The Awakening

At first he felt it in his nose. It was like a scent made of Daisies yellow disc florets, Coriander's pink umbels, dark chocolate's bitter sweetness and apple's juiceness. An image appeared in his retina. At first blurred but slowly it became clear. He saw her. Voluptuous body, little wide hips, plain abdomen, luxuriant breast, not too little shoulders, arms thick enough, gentle face, full red lips, small nose, little ears, mesmerizing blue eyes, refined eyebrows and long waved dark hair. Her arms were wide and a light was behind her. She was like a raven with open wings. She turned and showed her back, tonic and straight, and her ass, which was plump and fine, like a mature peach. She started dancing, moving her sinuous body like a balck and yellow striped cobra. She moved toward him and he felt her big boobs on his face. She caressed his legs with his ass and started moving around his cock. He felt her mouth on it. His mind started to wander as she got down. The blood was pumping in his heart and he started panting. He squeezed the chair's handles and started moving his pelvis back and forth. She was looking at him. He licked her nipples while she started to ride him. It was frantic. He was there. Almost. She bent her back and opened her mouth. She bursted in a flaming ball of light. All became shiny. Blinding.

"How was it this time?" asked a sullen voice.

He opened his eyes slowly. They were teary and his head was heavy. He rubbed his eyes and then looked around him. A tidy and minimalistic room made of a few chairs, a couch, a desk and three windows. Fourteen vials of an unknown purple liquid were set longitudinally in a wooden case with a metallic tag. On it there was written 'Carrot and Stick'. A tall man was standing behind the table. His face was relaxed and quiet.

"Tyndur, are you there?" asked the same voice accompanied by a repetitive snapping.

"Wow, usually it isn't like it. Sure, it's good but not that good" said Tyndur.

"This time your EC2H dosage has been higher. You're the first one in my clinic to reach this level of seratonin in one session. Would you like another, to help with our researchs?" asked the doctor while lending him a yelllow pill with an Hummingbird icon on a side.

"No thanks, I'm ok. I have to work today. I need to stay focused" declined Tyndur without any kind of emotion.

He got off the chair. While he was turning to get out of the room the doctor told him one last thing.

"Don't forget to take a double dosage of TE4S and AD3C. Our Leader requires it" said him while showing him two pills. One was green and presented a spider icon and the other was a waner green with a camellia symbol.

Tyndur closed the door behind him and found himself in one of the countless corridors of the Sjelsukker Institute. Other people came out from other doors and looked at him. An alarmed buzzed and all of them moved. He followed and reached a large entrance hall made of three statues. There was the Leader's statue and under him the three most important symbols of the nation: the Code of Hammurabi on the right, the papal bull Dum Diversas on the left and between them the Bible.

Tyndur walked pasted them and went through an automatic door. Behind him the clinic was gigantic and frightening with its pyramidal structure and white bricks.

He got into his brand new Treve and drove to the Bondsmaid incorporated.

"Hey, do you want a bit of AM5F to keep up with all your work? Or, maybe, it's better to use VI1E in case something unforeseen happens?" said a cybernetic peddler while showing the symbols of Fire and and an Eye.

He avoided it without even looking at him. He took the elevator, which brought him to the twentieth floor underground, where it was smoking hot.

"Have a good day Mr. Kef" said a monotone voice in his ear once he seated at his desk.

It was made of a white computer, white keyboard, white chair,...it was like winter, like before.

"Tyndur" said his cubicle's partner.

He turned on his chair and looked at him. He was a buffed guy with long beard and shaved head He was dressed with a white shirt, grey pants and white tie.

"Yes Kassar, we'll see each other at the Liberty Bell's Pub"

He worked his shift for ten straight hours. Tyndur and Kassar woke up and took GR6T and LO7L. The Raven and the Lizard. One of the most used pills.

"Today has been a wasted day. Tomorrow we'll be better for our Leader" said all the employers as a single body.

They all went out.

Kassar took a RA8T, the Tiger's pill, and screamed out loud while punching his chest with ardor.

After that Tyndur looked at him without flinching.

"Kassar, we'll see each other this evening. Goodbye" and got away as quick as possible.

The Liberty Bell's Pub was a cubic building made of glass and concrete which was located in a big street of the city's downtown. It was frequented by a lot of state workers and businessman and it represented one of the few moments when people could calm down and forget about their jobs.

"Finally. You made it" said Kassar to Tyndur.

They were both wearing the same suits of that morning.

"What are we going to do? We just have a few hours before the curfew will set in" asked Tyndur.

