Chapter 15

Medium: The Origins finds a young man setting out to avenge the death of a beloved family member and to recover forgotten memories, only to find himself with a new case and a unknown assailant on him.

Chapter 15

 

          So, this is my past. There is nothing good about me to begin with. But after recalling the past, it makes sense why Wallace was the only person living with me who didn’t seem to pay attention to anything. He was more worried about life. About our lives. And I didn’t see it. Even after my amnesia, I didn’t see it. It was during my investigation up to this point I realize my past had more to tell me than just my memory. I’ve had multiple near death experiences and I didn’t see it coming, yet I still live. But this time I am almost close to death than ever before and I’m crossing through the boundaries of danger just for the sake of my investigation. I’m going to get myself killed for sure, yet I still can’t stop myself from continuing. I know it’s chasing after me, and it won’t go away until the curse is banished for good. Looks like this journey is going to end on either side of the coin. I either win or I lose.

I get up to leave the school, but despite my resolve, I still can’t get the image of my past off of me. It’s like I can still see people dancing. Wait a minute! As I blink a couple of times, I realize I am seeing people dancing. This was the graduation dance! I look down, and I wasn’t even dressed in a suit, I was still wearing black hard pants and a black leather jacket. Did I somehow travel back in time? I begin to feel a headache. This doesn’t make any sense. I spent my time reading through the yearbook and I’m somehow back in my past, literally. Suddenly, when I look up, the atmosphere has changed. Everything is empty inside the gym, but it had lights. I’m still trapped in the past somehow. I face forward and I see Hayley, Buck, Omar, and Kelly. All four of them are glaring at me for some reason. I just gazed in total shock. Why the hell are they looking at me like that? The group walk slowly towards me.

“We’ve put up with you long enough, it’s time we let you go!” Hayley said.

“You’ve been harassing my girl when she clearly doesn’t like you. It’s time you understand that!” Buck said.

I remember Hayley telling me off, but I don’t remember the group telling me off in a threat like manner. Something tells me this isn’t the part where we really separate, so I get into stance. I repeatedly block attacks and deliver them myself. I restrain and put down each one, and within seconds I’ve subdued the whole group. I was still confused what was happening, but I can’t stand around wondering about it. I might have more people out to kill me. So I make a run for it to reach the front doors. As I was running, I realize something. Illusion. This must be an illusion, one that’s controlled by the curse. What if carrying the curse with me through my life allows it to manipulate the timeline and events based on my personal history? As I was sprinting towards the front entrance of the school, I have another run in with another one person. This is most likely the person from my past. I look closely, and I find a sight that’s traumatizing to even think about. I’m pitting myself up against him.

“I looked after you long and hard to keep you safe? Why did you have to bring it with you!? JUST WHY!?”

So you would pit me up against him. Why would you do that? Once I’m done here, I will come for you.

I try to fight, but I just can’t land a hit. I keep thinking there’s got to be another way to break the illusion without fighting Wallace. Maybe I can’t escape this illusion with alternatives. No matter how reluctant I am to do this, I push myself to battle against my own brother, and put him down. After that was done, the atmosphere changes. I was back in the present.

So the curse can create and manipulate illusions based on the curses’ history. Since I carry the curse with me from birth, my past becomes its past, and its history becomes mine as well. No matter though, my next goal is clear to me, and I walk to achieve that goal once and for all.

Author's Note

Medium: The Origins finds a young man setting out to avenge the death of a beloved family member and to recover forgotten memories. He shuns himself from having a normal social life for the sake of vengeance. Just when he thought he ran out of leads, he was involved in an incident which leads him to start a new case. This particular investigation changes him greatly while he is being hunted by an unknown assailant whose victims never got to see before they met their doom.

Note: This is my first book and I plan to write more. Criticism, praise, or any feedback of some sorts are welcome.
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