‘’ BREAKING NEWS, TODAY ON 123 NEWS, THE HEADS OF THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CORPORATION WERE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN EXPLOSION SITE, FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED TO UNCOVER WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FOREST ROAD’’ A REPORTER READ OUT.
THE TV BROADCASTING THE NEWS WAS PROMPTLY TURNED OFF, A WOMAN IN A HOSPITAL GOWN HELD THE REMOTE IN HER HAND. SHE BEGAN SHAKING HER HEAD, TRYING TO RECALL AN EVENT.
‘’ WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD’’ SHE SAID IN A WEAK AND QUIET VOICE.
THE DOOR TO HER ROOM WAS OPENED AND A NURSE CAME THROUGH HOLDING A CLIPBOARD IN HER HAND. SHE SMILED AT HER
‘’MISS VANESSA, ARE YOU FEELING OK’’.
SHE NODDED SLOWLY IN AGREEMENT BEFORE ASKING FOR THE WHEREABOUTS OF HER HUSBAND.
‘’WHERE IS TOM’’.
THE NURSE POINTED TO THE NEXT ROOM WITH HER PEN, VANESSA GOT UP FROM THE BED TO VISIT TOM IN THE NEXT ROOM. EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS WEAK WHEN SHE GOT UP FROM HER STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SHE BEGAN TO FEEL HER ENERGY SLOWLY RETURNING WITH EVERY STEP.
SHE GOT TO TOM’S HOSPITAL ROOM DRAGGING HER IV DRIP ALONG, TOM SAT ON THE BED STARING INTENTLY AT THE LARGE WINDOW IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM WITH HIS LIGHT GREEN EYES. HE HAD THE SAME LOOK VANESSA HAD WHEN SHE WOKE UP. THEY BOTH COULDN’T REMEMBER THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE FOREST.
TOM HEARD FOOTSTEPS IN THE ROOM, TURNING TO SEE THE PERSON, HE WAS MET WITH A KISS.
‘’ WHY ARE YOU STARING OUT THE WINDOW, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP OUT’’ VANESSA TEASED.
‘’ HA, HA, YOU KNOW AM THE ONE WITH THE JOKES’’ TOM SAID WITH A SMIRK.
THERE WAS A BRIEF PAUSE FOLLOWED BY VANESSA SITTING BESIDE TOM. THEY BOTH HAD THEIR QUESTION BUT WITH NO MEMORIES, THEY JUST SAT THERE IN SILENCE. A NURSE WALKED IN WITH A BRIGHT SMILE TO INTERRUPT THEIR SILENT MOMENT WITH GOOD NEWS.
‘’YOU CAN LEAVE TODAY, THERE WAS NO ABNORMALITY FOUND’’ SHE SAID AND QUICKLY LEFT.
TOM AND VANESSA STAYED LIKE THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE PREPARING TO LEAVE. BEFORE LEAVING THEY WERE TOLD THEIR CAR WAS DESTROYED WHEN THEY WERE FOUND. THE NEWS HIT TOM LIKE A TRAIN, ‘’MY NEW CAR’’ HE THOUGHT.
VANESSA WAS NOW EAGER TO GET THOSE LOST MEMORIES BACK.
THEY GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ONLY TO BE MET WITH HUNDREDS OF REPORTERS AND CAMERAS, THEY WERE PROTECTED BY SECURITY ON THE WAY TO ANOTHER CAR. THE REPORTERS KEPT YELLING AND SHOUTING QUESTION AT THEM. THEY POINTED THEIR MICROPHONE RIGHT IN THEIR FACES, THE SECURITY WERE DOING THEIR BEST TO DRIVE THEM AWAY FROM TOM AND VANESSA.
THEY GOT TO THE CAR WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM AND IMMEDIATELY DROVE OFF, IT WAS NOW JUST TOM AND VANESSA.
‘’ AT LEAST DO YOU KNOW TODAY'S DATE ‘’ VANESSA ASKED WHILE CHECKING HER DAMAGED PHONE.
‘’ YES I KNOW THAT MUCH, IT’S 2nd FEBRUARY, 2121’’ TOM STATED LOOKING OVER AT HER ‘’ WHAT IS THE POINT OF RECALLING THE DATE’’
‘’ WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE STRANGEST SITUATION POSSIBLE, DO YOU THINK IT WAS ALIENS’’VANESSA ASKED LOOKING MORE EXCITED FOR SOME REASON.
