Kuwait_Jaen
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Boy-out of nowhere
The sun's rays caressed on April day… On our first date… And I forgot everything, what I have to do in this pla…. Ohh? how did you appear here... Oh, sorry, where are my manners... Greetings, my friend… glad to see you again… Do you miss my story tales? Don’t be shy, you don’t have to admit it... It’s okay. I also wanted to see my listener… Do you want to hear another one from me?... If you really want it, then come sit down somewhere in a warm corner and read on, we're starting…
Whether it was a long time ago or just recently, but once upon a time in a mysterious little world and a mysterious country, in a small woods, appeared a boy-out of nowhere. Lying on a fresh grassy meadow, he slept soundly… Why out of nowhere, you might ask? Because he himself didn't know where he was from or what his name was. Well, he started to wake up.
— Aaaah... - the boy groaned, opening his eyes…
— Where am I?... - he asked, seeing the clear azure sky…
— You are where you are… - the old gnome answers him…
— What? - He looked at the gnome with a frightened look and jumped back…
— Who are you? And why am I here?... - the boy asked the old man with concern.
— Well, who are you yourself? And where were you before, if you are surprised by this place... - the old man asked in response.
— What do you mean? Who am I myself? And where have I been before? I was at home!... And stop answering a question with a question… - the young man objected.
— Oh, forgive the old curmudgeon... - the gnome said... My name is Gretsbor... I am a resident of these wonderful lands… - he continued… — Many residents of this country know me, as I know everyone, but I don’t remember you, young man... where are you from?... - he finished asking.
— What? Where am I from? Me? Uh... I... I, I don't remember... - the boy said quietly, upset…
— Then what is your name?... - the old gnome asked again…
— My name? My name... I don't remember - the young man answered again, puzzled…
— It turns out that you are a Boy-out of Nowhere and your name is Nobody… - the gnome commented.
— What?!?! I have a name! - the young man protested... - I remember... I just forgot a little bit... - the boy added sadly.
— You better answer me, how did I got here?...
- the young man began to indignantly interrogate the gnome again…
— How did you get here? How do you know this? Maybe you were here before, since you don’t remember where you’re from… maybe you were hiding from everyone in our lands… - the old man protested…
— No, I know for sure that all this is unfamiliar to me... - the youth cried out…
— I'm not from here... And what kind of forest is this?... And why are you here? You probably stole me!... - the young man began to protest angrily.
— And what is this voice that comments on my every movement and word, said the boy, shouted the boy, come on, get out too? You're all probably playing a joke on me, right?... You're all lying... And why can't I remember... Who I am... Where I am... Go to hell you all!!!... - The young man seethed with anger and rushed forward, running as fast as he could away from the gnome as far as his eyes could see…
— Hey there, shut up, stinking commentator. I'm not in a fairy tale... this is all not real... this is all a dream... HELP?! HELP!!!!!!!
— Hey, anyone!!!!!!!!!!
— Where am I?
— Who am I?
The boy ran through the forest, trying so fast to find a road or a highway that he didn't pay attention to the thorns under his feet and the needle-like branches from young trees that hit his face, when suddenly the trees in the forest began to shake and the earth began to tremble…
— What? What the hell is the commentator? Mama!!!... - he panicked
— What the hell is going on here??? - the young man thought to himself. The trees seemed to come alive, and the ground was slipping away from under his feet, the forest seemed to thicken, trees began to fall in front of his feet, becoming an obstacle and the earth began to move apart, forming large chasms…
The boy managed to grab the liana and jump over the first abyss, another hole appeared behind it, but was a little smaller. The boy, in a hurry and without thinking, decided to take the risk of jumping over her too, he took two steps and juuuuummmmmp…
— Aaaaahhhh….
Yes, he did it! He reached the ground! Just a little more and he would have fallen into the abyss. He was barely standing on a shaking patch ground which rose above the level rest.
— Hey you there, whoever is commenting on it, stop doing this... Don't pretend you don't understand who I'm talking to, why are you doing all this? I am talking to you, who is telling all this, as if reading. I am not a hero from a book or from a story, I am not a past story, I am real, I am here and now…
ENOUGHTTTT!!!!!... Do you hear? ENOUGH!!!!!... this is all not true... this is all a dream... this is all a dream… " — Aaamm... Has it really stopped... The earth has stopped shaking... And the trees aren't moving… Wow, how high I have risen… I need to get out of here before this author gets something else crazy things in his head…” Before the young man had time to think about it, suddenly, out of nowhere, another piece of land jumped out right in front of him, it looked like a small island with a tree which separated from the ground and hung in the air, the boy was stunned with bewilderment… '' — This is impossible!!!'’ - he said to himself… and he suddenly fell down, the earth that was underneath him crumbled into small stones. He closed his eyes and felt himself falling, but this feeling did not last long. For some unknown reason, he felt something pulling him upward.She twisted his legs upwards, he opened his eyes and made sure that this was indeed the case. His legs twisted upwards, he opened his eyes and saw that this was indeed the case. Now he was falling upward onto that patch of land, which had swum out before him before. From underneath which the roots of a tree protruded, as if they were spearheads. The young man panicked even more, out of fear he tried to grab onto something. And then the right hand felt something to hold on to, the boy grabbed the grass with both hands, and it turned out to be a liana. He was turned upside down again, falling and sliding through the air, he moved forward. Before his eyes opened a view of a whole, untouched land, he was delighted with what he saw and prepared to land. The only thing that scared him was a cluster of small trees, which could have seriously injured him, but decided to fly between them. And so he began to approach the ground, but suddenly someone's image appeared from under the trees. But it was too late to do anything, he had already let go of the liana and flew straight into the stranger. They crashed and both rolled to the other end of the earth, where the cliff was visible…
Arrival
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She: — Why are you looking at me like that hm?
He: — It wasn’t me... It's you…
She: — Hehe, don’t lie to me…
He: — I'm not…
She: — Please, don’t look at me like that...
He: — Why?
She: — Otherwise you'll drown in the pool of my eyes and you will lose your soul… and then no one will save you…
He: — And I'm not afraid, if I lose my soul… Aren't you afraid of losing yours?...
She: — So, let's try to take it…
He: — What if I'll do it? Will you be mine forever?...
She: — Hehe…
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G: — Rise up soldier!!! No time to sleep son!!!...
Y: — Ahhmm?? Aaa what the hell?
G: — Don't even say it, son. What the hell did you go running through a minefield? All because of this girl??? You're lucky son that you're wearing combat armor and the sprint mode is automatically turned on… otherwise I would have to collect your guts from all over the forest… hahaha… But look for the positives everywhere, it seems you have set a new world record…if not by running, then for fast shitting on your pants be sure hahaha!!! Now get up, you dumbhead!!!!
The young man couldn't come to his senses, moments later, he automatically began to feel his entire body with his hands. He gradually began to understand that he is covered from head to toe in exo-skeletal armor. The screen in the helmet showed a slightly distorted image of everything happening around, he hit the helmet on his head a couple of times and the image became clear. He looked around and couldn't understand where he was again.
— Where am I now?... - he asked in a half-whisper. The sergeant looked at him sullenly and replied: — That you still can’t recover from the concussion… - then he commanded: — Kara analysis of the state of the twentieth… A female electric voice responded: — Sergeant Kurt's voice has been identified, I start conducting a process analysis of soldier number twenty…
The young man could barely make out a full-length photo of his body on the foggy screen of his helmet. He felt a chill run through him a couple of times, sometimes up, sometimes down, then Kara said: — Pulse 120 beats per minute, there is no damage or bleeding in the internal organs, there are a couple of hematomas in the soft tissues in the chest and head area, pupils are enlarged, slight concussion, the carrier is in shock.
— Well, now I see, what’s wrong with you, soldier… - said the sergeant, then looked at the fugitive.
— And you, stranger? You look like a defector or were you spying on us here?... What were you doing here alone in this forest filled with mines and monsters? Well, answer me right now! While I'm still kind… - She was wearing a hoodie and the hood was covering her face, cropped ankle-length blue jeans and white exoskeleton sneakers. The sergeant removed the hood from her head to get a better look at her face. He saw her long, bright chestnut-colored hair, just below her shoulders, and green eyes, as well as her white, pale face and black mascara running from tears. The sergeant grabbed the stranger by the collar, the girl moaned in response: — Aahhh… - and got scared.
— What!? Are you speechless?... - the old warrior continued to escalate, and at this time the young man began to come to his senses…- Aaahhhh… - he groaned… — Now I don’t hear that voice… and the terrain changed around… how can this be? I was in another place.
The forest he had seen before was very different from what it is now. The trees were burnt out, and there seemed to be no trace of that greenery and those leaves left. The environment was partly similar to what had been before and at the same time different. It looks like a twisted version of what came before. Dry grass, petrified earth, swamps and rot everywhere. The guy looked at the short sergeant, who stood with his back to him, he also had the same armor, only with a different shortened helmet, he recognized him as the gnome, who was with him in the forest.
— Hey you… - he addressed the sergeant…
— You’re that gnome!... - the fellow said in an enlightened voice…
— What are you talking about, kid?... - the sergeant was indignant, turning to him and letting the stranger go.
— What are you talking about? - the old soldier asked him again.
— You are that dwarf from whom I was running away… then the ground there began to shake… and then I fell on someone and it was you!... - the young man looked at the runaway…
— Okay Kara, what kind of nonsense is he talking about…- the sergeant objected. — I’m conducting a psychological analysis… - Kara answered. — Mild concussion, slight bruise in the frontal part of the brain, possibly short-term memory loss, and also, due to shock, false memories may arise. — Now that's why, what it is!… Kid, that really shook you up your ass… - the sergeant commented…
The girl looked at the young man and began to speak: — I was hiding here from the cops… and everything would have been fine if it weren't for him, so much fuss over this fool…
— You'd better tell him thank you for saving your ass, fugitive… — the sergeant objected… - If it weren’t for him, you would have been blown up by one of these mines… and because of you his head was spinning to the point of memory loss!!! - he finished.
— I'm not a fugitive, my name is Aliz... - the girl objected in response.
— I don't really give a damn what your name is and where you're from!... - the sergeant responded to the objections.
