There was darkness.
The air itself was black and what seemed like a thick fog covered the empty area. White noise filled the silence.
For a brief moment something flickered.
It stopped.
The flickering returned as a white hand stretched out. The hand held a hole within the palm. Slowly a figure emerged out of the darkness. Its blackened eye sockets stared straight forward. It looked incomplete, as if it was barely put together. A restrained smile pressed upon its melted face.
"IT'S BEEN A WHILE. HASN'T IT?" It said. Its voice sounded empty, jumbled and mixed with other sounds.
White pupils shined out of the empty eye sockets. It moved it's hand back. It hunched over before pushing its shoulders up to stand straight. Half a body it held, there was no legs, no arms. Two floating hands, a head and a chest were all it had.
"I KNOW THIS MAY SEEM SUDDEN AND OUT OF THE MOMENT, BUT I DO HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR NOT CONTACTING YOU SOONER," it said.
There was silence.
"I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO TALK BACK, AFTER ALL YOU CAN'T IN THIS STORY," it continued, " I'M HERE TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME."
It continued to look forward.
"I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR YOU," it spoke, "YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS ONE."
A hand floated upwards in front of it.
"ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ACCEPT WHAT HAPPENS FROM NOW ON.
NO TURNING BACK. AND I GRANT YOU, YOUR FREEDOM WHEN THIS ALL ENDS," it's smile slowly grew bigger as it spoke.
"TIME DOESN'T MOVE FOR ME. BUT IT DOES FOR YOU. I WILL GRANT YOU THIS ONE WISH IN YOUR ETERNAL SUFFERING.
IF YOU ACCEPT,
YOU MUST OBEY ME," it spoke.
There was silence. It held a face of contempt as it stretched out its hand forward once more.
"WILL YOU CONTINUE?"