Wake in fright

[Venkman]

The pain became unbearable, -He- became weaker and the solution... was nowhere to be found. The face behind the bandages will never be the same, yet the soul will remain. After Satrina's visit and observation, Apollo fell to what doctors would say coma, but to Apollo it was just a beginning of a long and frightening journey.

His previous visions and dreams contained a women that never showed her face, every time he was behind her, following her steps. Like those times Apollo found himself in the forest, only this time it wasn't spring, it was winter. The same woman, same dress, same hair, same forest...
She was was barefoot the snow was cold and the path was not so clear. Slowly following her, step by step, asking himself "is this yet another vision, or is it somewhat different?" Apollo's face wasn't covered in bandages, he had no scars and no signs of damage, To him things became more difficult to understand, yet he kept following her. Stepping onto the cold snow, watching the ground as he was walking something hit him in the head. It was an... apple that fell from the tree. Slowly observing the forest, Apollo stopped and frowned. The trees around him didn't have leaves nor apples, yet this one fell on his head. He picked the apple from the ground, look glanced at the women in front of him an took a bite of that apple. Suddenly the clouds dispersed and the sun came out. He smiled and looked upon the sky, it was blue and the sine was shinning, everything was beautiful, but it was just an illusion.

The women that Apollo was following stopped for a reason, they've reached the end and that apple was just a gateway... gateway what soon will appear to be the horror. The ground that was covered in snow started disappearing and he started falling. Few moments later, he found himself again... in the forest, but this wasn't a regular forest, it was dark as the night, the trees had weird shapes and the whole place was covered in muddy grass. Apollo had hope, as always and he started looking for something that could help him exit that foul place. After quite a while he found the path leading towards the light. The light in the distance was so small that the path seemed to be endless. Having no other options, but to follow the path that was leading towards the light, Apollo started walking slowly. There were million things on his mind at that time that he could barely notice anything around him. He wasn't scared... he was frightened, but his courage was always there.

Looking at the light in the distance and wondering what is it, something black moved in front of him and with a speed of light disappeared. The brushes that were nearby Apollo started rustling as something was moving. Apollo started running towards the light, but lost his strength shortly. Something was hunting him, but he didn't know what nor why. Soon after he stopped running, Apollo was... at the end, a cliff was in front of him so was the light, yet in the farther distance. Apollo looked behind him and saw a creature hiding behind the tree.

"Who are you?" - Apollo asked. The creature was not responding. "Who-are-you?!" - Apollo asked again angrily. The creature started running towards Apollo with only one plan - to execute him. Apollo pulled out his knife and sliced the creature's throat. The knife was covered in black blood something that Apollo never seen in his life. His heart was bumping and the blood pressure raised, he turned his head towards the cliff and the light in the distance and saw a reflection. Throwing his knife away, he went to find was he saw from the reflection, after a few moments he found a wooden bridge that was leading into darkness. Having no other options but to continue, Apollo slowly and carefully started walking towards the light.

He became exhausted from all the walking, but the end was near, or so he thought...
The end of the wooden bridge was near and the light became larger and larges. As the bridge finished the path was covered in purple liquid, the light was near him it was brighter than a sun. Apollo approached the light and it became less bright, from out of nowhere the white doors appeared in from of him. He did hesitate to open the door, but when he did, he woke up.

His room was empty, no doctors, no nurses, no brother Liam and no -him- . Apollo de-attached the thing from his body and stood up. Left from his bed there was a box, a brown wooden box with a note on top of it saying "For you". He opened the box and inside of it there was... a mask. His face was no longer covered in bandages, the doctor took it off while he was in coma. Afraid to look at the mirror, he pot the mask on his face, dressed and left the -hospital- . In his left jacket pocket he found another note the note was: "Hangar B-1, you will find your ship there" . Apollo went to said direction and picked up a Sabre and quickly left the Planet. His destination was... Corsica.

Corsica Outer Sanctum - the only place where Apollo felt truly safe. After everything that happened, the only thing that truly mattered was -HIM- to grow and be safe. -HE- is weak at the moment, it will take time to fully heal and continue growing. For now... they must rest.

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