"So I saved her?" the young man thought to himself, but everything was different…
— And you listen to me, soldier… - with an angry face, grabbing the armor, the sergeant began to speak angrily… — I don't know what's going on in your head, but I need a combat soldier here! Who will act strictly according to plan and cover my back! Do you understand?... - The young man was frightened and did not know what to answer, but suddenly a siren sounded. An incomprehensible alarm sign appeared in front of his screen, Kara's electronic voice repeated two words: — Alarm on the right, Alarm on the right… - Get down!!!... - the sergeant shouted and jumped to the ground, grabbing both of them. A gas egg flew past them and exploded nearby, released from the mouth of a lizard by a similar predator. The sergeant, seeing this, pulled out his rifle with a shout: — Well, here we go! Run to cover!... Twenty and Aliz rushed forward.
But as soon as they took two steps, a monster exploded in front of them, who was blown up by a mine… — God damn! Twenty what the hell are you doing? Turn on the navigation map soldier!!! - the warrior shouted at the young man… — What? A navigation map? … - the young man asked again in a panenka voice.
— Just ask Kara!!!... - the sergeant answered angrily.
— Kara navigation map… - the guy commanded, stuttering from fear.
— I’m turning on the navigation map…scanning the surroundings, DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! A minefield and aggressive creatures were discovered… - commented Kara… The young man screamed in panic: — Faster, Kara!... Kara continued: — Loading a safe route… The route is built... - A blurry image appeared on the helmet screen, the fellow couldn't see the map properly, it had different yellow, pink, blue and many red dots marked on it. The young man panicked even more and began to interrogate Kara with a shout: — Kara I can't see anything, what should I do?...
Without thinking too much, the computer suggested its own option: — I'm activating security protocol number twelve, if in case a soldier after minor injury or under other circumstances was disoriented to move forward to a given location point with the consent of the user himself, autopilot is turned on. Do you consent to the temporary exploitation of your body and your limbs?... + Kara asked the young man.
— Yes, I do! Just do something now!...
- the guy answered with a shout…
— Then relax your legs. I will take you to your destination… - said the computer. The guy grabbed Aliz's hand and his legs seemed to start running along the given route on their own. Aliz barely managed to switch her sneakers to sports mode to keep up with the young man. Monsters appeared everywhere, the sergeant ran after them in short exchanges of fire.
— Sword! Sword! This is Shield! We're heading to our destination, do you copy?... - the sergeant began to mutter half-shouting in a hurry. — Sword online... Shield what is your status?... - someone answered him over the radio. — Code red! I repeat Code red!... - the sergeant answered with a shout… — Class of fellow travelers?... - the voice from the radio asked him.
— One passenger and the Langarers!... - the warrior shouted.
— What the hell, guys! Are you throwing us a party?... - answered the voice on the other end.
— Meet us in 10 minutes! Over!!! - the sergeant shouted.
— Roger that… we're ready… - they answered him.
At first they ran straight ahead, then they turned sharply in different directions, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, dodging branches and jumping over all obstacles, foam, fallen trees, holes. Monsters came out of every crack and one after another, some of them were blown up by mines, but this didn't reduce their numbers. The silhouettes of dangerous creatures were barely visible through the cloudy screen of the helmet. It was clear from the map on the screen inside the helmet how the three of them were quickly approaching the designated point and how evil creatures were following them. On their way they began to see a barricade of not a small oak tree laid across the road, on it stood a soldier in the same armor as like on young man, in the middle of it stood a soldier in the same armor as like on young man and two soldiers were at each end, hiding behind this tree. A voice on the radio shouted: — Twenty come on! Faster!. — Faster Kara!!!... - the guy held them and the suit sped up, a fellow traveler who was holding hands, moaning and gasping for breath, she could barely keep up with him. They came to the shelter, the computer's voice confirmed the arrival: — The personnel were delivered to their destination unharmed!... The commander standing on the oak tree gave his hand to the twentieth, to the girl, and then to the sergeant who lagged behind them a little. The commander's face seemed very familiar to the young man. They all took cover behind a tree, the sergeant and captain began to fire continuously. - Are you going to fight together with us or you only know how to run?... - the captain asked angrily… His voice was painfully familiar to the young man, only he couldn't remember it… The guy came to his senses and asked in bewilderment: — Fight with what?...
— What do you mean? With your rifle! Tell Kara to activate the weapon… - the old sergeant answered irritably…
— What’s wrong with him? - the captain asked the sergeant.
— Concussion, sir! - the sergeant replied.
— Hmm...how did he manage to get it so that he turned from a soldier into a greenhorn…
- the captain muttered indignantly.
The guy gave the command: — Kara activate the weapon!...
— The command is being executed - the onboard computer replied.
A piece of a gun popped out of his side thigh, the twentieth grabbed it and the scrap began to transform and lengthen.
— The BS-18 rifle is ready for battle…- Kara reported.
He began to turn around and get up from his hiding place, then Aliz grabbed him by the hand: — Don't leave me…
20: — I'm here, I'm with you… you.. you
What did I just say? (thoughts inside him)...
Sssss Kkkkrrrrr (nasty grinding sound in the ears) Hey... Hey-hey... Don't cry, the main thing is I'm here, I'm with you... you... you…
that's what I told her once upon a time (thoughts inside him)...
— Sirr... Sirr... what's wrong with you?... - the junior sergeant asked him.
The guy came to his senses…
— I'm fine… - he said and then pulled out a rifle and began to aim at the half-spider spawn. Without thinking, he pulled the trigger and hit the large tarantula right in the head.l, then he suddenly aimed at another and then thoughts arose “It seems like we were being hunted by other monsters, not insects?... Where do these thoughts come from in my head?... Who am I? A soldier of some royal army? What kind of uniform and armor am I wearing? Am I a knight? So I was wearing a robot suit, wasn’t I?” He looked at the captain, who was also wearing a uniform and the same armor over it, he also wore an incomprehensible cap, half made of steel and half of wool and material, like all the soldiers. The guy returned to his original position and continued shooting at the insects without stopping, but their number didn't decrease, more and more new ones appeared.
— Captain, we can’t last that long! - the sergeant reported. The captain turned to the guy and commanded: — Lieutenant, take the civilian and find an escape route.
— Aye, aye captain! - the guy obeyed the order, then he grabbed the girl and ran to the rear. A huge oak tree appeared on their way. And underneath it a hole was visible.
— Stop! - Aliz screamed sharply.
— What is it? - the guy asked her…
— I won’t go there? - she answered.
— But why? - the young man asked again.
— Because he will be there - Aliz answered in a sad voice.
— Who is he? - asked the puzzled young man.
— This evil deceiver... who got me into all this… - Aliz began to tell.
— Eh? - the young man looked at him with a puzzled look.
— Rabbit is waiting for us there! - Aliz finished answering.
Dark Woods
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In some snakes, females eat their males after…
oh my god it's horrible… Aaaah, you scared me, oh my heart sank…Don't sneak up on me like that again… well... It's already so scary here without this, when you read something like this… and you do something like this… So know that it is dangerous to play with snakes… Not only do they betray and deceive, but they force others to do the same… I remember I told you some story there… Well, what was I talking about… Oh yeah... I got it... I got it... a story about some boy, right?... Well, what was there, tell me?... oh yeah Rabbit!!! Rabbit... rabbit... I got it!... Oh this naive rabbit…
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In a clean green field on which the sun shone so radiantly, there were three people standing near a huge, lonely oak tree. The wind blew softly, rustling its leaves and knocking away the oppressive heat in the air. There was a small hole in the oak tree that could fit a five-year-old child, well or an adult, if only I could get on all fours and walk forward. A rabbit suddenly jumped out of the oak tree and…
— Stop!!! Has it started again? - Boy.
— What happen? - Aliz
— That announcer's voice! Who tells everything over and over again all our actions and events… - Boy
— I don’t hear anything... - Aliz
— He just now spoke and described everything… Wait a minute... where is the woods? where is the royal squad? monsters? spiders? everything was different here!!!... - Boy
— Hmm-hmm, boy, maybe you’ll still let me finish the story, so there is a rabbit waiting for you and a bunch of different adventures. - You
— I knew it, you can hear me! Stop! What? Story? Again! you took up your old things! I won't do anything until you explain what's going on here? And until you get me out of here… Get me out of here! Get me out right now!!!... - Boy
— Wait a minute, boy, I want to explain to you, that everything doesn’t depend on me, I don't have the answers to your questions, I'm just telling all your adventures which you yourself create, as like a football commentator. - Author
— What? It can't be! I don't believe you! - Boy
— It's your right not to believe. - Author
— You told two hours ago that I was in the woods, which is not clear how it changed and now I’m in a bare field… Again, it’s not clear how I appeared here? This is all your doing, right?!.. Admit it!... - Boy
— Huh?... What? Really?... Before that, I told there was a woods here? Oh! my mind, sorry… But I’ll be honest, if I could change anything in this world, then this story wouldn't exist, everything appears as you see it... - Author
— So are you going to get me out of here or not? I won't do anything while I'm here. - Boy
— You can do whatever you want… ...or do nothing… But I can't get you out, because it's not in my power… Only you yourself can find a way out of here... - Author
— So how? - Boy
— Follow the White Rabbit... - Author
— Behind the White Rabbit?!... How can I know that he will lead me to the exit? How can I trust you?.. what if I don't do it… then what? - Boy
— Then nothing… nothing will happen… There is only one solution to check it… You can stay in this empty field as long as you want… But I think that the way out won’t find itself... - Author
— Alright then… Let's play your stupid game… But just don’t try to fool me… Otherwise I won’t budge... - Boy
— Good.. Agreed... - Author
Aliz tugged at the boy's hand and asked quietly: — What are you thinking about?
— Me?... - the young man reasked surprisingly.
— Of course, who else did I ask… - Aliz answered with a question in the affirmative.
— I just talked with the author for at least half an hour… didn't you hear and see our entire conversation?... - The young man reacted in surprise again
— What other author?... No, I didn't hear anything… you just stood there and asked about some announcer and thoughtfully looked into the distance for a couple of minutes…
as if you remembered something… - Aliz answered in detail.
— Do you even remember how we got here?... - the boy asked indignantly again.
— Honestly, I didn't even think about it, we're just here and that's it... - Aliz answered.
— And what about Woods? Spiders? Monsters? Our acquaintance? - the boy continued to interrogate.
— Spiders? Monsters? Our acquaintance? I'm sorry I don't remember any of this, I just feel like I've known you for a long time… - Aliz answered in a sad voice.
— What about you, please gnome! Do you remember anything?... - ... - the boy looked pitifully at the old man.
