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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8

Arc 2: Magic! YAY!

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--April 14th, 2015--

--A Random Alleyway, New York City--

"Ugh... What the heck is that smell?" I groaned as I opened my eyes but quickly closed them after the sunlight of the afternoon sun stings my eyes.

I blink rapidly (to stop the pain) and rub my eyes by reflex but confusedly look around when I see my surroundings.

"Alright, where the heck am I?" I muttered to myself and furrowed my brows.

I was in what could only be described as a dirty and smelly alleyway with a dumpster which had a few bits of trash lying around.

-Aaand I was lying slumped on the dirty ground and was leaning against a wall.

'Ew.' I thought in disgust and I quickly stood up (only God knows what kind of filth was on the ground or the wall) and patted myself to get rid of any dirt that might've managed to stick to me.

I looked around to get an idea of where I was, but there wasn't anything that distinguished or eluded to my whereabouts.

But to be honest, it was pretty obvious that I was in a dirty alley in the hindsight, with the smell of trash and all. But what I really wanted to know was how I got here in the first place?

But I quickly got that answer when I tried to recall the memories...

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I died?...

In a bizzare fashion too...

Who would've thought that they would die of off choking on food...

I certainly didn't.

And now that the emotion dampening effect of the so-called Void had worn off, the dams burst.

I slumped back to wall, not caring about the filth on it. Tears fell out of my eyes as I slowly hugged my knees in a fetal position and quietly sobbed.

I cried.

I cried for a long, long while.

Maybe minutes, hours or even days.

I didn't know and didn't care.

But when all the tears had dried up, I was left tired, sore and slightly hungry.

My mind and body desperately beckoned me to rest and go to sleep.

But...

But I could not.

I could not rest when my goal, the only thing that kept me from giving up, could be slipping out of my grasp with each passing second.

There were countless cosmic threats out there, the only thing stopping them from wreaking havoc right now was pure luck.

What? You think if Mephisto, Dormammu, Cthon, Nightmare and others work together they wouldn't break through the barrier surrounding earth?

Well news flash! They absolutely would.

The only thing stopping them from teaming up were their own egos and pride (and a little bit of plot armor).

And so I stood up, wiped the left over tears from my face, dusted off my clothes and walked out of the alleyway with the feeling of resolve and determination burning in my chest.

Even if my body sent signals for me to give up and rest, I would not and could not give up.

'I WILL get back to my family.'

'Whatever It Takes.'

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New York was a big, bustling city.

It was not surprising that it was perhaps the most famous and popular city of America, if not the world.

'But it's a bit... crowded.'

I thought as I navigated through the throngs of countless people going about their day.

Or should I say night? Cause it was dark out now.

Apparently I spent a few hours crying in that alleyway.

Anyways,

This was a first time experience for me.

I had never visited New York before, only saw it in photos, movies or some videos. So I felt like an honest to god tourist when I walked around the famous Times Square.

Well I was a very financially broke tourist, but a tourist nonetheless.

But the novelty of it quickly wore off when my stomach gurgled to show that it was empty (since it had been a few hours since I had eaten anything) and I remembered that I didn't have a shelter for sleeping tonight.

-And I was NOT going to sleep somewhere I could easily get mobbed or worse killed by some random no-name gangster.

New York was infamous for have high crime rates in Marvel (and people somehow still lived there for whatever reason).

Thankfully, my meta-knowledge came in help this time.

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And Done!

A bit of a shorter chapter to start things off.

And sorry for the delay, I was busy with Eid, my Highschool graduation, researching stuff and also planning out this new volume.

The next chapter will be much faster, I promise!

Please leave some good reviews and Power Stones! They motivate me to write a chapter much quicker!

See Ya Later!

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