‘’ ALIENS, WE CAN’T DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS FOR NOW, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT AND ONE OF THEIR CRAZY EXPERIMENTS’’
‘’REALLY’’ VANESSA TEASED BELIEVING HER ANSWER WAS MORE POSSIBLE.
TOM JUST GLANCED AT HER BELIEVING HIS ANSWER WAS MORE REALISTIC BUT HE DARED NOT SAY ANYTHING.
NOT LONG AFTER THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR MANSION, LATE AT NIGHT. THERE WAS NOTHING MUCH FOR THEM TO DO, THEY JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO BED. THEY WOULD DEAL WITH THE STRESS THE NEXT DAY.
STRANGELY ENOUGH, THEY SLEPT LIKE NEWBORN BABIES, WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD.
EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AROUND 7:30 AM, VANESSA WAS THE FIRST TO GET OUT OF BED AS USUAL. SHE KISSED HER SLEEPING TOM AND WENT FOR AN EARLY JOG, THE EVENT OF THE PAST NOT A CONCERN TO HER AFTER THE FINE SLEEP SHE HAD. SHE WOULD USUALLY JOG ONLY IN THE COMPLEX OF HER HOME SINCE IT WAS BIG ENOUGH BUT SHE DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO TOWN TODAY, COVERING HERSELF WITH THE BEST HOODIE AVAILABLE, TO AVOID THOSE PESKY REPORTERS.
SHE STARTED TO RUN OUT OF THE HOUSE, SHE ENJOYED THE AIR ON HER FACE AND THE BURNS SHE FELT FROM HER MUSCLES WHEN SHE JOGGED. RUNNING GAVE HER SUCH A NICE FEELING, IT CLEARED HER HEAD AND ALWAYS GAVE HER A RUSH OF ENERGY.
SHE JOGGED TO THE BUSY PART OF HER TOWN, EVEN AROUND 8:00 AM PEOPLE WERE MOVING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SHE CROSSED THE BUSY STREET TO GET TO A COFFEE SHOP. INSIDE THE SHOP WAS MUCH WARMER THAN THE OUTSIDE.
THE SHOP DIDN’T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THE PEOPLE THERE WERE BUSY WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC GADGETS. VANESSA MADE HER WAY TO THE COUNTER TO ORDER HER COFFIE.
THE BARISTA, A WOMAN IN HER EARLY TWENTIES, LOOKED LIKE SHE DIDN’T WANT TO BE THERE.
‘’ CAN I PLEASE HAVE A LARGE BLACK COFFEE WITH MILK’’ VANESSA ORDERED.
THE BARISTA MOVED EXTREMELY SLUGGISHLY TO FULFILL THE ORDER, VANESSA JUST WATCHED ON HOPING SHE MOVED FASTER THAN THAT.
AS VANESSA WAITED FOR HER COFFEE, SHE WATCHED THE SCREEN ABOVE HER LOOKING AT THE INTERESTING MENU PLATED ON IT. AS THE SECOND TICKED BY, SHE BEGAN TO FEEL WEIRD, THE LONGER SHE STARED AT THE SCREEN THE MORE SHE COULD SENSE SOMETHING UNFAMILIAR TO HER BODY.
SHE LOOKED AWAY FROM THE SCREEN THINKING IT WAS MAKING HER SICK, BUT THAT SOLVED NOTHING. SHE WAS FEELING MORE SENSITIVE TO AN UNKNOWN FORCE, SHE WAS GETTING MORE UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HER.
ANYTIME SHE GLANCED OVER AT THE SCREEN SHE COULD SENSE SOMETHING FLOWING THROUGH.
‘’HELLO, HERE IS YOUR COFFEE’’ THE BARISTA CALLED OUT TO HER. THIS BROUGHT VANESSA OUT OF HER TRANCE
‘’ OH, THANK YOU’’ SHE TOOK HER COFFEE AND FOUND A PLACE TO SIT.
VANESSA OVERLOOKED WHAT SHE WAS FEELING FOR A NICE CUP OF COFFEE. SHE DRANK HER COFFEE TO FORGET THE FEELING SHE FELT. AFTER SOME TIME IT WAS BACK, SHE KEPT SENSING AND FEELING THINGS IN THE AIR. NOT BEFORE LONG SHE NOTICED A PATTERN WHENEVER SHE SAW AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THE UNKNOWN FEELING INTENSIFIED.
