Chapter Four

The Gift of Phantasm

Again, these cases were getting out of hand, and once again, he had foretold it. A murder at the train station, at exactly rush hour time, eight am. Eyria sometimes wished he didn't have this talent, to see ahead of time, but he had no other choice. The visions were getting more intense, and more had more gore intent. This young child was a boy of peace and love, not murder and hate.

"I've gotta see someone about these visions!" he shouted, running out into the open streets, and screaming louder than he had intended. The public had looked at him strangely, as he had suspected. With a red flushed face of embrassment, he dashed out of the public eye, holding back his tears, and tripping over his shoelaces.

"Drat!" he whined, running faster, and kicking off his shoes, continuing his running. Gentlemen tried to talk to him, but he had ignored them. He was used to this old routine. People wondered what was wrong with him, and all he could say, was nothing is wrong, for they wouldn't understand his pain, or worries. As he ran through the crowd of people, he kept his head hung low, and wasn't watching were he was running.

"Any mintue, I could bump into someone, or something, and really get hurt, but why should I care?" Eyria thought, almost too quickly. He had jinx himself. Almost intanstly, he had bumped into something. The only thing he heard was a loud clatter of books and pencils and paper. Looking up, he was being started down at.

Looking down at him, a young, tall, college student was staring down at him. His red eyes fierce with anger and rage. Shaking in his little shoes, Eyria managed to his feet, and bowed quickly.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you!" he shouted, letting a tear escape his eye lid. Looking up from the ground, he looked up at whom he bumped into. His face looked like a poreclien doll, and his hair was a bright candy apple green. Strange, Eyria thought, I've only seen that hair colour somewhere else before.

"Watch it, you little brat!" the college student snarled, picking up Eyria by his collar. "Now, you'll pick up my stuff!" Dropping him quickly, Eyria obeyed his command. If there was anything Eyria hated more than the visions, it was war and fighting...

"This is handy," Tokage thought, staring down at the young player. Yet, another problem, but conveint. He had to double his shift today, but he couldn't be in two places at once, "I can take advantage of this little part of the game." Thinking it over, he squatted down before Eyria, and smirked.

"Hey kid!" he grumbled, grabbing Eyria's little chin. He noticed him trembling in fear, and he chuckled at the sight.

"Yes?" he stuttered.

"I have another job for you. Since you have nothing better in your life to worry about, I need you to make a delivery for me." Reaching into his school bag, he pulled out tiny little cube, no bigger than a pencil eraser.

"What is it?" Eyria asked, looking at the cube.

"It's something for my boss. I work at the Red Cross, and I need you to drop this off for me. I have classes today, so I can't. I pretty sure a little puny brat like you can do that." Quickly, Tokage dropped the cube in Eyria's hand and stood on his own two feet. "I have to go, as much as you do. Get out of my sight, and don't come back after you drop that off for me." he snarled, turning his back on him, and walking onto the campus.

"Perfect, two birds with one stone." Tokage thought, reaching into his school bag, and spinning the barrel to calm his nerves...

Rising to his feet quickly after, Eyria was runnig around town again. The Red Cross hospitial was on the other side of town from the college. Strange that the student had a job so far away. As he ran, the visions came back. He had a sinking feeling about this cube, and that student.

He had a bad feeling he had seen that college student before, but he couldn't name it. Did he have something to do with the visions? As he was facing him, his heart was racing, and the visions were cloudy, and unreadable. He must have some connection with them, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Right now, Eyria had to focus on where he was going. He didn't want to bump into anyone else to make him do more doggie chores, or un-wanted duties...

"Oh, maybe I should of asked that student which doctor to give it to, or at least his name." Eyria groaned outloud to himself. He was by now, standing before the large hospital doors, the little cube in his pocket. The college student only told him where he worked, but this wasn't any help. He had this little thingy to drop off, but who do I give it to? The thoughts were overwhelming as he tried thinking it over. So, he decided on something, and walked on inside, trying to act normal. He wasn't very fond of hospitals.

Inside, the floors were white, shiny and reflective. Nurses and doctors were walking about the place. He thought maybe he could just describe what the student looked like, and drop off the cube. Swallowing the spit that had gathered in his mouth, he walked up to one of the doctors, rather slowly. Noticing him, the doctor smiled and bent down to his eye level.

"Why hello there. May I help you?" he asked, his wrinkles sterching across his face. Stuttering on his words, Eyria responded.

"I came here with a...object from someone who works here." Slowly, he removed the cube from his pocket, and showed the doctor. "He had green hair, and red eyes." The doctor, puzzled, picked up the cube, and examined it.

