Ghost Of Your Memories

Strange

“Doc! This child needs help, he said that he was lost, and couldn't find his parents.” I gasped for air.

“What are you talking about?” His eyes were squinting.

“This boy—” I stood up speechless. The boy was already gone, just a few seconds, he's already disappeared.

All of a sudden, a young boy lying down on the stretcher, which the nurses are pushing, and running to the emergency room.

My eyes start to stream tear. It's not him! I don't want to believe that.

“Doc! The patient from room 050 suddenly had a seizure!” That boy was the one... It can't be. I gasped for air to breathe.

“Excuse me, Miss,” the doctor excused. I left dumbfounded. Don't mind that, Sammy.

I decided to go back to my Auntie's room and prepare her food.

Not only that, but I need to think about what will happen.

Azrael was missing, I need to get some updates from the police officers.

“Auntie, are you awake?” I asked. I went inside and observed her actions.

She's not talking, and not responding to my question. At the same time, I walked in front of her, and her eyes were widely open.

“Maybe, I should prepare your food,” I said with an airy voice. Maybe, it's a good thing to do something.

Some of our memories were brought up in my mind.

“Let's eat, Zoe!” I exclaimed. I want to eat, because my stomach is already aching, and screaming for food.

“Where? Fast-food chain?” she asked while her right eyebrow was raised a bit.

“Anywhere you want, just we can afford the foods,” I answered. She nodded.

We are in the 7th grade, and it's lunchtime. We can go out and buy our food.

“Okay, let's go, just keep in mind that, whatever you heard, or you will see, just ignore it, okay?” she said.

“Yes, I'm always keeping that reminder of yours.” I shrugged my shoulder.

After 15 minutes, we arrived here in the fast-food chain.

“What do you want? I will order, so tell me the foods that you wanted to eat,” she said with a casual look.

“Just a burger and fries will do.” She nodded, and she walks to the counter to order, and pay for our food.

I observed the whole place. It seems like there's nothing wrong with the restaurant.

It looks like they were having fun, there's a couple, but the majority were a group of friends.

Something caught my attention at the outside of a building. I think that is an old lady.

“Hey, here's your order,” Zoe said. She put down the food on the table.

“Look at that old lady, she's standing at the outside, her clothes are not clean, also her face.”

She became silent for a minute, or two.

“I told you, just ignore the strange things that can lead you to your insanity,” she stated. Although my mind is indifferent to conclusions, I decided to be quiet.

She bites to her burger, “Not every situation that you could notice is safe, sometimes, they can lead you to your own grave.” She's weird, I mean, it's not her normal mood.

From my perspective, the old lady is looking at me with her weary, and exhausted eyes.

She's knocking, but no one else wants to let her inside this building.

I want to help her, but just like the words that Zoe said to me earlier, it makes me feel worried about it.

“By the way, do you have your bag? Did you bring it?” I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

“Yeah, but do you want to borrow it for a second, what will happen?”

She didn't answer me, instead, she keeps her food inside my bag, “How about you? Let's share,” I insisted on sharing my food with her.

“Anyway, what's your plan for that food?” I questioned.

“Secret, just watch, and you can answer your question,” she said while smiling.

I gave her half of my burger, and we ate the spaghetti.

“Hey, we are going to be late for our next class, so we must be in a hurry,” I said, her expression becoming worried.

“Let's go, our next teacher was a terror one, for sure she will be mad at us.”

We walked immediately, but when she saw an old lady sitting on the ground, she gave us the food.

So, this was the reason, why she didn't eat her food. My heart beats as a sign of flutter.

“Thank you! These are a big help for me, I will bring it to my grandchildren,” the old lady said.

It seems like she's bursting with joy, and she couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear.

We took our path, and we peacefully arrived at the school.

Unfortunately, we are late. For sure, our teacher will be mad.

“Shoot, hurry up!” My heart is racing like hell.

“Sorry, we're late, we are sending our deepest apologies,” Zoe said, but her voice is trembling.

The whole class was quiet, and they didn't even dare to move, even their fingers.

“Stand at the corner, and face the wall!” Our teacher's voice echoed inside the room.

I wonder if her voice was reaching the dean's office, or the provost's office, because of the volume of it.

“All of you must not be late for my class! Do you understand?” A wide stance with a crossed arm coming from our teacher.

“Yes, teacher,” they said in unison. We looked at each other while holding the books in our arms, and facing the wall.

“Squat!” She bends our knees, it makes my knees tremble, as well as my arms.

“Hey, everything will be okay,” Zoe whispered.

“Stop chit-chatting!” We gasped, and put our focus on the books that are in our arms, and at the top of our head.

This is our consequence.

It's okay for this kind of consequence than she will punish us to clean the whole school, and to complete the posters in the hallways.

If that's happened, we are not having a break time, we need to eat while doing the consequences.

However, come to think of that, how can we eat if these books were here.

I hope that the old lady's grandchildren were happy with that food, and they are thankful to have it, even though the food is not as much as they expected, but, at least it can decrease their hunger.

30 minutes has been passed, but we are still standing, or squatting to be exact, just like she wants.

The class was finally over, “Aw, my arms hurt, maybe I'm unable to lift heavy things for a couple of days,” I murmured.

The reality hits me, I'm back in my senses. I looked around, but there's something strange.

I need to figure it out. Furthermore, I decided to examine the whole room.

My eyes widened. There's a black shadow with glowing eyes and mouth. My body began to tremble.