I ask him, "Hey how do you kn-"

He hung up.

IT'S 7:30 AM

I go downstairs to take a shower. I usually shower on cold water. Not because I don't have running hot water. But because I like it that way.. After I finish showering, I put the suit on and tie my hair in a usual red ponytail. After I'm done, I hear a car outside my house.

Must be that guy.

I go out to see this dude with short brown hair wearing a red sweater and I think I can see a bow tie under that sweater. He seems pretty friendly. He's not really skinny but he's not fat..
He's.. normal, I guess.

I go near his car and he's got a friendly smile on his face. He then says, "Hey. How are you, William? I think we're pretty early. We have some time before the job interview. How about we go eat some burgers? You're not vegetarian are you?"

"No. It's fine.. I'll bring my wallet." I say but he stopped me

"No need for that. I'll pay for both of us!" He's said smiling. I tell him to wait a second and I get a coat with my wallet in it.
Then I get in his car and he drives us to a local burger place. I've never gone there before..I'd usually go to the place where I worked at. On the way to the restaurant, if you could call it that, he talks a lot. Like if he's trying to get to know me better.. Which is strange.

"Did you sleep well last night? You look tired...and you're really thin, has anyone told you that before? Not that it's bad or anything. You're fine." He says.

"I've been told that" I respond. "By the way, you never told me your name... And I'm pretty sure you know my name already."

"Oh. Right! I'm so sorry... My name is Jack Kelty." He said with his eyes not moving away from the road ahead of him.

"Can I call you Will?" He asked.
"Do you mind that? Cause some people hate nicknames or hate their names and prefer nicknames.. " he said.

"No, I don't mind being called Will. It's what my friend use to call me all the time." I told him..

"Used to? What happened?" He asked but I didn't answer. I looked down at my feet.....

He then looks at me in a weird way. I don't know why..

"H-hey are you okay? You're shaking a lot." He told me. He looks really scared..

Then I realize I AM shaking. Why? I try to think straight and then it stops. I feel dizzy now.

"What could that have been?"

"I'm not sure what it is. It hasn't  happened to me in a long while" I say to him with my hands on my head cause of the headache

We go to eat. And after the interview, the lady says she will call us tomorrow for something.

IT'S 1:00 PM

Jack brings me home and I thank him for everything. He goes home smiling friendly as always and I lock myself in my house. It's unusually cold. And it's also pretty quiet. I don't know why I even went with that guy.. I don't even know him. Could he have been one of Charlie's friends? Not sure about that..

Then I can almost see the same little girl standing on the hall.. Shit.. Except that it's not the same little girl. It's someone else. A little boy.. He has the same big eyes but looks less threatening. He seems to be crying. This time.. I recognize the child. He died not long ago.

I go change my clothes.

Then I go to the bathroom to wash my face. Maybe the illusions and dead children will go away.. But I see my eyes turn all black on the reflection and I see smoke coming from behind me.. What do I do? Is this... part of my imagination?! Why?

On the mirror I'm crying blood still with black eyes. I drop to the ground and see that what I saw in the reflection is real. There's blood running down my face. How could this be? I lay down on the bathroom floor and start laughing. I can't help it. This is serious. But I'm still laughing, crying blood..with one hand on my head. Am I going crazy? I can hear kids laughing and old music quietly playing.

Then everything stops.

I'm in the floor breathing heavily and there's no blood. No music. No smoke. No children. No laughing. No black eyes..

I get a call on my cellphone. But I don't know if I can answer it because I'm still shaking on the floor. It keeps ringing.

But now, I'm in no condition to be talking on the phone.

The phone keeps ringing

And ringing....

And ringing....

Until it finally stops.

Then the TV turns on by itself and I hear on the news there were many thieves arrested yesterday. That's weird. And it all took place in the same jewelry shop. I get up and listen to the news from today..

I suddenly feel as if someone is watching me. But I'm not scared anymore. I think....

Then I hear a soft, almost muffled, voice calling me.

"Save me...." The voice said

Then I heard other kids' voices in the distance. I can't tell what they were saying., but it sounded like cries. Then I heard that echoey voice once more.

"SAVE ME...."