Darkness

~3~

I'm walking in the black fog again. I can hear voices all around me, but stumbling through the cloud, I can never find anyone.

I hear my brother, the ninjas, Uncle Wu, and Nya. But their voices are coming from all around me. So in trying to follow one, another calls out from somewhere else, leading me in the opposite directions.

They sound terrified, but for reasons I don't know. Whatever it is, I can't see it. But the fog is filled with their screams.

"It's my fault. If I'm in the fog that means the Devourer side is in control. I need to get out of here!"

I need a sound to pull me out. I need to follow a specific voice in order to find my way out.

I hear my brother's louder than the others.

"He's the closest."

Now running wildly through the black towards Lloyd, I can still hear his screams, but there's also the sound of swords rattling.

"Who is he fighting?"

I still hear the rhythmic clash of the swords... too rhythmic actually.

Swords don't have a beat to them...

I know I'm closer to the sound, it becoming clearer now. It sounds more like a drum beat.

"Who's playing the drums at a time like this?!"

Gong

Gong

Gong

"Well that's not a drum."

GONG

GONG

GONG

finally the fog clears and I find my way out.

~

I wake with a start, gasping and frantically looking around me for the source of the noise. Unsurprised to see my uncle standing in the doorway holding a gong. Beating it loud, without any distinct beat in mind.

"Morning, morning, morning! It's a new day and time for sunrise exercise!" Wu exclaims and leaves my room hitting the gong a few more times.

"That's quite the wake up call!"

Sunrise exercise. That's something I hate enough to let the darkness take over!

But I'm not gonna let that happen. I'm going to do my best to make it a full day without shifting.

I can hear the boys room next door, they're bickering about something.

"Haha! Paper beats rock!" I hear Jay exclaim

"What a weird way to start the day..."

I finally get out of bed and get dressed.

"Ugh! I hate sunrise exercise!"