At this point, I wasn't even aware that time had move so fast, 2 hours had gone by so fast and there I was, holding a stranger on the verge of dying, unlike the normal panic and run charade, I was weirdly alright, mentally that is, I then lifted her and my god she was heavier than she looks, good thing I was strong enough.
At first I tried calling an ambulance but there was no reception and for some strange reason there was no one in the park so help from an outsider was not possible and my phone was dead even though I remember charging it well, the only option was to just carry her to the hospital.
My bike was too far away and I couldn't even hold her while on it, I checked her pockets for her car keys and then took her to the jeep, I opened it and dropped her in the passenger sit and tapped her on her face a little, she was still alive but was sliping off little by little, I closed the door and run over to the driver sit and start the car 'wait, maybe it might be an allergy' I checked the glove box for an Ep pen and I found non 'fuck' I tried starting the car but it didn't kick the first time, I tried again the second time but the car refused to start "damn it! Why won't you start" I tried the last time and luckily it worked, I put it in gear 1 and drove out of her wrong parking spot and increased it to second gear. It was at this point I realised I didn't know where the hospital was located and then I was baffled and hit my head multiply times trying to kick start my memory, everything was weird, how did I not know the way to the hospital in my school, why was my phone suddenly dead, why was there no reception, what happened to everyone in the park and what exactly was going on and "no…..hos….pitals" a weak voice said to me and I looked to my left and saw that she was still conscious, "take me….home" she said while pointing towards the cup holder "address" she said and her hand fell, "listen I'll take you to the nearest hospital and they'll take care of you okay, just try to stay awake and keep breat…." "NO HOSPITAL!" She said loudly while holding me on my coller and then fell down on my lap,the car skidded out of control for a bit but I managed to straighten it out and kept driving. At this point I was even more confused but with the way she really insisted to not go to an hospital, I figured something was up, even though I really wanted nothing to do with a soon to be dead body, I thought to myself, I didn't know where the hospital was located at for some strange reason or maybe it's the stress, then again it might just be an allergy reaction and she might have an EP pen back at home, I then reached for the cupholder and took out a piece of paper with an address written 'what!? Wait, this….this is my apartment' I took a glimpse at her but she didn't look like she was getting any better, I then looked at the address again and it looked different 'oh this place, it's close to my place, I almost thought it was my place exactly' I took a left turn and speeding but didn't care but still with all that was happening, I still couldn't get the feeling that something was off if not everything but still I had to do what I had to do.
As I was approaching my house I still took a look at the address to try to make out the exact location of it 'it's just the apartment opposite mine' then out of no where her jeep broke down "fuck!! Why now!?" I wasn't one to be cursing so loudly but when you have a body on the verge of dying, you realise that everything you do has to be just so dramatic, I came out of the jeep and went on to carry her the rest of the journey, this time she was way more heavy than earlier "how do you keep getting weight when you are dying" I thought I heard someone laugh but then I looked around and there was not a single person in sight "how the fuck is no one out at 8!" I said expecting an answer but I got no reply except the sound of faint breathing and the silence of the street. Finally I made it to her apartment and open the door with her keys which was together with her car keys, I was so exhausted and fed up as I droped her on the couch and check her conditions, luckily she was still breathing but it felt like she might just stop at any time, I check the obvious places for an EP pen like her kitchen cupboard, her bedroom but I couldn't find it and I was starting to freak out a bit 'no no no, I can't get mixed up in another person death, or as well contribute to it, I should have just taken her to the hospital in the first place, fuck what do I d…' out of the chaos of my mind the sound of glass breaking from the living room brought me back to reality, I ran as quickly as I could just too find her near a broken vase with a small glass tube with some liquid in it, she pointed towards a drawer before passing out again, I checked the drawer and found a syring and took it, put two and two together 'I think this is the antidote, I just need to extract the liquid from the tube and inject into her and all will be well, I hope' I went over to where she was and took the glass tube, broke the tip and extracted the liquid from it and proceed to inject it into her body but then I realise that this smell a little bit familiar, I'm not a big fan of the medicine world but when you have a reowned scientist as a mother and a brother, you pick up a few things along the way, and that's when it hit me 'wait, isn't this formaldehyde' I recognise that strong irritating odor that's always on mom labcoat anytime she comes back from the lab,and from what I know , this stuff is highly dangerous to the internal body system, I couldn't take the risk but at the same time I was too deep to not do anyhting at all, I hold the syring in my hand looking at the tip as it was close to piercing her skin ' think! Think!! Think!!! Goddammit' on one hand I could try the hospital again, but she might not make it, one the second hand,I could inject the liquid into her but I'm almost, if not certain, that this is formaldehyde and it could kill her, but she was the one that showed me it so maybe it's the cure. At this point I just stood there and watched her as her life slips away little by little and just thought to myself 'either way I'm gonna end up a murderer, I'll take my chances with trying to save her with what I can and tell myself I did my best till the end' I took a deep breath and injected it into her body and at that exact moment, my whole body went numb, I couldn't hear anything except that loud sharp ping in my head, I didn't even bother to check on her, I just stood up, walked over to the couch and lie down, thinking about what I've done.