— Me? What about me? I met you, and then she appeared… Well, what about spiders and woods...Hm... Lately I don't remember… Maybe this is a memory from your past life… although who knows… this is a wonderland and anything can happen here son… - Gretsbor made his conclusion.Boy: — No, it was real, not a dream… What the hell is the author? Why don’t they hear us and don’t remember anything?
Author: — Maybe they only hear what they are used to hearing and remember what they want...
Boy: — How is this possible? Although I'm not surprised by anything here…
The boy realized that the interrogations were of no use, they continued walking, and soon they reached the oak tree. Where the white rabbit met them, who was just over three feet tall, no taller than a five year old child. He was dressed like a gentleman in a black top hat, glasses and a dark blue jacket worn over a white shirt with sleeves, underneath are dark trousers with polished black shoes and white gloves on his hands. He pulled a watch from the front right pocket of his vest and muttered: — You're late, you're late… - and put them back and then lifted the sleeve of his shirt on his left paw and began to look at the watch on his wrist. He looked at them suspiciously, then raised them up to his ears, again muttering angrily: — You're late! You're late! - and began to turn them on nervously.
— Hmm, a talking rabbit? I'm glad these aren't unicorns or fairies… - said the young man with a grin.
The rabbit muttered again: — You're late! You're late!... Here the boy interrupted him and asked: — Um... Hello? Do you mind if I ask what you're mumbling about? Who's late?...
— Good afternoon sir!... - the rabbit greeted with a trembling voice, then answered the question: — Of course, you are late for the meeting…
— To meet someone?... - The young man asked again…
— Not to whom, but where! - Corrected the rabbit.
— So where?... - The young man asked the question.
— To your adventures!... - The rabbit answered in a trembling voice…
— What? What kind of crap are you talking about?... - the boy objected…
— He's always like that… he talks all sorts of incoherent nonsense… like almost everyone else in this country… - Aliz commented sadly…
— How do you know it? - The boy was surprised.
Aliz looked at the young man with sad eyes: — Once upon a time, I don’t remember how much time has passed, I met this rabbit, he also muttered something and where was he in a hurry… and I followed him… this is how I fell here and now I can’t get out… - Aliz said, she paused for a moment and added: — Just don’t believe everything you see and hear here... They all lie…
— Hmm... everything I saw here seems delusional to ME - the boy added on his own behalf…
— I protest. I’m just saying what I’m instructed or allowed to do. - the rabbit reacted dissatisfied.
— By whom? - the boy asked suspiciously.
— Hhhussshhh... I can’t say that… - Rabbit said this in a whisper, took the top hat off his head and pressed it to his mouth, pointing his finger up…
— What does it mean? - the boy began to question again.
— Sorry, I’m limited in my answers, please ask the right questions… We are forbidden to talk about everything else… I can only add something… - said the Rabbit in a whisper…
— What? - Aliz asked curiously.
The rabbit put the top hat back on his head, pulled out small glasses from the front left pocket of his vest, he pulled them onto his nose and then he pulled out a scroll from the inside pocket of his vest and began to read from it.
— Khem! Khem! - the fluffy one coughed before starting.
If you are a hero.. and want to back home quicker.
Then you will have to give... what you for yourself wish.
Will you leave someone?
Who cares about you.
Who gently warmed everytime.
Chasing away your sadness mood.
Are you ready to squeeze in your hand,
Razor-sharp thorns from the rose's step?
To bleed, take the snake venom so bitter,
What will make the heart shiver and wither?
Are you ready to go through...
To the darkness of emptiness inside you…
Walk on the bones of broken dreams…
And breathe in the ashes feelings of smoldering love lees…
To be fall into madnessys…
Only when you will pass all this path,
You will see the truth at last.
Then will open up to you the door.
And afterglow you will realized who you were.
— What the hell is this?... - the boy asked, puzzled.
— This young man is a scroll of prophecy and I have been instructed to read it to you… - the rabbit answered proudly.
— Who is this for? Is this for him? - Aliz interrupted.
- Ahhmmm?... Just a second... - the rabbit muttered, puzzled…
— Hold on... hold on... hold on... just a second, just a second - The rabbit continued to mutter.
He nervously pressed the scroll to his nose, holding the glasses with his right paw and squinting his eyes, he tried hard to find out to whom this prediction was addressed…
— It is written here to the hero, I think it's still for him… - the rabbit answered, pointing at the young man.
— Hm!!!… - Aliz reacted angrily, she grabbed the scroll and tore it from the rabbit with a scream: - Give it to me!... - then quickly ran her eyes over the text, muttering under her breath and commented.
— It doesn't write who for is it addressed to, LONG-EAREDSY!... So that is complete Bullshit!...
— I merely just said the will of my lords… - the rabbit answered in justification.
— Your lords!?... But for me you didn't write anything like that…
Skrrrr ttzzzzzz (distortion sounds)
— But for me... (ttttttzzzz) you didn't... (skkkkrrr)
— But for me you didn't write anything like that…
Skrrrr ttzzzzzz (distortion sounds)
— You dedicated your whole soul to some stinking cunt,
— You want to blam... (sssskkkkrrr ttttzzzz) me!!!... then where were you when I... (sssskkkkrrr ttttzzzz)
Skrrrr ttzzzzzz (distortion sounds)
— Aaaah!!! my head - clutching his head the boy groaned while the others argued and swore.
— So your idiotic lords don't give a shit about me?!... - Aliz continued to be indignant.
— You came here yourself, you weren’t invited here… - the rabbit muttered, stuttering.
— What did you say, Long-earedsy!?... - Aliz became even more angry.
— Guys, let's enough fight… - the gnome interrupted them: — Maybe we should decide where to go? - he added then.
— Let me suggest that you follow me… I'll take you to the escape… and prithee note that he is the only one here for your information...
- the rabbit suggested softly.
— No way… toothy! NEVER EVER BE YOUR WAY!!! Thanks, I'm fed up with this bullshit and your adventures… - Aliz reacted furiously.
— Well, alright, stop aggression… Let's discuss everything and come to some kind of solution… - said the gnome, then looked at the boy and asked: — Hey boy... What's wrong with you?...
The boy came to his senses and decided to mentally analyze what was happening in his head “What happened to me? Some visions or fragments from a forgotten memory?”
— Author, what was that? Author? Author? I can't hear you again… - the boy said out loud without thinking.
— Are you at it again? Talking about the author again? Better tell us what to do? I don't trust this furball… He's clearly hiding something… he is not on our side… - Aliz began to interrogate the boy in an aggressive tone.
— I don't know what to do! - the guy answered in the same spirit.
— It looks like we have no choice… There is only bare steppe all around… I don't think there's anything nearby. - the gnome commented.
— He said if you want to get out, then follow the white rabbit… I think you're right gnome… we have nowhere else to go…- the boy agreed with the fact.
— This can't be… Well, what if we go straight? no matter which way and walk for a long time without turning and then we’ll get somewhere… - Aliz objected.
— No, I don’t think that will work here… - the boy answered, sighing sadly.
— How do you know? Because you really don't know that for sure!... Let's ask the Long-earedsy… He has definitely been here longer than us and should know… Well, Rabbit, answer?! Is there anything nearby where we can get out of here? - Aliz asked indignantly.
— Sorry, but I am limited in my answers… - the Rabbit answered plaintively. Oh?! so you do... like that?! - Aliz sighed angrily, hitting the cylinder she grabbed the Rabbit by the ears, picked him up and started shaking him, so much so that his glasses and watch fell out from the shaking: — What's there beyond?... So, tell me now, you long-earedsy little shit!... - Aliz asked the rabbit with a scream as she shook him…
— Ayyyy... I don't know… I only know that it is possible to be infinite and no one has ever gone through it… that's what they say… - the rabbit answered frightened.
— Are there any other exits here… - Aliz continued.
— I don't know… Only the creator himself knows about this… Only he decides what should be here and what should not… I am only merely carrying out his will… - said the rabbit, stuttering.
— Hmm... I think I know who he's talking about… - the boy said thoughtfully and began to think to himself: - "Could it really be that all this is the work of the author…But why is he playing with us?… Or maybe it's just in me…
How can I find out?… the exit, according to his plan, is somewhere there…maybe there I will find answers to all the questions…” - Having finished his thought, he declared: — Let him go!... We should trust him, otherwise we'll be stuck here forever…
— Fine… - Having resigned herself, Aliz let the rabbit go, he shouted out of fear: — Ayyyy… - and jumped away from her, picking up all his things that had fallen from the ground…
— Maybe you're right, but I don't want to be alone again in this crazy world… - Aliz said in response to the boy.
— Don't be afraid… I will always be there… Trust me… - Having said this to Aliz, the boy took her hand. She looked at him with trembling eyes from tears and smiled shyly. It seemed very familiar to her, that tenderness and that touch, but she couldn’t realized where these feelings suddenly came from.
Gretsbor saw the sparkle in these two and smiled: — Well, my dears, it means that's it, everything is decided… let's go meet adventures hmm?... - He grabbed Aliz by one hand at elbow level and the young man by the other, then looked at the rabbit: — We are ready!…
— Then just follow me… entrance through this hole… - said the rabbit kindly.
They approached the oak tree hole, which looked more like a rounded doorway than a simple hole of the tree, but without a door. There was a sign above the hole, It had a silhouette of a king cobra snake carved into it. "- Hmm, very strange.” - the boy thought, the hole itself didn't look like it was cut from the inside or the outside, it looked like the oak tree just grew with this hole “- there are no traces of hand cutting” - the boy noticed. The rabbit bent down on all fours and slipped into a dark hole and there he disappeared into the darkness, saying only through his back: — Be careful here, don't fall into the abyss, otherwise it is not known where and when you will end up, stairs on the left…
They followed him into the hole, Gretsbor was slightly taller than a rabbit, by as much as two heads, and it is one and a half times denser than him. He was the first one to enter and barely fit into the hole, he moved forward in jerks: — And in appearance it seemed bigger… - he commented. Aliz walked behind, before she goes into the hole, she lifted up the front side of her long blue dress, so that it doesn't interfere with her crawling and the boy brought up the rear.
— Is it just me? Or is the hole getting narrower… - the boy made a remark.
— I think so too… - Aliz supported.
Gretsbor felt the same way, but not as much as they do and having grasped the essence of the situation, he began to walk faster, then unable to bear the discomfort, he shouted: — Hey rabbit, where are you?
— I'm going down here… could you move faster, otherwise the hole will slam shut in a minute and you can get stuck in it forever… - the rabbit shouted back.
