Hale's POV
[Flashback]
I yawned as I stretched my arms. I gently opened my eyes and paused a little a bit. I wondered why I was here inside a locked room. How did I end up here?
I tried to remember anything but my memory got corrupted. Whenever I reminisced, my mind went blank, sometimes the imaginary vision was quite blurry. What happened to me? What is really happening to me? Why I don't know anything!
Looking at the surroundings makes me doubt if I am still living in reality. The things I am seeing are such a fairytale, why they looked like dreamy.
By asking too many questions to myself, I realized that I was intensively sweating. I don't why I felt uncomfortable in this room. Don't tell me this is the house of Harri...
Did I just mention a particular name? H-H-Harrison... Oh no! My heart is pounding so fast, my adrenaline rush is getting worse. I need to leave this place, I don't wanna die!
I was supposed to go to the door and open it but I heard the echoes of footsteps from the stairs. Where am I going to hide? Oh god, help me!
I planned to kneel and crawl to enter below the bed. But too late, the door immediately opened. I froze and my mouth opened wide like an O.
"Hija, you are already awake... I am glad you are now okay," an old woman welcomed me to my front.
I deeply sighed and went back to my senses. What a relief, this house belongs to a good person, I guess. That woman is wearing a maid's uniform, so I have a gut feeling that I am safe in this place. My anxiety attacks gently lowered down until I became totally calm.
The maid smiled at me, her act directed me to trust her. She walked slowly and reached the position where the TV was located. She turned on the said appliances and moved the channel to a local one.
"Just wait for a minute, my dear. Your food is coming up later," she left after leaving a short message to me, I was supposed to ask her name and the location of this place.
I bit my fingers because of awkwardness. I went back to my bed instead to enjoy the softness of the mattress. The TV show is not starting yet, so I sing along first to the jingle songs of the commercials.
Feeling childish? Yes, that's the right term. I can't explain why I am so hyper this time even if I am not certain what really happened to me from the past. If that past is such a bad memory, I wish I didn't remember everything about them.
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While hearing the news and staring at the background of the reporter, I suddenly closed my eyes until my past experiences flashed back on my head.
I can still hear my voiceless shouts. The laughs of the evils are currently echoing in my ears while I see myself from the past being electrified from a dangerous chair.
I cannot bear what I am just seeing today, I immediately opened my eyes to get back to reality. When I stared at the TV again, I saw exactly the face of Harrison.
His voice sends shivers down my spine. His eyes turned red and directly laughed at me with the sound of a monster. I moved back and covered my eyes.
"You are a killer! Killer! Killer!"
"If you think you are safe, you are just dreaming that you are!"
"I am just behind you, better hide before I catch you."
I am repeatedly hearing different hollow voices. Covering my ears didn't help. I accidentally touched a long thing behind my bed, and I realized that I had the remote control of the TV.
I didn't hesitate to stone it to the screen of the TV. The situation went worse. The surroundings turned black like a total solar eclipse. I am hearing different voices laughing at me.
"Welcome to hell!"
"You are not worthy, you are trash!"
"You don't deserve to be happy, you are just a booohhh!"
I shouted randomly and panicked. My physical body randomly moved. I kicked back and forth, flipping my head, and ruining my hair.
"You haven't escaped, you have just given yourself a chance to enter hell!"
"Grab him! Grab him! Put him in the electric chair!
Please don't! I have done with this, why am I experiencing this again! Leave me alone! God, oh god! Help me!
The door has just opened. I temporarily unheard the voices. The maid went sad when she saw how the TV screen was destroyed. "Hija, why did you do it? Oh no!"
"I-I'm sorry, Yaya. I didn't mean to destroy the..." I asked for forgiveness but just in a blink of an eye, I saw her face become distorted.
Her face changed into the face of Harrison with a horn on its head. He was attacking me. I ran in a cycle inside the room but I ended up caught by his arms.
"You killed one of my foreign investors, meet the man you brutally killed!"
Surprisingly, the face of the creature shifted into another man. I forcefully slapped his face but I lost my energy when he began choking me as my throat was being strangulated.
My vision blurred and my sense of feeling eventually vanished. He was blowing my head on the wall until I passed out.
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My sense of hearing went back. Before I opened my eyes, I was already hearing beeps beside me. The high brightness of the light, and white paint on the walls made me anxious. Am I inside the hospital?
"My dear, how are you?" A middle-aged woman startled me.
"Why am I here?" I curiously asked.
"You passed out, can't you remember?" she responded, to be honest, I don't know what she is talking about.
"Don't talk too much, my dear. You need to rest so that you can recover immediately," she instructed me to be silent and calm.
I insisted, I am really curious. "Do I know you? Why did you bring me here?"
The woman deeply breathed and wet her lips. "Fine. Let's just talk for a minute. Well, to answer your question and feed your curiosity... My maid and I were the ones who found your body in front of my house's gate."
I suddenly remembered how I walked near the big mansion. Unexpectedly, I can remember how I ended up passed out in front of her house. My eyes began to water then burst into tears.
"Just cry however you want, my dear. I feel you, I know what you went through," she massaged my shoulder as a sign of comforting me.
Surprisingly, she hugged me tight. I sobbed so much. I cried not only because I felt pity for myself, but also because I was glad because finally I met the person who will be my savior.
I can feel the presence of the holy ghost. My prayers were fully granted. Thank God, you are so good! I hope this is not a false hope. I promise to myself I can rise again.
"Thank you very much, Madam. You are the answer to my prayers."
"You are also the answer to my prayers. From now on, I will be your new mother. I will help you to get back to your normal life. I am your savior and will protect you."
"M-Ma... Ma, promise to me you will not leave me?" I hugged her arms while teary-eyed.
"Promise," she raised her palm and bowed, "But permission to leave for a minute, I am just going to buy our food."
I nodded and kissed her cheek. "Goodbye, Ma. I love you!"
My kidney was going to explode. I moved my feet and tested if I could still stand and walk, fortunately, I still can. I carefully went to the restroom to pee.
After I did my business, I thought about watching the streets from the window. However, instead of enjoying the view, a violent scene just caught my eye.
I saw a poor young lady being punched by a tall, muscled man. What the hell! What did I just see? My blood boiled and it urged me to get out of the hospital and then confront that bully.
I didn't hesitate to remove the IV-dextrose on my wrist even though this is so risky. I felt the excruciating reaction of my body but I don't have a choice to endure the pain.
I walked very fast while catching my breath and overly sweating. My hands are shaking, something like they are excited to slap someone.