I stare at the ceiling, thinking about what I'm gonna do about the soon to be dead body close to me and thought to myself that maybe I just need to denial knowing what I injected into her and just say I thought that it was the cure for her allergy "HOW CAN ANYONE THINK THAT SOMETHING AS PUNGENT AS THAT COULD CURE ANYONE!!" that what I thought the cops reply would be when I'm being portrayed as a murderer, I was too scared to even look at the body I thought was dead "fuck this, this is all Lu's fault for telling me about her in the first place" I said to myself but then again, the blame game is for kids and hell I need to start behaving like an adult. I stood there for hours until my eyes finally gave out and before I knew it, I was out cold in another person's home,close to an unidentified dead body, my last thought 'I don't know her name, the name of my first murde….'
A photoglance brushed my vision, light threading through my lashes like a gentle alarm waking me up from a sweet dream, except that I was hoping that it would just be me waking up from a nightmare but in this case, I was waking up into one. My phone rang with a buzzing sound, I stood up to check on it and saw a message from Kevin telling me that he saw my bike parked at the venue with the keys still in and took it back home for me. Apparently I already texted him beforehand to get it for me…. 'Wait, I didn't text Kevin or anyone yesterday and my phone was dead, right?' I thought to myself, thinking that maybe I have actually been in a nightmare of some kind and I have just woken up, I checked my phone other massages but it seems pretty normal like as if I actually used it all night yesterday but I didn't which as much as I wanted it to be true, it wasn't and I knew this deep down but everything was the perfect getaway. While I was trying to figure out what was happening a lady walked in holding 2 mug of what seems to be tea wearing a sleeveless top and shorts, like the kind you see in those shows after the deed have been done, she walked towards me until I could recognise her face from yesterday, except this time, her hair was more unkempt and rough like she just finish having intense sex with someone "Hey stranger, I made you a cup of tea" she said offering me a cup "you really went all out yesterday, I'm surprised you still woke up this early" she said with a smile on her face 'what's going on here, you should be dead, right? No wait, that's wrong but…. But everything is wrong' "what's wrong? You look pale? Are you still tired after that, just take the tea, it helps afterwards" she said to me and I looked around to grasp the situation I was in, apparently I was wearing shorts and was shirtless, I looked around to find my clothes next to a bra and the thing that surprised me more wasn't the bra but was the fact that my shirt was blood free "what exactly happened last night, my minds a little fuzzy" I asked just to clarify "silly, after the chess tournamen, we both came back to my place and had a little fun" she said giving me a sexy look with her eyes, "there's no way such a thing can happen, I think this was a mistake" I said as I stood up from the bed to get dress and head out "well you certainly didn't thought about that when you where all over me last night" she said with a slight angry tone while looking at me getting dress, at that moment I had flash back of memories that didn't seem like mine, I was having sex with a stranger I just met not 12 hours ago, but then flashes of her coughing blood over me and me injecting her with that serum was still lingering in my head as clear as day, at this point I felt my brain wanting to explode out of my ears, losing balance and almost falling flat down on my face multiple times "are you okay?" she said walking towards me to give me support from falling "I don't think so, something's not just adding up" I said while holding on to her with one hand pressing into my skull "just take it easy and rest for a while, maybe cus it's your first time, lie down a bit okay" she said while trying to get me to move towards the bed "no, I think I'll just get moving I need to get back home" "okay, should I call the hospital or do something to help at least" 