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Prologue
Hell. Tadashi is in hell. Or, more specifically, running through it.
He doesn't have time to think about how he got in this... predicament. All he knows is that he has a goal and it's not the exit; because despite the heat burning at his skin and the smoke flooding his lungs, he goes deeper into what he assumes to be his death.
Tadashi decides that whatever he's looking for must be damn important for him to risk his life like this: running through a flaming building that sounds like it's about to collapse. Even more unsettling, Tadashi can't shake the feeling that he's leaving something equally, if not more, important behind as well. Or rather, someone behind?
He wishes so badly to turn back, just to see what or whom he was leaving behind, but was already too deep. Plus, whatever he was after, obviously needed him more.
Tadashi turns down seemingly endless hallways, dodging flames and attempting to block out the smoke.
Even if he did know where he was, with all this fire and smoke he was sure he wouldn't be able to recognize where he was heading.
Regret, fear, and doubt come rushing in all at once. He feels these emotions start to fester, slowly about to erupt into panic when he see a sudden movement in the corner of his eye. Too fluid not to be alive.
So close, he thinks as he rushes for it.
He just has to turn the corner, find the awaited prize so he can wake up from this nightmare or simulation or whatever this is.
He gets closer, he can see his destination much clearer now. It's a man. He's wearing a gray - maybe green - sweater vest, with graying hair. They make eye contact. His face was… familiar? Tadashi definitely had expected this but, something was off. The man's eyes are wild and - due to the wrinkles on his face - the fire casts a shadow that made him look disturbed. Although unsettling, it doesn't stop the fatherly attraction Tadashi feels toward this man.
He went faster, never taking his eyes off the man. The man is yelling something to him. Tetris? Milwaukee? Task key? He can't make it out over the rigorous flames. Yet he hears himself yell back, "Professor-"
A loud explosion cuts him off and suddenly Tadashi is on the ground, his ears now pounding with the most aggravating sound. He thinks he hears another shout but he can't respond. He can hardly think with this ringing, he can't move, he can't feel - he's not even sure if he was breathing - and now, he can barely keep his eyes open.
Before Tadashi felt his eyelids give out, his world pixilated into black.
He would have thought he was dead if the ringing in his ear wasn't so persistent.
And that all his world was for a while. A long slow beep… before it started to break a part.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep eeeep eeeep beep beep beep beep.
A/N: Stay tuned, we'll be back with more.