ELEVEN
1877 Words
“Officer, I told you...I have nothing to do with this. I did not kill him. I don’t even know him” I never expected that I will found myself in this place. I am at the police station! Damn it. My hands are handcuffed right now. I am a suspect of a crime that I didn’t even commit!
“Yeah, you can say that. But we caught you holding the knife when we arrive”
The heck, it is just a coincidence. This officer is convinced that I am the one who killed that guy.
I just look down on the floor and let out a big sigh before I looked at him again.
“I just checked him if he is still alive… and help him if possible”
“Hmm… really? Do you check him by holding the knife?”
DAMN IT. I AM INNOCENT HERE. HOW CAN I MAKE HIM BELIEVE ME?
“No, please… listen. It just happened that I saw the knife, I get it because I saw some blood, then you came. It is some kind of misunderstanding, officer. I am not a killer”
“Hmmm… well, how did you find him there? That place is somehow abandoned and no other people usually go to that place” He looked at me bluntly as he put one of his hands to his chin. I am doomed, aren’t I?
“I… I just went there… before I saw the body”
“What is the purpose of you going to that place?”
The purpose? The purpose...
I can’t think of a good reason why I went to that place. I… I just… go there.
“I… I don’t know”
“You are in big trouble, mister. You just go to that place without any reason?”
“It… it just that… my feet lead me to that place”
---A Few Hours Ago---
She looks like… an angel. She already left with her red car but I can still remember her scent, her face, her features.
Why am I like this? Why am I still thinking of her? What is going on with me? I don’t even know her name and...and I don’t really even know her as she is, right? Right?
Or maybe… I met her before my memories are erased? But why does it seem like she doesn’t even know me? It seems like it is her first time seeing me. Okay, what is going on here?
I need to remember in order to understand things… but no matter how hard I try I cannot remember a thing.
I am lost.
Now I just found myself standing in the front of this abandoned church over here. Why am I here? How did I get here? I haven’t realized that my feet brought me to this place while I am deeply thinking about something.
This place is so old and somehow scary. But there is something that urges me to enter this church that is why I did.
I slowly opened the dusty large door. My eyes widened when I saw the inside of this building. This place still got some chairs aligned here. It is somehow dark but I feel different. Why do I feel like I went here before? This place is very familiar to me.
“Thanatos, do you take Mara Delavega to be your wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till afterlife do you part.”
WHAT? WHO’S THAT?
WHAT IS GOING ON? I AM SEEING AND HEARING THINGS? IS THAT A WEDDING VOW? WHY AM I HEARING SOME WEDDING VOWS THAT MY NAME INCLUDED? AM I MARRIED OR SOMETHING?
And…
Who is Mara Delavega?
“Ahh!” I screamed when I start to feel my head aching again. Wait, is that part of my… memories?
It is so painful. But for a few seconds, it just stopped. What? What happened? It is not like before. I have fainted before because of the pain that I felt. But now, the pain is just gone like that already? Why? I haven’t even fully remembered something. It is just a short vision.
“WHY!?” I shouted. I don’t know, I feel frustrated right now. I want to remember. I want to understand what is happening to me. I need to. What is that vision, a wedding? Why am I having that kind of memory? My questions are getting bigger and bigger but I haven’t even got any answers. I need answers!
I started to walk. I guess that wedding was held in this place. That is why I am seeing and hearing that kind of event.
“What the?” I was surprised when my foot hit something while I am walking towards the aisle. It is… a hand?!
I immediately walk towards it and I saw the whole body of the person lying on the ground. My eyes widened when I saw the blood in his chest! What happened here?
“Mister? Hello? Can you hear me?” I quickly come close to him and he’s not moving. My goodness, is he dead? “Mister?” I asked once more before I try to shake him. This man is kinda old and… he is not breathing anymore!
There is a knife beside him and it is full of blood. So what is this, he was stabbed to death?
I get the knife and looked at it closely. There is an imprinted letter on it.
