Authors Note: My dear readers, it has all led up to this. I have to admit I didn't plan on this being a full-fledged story at all and definitely not this type of plot line! I just felt like writing something dark when I wrote the first chapter. The results will shock you…yuh know maybe. I have put in some clues in past chapters as to whom this mystery person is…albeit they were small but they were still there. Keep in mind that this is not the last chapter; this is just leading to a battle of ones fears and someone else's desires. Let it Begin…
Feelings: Chapter 6
The images flashed through my mind again as if it were happening right in front of me. Instead, this time there was only one point of view…mine.
I looked around at the white and blue walls and at all the gadgets and animal sized things. I was in the OWCA headquarters in the conference room. The room was empty and I aimlessly walked around the table and small chairs, I twirled one of the spin able chairs with my finger. I ran my fingers through my hair and that was when I realized I was wearing a fedora on my head. I took the hat from my head and examined it. It was brown with a belt around it, just like Perry's except it was big enough to fit me. I turned the hat over to look at the inside of it; there was a tag that read 'this agent is property of the OWCA'. I scoffed, it's just like Monobrow to brand his agents. Then again, I did try to get the other LOVEMUFFIN members to get branded…with an actual branding iron. Now that I think about it, it wasn't such a good idea. It also wasn't a good idea to test the not so good the idea on Dr. Diminutive. That left a mark. A permanent one. That would NEVER go away…or heal.
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A chatter broke me out of my thoughts. My nemesis stood in the door way of the conference room.
"Oh, hello Perry the Platypus"
Perry waved and walked up next to me. He pointed at me and gave a questioning chatter.
"What am I doing?"
I earned a nod from the mammal.
"Nothing really, I don't even know what I'm doing here…"
The platypus motioned for me to follow him. I shrugged and followed the platypus out the door down into the hall. I wasn't doing anything important anyways, at least not that I know of. So, why not?
We walked through the agency and passed a few places along the way. The OWCA was really nice actually, I mean I've been here before when I was an agent for a day but I didn't really get to see the place. At least not like this anyways. As we walked we passed the training area, there were obstacle courses and target practice areas. There were things to climb on and practice dummies for fighting. It was very intriguing and I found myself stopping to watch the animals go. Some were practicing hand to hand combat, others were learning to use grappling hooks and I even saw a duck punching at a punching bag. That duck looked oddly familiar…
The duck and I made eye contact. He glared at me then pointed at myself, then at the punching bag. He then proceeded to rip the bag to pieces, the contents of the bag spilled onto the floor sickeningly. I gulped. Perry grabbed my hand and led me out of the training facility, probably deciding that I watched enough.
Not long after we were in the main room or 'the lounge'. Animals growled and clucked to each other and drank punch. The room had some small seats and a large monitor on the wall that was currently blank. Perry the Platypus and I sat at the seat under the monitor; little did I know that I would soon regret our seating choices and that this nightmare...would be my last. We soon found ourselves deep in conversation; well I was doing most of the talking. Perry would nod and listen contently or sometimes shake his head no, considering the circumstances. We drank punch and talked even more until a sudden feeling told me I had to go somewhere.
"Uh, Perry the Platypus do you know where the bathroom is?"
The platypus nodded and gave me some hand gestures.
Down the hall, three doors down.
I thanked him and headed for the bathroom. As I entered the stall I happily thought to myself, this was fun. Just Perry the Platypus and I relaxing and talking like best friends. Nothing could ruin this…or so I thought.
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When I finished I exited the stall and put soap on my hands. The second I placed my hands under the running water, I heard a deafening and terrible crash. I jumped at the sound and my eyes widened. I ran out of the facilities and back to the lounge. All the animals were horror stricken and scrambled to lift the pieces of colored metal and glass up. The same colored metal and glass of the monitor. The monitor that had fallen…
I was stronger and faster than all of them and began desperately rummaging through the broken glass and metal, no matter how much it cut my hands. Finally I gasped at the sight of a small hand; a small turquoise hand.
No.
I held the small hand gently in mine, squeezing it softly. Hoping to feel some response to this, but there was none.
How-
My head automatically spun around to the door where the mystery person was standing. It was almost as if I instinctively knew he was there, I had felt his presence. He salutes to me and starts to dash off down the hallway. I narrowed my eyes; he wasn't going to get away this time. This was it, I had had enough.
I rapidly ran after him and the chase was on. We ran throughout the agency, up and down stairs and briefly in the elevator. He was fast but not too fast, he wasn't too slow either…
He tried to slow me down by flipping chairs and other items in my way in a desperate attempt to get me off his tail. He had even thrown a stapler at some point.
I gained speed and soon I was only a few feet behind him. I jumped and tackled him to the ground. We rolled and eventually landed under a bright light with him on bottom. After recovering from the fall and focusing my eyes enough to see past the dizziness, I finally saw his face and who he truly was. I gasped. My features fell and my eyes widened. That person…it was-
It was me.