Chapter Four - Sound
Theme Four - Out of the Dark
At first, Myde thought it was an illusion.
After so many days, weeks, or months of nothing but darkness...Myde's tired, unused ears picked up...
Sound.
It disappeared before Myde could recognize, or even realize that he had heard it. A hallucination after so long without hearing a voice.
A sound.
Even his own heart wouldn't drum for him; it wouldn't beat. Wouldn't provide solace in this empty world.
Oh, how he longed to hear that noise again. Just to know it wasn't a dream.
He blinked. Something...was something in the darkness with him? He couldn't be sure of that light flutter in the black void...
A trick of the darkness, maybe?
Suddenly, he felt a hand plunging from the shadows, catching on his shoulder. Myde flailed underneath it, shocked and alarmed. But the more he moved, the harder it held on.
The darkness!
Myde was scared. In a fit if desperation, he grabbed the hand and tried to throw it off, only to have its counterpart come from nowhere and grab onto his shoulder.
"Who, easy!" a gruff voice exclaimed, "Easy kid!"
Myde froze. The darkness didn't speak to him like that!
"Who are you?" the bewildered teenager questioned. The hand left his shoulder and Myde could feel his hair being ruffled in a friendly way. Odd...he hadn't known a friendly touch in so long.
The voice came again.
"Name's Xigbar. I've come to collect you."
Just like that?
After so long...so long after not hearing a thing, seeing nothing but darkness...
Just like that, he was leaving?
"Kid, I bet you've got a million questions and one, but this ain't the place to answer them. C'mon, follow me." Xigbar said.
Myde strained his eyes to see his savior as his hand suddenly lifted from Myde's mullet. A moment later, a soft noise issued into the gloom and wisps of blue and purple flashed into the darkness, and started to swirl around and around. It was hypnotizing.
Xigbar put his hand on Myde's back and steered the teen towards it. The swirling colors seemed to just call out to him, but he was still hesitant.
"It won't bite." Xigbar chuckled, "It's our ticket out of here."
This heartened Myde considerably. More confident now, he approached the shades of blue and purple, reaching his arm out curiously.
Feeling his way into the mesmerizing doorway, Myde reveled in the soft sounds it made. Eerie yes, but such a relief after so long in silence.
Sound, come to lead him out of the darkness.