Chapter 2 LOST

Impatient to find my mum,i bailed out of the house on my

wheelchair,rolling it as fast as i could. As i moved,the raging

thunder kept running and shortly after a while,the mysterious

rain began. I passed a store that had a transparent glass and

through it,i saw my hair being moisturised by the descending

drops of rain. The rain fell gently at first but a few minutes

later,it began falling in sheets. I tried controlling my wheelchair

from being mauled by the heavy falling sheets until i got to a

turn to the hospital. Suddenly from the sky,i sighted an

incoming object. At first,i thought it was the regular patrol

chopper that usually moved around the city in search for law

breakers but as soon as the object began closing in the more,i

then realized it was way bigger than a chopper,probably a

spaceship. I tried speeding up with my wheelchair but

unfortunately,the incoming spaceship fired a laser at me. It

missed my body but hit my wheelchair tyres,making me fall to

the ground. As i fell,i felt a sharp pain run up from my

paralyzed legs which made me yell in pain. My vision started

becoming blurry due to the intense humidity and violent breeze

blowing around and hitting me with the heavy falling sheets of

the downpour....The streets and the ground now looked like a

mini pool where water was meant to flow during rainfalls....So

me buildings,mostly stores that were built with glasses that

weren't strong enough to withstand the strength of the rain

crumbled to their foundations....Some cars parked by the side

of the road was being carried away by the heavy flowing water

running through the streets. After the laser hit my

wheelchair,the effect had already pushed me to one side of the

road,away from the flowing water's range...The ship then

landed few metres away from my position.. .Some figures

began stepping out but due to my blurry vision,i couldn't tell if

they're humans or aliens. As they advanced towards me,the

rain suddenly changed its course,now with thick green liquids

falling alongside the rain water. Seeing this,the figures

advancing towards me retreated back to their ship and flew

away immediately....I continuously struggled with my blurry

vision in order to at least see who they were but no,they were

gone now,leaving only my poor self on the streets. Few

minutes later,i kept crawling towards the hospital which was

now a stone throw from where i was but as i kept crawling,a

huge red ball from the sky landed right on me,covering me

with thick green liquid. I struggled with it after it began giving

me a hot burning sensation all over my body but all was

useless as I've already been totally covered with the greenish

slime from the ball. While still struggling with it,a sudden

lightning from the sky struck me admist my struggle for

freedom,making me pass out immediately...

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For how long I've been out,i don't really know but i gained

back my consciousness and found myself in a totally different

place. It was an island filled with green vines and

plants,coupled with green fogs covering some places around.

For the first five minutes,i laid still on the ground,afraid to

leave the spot i was lying but this changed after i suddenly

realized i could feel my legs again and also moving my toes.

This gave me the courage to get up from my lying position

and as i sat up,i came to realize my paralysis had vanished

mysteriously. Slowly,i stood up to my feet,supporting myself

with a nearby tree. I couldn't stand fully on my own that

moment,probably because it's been a while i walked on my

own. I felt extremely happy about this and i slowly let go of

the tree,trying to stand fully on my own without support. I took

few steps forward but my legs were still wobbly. I suddenly

stumbled upon a stone and fell to the ground with an heavy

third,hitting my head against a stone. I had expected to find

an injury on my head due to the force at which my head struck

the stone but surprisingly,i found out that the stone had

broken into several halves instead and my head,injury free.

.

"What's happening to me already?" I muttered to

myself,touching my head several times to see if there's blood

coming out of anywhere. Trying to confirm if what just

happened was real,i clenched my fist and punched a large

piece out of the broken stone. I was extremely shocked to see

the stone break into several pieces without exerting any pains

on me....Seeing this,a sort of panic held me to ransom.

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"I have to find a way outta here....Something's definitely not

alright with me" i said aloud and began to run. As i ran,i felt

like i had bouncing springs beneath my legs. I looked back

and suddenly gasped at what i saw. I realised i had covered a

very long distance just by few running steps i took.

Unknowingly while i thought i was running,I've been jumping

without notice. Curious to find out,i looked at my legs and

suddenly jumped to touch a nearby leaf but to my surprise,i

found myself jumping higher than the tree itself. I yelled while

in the air and as i landed back,the spot i landed on created a

shape of my foot on the ground.

