Chapter 2: The Mission
He was a shady character who was tucked away in the shadows. He had an eerie smile that stretched across his mysterious face. He stared at me with such intent, that I thought his eyes were going to burn right through me. He had been leaning on a broken tree, but was suddenly right next to me in one swift motion. I could tell that he wasn't human. This, most of all, scared me and I tried to turn and run, but as if smelling my fear, he grabbed my already limp arm and dragged me with him into the shadows. Even though it was too early to be dark, he took me to a dense forest where I could see no light coming in through the canopy. I began to cry thinking that I should have gone with the dog when I had a chance. She was much less frightening than this man, person, thing. I had no idea what he was, but again, he amazed me by telling me that he had come for me in a very important mission given by the Dark Mysterious. I had never heard of such a ridiculous story in my life, but what could I do? So I just went along and listened intently to try to figure out what he and the Dark Mysterious wanted me to do. All I could get out of it was that I had to go to Washington for three days and wait until I was called on my phone for further instructions. After I got my task, I tried talking to him, but as you could guess that didn't go too well. His response..?
"We don't have time for your petty questions. Everything you will need to know comes later when you've done your job. And just in case your wondering my name is Adam." Wow I could have sworn he had just read my mind because I was just about to ask him for his name. This guy was amazing! He knew everything I was going to say even before I said it!
"How do you know what I'm going to say before I even take a breath to say it?" I asked him with question in my voice.
"What are you talking about?" He responded emphatically. "I don't know what you're thinking if that's what you mean. I mean I am only human…" He smiled at his own remark as if he were being reminded of a childhood inside joke. "I knew it!" I thought to myself, "I knew he wasn't human." Then I started thinking about what he might be. My mind dredged up many possibilities, but not fast enough for his little mouth to move right after I thought about it.
"I'm not a werewolf, or a merman, or Dracula in disguise, I'm a human….don't you think?" He directed this question to me and I responded with the simplest answer my brain could concoct. "No," was all I could muster up to say.
"What was that? You DON'T think I'm human?" his eyes shifted from fearful to concerned. Ok. This was going no where so I told him that I was late for an appointment and that if I was late that there would be consequences. But I should have known that he knew I was lying because he simply said, "No you don't. You have absolutely no where you need to be." This was the first time I had noticed a small, but noticeable accent in his voice. "Do you think it's funny that you think you can try to lie to me?" suddenly, I became aware of the smirk that was on my face. I quickly covered it up, though, with a stiff cough and he, then, smirked. "What?" I asked him. "Nothing…" he replied, "It's just….you're funny, not like the rest of THEM...they are….too serious…" at this point I had no earthly idea what he was talking about. So, I did the most logical thing...I spun around on my heels and walked briskly away with my mission in hand. He didn't even try to stop me this time. As I walked though, I could again feel his stare burning right through me which sent an energetic chill down my spine. I had my first mission, but the real question was who was the Dark Mysterious?