Doppelgänger

10. About What it Looks Like

[ZACK'S POINT OF VIEW]

Those black-robed groups were everywhere.

I'm currently texting with Tamara, who lives in district three, the girl asked me if my district was visited by some unknown people who have black robes and I immediately replied to her message saying that they did come. Our message continues to this day, Tamara and I had to guess who the identity behind the black robe was, there were several presumptions that we each raised, but until now, we both couldn't find the correct answer.

Tamara : Zack, I suddenly remember memories from a few years ago. Do you still remember when I asked you to see my doppelganger? At that time, I was too curious about how I would die, then you saw it. Do you still remember what you said to me at that time?

I was silent for a long time as I read a line of messages that just came in from Tamara on my cellphone. My brain functions quickly to search for fragments of memories of what she said just now, I found them, then my hands became shaking after I realized what her message meant.

“Tam, you must be careful with the black hooded people.”

"Why do people still wear black hoods these days?"

"Anyway, you must be careful with them, no matter what happens, you must avoid meeting people in black hoods."

Our little conversation replayed in my head like an alarm bell. I felt familiar when I first saw one of those groups like I'd seen them before. However, I have no answer about where I met them. Because of Tamara's message, I remember that the black hooded group I saw was similar to those I saw when I saw that girl's doppelganger.

Tamara.

Black hooded people.

The way the girl died.

My fingers quickly move to type a message reply to Tamara. With a feeling of excessive worry, I reminded her again.

Zack : Are you still hiding at home with your parents? If so, please don't come out of there, I remember what I told you that time and my vision from your doppelganger at that time. So, I beg you, you must be careful and okay.

Tamara : Hey, hey, calm down, Zack, hahaha. Why are you so scared like that? I'm still hiding at home with my parents, so you don't have to worry. I used to promise you that I would be careful, and I always kept my promise. Don't worry, don't panic.

Zack : Promise, okay?

Tamara : Yes, Zack, I promise.

Zack : I've told you that I will visit every district. I do all of this on the advice of my father and mother. I'm coming to district three too, Tam. You can go with me later, we can hang on together, so please make sure you're okay before I get there. Please wait for me, I'll come to find you.

I closed the phone and just put it on the floor after sending the last few lines of messages for Tamara to read. I sunk my head into the folds of my hands, which I pressed against my knees. Since earlier, flashes of what I saw through Tamara's doppelganger have been spinning around in my head non-stop. Even though the girl had said that I didn't need to worry because she would ensure she was okay, I was still worried.

I saw clearly how she died from my sight through her doppelganger. I don't want what I saw actually to happen. Please, it's enough just to lose grandma. I don't want to lose someone important in my life anymore. Especially Tamara, because that girl is the only friend I have.

As for what I saw earlier, let's hope it was a warning that could have been avoided anyway. I will fight fate, if necessary, by saving Tamara no matter what. I hope that I can make it to district three before those black robes find Tamara and finish off the girl.

Yesterday dad said that this hunt only happens for the special and I know that Tamara is not one of them. She's just an ordinary girl who has a good personality and is also friendly. However, because of that, I became even more afraid. Because I realized that Tamara didn't have any ability to fight those black-robed people.

But, hopefully, there will be a miracle. At least until I actually get to district three because I want to see Tamara's figure in good shape. We haven't seen each other in four years and I miss that girl. I want to see what she looks like now. Has she gotten prettier since I last saw her after graduation?

Hopefully, I can get the answer after seeing the girl later.

I'm not one of those people who like to make assumptions, sticking to the word 'hopefully' is not my type at all. I don't like things that only rely on hope. Learn from an experience because, since long ago, I never managed to get all the expectations that I asked for. I hope for the uncertainty that, in the end, cannot be determined whether I will get hope with a happy ending or I will be sad because that hope cannot be realized.

Maybe the universe is too evil to me, so it always chooses love in giving me happiness.

I've seen someone accidentally die too many times when our hands touch. Starting from events due to significant accidents, or deaths due to unexpected tragedies, it could also be due to suicide which they wanted, even with illnesses that eventually took their lives. I've seen too many ways to take someone's life, but I've never gotten used to them.

However, there is something a little surprising about this ability that I have.

My skills work for many people, but I can never see my parents' doppelgangers and my doppelganger.

Even if you think about it, I have often had physical contact with my parents. I too have too many times—even countless times, touched hands with them. But strangely, I still can't see their doppelgangers, and I'm not given the vision to know how they will die later. I've tried to see, but I can never see anything.

I was curious, but I thought it would be better that way. If I really couldn't see the doppelgangers of the two of them, then I wouldn't have to worry all the time thinking about when their time of death would come. Because I, who easily panics, will think about all things that are not necessarily clear, which will certainly disturb my parents. So, I think it's better like this.

Then for my case, it might be considered normal because I have also read on several sites on the internet that usually, someone who has special abilities these abilities have never been successfully used on himself.

For example, for those who can see someone's past and future, or what I can call Retrocognition and Precognition. The possessors of this special ability would usually easily see the past and future of other people. Still, they could never use that ability against themselves. Very strange indeed, but it is like that for most cases that I read on the internet.

They cannot see the past as well as their future.

That ability is like being locked so that its owner can use it. From what I've read, even if it doesn't work on itself, that ability can later become a key to everything that happens to its users. This ability can later become a helper at certain times. So, there are advantages and advantages for people with special abilities.

Cases of this special ability rarely occur in the real world, because it usually only occurs in fictional characters in a film or story. But who would have thought there are quite a few users, even though they are only found in a few parts of the world? I am one of those who have them.

I do not know how many people have this ability and what other abilities exist, especially in my country. However, the fact that the black-robed group was hunting a lot of twenty-year-olds with special abilities led me to speculate that there might indeed be a lot of kids out there who also had abilities like mine, but I had never seen them before.

Actually, what is the primary purpose of this hunt? Why did those black-robed people only hunt children with special abilities? What are they looking for?

These questions often appear in my head without being able to be answered. I can find the answer from the journey I will go through later, just like what my father said. And the visions I have can help me find answers on how to stop this hunt.