HER GAZE FELL ON A MAN USING HIS LAPTOP IN FRONT OF HER, SHE KEPT FEELING THE FLOW OF THE UNKNOWN THINGS INSIDE THE LAPTOP. SHE BEGAN FOCUSING ON THE FEELING, UNBEKNOWNST TO HER THE LIGHT IN THE SHOP BEGAN FLICKERING. SHE CONCENTRATED HARDER ON IT FEELING A CONNECTION WITH IT THE MORE SHE DID.
THE LIGHT FLICKERING INTENSIFIED, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE SHOP STARTED NOTICING BUT IGNORED IT. VANESSA WAS NOW DEEP INTO IT, SHE COULD FEEL THE UNKNOWN THING THROUGHOUT HER BODY, IT WAS THEN SHE REALIZED WHAT THE UNKNOWN THING WAS,
‘’ ELECTRICITY’’
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE SPARKS EVERYWHERE, AND ALL THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING AND BLOWING UP. THE FRIGHTENED SCREAMS OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE COULD BE HEARD LOUDLY FROM THE OUTSIDE. VANESSA WEASELED HER WAY THROUGH THE CROWD THAT HAD FORMED OUTSIDE.
TOM WOKE UP TO FIND VANESSA GONE, AS USUAL, HE MADE HIS WAY TO THE BATH WHEN HE NOTICED IN THE MIRROR THAT HE WAS NOW TALLER. HE QUICKLY MOVED BACK,
‘’WHAT THE HELL’’
HIS BODY WAS NOT ONLY TWICE THE SIZE NOW, BUT HE GOT EXTRA MUSCLES. TOM KEPT TOUCHING HIS NEWFOUND MUSCLES, HE WAS SURPRISED AND SHOCKED. HE MOVED AWAY FROM THE MIRROR STILL RUBBING HIS MUSCLES.
HE WAS STILL IN DEEP THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIS BODY WHEN HE TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THE BATHROOM. AS SOON AS HE GRIPPED THE DOOR KNOB, HE CRUSHED IT IN HIS HAND. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR HIS BRAIN TO PROCESS HIS ACTION, HE LOOKED AT THE CRUSHED DOOR KNOB IN HIS HAND AND GENTLY PLACED THE BROKING PIECES ON THE GROUND.
HE DIDN’T THINK OF ANYTHING, HE JUST QUIETLY BACKED AWAY FROM THE DOOR. HE NOW MADE HIS WAY TO THE KITCHEN TO HAVE SOME BREAKFAST, HE HELD THE KNOB OF HIS ROOM DOOR LIKE HE WAS HOLDING A NEWBORN BABY, THE KNOB WASN’T CRUSHED. WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE, HE SWUNG OPEN THE DOOR ONLY TO RIP IT FROM ITS HINGES.
TOM HELD THE DOOR IN HIS HAND, HE FELT A RANGE OF EMOTIONS. HE WAS HAPPY, CURIOUS AND SCARED.
‘’SUPER STRENGTH, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HAPPENED ON THAT ROAD ‘’ HE WONDERED WITH EXCITEMENT.
HE PUT THE DOOR IN HIS HAND ON THE FLOOR, FORGETTING HIMSELF HE TOOK HIS MOBILE PHONE TO CALL VANESSA ONLY FOR IT TO GET CRUSHED IN HIS HAND
‘’MOTHER OF FUCKS, THIS IS ANNOYING’’.
TOM WAS NOW CAREFULLY MOVING AROUND THE HOUSE, HE DIDN’T WANT TO DAMAGE ANY OF HIS PRICELESS OBJECTS.
‘’HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE BREAKFAST NOW’’ HE STARED INTENTLY AT HIS BODY, WHICH HE HAD BEGUN TO ADMIRE.
THE PROBLEM OF EATING WAS NOW TOM'S BIGGEST ONE, HE WAS STILL GOING TO TRY AND MAKE HIMSELF SOMETHING TO EAT AND IN THE PROCESS DESTROY HALF THE KITCHEN. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO HE STOPPED BECAUSE HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE GATES OPENING.
AT FIRST, TOM DIDN’T REALIZE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED UNTIL HE HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS AND A BEATING HEART, THAT IS WHEN HE REALIZED, HIS HEARING WAS TEN TIMES BETTER NOW.
VANESSA ARRIVED INDOORS HUFFING AND PUFFING FROM RUNNING TOO FAST.
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