Shadow's Within

4 : I wooed...

"Who....what" the man blunders around; bewildered.

This would be the time to freak out. I glance around for an escape route. Jumbles of ideas running through my head but none came to mind. The man just sits there wondering who the hell is this woman standing in front of him. 'This is bad' I thought.

"WOooooo" I wooed. Oh my god, is this really happening. I just thought what the heck, just run with it. "This is the spirit of Emily Sanders. I have come to haunt you and the people in this building. Wooooo"

This is not my proudest moment. God I am such a doorknob. There is no way that this idiotic attempt of D-rated acting would succumb to this man.

He just glazes his eyes around me. I bet he's thinking who let this maniac in. I want to scream in disgrace. Out of degree, I snap his head using my gun and his head twisted around and hit the floor hard.

I ran as swift as my leg can handle. Not looking back, I just ran, shame and undignified for my reckless action.

Before I knew it I was on the pavement outside the building gasping for air. The honking sound of cars echoed in my ear.

I kept walking passing people through my right and left not acknowledging their existence. "Hey watch it!" somebody yelled. I just ignore it. "Watch where you're going idiot!" another one roared. Again I just blocked it.

Tonight was an embarrassment. In my apartment, I strip my clothes off, baring my naked body and lay down on the bed enjoying the cold air swinging around the fan. I close my eyes, hoping to erase the memory of tonight, and before I knew it, my conscious has left my body and into a world of dreams.

In my dream, I was in a body of a child, probably 9 years old. I was cherishing my eyes towards a door. A broken scraped door with holes and patches around it. I know this door somehow but I couldn't remember it. The whole feeling had dejavu written all over it.

I or this little girl was standing beneath the ugly looking door, pausing my every limb from moving. Suddenly the door slide open, a woman came through. I couldn't adjust my eyes to see her face, it was in a state of blur. But I could comprehend what she was saying.

"Come in darling" the blur woman said cheerfully. "He's ready to see you now"

I strode inside. I'm watching this girl every move. Her gaze pass around the room and the room look old and rusty, with scars written all over the wall. The girl stopped in front of a red desk. A man was looming over it, again I couldn't see his face due to the blurriness.

"Well, well, well" The man said. "Look what we have here. Young miss Aldrin. The one and only." He manages a chuckle.

The girl looks over, confusion I could feel within her.

"That's quite a ruckus you started. We could not tolerate this kind of behavior. Here at the organization, we obey the rules. You see, with rules chaos will cease. If one does not comply to the rule, then others will follow and when that happens chaos happen." He created a blow gesture on his hand.

The girl nodded.

"I know your new here and still does not understand the true purpose of this place. But I assure you, in time you will understand and follow the way of the organization. I would hate to see a sweet girl engage in a, oh how would you say it, a severe punishment." Despite the blur, I could make out a grin on his face.

The man trudge forward. "The boy whom you had an argument before was sent to the hospital. I mean WOW, you have such a potential to converge yourself forward in this organization. If you would follow our ways, I'm sure you would ultimately become an undisputed person someday, a champion, a winner, somebody people who could look up to. You want that don't you. After all, you wouldn't want to go back to that dump we found you before."

I wobble my hand. The girl quiver in sight. She didn't want to go back to this dump the man had spoken of.

"Good. I'm glad you could understand. However, we could not just look past what you did today. A slight punishment needs to be given, for you know.. a reminder that you would not be doing this kind of action in the near future."

The whole image faded and now I or rather the girl was trapped in a cage. It was dark. Nothing came to my eyes.

"THANG!" a loud noise thunder my ears.

A sudden rush of pain hits me and the girl. First it was her left hand, next it strikes her right hand and before you know it her left thigh conjure the pain. The girl scream and shouts with all her might but the pain just came rushing in non-stop. It was torture, the pain lasted hours. From distance a loud laugh burst in the background. They were laughing at us, enjoying seeing a girl being struck in pain as a form of entertainment. It sickens me. My stomach began to rumble. I couldn't stand the pain. My brain is about to explode. More and more THANG sound clanking beside my rear.

My eyes flutter open. I'm on my bed, sweating all over. My sheet had been wash in a pool of sweat. I reach for air and swallow to get my breathing steady.