Why did i do this? Regret filling my whole body. I slowly get up and look at Bridge William.
"Was it real?" My voice low.
Bridge William slowly shakes his head "I don't know"
Tsk. I turn around and start walking.
"Did it work?" His voice coming from behind.
I don't respond and keep walking. Leave me alone. I open the door, the kid still beside it.
"Can you find me a room?" I ask him. He looks back to Bridge William then starts walking, i follow behind.
My body depraved, my mind numb. I touch my hand with my fingers. This place is making me sick.
The kid opens a door, a bed on the floor is the only thing in the room, the kid lights up the oil lamp, i close the door and lay on the bed.
I put my hands on my eyes. Why was i so selfish? Going back home? I was just thinking about myself, i never thought about them. I bite my lower lip. I was always like this, a selfish prick, nothing else.
My mind drifts away and i fall asleep. Why am i here?...
I slowly open my eyes, my body refreshed, my mind still sore, the ground full of dirt, the wall full of crumbles, the oil lamp almost finished.
What time it is? I sit up and put my hands on my face.
Ahhhh, this is too much.
Tumb tumb. I hear a heart beat, inside and outside at the same time.
I tense up but i relax immediately, it feels a part of me. I close my eyes and grasp at the feeling.
I feel a connection and grab it, i open my eyes and the rat man is infront of me, the surrounding blue-graiysh, i look down, my body physical now.
"You are back" the rat man says, his voice calmer than usual. "Did something happen? You seem different"
"I activated my core" i say distracted by the change. I touch my ears. I don't feel pain, not like before.
"Really? How much time has passed?" He says curious, standing still.
"A few hours"
"A few hours? How is that possible?" His suprise clear. It's weird, he doesn't seem to care to hide his emotion.
"Like im telling you that" why am i staying here? "Well goodbye rat man"
"Wait" he puts his hand up "don't leave, it's dark when you go away, i cannot feel or see anything" he looks right and left, his eyes reflecting his fears "there are... Things"
"Things?" I look right and left but see nothing. "Stop lying or i will not come back"
"I have something" he says with hope "if you promise to come here once a day i will tell you something important, it will change your life" he says with a slight smile.
Is he trying to decieve me?
"You tell me and i will decide" i stop him before he talks "if you don't accept i will simply not come back"
He looks left and right again "alright" he exhales "i can feel that my core is connected to yours but when i try to use it im unable too" he looks down at himself.
"So?" Im getting irritated.
"It seems you are the one in control of mine, like you are the owner" he says annoyed. Mh, i better not trust him. He looks at me waiting for a reaction "don't you understand? If you have access to my core it means you have access to my ability"
"What?" Do i really? I touch my hair. Is he trying to deceive me? Like using his powers means he takes over my body? How can i try it?
"How can i use your power?" I ask him.
"Before you have to promise to come here everyday"
"Alright" his face lits up. "It's simple, you just do it" he says with a happy face.
My face twists in a weird expression.
"What? You asked and i told you, when i got it i just had to use it" i keep looking at him in silence "it's like doing an action you never did, at first you have to concentrate on every movment and action to make it happen, but as you get the feeling of it or bring attention to a specifc part of it then you will able to use it like you can walk" he correct himself.
"See it wasn't hard, i would have left if you didn't say more" he shakes for a second. You deserve it.
Bring attention to a specific action. Wasn't the same thing that Bridge William was trying to explain to me, the principle is attention? I have to try it, i don't think he is strong enough to take over.
"Alright i will come tomorrow" i abruptly say. I wanna try it.
"Wait, can't you stay more?" Again? So annoying man.
"No, stop bothering me, I don't even like you" it's easier to insult a dead man. Damn im kinda creepy.
"But im all alone, no one to talk with or nothing to do, there is only you and I don't even like you" he says with a deprived face. A pange of anger fills my chest. "I don't know you, but im damn sure you deserve it, don't you think you will fool me" i close my eyes and return to reality, this time the travel lighter.
I open my eyes and the room appears in front of me.
Im done feeling sorry for myself. I have the power to change things. I feel the core of rat man, darker and smaller. I get up.
I will not let him decide what is my reality, he will not make the choices for me, i will see it for myself, this place isn't worth it, everyone can hate me or despise me, for what is worth I don't care, i will do it my way. I open the door and go out.