Friday, February 04, 2005

Trembling, the boy ran quickly into the alley. He glanced back, painfully aware of the hidden eyes that always watched the streets of Mawking. Once, twice, the presence swept the area, scanning for life; scanning for him. Michael closed his eyes and pressed himself as close as possible into the tiny alcove within the crumbling walls of the building which made up one side of the alley. I’m not here, I’m not here, I’m not here… He willed himself to stay calm, projecting a non-presence around him that would make him appear as lifeless as the brick wall he was hiding in. So long as they don’t step into the dirty alley to use their eyes instead of their minds to search, Michael was as safe as it was possible to become from the Lost magicians.
It had started nearly two weeks ago, when the building he had slept in caught fire. At first, he had been too deeply asleep, caught up in a horrifying nightmare of madness and death; but the smoke, in almost killing him, had saved him instead, creeping into him with each shallow breath that his lungs had forced out with hacking coughs and that jerked him awake. Acting on instinct, Michael had grabbed his meager belongings and fled; climbing out of the tiny storeroom he had snuck in for the night by the same window he had squeezed in through. Emerging on a level street with the sky just lightening with a gray dawn, he ran on, stumbling over the uneven cobblestones of the Lower Ring in a blind attempt to get away.
That was just the first time. Twice more that week, Michael had awakened to the threat of fire and always after that terrible dream. Now he was afraid to sleep. Small for his 13 years, Michael was beginning to look even more haggard. His only set of clothes were now singed besides being dirty and torn; while his unkept black hair matted to his head with sweat and stank of smoke. Each subsequent fire had burned harder than the one before, but after the third in the first week, he seemed to have achieved some level of control over what he does; for Michael knew that he was at fault, though he had no idea just how. All he could do was to focus on not doing anything, which was why he absolutely could not fall asleep.

3:52 PM

Cheryl Kong

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