— What? Couldn't you have said it before?... - the gnome shouted indignantly again, then he looked at those behind him and commanded: — Do You heard that!... Come on guys, move faster!… Move! Move!...
— Ah, it’s already too cramped for me here…
faster, faster… - the boy panicked.
— Aaahh!... Me too!... Gretsbor moved, quick!... - Aliz picked up the panic.
— Where are the stairs? I can't see anything… - Before the gnome could say this, he immediately fell through: — Aaahhh!!!... - gatsbooorrrr where are you!!! Gretsbor Aaahhh I'm falling!... - Aliz also suddenly screamed, but she managed to grab the roots of the oak tree with her right hand. The boy, realizing that there was an abyss at the exit, slowed down and stopped at the edge.
— Alizzzz... Hold on to me! - he shouted. Aliz freed her left hand and grabbed the boy's right hand: — Just don't let me go!!!... - she screamed in fear. — Okay!!! I gotcha ya! - He shouted back at her. He tried to feel with his left hand something that he could firmly grasp: — Where the hell is the stairs? I can’t see anything!… - he said in a trembling voice and suddenly something from behind began to push him out, realizing that it was the hole itself. doing that, pushing him out, he screamed in fear: — The hole is pushing me out! I'm going to fall!!!...
— No, just don’t let me go… - Aliz shouted. The hole began to push harder, he only managed to shout the last words before falling: — I'm falling down!!! Aaaaaahhh!!!... - He screamed and let go of Aliz’s hand, and together they fell into the abyss.
Opening his eyes, the boy couldn't figure out what was happening: — What?... - he started waving his arms and legs, but couldn't grasping for anything: — Am I still falling?... - The young man, realizing that he was still in flight, rushed to look for Aliz: — Alizzz!!!... Alizzz!!!... - Looking around the area he thought: - how deep does this rabbit hole go… then he continued looking for Aliz:
— Aliz!!!!! Where are you??? Aliz, can you hear me?
— I'm here!!!!!!... - Aliz responded.
— I see you, Elise! Hold on, I'll fly to you right now… - having grouped his body, the boy rushed towards her, flying up to her, he extended his hand: — Take my hand!...
— Hap, just don't let me go again… - Aliz said, grabbing his hand.
Grabbing each other, the boy said: — I gotcha ya! - then he looked around again and asked: — Where is Grestbor?…
— I don’t know... he’s probably somewhere down there… - Aliz answered looking down, then they started shouting together: — Gretsbor!!!!! Gretsbor!!!
— I'm here guys… - Having heard them, the gnome answered.
— We'll pick you up right now, hold on!... just stay there!... - said the boy and he and Aliz rushed towards him. — Hea… - the boy shouted as he exhaled, picking up the gnome.
— I thought I was going to crash and closed my eyes… but I realized that for some reason I was still falling… - commented Gretsbor.
— I warned you that this long-earedy guy can't be trusted… last time it was like that… - Aliz began to grumble angrily.
— We had no choice… What should we do now?... if you were here… - the boy asked worriedly.
— I don’t know, I just closed my eyes and fell... fell for a long time… - Aliz answered confused.
— And where are we falling? where is the end of this hole? - Gretsbor interrupted them.
— Last time it was where we were Wonderland… And now we are falling somewhere further… - Aliz answered.
The darkness that surrounded them suddenly began to recede, light began to leak from the abyss below, illuminating the entire space around them. Reflections of objects that were hidden in the darkness began to be seen, the boy was a little taken aback by this, because all the household furniture and more were flying around in the vicinity. Wardrobes, beds, cabinets and much more incomprehensible, all sorts of luminous equipment and things that he had never seen before.
— Where does all this stuff come from?... - Looking around, the boy asked.
— I don’t know, maybe all these things are from the memories of everyone who was here… - Aliz answered and looked down and suddenly a sideboard flew out from somewhere.
— Look out!... - Aliz shouted, they having formed a crowd, moved sharply to the side.
— There are more and more of them!!!... - the gnome noticed and in addition to large stuff, small ones began to fly at them, dishes, toys, telephones and those same little glowing devices. All the objects seemed to hang in the air, like in water and slowly flew apart.
— Aaaahhh!!!… - Aliz started screaming again, covering her face and began to defend herself, the others followed her and also began to take cover. The boy barely managed to fight off the objects and didn’t notice how a push-button telephone flew into his face a white ringing device that hit him on the head, after which he screamed in mild pain: — Aaaaaaayyy damn!… - The phone slowly flew to the side, and from her the tube flew off and moved in the opposite direction, a voice familiar to the boy came from the pipe: — I love you Jaen!... (noise: - ttttshhhh!!!)... And I really miss you, sunny… I want to be with you... (noise: - ttttshhh!!!)
— What!!!???... - the boy asked in surprise and then thought and said to himself: - Who is Jaen? Or what does it mean? And this voice is familiar to me... Jaen?!... Does this mean my name or did she call me that affectionately?...
(noise: - skrrr)
— Yeahh, they are good, but I am a fucking whore… Because, you will always blame me for everything…
(noise: - skrrr)
A sharp pain pierced the boy's head, he grabbed it, covering his entire face with his elbows and suddenly the pain subsided. He couldn't understand what was happening to him, only one thought was spinning in my head: - what was that and when will it all end!!! And then suddenly everything stopped, small stuff were left behind: — What's wrong with you? Are you okay?... - Aliz asked the boy.
— I don't know… Again some fragments of vision, as like all this is memories and it's very familiar to me… - the boy answered.
— Pull yourself together!!! We need you to stay with us!... - Aliz grabbed the boy and began to bring him to his senses.
— I will try!... - the boy answered.
The calm did not last long, huge unknown objects began to appear in the distance. The first thing that approached them was a huge bookshelf the size of an entire wall.
— We need to separate, otherwise we'll crash into it… - Aliz immediately realized.
— Okay! We'll separate on the count of three… - Gretsbor commanded, then they started counting together: — One, two, three!!!
— Let's go!!!... - shouted Gretsbor…
They flew in different directions, flying around the shelf, smaller objects appeared behind it, car, bed, table. The car moved towards the boy, the remaining two items went to Elise and Gretsbor. The guy swerved to the side to avoid the car, as he flew past, there was a grinding sound in my ears again, he grabbed his ears, the noise disappeared again. Looking back at the car he saw two images appear, He barely saw what seemed to him to be familiar features on the girl, dark hair, dark skin, brown eyes and it was impossible to see the second one, she kissed with a dark stranger. The girl saw how he looked at her and said: — I'm sorry, Jaen… It's not my fault... I couldn't do anything… - then she laughed loudly: — Hahaha!...
A sharp screeching sound hit the boy's ears again, causing him to scream in pain: — NNNOOO!!!… YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING, BUT YOU DIDN'T!!!... - The ringing in my ears only got worse, meanwhile, Aliz and Gretsbor easily dodged their objects, Aliz from the double bed, Gretsbor from the kitchen table. Aliz saw the boy falling in a crumpled, as like a waterdrop shape and a big piano flies towards him, she shouted to him: — Watch out boy!!!... - But he didn't hear her, she decided to jump up to him to save him, but then Gretsbor grabbed her hand: — What are you doing? You can't save him, you won't make it!... - he shouted to her.
— Let me go!!!... - she shouted back at him, kicking him and moving towards the boy and the gnome flew away in an unknown direction. She flew towards the boy, but the piano flew towards him faster, she started shouting at him: — Hhheeeyyy!!!... Wake up!!! Hhheeeyyy yyyooouuu!!!... - the boy didn't hear her, the noise in his ears only got worse, flashes of fragments from life occurred in his eyes, only he didn't understand whose, everything was familiar and at the same time alien, the girl's voice kept spinning in his head: — I love you Jaen… (noise: -sssskkkkrrr) Hahaha…(noise: -ssskkkkrrr) Why are you looking at me like that hm?… (noise: -ssskkkkrrr) Is it really you? Where is your blue handkerchief?…
— SHUT UUUPPP!!! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU ANYMORE!!!… GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!... - he shouted at the top of his lungs and opened up to his full height.
The musical instrument was getting closer and closer, Aliz realized that there was no point in screaming, the only thing she could do was push him away. She accelerated her flight by grouping herself into a needle shape, she pressed hands to her hips and straightened her legs with her toes together: — Auhhh…- they both screamed from the collision, she crashed into the boy, hitting him in the chest with her shoulder, they managed to avoid the brunt of the piano's blow, but not completely, the piano key cover anyway touched Aliz's legs and groin. The blow sent her flying away from the boy. He came to his senses and the only thing he managed to see and hear was her screaming:
— Boyyyyyyy!!! Aaaaahhhh!!!... - before she fell into the bright light, which seemed like the bottom of a hole, but it turned out that this bright light did not have a solid surface. The boy shouted back: — Aliz!!!... - and he rushed after her, entering this light. There was a flickering in his eyes, he closed his eyes, then there was a rumble of thunder and a whistle. The noise of the flickering became more frequent, the boy started screaming out of fear: — Aaahhh!!!... - a sharp explosion… and suddenly complete silence ‘ - is it really all over? there are no noises or explosions…’ the boy thought to himself… absolute calm… The guy realized that he was lying on something soft and warm ' - how strange, I seemed to be falling and didn’t feel how I landed…' He felt so good lying there that he didn't want to open his eyes. ‘ - I don't want to get up and go somewhere…’ He lay there for an unknown amount of time and then he felt something tickling his back and heels: — Hahaha!!!... Mmmm... Jaen I feel ticklish… Jaen!!!... The boy opened his eyes and turned around, it was just the wind tickling him with sand. ' - I remembered that face, that girl in the car, I know her, I remember her, I remember how I loved her, but I don't remember her name…
— Where am I now?... in the desert?... Where the hell did I end up again… - He stood up and couldn't understand where he was. — Where are my clothes?... Why am I only wearing pants and a torn shirt?… - he was surprised. — And where is everyone else?... Alizz!!!!... EAlizz!!!... Gretborg!!!... Gretborg!!!!.... Where the hell are you guys?... Damn!!!!... - he shouted in despair and anger… What surprised him most was his surroundings: — What strange sand is around?... so blue like sea water… Why didn't I notice it right away… - a completely different picture opened up before him. — I didn’t think this could happen… Wow what?... What is shining…- For the first time he saw blue sand with a pink sheen. A path formed from the pink hue, beckoning him to follow it, and he did. In the distance he noticed some kind of building, the boy decided to come closer, It turned out to be a stone arch with beautifully carved patterns and drawings; in the center of the top there was a symbol of a snake.
