Chapter 8: A New Memory
Humphrey P.O.V.
I was in a place like no other place I've seen. I was in a completely black space. It was somewhat like the back of that camper Kate and I used to get part of the way back. The major difference is that there was nothing but black on all sides and it was much smaller.
Hello Humphrey.
I turned to see him, he was a little aways from me but it felt like he was right next to me.
"What do you want? I'm gone now right? What can I do?"
You're not gone Humphrey, you're just trapped here like I was.
"Wait, so I'm not dead?"
No, but you might as well be.
"Why do you mock me like this?"
"YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY!" I was startled by his sudden speech. I was so used to hearing him in my head, that it was weird to hear him speak.
He continued, "THE REASON WHY, IS THAT YOU'VE HAD SUCH A PERFECT LIFE!"
"What do you mean?"
He calmed down, "You had a perfect life, while I've had to sit here and watch it all. You have no idea what that felt like."
I started to feel pity for him, he had to watch all of that, and see what could have been his.
You know that I know what you're thinking.
"Really?"
Don't be stupid, I thought that omegas were supposed to be smart.
"Hey, I am smart!"
"Then why haven't you even tried to speak to me through your mind?"
I tried doing what he said but couldn't figure out how.
"So since you can read my mind and speak to me mentally, why have you only started now?"
"Well Humphrey, I was you for the most of it. It wasn't until recently when I found out who I am."
"So…" I trailed off.
"So what?!" he stated.
"There isn't much for me now, it's useless anyways."
"Humphrey, I offered to give you what you wanted in the vision I gave you."
"How did you get that vision anyways?"
"Well, it wasn't quite a vision, it was more of an, idea I had."
"So none of that was true?"
"There is no reason to lie to you anymore, so yes, it wasn't true. I created it to try to get you to join me."
"What do you mean, 'join you'?"
You have so many questions don't you? "I wanted you to join me and we could become one, destroy those that hurt you."
"I thought you already said that we were one?"
"I did, but we were one with an inner conflict." he trailed off. We are one body, but are still two different minds.
"So why would I want to join you, why did you think that showing me a 'vision' like that would make me join you?"
I was wrong about that. I thought that you wanted to see Kate dead.
"For someone that's supposed to be super smart and powerful, you sure are dumb!" I laughed.
"Shut up!" he said as I started to feel a claw going through my front paw; he was still a good distance away.
"Ahhh! How are you doing that?"
"Well, Humphrey, before you insulted me like that, I was going to explain where you are and why you're here."
"Okay go ahead." I looked down and could see blood coming from the wound in my paw.
"Well, to first answer your question, I did that by doing it to myself, you feel whatever I feel.
"Okay, so you'll feel this!" I said as I hit my injured paw with my good one. "Owww!" I yelped.
I looked at him through my tears, he was still perfectly fine. "Really Humphrey? I was about to explain that this is a one-way path. The pain from the stronger half, which is I, is also felt by the small, insignificant half."
I was not understanding, so he dumbed it down for me.
"Like how water flows downstream, but not the other way."
"Okay, so I can't hurt you, but you can hurt me?"
"Oh yes Humphrey. This will be much fun." He had a devilish smile, and he, as I could tell, really wanted to hurt me. "Now to the next part, where we are; well we are inside of your, I mean my mind. The reason it's blank is because I decide what I show. I will show you what I want, when I want, like killing your precious Kate for example." he was laughing now. "Granted, you see what I see, so you'll see me kill her, but then I can make you rewatch it over and over again."
"You bastard!"
"Why me Humphrey? No it will be you she sees before she dies."
I was crying at the thought of watching Kate die over and over again. "Why do this to me? Why can't I just die?"
"You can't die, not before me at least. You and I are connected, and you never were supposed to exist, so if you died, there would be nothing for you on the other side."
I was now balling so hard that it felt like I was going to die from the pressure I felt in my head.
"Now to the final bit. The reason I can stay and chat is that I'm unconscious right now. So thats why you and I are stuck here in these cages." I looked around and realised that they were actually more like the boxes the humans put us in when they relocated us to Sawtooth.
It was silent for a few moments after he looked at me and felt that he had nothing left to say right then so he started to dream. He seemed to be able to move around as his dream unfolded around me. I was still stuck in place, I saw his dream, it was more like nightmare, but not to me, to him.
The dream was of me/him, it was more like me. It was a pup, it was me, or him. I couldn't tell because I couldn't remember this moment, but the pup looked just like me. He had the grey fur like me, and had the blue eyes like I do. He was in a clearing, playing with another pup that was like a dirty brown, much darker brown than say, Kate and Eve. The other pup was very familiar, but I couldn't tell who he was. then all of a sudden, I yelled out, "Hey Zane, how about we play a bit? Father isn't here."
"No Humphrey! We need to get to the western pack and kill them before they decide to come back and finish off the rest of us."
"But we can do that later, they won't come until after winter is up, they always have their BS Alpha school."
"Stop acting like an omega Humphrey, you are an alpha! Stop acting weak, you are strong! Stop acting silly, you are confident!"
I started to recall this moment, like it was another memory that I hadn't gotten back yet.
"But Zane! We are still pups, and we can do whatever we want. When we become official alphas, we won't have time to play!"
"Shut up Humphrey!" he yelled this very loudly, to other animals, it must of sounded like a howl of attack.
I looked over to an end of the clearing, a stampede was started almost instantly. The pups started running but I couldn't keep up with my brother. He was so much faster than I was. The caribou caught up to me. I couldn't keep going as I was hit on the head by one of them. Zane was far ahead of me, he looked back and we made quick eye contact. He had so much hate in his eyes, but they also held love. He wanted to come back, but he decided against it and ran away into the forest. I was then hit again on the head and blacked out.
The dream started to fade as the other me came back into the blank space. He had so much hatred in his eyes, he wanted to kill his brother for what he had done, but he still missed him so much. It didn't take long for him to notice that I was there looking at him.
"So now you know what really happened, I put the memory of him dying so you wouldn't have to suffer through what I felt. He abandoned us, he left us for dead, because I was a fool and wanted to play!"
"You weren't a fool, you were always an omega. See, we are not that different after all."
"You don't know what it's like!"
I felt bad for trying to help him, I didn't really need to, but it was in my personality.
The blackness started to fade and he disappeared, I started to hear and see what was happening.
He was waking up.
Alright everyone, how was that? Sorry about not posting last night like I said I would. To make up for it, I made this chapter longer for everyone. And now it's the weekend! So I'll be able to post more like I did last weekend. Anyways, R.&R., PM me any suggestions, and read for enjoyment.
-Hikers123
