Monday, February 28, 2011

A world unknown

Karson was the boy that had everything going for him. He had perfect grades, was the most popular guy in the school, captian of the football team, student body president, you name it.. Until one day, the day that he stepped into another world, he lost it all.
He came to school with a glazed over look on his face and the only thing he could say was "If I asked you to jump would you do it?". He went on repeating the same phrase in a monotone rythmic pattern for days on end it wasnt until days of his parents shaking him and questioning him that he had a sudden spasam almost like a siezsure that shook him out of his daze. Even though this was at first a relief it soon became even worse. Karson began to freak out and start talking about a place that was unreal. The scariest part about it was that he talked about it as if he had lived there his entire life and that it was real and the place he was currently in was fake. He would say things that didnt make sense and try to tell everyone that the world was going to end and that they needed to come with him to this other world. Day by day this only became worse. He was constantly in a zone, his school councellor described it as tramatized. He would remain isolated and quiet all day untill all of a sudden he would have a fit. In these fits he would start screaming like he was in terrible pain and start shaking, and then he would start telling stories of his world and drawing pictures on anything he could find.
He had gone from king of the school to a complete joke in a matter of weeks. His friends tried to help at first, his best friend Tanner even went to his house everyday after school for two weeks and talk to him but Karson would just stare at the wall or scream. Tanner was devestated they had been like brothers his whole life. It was too much to deal with so he stopped trying. Karson's girlfriend didnt even give it a day the moment he snapped she declared them over, she couldnt let something like this ruin her reputation. And as for Karsons parents they were at a loss, their only son had gone insane. They tried everything. They sent him to atleast twenty shrinks who all claimed him an impossible case, and even brought him to several doctors. The only option left was to send him to a mental facility.
His room was plain only white walls and a bed but it didnt make a difference for him. The world that he lived in now was not here. His fits did not die down nor did his aloofness. His parents would come in hopeful of some kind of process but the doctor would only tell them bad news, "He's been talking about his world again, the bridge told him to do it, it told him to jump whatever that means" The doctor was very apologetic and claimed that everyone could be broken into and that it was just a matter of time, his parents remained hopeful even though the strain became harder every day. Weeks and then months passed by until any progress was seen. It wasnt until a young nurse named Bliss was hired that anything changed.
She wasnt supposed to work with Karson but she often passed his room she was pulled in by his stories and would sit out side his room to listen. She like the others believed that he was insane, in her mind at least, her years of studying told her that this was impossible. But her gut told her differently because when Karson talked she had a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach. It was almost like she had expierienced it herself a deja vu type feeling like she had dreamed about it before. Eventually it started to get to her and she took a deep breath and finally tried to talk to Karson.
He was having a fit at the time and the doctor was trying to calm him down, she walked right into the room and grabbed his hand "Hey Karson" she said in a calm voice. Suddenly he stopped and looked her right in the eyes he didnt speak but a smile swept across his face. The doctor gasped and rused Bliss out of the room. "DONT EVER DO THAT AGAIN, this is a delicate process and that is not your job".
However Bliss did everything she could to get back to Karson she knew that they had some kind of connection the way that he acted and how she was feeling couldnt be a coincidense. One night her chance finally came. She had to lock up and she was the only worker in the facility, she snuck into Karsons room and said "Take me to this bridge, I want to see your world" He jumped up faster than lightning but then just stood there as if he was in disbelief. It had been three years and not a single person had given him the benefit of the doubt he even started to think he was insane but this was his only chance to prove he wasnt so he took it.
They snuck out of the building and Karson took the keys they drove deep into an abandoned woods and came to a bridge. The moment that it was in sight Bliss got chills down her spine and picture like the ones karson drew on his walls flashed through her mind. Only instead of him it was her as a little girl. She shook it off and as she stepped onto the bridge she took her shoes off grabbed the railing and closed her eyes Karson put his arm around her and for a moment the chills went away she felt safe but she was startled when she heard him talk for the first time "If I asked you to jump would you do it" she didnt answer but instead leaned forward and looked over the rotten railing it was a never ending tunnel of nothingness. She quickly stepped back startled shaking her head and saying "I know where I have seen this place before I used to have nightmares about it when I was a little girl I would wake up in the middle of the night screaming about an unknown world and sweating bullets, this cant be real im dreaming" "will you jump" She grabbed his hand and they dived head first off of the bridge putting their trust into nothing but what seemed to be insanity. She screamed but Karson remained calm. Only a matter of seconds later they found themselves on a bridge like the one they had jusy jumped off of only instead of old and rickety it was new and beautiful. Bliss slowly looked farther out into the distance and saw a place that could only exisit in a dream. But her dream suddenly began to turn into the nightmare she had always known as a voice sounded from behind her "There is my blissful little dreamer and her knight in shining armor, you know he is going to save us all or he will if the rest of the world lets him" She gasped as suddenly more and more memories started to flow back into her head. Everynight she would be awakened by a voice telling her stories of the end of the world and saying that there was only one way to save it and that was for her the dreamer and Karson the Knight to bring everyone to the world unknown. She started breathing hard and freaking out she could no longer tell herself that this was a dream she had to save everyone before it was too late.
She and Karson returned and she too started telling everyone what Karson was saying was true but they claimed her insane as well. She tried to tell the secrets of a world unknown, she tried to save their lives but she couldnt. The world had become closed minded and that would be their end fate.

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