Echoes of Tomorrow
He opened his eyes to find himself screaming as he fell from the sky toward the ground at tremendous speed! As he neared the surface, he felt the weight of terror creep into his mind, overwhelming every inch of his consciousness. Here! He surrendered to reality and realized he had fallen into the loop again! That the sedatives would do him no good! He tried to think and regain his balance, but it was futile. Suddenly, he crashed violently into the ground!! His insides exploded like stars floating in the sky, and his warm blood flowed like a raging river. His flesh tore apart, his bones shattered, and his limbs were scattered! As he sank into a sea of torment, the fires of pain ignited in every cell! His screams tore through the sky. In the embrace of this intense pain, he let out a scream that filled the void and consumed everything around him, before everything faded away…
The scene shifted rapidly!
He found himself screaming as he fell from the sky toward the ground at an incredible speed!
As he approached the surface, it wasn't terror that clouded his thoughts this time! Instead, it was profound sadness; he regretted his entire life!
He felt remorse for existing in this life filled with suffering! He had suffered greatly even before entering this telepathy!
He realized that preventing his old self from suffering and the pain of telepathy was futile because he had been in pain since birth!
He had always been suffering from the beginning, so there was no need to fix anything in this life!
Perhaps this time he shouldn't end his old life, but rather his current one!
Suddenly, he crashed violently into the ground!!
His disturbed insides exploded like drifting stars in the sky, and his hot blood flowed like a raging river.
The fibers of his flesh tore apart, his bones shattered, and his limbs scattered!
While he was submerged in a sea of torment, the fires of pain ignited in every cell!
His screams tore through the sky.
In the embrace of this intense pain, he released a cry that filled the void, consuming everything around him, only for everything to fade away…
But suddenly!
This time he found himself suspended in the air! Just a few meters separated him from the ground!
He froze in the air like a statue!
"Hazel" was astonished; this time the loop felt short! It was as if he had only passed through half of it!
Suddenly, a mysterious figure emerged abruptly from the void!
His appearance manifested in the shadowy thirties of his age, wearing black glasses that reflected his enigma, clad in a black suit that enveloped his entire body, with long folds flowing smoothly, in addition to his severed left ear; his shape was highly suspicious and mysterious.
Hazel quickly realized that this was the moment of salvation with "Scath" appearing again!!!
Scath approached him and spoke in a low voice: "You have disobeyed my orders!?"
Hazel replied: "Where have you been? Why didn't you confront me in the real world?! Why do you only exploit me in my dreams?!"
Scath paused for a moment, then replied: "I was preparing for that car accident!!"
Hazel's heart raced, then he spoke hesitantly: "W-What do you mean??!!"
Scath replied quickly: "I caused that car accident when I severed your arm!!"
Hazel fell silent for a long time… then suddenly burst into hysterical laughter!
"Haha... Hahaha... Hahaha! I see everything now! You've lied to me from the beginning! You're not me as you claimed! You're not my future self or anything! You're someone completely different; you want to destroy me! And you caused everything that happened to me! Even the telepathy!..."
Scath interrupted: "Calm down... Remember! You have to save that baby! Save him! Do you hear me?! If you want to survive all this, you must save that baby! Don't let him die, no matter what! You have to..."
Hazel interrupted forcefully: "Damn you! Shut up! Shut up, for I am in control here! This is my dream; you're in my world and my mind, Scath! And this is what you've been hiding from me all along! I am in control here, not you!..."
Suddenly!
Hazel changed his position in the air, smoothly and gracefully turned, then stood up on the ground, facing Scath!
Suddenly, heavy rain poured relentlessly, and the sky erupted with violent lightning!
Then Hazel screamed: "Do you understand?! I am in control and dominant here!..."
Fear and terror appeared on Scath's face, which began to tremble for no reason!
Suddenly, without warning, Scath's left arm began to tear and cut apart for no reason, the shackles that bound Scath's arm to its place shattered, like a scream overpowering the silence of time!
The tissues separated, and the tendons tore with all their strength, and suddenly!
They violently detached from his body!
The terrifying sound of tearing touched the heart and soul, like a devilish croak merging with the screams of hell, while spreading through the air and transforming pain into a saga of torment, enveloping the ears and drowning the soul in the depths of terror.
Blood surged abundantly, staining the ground with his hot blood, while the remains soared in the air like dry leaves falling aimlessly, sometimes playing with the winds and drifting through the air, and other times being scattered by storms relentlessly.
The rain fell heavily, mixing blood with the rain of fury, and the lightning violently split the sky, casting a blue glow on the terrified features of Scath!
Then his arm fell to the ground, and the echo of its fall resonated like a collision with the earth, as if it were drifting in a sea of darkness and despair.
As the blood flowed abundantly like gushing springs, it quenched the thirsty earth with a dark blood field, saturating the senses with a complex scent of terror and death!
Then Hazel shouted again: "I am now the monstrous tyrant! Capable of creating earthquakes deep within your soul! I have become the savage beast, the harbinger of terror for souls! I rule with an obscene control over your reality! Come, kneel before me and apologize now!..."
Scath's screams rose, filled with pain, weakness, and destruction: "You must save that baby! Save him! Do you hear me?! If you want to survive all this, you must save that baby! Don't let him die no matter what..."