Chapter Four: Promises.

Chapter Four: Promises.

—What a quiet place is this? — I walked on the grass as smooth as sponge.

—As I recall, —she said while scratching her head, —Maldra told me about a place called the Garden and I think this is it.

It was an eerie place, doctor. The only thing that interrupted the stillness of this place was a breeze that brushed the grass and orange fir trees like the long hair of a gigantic beast. The mountains, blue because of how far away they were, appeared to be the same but copied multiple times. Like a perfectly symmetrical valley. Now that I remember, why was the sky blue? Above there was no sign of the sun or anything to illuminate that open field sheltered by small triangular sunflowers.

—The garden?

—He said something like, —she cleared her throat and then began to imitate a very deep tone of voice —You will surely be in the garden when you find yellow triangular flowers.

—But this is not what I'm looking for, —I said frustrated as I sat down on the grass—, why am I a child? What kind of lucid dream is this?

—Lucid? ... Wait what are you looking for, —the girl said as she stopped.

—It's just ...—I tried to think how I explained it to him —, I was looking for information in my father's books, but everything was confusing. They spoke of a savior named SAC, of uniting all souls, something about such an origin and an all-seeing eye. On one page he mentions some dreams, but this is not helping me ...

—All-seeing eye —. She fell babbling to her knees.

I immediately thought that she seemed to know the place:

—You know what I'm talking about? The open field faded for a second, as if the two of us were floating in immense darkness.

—You're one of them, — she said in his broken voice. His hands and feet filled with an incandescent blue glow that drew lines in the fluffy grass —. It can't be, you are one of them, you are a student of Lenet.

—What's wrong? —I tried to calm her down by looking for her gaze fixed on the ground.

—And I brought you here ... I can't believe you are one of them —. He spoke looking at the ground.

—What are you talking about?

—Get out of here! —She said with an exalted tone and tears in his eyes.

—But what are you saying, —I said, surprised — "try to calm down that I don't understand what you're saying.

—I told you to get out! —He spoke angrily, extending his arm.

Slimy black slime stuck to my hand. In a blink of an eye, I was banished from that place and plunged into the ocean of darkness. I was dying of cold. I needed to breathe. What difference did it make if emptiness entered me?

Megan woke me up. He told me to put on a good face. That told me everything. He expected to see the Checheper in person, but never on the first day.

I remember holding onto you and Megan to enter the gigantic agent cave. That entrance that looked like a tiny crack in the middle of a cliff of orange earth still gives me the creeps. Inside was, how did you say j or you? anthill? burrow? I do not know , but that awkward laugh from Megan still makes me want to throw up.

One of the men in a black military suit, but wearing white gloves, led us down a small corridor that was verging on the claustrophobic. The meeting room decorated with wooden furniture was eerie. At a large table in the back, a small old white man with hair and a gray mustache was waiting for us. That black Homburg hat, he always wore it. Besides those black gloves. He was accompanied by two gray-haired white men, quite tall. Dressed in elegant black suits. Each had a silver «Glock» in his right hand.

—I admit I wanted the devil, but one of his spawns isn't bad to begin with—. The old man said with a Russian accent as he got up.

—You are not mistaken, sir —. My blood may not make up for all the shit my father could have done to him, but I have something even more valuable.

—Something more valuable than seeing Clark drowning in his own blood? It definitely has to be something worth, the ransom and time that is wasting me.

—I have my father's journal.

—The guide to the eye that sees everything, don't you have the Canarian pomade out there too?

—How do you think I got to William?

The man in the black hat stood in front of me. He looked at me like someone who saw a monkey doing its cute things.

—I don't know if you talk to me like that because you have guts or because you're too stupid. Well, I believe you. Given the circumstances that no one else is offering to find our dear comrade, I'll give you a chance just because I'm sure Bli will be more than happy to see you and your strange condition. As for that Dr. Woods and Miss Foster, we'll talk later. A long day awaits you. Resting would not hurt them.

They gave me a room for not calling it a pit. No windows and the walls were of arid orange earth. I got into bed with one Purpose or. If I really wanted to find Dad, I only had one mission. «I must go back to the garden»

I came out of the dark coughing. Soaked in black mud up to the ears. The girl sitting next to me didn't even let me explain when she warned me:

—The only reason I took you out is to make it clear to the first envoy once and for all that no matter how much I do, I'm not coming back.

—My only intention is to learn more about the origin and the all-seeing eye. I don't want either of those two.

She turned around. With one hand she held a brown bunny, in the other it was invaded by that blue glow.

—How do I not know that you are not a liar apprentice to the greatest liar of all time?

—I must stop someone horrible before he hurts more people. I promised mom.

—Making promises to those you love the most doesn't always go well.