The Mysterious Dream

My vision began to blur out as a pool of salty water filled the dried-up, shock-streaked eye sockets. 

"Why would they do that to me? What did I do to deserve this?"

"Am I too miserable that anyone could do anything to me?"

"Do I even deserve to be called a man?"

The pain which they had caused me yesterday was nothing compared to this one. I managed to walk with those external injuries causing me pain when I walk only. However, this time they had hit me internally and I could not find a way to even move my ass with this killing pain.

Why me? Asking this question, I get out of the bus and took a route back home bearing the weight of those eyes staring, and mouths laughing all through the way. 

What can I do to stop them?

Nothing!

I was just a miserable man with no physical, mental, or emotional powers to deal with people using me, hating me, teasing me, and making fun of me.

I was shattered to my core, my hopes were drowned, and my faith was lost. I didn't know how to still stay alive with the damage they had caused me.

Still holding up my senses, I swallowed down the emotions and shut the doors of all the sympathies blooming out for myself.

I locked myself for three days and two nights. I didn't cry even a tear. They had done something to me which was new and surprising for me. 

I pledged instead. I prayed. 

"Dear God,

Make me efficient, and strong.

Make me handsome, and good-looking.

And give me... Bless me ...

With powers no human being possessed.

Take anything you want. I'm ready. I'm ready to give out anything you want. Just turn me into a powerful man."

My sobs silenced gradually and I rode into my world of imagination. A peaceful wave circled around me and kissed me everywhere like the goddess of air was charming to me. I experienced tickling which eased my pain and made me relieved.

"Where am I now.?" I asked myself.

The tunnel lit with unseen colors and filled with the flutters of unimaginable butterflies as I traveled through it to an unforeseen territory that was illuminated with the candles blazing dark.

"Where have I landed?"

I asked.

My whole body was spinning at 360 degrees when I attempted to turn my head around to investigate my surroundings. Unfortunately, I didn't succeed in finding even a single dot of light peeking in from a distance to give relief to my heart thumping wildly.

"You believe in God?" A voice came piercing through the darkness around me from an undetectable space.

Shockingly, I turned around to figure out who it was. My eyes strained to look through the grave blackness but couldn't find even a hint of anyone being around. 

"Whoo.. who are you?"

I forced down my fears and spoke.

"Out of all His creatures, God has not given humans any  supernatural power for a reason." Ignoring my question, the voice continued with its point.

"It's a real pity to see humans  now begging for powers without understanding the reason for keeping them deprived of it." The voice was full of resentment. 

You're now called here. Into the room where secrets are kept and formed."

As it took a pause, I found a chance to ask another question of mine.

"Wha.. what secret?" I asked.

"I'm here to announce two pieces of news to you. One is a good one and the other is bad. The decision is left to you which one you want to listen to first." 

To my greatest shock, it was the first time my question was being addressed, giving me the realization that there was actually someone addressing me but not a tape recorder playing out there in the darkness.

My mind was tangled in the web of questions and confusion making it worse. What could it possibly be about? I had zero ideas about it.

I was forced to make a decision in this terrible situation without any help being offered. 

Neither did I have an idea about what was about to happen to me nor did I know what it was all about. Amidst the dark pool, I drowned till my head with my knees shivering and my heart skipping beats. I was so puzzled to make a decision when it repeated his words and added.

"You don't have much time. Fast!"

"Goo.. good." I blabbered out in a hurry.

"I'm pleased to reveal to you that your prayer has been heard and pondered over and answered.

"As a result, you'll be blessed with some supernatural power, and with respect to that you have to go through a physical, mental, and emotional transformation." The voice was firm, strong, and determined enough to send chills down my spine.

I became so overwhelmed when I heard the word "supernatural powers", finally, I would no longer be going to an individual with an unintellectual mind and ugly body who's been bullied by everyone throughout his life. This was going to change. Everything was. I had no idea by now whether it was for the good or the bad. Neither was I interested in bothering to think about it. All that was exciting me so much as to make me jump on my feet amidst the tension that was screwing me up inside, was the fact that I'd be going to be a superhero. 