"I've never seen this before. What is it?"

"I don't have a clue, but I was told to drop it off by a college student. He said he worked here." The doctor wasn't paying attention to the words leaving Eyria's mouth.

"Perfect time for me to leave!" Eyria screamed in his thoughts. Quickly, he turned tail, and ran out the doors, out into the open air. Taking a deep breath, he looked back at the building, trembled, and continue walking his way out of the grounds of the medical business.

"That was sure scary." Eyria thought, walking and taking a seat below a tree in a nearby park he had found. This area was better known as Central Square, or the middle of the city. Eyria had never been here before, so it wasn't a bad choice to pick to rest in. Even though, indeed it was a bad time to rest. The visions came back, more vivid than before. He had noticed something about them. When he was around the college student, and in the hospital, they were cloudly, and hard to understand, but in other areas, very clear. Now, the visions were showing images of the college where that student went, and the hospital. Why? Eyria smiled and chuckled.

"Just my memory." he thought, relaxing his back against the tree. Now his little irriating visions were replaying everything he went through, expect that wasn't right either. He began paying closer attention to what they were showing him.

The college was turning into a massacure, and the hospital was in a raging inferno. Strange, no wait! This has happened before! The foster home! The church! Even the train station! These were the previous locations of the mass murder cases. Rising to his feet, he began running out of central square.

"I have to stop these crimes!" Eyria thought, but he stopped real quick at the entrance gate of the square. Which place do I warn first?

The professor had just finished his lecture. After that, he only had to be patient for exactly three mintues. Everything was going according to plan, and smoothly. Tokage had worried that this level would be too difficult for himself, but he had managed, thanks to his little cube the brat took. With that, everything will be fine and dandy, for him at least.

"I enjoy my position, too bad I have to share my game quiet shortly." Tokage thought to himself, He almost didn't want the other players to join, but he had to follow the rules. After the six points were made, the others must join in, and play the game. The level he was enduring, was only the tutorial. One mintue...

"This is amazing! I've never seen anythnig like it." the doctor was happy as ever. He was still holding the cube. After being in his posseion for two mintues, it began glowing brighter and brighter. This was even more inspiring.

"I can't believe that boy didn't leave his name. A college student huh?" The doctor placed the cube down on the desk, and left his office...

"Only ten seconds." Tokage thought, reaching his hand in his bag. "Let's see how well this turns out. Five, four, three, two, one... "

Everything froze, and time stood still. From behind him, Eyria had heard the large explosion, located at the Red Cross building. Before him, screams had filled the air, at the college building. The evil doer had returned, and was enjoying it. He had attacked at two places, the hosptial, and the college, just like his visions had told him. If only Eyria had payed more attention to what they were telling him, he'd be able to prevent these incidents. In any case, Eyria blamed himself. All these deaths were his fault. He could prevent them, all because he could see ahead of time, but he ignored it.

Slowly pacing up to the sheriff, Eyria swallowed his pride, and looked up at the taller human being. Noticing him, he looked down.

"Yes boy?" he asked, giving him a strange look.

"I just wanted to ask, about how many lives were lost." he asked, inncoent, and hurt. After a long hesitation the officer sighed, and rubbed Eyria's head. Bending down to him, he whispered in his ear. As the news was transferred, the young boy's eyes widen, stricken with fear, and grief. After the update, he turned around ang high-tailed it out of the area.

This was the biggest strike in the whole game. The numbers were high, maybe he set a high score. Tokage was now fleeing the scene, as he normally did, and was setting up the next level. This next one, he called the Big Bang. This will end the tutorial level, and then, the real game will begin. Looking back at the descrution he had caused, he re-caluctued his numbers, to make sure everything was perice. Yep, all the numbers added up right. Twelve thousand, four hundred and sixty two at the University, and half as much at the hospital, for a grand total, of a high score of eighteen thousand six hundred and nintey three points. And again, no remainders, or remains...

Author's Note: Ok, I am having a hard time with this, since I am trying to make the numbers realistic, and still trying to think of murderous things. (nothing to be concerned about) I am not planning any of this is real life, only in fantasy! No ideas people. I am pretty sure that a cover for this fanfiction is not on release yet, but I am still working on it. Please be patient while I think of something. Like I have said, my good computer is out and needs to be replaced, so I am using other's computers.

Back to the point of the story, I hope you are liking where this is going. I think it'll have a good ending, or should I say, a DEAD Ending.