'Alan Walker… we finally meet.' The shadowy figure spoke as Alan finally managed to get his hands and feet on the shore in the middle of the dark seemingly endless ocean all around him.
'Where… where the hell am I?' Alan thought to himself as his head felt strangely confused, as if he couldn't quite remember what he had been doing, where he was and even slightly about who he was, it was as if a fog of confusion had consumed him the closer that he had gotten to the shadowy figure, however at the same time, it had felt that the only way he had to survive was come and swim towards this very shore, a series of contradicting emotions surging through his mind.
On one hand Alan felt like he was in terrible danger and that the only salvation was the shore, on the other hand the shore itself gave him an unnerving feeling that sent shivers down his spine, added on top of which was the confusion that had engulfed his mind.
"Who… who the hell are you." Alan asked aloud finally as he planted his hands firmly on the white sand and slowly rose his body up until he was somewhat standing before the figure.
Now that it was so close and that he was standing on somewhat firm ground, Alan could finally see just how large the shadowy figure had been, in the distance it hadnt looked that large however now that he was next to it, he could clearly see that the figure was taller than two meters, taller than any other humanoid creature that he had seen until now. He had thought that Emmet Cullen was already a bear like man with his stature, however the figure made Emmet look like a mere stick figure in comparison.
'Observe' Alan thought however… the holographic screen didn't appear infornt of him, infact the system didn't respond at all, no matter what other holographic screens that Alan tried to pull forwards, none of them reacted at all, it was as if the system no logner existed at all.
"I see… you're trying to pull forwards the System right now correct? I suppose it isn't reacting at this moment. As for your earlier question… I don't think it is the right time yet for me to introduce myself completely however what I can say is that, I am someone extremely close to you, or maybe you can say that I am some thing… instead." The figure spoke, this time the voice was heard both inside of Alan's own mind, the words seemingly forming into his head but at the same time… the voice had come out of the shadowy figure aswell.
It was a confusing mess of a voice, it sounded eerily similar to something that had combined multiple voices and then used them simultaneously to speak, some parts of its voice sounded young as if a child was speaking whilst other parts were as if a middle aged man or even an elderly was talking towards Alan. The combined mess of these voices seemingly resonated throughout the ocean and the small sand island in the middle of it where Alan and the figure stood.
Alan's own mind had no thoughts left anymore, they had all vanished, all of them, the second that the dark figure had spoken, it wasn't because of the strange unnerving voice coming out of it, it was because of what words the thing had spewed out, it was because of the fact that the thing had just casually talked about the system, right infront of him. A secret that Alan was sure he had never told anyone, because the system would have instantly killed or maybe even erased Alan from existence had he ever talked about it.
Finally after a few long seconds where silence reigned in the surrounding area, Alan's expression changed from a completely blank one to one a complete and utter panic, his mouth opening up as the shock finally caught up to him, his feet taking him a few steps away from the figure whilst his hands and arms were shaking violently as he pulled them up and forward in a sort of defensive posture.
"System… how do you know about the system. Who are you. What the fuck are you. What do you mean that you're someone or something extremely close to me. Fucking explain you piece of shit." Alan shouted, his voice shaking in pure fear induced rage as his entire body shook, he could barely form out the words from the shock and the fear coursing through him, his mouth turning sloppy as spittle flew out of it with each shouted out word that came out of his mouth.
The figure didn't seem to mind the loud volume or the shouting and threatening at all however, it wasn't like it even had a face for Alan to see if any changes had occurred to its expression in the first place, the figure simply raised its left palm up as if to make a calming motion towards Alan.
"I told you… those are questions that I cannot answer yet, however what I can answer is that I will be helping you… to survive what is coming. Remember this well… when you wake up from this slumber… you will be back in that apartment… no matter…. No…. no…. Matter…." The figure started speaking slower and slower as its words started turning less intelligible whilst the world around it and Alan started changing.
The dark blue ocean around them turning thicker, its colour swiftly starting to change into a bloody crimson whilst the entire world around them started shaking, the sky swiftly changing into a deep purple whilst thousands of cracks appeared on it.
The final words that Alan heard before he woke up were…
"Do… not… trust… the…."
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