{Moving back to the past...}
A few days passed by and I was still in the same hospital room. The small baby girl would always look at me from time to time and smile. The mother and father of the girl named her, Lily. These few days a lot of change has happened to me. Before if I placed my heart on my chest all I could feel was it rising up and down, the only proof of being alive. But now I can feel a strong rhythmic beating sound. At times the beating sound is so strong that I can even hear it. Not only this, I am even able to hear the mother and father couple talking. Although it sounds gibberish, this never happened to me before. All I could infer from their conversation was the baby girl's name.
The room door opened and a tall man wearing a suit entered the room. He was the baby's father. The woman on the bed tilted her head towards him and he uttered something which seemed gibberish to me. The woman's lips curled upwards, which I inferred lately as being happy, as they both held hands. She then looked at the baby and tickled her nose. The baby girl was asleep peacefully as she giggled a bit.
Later that night after dinner, the couple started packing their things in a bag. I understood that they would be leaving soon. Soon, the father took the baby in his arms, and along with the woman, they left the room. I too got up and followed them from behind. They soon neared the exit of the hospital. I too followed them, but as soon as I touched the door my muscles started tightening, I gazed at my arms puzzled about this new thing that I felt. Then suddenly I felt it, something inside me was breaking and I involuntarily screamed loudly. It was all new for me. The next moment my head was getting heavy. I clutched it with my arms and knelt down. Then I suddenly found myself descending into darkness. But at that moment--
Karma: Time to go
The faint and deep voice was back. That was the last thing I remembered. When I opened my eyes, I found myself standing in the same room. But everything else felt different, the lady on the bed was different. That was the least of my concern though, I hurriedly placed my hand on the chest and yes, it was there. The strong rhythmic beating of my heart. Only now did I place my attention on the surroundings.
The lady on the bed was totally unfamiliar to me. The strange thoughts and voices in my mind were absent too. Just then the door to the room opened and a man wearing a black suit entered, he had a leather book on his waist that looked similar to the one given to me. I moved my head down and the book was still there. But that was the least of my concern. As soon as the man opened the door, he paused his steps and his gaze landed on me. It was then I felt why the man felt similar. He gave me the same 'feeling' as the man who had handed me the book. The eyes were the same.
The man in a suit then looked at the lady on the bed and patted the book on his waist. I subconsciously touched my book too. Then something happened. Both of our books started floating and the pages fluttered open, only to stop at the same time.
A small wave of golden circles filled with small and strange characters swept past both of us.
"Can you hear me?"
The man in the black suit asked me. I was amazed as I could hear and understand what he was saying. I nodded my head to confirm the answer.
"Try to talk." The man said.
I opened my mouth as my lips parted.
"Ahh.." That was the only thing that came out of my mouth. I knew what to say but didn't know what to pronounce. The harmony between the language and my understanding of the world was too shallow for me to actually vocalize my thoughts.
The man in the suit took a deep breath and stretched his arms. The fingers on his hands started moving in a strange and unfamiliar manner. Soon a golden hue covered his fingers and I could see beads of sweat on his face. The golden hue went from dim to dense with a few gestures and a golden character was formed.
The man slightly made a pushing motion and the golden character started floating toward me. The man pointed at my head and the character zipped past, entering my head. I heard a small explosion in my mind and suddenly images filled with strange characters popped up in my mind. These characters were the same as I had seen written everywhere, I guessed that this was the language that the people used to communicate with. Somehow the man in the black suit had transferred the knowledge of the language in my mind through the use of that golden character.
"Try speaking now." The man said again.
A question popped into my mind and I opened my mouth.
"Wh-o A-re Yo-u?"
Strangely, this left my mouth. The knowledge I had received let me know the actual meaning behind these pronunciations and it was exactly what I wanted to convey.
"Phew, that should make it easy for us."
The man said, wiping the sweat from his face.
Just then, my book which was floating and releasing wavy golden circles trembled a bit. I looked at the man. He too had a frown.
"I guess it was an accident. Since you are not yet proficient in the ------- Language yet, I guess you will have to leave." The man said.
The book shut close and the surroundings were descending into darkness. Suddenly the doors opened and another woman entered and started crying. She looked at the lady on the bed, but at this time I was not able to observe anything.