Cold Morning Breakfast

(Come here, little one.) A cold as ice voice spike can be heard directly towards his mind like being pierced by a spike of ice.

As a single month had passed since Mike being unconscious, he doesn't have anything much to do.

His usual self is back as he got used to the shivering cold that flowing out from his body, even though it been a month there's no slight change from his temperature.

Got nothing to do like a lazy child Mike's attention gets drawn to another place from the void.

The dark grey part of this void, Imuthis's neighbor.

He already forgot this existence or more like he doesn't want to go there. Since the last time he saw this place, this place looks more intimidating than ever like its very aura is oozing out hovering all over the place.

Not to mention the size it expanded in such a short time. It's about to reach the size of the current Imuthis's place.

Anyway, the dark grey area where the other chest is lying is now vast.

Instead of giving its attention from the past, Mike just ignores its existence but because he's been here for a long time he cannot completely ignore it now.

Noticing the non-existence cold sweat from Mike's face, Imuthis reads his intentions.

"Are you gonna start to take action now?"

(Haha, don't fuck with me Imuthis. After experiencing every nightmare situation people could imagine underwater. Do you think this level of safe threat is gonna scare me?)

"Well... By the looks of it..." Looking up and down checking his body as he sees Mike's legs shaking barely standing up he gives his answer. "Yes, you are."

(Ah, fuck it! Here I go!)

Before Imuthis could give Mike a push. Mike takes a leap from entering the dark grey territory without saying anything.

His rotten eyes widened open as he didn't expect this to happen.

What's with Mike? Is it because of boredom? No, it's because the chest from another side keeps calling him since he arrived.

"Mike!" Imuthis is too late to call him back as Mike entered the place.

(There's no stepping back.)

Once he entered he felt the cold gets more intense. No, the coldness flowing around his body doesn't change.

Checking it carefully, this feeling he felt before is different from the cold. Because this is his first time he feels something like this he doesn't have a clue until now.

Looking now, he sees the metal chest standing in the middle of the dark grey place menacingly like it's filled with malicious intent.

(Come.)

*Gulp* Hearing the cold voice again, he asks himself if he should consult this to Imuthis first.

*Step Step* Taking one step at a time, Mike stretches his hands as he thinks there might something will appear if he steps into a trap. The truth is, there's no such thing in this void that could be a trap but for precaution or being paranoid because of the whispering voice he takes his step more slowly and steadily.

As soon he covers such distance towards the chest, while Mike is looking down as he checks if there's a trigger on the ground, the metal chest suddenly opens.

He flusters making his butt fall to the ground.

Mike prepare for worse as he activated his weaponize hands.

(Hmm?)

Activating his arsenal, he feels something different about it.

(I feel light.)

Like a physical boost to his body, he could feel the power oozing out from his muscles.

The intense cold started to rise from Mike's hands that even its surrounding started to get affected. Fortunately, he's in the garbage void where most of his sense has been dulled or numb. This strange cold is somewhat an exception.

Mike readies his stance as he shakes his hands up and down forming a weird gesture as he warms his body up.

What awaits from the chest is something he didn't expect nor what he would think it would be.

The metal chest shines bright violet from the insides brimming its surrounding to its lightness. Such a spectacular scene if one would have to describe but this scene makes Mike super suspicious because as the light shines shivers climb through his spine.

The strange feeling oozes out strongly within the chest and after it opened...

(Come.)

A sound of a cold voice beckons him to get near. Inviting him to look into the pandora's box.

Mike was tempted or more like he had no choice unless if the voice other than Imuthis stop pestering him.

*Thud* Each step he takes is heavy to his heart.

Strangely, he cannot hear a beating heart but he doesn't care if he did as he takes another step.

Gulping down his own saliva Mike reaches the opened metal chest.

The aura is so dense that it can be seen clearly that it blocks Mike's eyes towards the opened chest.

*Breathe* Taking a deep breath he holds the chest both sides looking up and hoping the contents inside are not worse than he thought.

(Okay...)

"You're being dramatic, you know that!?"

(Shut up!)

Losing some tense from his body he takes a deep look.

One look.

Planning to take a small peak, Mike has drawn his attention towards the chest, he can't look away nor think anything other than contents.

After a short moment tears flow down from his eyes.

Without further ado, he quickly put his hands into the chest bringing out what's inside.

This!

This is something he was longing for.

It's not ahead, nor a conscious being. This is something Mike yearn for.

Putting his hands up onto the air he happily declares.

"Eggs!"

On his hands a silver plate with two sunny side eggs and a cup of rice on top.

"EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! EGGGGSSSS!" Mike snaps. He finally talks through his mouth.

Not give a shit about his surround Mike dances around celebrating what he had found.

"Motherfucker, I thought it's something bad!"

After doing a weird dance, Mike shoves the metal chest away and puts the plating on the table.

There's no spoon nor fork but that doesn't stop him from eating.

He lives in a country where hands can be also used as a spoon so this is not his first time eating with his hands.

Covering the rice with a flowing yolk, Mike stuffs his mouth with real food for the first time.

Savoring the food in his mouth, something suddenly happens.

(!?)

Mike fell to his knees.

This is exactly as he remembers, but is it because there's a poison with the food?

Mike grabs his stomach as he crouches in pain. Not only sudden itchiness appeared all over his body.

After that, not only his stomach but even his heart, lungs, mind, and all of his organs started to feel heavily cold.

His skin began to steam like his body is getting cook alive while his insides are generating a pack of intense cold like his body is inside a freezer.

The heat from his skin is something he can handle but the cold that he already forgot that temperature exist keeps destroying his insides.

Imuthis tried to help but for some reason, he can't get inside the dark grey territory.

"Kid!"

Mike's skin began to peel off as blood gush out while some of his muscles started to twist in pain.

Bones began to crack and heal in intense pain.

Back then when the void is something Mike called a safe no pain place is now a place where Mike experiences the greatest pain in all of his life.

After a second a cold dry air strolling through his head intensely. Cannot take the cold feeling anymore Mike started to pull his own hair off thinking this might help even a little bit.

His horrifying state just has been started. After a whole hour of indescribable pain, the heat and cold slowly dissapeared leaving him in an immobile state in the garbage void.

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