The Master And His Servants

Have you ever had a nightmare that you wanted to wake up from. Even in your dream, you know it's a dream, but you can never seem to wake up until someone actually wakes you up. I've heard people say that if you have these dreams, there is an evil entity sitting on your chest. In medical terms, it's called sleep paralysis. It's hard to choose which one you should believe. I guess it depends on the individual. If you asked me before I saw these entities, I would laugh at you about the unknown force theory sitting on your chest preventing you from waking up from your own dreams. Now, I believe what my eyes show me.

I know some people will be offended if I say this, but we need to be smarter and not be so stupid that others can use our stupidity to brainwash us. If you fall into a scam, it's mostly your own fault because you allow others to manipulate you. The old phrase "if something is too good to be true, it's not true" is quite true. Take a moment to think about it. Let's use our common sense and don't let the words of others affect our ability to think critically.

I felt Xiao Lan's hand shaking me vigorously, calling my name. I got up quickly, being taller than the normal Asian men, my head hit the overhead bin hard, slamming me straight back into the seat.

Xiao Lan asked, "What's wrong?'

I took a quick glance at the plane and felt calm. Most of the passengers were already asleep. I turned to Xiao Lan and asked, "Where's Blackie?"

Xiao Lan said, "Black? He is not here? Do you think I will be in this plane if he is here?"

I said, "What?" I turned right, but I was sitting next to the aisle and there was no lady sitting next to me. "Aren't we on a big plane?"

Xiao Lan said, "No, we are in a small plane."

I sighed, "I thought we were on a big plane. I saw Blackie over there." I pointed to the two rows of seats in front of us.

Xiao Lan said, "As soon as you got on the plane, you knocked out completely. Did you have a nightmare?"

I said, "I dreamed that you were shot by the lunatic who hijacked this plane."

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "The last person who tried to harm me was eaten alive."

Xiao Lan's smile was a little disgusting when he mentioned the people, he ate raw. Honestly, just thinking about how your flesh is being bitten off by your body one by one makes my spine shudder and all my body hair stands on end. It's really kind of funny to think about the phrase "all the hair on my body stands up" seriously, all the hair on your body can't really stand up unless you get electrocuted.

I mumbled, "That's disgusting." I turned my head to the other side. Then the picture of Xiao Lan and another person doing everything he did to me in bed suddenly appeared in my mind.

Xiao Lan hugged this person in his arms, starting from the toes, kissing this person inch by inch. Holy crap, why did I suddenly think so. I need to recalibrate my way of thinking. I need to think less about Xiao Lan. I needed to think of something differently fast, so I started counting my breaths, after the twentieth breath I lost count.

Xiao Lan smiled at me and said, "I'll wake you up as soon as we land."

I don't know how long I slept, but I was woken up by the sound above my head welcoming us to Da Nang. We walked out of the terminal after getting off the plane. I was still so tired that I could barely open my eyes.

I dropped my bag down to my feet and said, "I can't walk anymore. I need some coffee."

Xiao Lan said, "Let's go out of the airport first and find a place to eat."

I rolled my eyes at Xiao Lan and asked, "Why can we eat here?"

Xiao Lan said, "Vietnamese street food are the best. Besides, I don't want to meet that master and his servants."

I said annoyingly, "You sound like you've been to Vietnam before. If you've been, why can't you speak Vietnamese. You're wasteful. I have to lose money to hire an interpreter."

Xiao Lan said, "Well, if I speak Vietnamese than the interpreter here will have no job." Xiao Lan sighed and shook his head. He began to walk away pulling the two suitcases with him. "If you want to stay longer at the airport, you are welcome. Don't blame me later."

I looked at Xiao Lan's back and hesitated to keep up with him. I walked slowly behind him, trying to piss him off again. I don't understand why he suddenly rushed out of the airport. I frowned angrily at Xiao Lan, "Bastard..." I bent down to grab my bag, and suddenly a voice startled me.

"Get out of the way. Peasant, how dare you stand in his majesty's way?"

I bit my lower lip so angry, how dare this bastard call me a peasant? I swung my bag in the direction the voice came from, and said frantically, "I'm the prince, you fu...fu..."

Watching an old man sitting on an old sedan chair, carried by two men, I can't move. I feel like if I was struck by lightning. I stared at those people for a while, startled by the sudden situation.

The old man in ancient costume said, "Gouge out his eyes."

I smiled at the old man, "You don't know, you can't do anything to me when you are already dead..."

"Obviously he can."

I slowly stepped back from behind the two costumed guards. I said, "Hey, old tooth, what do you mean?"

The Persian man said, "Old tooth? I have a name."

I said, "Well, now I don't care to know your name."

The Persian man said, "The name is Aftab."

I said, "How do I get out of this, Aftab..."

Aftab laughed, "You actually believe me." He continued to laugh.

I said madly, "You stupid old tooth, I'm going to grind you to powder." I put the bag on my back and passed the old man sitting on the old wooden sedan chair. I heard that old fool says, 'catch him I want his eyes'.

Ha... catch me, uh... you have to wait until I'm dead before you can catch me. I turned around and stuck my tongue out at the rich old man. I turned around and saw the young beautiful girl in a light yellow modern traditional dress waiting for me at the door.

I smiled and sighed, "Let's get this done and over with." I headed for the front door.