Haunting Memories
A/N: This ties in with Triple Threat Reformed. This is only a two part ONE shot. This looks deeper into what Lucas may be hiding. You can guess at what it is, but all will be revealed in Triple Threat Reformed. Enjoy.
In a village far in the future, humanity has suffered a big blow to its population. The events that caused this tragedy are unknown. Some say a monster came, but most are unsure. The last survivors of the human race have taken refuge and began to create new lives. They traveled all the way to an island on a boat. The Island was named Nowhere Island given it was uncharted, and possibly the survivors found it by accident. By some freak accident maybe, or someone planned it. They settled, began families, and thrived. They lived in peace for many years. Children grew old into adults and then they had children of their own.
The past is always painful, but everyone must learn from it. Sorrow, hate, anger, tragedy, lust, gluttony, wrath, greed, and evil are the main ingredients.
Far in the future a family lives peacefully in their home, a woman, a man, and two children. The family is happy and loves each other greatly. Give or take one. It was around midnight, although they didn't have a clock to know what time it was. They all are sleeping peacefully.
Almost all.
The younger of the two children was stirring. He and his brothers are twins. So, his brother is only older by a few minutes. His breaths are shallow. His face is covered in sweat as he moans in agony. He sees images in his mind. They move too fast to be described, but he hears voices clearly.
"Just Follow orders," this voice was rasp and harsh.
Destroy
Designed to be…perfect
Destroy everything
I hate you
Hate
"Now behave little one," a sweet voice that sounded like a woman.
"This way hurry before she escapes!" someone called
Shallow breaths can be heard.
"Trash!"
"You are nothing but a monster,"
"I wanted you to be perfect," scenes of violence. A red liquid splatters across vision. "But, you've been corrupted, however do not fret I will fix you,"
A whining is heard. It sounds like a baby. The whining gets deeper, and fiercer. The voice drops deeper and deeper. Its barley recognized as a whine.
"Turn the machine on," said a voice through all the whining.
"RRRRROOOOAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!"
"MAMAAAAAAA!!" a fierce roar calls.
Lightning flashes. "An all mighty idiot,"
"!" If only he could. He turns then sees something horrific. It lunges at him.
"Release!!" it said.
"Lucas, wake up!" came a voice.
Lucas's eyes shot open. His breaths are barley in his control. His head hurt so much that he could feel the blood pumping to his brain. He closed his eyes to try and calm down.
"Lucas sweety are you alright?" his mother Hinawa asked as she wrapped him up in a hug.
"Must have been a pretty bad nightmare," Flint said also up.
"I've had nightmares before too Lucas its okay," his brother Claus said attempting to wane the boys fear.
Lucas was shaking in Hinawa's arms. His eyes clenched close. Then suddenly he stopped shaking. They all assumed he must've calmed down.
"Want to talk about it sweety?" Hinawa's soft voice said. Lucas didn't respond. "Lucas?" Hinawa asked. She pulled away to get a good look at him. His head was tilted down.
"Lucas, come on pick your head up everyone has nightmares you just have get over them. Besides nightmares aren't real, and don't come true," Flint said.
"Mine have…" he mumbled. No one caught what he said.
"But what was it about. Was it the one where we run out of omelets?" Claus asked. Joking around was not solving anything.
Lucas finally picked his head up to look at his family. They gawked at him. It was pitch black in the house so it's hard to see. The only light they had was the moonlight, and apparently Lucas's eyes. The irises in his eye were a blood red piercing through the darkness. The whole family felt a slight uneasiness just looking at him.
"Y-Ya got some…red eyes Lucas," Flint said. Lucas looked surprised then got off the bed then dashed over to the closes mirror, which was near the eating table.
"Lucas don't run in the dark!" Hinawa called to him. Lucas ignored her. Besides he could see clearly. He didn't even trip over the shoe Claus so clumsily left in the middle of the floor.
He made it to the mirror to look at himself. His eyes squinted. His family walked over much slowly. Flint tripped over Claus's shoe. While Hinawa helped him up Claus went up to Lucas.
"What are you doing?" Claus asked.
"…" He just continued squinting at the mirror.
"Uh Lucas?"
