Incredible Actor Nicholas Shane

Strange Occurence

Nicholas woke up by the sound of cars horning, he found himself on the ground by the roadside with his head banging, he struggled to get up in his wet and tattered dress.

Nicholas left the roadside having no idea of where he was going, but he kept on walking, it was as if something was leading him or showing him the way. 

Nicholas remembered the water incident, "was it real?" He wondered. "Or a dream?".

After walking for some minutes, he got to the bus stop where he stood waiting for the bus.

"This is strange?, how do I know the way from the forest to here?" Nicholas thought.

Surprisingly he felt no pain, there were no bruises or injuries on him. Though he was drenched with water. 

"This system of a thing is it real? , it wasn't a dream?"

"I was dead and brought back to life through a water system, so ridiculous!"He laughed away the thought.

The bus arrived five minutes later, lucky for Nicholas, he still had the coins he kept in his pocket on the day of the plot.

Immediately he entered the bus, people were staring at him strangely, they all shifted from him not wanting to stay around him.

"What's wrong with him? why does he look like this?"A woman said looking at him in disgust.

"Take a look at his clothes, they are torn, wet, and eww ." Another said to her friend covering her nose as if he was smelling.

"Do they allow insane people in the bus these days, he stinks !"

There were murmurs, people looking at him in disgust which Nicholas ignored. All he wanted was to go home, have a nice shower, and rest.

Within fifteen minutes the bus stopped at his street bus stop, Nicholas alighted from the bus which gave relief to the people.

He walked to his house ignoring the usual stare he got from his neighbors. 

He got home, his house wasn't locked, its door was wide open leaving him wondering what happened.

Carefully, he entered, walking in a tiptoe ."Who is here?"He called out.

"Hello! "He shouted but received no response.

The house was a little bit empty, Camella's things were nowhere to be seen.

"Did she pack out?" 

He checked into the bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. She packed out leaving little to nothing.

The bed, sofas, kitchen utensils, gas cooker, their electric cooker, and all the things he got her.

Nicholas sat on the floor reminiscing about what happened. The betrayal of Camella wanting him dead left a deep scar in his heart.

He stood up, made his way to the shower, and let water run down his body.

"This is so good."He said enjoying the cold water. He felt something strange as he bath. He felt his hands were bigger and heavier than usual and his chest had abs.

Curious, he rushed his bathe, wrapped his towel over his waist, and left for the bedroom to take a look at himself in the mirror.

Nicholas stood in front of the standing mirror baffled at what he was seeing.

His hair color was different, it was darker than normal as if he dyed his hair. his eyeballs were a little bit bigger than before, he had six packs and big muscles.

"Omg!"He screamed in excitement, even if he had hit the gym, he could never have achieved this body shape he was seeing.

Just In, his phone beeped, Nicholas had forgotten about his phone since the fall. He assumed his phone would be damaged and soaked with water.

He brought out his phone from his pants on the floor, surprisedly his phone was in good shape, and working all fine. 

"This is strange," He thought.

He switched on his phone and there were nine messages on his phone. He checked them and most were from his creditors and loan sharks asking him to pay to pack his debts.

A particular message caught his attention, it was a message from the hospital, saying his foster mother, Sarah needs $100,000 for her surgery.

He fidgeted " Where will I get $100,000?"

He threw his phone on the bed and sat on the floor.

He can't borrow money again as he had borrowed from a lot of loan sharks that he is listed as an A-debtor.

He doesn't want Sarah to die, She was the one who took him in and brought him up, and he felt guilty for not being able to take care of her. He has to see her first, maybe he can speak to the hospital.

Nicholas took a pair of faded jeans from the wardrobe, wore a shirt on it, and went outside. He walked to the bus stop and took a bus to the hospital.

It was an hour's journey, When he got to the hospital, he asked the nurse at the next for Sarah Matt's room.

"Room 120," The nurse said.

Nicholas ran to the room, He met a young lady sitting on a chair beside Sarah's bed, she was asleep.

"Ahem," He cleared his throat to wake the lady.

The young lady jolted back, She rubbed her eyes to clear sleep.

"Karen?"He called out.

The lady turned to the door direction, "Who are you?" She said with a soft voice, she yawned stretching her hands.

"I'm Nicholas" He walked to her, took another chair, and sat beside her. 

"How is she?"He asked, looking at unconscious Sarah on the bed connected to a series of machines.

"Very bad, I'm so scared. I don't even know what to do about her medical bills," Karen clutches her bag to herself, crying.

Nicholas turned his look to Karen, tall, and slim with brown hair. She is Sarah's niece, Sarah does talk about her but they never met as Karen schools in another state.

She is beautiful but not as pretty as his ex who tried to kill him, Camella.

"How much is the money needed?"He asked Karen.

"$100,000," Karen said wiping her heads with a tissue paper.

"$100,000!, how do I get the money? how much do you have?" He asked her.

"I'm a student, I was able to save money with the part-time job I had. And it's $5,000 which is barely enough" 

"Oh"

"What do we do? She must not die" Karen looked at Nicholas with pleading eyes.

Just then, the monitor started beeping, and Karen panicked.

She ran out to call the doctor.

The doctor came in with some nurses and examined Sarah, then they asked Nicholas and Karen to stay outside.

Nicholas stood in frustration watching his foster mother being given injections. He assured Karen who was sitting on the floor crying that everything would be okay.

He took her to the reception and they both sat on the bench.

They were both lost in thoughts when Nicholas's phone beeped. Nicholas ignored it but it beeped again, so he had to check it.

He saw a notification on his phone, he clicked on it, and an app popped on his phone.

{ Fingerprint needed for verification}

Reluctantly, he put his finger on the sensor.

{Verification completed}

"What's this stupid thing" He said, switching off his phone and putting it into his trousers.

Some minutes later, a screen appeared in his front. 

"Did you see that?"He asked Karen, pointing to the screen.

Karen saw nothing, he was just pointing to the air.* Things must be so difficult on him that he begins to lose his mind* Karen thought, shaking her head in pity.

Seeing Karen's reaction, it was obvious she couldn't see it. He looked around to see if other people were seeing the strange screen but no one was. Everyone minds their business.

"That's strange," He said.

"What's strange?"Karen asked him.

"Nothing" He stood up to the restroom, but surprisedly, the screen was everywhere.

{Nicholas Shane, your first task is to sell your golden ring to pay for Sarah's medical expenses} 

"What?, you mean I should sell my precious golden ring?" 

{That's right}

"Hell no," Nicholas said.

{Remember, this system gave you life, you have to do the task given to you or you die} 

"Look, I can't." Nicholas scratched his head in frustration.

"That golden ring is the property I have from my real parents. Before they died, my dad gave it to me, I can't sell it for anything."

{Penalty for not doing the task is - death; you will die, Sarah will die also. Just as there is a penalty for not accomplishing the task given to you, there is a reward also. Do you remember what I told you back in the water?} The system warned and vanished.

"Hey, hello, wait,where do you go?" Nicholas called out, he touched the empty space maybe the screen would re-appear but it didn't.

"Shit!"He cursed.