The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 15: Evo's Room

I did not know how long I had been staring at nothing in particular. I did not know how long I had been sitting on that very same spot where I sat earlier, as my mind kept on swirling with thoughts that I did not know when and where I had thought about it.

There were so many questions inside of my head. There were so many things that kept on coming back into my mind. There were so many what ifs inside of my head, and it had gotten to the point that I did not know what to do about it any longer.

What if they had left me all alone in this place? That would be the most reasonable explanation as to why there was no single thing inside of their cabins, right? What if I had done something that I did not know had offended them and that made them decide to leave me all alone in this adventure park?

Those were the questions that kept on coming back into my mind, but then again, I knew that would also be too absurd to be true. I knew that would be too impossible to be true, and I knew that I was not only convincing myself, as I kept on reasoning that it was not really the truth.

After all, I have seen their bags when they got off the bus. They were carrying too many things, and I knew that they would have a hard time carrying them all the way to the bottom of this mountain, if they had really left me.

I also knew that they would never be able to ride some other cars if they were really desperate to get away from this place, because the moment that we took a step inside of this place, I had realized that there were absolutely no cars that were passing by. The only cars that were present on this part of the mountain were the cars that were used by the visitors, which I note was not really that many, because we were literally the only people inside of this so-called forest.

And I was one hundred percent sure that they would never be able to call the school bus without me noticing. After all, I would have been able to realize that they had called it without my knowledge. I would have known if it would come because I literally stayed up all night. I would be able to know if someone had come to this part of the park.

I let out a sigh as I started to smack myself as though I wanted to wake up. It was as though I wanted to remove those thoughts inside of my head, and would just forget that I had even thought something like that towards them.

I knew that they were not that kind of person. I knew that they would never do something like that towards me. I knew that they would never be able to do something like that, because they were the nicest people that I have ever met in my life. They accepted me, wholeheartedly, and I knew that they would never do something like leave me, just because of a misunderstanding.

I knew it. I knew, because they kept on proving to me that they were not that kind of person. I knew, because I had seen how they treated me like I was not a person who luckily got inside of Section A because of my knowledge.

I knew... but it still did not stop me from thinking like that way, because it was really the most reasonable one that I could think of. It was the most explainable thing as to why I had seen that there was nothing inside their rooms. It was the only thing that I could hold onto, because if it was not, I did not know what to think any longer.

I let out a sigh as I thought about whether I should still continue this or not. I think if I should still continue to find something that could tell me the truth, which could explain to me everything that has been happening ever since we had entered the Lost Soul’s Forest.

It felt like they changed. It felt like they had suddenly become a stranger to me - to the point that I even think that Winter and Willow, the two people whom I claimed were really close to me, were just a mere stranger because it really felt like I was at the beginning all over again. It felt like the people that I was with this whole time were different people from who they were now.

I could not help but to think of that way, and it was all because of the call that Evo had received the night before. It was because of those words that I had heard from that person, from him, from them.

That was also the reason why I wanted to know the truth, but as of that moment, all I wanted to was to give up. All I wanted to do was to forget everything about this, and just continue on my day as though nothing was bothering me - as though it was just nothing to me, even if it was too far from the truth.

I was just about to do that - on really giving up on finding out the truth. I was about to stand up and turn towards the cabin that I was occupying and just forget about everything, though I doubted that I would really be able to do that, but then again, before I could even turn my back towards the cabins that they were supposed to occupy, there was one room that had caught my attention.

It was the room that I still did not check because I thought that I would see the same thing once again, an empty room to be exact. I thought that there was no use in checking it any longer because I might just get my hopes up, but then again, I did not know what had urged me to go and walk towards that room.

I did not know why I slowly walked towards that place as though I was afraid that someone would catch me, and I would find something that I should not have. I was so scared, but somehow, I still could not help myself as I kept on walking towards that place. I still kept on moving forward with small and hesitant steps.

It was Evo’s room. The last cabin that I still had not checked earlier because I was really confused over the same thing that I had seen in the room they had been staying in, and I was afraid to think that I would also see the same thing in his room – I was afraid to think of all the possibilities if his room had indeed the same situation as the other rooms that I had checked earlier.

My hands were shaking, and as soon as I held the knob of the door of the cabin where Evo was staying, it felt like I wanted to back down. It felt like I wanted to turn away and forget that this had happened, but then, there was also a part of me that was saying that I needed to do this.

There was a part of me that was saying that I needed to do this in order to find out the truth, even though I clearly did not know if I would be able to take it if ever I had really found out the truth.

I tried to stop my hands from shaking as I kept my hold on that door, before I closed my eyes, as I took a deep breath – as though I wanted to prepare myself for whatever I had to see inside, as though I already had a vague idea, but I still did not want to believe it even if I tried numerous times.

I opened my eyes once again as I finally opened the door of that cabin, and I was not shocked any longer when I saw that it was not locked – just like the situation of the other cabin that I had checked earlier.

I must say that I felt shaken up though. After all, I still could not believe anything at all, and even though the situation in their rooms was almost the same, I still could not think of a believable answer to the questions that kept running on my mind ever since that night had happened.

I slowly walked inside his room, though I already knew that he was not there because it was the same situation as the other rooms that I checked earlier, but then again, just like the saying goes, it is better to be safe than never.

I needed to be vigilant because I really did not know what could possibly happen. I did not know if I would be able to know the truth about what I had been doing or if I was just ruining the trust that they have in me by getting inside their rooms without even informing them that I was doing so.

I did not know what to feel as soon as I saw the very same situation as the other room that I checked earlier. I did not know if I should feel disappointed with what I saw, but then again, I should have already expected that something like this would be seen in his room, because even if I refused to tell it to myself, I knew that something was really wrong about this – something was really up with the people that I have been with in this Lost Soul’s Forest.

I was about to close the empty room so that I would be able to think about it in my own room, but then again, I did not know why, but there was something that had pushed me to go inside and check if there was something that I would be able to see in that place.

I was about to stop myself as soon as I have realized what I have done, but then again, before I could even turn my back and walk towards the door once again, I stopped as I felt a sudden shiver on my spine – as though the thing that I have heard was enough to make me feel scared, as though I knew that something was really wrong even though I really did not have any idea as to what had been happening.

I slowly stopped myself as I looked behind me, and there it was. It was even more obvious now than it ever was before, and I knew that I had not imagined it.

I knew that I did not imagine the phone ringing in this empty room.