11. Forgotten Memories

We continued with our tour and Jean was kind enough to show me everything and introduce me to a lot of new people, but we had one more stop.

"This is all beautiful, thank you" I said to her.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, kid now we have to go and meet someone" she said.

I never had the chance to answer or say anything I just followed her it took us a while before we got to where we were headed, seeing that opportunity I looked around a little more and there I was looking at kids my age in some kind of training. Others running, others fighting each other and others played archery they really seemed to have fun. But one kid caught my attention I couldn't tell who it was cause of the coat they were wearing but that person was practicing all alone in stick fighting.

Finally after a long distance walk we finally came to who we were going to meet in the first place, when I stepped in his office I saw all of his achievements and that's saying a lot because though I had no idea who this guy was, just from the awards and metals and souvenirs. I could tell this guy was a big deal.

There he was sitting on his chair when he rotated to face us, this was. Commander Graves the head of the FA, he wasn't like any male figure I was used too not this guy. Commander Graves was tall in height obviously, but his physique he was so big you'd swear he was on steroids, as for his appearance he was Caucasian he had scars on both his eyes but he could see clearly, another thing about him was that he was a little bit older because of his grey hair and there's one thing he loved most in the world and that's cigars he never spent a day without one in his mouth. Well as for his dress code he was formal not in the FA uniform just plain formal.

"Hello there" he welcomed us.

"Commander Graves, sir!" Jean showed some respect.

"So this is the boy? Miles Jordan I presume?" he asked gently.

"How are you sir?" I showed respect too.

"Well, well, well. Aren't you adorable" he replied.

"Sir he just woke up, sir!" Jean continued to show respect.

"Would you mind giving us some space Lt. Gable?" Graves asked.

"Not at all sir!" Jean bowed.

Jean now had left it was now me and Commander Graves, he invites me to sit down on his desk there is a bowl of red apples. Look I know it's rude to stare but I couldn't help myself.

"Help yourself" Graves said.

I didn't waste any chance I just digged in, Commander Graves sat in silence and allowed to eat until I had enough for about eight to ten apples I slowed down.

"Tasty? Aren't they?" he asked while chuckling.

"You have no idea" I said.

Now things are getting more interesting first things first, Commander Graves explained everything to me, the same things Lt. Jean was explaining to me but unlike Jean I heard Commander Graves.

He told me where they found me, what had happened when they got inside the Outlands, something unexplainable had happened. A pile of dead bodies on the floor blood covered the whole floor, people's body parts pieces scattered everywhere and Dr. Vladimir a former FA specialist stole a classified secret serum very dangerous and valuable to mankind and he also told me that they were too late because Dr. Vladimir was already dead and his brain splattered everywhere.

"Do you by chance remember anything?" he looked at me.

"No sorry, I don't remember anything even at this very moment I'm still trying to figure out how I missed a whole week" I answered embarrassed.

Before you judge me and say hurting stuff, I swear to you I'm not lying I can't really remember what happened in the Outlands it all kinda disappeared and erased in my memory.

Then I remembered one person James.

"What about James... James Parker?" I asked.

"Sorry Miles, when scouted each and every inch of that place. We found no one none other than you" he said.

What had happened to James? What about that nightmare I had been dreaming ever since I closed my eyes and went to sleep? Was I seeing the future? Did I experience it first hand and managed to escape barely even? All this question squandered in my head.

I had no clue what to say or even do I was lost, what actually happened to me during my visit to the Outlands cause one thing I do remember very well is me and James going to the Outlands but what follows after that I was clueless and left in puzzles.