The Rabbit Hole
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to be continued
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Whether it was a long time ago or just recently, but once upon a time in a mysterious little world and a mysterious country, in a small woods, appeared a boy-out of nowhere. Lying on a fresh grassy meadow, he slept soundly… Why out of nowhere, you might ask? Because he himself didn't know where he was from or what his name was. Well, he started to wake up.
— Aaaah... - the boy groaned, opening his eyes…
— Where am I?... - he asked, seeing the clear azure sky…
— You are where you are… - the old gnome answers him…
— What? - He looked at the gnome with a frightened look and jumped back…
— Who are you? And why am I here?... - the boy asked the old man with concern.
— Well, who are you yourself? And where were you before, if you are surprised by this place... - the old man asked in response.
— What do you mean? Who am I myself? And where have I been before? I was at home!... And stop answering a question with a question… - the young man objected.
— Oh, forgive the old curmudgeon... - the gnome said... My name is Gretsbor... I am a resident of these wonderful lands… - he continued… — Many residents of this country know me, as I know everyone, but I don’t remember you, young man... where are you from?... - he finished asking.
— What? Where am I from? Me? Uh... I... I, I don't remember... - the boy said quietly, upset…
— Then what is your name?... - the old gnome asked again…
— My name? My name... I don't remember - the young man answered again, puzzled…
— It turns out that you are a Boy-out of Nowhere and your name is Nobody… - the gnome commented.
— What?!?! I have a name! - the young man protested... - I remember... I just forgot a little bit... - the boy added sadly.
— You better answer me, how did I got here?...
- the young man began to indignantly interrogate the gnome again…
— How did you get here? How do you know this? Maybe you were here before, since you don’t remember where you’re from… maybe you were hiding from everyone in our lands… - the old man protested…
— No, I know for sure that all this is unfamiliar to me... - the youth cried out…
— I'm not from here... And what kind of forest is this?... And why are you here? You probably stole me!... - the young man began to protest angrily.
— And what is this voice that comments on my every movement and word, said the boy, shouted the boy, come on, get out too? You're all probably playing a joke on me, right?... You're all lying... And why can't I remember... Who I am... Where I am... Go to hell you all!!!... - The young man seethed with anger and rushed forward, running as fast as he could away from the gnome as far as his eyes could see…
— Hey there, shut up, stinking commentator. I'm not in a fairy tale... this is all not real... this is all a dream... HELP?! HELP!!!!!!!
— Hey, anyone!!!!!!!!!!
— Where am I?
— Who am I?
The boy ran through the forest, trying so fast to find a road or a highway that he didn't pay attention to the thorns under his feet and the needle-like branches from young trees that hit his face, when suddenly the trees in the forest began to shake and the earth began to tremble…
— What? What the hell is the commentator? Mama!!!... - he panicked
— What the hell is going on here??? - the young man thought to himself. The trees seemed to come alive, and the ground was slipping away from under his feet, the forest seemed to thicken, trees began to fall in front of his feet, becoming an obstacle and the earth began to move apart, forming large chasms…
The boy managed to grab the liana and jump over the first abyss, another hole appeared behind it, but was a little smaller. The boy, in a hurry and without thinking, decided to take the risk of jumping over her too, he took two steps and juuuuummmmmp…
— Aaaaahhhh….
Yes, he did it! He reached the ground! Just a little more and he would have fallen into the abyss. He was barely standing on a shaking patch ground which rose above the level rest.
— Hey you there, whoever is commenting on it, stop doing this... Don't pretend you don't understand who I'm talking to, why are you doing all this? I am talking to you, who is telling all this, as if reading. I am not a hero from a book or from a story, I am not a past story, I am real, I am here and now…
ENOUGHTTTT!!!!!... Do you hear? ENOUGH!!!!!... this is all not true... this is all a dream... this is all a dream… " — Aaamm... Has it really stopped... The earth has stopped shaking... And the trees aren't moving… Wow, how high I have risen… I need to get out of here before this author gets something else crazy things in his head…” Before the young man had time to think about it, suddenly, out of nowhere, another piece of land jumped out right in front of him, it looked like a small island with a tree which separated from the ground and hung in the air, the boy was stunned with bewilderment… '' — This is impossible!!!'’ - he said to himself… and he suddenly fell down, the earth that was underneath him crumbled into small stones. He closed his eyes and felt himself falling, but this feeling did not last long. For some unknown reason, he felt something pulling him upward.She twisted his legs upwards, he opened his eyes and made sure that this was indeed the case. His legs twisted upwards, he opened his eyes and saw that this was indeed the case. Now he was falling upward onto that patch of land, which had swum out before him before. From underneath which the roots of a tree protruded, as if they were spearheads. The young man panicked even more, out of fear he tried to grab onto something. And then the right hand felt something to hold on to, the boy grabbed the grass with both hands, and it turned out to be a liana. He was turned upside down again, falling and sliding through the air, he moved forward. Before his eyes opened a view of a whole, untouched land, he was delighted with what he saw and prepared to land. The only thing that scared him was a cluster of small trees, which could have seriously injured him, but decided to fly between them. And so he began to approach the ground, but suddenly someone's image appeared from under the trees. But it was too late to do anything, he had already let go of the liana and flew straight into the stranger. They crashed and both rolled to the other end of the earth, where the cliff was visible…
Arrival
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She: — Why are you looking at me like that hm?
He: — It wasn’t me... It's you…
She: — Hehe, don’t lie to me…
He: — I'm not…
She: — Please, don’t look at me like that...
He: — Why?
She: — Otherwise you'll drown in the pool of my eyes and you will lose your soul… and then no one will save you…
He: — And I'm not afraid, if I lose my soul… Aren't you afraid of losing yours?...
She: — So, let's try to take it…
He: — What if I'll do it? Will you be mine forever?...
She: — Hehe…
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G: — Rise up soldier!!! No time to sleep son!!!...
Y: — Ahhmm?? Aaa what the hell?
G: — Don't even say it, son. What the hell did you go running through a minefield? All because of this girl??? You're lucky son that you're wearing combat armor and the sprint mode is automatically turned on… otherwise I would have to collect your guts from all over the forest… hahaha… But look for the positives everywhere, it seems you have set a new world record…if not by running, then for fast shitting on your pants be sure hahaha!!! Now get up, you dumbhead!!!!
The young man couldn't come to his senses, moments later, he automatically began to feel his entire body with his hands. He gradually began to understand that he is covered from head to toe in exo-skeletal armor. The screen in the helmet showed a slightly distorted image of everything happening around, he hit the helmet on his head a couple of times and the image became clear. He looked around and couldn't understand where he was again.
— Where am I now?... - he asked in a half-whisper. The sergeant looked at him sullenly and replied: — That you still can’t recover from the concussion… - then he commanded: — Kara analysis of the state of the twentieth… A female electric voice responded: — Sergeant Kurt's voice has been identified, I start conducting a process analysis of soldier number twenty…
The young man could barely make out a full-length photo of his body on the foggy screen of his helmet. He felt a chill run through him a couple of times, sometimes up, sometimes down, then Kara said: — Pulse 120 beats per minute, there is no damage or bleeding in the internal organs, there are a couple of hematomas in the soft tissues in the chest and head area, pupils are enlarged, slight concussion, the carrier is in shock.
— Well, now I see, what’s wrong with you, soldier… - said the sergeant, then looked at the fugitive.
— And you, stranger? You look like a defector or were you spying on us here?... What were you doing here alone in this forest filled with mines and monsters? Well, answer me right now! While I'm still kind… - She was wearing a hoodie and the hood was covering her face, cropped ankle-length blue jeans and white exoskeleton sneakers. The sergeant removed the hood from her head to get a better look at her face. He saw her long, bright chestnut-colored hair, just below her shoulders, and green eyes, as well as her white, pale face and black mascara running from tears. The sergeant grabbed the stranger by the collar, the girl moaned in response: — Aahhh… - and got scared.
— What!? Are you speechless?... - the old warrior continued to escalate, and at this time the young man began to come to his senses…- Aaahhhh… - he groaned… — Now I don’t hear that voice… and the terrain changed around… how can this be? I was in another place.
The forest he had seen before was very different from what it is now. The trees were burnt out, and there seemed to be no trace of that greenery and those leaves left. The environment was partly similar to what had been before and at the same time different. It looks like a twisted version of what came before. Dry grass, petrified earth, swamps and rot everywhere. The guy looked at the short sergeant, who stood with his back to him, he also had the same armor, only with a different shortened helmet, he recognized him as the gnome, who was with him in the forest.
— Hey you… - he addressed the sergeant…
— You’re that gnome!... - the fellow said in an enlightened voice…
— What are you talking about, kid?... - the sergeant was indignant, turning to him and letting the stranger go.
— What are you talking about? - the old soldier asked him again.
— You are that dwarf from whom I was running away… then the ground there began to shake… and then I fell on someone and it was you!... - the young man looked at the runaway…
— Okay Kara, what kind of nonsense is he talking about…- the sergeant objected. — I’m conducting a psychological analysis… - Kara answered. — Mild concussion, slight bruise in the frontal part of the brain, possibly short-term memory loss, and also, due to shock, false memories may arise. — Now that's why, what it is!… Kid, that really shook you up your ass… - the sergeant commented…
The girl looked at the young man and began to speak: — I was hiding here from the cops… and everything would have been fine if it weren't for him, so much fuss over this fool…
— You'd better tell him thank you for saving your ass, fugitive… — the sergeant objected… - If it weren’t for him, you would have been blown up by one of these mines… and because of you his head was spinning to the point of memory loss!!! - he finished.
— I'm not a fugitive, my name is Aliz... - the girl objected in response.
— I don't really give a damn what your name is and where you're from!... - the sergeant responded to the objections.
"So I saved her?" the young man thought to himself, but everything was different…
— And you listen to me, soldier… - with an angry face, grabbing the armor, the sergeant began to speak angrily… — I don't know what's going on in your head, but I need a combat soldier here! Who will act strictly according to plan and cover my back! Do you understand?... - The young man was frightened and did not know what to answer, but suddenly a siren sounded. An incomprehensible alarm sign appeared in front of his screen, Kara's electronic voice repeated two words: — Alarm on the right, Alarm on the right… - Get down!!!... - the sergeant shouted and jumped to the ground, grabbing both of them. A gas egg flew past them and exploded nearby, released from the mouth of a lizard by a similar predator. The sergeant, seeing this, pulled out his rifle with a shout: — Well, here we go! Run to cover!... Twenty and Aliz rushed forward.