"Don't worry. We'll take a medium dosage of Spidey and, after that, a full one of Tiger Lizzy" exclaimed Kassar without changing his tone and mannerism.

"Follow me"

Tyndur went after his friend. He followed him in the crowded room. It wasn't easy. Then she saw her.

Blonde waved hair, green fascinating eyes, reddish cheecks and a yellow dress.

He and the girl bumped into each other.

"I'm sorry. It wasn't my intention to hurt you my lady" said him in an apathetic way.

She didn't answer and he lost her in the moving drove. A wave of white suits and dresses eclipsed her.

He felt something in his forearm, like a itching. He checked it and saw a minuscule hole which was probably left by a syringe.

His head started to ache. He brought a hand to his forehead to check if it was fever but it wasn't.

He felt fear. None came to comfort him. Everyone was minding his business, without even looking at him. He thought that someone injected an high dosage of TE4S but it wasn't like it. TE4S doesn't take effect in so short a time.

He felt anger because he wanted to find who did it to him. He pulled himself out of the throng and leaned on a chair. He thought about throwing up but it wasn't the right time. It would've been against the Leader's code.

He felt sadness. He didn't want to die there. He started panting. He put his right hand on his heart and felt it thumping.

"Tyndur" called a voice, a feminine voice.

He felt more optimistic and tried to compose himself but he was too weak. His vision started to blur. All was fading to white but there was a yellow light among this candid mayhem.

"Talk to me" said the voice again.

"We'll see each other...."

He wasn't able to get all of it because he fainted on the ground.

His head was aching badly. It was like an hangover. He opened his eyes and founds himself on a white couch made of leather.

"Your biometric stats seem normal. You didn't get a concussion or else" said a voice in front of him.

After a while he associated it to Kassar. He was standing in front of him with a white steamy mug.

"The only thing which leaves me and Vanth without an explanation is the fact that your hypothalamus, amygdala and limbic cortex's activity is above the average. I've never seen something like that but Vanth didn't seem impressed. What happened yesterday Tyndur?" asked Kassar with an inquisitive tone.

"I don't...I don't know really. I was...like...following you when someone stinged me with a syringe..." answered him with difficulty.

He was weary and discombombulated. There was still fear in his mind and a blend of anticipation and pensiveness.

"Have you met someone, someone who could have harmed in any way? Maybe someone who stood out? Someone who felt out of place?" asked Kassar again, with an even more inquisitive tone.

A yellow dress. Blonde air. Green eyes.

"No...I don't remember. My memory is too...blurred" lied Tyndur.

"Are you sure?" insisted his friend.

He made Tyndur feel uneasy and uncomfortable.

"I don't...don't know really. I just need some time to...to think about yesterday. Maybe something will come up meanwhile" tried the investigated to divert his friend attention from the truth.

"Vanth told me to tell you to stay inside and to not, and I repeat, to not leave your apartment. He doesn't want another situation of Raphtalia's overdose" said Kassar.

"I will" lied Tyndur with a reassuring tone.

Kassar leaved and he stood on the couch till his feet's sound faded in the distance.

He got up and looked on the small glass table beside the couch for his PC and phone. Instead he found two pills. One of AD3C and another of TE4S.

Tyndur got up, changed his clothes and went out of the door. He was locking the door when something catched his eyes. An Ad was being showcased on one of the airships which used to fly over the city:

ShuangXi Dresses, We know What You're Looking For

Beside these words there was a Black and White Sunflower blended with a Wunjo rune. He didn't know why but he found it weird. All the whiteness around him was becoming hard to endure. He knew that Sunflowers are black and yellow.

He got to his car and set the destination.

"ShuangXi Dresses is an abandoned building on Geheim Avenue. Are you sure you want to reach this destination?" asked the AI which managed the navigation system.

He didn't reply but, instead, pressed a 'Y' on the dashboard.

The vehicle moved quick through the city's streets when an incoming call appeared on the dashboard.

Dr. Vanth Batastyr, Sjelsukker Institute

"Tyndur, why have you left your apartment? You're not..." he terminated the call without notice and shut off his phone.

While he was doing it he saw a yellow dress in the car's right mirror.

"Stop. Right here. Park" demanded Tyndur to the AI.

The car immediately stopped and positioned itself beside another car, while turning the emergency lights on.

He got off and ran on the other side of the street. He looked for the amber dress.

It disappeared.

He looked around. Again. He moved swiftly in the direction which he thought she was travelling. He started to run.

He felt them again. Emotions.

Joy.

Apprehension.

Anticipation.

Vigilance.