"Enough of this ugly man, I'd be a different man now with all these superpowers, and who'd dare to bully me now?"  I smirked arrogantly.

Engrossed in imagining the future life that I forgot about the bad news.

"And!? The bad one?" I subconsciously bit my lower lip indicating my curiosity. The silence was winding around me easing me over my lips.

No answer came.

Seems like silence was ruling the throne again. Before an intense voice intruded carrying the intensity to shake the existence of anyone who gets to hear it.

"You've to sacrifice yourself to satiate your hunger for power." A composed yet gruff voice echoed in the darkness.

"Sacrifice yourself?" I repeated the words like it doesn't make any sense to me. Or as if I was unable to understand the language at first.

"What the heck, do you mean by this?"

"If I'd sacrifice myself then how would I be able to make use of these powers? What use would they be of me then?" I wondered.

"Yes. To achieve something in your life, you've to make sacrifices. Just like that, you've to give yourself to satiate your uncontrollable hunger for power." The voice resonated clearer.

"I accept!" Before wasting even a second I said.

Never had I before been so certain and abrupt about any of my decisions. I didn't know what made me eagerly plunge into agreeing to the terms and conditions of this mysterious voice offering me a deal.

Grey puffs of smoke began to fill in the space around me like I was put in some airtight sealed container. Gradually, my breath began to break and the shutters of my eyes dragged themselves shut. I could not tell whether my eyes were open or shut, for it was equally dark either way. 

I was suffocating heavily, my chest was thumping like I had run miles. Pearls of sweat were embellishing my face and neck glinting in the streams of darkness. 

Unsuppressed groans began to resonate loudly in the quietness around. 

"Aahh..." I shot up panting heavily from my sleep with the terrible memory of the nightmare lingering like a danger over me.

Astonishingly, my throat started to soar and crack like a parched land. I moved to my left to grab a glass of water. Immediately, I put it to my lips and smolder the throne of thirst tickling in my throat.

Creases of concern formed on my forehead, as I tried to recall the dream which swept off my memory in an instant. It took moments to vanish the memory of that dream which shook my soul to the core.

"What was it about!?" I mumbled wiping off the sweat from my face.

"What a fool am I! Who can't even remember a dream." In utter disappointment, I said under my breath and flew off the blanket. 

It felt like a hot summer night in December. My body was drenched in sweat water. 

I shuffled to the washroom to take shower at midnight. 

Unbeknownst to the surprise awaiting me there.

Had he ever thought his prayer would have been answered so quickly, could he have asked for something else?

The cold mist started to engulf my feet and up when I turned on the shower and began to take off my clothes.

I arched my back and gasped heavily as the freezing cold water rained down over my body.

  Still, struggling to retrieve from the horrible dream I just had, I tried to focus on recalling it when to my shock I was unable to do so.

"Was it even a dream or an illusion or a reality?" I thought confusedly.

Droplets of water were rapidly running over my feet as I trailed my orbs below to my feet to see the mist rising up from there.

Within a snapping moment, a glimpse crossed in front of my eyes which made me hop back and I terribly hit my back against the wall.

"Ouchh...!"  I winced as a gush of pain popped across my back and was clawing at my spine now.

A wave of nostalgia embraced me quickly when I saw that grey smoke around me. 

"Why am I experiencing something like this? It was not me. It just couldn't be me. I was sleeping. And I just woke up." 

I muttered under my breath as I was fully under the influence of fear now. 

Imminently, I grabbed the towel and tied it around my waist when I shambled past the mirror. My poor orbs hadn't had enough for a single night when something appalling, strange and bizarre again caught my attention.

"Wh- Who's that!?" 

 My eyes froze from the view they just had witnessed now. A cold chill ran down my spine, as I saw those red drops drilling down his perfectly formed body.

I haven't fully recovered from the shock that I heard the noise of a shrieking scream amalgamating with the splashing of water. 

Yes! It was me bawling like a crazy lad who had just confronted the devil in his nightmare.

It seemed like someone had pulled the wet floor underneath my feet when I felt a sharp sensation running down my back. I bolted back to confront the deadliest view one could ever come across. 

"Who is he?" I stammered in sheer fear.