But as soon as they took two steps, a monster exploded in front of them, who was blown up by a mine… — God damn! Twenty what the hell are you doing? Turn on the navigation map soldier!!! - the warrior shouted at the young man… — What? A navigation map? … - the young man asked again in a panenka voice.
— Just ask Kara!!!... - the sergeant answered angrily.
— Kara navigation map… - the guy commanded, stuttering from fear.
— I’m turning on the navigation map…scanning the surroundings, DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! A minefield and aggressive creatures were discovered… - commented Kara… The young man screamed in panic: — Faster, Kara!... Kara continued: — Loading a safe route… The route is built... - A blurry image appeared on the helmet screen, the fellow couldn't see the map properly, it had different yellow, pink, blue and many red dots marked on it. The young man panicked even more and began to interrogate Kara with a shout: — Kara I can't see anything, what should I do?...
Without thinking too much, the computer suggested its own option: — I'm activating security protocol number twelve, if in case a soldier after minor injury or under other circumstances was disoriented to move forward to a given location point with the consent of the user himself, autopilot is turned on. Do you consent to the temporary exploitation of your body and your limbs?... + Kara asked the young man.
— Yes, I do! Just do something now!...
- the guy answered with a shout…
— Then relax your legs. I will take you to your destination… - said the computer. The guy grabbed Aliz's hand and his legs seemed to start running along the given route on their own. Aliz barely managed to switch her sneakers to sports mode to keep up with the young man. Monsters appeared everywhere, the sergeant ran after them in short exchanges of fire.
— Sword! Sword! This is Shield! We're heading to our destination, do you copy?... - the sergeant began to mutter half-shouting in a hurry. — Sword online... Shield what is your status?... - someone answered him over the radio. — Code red! I repeat Code red!... - the sergeant answered with a shout… — Class of fellow travelers?... - the voice from the radio asked him.
— One passenger and the Langarers!... - the warrior shouted.
— What the hell, guys! Are you throwing us a party?... - answered the voice on the other end.
— Meet us in 10 minutes! Over!!! - the sergeant shouted.
— Roger that… we're ready… - they answered him.
At first they ran straight ahead, then they turned sharply in different directions, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, dodging branches and jumping over all obstacles, foam, fallen trees, holes. Monsters came out of every crack and one after another, some of them were blown up by mines, but this didn't reduce their numbers. The silhouettes of dangerous creatures were barely visible through the cloudy screen of the helmet. It was clear from the map on the screen inside the helmet how the three of them were quickly approaching the designated point and how evil creatures were following them. On their way they began to see a barricade of not a small oak tree laid across the road, on it stood a soldier in the same armor as like on young man, in the middle of it stood a soldier in the same armor as like on young man and two soldiers were at each end, hiding behind this tree. A voice on the radio shouted: — Twenty come on! Faster!. — Faster Kara!!!... - the guy held them and the suit sped up, a fellow traveler who was holding hands, moaning and gasping for breath, she could barely keep up with him. They came to the shelter, the computer's voice confirmed the arrival: — The personnel were delivered to their destination unharmed!... The commander standing on the oak tree gave his hand to the twentieth, to the girl, and then to the sergeant who lagged behind them a little. The commander's face seemed very familiar to the young man. They all took cover behind a tree, the sergeant and captain began to fire continuously. - Are you going to fight together with us or you only know how to run?... - the captain asked angrily… His voice was painfully familiar to the young man, only he couldn't remember it… The guy came to his senses and asked in bewilderment: — Fight with what?...
— What do you mean? With your rifle! Tell Kara to activate the weapon… - the old sergeant answered irritably…
— What’s wrong with him? - the captain asked the sergeant.
— Concussion, sir! - the sergeant replied.
— Hmm...how did he manage to get it so that he turned from a soldier into a greenhorn…
- the captain muttered indignantly.
The guy gave the command: — Kara activate the weapon!...
— The command is being executed - the onboard computer replied.
A piece of a gun popped out of his side thigh, the twentieth grabbed it and the scrap began to transform and lengthen.
— The BS-18 rifle is ready for battle…- Kara reported.
He began to turn around and get up from his hiding place, then Aliz grabbed him by the hand: — Don't leave me…
20: — I'm here, I'm with you… you.. you
What did I just say? (thoughts inside him)...
Sssss Kkkkrrrrr (nasty grinding sound in the ears) Hey... Hey-hey... Don't cry, the main thing is I'm here, I'm with you... you... you…
that's what I told her once upon a time (thoughts inside him)...
— Sirr... Sirr... what's wrong with you?... - the junior sergeant asked him.
The guy came to his senses…
— I'm fine… - he said and then pulled out a rifle and began to aim at the half-spider spawn. Without thinking, he pulled the trigger and hit the large tarantula right in the head.l, then he suddenly aimed at another and then thoughts arose “It seems like we were being hunted by other monsters, not insects?... Where do these thoughts come from in my head?... Who am I? A soldier of some royal army? What kind of uniform and armor am I wearing? Am I a knight? So I was wearing a robot suit, wasn’t I?” He looked at the captain, who was also wearing a uniform and the same armor over it, he also wore an incomprehensible cap, half made of steel and half of wool and material, like all the soldiers. The guy returned to his original position and continued shooting at the insects without stopping, but their number didn't decrease, more and more new ones appeared.
— Captain, we can’t last that long! - the sergeant reported. The captain turned to the guy and commanded: — Lieutenant, take the civilian and find an escape route.
— Aye, aye captain! - the guy obeyed the order, then he grabbed the girl and ran to the rear. A huge oak tree appeared on their way. And underneath it a hole was visible.
— Stop! - Aliz screamed sharply.
— What is it? - the guy asked her…
— I won’t go there? - she answered.
— But why? - the young man asked again.
— Because he will be there - Aliz answered in a sad voice.
— Who is he? - asked the puzzled young man.
— This evil deceiver... who got me into all this… - Aliz began to tell.
— Eh? - the young man looked at him with a puzzled look.
— Rabbit is waiting for us there! - Aliz finished answering.
Dark Woods
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In some snakes, females eat their males after…
oh my god it's horrible… Aaaah, you scared me, oh my heart sank…Don't sneak up on me like that again… well... It's already so scary here without this, when you read something like this… and you do something like this… So know that it is dangerous to play with snakes… Not only do they betray and deceive, but they force others to do the same… I remember I told you some story there… Well, what was I talking about… Oh yeah... I got it... I got it... a story about some boy, right?... Well, what was there, tell me?... oh yeah Rabbit!!! Rabbit... rabbit... I got it!... Oh this naive rabbit…
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In a clean green field on which the sun shone so radiantly, there were three people standing near a huge, lonely oak tree. The wind blew softly, rustling its leaves and knocking away the oppressive heat in the air. There was a small hole in the oak tree that could fit a five-year-old child, well or an adult, if only I could get on all fours and walk forward. A rabbit suddenly jumped out of the oak tree and…
— Stop!!! Has it started again? - Boy.
— What happen? - Aliz
— That announcer's voice! Who tells everything over and over again all our actions and events… - Boy
— I don’t hear anything... - Aliz
— He just now spoke and described everything… Wait a minute... where is the woods? where is the royal squad? monsters? spiders? everything was different here!!!... - Boy
— Hmm-hmm, boy, maybe you’ll still let me finish the story, so there is a rabbit waiting for you and a bunch of different adventures. - You
— I knew it, you can hear me! Stop! What? Story? Again! you took up your old things! I won't do anything until you explain what's going on here? And until you get me out of here… Get me out of here! Get me out right now!!!... - Boy
— Wait a minute, boy, I want to explain to you, that everything doesn’t depend on me, I don't have the answers to your questions, I'm just telling all your adventures which you yourself create, as like a football commentator. - Author
— What? It can't be! I don't believe you! - Boy
— It's your right not to believe. - Author
— You told two hours ago that I was in the woods, which is not clear how it changed and now I’m in a bare field… Again, it’s not clear how I appeared here? This is all your doing, right?!.. Admit it!... - Boy
— Huh?... What? Really?... Before that, I told there was a woods here? Oh! my mind, sorry… But I’ll be honest, if I could change anything in this world, then this story wouldn't exist, everything appears as you see it... - Author
— So are you going to get me out of here or not? I won't do anything while I'm here. - Boy
— You can do whatever you want… ...or do nothing… But I can't get you out, because it's not in my power… Only you yourself can find a way out of here... - Author
— So how? - Boy
— Follow the White Rabbit... - Author
— Behind the White Rabbit?!... How can I know that he will lead me to the exit? How can I trust you?.. what if I don't do it… then what? - Boy
— Then nothing… nothing will happen… There is only one solution to check it… You can stay in this empty field as long as you want… But I think that the way out won’t find itself... - Author
— Alright then… Let's play your stupid game… But just don’t try to fool me… Otherwise I won’t budge... - Boy
— Good.. Agreed... - Author
Aliz tugged at the boy's hand and asked quietly: — What are you thinking about?
— Me?... - the young man reasked surprisingly.
— Of course, who else did I ask… - Aliz answered with a question in the affirmative.
— I just talked with the author for at least half an hour… didn't you hear and see our entire conversation?... - The young man reacted in surprise again
— What other author?... No, I didn't hear anything… you just stood there and asked about some announcer and thoughtfully looked into the distance for a couple of minutes…
as if you remembered something… - Aliz answered in detail.
— Do you even remember how we got here?... - the boy asked indignantly again.
— Honestly, I didn't even think about it, we're just here and that's it... - Aliz answered.
— And what about Woods? Spiders? Monsters? Our acquaintance? - the boy continued to interrogate.
— Spiders? Monsters? Our acquaintance? I'm sorry I don't remember any of this, I just feel like I've known you for a long time… - Aliz answered in a sad voice.
— What about you, please gnome! Do you remember anything?... - ... - the boy looked pitifully at the old man.
— Me? What about me? I met you, and then she appeared… Well, what about spiders and woods...Hm... Lately I don't remember… Maybe this is a memory from your past life… although who knows… this is a wonderland and anything can happen here son… - Gretsbor made his conclusion.Boy: — No, it was real, not a dream… What the hell is the author? Why don’t they hear us and don’t remember anything?