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"No...No...this can't be happening...This can't be happening" i

said in a shaky voice and began walking. I was now scared

to even run due to what just happened. As i kept moving,i

started picturing what just happened in the past few

minutes....First,my paralysis vanished mysteriously....Second,i

broke a strong rock with just my first...Thirdly,i could jump

very high,which of course was mysterious as well....While

thinking all about this,i arrived at a spot where i sighted a

tiger sitting down beside a rock. As soon as i saw it,i

gasped,calling the tiger's attention towards myself. The guy

got up and began walking towards me. I stood in shock and

couldn't move but surprisingly as the tiger got to me,it began

waggling it's tail in happiness. The looks on my face changed

after realizing the tiger wasn't violent with me.

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"Wait a damn minute... Was this thing not supposed to attack

me? What's happening?" I asked myself in a mutter. Few

minutes later,the tiger left my place and went back to where it

was sitting initially....Testing my might,i began walking

away,thinking the tiger would attack me but no,it didn't till I

was out of sight...Same thing happened after coming across

many dangerous animals and then,i realized i wasn't in any

way closer to my city....After walking close to an hour,i

arrived at a cliff which seems like a dead end. The ground

below it was very far from the cliff edge and so,i stood there

like a dummy watching the ground which was filled with

partly divided rocks. I kept wondering what next to do. I

looked around,hoping that i could sight another way. I found

another narrow path and decided to follow it but few minutes

later after reaching the end,i realized it was a lot worse than

the first cliff i came across. This one had a volcanic lava pool

flowing beneath it.

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"Now this is a bad idea anyway...I'll have to go back right

now" i said and without hesitation,i turned and headed back

to where i first found myself,the stormy cliff.

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"M...maybe I'll have to jump afterall" i thought aloud. I moved

closer to the end point and closed my eyes. I hesitated for a

while and suddenly jumped off the cliff,screaming as i fell.

Not able to control myself,i landed admist few rocks and

instantly,my two legs broke,i could even hear the breaking

sounds but to my utmost surprise,i didn't feel any pain but

instead,the broken femurs in my legs began to crack and

reform and in few seconds,they were back to their former

state,leaving me wondering what has become of me. Moments

later while still sitting on the ground relaxing,a female voice

spoke behind me.

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"Who are you and why are you here?" The voice said. I

immediately turned and saw a girl just about my legal age

standing few metres away from me. She was wearing an all

white latex outfit and had a white hair also. She had this

strange tattoo on her neck region that looked exactly at a

space asteroid. Her eyes were extremely green in nature and

had a fairly strong look on her face but the way she spoke to

me,i knew something must arise,if not a kind of punishment

right there. I guessed this due to her tightly clenched fists and

the looks she was putting on....Suddenly right before me,she

began to change and before i knew it,her hairs changed back

to green colour and her white outfit changed into a blue jean

and a blue jacket as well,coupled with finger gloves which

were black in colour......

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"Um....My name is Arthur....The thing is that i really don't

know how i got here in the first place" I said,trying to sound

polite and innocent,even though i had this but of fear in my

voice. Mere looking at the girl before me,a sensible one would

easily know she's not a mere human,if probably or close,she

should be some sort of extraordinary kid,just as I've

considered myself in conclusion. Even though she's a girl,i

was still afraid of what she might do to me and this was

because of the looks on her face. She viewed me more like i

was a sort of intruder,coming to probably sabotage

something.

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"You mean you don't know how you got here?" She asked

with a mischievous smile escaping her lips. I stared for a

while before answering.

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"Yes i don't know how i....." I was still speaking when she cut

me short.

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"And you weren't told you'd die if you tried accessing this

island? How did you escape the wild in the first place?" She

asked.

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"Did you just say death? No please...You have to spare

me...Look,I've got someone back home who's probably

waiting for my arrival...My mom will commit suicide if I'm not

found on time and..." I was saying then she suddenly cut me

short,blasting me with a kind of mist ball which radiated from

her hands,sending me smashing against a rock.....