That day, I dreamt about flowers, colourful flowers. But in my eyes, there were only two colours, Crimson and Dodger Blue. I didn’t know what kind of flower they were but I didn’t think they were flowers from my country. Maybe they were from a far distance land…. It was so yearning for.
There was another story that I remembered from my distant memory. The memory was so unclear as if I had to be on the brink of wakefulness to remember. It’s quite unbelievable. Would it be possible if in the same area, same place would have a thin line that couldn’t be seen. No… It’s more of ….didn’t have permission to see what was inside. We called it “The Overlap Dimension” Inside that place, there had to be many interesting things. Thought about it, while I was sitting in this chair, maybe….maybe there was someone sitting on this chair, overlapping me, or standing opposite me. They said, the place where I am now cannot see over there but there is something watching me from the other side all the time. Sound scary huh… But the person who told me hold my hand all the time and told me things from the other side could not hurt me. The person had a little smile on the face but hold the meaning that I didn’t understand. Without saying another words, the person left to a faraway place.
…
Thump, Thump, Thump
Gasp!!!!
I woke up with a jolt with my heart beating really fast. The ceiling light was so bright that I couldn’t fully open my eyes and sweat all over my face.
“Where am I?”
I tried to look around but my head felt so light…. The smell of the room made me wanted to vomit but I tried not to. What I was sure of was that I was on the bed that seemed to belong to a hotel…. Definitely a hotel, judging from a clean and organised furniture.
My memory is all fuzzy.. Damn it.. Why my head is all foggy. I cannot remember anything which made me quite upset. No… Calm down… Breath in and out. It was just a drowsiness from waking up. But to not be able to remember who I am, this is not funny. Let’s think about it for a second. I tried to clear my mind and look around me to observe the room.
What I know…already knew, was my name. It’s Dream. I am a medical student, honours degree in bachelor of surgery, to boast!
That’s right. In a few month, I’m going to graduate but I’m still wearing a uniform…even at this place. My memory about my past, friends and family started to come back. Um…Let’s stop it. It wasn’t that memorable. Just think about it made me feel agitated.
I stood up, smoothed out my uniform and walked around to explore the room. First thing that I checked was the window. It had a window blind. I grabbed the wand on my left side and tried to open it. When it opened… Strange… I couldn’t see anything outside…. Or because it had another window? I stop twisting and yanked it open in hurry and found a push up window. The window was so fogged. Maybe it was already dark outside because I couldn’t see anything. I should try to push it open.
Oomph!! Maybe one hand wasn’t enough. Oompphh! This wasn’t easy at all. I already used both hands or did it lock? No I couldn’t find anything. Then maybe if I burst it , it might be opened. All right. Arrgghh!! Owww!! It’s stuck or what! Are you kidding!? Should I give up and check something else? Yeah.. let’s do that. I walked away from the window, a little bit… a little bit more… Arrrgghh!!! I run to the window to burst it open with all my strength. Damn it!!! Don’t ever think I will give up!! What the hell was wrong with me? It seemed like I really hated losing. I must open it!!
BAMMMMM!!!!
Wait, why am I bouncing off to the other side!? No, it was like the window kicked me back. Oww… My butt hurt. Lucky that the floor was installed with carpets. If it was concrete or tile… I don’t even want to think about it. Something felt off about that window. It was like it didn’t want me to open it.
Krrrrrrrrr!!!!
Screech!! That window just shared itself!? I…I felt bad. My head hurt.. I had a hunch that I should leave that window alone no matter how curious I was.
Tha…That’s right! Cellphone. Why I didn’t think about it in the first time. I run around the room. (No sign of a cell phone or a purse) Then I checked at the bedside table, there was a brochure.
“Flower Tower”
There was nothing more than a name of this hotel. I noticed a telephone on the table so I picked it up. There was no signal. The drawer was empty. The wardrobe and the drawer inside, the bathroom and all the shelves didn’t have any of my belongings or my cellphone.
What the hell was going on. Was I robbed? Ow…My head hurt again. What now. I wanted to cry. Sob…No..No. Remember Dream. Do not be weak. I had passed many troubles before both university activities and studies. All right. Let’s explore the room some more.
What I tried to looking for is CCTV at the corners of the room. Maybe it was because I like movies so I was thinking maybe there was someone watching my behaviour. Which I couldn’t find so it must have been my overactive imagination.
I was starting to feel thirsty. Maybe there was a refrigerator under the television. (Walk to the television and look under) I hoped there was a bottle of water but if there was a beer then it would be awesome. (Open the refrigerator) Bingo! There were 3 bottles of water. They were a regular sizes. The label was written in Japanese? (Couldn’t read) but judging from it this should be mineral water.
