The Morrow's Yesterday

Chapter 6: The Future

Chrysan’s POV

It’s dark. All I can see is a black space. I couldn’t feel any ground below me either as if I’m floating. I feel like I’m in outer space and gravity does not exist. I blocked my eyes using my hands when a blinding light suddenly appeared in the middle of nowhere. My eyes widened because of a realization. Am I dead? Is this the afterlife?

I wandered my gaze when the surroundings became lighter than before. But just like a while ago, it’s blank but I could feel that I have something being step on. I couldn’t see anything other than white space. I looked down when I felt something was pulling my slacks. A grey mouse greeted me― it is chomping the hem of my slacks. I took a step back when it ran away and any minute, it came back. It’s not just one, but hundreds of mice!

Those mice looked upon me as if I were their queen or some sort of leader. I slowly sit and pat the head of one of those mice.

“Why? What’s the problem?” I asked them while having a hesitant smile on my face but it faded the moment I heard my voice. I covered my mouth when I realized my voice was echoing around the whole area.

I looked around for the nth time. There’s nothing except for white space. Nothing more and nothing less. All I remembered was; I’m in a traffic collision a while ago and I woke up floating in a dark room. Suddenly, the whole surface was occupied by this light and it turns out like this, and I don’t know where the heck these mice came from.

“You’re Chrysan, right?” I screamed and freaked out when I heard one of those mice speak.

I groaned when my butt hit the floor as my hands are pinned on the white floor too while my eyes were large as an owl while looking at the grey mouse that was in the center of all mice here in the room.

The mouse just freakin’ talk!

“H-How did you know my name?” I asked in a warning sign. I can’t hide the smell of being scared in my voice.

The mouse chuckled and stand on his two feet, making me shake like a leaf. He slowly walked on my body. I closed my eyes because of panic and secretly bit my inner cheek while my body is still shaking.

“Open your eyes,” he softly said and I could feel tiny hands touching my soft face.

Unconsciously, I opened my eyes. I gasp when I saw his red eyes as if it was irritated or something. The mouse smiled and released my cheeks. He started walking over my body, making me giggle a bit.

“So, you’re Chrysanthemum? The daughter of Dr. Adrian. The famous scientist in 90’s,” he stated.

My face became more serious than ever. I can’t believe I’m listening to a mouse! But his statement makes me interested. He turned his head back on me and planted a weak smile on his tiny face.

“Give justice to us, Chrysan. Give justice to all the mice he killed for this experiment. We’re counting on you,” he muttered. In an instant, the floor below me opened up and everything went black.

***

I woke up due to the loud noises of people. I felt my head is about to c***k. I unconsciously opened my eyes and the familiar face of Sythe; greeted me. Her eyes widened when she saw I’m awake.

“Omg! Chrysy’s awake! She’s awake!” she yelled happily while having a wide smile on her face, and suddenly, the noises of people became louder.

“Chrysan! You’re awake!” Daphne blurted out while wiping the tears from her eyes.

“Chrysan! I thought you were dead!” Jairo exclaimed and seized my hand. Any minute, a tall man tapped his hands away from mine.

That tall man looked at me with smiling eyes. “Finally, you’re awake, our princess,” Keith greeted me.

“You want some pizza?” Xyxo lend me a box of pizza with a single slice left in it. I awkwardly smiled and politely shook my head as a response.

I can't even process what's happening but I am glad that my friends are the ones I saw the moment I woke up. I wonder what happened to the man and the driver. I hope they are safe.

“Chrysan! I’m so happy to the point that I could die!” My eyes widened when Vane rushed toward me. He was about to jump a hug on me when he unconsciously stopped when he saw the sharp glares of my chums.

“Hug her and you’re dead,” Keith warned, making Vane’s eyes widen.

I smiled but it faded right away as my forehead creased when I noticed they were all wearing some kind of black tight uniform with a touch of red lines and a certain number was engraved on a metal plate, hanging on their right chest. I unconsciously look in front of me, and there I saw a body-sized mirror.

I can't recall them buying matching outfits,

I was stunned while staring at my own reflection. I’m sitting in a hospital bed where multiple needles were in the back of my hands. I touched my face when I saw how skinny I was, my cheekbones are already visible and the bottom of my eyes already have eyebags. I’m also pale as a ghost. It looks like I aged too.

How long did I sleep?

“How was the driver?” I immediately asked them.

They all went silent and looked at each other as if they don’t know what I’m talking about about the traffic collision that just happened.

“What driver, darling?” Daphne asked while having an unsure smile on her face.

I stared at her and there I noticed that she was also stressed like my face. There were multiple wrinkles and such. She’s more mature and she got skinny too. Scars are on her face as if she was pressed by some hot metal. I looked at everyone in this room. They all looked the same. They have scars on their faces and their facial bones started to visibly appear.

My friends don't look like this.

I let out a deep sigh and leaned on my hospital bed while thinking of all the things that just happened. I got into an accident, some weird man approached me, a lunar eclipse occurred, I passed out and I woke up in an empty room, I have a short conversation with a mouse and I woke up here.

If I remembered it correctly, the man said something before I lost my consciousness.

"I… I'll w-wa..it f-f…or yo…u… In t-the fu…t-ture.”

I held my head when I felt like it was about to burst. My friends were alarmed because of my certain action. They were saying something but I couldn’t hear. Their voices are blurry for me and I couldn’t understand any word they say. It is the same thing I've experienced back in the accident. My vision was starting to spin and I already felt dizzy.

“Jairo! Call the doctraia!” Daphne screamed out of desperation while looking at me intently.

Jairo placed his palm against the wall while shaking, against the wall. He closed his eyes and shouted as loud as he can, “This is Code 344! We need to summon a doctraia here in building 78! Again, this is Code 344! We need to summon a doctraia here in building 78!”

Suddenly, a blue light surrounds us and it moved down the building like an elevator as if it’s the one who’s transmitting the message.

“Vane, make sure that the authorities won’t know that Chrysan’s already awake!” Daphne ordered Vane. He nodded and he face the air, any second past, a hologram appeared. It was like a CCTV but in an upgraded version.

“Xyxo, make sure that the doctraia is the only one who can receive that message. Skip the authorities,” Daphne instructed Xyxo while motioning her hand. She’s like a commander!

Xyxo made a salute and parted the curtains of this room, revealing tall buildings and drones that are flying everywhere. He slightly pushed the glass window, the glass rippled like water when he touched those. Suddenly, it became a red wall. No― it’s not just an ordinary red wall. It’s a Redstone!

“Now, let’s get started,” Xyxo said while smirking and stretching his arm from left to right. A red hologram keyboard appeared and Xyxo started typing quickly. My eyes couldn’t follow it!

“Sy, you know your job,” Daphne calmly said to Sy. She placed her index and middle finger on the right side of her forehead. My eyes widened when she pressed a button on her suit, she suddenly disappeared!

When my senses are getting back to their normal ones, I have some realizations. The question should not be; where am I? It should be; what year is it? I don’t know. I don’t have any answers to my queries yet. But one thing is certain.

I’m in the future.