Entry #2

The morning rises grey with a cold rain.
There's no one on the streets that leads to the woods.
The woods leads to the old neighborhood.
There's no one in the woods neither, a soft walk.

what i thought:
           "It's too quiet, even for them."

I scout the area from afar, behind the trees. Got into one of those abandoned shacks, that one was falling apart. The body of my friend was not there anymore. 
My hands are freezing, My blood is frozen. 
Somehow, my training to not fear was not working at all.
I'm terrified with that silence.
I feel an urge to get out of that shitty place, when i hear something. 
"Finally" - I think and at the same time my mind rebates -
"Oh god"

4 persons with black coats and staves are standing outside.
I'm sitting under the broken window as the door without a knob on my left gently swing with the wind closing and opening with that creek noise.
I already knew that there would be battle. And i probably was going to die.

one of those guys start talking,

"Do you think he will come?"

But no one answers him.

"He's already here." - another one said.

Suddenly everything got way colder than it already was.
I grab my dagger, holding it tight.
I can't run, I can't fight.

Then a door opens by the end of the house i'm in.

I get up and stood against the wall. 
A guy with two revolvers get out of the room looking directly at me.
he rises one of his revolvers pointing it at me.
I duck and jump through the window as he shot.
Motherfucker, grazed my shoulder. I fall on the wet concrete ground.

The 4 guys outside also ducked and were also surprised when they saw me jumping and ran one at a different direction.

The rain got thicker.

I run to the other side of the streets, there's what appear to be a bar of some sort over there. I hear gun shots, but no bullets got me this time.
I open the door and everything got bright.
I put the hands in front of my eyes, but everything seems too much bright yet.
So I try to walk ahead, ducking, believing i'm still inside that bar.

When i hear laughter.

Just one person laughing, actually.
One man.
I open my eyes to see myself in the middle of the streets.
Time frozen solid.
I could see all the rain drops in the middle of the air, the guy with the guns standing on the sidewalk, gun's blazing, bullets frozen in mid-air.
I see one of the 4 guys running into a shack and another one casting some kind of magic against the revolver guy.

"We have an overture to you Mr. Virus" - Said a man wearing a white suit with red tie. Couldn't see his face because he was wearing a fedora hat, one hand on the back, another hand holding some kind of box.

I just kept quiet. Not believing in what was happening right there.

"It seems, you have been brought on this, not by accident, but not by will.
And the enemy wants you to deliver something for them in which they cannot put their hands on it."

"Who--What the fuck are you?" - replied.

"Ha ha!" - he laughed again. "Do not worry about it, Mr. Virus. Just know that We're not your enemy for the time being. Time, as you can observe can be a relative matter ha!"

"You said something about a overture." - My mind is racing, million of questions and thoughts, but i feel the need to focus on what's happening.

"Indeed. You see, Mr. Virus. We already saw you, we--"

"Wait, who's WE?" - I interrupted.

His figure got darker and red eyes glowed beneath the fedora when he said calmly but firmly.
"Do NOT interrupt when i'm talking, filthy being!"

Due to the circumstances, i opted to keep my mouth shut.

"Very well, as i was saying, we have noticed the way you work. Me, in my most opinion find your work... sloppy to say the least. But we agreed that you can be useful to us."

I remained in silence.

"You have two options, Mr. Virus: You do as we tell you...
or you get captured by those 4 guys over there, As they'll probably send you to steal the something they want for them. and probably get brainwashed and turn into just another proxy. As your whole order did, to serve that one being and his will."

"You know what happened to The Seething Crows?" - I quickly asked.

"In due time, Mr. Virus, In due time."

"So what do i need to do?"

At this rate, the rain was slowly falling down, everything began to move in really slow, but at an alarming rate for me.
But not for the man. He calmly replied:

"You see this box?" - He shown me a dirt worn box, couldn't tell what it was made of, but had some engravings like runes with a small lock.

"Inside this box, Mr. Virus, there's something really powerful. Something that can control this reality and the others. Something this powerful can't fall in the  wrong hands, can it?"

I kept quiet.

"But there's a catch. We can't open it because so the enemy has the key."

"haha ha!" -I laughed as he stood still.
"Now i get it!" - I continued. "You have the box, and they have the key. You guys can fuck yourselves... I'm not helping anyone open a box that can control realities."

"You see, Mr. Virus, there's no middle on this war. There's no neutral side, or you'll help us, or you'll help them. choose wisely"

"Why me? There's million of people that could do this for you, people that do better work than me, why ME?"

"Mr. Virus... There's a reason you have been dragged into this.
There's a reason that one being wants you back in his game.
You have something on you, Mr. Virus... You've been blessed, and have been cursed. The one being wants you because he can't hurt you. We want you because he can't hurt you. Do you understand, Mr. Virus?"

"No, not really..."

"In a nutshell, he'll be pleased turning you into one of his to do his will and try to get this box from us. And we need your help to getting rid of him off our grasp by using your gift to take their key."

"Yeah, but something on you give me the fucking creeps, you're not any good fellas neither."

"Matter of point of view, Mr. Virus, just matter of point of view."
"But enough talk, my time here is done. You have 2 days to decide what to do, Mr. Virus, as said, choose wisely..."

With a bow, a gleam of light blew and he vanished in thin air.
Everything in slow-mo became normal again and within some seconds i could see the magic of the coat guy striking the guy with the revolvers, making him burst like a bag of blood. The bullets hitting the Coat guy. More blood spilled and i appeared back home in a second, just when 3 of the other guys appeared out of the houses and looked directly at me.

I can only guess that the teleport home was the white suit man's doing.
But i'm here, safe and sound. 
And now i have to "decide" who to "help"
I really don't know what to do...
This is too much craziness for me.
I guess i have no sanity anymore today.

and i have so many questions...
i don't even know where to begin asking
who the hell are they?
what the hell is that box, really?
why me?
but something just stroke my mind right now...
can this guy in white be... the Target?
I'll have to do some other investigations while i have time.
i guess i'll have to create some strategies here.
thing is, i'm already tired of this time travel shit.
i'm exhausted.
                                                                      welp.


take care
-virus.