Chapter 24. Memory loss detected

The slave establishment was created by one of the big family races of the Supernaturals. It was built so that humans could be sold to Vampires, wolves, wights and dragons, to serve as their blood bank or snack for the flesh-eating clans.

It was night, and all the noises at the back of the cells were long gone, except for the sobbing of the girl.

"Hello!" Benjamin said in the shadows. "I won't hurt you. I am not like the others. " Benjamin tried to say something intelligent so she wouldn't feel alone.

As soon as he stepped close to her, she hugged her legs, covering the upper part of her body but still crying. "I won't hurt you, trust me. I am as lost as you are," Benjamin said to her but she continued sobbing.

"Come on, can't you see we are in this together?" He decided to quit since there was no use trying to help someone who didn't want help. With this, he sat on his bed. He waited for an unknown amount of time before the soft cries stopped. Finally, it was time to explore the system.

He tapped his head again, but this time he didn't go blind since everything was already dark.

[ *User: Benjamin Reeds* ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ Level ]

[ 0/100 Exp ]

[ HP 5/10 ]

[ Strength 10 ]

[ Agility 10 ]

[ Stamina 10]

"So why would Cedric Forcen create something as useless as this? I don't even know what it is," he mumbled. He then touched his head, exactly where the scarab entered. "Just what the hell am I dealing with?"

Immediately after he thought about this, he received another message.

*The Wicked Schemes system was created for the first host to use as a weapon in battling the upcoming war!*

"What the hell, a war!" He sat up. "I don't even know where you have taken me. You messed up my life, now I am a slave, sleeping with a naked girl."

Thankfully she didn't hear that part.

'Why was I born like this? I don't even remember my date of birth, now I've always been running, now I am stuck as a slave my whole life.'

A total of 15 years of his life was still missing, even though he recalled Vanessa aside her only the dark memories still remained in his head. The once that he didn't want to remember. 'I just wish I have some happy memories left'

As he was thinking about this a message popped up.

[ *Memory lost detected* ]

[ Would you like to restore the lost memories?]

[Yes] [No]

Benjamin nearly selected the [no] button, he thought perhaps maybe some of his memory might be even darker and he didn't want to have another set of memories that would make him broken.

'Perchance I will know what my father really looked like.' He hoped.

"Yes"

Right after he had selected yes, he felt like his mind was a pen drive and the system was just downloading all his Memories back.

*Memory restoration*

*Memory restoration 03%*

*10%*

*Memory restoration 50%*

[ During this stage, user should not think about anything ]

'What? This is impossible, ' Benjamin thought.

*Memory restoration 45%*

'Wow the system meant it'

*Memory restoration 41%*

After this Benjamin remained silent while it proceeded until it reached 98% but then he heard the sound of the metal rod unlocking. He tried but couldn't resist the urge to just look who that person might be.

The moment he stared at the metal bars, he received another message.

*Memory restoration failed!!!*

[ 72 hours to restart the process again.]

"What?" Benjamin nearly shouted. "I was so close" But then he heard the girl hitting his head on the metal rod. While crying, "Get me out of here!" She sobbed. While he constantly kept on hitting her head again the metal gate.

'Not again?'

Quickly Benjamin rushed to her direction. "Please stop, You will hurt yourself" his words were never heard, she went on hitting her head against the metal.

Benjamin had enough of it. She was going to kill herself. "Who cares if you're naked!!" Benjamin then grabbed her from behind and carried her to the bed.

The bed was just two meters close to his.

Now with this he felt even more uncomfortable. He really needed to sleep but the girl kept on crying. And it was annoying.

He came and stood close to the bars and waited for several hours before the wailing stopped. But then as he neared his bed, he heard the girl's teeth chattering as the cold weather touched her bare skin.

"This is hopeless" He muttered as he removed the rob he was wearing and then he threw it towards her direction. 'hope she wears that.'

"Here" he said, "Wear that else you will freeze to death."

With this obstacle done, he came back to sleep on his own bed. Luckily for him he was wearing shorts at the moment so he wasn't naked.

He lay on the bed and hugged his own body while the cold weather battled with him until

It was morning and Benjamin was still sleeping but eventually he felt a very hot liquid flushed his bare skin. Then followed by the sound of the metal bars unlocking.

"Wake up Human slaves!" a resonate voice echoed in the cell, "it's time for you to work"

***

(Back to Clara.)

"Should we run?" Clara asked, unsure of what she was seeing. Clara and Benoni had to shield their eyes from the gusts of wind produced by the dark, massive creature. " I don't think so," Benoni replied.

It was as if a giant bat had descended from the depths of the darkness. Its leathery wingspan eclipsed the moonlight as it cast an ominous shadow over the two. "Are you sure!" Clara yelled.

"Wait, We don't know whether it's a prey or a predator…." Before he could finish his analysis, the creature let out a deafening roar and swooped down with astonishing speed, revealing its gnarled, razor-sharp claws.

"Okay," Benoni panicked, " is a predator. Run!!"

Swiftly the creature descended, Its two massive legs unclenched, as it targeted Benoni.