The Red Eyes (1)

'Let fate decide for us.

An encounter as predestined by the sky.

Let the scars be uncovered by itself.'

Bai He Lian

***

Time passed by…and I am so scared to imagine what will wait for me at six later. Fei Yang persuaded me to lunch but this time I don't have any appetite. More over…Fei Yang and A Lin keep asking me about what happened to me. Do you know that I really want to tell them what happened but a part of my mind knows that they don't believe me because it's like an illusion.

At six P.M… I am so drowsy perhaps during a few days I am working so hard and I am so exhausted. I let my eyes closed for a while…I just want to sleep.

'Bai He Lian, I am waiting for you at the outside now.'

Who is talking to me at this time? I am so sleepy can I take a rest for a while? I am so tired.

'You can take a rest later.' that voice echoed in my mind once again.

***

When I open my eyes. I am shocked when I find myself in a car. There is a driver who keeps driving along the way.

"Why am I here?" I asked the driver but he didn't give me an answer. "Where are we going?" I asked again.

"We will meet the Young Master."

The driver's answer makes me scared to the death. How come I ended here? I remember that I am asleep and wake up here. Does it make sense?

"Who?"

"Miss…don't worry." He said.

Few minutes later. We get in a forest. I never knew there was such a way like this in the forest. Right and left side I see nothing except dark until the golden haze appears. I am shocked because I have never seen something like this before. I want to ask a lot of things in my head but not a single word comes out from my mouth. In this car only both of us but I feel like I am get into another world when this car stopped in front of a dark cave.

"Where is it?" I try to ask but he doesn't respond to me.

I don't know what I feel but this time there is curiosity in my heart so I open the car door then walking into the cave. The cold weather attacked me suddenly after I put my feet on the cave to follow the driver who was walking before me. I don't know how long we were walking but I am so tired. Walking in darkness is not a simple thing.

Few minutes later the driver stopped in front of a golden haze. I am not sure but after we are passing through the haze, I can see an ancient manor gate. The gate was open when we arrived. I was shocked when the gate closed after we entered the manor.

A lot of armies guard this place. I am amazed to know that the armies dressed in ancient armor. I think I am back in the past but…there is possibility that I am in another world. Ahhh! This fact just gives me a headache. I have to admit this place is a beautiful place as the moonlight is so bright and there are lanterns along the way. I cannot see clearly but I know there is a lotus pond along the way. We stopped in front of a chamber. When the door opened. I saw a woman smile and asked me to get in so I stepped into the chamber. This time the driver just disappeared. As soon as I got in the door closed suddenly.

This chamber is dominated by white colour. That woman came closer.

"Change your clothes. You cannot wear these clothes to serve the Young Master." She said.

What? What does that mean? Serve? What is served?

"What do you mean?" I gathered my courage to ask her as this place is strange as well.

She looked at me without saying anything but grabbed my arms to follow her into another place. There is a lotus pond. This place looks like an onsen because I can see smoke and mist fulfill this place as the moonlight is so bright tonight.

"Miss, you must be so tired so you can bathe here and from this now on when you are in this place you cannot say a word to Young Master except he wants you to talk. Don't ever mention your name." She insisted.

"Uhm…"

I am just too lazy to debate with her beside this strange place they can kill me and I am not ready yet to die. I want to come back and do my life as usual then forget these nightmares.

"Then I will leave you here. You can get out after serving Young Master."

After she said that she just disappeared even though she didn't give me a chance to ask. After she left, I couldn't see the gate or anything. Just lotus pond, haze and the bamboo surrounding me. I panic because wherever I run I see nothing and back at the same spot. The weather in this place has become warm. This is weird because a few moments ago, I feel so cold but now is totally different.

Oh God! Where is this place?

I try to be calm but I cannot. I have had a lot of bad experiences before and those scenes still remain in my head. I cannot stop being paranoid in this situation. My palms become cold and my legs become numb suddenly. I try my best to look for an exit but I cannot find it and it's frustrated me a lot. Please someone help me! I try to cry but my throat aches so I cannot say anything.

From a far I hear the footsteps. I know someone must be here. There is someone who can help me but I don't know what I should do when I see that footsteps owned by a man who is walking with a white fabric to cover his eyes. I have to admit that man amazed me because he makes me remember about characters in manga. A tall young man with cool white hair.

"A young woman…" He said and smirked at me.

How does he know that I am here right now?

"What do you want?" He asked me if I want something from him.

"Could you please help me to escape from this place?"

I really hope he can help me because the concept of Young Master that they mentioned before stuck in my head and made me so scared.

"But don't you want something from me that's why you want to sell yourself to this place?"

"What do you mean?" I am so confused to hear what he says. "I never …" I am coughing before finishing my sentence.

He smirks, "I think someone sold you here and forbid you to say something."

"What?"

"That means you belong here."

"No…That is impossible! I tell you that I have my own life. I have an apartment and I have to work as well."

That man took a deep breath as his arms crossed.

"I don't understand about your life but what can I say? That's better if you follow what they want." He said.

"But I don't want to be here?"

"Even so…now you cannot do anything, just accept it."

"But I don't want to."

He takes a deep breath. Looking at him makes me feel sorry for him. He must be the same as me.

"But you don't have a choice. Then what are they asking you to do? Why were you here?"

"They asked me to serve the Young Master but until right now I cannot see where the Young Master is? So have you ever seen the Young Master?" I asked him.

He cough…Oh my God even they make him unable to say a word like me. They are so cruel. I pat his back gently and help him to breathe slowly.

"What have they done to you?" I asked and he started coughing again. I think they forbid him to say that information. "Forget it. I don't want something to happen to you."

***