'Hospital??' that was the tick in the clock to make me start ticking, "I'm not crazy" "Ikmute, you need to rest just ley down for a bit okay" "what's your name" I asked looking directly at her "what do you mean what's my name?" she said looking confused "what is your name!" I said while gripping her hands tightly "Ikmute, you're hurting me" "ya supposed to be dead! What happened to your allergy?! Where's the blood! I'm not leaving you until I get some answers!!" I demanded while holding on to her hands tightly " aren't you happy I'm alive? Most people will notice that and just move on with their life,and why do you want me dead anyways, do you hate me that much!?" she said as she fell down on her knees and began to cry. 'What am I doing? Have I truly gone mad? But the hospital, the hospital' "I...I remember the location, and.... Wait" I looked down at her crying and thought to myself 'maybe it is for the better, I should just roll with it, maybe it's a second chance, or a second life?' but the thought of what I thought happened still had it grip on me, it felt as if I was trying to forget something that was true to fill it with lies, I bent over to lift her up, finally hoping to accept this new reality of letting go, then suddenly, it all went blank.
I was watching myself from a distance, confused, I thought I was dying, watching my life unfold in front of me, then little by little I started to understand, I started to perceive everything that had happened, was happening and at that moment, seconds before the incident happened,I was back in my body. I hold her and gently raise her up "I'm sorry I yelled at you" looking at her tearful eyes which appear to be beautiful like a setting sun over the horizon, I wiped the tears on her chick with my hand and laid my forehead on hers and I carefully said in low voice "rook to d1, blocking your mate and ending the game with a draw no matter what you play" suddenly she let out a small chuckle and burst into loud laughter "I can't believe it, I lost to a human in the cleanest was possible" she said as she continue to laugh out louder, "Lulu was right, I might find you interesting" she said while looking at me, expecting some kind of reaction, but I just stood there after accepting the fact that I'm not going crazy but still I can't help but feel like I truly can't explain what was happening but I understood it all "let me guess, you understand what happened but you can't even begin to explain it on bit" "how do you know…..'' "you don't have to for now, as you said, it's a stalemate, plus your are good, maybe too good, but you aren't some prodigy who's gonna nail it on your first try" "you know what's happening don't you?! Well I'm not letting you go until you explain yourself" I moved towards her to try and apprehend her but she dashed towards me "oh Ikky, I'm not that weak" she said in a seductive low tone and before I know it she was behind me and whispered in my ears "you passed the first step, now remember, same place, same time" I turned to face her but this time she held out her finger and pointed it towards my forehead "oh and don't forget, just live your life normally or else you'll lose your sanity" she said and touched me on my forehead with her index finger and it all went dark. I regained consciousness on my bike on my way to school, weirdly enough I didn't skid out of control until I regained my motor skills, it was as of I was being guided by a force, I parked as soon as i could and proceed to check the time, it was 9:35 and I had a class by 10 'I'm gonna meet up with Lulu and ask her what the heck is happening' I thought to myself and continue on my journey to campus 'I hope this is just one sick joke' I said to myself knowing all too well that it's a lie.
In a dark room, a dark figure is seen walking towards another "where have you been, there was a high spike of TAO being activated nearby" said the mystery man "yes I know, I was the cause of it" the mystery girl replied " what?! Why? What were you doing?" "I was out recruiting" she said with a smile on her face "brace yourself bro, I think I just found another one" she said being all jolly about it "another what?" the man asked and she replied "a broken code".