THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS-Chapter 158: Drowning

Hiro’s Consciousness

Hiro’s body leviates in a dark endless void inside deep water. The force pulled his body deeper. He was unable to move or control the situation. It was him left with the aftermath. To drift endless in a void. Odourless, unbreathable and paralysed.

’I can’t move my body’ he thought as his body went deeper and deeper in the dark water, he was floating inside as he kept drowning in darkness.

’I can’t feel, I can’t breath, I can’t hear anything’ he thought scared, the worse feeling ever, to lose control over your own body but still be aware of it, he was terrified by this because he had no idea what to do or what was happening to his body, the last thing he remembered was the explosion and then nothing ever since, just the feeling of him drowning ever since and also the strong feeling eyes were watching him.

The feeling of goosebumps and the hair at the back of his neck standing in alert.

In response to that a set of eyes flashed open in the dark. It cause an uncontrollable feeling to overwhelm him to the point that drowning seemed better.

One of the eyes, the iris bright crystal crimson like a diamond mixed with light and dark shades with a hint of blue lines in it, forming a crack moving around, the pupil darkened and extended.

The other eyes, the iris colour bright crystal blue like a diamond mixed with light and dark shades with a hint of red lines in it, forming a crack moving around, the pupil darkened and extended.

It moved watching as Hiro drown deeper and deeper.

’I feel so cold’ he thought fading away more. It got harder to keep his senses alive.

’I feel so lost’ a tear slide down his cheek, he felt empty, he felt incomplete. It grip him so hard he couldn’t think of anything else but the idea of dying. To be free of this bandage that attempt to erase his existence.

’Who am I?’

’Why am I here?’

’What is this tightening sensation in my chest?’

’What am I forgetting?’

’Maybe I am not forgetting anything’

’I shouldn’t worry about what I can’t remember’

’I will just let the Abyss take me’

’Yes... that’s right. I should just let it take control of everything’

’Its time... to rest

"Hiro"

"Hiro"

"Hiro"

"Hiro!"

It was voice calling from the Abyss, at first I was distorted, hard to decipher.

"Hiro!" It called again, it was distant, he couldn’t make sense of it.

"Hiro!"

He recognised the voice now!

"Commander Shino!"

"Sumi!"

"Yuki!"

"Izumi!"

Those names they sounded familiar as well as the voice, but where, where was it coming from? It came from somewhere around the Abyss but he can’t trace it.

He slowly opened his eyes, revealing his dull brown eyes, it lands on a small light far away, just a pitch of it.

"Hiro..."

"Hiro!"

"Hiro!"

"Hiro!"

The lights growing brighter, and warmer.

His friends they are calling him, they were in danger, he could feel it.

He slowly raised his hand to the light, desperate to reach it and go there.

’I remember now... what am forgetting’

"Hiro!"

"Shino... Yuki" he said faintly.

His teeth clenched hard, they were calling him, his friends are in danger, they were gonna die.

"Hiro" this time he recognised the voice, it was Yuki’s, it sounded weak, it sounded in pain almost like she was giving up.

"Yuki..." he said with shaky eyes, he panics as his heart slammed a loud beat.

***

Yuki’s hand fell at the side giving up from trying to pull the tail out.

Shino panicked when he saw the action.

The Alpha summoned a large amount of energy directed at them, ready to fire.

Shino’s shaky eyes on it, seeing that thing was coming for them, but he didnt move out of the way, he still shield Sumi.

"What are you doing? You’re not a body shield" she hissed him in rage, knowing he was intending to block the energy with his body. He was crazy! He shouldn’t be doing this, why?

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Hoping he would hear her. Unknown to her tears were already streaming down her face.

"My body just won’t move" Shino said.

She froze at his words as he turned to her forcing a smile agaisnt his lips.

She gasp as her eyes shakes.

"I just can’t help it" he mused. "I’m sorry but I can’t listen to you this time"

A tear slide down her cheek. ’No one...’ her eyes trembled vigorously. As her head flashed to her painful life before black storm day, bullied, abused, her silent tears, her silent pain. The pain of voiceless and no matter how much she screamed no one could hear her. In the darkness along, desperately waiting for the light to come.

’...as ever protected me’ her eyes not leaving Shino’s for a second.

The laser beam shoot coming at them in force, a wave of destruction, shooking the ground.

’No!’

She watches as the light came at Shino but still he didn’t budge. He didn’t move, he remained rooted to that position like his fate had already been sealed and he was ready to give it away.

’Why?’

’Get out of the way’

’Get out of the way!’

"SHINO!!!" she shouts in horror as the beam came at him. "NO STOP!"

A loud explosion shook the area.

***

Yukio froze as he paused his action from tending to Touka he turned to a distance seeing a bright light, he heard numerous sound but this was by far the loudest.

What was going on? He can’t inspect the situation because he had to care for Touka. However whatever that was he prayed no one was hurt.

Touka still unconscious on the ground, the pox on the side of her face to her neck drying off slowly but the mark still present. Her fingers twitched.