Predetermined past...
CHAPTER 34
"W-whats Anna doing here?!" I kept staring at Anna who was currently standing in what Riven says it's my memory.
"Riven, now I know this is an illusion, there's no way Anna was with me this long ago," I tried as difficult as possible to not believe this is true.
"I am death, not the devil, I won't show you a sweet dream...or a beautiful lie, I will only show you the bitter truth, and whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you, " His voice sounded as solemn as he has possibly sounded, I started to lose my nerves because I was afraid he might be right.
"I'll ask you this then 'What are you so afraid of?' According to you, 'this isn't real', 'it never happened', and you don't have any memory of this, but yet you're scared, The memories of the past are gone in your mind but the scar they left in you will never heal and now that we are in view of it, it's reopening old wounds" Riven.
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[All of them are currently 13-14 years old]
"So, Anna what do you say, would frogs be tasty enough for him?" Damilola.
"It won't cut it, he should be used to eating crap by now, we've fed him nearly every specimen in the science lab" Anna
"Remember the rabbit poop, Eww, I can't believe he actually ate it, bleh!" Favour
Favour held onto his hair.
"You are fucking gross," Favour said then spat on him.
"Should I call the boys, maybe they have some ideas" Damilola.
"Didn't they get to beat him up and then force-fed him the frogs yesterday? Why do they get all the fun-" Favour
"P-please let me go, I didn't do anything, why are you doing this to me?!" My past self cried.
Favour slapped him.
"I don't want to hear your voice, it's irritating" Favour.
My past self was in despair, Anna looked at him, smiled, then went close to him, face to face.
"Smile for me" Anna.
"H-huh?" Me/Anna/ Damilola.
"You want to leave here right? Then smile for me" She removed the sweet from her mouth.
"Anna, what are you saying?"Favour.
"If you smile for me, we'll let you go and I'll give you this, you haven't eaten lunch today, have you? " She rubbed the lollipop all over his mouth.
He struggled to crack a smile, with the situation he was in it was understandable why, but he wanted to leave so he did smile.
Anna put something in his mouth and then pushed it shut, he then started bleeding.
"Argh!!" Victor.
"Yo, Anna what did you do?" Damilola
"I found these push pins along the way here, So I thought 'why not use 'em' " Anna.
"Smart girl. Gimme a minute I'll be right back" Damilola.
"So what do we do with those? Do we make him eat em?"Favour.
"Don't be silly, he would die if he ate a push pin this sharp... let's just break a little off the edge and see how many he can swallow before he chokes, " Anna
"Heh, I like it, " Favour.
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"What is going on, Riven? Why are they doing that?! Stop it, Stop it!!"
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"Say 'Ahh' " Anna.
"Please...don't, please, I'm begging you!" he quivered.
"We said to open up, you damn worm!" Favour.
He lowered his head and shut his mouth tight.
"So you're saying you won't do what a cute girl tells you? Don't you want to leave here?" Anna
He kept quiet.
"I said open up, Victor!" Favour yelled.
"Now, now favor you don't want to attract a teacher's attention, do you?" Anna.
"Hh"
"I'm back, who missed me?" Damilola
"Where did you go?" Favour
"To get help. Come in boys"
Three boys entered.
"Meet, Ebuka, Samuel, and Dara"
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"Ebuka?! What's...he doing here?!" Present Victor.
"Oh yes I almost forgot, he is your dear, childhood friend, the only one who was your friend in school, " Riven laughed "A childhood, you don't even remember," "Hahaha"
"No, no, no, no I won't believe this, my life wasn't a lie! It wasn't!"
"Who knows how much of your life was predetermined, maybe everything that's been happening was for you to be led into this moment, the day you'd see the truth, frankly i couldn't care less, but it seems interesting... in a way"
"I'll never believe this! I met Anna a week ago, and Ebuka has been my friend since we were kids, everything here is a lie, "
"If it's a lie...why are you trembling so much? why do you feel a sense of Deja Vu watching this? your soul is trembling, your real-life heart is trembling, and You're almost feeling the pain he's feeling, Why? Because you know this is real."
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"A-yo, Victor you're looking terrible today, have you eaten today?"Ebuka.
"..." Victor.
He punched him in the face.
"When a friend is talking, you should reply" Ebuka
"Anna, you've got his lunch right?" Samuel.
"Yeah, here it is"
She handed him a container filled with the thumb tacks
"Break the edge off so he won't choke too much" Favour.
"Alright. Now Victor, open wide"
The boys were punching him...
"Mmffph!!"
...but he wouldn't open his mouth.
"Hey, now we don't want him entering a
into a coma, Let me try" Anna.
She came closer to him again and then sat on his lap.
"Do you find this comforting?" Anna.
Victor was glaring at her then he whispered something that made Anna made kick him in the groin.
"Argh!"
"We got him! He opened his mouth!" Dara.
They forced down the pin into his mouth and splashed water on his face to make him swallow it, He fell with the chair and started vomiting.
*Wheeze*
"Eww, he puked," Favour.
"No way I'm cleaning that up, let's go" Damilola.
They all left except for Anna, she walked up to him and stepped on his chest, Victor couldn't even look up at her.
"What you whispered in my ear, you were right, you shouldn't have done it, and now look where you are, cold, dirty, and covered in puke, I almost feel bad for you... Almost. I'll send someone to clean you up, then I'll reset, " Anna left.
The memory ended and Victor (present) were in a dark space.
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"How? How could they do that?" Victor
"Starting to believe? Heh, well let's go to the next memory sequence, it should be even better, " Riven.