The End of Me
I groaned as I opened my eyes. This was the headache of all headaches, is this what a migraine fells like? I guess there is a first for everything. Bringing my hands up to my head I attempt to rub it out. Nope, not working. I swing myself out of bed and shiver as my feet touch the ground. Cold, I don't like the cold in the mornings. Heaving myself off the bed I stumble around the room. Where is that stupid bathroom? After a minute I manage to find the bathroom in spite of a hand still covering my face. Taking a peek at the mirror I chuckle. I look like a man with a hangover, even though I have never had a drink in my life. I looked myself in the eye. Blue eyes. I was the only one in my family with blue eyes. If I was lucky my future wife would have ice blue eyes. I would be able to look at them for hours. One problem though, I was a bit of a recluse and didn't really have that much of a love life. I had only found two people I can say that I loved. The first one was when I was younger. I haven't seen her in five years. The second one was already taken. We still became good friends though. I was sick of hurting myself so I stopped looking for love and became a recluse. My whole life summed up in a few sentences, how sad is that? I sighed, another day another dollar and school. I get ready as quickly as possible knowing that if I don't hurry I'm not going to find a parking spot. If I find the person who thought it was a good Idea to sell twice as many parking passes as there were parking places, I was going to kill them. I hurry out the door and pass someone in the hall.
"Hey." I mumble.
"Hello?" a woman said looking confused. After five steps I stop. That woman was blue. It looked like she had reptilian skin. I turn around and head straight to my room. Mentally I kick myself as hard as I can. How did I not notice? Opening the door to my room I walk in, it wasn't my room. I scuff my shoe against the ground. Metal. My room had carpet that was a dark green. The room was twice as small as my room. My headache started getting worse. I massage the bridge of my nose. I sit down on the edge of my bed. Ok, this is the first time I have woken up somewhere I have never seen before. Was it something I did? Not that I can remember. Look around, what do I see? The room was small and compact almost reminded me of the army. I looked down at my clothes, not mine by far. They looked a little strange. But then my mind went back to that blue woman in the hall. A convention? Even that reason sounded weak to me. The only thing to do at this point is roll with whatever happens. I looked for my cellphone. Looks like I lost it, great. Wallet? Also lost. Not a good start to the day. Someone knocked on my open door. Turning slowly I see the blue woman standing there, a puzzled look still on her face. I gave her a little wave. She looked down at a small rectangle that she held in her hand. My driver's license.
"Are you Austin?" she asked. Her voice was a little soft but under that I could hear danger that she hid well.
"Yes." I said carefully. She met my eyes with a smile. I searched them for any signs of malice. She has been through a lot. So much pain, so much she wasn't ready for when she saw what she did. A calm mask. A mask. Slowly something else showed in her eyes. First surprise followed by understanding. I snap out of my search when she started talking.
"My name is Liara. We have run your prints, blood, and name through our database. Much to our surprise you don't exist." Liara leaned against the wall. "Being someone who is well informed, this is quite the feat. Tell me about yourself." I sat there for a few moments. She waited patiently. I knew she wasn't one to be on the bad side of. There wasn't anything that I knew that someone would want me for. Must be an honest mistake.
"What would you like to know?" I ask.
"Where were you born?"
"Virgina."
"Where is that?" I give her a strange look.
"On the east coast."
"On the east coast of what?" Ok, something was going on and from the feeling in my gut it wasn't good.
"Really? You don't know?" she shook her head no. I let out a huge breath. "The east coast of the United States of America." Liara cocked one eyebrow.
"What is the date today?"
"September, um, 6th 7th or 8th"
"Year?" why was she asking me that? Something was very wrong.
"2012." She nodded as if I just confirmed something she had guessed. She looked down at her arm like she was checking her watch. An orange glow enveloped her forearm. On a closer look it looked like a screen. Ok that was cool. The world's advancements in technology never ceased to amaze me.
"Ok, can you follow me?" I nodded and followed her out into the hall. I was so lost in my thoughts that after a few minutes I walked into something very solid. I fell to the ground dazed.
"Watch where you are going human." A very rough double toned voice said. I laughed in my mind. Human, he said. Lay off the cigs man. Picking myself off the ground I see the man I ran into. Oh…not a man, or not human. It looked like it had twigs for hips. I held out my hand.