‘S’
Maybe the name of the owner of this knife starts with the letter S?
*door slams open*
“Stop right there, young man! Hands up where I can see them!”
Oh, shoot. What great timing.
---Present---
“Hey, sir, are you alright? It looks like your mind is floating right now. Are you with me?” I came back to reality when this officer snaps his fingers in front of me.
“Y-yes, yes officer”
“What is your name again?”
“Thanatos”
“Full name, please”
“It is just Thanatos”
“Are you kidding me?” I was surprised when he stood up and looked at me with an annoyed face.
“No, I am serious, officer. My name is just Thanatos”
“You know what, mister? You need to cooperate with me or else you’ll stay here for a long time” What should I do? All I know is that my name is Thanatos. That’s it! I don’t have any other name besides that.
“I am cooperating with you, sir”
“Oh really? Then what is your last name?
“I don’t have any”
“Look, that is impossible!” I think he’s losing his patience with me. He looked pissed right now. How can I explain things to him? Should I say the truth?
“I am a grim reaper before. I am death”
“What? Are you crazy? What are you trying to say here? Are you confessing that you killed the man?”
“No, I mean… ugh!” I don’t know what to say anymore! He can’t understand! No matter how I try to explain things he won’t believe me!
“What seems to be the problem here officer?” I was surprised when I heard a very familiar voice. When I turn around, I saw her, it is Nemesis! Thank goodness!
I smiled at her. But she looks at me with a very serious face. Okay, I am doomed. I just remembered that I ran away from her earlier without permission. I don’t know if it is better to stay here in a police station or stay with Nemesis. It looks the same, I am a prisoner.
“Who are you, miss?”
“I am his lawyer. I am Alicia Stevenson”
“What?!” My eyes widened up when she said a different name. After that, she just glared at me. So I just zip my mouth and look away.
“Nice to meet you, Miss Stevenson. So as you look here, your client seems to be a suspect of murder”
“That is impossible”
“What?”
“My client has this kind of mental illness. You know, he is not in the right mind”
IS SHE TELLING ME THAT I AM INSANE?!
I stared at her but she is not paying attention to me. Her eyes are glued to the officer.
“Are you tellin’ me that this man is… Uhm… what do you call this...”
“Crazy? Yes. But I can assure you that he can’t harm anybody. He is hallucinating things but, he can’t kill someone”
So she really wanted to show the people here that I am crazy? Really? Does she really have to do that?
“We saw him, at the crime scene”
“It doesn’t mean that he is the suspect, officer. You never know, maybe he is the witness here”
“But…”
“We’ll just see you in the court sir if you really want to pursue this case. You might find some additional clues in the evidence that may show that my client is not the killer. Can you please excuse us?” and for a moment, I froze. She is good at acting huh, acting as a lawyer.
“Okay, but I’ll call you if we have further questions. Can I have your number please?”
“Of course”
---
“WHAT THE HECK THANATOS?! WHY DID YOU DISOBEY ME? LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!”
Just when we got home, she raises her voice to me, her anger burst out. I knew it.
“I am really sorry, Nemesis”
“Where did you go? What did you do? Huh? You just disappeared for a while and that's what happened? I told you to stay here!”
“Yeah, I know. But I can’t help myself. I wanted to go out too! I am not a prisoner, Nemesis”
“I am just worried because you are not a grim reaper anymore. You are a human who doesn’t remember things and I can’t risk you”
For a moment, I just became quiet. I don’t know what to say anymore. Well, she has a point.
“Thanatos, what are you doing in that place? The officer told me that they caught you inside that church holding the bloody knife. And beside you, is that lifeless body”
“I did not kill him. I just saw him there”
“Then what are you doing in that place?”
“I… don’t know”
“You remember some things, don’t you?”
“How did you know that, Nemesis?”
When I asked her that, she started to look away. She did not answer my question. So she knows something and she is not telling it to me?
I went closer to her. She cannot look at me in the eyes right now.
“Nemesis, do you know a woman named… Mara Delavega?”
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