Memories

I looked around in the void. There was no source of light and yet I could see everything clearly. A vast empty void with nothing in sight.

I took several steps forward only to find myself falling.

I screamed as I tried to grab onto the air but that did nothing for me. Even if I did grab the air it was not like it had the strength to hold me.

SLAMMM!

I felt my body hitting something and yet I felt no pain. My body rolled for a few metres before falling again.

WHAMMM!

With a resounding sound across the void, I stood up and looked around. There were several open books and attached to them was strings. I looked around and found myself surrounded by books, some with missing pages and some complete, paper notes with writings on them, and several notepads. There were several screens on several giant noticeboards.

I stared at them and saw small writing next to every screen.

Time spent with family. Memories of childhood. Happy times. Sad times. First kiss.

The screens were practically all like that. I watched in fascination at my first kiss. It was interesting and air seeing such things on a TV screen. It was also weird seeing it in the first person. It was like the first-person view you'd see in I video game.

I watched the screens for quite a while and smiled. Ah yes, the simpler times. How I longed for them. Despite longing for them I highly doubt I would take the chance if I was given a choice to return. Mainly because I loved how my childhood was. It was decent and fun. In fact, I could say I had a great childhood and I did not want to mess I up.

I quickly looked around and found a book that read, Journey to ultimate power. I had described writing about what went on inside a person's mind when they took a memory enhancement pill. They appeared in this void that showed them all their memories in various ways.

The main character of the story saw all his memories in the form of a book. I remember writing about this because he was a novel character and he could read his own life. In a way, he was sort of breaking the fourth wall indirectly.

Now all I needed to do was reread my novel and it would be stuck in my head forever and I would never forget it. Unless I took an amnesia pill.

I sat down on the floor and started reading.

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I had finished reading my novel sort of. All I did was flick through the pages. I wasn't going to read 700 plus chapters in one sitting. Besides, since it was stored in my head, I could always remember it and read I anytime I wanted.

I equal read the book in parts. Several volumes each time until I had reread the entire story.

Now all I needed to do was to look for the exit. In the novel, it was practically a big giant door with a green exit sign on it.

I wandered around for quite some time not knowing where I was headed. Aimlessly moving I dragged my feet walking with no destination in sight.

As I was walking I saw something that intrigued me. A giant sphere that seemed to be made out of metal. There were several chains wrapped around it and several connected to it. The chains that were connected to the sphere were connected to several books.

It was interesting because I had no idea what it was. I had never seen it before. As I got closer I got a better look at the sphere. It was a reddish-orange and it seemed to be charred as if it had been set fire on.

As I got closer I heard whispering which scared me. I could hear a voice speaking gently. The voice was coming from the sphere. It was repeating one word over and over again softly and with each step, I took to get closer, the voice for more loud and aggressive.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill , kill, kill, kill, KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL!"

The voice became increasingly more aggressive and violent and I could not take it anymore.

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I woke up in my bed drenched in sweat. I quickly took a deep breath and calmed myself down. My heart slowly calmed down until it was finally back to its normal rate.

Oh no. I had wet the bed.

Not with urine but with sweat. I never knew such a small body could sweat this much. Whatever little muscle I had would definitely disappear if I sweat like this several times. My body only had a limited amount of fat. I would need to build some muscles and gain a little bit of fat.

I opened the curtains and the morning light pierced through the window. After taking a look at the alarm clock next to me I had confirmed it was morning.

"Uh..." I grumbled as I freshened up in the toilet. Although I did want to take a shower I decided against it. After my clothes were dirty. Having a shower and putting on dirty clothes was no different than being an absolute idiot and mother did not raise an idiot.

Truth be told I had no idea what she raised. A loser? A fighter? A quitter? I did not know! All I knew was she did not raise a winner. It is hard to admit but I have no idea what I am. Sometimes I just lose track of who I am.

I placed my backpack on my back and left the motel. I was really hungry. I had only eaten cereal since yesterday afternoon. My stomach let me know what it was thinking by letting out a small rumble.

I ate some food at a nearby cafe. I made sure that I ate well and that my stomach was full. I was going to need this energy for what I was planning to do. I did not want to do what I was going to do but it's not like I had any choice, I needed money desperately.

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Song recommendation: Looking for a star by XXXTENTACION.

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Also, I used Grammarly for the first time.