Chapter 3: Blindsided

First off, I would like to apologize for not writing for such a long period of time, but here I am back again, enjoy!

My body is painless, I cannot feel anything. I struggle to open my eyes with all my force, but I feel paralyzed. Although I cannot move, I am still capable to speak, I speak softly, "Is anybody the-?". A sharp pain pierces my throat as I spoke as if my throat was sore or dry. Still unable to move or see, I scream for help, again, a pain pierces my throat. I start to feel a change in temperature, followed by a tingling sensation throughout my entire body. My arms and legs begin to twitch, along with my eyes. I open my eyes, only to again see darkness, and nothing more. I attempt to stand, though I am able to move, I still struggle to even lift my limbs. I feel useless, like a ragdoll, as I lift my arm with all the power left in my body, I feel a warm hand wrap around my wrist and pin it to the cold stone floor. I let out a scream, only to have my mouth blocked by another warm hand. At this point I am incapable of doing anything, I can't move, see, or speak. I hear a faint ringing, very similar, like an alarm clock-"Sam! Hello? you awake?".

I jump up from my bed in shock, clueless about what had just happened. My mom exclaimed "Hey, you alright? You were grunting and moving in your sleep." I look at her with an ache in my eyes from the bright light piercing through my window. I respond with "Huh?". My mom repeated what happened while I was having a so-called 'nightmare'. I explain to my mom that it was just a nightmare, I see the worried face disappear off her face in an instant with a sigh of relief. "I thought you were having a stroke!" my mom yelled. I reassured my mother that I was fine. I look at my clock to notice that I'm gonna be late for school. I rush out of bed and take a quick shower and put my uniform on. I rush out of the house with my keys and hop into my car. As soon as I get to school, the first bell rings, I also notice my friend waiting at the front waving his hand at me to hurry, I smile and rush out grabbing my bag and keys. "Hey man what took you so long?" my friend Justin exclaims. "I uh, had an n-nightmare." I stumble in my words. My friend gives me a weird look, I look back at him and say "What?". "You look, different." He says. "Different how?" I say in confusion as we walk through the halls. "You've gotten taller, like, a LOT taller. And you look more muscular, have you been working out?" He says in a jokingly matter. I examine him and myself, I am taller, taller than him... and I do look a bit skinnier. I'm not sure why I need to see a doctor after school. "And this is how cellular reconstruction works in humans, take notes before the bell rings" My 4th-period teacher exclaims. After I finish taking notes, I put my notebook into my bag, and...*brrrriiiing* there goes the bell. I stood up from my chair and walked to the door, as I make my way to the lunchroom, I see two boys and a shorter kid walk into the boy's bathroom, holding the short kid by his shirt collar. I pause for a moment and follow them into the bathroom. "Please, please don't hurt me. Here, just t-take my money, p-please." The kid said. It sounded like he was sobbing, I rushed around the corner and shouted to the older kids. "HEY, get off of him." They looked back with a smug on their faces. "Oh yeah? what are you gonna do about it?" One of the boys said approaching me. They looked to be only in 7th grade while the other kid was probably in the 6th. The boy pushed me to the ground and I fell with "THUD" onto my back. I got up and he tried to punch me. I felt my body move on its own, my hand blocking his punch and grabbing his fist. I looked down at my hand and tried to stop, but I couldn't. I heard his knuckles crack as he screamed in pain while I was crushing his hand. The other boy rushed towards me with a punch, but I blocked that one too, somehow. The boy looked at me in confusion and fear. I gripped both of their fists tightly and they dropped to the ground crying. They rushed out of the bathroom wailing, I walked over to the kid on the ground and helped him up. "Thank you." He said while hugging me. From that hour on, I was scared of my own body, moving without thinking.

The final bell rings, and to my surprise (Intercom)"Samuel Favela, please report to the Dean's office immediately, I repeat please report to the Dean's office immediately." As I make my way to the front of the school, I notice the boys that were in the bathroom. He turns to gaze at me, we both give each other a provoking glare as we both walk into the office. "Andrew Hawkins, Julio Arozerra, and Samuel Favela," Principal Ruffalo says menacingly. "You mind explaining to me what happened at the men's restroom during lunch?" Both of the boys shout out "He almost killed us!" Mr. Ruffalo stares at me and asks, "Is this true?" I gulp and try my best to explain, "Mr. Ruffalo, I sincerely apologize for setting a bad example on school property as well as breaking ground rules. I understand that I harmed them but I didn't mean to at all, it just kind of, happened." I murmured. Mr.Ruffalo reaches under his desk pulling out a yellow slip. "All of you, detention on Friday after school." He exclaims.

As I walk out of the office, I give a threatening look to Andrew and Julio. (Fast forward to 6th period) As I'm taking an exam, I stare at the clock and notice something strange about it. The clock is moving backward. "Shit" I murmur out. The teacher hears me and announces, "Excuse me?". " Sorry miss, I- I have to go." As I leave the room, the teacher yells to me "Hey, you can't leave the room without permission!". I slam into the hallway wall running out the door to the front entrance. I run home exaggeratedly panting from running out of breath and check the garage to see if my mom is still home. I open the garage to see that her car isnt there. "She must've gone to work early then." I thought to myself. I walk into the garage and close it from inside while going through the garage door. something doesn't feel right.. something doesnt belong here. I took about two more steps forward and felt like I had just stepped into a freezer. Shocked, I fell backwards, about to embrace for impact when something.. someone.. caught me mid-air. In full shock and confusement, I swiftly push myself off whatever caught me and turn around faster than I ever have. I caught a glimpse of a shadow running towards me, but it faded out as soon as it was in my face. I fell backwards again, not realizing I was falling, I slammed my head into the tile floor, knocking me unconscious. I wake up from a severe headache and realize its pitch black. I wondered if I was unconscious till midnight and got up. I tried to sense my surroundings and everything seemed familiar, like it was my house. I knew the house very well since I had lived in it for 7 years now. I was in the kitchen, right next to the light switch. I felt around to see if I could find the light switch and there it was, a tiny nub. I flipped it closing my eyes carefully so I dont get blinded. I opened my eyes only to see that I wasnt in my actual concious state. It felt like I was dreaming. it didnt look like my house, but it was... I was confused, everything is shaped and designed the same way, but.. everything looks like it was burned. It looked if it had been caught in flames and spores. I realized then, I couldn't breathe. In shock, I covered my nose with my shirt collar and tried to focus and calm down. As I looked around, everything was setting back to normal, everything was getting its color back. I looked up from the ground and saw him. "Not you" I whispered. "Missed me Sam?"...