Chapter 11 (subconscious)

I see people turning a large gear-like thing and with soldiers wearing rusty metallic suits behind them armed with long iron-like wipes.

The place is eerie and I can smell the stench of fear and death.

Anyone who falls to the ground or stops pushing the large gear is flogged by the soldiers.

I see their legs become wobbly like strands of spaghetti and their hands swollen like buns.

What is the aim of this?

What is the gain from enslaving your kind?

I try to intervene, I want to stop the soldiers from maltreating the people. I want to save them from this harsh treatment. I try to stop the soldiers from beating them but as soon as I am about to grab one of the soldiers my hands go through him and his body scattered like dust.

I am right, this is just an ordinary illusion.

I pull back my hand and his body reforms back. My subconscious is just trying to show me the current state of my planet Zyron.

I turn around and I can see how terrible this place is, children, women, and men are forced to do strenuous work. Live is regarded as nothing here. I can see how the people's white hair has turned to light brown. Their once smooth hands have become rough like stone.

This place is a mess...

But it's just an illusion it might be real or it might be fake.

If I can recall, I usually dreamt about a place like this, maybe it's the same as this place. I also remember seeing two aliens who always call me that name; 'Kovex.' My subconscious did all this, I still don't understand the phenomenon of it but I guess that with my imaginative mind power, I can create life.

A young alien girl approaches me, she is pale white, with bright blue eyes and long white silver hair. She is holding a dirty-looking hand-woven basket. Her eyes are glossy and her face and hands are bruised.

I go on my knees and she stretches out her hand trying to make contact with me but as soon as she touches me her hand turns into a million particles of dust.

"See for yourself Jayden how ruined Zyron has become," My subconscious says and I stand up immediately searching for it. "This shall become of the whole universe if you don't accept thy fate."

"What happened here?" I ask with my head facing the dark and dusty atmosphere.

"War happened here. Hermedox knew the military might of Zyron so he came after us and anyone who stood a chance to stop him. He made sure he obliterated us and he scattered us throughout the galaxies." It explains to me. I keep searching for it but I can't see it, I can only hear its voice.

It still baffles me how is it able to make something illusions like this.

I am sure that is not in my head because Skylar can see what's happening this has to be real somewhat.

"This is how the universe will be including Earth. Your parents here will either die or turn into slaves. You have to make up your mind for this, Jayden." It tells me bluntly and I become angry, even though the universe has become a mess I won't allow Earth to be ruined as this--I won't allow my parents to become slaves.

"What will Hermedox gain if he turns the universe into a place like this?" I ask.

"The true goals of Hermedox aren't yet known, but we know that what he has in plan for the universe will be devastating for everyone."

The scenery begins to change, grass begins to sprout from the ground filled with ashes, and the atmosphere starts to become clearer. Dipilidated buildings begin to look new. Debris begins to come together to form structures. In no time the place became like a paradise.

"This is what Zyron looked like before its fall," My subconscious tries to convince me. "You can make it look like this once more, you can make the universe remain peaceful as it is."

I know this trick, my subconscious is trying to stir my emotions so that I'll accept its offer. This fate is a heavy one, I don't know much about it I have just scratched the surface of all this madness, but I guess I just have to accept it. I feel like my subconscious is being careful about me, it is hiding something from me because I do not want to accept this fate. Maybe if I do it will be willing to tell me everything concerning these very powers.

Maybe it has other plans if I don't accept.

My lips parted into an evil smile.

I am curious why my subconscious will hide something from me, I am curious why after some days of getting this power I am being attacked by a girl. I am curious why all this is happening.

My grin got wider and I am not able to conceal the excitement on my face

"Why will I trust something that is not being truthful to me?" My grin becomes wider. "Do you think I won't know that you've not been completely honest all this while?"

It told me that I was from Zyron but I don't think so, I am a human and I have always been a human. It lied. I am not a reincarnated extraterrestrial being, I just inherited some of the memories and powers of an alien which made me appear like a reincarnated form of the alien.

Silence.

It doesn't reply to me, it doesn't utter a word. It thinks that I am just one simple-minded human who it can use as it will.

"You can't talk again? Have you suddenly gotten dumb?" I mocked it chuckling, "If you want me to accept this fate and do according to what the prophecy says then you'll have to answer all my questions and then tell me everything you know."

I facepalm myself and begin. If it wants it this way then I'll let it have it.

I will accept its proposal.

I accept this fate.

I am going to make it think I'll accept this fate and do as the prophecy says; defeat Hermedox and liberate the universe from future enslavement. I'll carry out my plans and make sure that Earth is not part of anything that'll happen in the universe.

I slowly spread my hands in the air and stared at the dark dusty skies.

"I accept the fate which is bestowed upon me and I shall do according to what the prophecy says," I said loudly with a smirk and waited for its next action.

Just as expected the vision created by my subconscious faded away after some minutes and we were back to the snowy environment. It must have been programmed to show me a vision to convince me if I don't agree on defeating Hermedox and when I finally agree it's going to stop the vision, so if I don't agree it's going to try every possible way to convince me.

So this means two things; it is here to help me master my powers and it is also here to convince me to accept my fate.

I still have a lot of unanswered questions and I am almost clueless about why this was happening yet I am playing along even though a part of me is against me.

My subconscious is standing in front of me and a grin appears on its face.

"You've finally accepted and now I shall tell you everything you need to know." It tels me and I chuckle. I tuck my hands into my pockets.

"So you have not been fully honest with me?"

"I was taking careful measures." It begins walking towards me.

"Before you tell me I have something important to do." I run my fingers through my hair and let out a laugh.

I turn to Skylar who is standing a few metres from me. "What do you think I am, a fool? I know that you can speak English very well."

It is very obvious that she understood English very well and she has been pretending all this while.

She frowns and she balls her hands into fists. She raises her hand and she shows me her middle finger. "F**k you."

An impish grin appears on my face and I run my hands through my hair.

"You speak English just fine," I gestured my hands in the air, "don't you ever think such a cheap trick like that will be able to fool me."