"Excuse me. I was lost in thought. Wasn't paying attention to my surroundings. I'm sorry." The other man, twig hips, looked surprised.
"Would you know it? A human that can think and has manners." Twig hips took my hand. It felt strange. Not the fact that he was wearing gloves. It was the fact I only felt three points of pressure instead of five. I glanced down. Two fingers and a thumb. Strange. Twig hips saw the curious look on my face. He laughed.
"What? Never seen a Turian before?" he joked.
"No." I answered honestly. The Turian, as he called himself, stared at me with wide eye. I noticed I was still holding his hand. I let go quickly. Liara, who watched the whole exchange, walked up.
"We are almost where we need to be. Let's go." I smiled at Twig hips.
"Have a great day alright?" I said as I walked away. That feeling in my gut getting stronger.
"Uh, yeah." He said. Liara and I walked in silence for a few moments.
"You handled that very well. Most humans would have gotten into a fight. So you never have seen a Turian." She stated. "I am guessing that you have never seen an Asari then."
"Nope. What's that?" Liara started laughing.
"I am an Asari." I could feel a flush creeping up my neck.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine don't worry about it. Here we are." I looked up at a glowing sign that said, 'Welcome to C-Sec'. Liara motioned for me to sit down as she headed for the front desk. She spoke with the man there for several minutes. She sat down next to me.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"I'm trying to get a friend of mine to do everything from a psychological to physical test on you."
"Alright…" I said unsure. We waited for several minutes before the man at the front desk called us. I followed Liara to what looked like a wall with a glowing green center. When we got close the green disappeared and two parts of the wall slid back with a hiss. Interesting door, I thought. We came to a smaller version of what we just went through. No matter where you are it is pretty hard to mistake an interrogation room. Complete with a table, two chairs, and a two way mirror. I do a mental shrug. That's what it's called right? A two way mirror or was it a one way? I walk in, Liara right behind me.
"They are going to have you wait here while my friend gets here. I could take a little while so make yourself comfortable. I have to go gather some information. I will be back when the tests are done."
I nod and she leaves. I sit down in one of the chairs they provided. There was nothing that I knew that anybody would want. Rather that somebody would be willing to torture me for. All they had to do was ask. Man! I heave out a sigh as a gut feeling started getting stronger. It slowly moved up. Oh crap! I was going to puke. I waited for my mouth to start watering, but it didn't. The feeling moved up to my head. It was strange feeling, feeling something that was just, for lack of better words, a ball of sick. The moment it reached my head a sharp pain shot through it. To someone looking at me it would have looked like some unseen force had hit me square on the left cheek.
I fell off the chair, the pain was so sharp and there wasn't a thing I could do about it. Forcing myself to move I pulled my almost paralyzed body to the wall. After several minutes of body shaking pain it faded away. Shakily I get to my feet. That has never happened before. I make my way over to the mirror I check myself over. Everything looked good on the outside, no wait, my right ear. Blood. Blood started to ooze out of my ear. Never a good sign. Before I could even reach up to wipe it away vomit spewed from my half open mouth hitting the mirror. What vomit landed on the mirror was dark, way to dark yet bright at the same time. Was I losing my mind? No it was more blood. I know for a fact when someone starts vomiting blood that chances of them living are very slim. I locked eyes with myself in the mirror. I had a small smile on my lips. Well this is it. A pain sharper than before zipped through my head like lightning. As I fell to the ground I saw a hand appear through the glass. The body of a, what was it, ah, a turian followed. The turian kneeled by me as everything started getting darker. I looked at all the blood on the ground then my eyes moved to the turian. I give the turian a weak smile.
"That's going to leave a mark." I manage to get out before the dark consumed me.
I know that this is all confusing just go with it and it should be sorted out in the next couple of chapters :D
this is the first in a new bunch of shorts i'm doin. yes it is a self insert. i kept reading alot of them on fanfiction so i made up my mind that i wanted to try one (waves hand at text) here it is! the song that helped me the most was young by Hollywood undead. [link] the second song that helped was Some nights by fun. [link] these two songs are going to be the tone of the shorts