Awakening back in time.

Jake's eyes suddenly fluttered open, but unlike it, the familiar ceiling of his man cave was nowhere to be seen. Rather, he found himself in some sort of dimly lit room that was packed with stone walls, some wooden beams, and a thatched roof. Plus there was this faint smell of umm…. smoke? Maybe, and this damp earth that kept filling up his nostrils.

He got up on his seat, rubbing his temples with his palms. His head somehow throbbed with a dull ache that seemed to swallow him up, and his memories all seemed so foggy. Although, he could vaguely recall that he was driving home and then….

Red light!

Crash!

Jeez!

"Did…. did…I have an accident and died? Holy crab!" Jake's voice trembled as he struggled to sit up, his head was spinning already. Just as he was about to pass out in anticipation, a sudden cold-like, robotic, kind of feminine voice suddenly whispered in his mind from nowhere.

[Initializing sequence activated: Host had just been identified on earth 503.]

Jake's eyes widened in confusion. 'What the hell's going on?'

......….

[Synchronization complete> Systems check: nominal.]

The voice continued, its tone was so detached and full of mechanism. It was sounding so loud in his head.

[Fatality confirmed. Host life got terminated due to fatal accident on a highway street in zelda, Mexico city.]

Jake's mind reeled as he tried to process the information from his head. Was this some kind of prank playing in his head?

[Second chance protocol activated!]

[Host has been offered an opportunity to participate in an experimental program on earth 503 in order to regain his life afterwards. But the fate of that decision lies on the host's final answer to such conquest.]

"What?" Jake asked aloud, his voice was literally shaking as he digested the information from the system.

[Host has just 10 seconds to accept or decline participation.]

[Decide your final fate here on this planet or go back to your normal earth and get buried with flowers.]

[Participation countdown initiated. Your time is ticking, host…..10...9…..]

Jake's eyes widened in surprise as he heard that fermine robotic voice. Was this some sort of dream or what? Like what the hell was happening?

8...

7...

5...

"Jeez! You jump 6!" Jake yelled out in surprise mixed with frustration, all together weaving in his forehead.

[Host has 4 seconds more]

Jake's face suddenly contorted in desperation. What the heck!

"Seriously? Are you kidding me?"

3...…

Jeez! This is so fast! How can I just decide like that without giving it a proper thought! Damn!

2...…

"Okay….okay…okay….okay...okay! I accept it!" Jake screamed at the top of his voice out of frustration. He was clearly out of options here.

He really didn't know how he suddenly got in here, but fuck! Going back home to get buried like a dead rat? Never! That should be the least thing.

He wasn't ready to go back home to die and get buried just like that. He couldn't just lose a slim second chance like this.

[Good choice!]

[Acceptance confirmed. Host verification initiated….]

..........

Jake waited with bated breath as the seconds ticked in his head. This just looks like he was dreaming. Someone should just wake him up. Fuck!

[Host verification complete. Experimental program activated. Good luck, host.]

But before he could respond or ask any questions, the voice suddenly fell silent from his head. Was that his thoughts? Nah! That couldn't be his thoughts. He could literally hear a robotic voice in his head. Sounds like one of those systems stories on online novels. Jeez! Was he in some sort of story tales something?

He had read stories like this:

Mc gets kicked in into an unknown world, got a freaking system and then started a mission, earning ranks, levels, points and so on.

Omg!

Wait! Was he kicked out to another world? But the thing said Earth 503.

'How many earth do we have in the solar system?'

'I thought scientists said we have just one earth with eight other planets?'

'Jeez! I'm so confused right now. Someone should really wake me up from this nightmare. I must really be dreaming or something.'

He suddenly spun around, glaring at his environment that seemed blurry with amazement.

Wait! Could this be heaven? But dark? Why? Or maybe paradise? Shit! It's all the same thing, meh! This is awkward!

'What the hell was I even thinking? Heaven? I'm pretty sure it's a nice place, not some freaking scary old room like this.'

Damn!

Something more awkward suddenly swirled into his thoughts as he tried to process his mind on how he got here.

"Wait!"

"My voice! What happened to my voice? Jeez! Why am i sounding so different...like what the heck is going on!" he grumbled almost in a whisper. He clutched his hands on his throat, using his fingers to trace down his oesophagus, looking for his lungs as if he wanted to pull them off and check why he sounded like an old horse.

"Aghhh!!" he gagged, pulling off his hands from his throat as he mistakenly choked himself with his finger. He coughs harshly.

"Ahhh! Ahhh!" almost as if he was going to pass out. He turned towards the floor which was really blurry in his eyes and then spat out some glued silavar, which looked so irritating.

Ewww!

He flicked his eyes sideways, towards the entrance of the room and it landed on a figure, a strange figure actually, standing in the corner of the room, watching him. More like the person had been sturking at him.

Wait! Was she the one speaking in my head?

Because the voice in his head sounded like a female voice and the figure right before him actually looks like a woman too. He could barely spot her long, curly brown hair and a simple yet elegant dress that looks pretty outdated.

She seemed to be waiting for him to ummm.. get shocked or freaked out in fear. Perhaps, he should say something, a word, a question. Maybe he should just shout...

Nah! That probably would make him look unmanly. He had to compose himself even though he was blunt head-down on who was there or where he was.

Maybe he should just say something, really. The silence was becoming so intense. Could this even be real? Wasn't this some crazy hallucinations or some sort of weird games playing through his mind?