The Enemy Within

[Natalie Cahoone]

“It’s quite difficult to search the answer for your question, isn’t it, Natalie? I’d give you a hint, but that would spoil all the fun, don’t you think so?”

“Who the hell is there?” Natalie yelled and found herself in Missouri’s hangar bays. “How did I get here?” She looked around, everything looked normal but something was strange. All the people there looked as if they were lifeless puppets that were programmed to follow a certain process.

“You brought yourself here.” The same voice said and Natalie got up from the ground, the voice was close to her position and it sounded familiar. “No, it can’t be you. You’re supposed to be gone...” Said Natalie, with a worried tone.

“But I’m here, right behind you.” Natalie turned around after that and saw a person that looked exactly like herself. “Alycia...no, this can’t be, you’re not real.” She said and walked a few metres back. “I wouldn’t be so sure about that, you never know what’s real and what’s illusion. It’s the same like believing that you can get rid of me. Remember, I’m a product of your mind. You can’t live without me, I thought you’d know that.”