Wit's End

I am bothered by what are the possible answers will I get when I let my parents walk into this portal. Is it safe for them to be here? What if I failed to guide them until the end of the vast void? All these speculations I have in mind made me sort of disoriented in my current situation. I must head back to my consciousness now.

As I am walking towards the light, I stumble upon some good memories to remember along the way. Including my cat, Kira, and strangely, she is intertwined with her alternate form. What could be the case for this one? I had no idea. I better keep going.

As soon as I am about to step into the light, I can hear strange noises. They are like whispers but it is not clear enough to understand what they were saying. Is this important? Well, I have better things to do than to solve this mystery.

I am officially back to my conscious self. It's like I am just having a nightmare. The storm was over but the monument emits this strange pillar of light straight up to the skies. It was beautiful to look at. I slowly get on my feet and search the surroundings and the bodies of my school mates, professors, and friends were on the ground completely in a state of coma. I have to call some help to make them more stabilized.

The medics arrived. They asked what happened here. So, I told them what happened.

I wasn't so sure if I will let their bodies away from the portal but for their safety, I agreed with the medics to bring them to the hospital for more stable and much-needed care they need.

Hours have already passed and none of them were back in their consciousness. I am a bit worried about this current situation. Their heart rate is stable and nothing to worry about. They checked anything else and all seems to be normal. They're like fallen into a deep sleep. I have to wait.

While I was waiting, I decided to call my parents if they were okay. "Hello? Mom? How are you? Where is dad?" - "Yuki! Where have you been? I heard that there was a strange storm happened there downtown. Are you okay? Are you hurt?" A common mother who asks every detail. It is sweet. Pretty sure some may get annoyed by that but trust me, you will be happy to hear them asking about you. "I am good. I am currently here at the hospital because my school mates and professors have lost their consciousness during the storm" - "Okay. Please be safe there. Your dad and I were okay here. Nothing to worry about" Good. "Okay, mom. See you later" Now I've been thinking if I want them to head over into the portal. I think this is selfish for me. Maybe I will have to find it out myself.

It's late in the evening and no one had woken up yet. Their families already visited them, crying. Some even accused me. How come that I am the only one who wakes up. Damn. Like I am not the baddie here. So, I left the building and try to appreciate the stars and the pillar of light. The stars were complementing the pillar of light in the night sky. I never knew to see such beautiful things like this despite a destructive tragedy that caused this beautiful sight in the skies.

I am on my wits end now. I don't know what to do next. I am very worried about the situation with my school mates and professors. I hope they come back with their consciousness now.

While I was busy stargazing, someone approached me. To my surprise it was Sato! I was so thankful that he came back!

"Sato! How are you? That took you long enough. What did you see inside the portal?" I am excited of what he possibly saw there.

- "I was doing fine now. Got a little headache of what happened. It is strange in their. I saw you leaving for a trip to London. Have you ever been to London? As I saw it, it strikes hard to me. Feels so real to me that I have to ask you. Is that real?" Oh yeah. I remember that he can see his alternate self's memories in there.

"Yes. That really happened but it wasn't me. That was my other self on a parallel universe. I have to tell you this. My other self is also here in earth"

- "Well, ofcourse your other self is in this earth. Wait, what? Do you mean, Parallel Yuki is in our earth?" He sound confident at first but then he realize what I said and make him worried.

"Yes, but she's not here in Tokyo. She's in London. I wonder if they can see this pillar of light"

- "Oh. I see. How is that possible? Are you worried that your parallel version is a baddie?" Still, he sounds very worried.

"I don't know. I hope she's not a baddie and hope we could cooperate but as what I have known, there must be only one Yuki to live in this world and the other one should leave"

- "Leave? Is it possible to leave?"

"I think not. I was preferring to the other term of leave the earth and that means, death" As soon as I said the word death, he immediately lays down and watched the stars above. I am pretty sure that he is more worried. The look on his face were so blankly upset.

"Hey! Don't be sad. We can do this. We can figure things out if we can live here together unharmed. Anyways, how was everybody else? Did someone already woke up?"

- "Hate to say this but no news from them yet. They are still in a coma. What do we do now? We are clearly puzzled on what will happen next"

"All we have to do now Sato is to wait"