To Find: Season 1 (Fighting Back Tape)

Story Tape #9

I let out a loud gasp, breathing as I woke from the dream. I expected to see Whisper standing with me in the room; only silence welcomed me, lost in Soren's Darkest Mind by myself. I then started to cry, the overwhelming emotion of being alone and going through this all alone. After my mental breakdown, I looked down at my cross, slowly breathing to relax before getting off the bed. I had to focus on my mission; my heart was pounding with nervousness; I tried to replace it with excitement. I looked around inside the 1-story building; then I felt a sense of a strong feeling flowing through my body. Could it be the weapon? I can feel it. I looked at the table to see it laid on top of, then that unfamiliar voice in my dream sank into my mind. "Let's see how long you'll last without me." Its laugh rang in my ears, covering them tightly as I shook my head, yelling violently at it to go away. "UgggHHHHH GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" Whisper appeared behind me and placed his hand on my shoulder. "Stop it. You're fine; I know who is talking to you. But it's best to avoid him." I looked at Whisper as I started to tear up, apologizing to him. "Whisper... I'm sorry for what I said... I'm tired already; I don't know if I can do this." Whisper reassured me. "It is okay; I get it. You're in a dangerous world; I must understand your situation through your perspective. Look, the weapon. Claim it." I nodded my head as I looked at the weapon, embodied in light. "That voice said something about this weapon that I can use against them without feeling so hopeless, unable to defend myself, but here it is. Is there a catch to this?" Whisper walked beside me, observing the weapon as he looked at me. "Does it look like there's a catch? Is it not a gift from your God? This Haven, the weapon, do you think it's a trick?" I let out a deep sigh as I slowly reached for the weapon that took the form of a bat, feeling an uncomfortable sensation flowing through my hand as I winced in pain, trying to fight through as my cross started to light up. (The song: 'palinopsia ilusoria, by xojira, pluto's ashtray' begins to fade in the background.) The pain was gone, feeling at ease, staring at the bat as I began to laugh, such a sensation I'd never felt before through a bat, a way to fight back. Whisper asked me a question. "So, Wanderer, how does it feel? Are you ready?" After some time of enduring the power, I looked at him, chuckling in disbelief. "This feels pretty good. A way to defend myself against the horrors that await me, a fighting chance from God." Whisper inspects the bat and then looks at me. "Great, you have a weapon; but you don't even know how to defend yourself." I looked down at the bat, then at Whisper, nodding. "I guess I have no choice but to learn along the way. I have to save Soren and deal with D.E.F.E.A.T, but I have a damn bounty on me, so I'm not sure how to progress from here." Whisper says, "Start slow and take your time. I am sure that your God will help you, right?" Whisper then fades away in the darkness; alone I am again as I look down at my cross and then at the bat. Can I do this?~

-End of Story Tape #9-