Norbert's soul

"I beg you, tell me that you can hear me!"

A desperate voice reached Mathew's ears just as he was about to relax while waiting for Nadia to return.

"Huh?" Mathew uttered a small moan of surprise only to rapidly open his eyes and look around.

But there wasn't a single living soul for him to see anywhere around.

"Was it a hallucination or something?" Mathew silently uttered the first thing that came to his mind. He then sharpened his ears and even made sure not to breathe too often, hoping to hear something again... But to no avail.

"I guess I'm just tired," Mathew muttered before shrugging his shoulders, resting his back against the wall, and closing his eyes.

"HEY!"

The instant Mathew's vision turned black, the voice returned. But what was even worse, this voice was extremely familiar.

"Norbert?" Mathew asked while opening his eyes again. Yet, no matter how long did he wait, he didn't receive a single word of answer.