Author: — Maybe they only hear what they are used to hearing and remember what they want...
Boy: — How is this possible? Although I'm not surprised by anything here…
The boy realized that the interrogations were of no use, they continued walking, and soon they reached the oak tree. Where the white rabbit met them, who was just over three feet tall, no taller than a five year old child. He was dressed like a gentleman in a black top hat, glasses and a dark blue jacket worn over a white shirt with sleeves, underneath are dark trousers with polished black shoes and white gloves on his hands. He pulled a watch from the front right pocket of his vest and muttered: — You're late, you're late… - and put them back and then lifted the sleeve of his shirt on his left paw and began to look at the watch on his wrist. He looked at them suspiciously, then raised them up to his ears, again muttering angrily: — You're late! You're late! - and began to turn them on nervously.
— Hmm, a talking rabbit? I'm glad these aren't unicorns or fairies… - said the young man with a grin.
The rabbit muttered again: — You're late! You're late!... Here the boy interrupted him and asked: — Um... Hello? Do you mind if I ask what you're mumbling about? Who's late?...
— Good afternoon sir!... - the rabbit greeted with a trembling voice, then answered the question: — Of course, you are late for the meeting…
— To meet someone?... - The young man asked again…
— Not to whom, but where! - Corrected the rabbit.
— So where?... - The young man asked the question.
— To your adventures!... - The rabbit answered in a trembling voice…
— What? What kind of crap are you talking about?... - the boy objected…
— He's always like that… he talks all sorts of incoherent nonsense… like almost everyone else in this country… - Aliz commented sadly…
— How do you know it? - The boy was surprised.
Aliz looked at the young man with sad eyes: — Once upon a time, I don’t remember how much time has passed, I met this rabbit, he also muttered something and where was he in a hurry… and I followed him… this is how I fell here and now I can’t get out… - Aliz said, she paused for a moment and added: — Just don’t believe everything you see and hear here... They all lie…
— Hmm... everything I saw here seems delusional to ME - the boy added on his own behalf…
— I protest. I’m just saying what I’m instructed or allowed to do. - the rabbit reacted dissatisfied.
— By whom? - the boy asked suspiciously.
— Hhhussshhh... I can’t say that… - Rabbit said this in a whisper, took the top hat off his head and pressed it to his mouth, pointing his finger up…
— What does it mean? - the boy began to question again.
— Sorry, I’m limited in my answers, please ask the right questions… We are forbidden to talk about everything else… I can only add something… - said the Rabbit in a whisper…
— What? - Aliz asked curiously.
The rabbit put the top hat back on his head, pulled out small glasses from the front left pocket of his vest, he pulled them onto his nose and then he pulled out a scroll from the inside pocket of his vest and began to read from it.
— Khem! Khem! - the fluffy one coughed before starting.
If you are a hero.. and want to back home quicker.
Then you will have to give... what you for yourself wish.
Will you leave someone?
Who cares about you.
Who gently warmed everytime.
Chasing away your sadness mood.
Are you ready to squeeze in your hand,
Razor-sharp thorns from the rose's step?
To bleed, take the snake venom so bitter,
What will make the heart shiver and wither?
Are you ready to go through...
To the darkness of emptiness inside you…
Walk on the bones of broken dreams…
And breathe in the ashes feelings of smoldering love lees…
To be fall into madnessys…
Only when you will pass all this path,
You will see the truth at last.
Then will open up to you the door.
And afterglow you will realized who you were.
— What the hell is this?... - the boy asked, puzzled.
— This young man is a scroll of prophecy and I have been instructed to read it to you… - the rabbit answered proudly.
— Who is this for? Is this for him? - Aliz interrupted.
- Ahhmmm?... Just a second... - the rabbit muttered, puzzled…
— Hold on... hold on... hold on... just a second, just a second - The rabbit continued to mutter.
He nervously pressed the scroll to his nose, holding the glasses with his right paw and squinting his eyes, he tried hard to find out to whom this prediction was addressed…
— It is written here to the hero, I think it's still for him… - the rabbit answered, pointing at the young man.
— Hm!!!… - Aliz reacted angrily, she grabbed the scroll and tore it from the rabbit with a scream: - Give it to me!... - then quickly ran her eyes over the text, muttering under her breath and commented.
— It doesn't write who for is it addressed to, LONG-EAREDSY!... So that is complete Bullshit!...
— I merely just said the will of my lords… - the rabbit answered in justification.
— Your lords!?... But for me you didn't write anything like that…
Skrrrr ttzzzzzz (distortion sounds)
— But for me... (ttttttzzzz) you didn't... (skkkkrrr)
— But for me you didn't write anything like that…
Skrrrr ttzzzzzz (distortion sounds)
— You dedicated your whole soul to some stinking cunt,
— You want to blam... (sssskkkkrrr ttttzzzz) me!!!... then where were you when I... (sssskkkkrrr ttttzzzz)
Skrrrr ttzzzzzz (distortion sounds)
— Aaaah!!! my head - clutching his head the boy groaned while the others argued and swore.
— So your idiotic lords don't give a shit about me?!... - Aliz continued to be indignant.
— You came here yourself, you weren’t invited here… - the rabbit muttered, stuttering.
— What did you say, Long-earedsy!?... - Aliz became even more angry.
— Guys, let's enough fight… - the gnome interrupted them: — Maybe we should decide where to go? - he added then.
— Let me suggest that you follow me… I'll take you to the escape… and prithee note that he is the only one here for your information...
- the rabbit suggested softly.
— No way… toothy! NEVER EVER BE YOUR WAY!!! Thanks, I'm fed up with this bullshit and your adventures… - Aliz reacted furiously.
— Well, alright, stop aggression… Let's discuss everything and come to some kind of solution… - said the gnome, then looked at the boy and asked: — Hey boy... What's wrong with you?...
The boy came to his senses and decided to mentally analyze what was happening in his head “What happened to me? Some visions or fragments from a forgotten memory?”
— Author, what was that? Author? Author? I can't hear you again… - the boy said out loud without thinking.
— Are you at it again? Talking about the author again? Better tell us what to do? I don't trust this furball… He's clearly hiding something… he is not on our side… - Aliz began to interrogate the boy in an aggressive tone.
— I don't know what to do! - the guy answered in the same spirit.
— It looks like we have no choice… There is only bare steppe all around… I don't think there's anything nearby. - the gnome commented.
— He said if you want to get out, then follow the white rabbit… I think you're right gnome… we have nowhere else to go…- the boy agreed with the fact.
— This can't be… Well, what if we go straight? no matter which way and walk for a long time without turning and then we’ll get somewhere… - Aliz objected.
— No, I don’t think that will work here… - the boy answered, sighing sadly.
— How do you know? Because you really don't know that for sure!... Let's ask the Long-earedsy… He has definitely been here longer than us and should know… Well, Rabbit, answer?! Is there anything nearby where we can get out of here? - Aliz asked indignantly.
— Sorry, but I am limited in my answers… - the Rabbit answered plaintively. Oh?! so you do... like that?! - Aliz sighed angrily, hitting the cylinder she grabbed the Rabbit by the ears, picked him up and started shaking him, so much so that his glasses and watch fell out from the shaking: — What's there beyond?... So, tell me now, you long-earedsy little shit!... - Aliz asked the rabbit with a scream as she shook him…
— Ayyyy... I don't know… I only know that it is possible to be infinite and no one has ever gone through it… that's what they say… - the rabbit answered frightened.
— Are there any other exits here… - Aliz continued.
— I don't know… Only the creator himself knows about this… Only he decides what should be here and what should not… I am only merely carrying out his will… - said the rabbit, stuttering.
— Hmm... I think I know who he's talking about… - the boy said thoughtfully and began to think to himself: - "Could it really be that all this is the work of the author…But why is he playing with us?… Or maybe it's just in me…
How can I find out?… the exit, according to his plan, is somewhere there…maybe there I will find answers to all the questions…” - Having finished his thought, he declared: — Let him go!... We should trust him, otherwise we'll be stuck here forever…
— Fine… - Having resigned herself, Aliz let the rabbit go, he shouted out of fear: — Ayyyy… - and jumped away from her, picking up all his things that had fallen from the ground…
— Maybe you're right, but I don't want to be alone again in this crazy world… - Aliz said in response to the boy.
— Don't be afraid… I will always be there… Trust me… - Having said this to Aliz, the boy took her hand. She looked at him with trembling eyes from tears and smiled shyly. It seemed very familiar to her, that tenderness and that touch, but she couldn’t realized where these feelings suddenly came from.
Gretsbor saw the sparkle in these two and smiled: — Well, my dears, it means that's it, everything is decided… let's go meet adventures hmm?... - He grabbed Aliz by one hand at elbow level and the young man by the other, then looked at the rabbit: — We are ready!…
— Then just follow me… entrance through this hole… - said the rabbit kindly.
They approached the oak tree hole, which looked more like a rounded doorway than a simple hole of the tree, but without a door. There was a sign above the hole, It had a silhouette of a king cobra snake carved into it. "- Hmm, very strange.” - the boy thought, the hole itself didn't look like it was cut from the inside or the outside, it looked like the oak tree just grew with this hole “- there are no traces of hand cutting” - the boy noticed. The rabbit bent down on all fours and slipped into a dark hole and there he disappeared into the darkness, saying only through his back: — Be careful here, don't fall into the abyss, otherwise it is not known where and when you will end up, stairs on the left…
They followed him into the hole, Gretsbor was slightly taller than a rabbit, by as much as two heads, and it is one and a half times denser than him. He was the first one to enter and barely fit into the hole, he moved forward in jerks: — And in appearance it seemed bigger… - he commented. Aliz walked behind, before she goes into the hole, she lifted up the front side of her long blue dress, so that it doesn't interfere with her crawling and the boy brought up the rear.
— Is it just me? Or is the hole getting narrower… - the boy made a remark.
— I think so too… - Aliz supported.
Gretsbor felt the same way, but not as much as they do and having grasped the essence of the situation, he began to walk faster, then unable to bear the discomfort, he shouted: — Hey rabbit, where are you?
— I'm going down here… could you move faster, otherwise the hole will slam shut in a minute and you can get stuck in it forever… - the rabbit shouted back.
— What? Couldn't you have said it before?... - the gnome shouted indignantly again, then he looked at those behind him and commanded: — Do You heard that!... Come on guys, move faster!… Move! Move!...
