Awakened

Chapter 4: Entering A Portal For The First Time

"It is your fault! And you know what... I think you're the one that should have died!"

And all of a sudden, everyone and everything turned quiet. Even the guards that were pinning Kyle down could not help but instinctively let go of Kyle, just looking at each other in shock. The people that were watching the scenario, whispering and letting out gasps of bewilderment.

Even Sophie gasped, not believing the words that came out of her mouth.

"You, think I should die?" Kyle stood up very weakly, almost falling on his knees again as his eyes which were hidden by his hair started to falter while looking at Sophie.

"Why? Was it really my fault?"

"Brother.." Sophie's head started to tremble as she backed away; she saw a glimpse of her brother's eyes, completely still.. and almost lifeless, "Brother, I'm s-

But before she finished her words, Sophie suddenly turned around and ran away.

"Sophie!?" One of Sophie's friends, a girl with long, brown hair, could not help but stare at Kyle for a few seconds, before rushing to follow her, "Why would you say that to your brother!?"

Kyle was at a loss as to what to do. He found himself just standing there as this piercing whistle started to drown his ears.

"You..." The guards that were previously trying to throw him out of the dorm carefully approached him, "...You're the boy in the video."

"!!!!" And as soon as those words entered Kyle's ears, he felt a sharp ring in his head. He looked at the crowd that gathered due to the commotion, only to see them staring at him.

"No..no." And as the deafening ring grew louder and louder, Kyle started shaking his head. He tightened his hood as he rushed out of the building.

He couldn't hear anything anymore. His body just moved on its own, completely out of his control; he walked without purpose, he ran, he stopped.. and he laughed. He doesn't know where he is anymore, the only thing he could do was laugh at himself, causing the people around him to move and avoid him.

Kyle was completely unaware of this, however, his body just moved on its own without purpose.

"Choose... I should have just died. There was a choice, it shoukd have been me." Kyle kept repeating to himself as the memory of the incident resurfaced in his mind, like a chainsaw shredding his sanity.

"It. should have been me." And completely unbeknownst to Kyle, he was now back in front of his dorm room; his feet, completely weak from the unexpected walk back they were forced to endure.

And then, as the ringing finally began to quiet down, Kyle found himsclf completely drowned in his own sweat. His mind, very slowly clearing with now only a single thought in his mind-but before this thought could materialize..

...a fist was already on its way to his face.

"Surprise, motherfucker!"

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"!!!"

Kyle let out a sharp and loud gasp. His body which was previously completely out of his control, now showered by a chilling cold that almost scared his skin. The ringing, however, that he thought was already gone was still ever present.

He could see several silhouettes moving in front of him as his vision started to clear. And if he wasn't currently deaf from the weight of his thoughts, then he would have definitely recognized the hazy voices.

"..."

Kyle started looking around, and soon recognized the place he was in-he was on the roof of his dorm. And with his vision now completely clear, he saw Rex and his group of thugs that he calls friends. Rex seemed to be screaming something at him, but all Kyle could really hear was a whistle.

Even as Rex grabbed him by the neck and dragged him to the edge of the roof, Kyle's mind was completely afloat; very slowly, however, he could hear the drops of water falling on his shoulders.

"Look at you. You look like a piece of shit. You are an eyesore."

"..." Kyle could finally understand Rex's words as he whispered loudly right beside his ear.

"Commoners like you should have been aborted as a baby." Rex sucked in a breath as he tightened the grip on Kyle's neck.

"Hm." Kyle only let out a muffled hum as he heard Rex's words. He had lost count of how many times he had heard those same exact words-they were white noise at this point.

And so, instead of putting effort into listening to whatever Rex was saying, Kyle just turned his head down; his eyes.. completely focused on the cold, hard asphalt at the bottom of the building.

"Pft," and this time, Kyle made a conscious effort to laugh. And with Rex gripping his neck, the burst of laughter that escaped his mouth cracked in the air-viscerally insane.

"The fuck is he laughing at?" One of Rex's friends asked, surprised.

"Hey, what's funny?" Rex asked, shaking Kyle, but Kyle just continued laughing.

"What the fuck? I think he lost it, Rex!"

"I knew it, the guy's a pervert!"

"I think he likes you choking him!"

Rex's friends also started laughing-their laughter did not last long in the air, however, as Kyle suddenly hugged Rex.

"Wh-Let me go! You gay motherfucke—"

But before Rex could finish his words, he felt his vision shift. The floor that carried his weight, no longer touching his feet as Kyle suddenly, and unexpectedly leaned off the ledge.

"Don't worry, Rex." Kyle's laughter continued to fester the air even as the wind threatened to blow his face.

"I'm sure.. you'll survive this." Kyle then calmly said as the both of then continued to fall toward the hard asphalt.

"Are you crazy!?" Rex could really only scream as he looked at the approaching ground.

"Justice.. this is justice." Kyle continued to laugh; his eyes that were now completely exposed, looking straight down to the ground. But then suddenly, out of nowhere...

...A Portal opened up.

"What the hell!?" was only words that Kyle could utter as they both went through this bright mysterious gate.