Short Story / Requiem for Reality Ch. 2
"What is real? How do you know that when you turn around, your bed is still there? How do you know it exists at all? What makes us certin of all of these things?"
Chapter 2:
The man ran from the house in a state of panic. The couple stumbled outside to watch the strange man dart off into the distance. Their faces filled with a mixture of terror and confusion.
The man ran. He ran until he couldn't run anymore, and then he continued to run. He was scared shitless, to put it bluntly. How did that just happen? The man found a road out in the boonies and decided to follow it. Hopefully it led somewhere.
The man hadn't been walking for too long when a white van pulled up next to him. The door opened and a suited man smiled out at him.
"Need help stranger?" the man in the van asked.
"Sure," our guy replied, "A ride into town please."
"Town? That'll be awhile, hop in," the Van Man said cheerily.
The man jumped into the van and the door was shut behind him. He looked around and noticed there were tow other men in te van, both dressed in black suits with shades over their eyes. They didn't talk, they just stared.
"What's your name?" the Van Man asked.
"I don't know, I can't remember," the man replied.
"Huh....," the Van Man said nodding at his colleagues in the van. They moved around behind the stranger,"Well we'll just have to call you Bob."
"Sure," the man, now anointed Bob, replied.
"So Bob, where are you headed to?" the Van Man asked.
"No where in particular, I just wanted to get into town, see if anything would spark my memory. Hopefully this is just some passing phase," Bob said.
"Memory loss, it's not fun, especially when you're on your own," the Van Man said knowingly,"Odd though, you don't have any signs of a traumatic event. That's normally the cause."
"Yeah I guess it is a little odd," Bob replied, now feeling a little uneasy by this man's tone and demeanor.
"Well, town is still a long ways away, why don't you just try to get a little sleep?" the Van Man suggested, still smiling.
"No, I'm not tired," Bob mumbled.
"No really, you should just try to relax!"
And with that, the Van Man sprang into action. His associates grabbed "Bob" from behind and held him down. Van Man grabbed something off the floor of the van and moved quickly towards Bob.
"Hold him, I can't get it in with him thrashing around," Van Manned commanded, a clam look on his face like he's done this before.
Bob finally realized that the object in Van Man's hand was a syringe with a green liquid inside. Bob tried his best to struggle against his attackers but nothing worked. Van Man slammed the needle into Bob's neck.
"What the...?" Van Man stumbled backwards.
The needle had completley shattered on Bob's neck, not even penetrating the first layer. the two men behind Bob were slightly stunned and Bob took advantage. He sprang up and with one shove put both his attackers on the floor. He rushed to the door and opened it.
Bob's stomach turned upside down, he looked out and saw that they were on a very high cliff, 300 feet down was a large body of water. Bob was disheartened, his attempt to escape was all in vain. He turned around to give up when one of the two guys who held him down got up suddenly.
Too sunddenly, Bob was taken by such suprise that he forgot where he was. He let go of the van and teetered precariously over the edge of the cliff.
"Noooo!" Van Man yelled as he tried to grab Bob, but it was too late.
Bob lost his footing and plumited towards the water below.
END CHAPTER
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THis is really good and scary, the whole memory thing has been done many times but with your story it’s kind of funny and entertaining. I’ve read the chapters after and will keep reading as you post.
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you have a fantastic way of ending you chapters! Perfectly! keeping the reader wanting the next chapter. absolutely great! i laughed at such remarks as “out in the boonies” that is such a Cali term. you might want to refraze that in your story though. that and “our guy”. also you switched from “the man” and “the stranger” in the first chapter and continue with “the man” in this chapter. I would actually use “stranger” helps lessin confusion.
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