— Ah, it’s already too cramped for me here…
faster, faster… - the boy panicked.
— Aaahh!... Me too!... Gretsbor moved, quick!... - Aliz picked up the panic.
— Where are the stairs? I can't see anything… - Before the gnome could say this, he immediately fell through: — Aaahhh!!!... - gatsbooorrrr where are you!!! Gretsbor Aaahhh I'm falling!... - Aliz also suddenly screamed, but she managed to grab the roots of the oak tree with her right hand. The boy, realizing that there was an abyss at the exit, slowed down and stopped at the edge.
— Alizzzz... Hold on to me! - he shouted. Aliz freed her left hand and grabbed the boy's right hand: — Just don't let me go!!!... - she screamed in fear. — Okay!!! I gotcha ya! - He shouted back at her. He tried to feel with his left hand something that he could firmly grasp: — Where the hell is the stairs? I can’t see anything!… - he said in a trembling voice and suddenly something from behind began to push him out, realizing that it was the hole itself. doing that, pushing him out, he screamed in fear: — The hole is pushing me out! I'm going to fall!!!...
— No, just don’t let me go… - Aliz shouted. The hole began to push harder, he only managed to shout the last words before falling: — I'm falling down!!! Aaaaaahhh!!!... - He screamed and let go of Aliz’s hand, and together they fell into the abyss.
Opening his eyes, the boy couldn't figure out what was happening: — What?... - he started waving his arms and legs, but couldn't grasping for anything: — Am I still falling?... - The young man, realizing that he was still in flight, rushed to look for Aliz: — Alizzz!!!... Alizzz!!!... - Looking around the area he thought: - how deep does this rabbit hole go… then he continued looking for Aliz:
— Aliz!!!!! Where are you??? Aliz, can you hear me?
— I'm here!!!!!!... - Aliz responded.
— I see you, Elise! Hold on, I'll fly to you right now… - having grouped his body, the boy rushed towards her, flying up to her, he extended his hand: — Take my hand!...
— Hap, just don't let me go again… - Aliz said, grabbing his hand.
Grabbing each other, the boy said: — I gotcha ya! - then he looked around again and asked: — Where is Grestbor?…
— I don’t know... he’s probably somewhere down there… - Aliz answered looking down, then they started shouting together: — Gretsbor!!!!! Gretsbor!!!
— I'm here guys… - Having heard them, the gnome answered.
— We'll pick you up right now, hold on!... just stay there!... - said the boy and he and Aliz rushed towards him. — Hea… - the boy shouted as he exhaled, picking up the gnome.
— I thought I was going to crash and closed my eyes… but I realized that for some reason I was still falling… - commented Gretsbor.
— I warned you that this long-earedy guy can't be trusted… last time it was like that… - Aliz began to grumble angrily.
— We had no choice… What should we do now?... if you were here… - the boy asked worriedly.
— I don’t know, I just closed my eyes and fell... fell for a long time… - Aliz answered confused.
— And where are we falling? where is the end of this hole? - Gretsbor interrupted them.
— Last time it was where we were Wonderland… And now we are falling somewhere further… - Aliz answered.
The darkness that surrounded them suddenly began to recede, light began to leak from the abyss below, illuminating the entire space around them. Reflections of objects that were hidden in the darkness began to be seen, the boy was a little taken aback by this, because all the household furniture and more were flying around in the vicinity. Wardrobes, beds, cabinets and much more incomprehensible, all sorts of luminous equipment and things that he had never seen before.
— Where does all this stuff come from?... - Looking around, the boy asked.
— I don’t know, maybe all these things are from the memories of everyone who was here… - Aliz answered and looked down and suddenly a sideboard flew out from somewhere.
— Look out!... - Aliz shouted, they having formed a crowd, moved sharply to the side.
— There are more and more of them!!!... - the gnome noticed and in addition to large stuff, small ones began to fly at them, dishes, toys, telephones and those same little glowing devices. All the objects seemed to hang in the air, like in water and slowly flew apart.
— Aaaahhh!!!… - Aliz started screaming again, covering her face and began to defend herself, the others followed her and also began to take cover. The boy barely managed to fight off the objects and didn’t notice how a push-button telephone flew into his face a white ringing device that hit him on the head, after which he screamed in mild pain: — Aaaaaaayyy damn!… - The phone slowly flew to the side, and from her the tube flew off and moved in the opposite direction, a voice familiar to the boy came from the pipe: — I love you Jaen!... (noise: - ttttshhhh!!!)... And I really miss you, sunny… I want to be with you... (noise: - ttttshhh!!!)
— What!!!???... - the boy asked in surprise and then thought and said to himself: - Who is Jaen? Or what does it mean? And this voice is familiar to me... Jaen?!... Does this mean my name or did she call me that affectionately?...
(noise: - skrrr)
— Yeahh, they are good, but I am a fucking whore… Because, you will always blame me for everything…
(noise: - skrrr)
A sharp pain pierced the boy's head, he grabbed it, covering his entire face with his elbows and suddenly the pain subsided. He couldn't understand what was happening to him, only one thought was spinning in my head: - what was that and when will it all end!!! And then suddenly everything stopped, small stuff were left behind: — What's wrong with you? Are you okay?... - Aliz asked the boy.
— I don't know… Again some fragments of vision, as like all this is memories and it's very familiar to me… - the boy answered.
— Pull yourself together!!! We need you to stay with us!... - Aliz grabbed the boy and began to bring him to his senses.
— I will try!... - the boy answered.
The calm did not last long, huge unknown objects began to appear in the distance. The first thing that approached them was a huge bookshelf the size of an entire wall.
— We need to separate, otherwise we'll crash into it… - Aliz immediately realized.
— Okay! We'll separate on the count of three… - Gretsbor commanded, then they started counting together: — One, two, three!!!
— Let's go!!!... - shouted Gretsbor…
They flew in different directions, flying around the shelf, smaller objects appeared behind it, car, bed, table. The car moved towards the boy, the remaining two items went to Elise and Gretsbor. The guy swerved to the side to avoid the car, as he flew past, there was a grinding sound in my ears again, he grabbed his ears, the noise disappeared again. Looking back at the car he saw two images appear, He barely saw what seemed to him to be familiar features on the girl, dark hair, dark skin, brown eyes and it was impossible to see the second one, she kissed with a dark stranger. The girl saw how he looked at her and said: — I'm sorry, Jaen… It's not my fault... I couldn't do anything… - then she laughed loudly: — Hahaha!...
A sharp screeching sound hit the boy's ears again, causing him to scream in pain: — NNNOOO!!!… YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING, BUT YOU DIDN'T!!!... - The ringing in my ears only got worse, meanwhile, Aliz and Gretsbor easily dodged their objects, Aliz from the double bed, Gretsbor from the kitchen table. Aliz saw the boy falling in a crumpled, as like a waterdrop shape and a big piano flies towards him, she shouted to him: — Watch out boy!!!... - But he didn't hear her, she decided to jump up to him to save him, but then Gretsbor grabbed her hand: — What are you doing? You can't save him, you won't make it!... - he shouted to her.
— Let me go!!!... - she shouted back at him, kicking him and moving towards the boy and the gnome flew away in an unknown direction. She flew towards the boy, but the piano flew towards him faster, she started shouting at him: — Hhheeeyyy!!!... Wake up!!! Hhheeeyyy yyyooouuu!!!... - the boy didn't hear her, the noise in his ears only got worse, flashes of fragments from life occurred in his eyes, only he didn't understand whose, everything was familiar and at the same time alien, the girl's voice kept spinning in his head: — I love you Jaen… (noise: -sssskkkkrrr) Hahaha…(noise: -ssskkkkrrr) Why are you looking at me like that hm?… (noise: -ssskkkkrrr) Is it really you? Where is your blue handkerchief?…
— SHUT UUUPPP!!! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU ANYMORE!!!… GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!... - he shouted at the top of his lungs and opened up to his full height.
The musical instrument was getting closer and closer, Aliz realized that there was no point in screaming, the only thing she could do was push him away. She accelerated her flight by grouping herself into a needle shape, she pressed hands to her hips and straightened her legs with her toes together: — Auhhh…- they both screamed from the collision, she crashed into the boy, hitting him in the chest with her shoulder, they managed to avoid the brunt of the piano's blow, but not completely, the piano key cover anyway touched Aliz's legs and groin. The blow sent her flying away from the boy. He came to his senses and the only thing he managed to see and hear was her screaming:
— Boyyyyyyy!!! Aaaaahhhh!!!... - before she fell into the bright light, which seemed like the bottom of a hole, but it turned out that this bright light did not have a solid surface. The boy shouted back: — Aliz!!!... - and he rushed after her, entering this light. There was a flickering in his eyes, he closed his eyes, then there was a rumble of thunder and a whistle. The noise of the flickering became more frequent, the boy started screaming out of fear: — Aaahhh!!!... - a sharp explosion… and suddenly complete silence ‘ - is it really all over? there are no noises or explosions…’ the boy thought to himself… absolute calm… The guy realized that he was lying on something soft and warm ' - how strange, I seemed to be falling and didn’t feel how I landed…' He felt so good lying there that he didn't want to open his eyes. ‘ - I don't want to get up and go somewhere…’ He lay there for an unknown amount of time and then he felt something tickling his back and heels: — Hahaha!!!... Mmmm... Jaen I feel ticklish… Jaen!!!... The boy opened his eyes and turned around, it was just the wind tickling him with sand. ' - I remembered that face, that girl in the car, I know her, I remember her, I remember how I loved her, but I don't remember her name…
— Where am I now?... in the desert?... Where the hell did I end up again… - He stood up and couldn't understand where he was. — Where are my clothes?... Why am I only wearing pants and a torn shirt?… - he was surprised. — And where is everyone else?... Alizz!!!!... EAlizz!!!... Gretborg!!!... Gretborg!!!!.... Where the hell are you guys?... Damn!!!!... - he shouted in despair and anger… What surprised him most was his surroundings: — What strange sand is around?... so blue like sea water… Why didn't I notice it right away… - a completely different picture opened up before him. — I didn’t think this could happen… Wow what?... What is shining…- For the first time he saw blue sand with a pink sheen. A path formed from the pink hue, beckoning him to follow it, and he did. In the distance he noticed some kind of building, the boy decided to come closer, It turned out to be a stone arch with beautifully carved patterns and drawings; in the center of the top there was a symbol of a snake.
The Rabbit Hole
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to be continued
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