(ARC :1 PH: 1 :INVISIBLE ONE )
She doesn't sleep night,
Every time she closes her eyes,she hears it again not a sound,but a call.
"You are not alone"....
She lies on her bed, staring at the ceiling.The fan spins the noise is normal everything is normal.
But inside her,....
someone has awakened,The road to school the next morning.is crowded as always.
Buses,,
Cars,,
Glass buildings,,,
Holographic advertisements,,,
A super-modern city,,,.
Yet today,
Anie's eyes see everything with a slight delay.
At the school gate, a security drone flies overhead.
Vzzz…!!!!!!! She looks up.
For a moment,the drone hovers directly above her.
Then it moves on.She clutches her chest.
"This isn't my imagination,"
tells herself.....
classroom.,,
Mira is beside her again.
"You left so suddenly yesterday,"
Mira says....
"Are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine,"
Anie replies.
It's a lie but she has no language
for the truth.
Then....!!!!
At the back of the classroom,a new student.
He stands by the window,His eyes are fixed outside.
He isn't looking at the class,He's looking at the world.
She recognizes him before her mind does.
Her chest tightens,He turns,His eyes meet hers.
In that instant the classroom falls silent,
Sounds pull away.
Anie holds her breath,,,
There is no fear in his eyes,,,no confusion.
Only recognition,,,,
You too…!!!!
He smiles,a small smile,a wordless one.
She looks away.
Her heart pounds against her ears.
Lunch break...
The glass garden at the center of the campus.
Mira talks Others laugh.
Anie sits quietly when,
A voice.....!!!!
"Don't try to avoid me." She looks up.
Him,,The new student.
"I...!!"
Anie begins.
"Name's Eli,"
he says.
"Elijah.
Eli is fine."..
He sits across from her.
"Don't you feel it?"
he asks softly.
"That something here
is wrong?"...
Anie clenches her hands,,,
"I don't feel anything like that,"
she says.
Eli smiles a smile that doesn't believe her.
"Then,"
he says calmly,
"what were you doing
near the old lab block
yesterday?"
Her face drains of color.
"You… were you there?".....
"No,"
Eli replies...
"But I felt it."
She tries to stand,
"I need to go."...
Eli rises and steps aside,clearing her path.
"Don't be afraid,"
he says.
"I'm like you."
She stops.!!!!
"Like me?"
"Seen," he says,
"but not recognized."
He steps back...
"Tonight," he adds,
"a lot of things are going to happen
in the city."
Anie turns to look at him.,,,
"You can't handle this alone."
(Time's ago evening)
The city glows after the rain. blue lights.
digital boards metro tracks
Anie walks... Her phone vibrates.!!!
Unknown Contact: Don't look back.
stops.. behind her,
A shadow moves along the wall,in the wrong direction.
She starts running.... then...
A hand grabs hers...
"Calm down."
Eli,,,
"This isn't the first time today,"
he says.
"The city
has started noticing us."
The shadow grows behind them.
Inside Anie,fear and trust rise together.
She looks at Eli.
"Do you trust me?"
Eli shakes his head.
"No,"he says.
"But I won't leave you."
The shadow reaches for them,the city lights shut off for a single moment.
Darkness...
Anie's breath catches.,,,
She knows,this is only the beginning...