Hm.. I should be very careful. The cap had been nicely seal. I should be okay. Let’s drink a bit to take care of the thirst which I really needed one right now. Ah… That felt good. I drank all of the bottles. Even though it wasn’t a beer but this mineral water was still pretty good. Hm.. There was something written inside the refrigerator.
Do not drink water.
Shit! (Turned pale) I drank all of it. Was this poison? I didn’t feel good. Would I be okay? Oh.. There was something written at the outside corner of the refrigerator.
Do not drink all of it.
Weird.. Did it mean to leave a one or two bottles? Why from the inside it said “do not drink” but from the outside it said “do not drink all of it” Judging from the handwriting, it should be from the same person. It looked familiar. Ow…My head hurts again. I was thinking about going outside the room. In here was kind of lonesome.
About water, I just remembered that this country can drink from faucet.
Inside the wardrobe, I found a black bag. It wasn’t too big or too small, a perfect size. There was nothing inside. Maybe the person who stayed in this room before forgot it here? Whatever, I just put those bottles of water inside this bag.
The most important thing was, would the door be unable to open like the window? (Turning door knob).
..Click..
Okay. It didn’t lock. Sign (What a relieve.)
I slowly opened the door and looked around. It seemed normal just like an ordinary hotel. I walked outside the room. There were a lot of rooms in the hallway but each room didn’t have a room number. What I would like to know since I tried to look outside the window was what floor I was on or at least what was around floor I was on. I tried knocking on every door and calling but no answer the doors were locked.
Blurred and blinked light along the hallway made me felt depressed. Oh. I found an elevator not too far from my room.
Bang!
Oh. It seemed like I kicked something. It bounced over there. Whatever. At the elevator, there were numbers of each floor the numbers looked like separate metal plates articulated into a number. Hm.. It seemed like I was on the 10th floor. Um.. Why did the zero looked distorted.
I tried the elevator but there was no light from the button as well as the floor numbers as if the electricity was cut off. Or was it really cut off? (Looked up and down)
Gasp!
Something cold just passed through me to my back gave me chills. I turned around and looked what it was. Huh.. I saw a shadow wavering over there. “Wait!” I shouted and run to that direction before the shadow disappeared.
From where I last saw it was the staircase to down floor. (No staircase to go up?) Wow. Why downstair was so dark. Should I tried another way? Maybe I would find-
Dup-dup
The sound of my heart was beaten so fast. As soon as I looked away from the stairs, I noticed something in the dark corner of this floor. There was a body of a man sitting on the floor, leaning on the inside wall. Because of the broken ceiling light, I didn’t see him at the first time.
I run to the man’s body.
“Mister… Mister, are you okay?”
No responded and he looked really pale. I tried checking his pulse but there was none. He was dead.. What? Heart attack? Murder? Many words popped up in my head…
“Is somebody here!! Please call an ambulance!!”
I shouted for someone to help but no one answered, only silence. I looked around and it felt unsafe.
Calm down. There was something I could do and that was looking for the cause of death. I knew I should've left the body alone but I really wanted to know how he died. There should be a wound in his body. Okay, let me prepare myself first. (Look away) Even though, I had worked with real human bodies many times in class but I really wished this wasn’t the case now. Alright, breath in, out, and focus. I checked his body from his appearance, he should be a security guard of this hotel. His age should be around 35-40, quite high and had died for quite sometime. But his skin was pale and dried like ischemic …..
Ding… Ding .. Ding
Ah!! I retreated when I heard that sound. That caught me by surprise. The was the sound of an cell phone which was in his pants pocket. (Take it out) It was quite an old cell phone. All it could do was call and answer. Oh. There was a message. (There was a symbol of an envelope) That sound had to be a message sound.
“Help me, Downstairs..”
Downstairs.. I was so happy there was someone downstairs, but they didn’t say which floor. I had to hurry and help them. No (Look around) This situation made me worry. This building had a dead body and it seemed like he had been dead for a while but no sign of warning. I didn’t even know where this message was sent from. What would the other floor be. Sign..
There was no use of thinking about it. Right now, the only way was to go downstairs.
But downstairs was really dark. Oh, that’s right. Mister security should have a flashlight; (Search the body) Aha, there it was a flashlight. Um… Couldn’t it turn on. The lens was cracked. (Smack the flashlight) Not light at all. Was it broken or out of batteries? Let’s hold on to it for now.
Hm.. The flashlight was quite big but.. Whatever (Put it in the bag)
I checked the cell phone, every number had been deleted?? Ah. There was a camera feature. That meant.. There it was. I could use the flash for flashlight. It was quite bright. I could easily use it as a flashlight substitute. There was bit a battery power left in the cell phone. It should last for quite a long time.
I went downstairs, shining the flashlight. There was a lot of stuff on the stairway (Walk down carefully) On the way down, I accidentally lit up the wall.
“No eye contact”
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