Ch. 3 Inside the mind of me.
I opened my eyes and thought that I was dreaming. I was floating below the city, no, the city was rising towards a black hole.
"Where am I?" my thoughts echoed through out the world
"This is your mind." came Zeus's hallow voice
"My mind?" I repeated
Through my clouded eyes, I could see the city start to be sucked in by the black hole. Right before it did, I heard three voices.
"Hey, want to have a bey match?" asked the first voice
I flinched. That voice belonged to Tyson when he was younger.
"No! Because then you'll ditch me like everyone else!" that was my younger voice
I looked up just to see the younger version of me walk away from the young Tyson. A memorie I had long forgotten. Then the third voice spoke.
"Your such a loser! No one likes you! Who would want to be a friend to a dork like you!" it said mockingly
". . ."
"Speechless eh? Or maybe you just don't know how to talk!" it spat at the silent answer
I looked up to see a gang of bullies picking on the younger version of me. Maybe that's why I don't like people.
"Here maybe this will bring some words to your mouth!" The leader of the bullies punched me right in the face
A swelling pain went to the spot on my face where the bully had hit my younger form. I gingerly touched it to find that it was bleeding. I looked up again to find my younger self bleeding from the same spot, but he had his head turned down.
"Leave. . ."
He slowly started lifting his head.
"me. . ."
His head was half way up now.
" alone!" He finally yelled bringing his face up to meet the bully's
Anger and hatred escaped from his back and started flowing into a shape. The same thing was happening to me. His teeth grew long and sharp, mine too. Our finger nails grew into claws. The black hatred on our backs had turned into black wings, and our eyes shone fierce with hatred.
"You should be running." my younger self said with an evil grin
The bullies turned on there heels and ran. I just noticed who the leader of the bullies was. Tyson, the one who had just tried to be friends with me a day earlier.
I started shaking with anger. When I found him, he was going to pay. Right now, I had to find someone.
I floated threw the depths of my mind, looking for someone.
Then I saw Garland trying to find some sign of life.
"Hey Garland! Over here!" I called
Garland turned around and stared at me.
"Who are you? How do you know me?" he asked
I looked at him with hurt and confusion.
"Garland, it's me, Brooklyn."
"Your not Brooklyn! You don't look a thing like Brooklyn! Leave me alone!" with that he turned away from me
I stared after him for a long time. Did I really look that different? Yes that must be it! He didn't recognize me. I looked around again, and ran into Max. When he saw me he literally shrieked in terror.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?" he asked in a panic
"Cool off! It's me, Brooklyn. Don't you recognize me?" I asked
Max peered at me.
"You look like him, but you don't sound like him! Your not Brooklyn!" Max turned and ran
Great. Now I didn't sound like myself. What next? Just then Ming-Ming came around the corner. I flew up to her. She had to recognize me. She looked at me oddly.
"Who are you?" she asked
"Ming-Ming not you too! It's me, Brooklyn." I was getting tired of saying that sentence
"Your not Brooklyn!" I was getting tired of that answer, too. "You don't look, sound, or act anything like him!"
She ran away, too. I sat down on the ground and tried to fight back the tears, but failed miserably. I sat there and cried for the longest time. Until I heard Tyson walk over to me. I looked up at him with glaring eyes.
"We haven't finished our match, Brooklyn." He said
"So you actually recognize me?" I asked, hatred still lingering in my voice
"Yeah, it's easy to tell who you are with that ugly face of your's." He said holding up his launcher
I glared even harder at him, and launched my blade. So did he. A fierce battle raged in my head, Dragoon against Zeus, Dragon against Shadow, Wind against Dark, Tyson against Me. While Zeus and Dragoon fought over head, me and Tyson fought against each other. Every time Zeus received a blow from Dragoon, I received one from Tyson. The same happened when Zeus hit Dragoon.
"I'll not lose again!" I shouted "I can't lose!"
"Reality check, Brooklyn. You will lose!" Tyson yelled over our blade's din