"Forget…" Lucas muttered. Claus barley heard it.
"Forget? Forget what?"
"Everything!" Lucas exclaimed. Lucas widened his eyes. The let out a glow as if they were a flashlight. The light began to fade more, more, and more until the red was gone. Only Lucas's blue eyes were seen. Lucas fell to his knees leaning on the wall. He looked up at the mirror. Although, his eyes were now blue his reflection still showed red, and his reflection also had a smile on its lips.
"Why don't you just make it easy on yourself,"Lucas heard the voice in his head. He instantly froze. Claus helped his brother stand up. He looked at the mirror as well. He too saw the red eyed smiling Lucas. He looked to his brother in front of him and didn't see those traits. He looked back to the mirror to see nothing, but Lucas's reflection and it was normal.
"Lucas what's wrong?" Hinawa asked.
"…Nothing just tired," Lucas responded. He walked past them then got into bed as if nothing happened. Reluctantly they all got in bed then went back to sleep. A couple of hours pasted by. The sun was going to rise soon. Suddenly, Lucas's eyes shot open again with that red glow from his irises. He turned to his sleeping family.
"If only it were real," he muttered. He got up got dressed then walked out the house.
A few more hours later Claus woke up. He was always the first to wake up. He turned to his right to see…no one. Being the calmer of the two brothers he simply mumbled his name.
"Lucas…" he trailed still a little tired. When he heard no answer he called a little louder. "Lucas," still no answer. He then got out of bed then walked over to the dining area. No one.
"Lucas!" now he was starting to feel alarmed. He ran over to his parent's bed. He jumped on top of the bed thinking this was the quickest way to get their attention.
Both were awake instantly but did not react. They really hoped the child would go away. However, when he mentioned that Lucas's wasn't in the house the instantly shot up throwing the boy to the floor. They turned to the bed where Lucas and Claus slept. Flint went over to feel the mattress on the side Lucas slept on. His frown got deeper.
"This part of the bed is pretty cold, he must of left pretty early," Flint surmised.
"Well he couldn't have gotten far let's look for him," Hinawai said. Flint agreed. Flint and Claus went out to look, while Hinawai stayed at home just in case he came back.
They looked for hours with no luck. Claus looked in all of Lucas's favorite hiding spots, and he knew all of them. Flint looked all over the village, but no one had seen him. Hours after hours they looked, but came up empty-handed. When night finally fell Flint and Claus came back in the house. They hoped that Lucas had come home, but seeing Hinawai sitting at the table all by herself their hope faded away. She looked at them expectantly, but when they shook their heads she looked like she was going to break down. Flint went to comfort her while Claus just fell on his but on the floor with a heavy sigh. Suddenly the door opened and in walked Lucas. He was so casual and totally oblivious to the amount of stress he put on everyone. He looked from his right to see Claus on the floor staring at him, and then to his parents at the table also staring.
"Uh did I miss dinner?" Lucas asked nervously. Suddenly his family all ran over to hug him and show love. However, after that came the scolding.
"Where were you!?" Claus yelled.
"You had your mother worried out her wits!" Flint exclaimed.
"Don't ever do that again!" Hinawai exclaimed.
"Uh I'm sorry I guess I got lost in time and where I was," Lucas said.
"You guess? Where were huh?" Flint asked.
"And, what were you doing?" Claus asked. He didn't like the idea of his brother going on an adventure without him, and he's the adventurous one.
"Well I think I was in the Sunshine Forest, but…I don't really remember when I got there or when I left. I don't even remember getting dress,"
Now his whole family was looking at him oddly. "Do you even remember what happened in the middle of the night," Hinawai asked.
Lucas shook his head. They all looked shocked now. Lucas wasn't the type to tell a lie, or play a prank on people.
"So what you're telling us you don't remember anything that happened in the last few hours,"
"No idea,"
"Well good riddens I say, lets get some food and forget this whole ordeal ourselves," Hinawai said perking up. A reluctant Flint and Claus agreed. They turned to the dinner table.
"You can only keep them in this false reality for so long. They will be the first,"
Lucas squinted his eyes and for a brief second they turned red. "I'll get rid of this one way or another," Lucas muttered joining his family.
"We will see,"