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43.18% Brain Fog Effect / Chapter 19: Pillow Talk (2)

บท 19: Pillow Talk (2)

Oxy put the puddings and drinks from the refrigerator onto a tray. She turned around and then was surprised by Darren. The boy might have come sneakily because there was no sound that he made before.

"She... is here?" Darren asked enthusiastically.

"Selena? Yes," replied Oxy nonchalantly. She took a step, but Darren blocked her way.

"Why didn't you bring her down?"

"What for?" asked Oxy surprised.

"Well, you guys can eat snacks here..." Darren reasoned. "So weird. How can you be friends with such a beautiful girl? It's not fair, you know! She shouldn't be friends with you! You made her look weird at school!" He protested. Not surprisingly, Darren had become one of Selena's fans.

Oxy rolled her eyes. Then she rushed, passing away from Darren. She ran towards the stairs.

Darren shouted angrily at her. "I watch you, Oxy!" he exclaimed.

Oxy just ignored it. She jumped the stairs fastly. She returned to her room, then locked the door. She didn't want to let her guard down, who knew Darren would try to eavesdrop or something? She placed the tray on the floor which Selena immediately rushed to her.

Even though it was already night, Selena still wanted to fill her stomach.

"Your description isn't clear, Selena," Oxy said, looking back at the map. She had been trying to guess the location where Selena woke up when entered Cerebra.

Just like what happened to Oxy, Selena remembered the first thing when she entered the Cerebra dimension. Selena also passed the gate that said: "Welcome to Cerebra". But that's all, after that Selena remembered nothing. Only the fog and Uron who hunted her that she could not forget.

"That's all I remember," Selena chewed her pudding enthusiastically. "But I'm sure about the yellow house."

Selena was sure that every time she went back into the dimension, she saw a yellow house or maybe a building. Unfortunately neither Oxy nor Lexa know what building it was.

Oxy sighed.

"Why? Does that mean I don't have to go back there?" Selena asked immediately.

"No, I think you should come back to know more about your location."

"Wha-what?" Selena gaped, the pudding spoon slipping from her fingers. "You're going to let me go there? alone?" She protested, then took the spoon to finish her pudding.

"I'll be here to wake you up," Oxy said. "What do you think?"

Selena shook her head. "Oxy, that's a bad idea. What if Uron eats my head? My mom will be sad if I die."

"I told you, I'll wake you up. No one will die."

"What if I can't wake up?"

"You'll wake up, just believe me."

It was Selena's turn to sigh.

"Come on, Selena. You have to be brave. For your dad's sake. We might be able to prove your dad didn't do anything wrong."

Oxy was glad her words had worked for Selena.

"You're right," Selena quickly shifted her already finished pudding bowl. "Okay, how do I get into that dimension?"

"Just lay down," Oxy said.

Selena immediately laid down on Oxy's bed. "Then?"

"We don't have to wait until we fall asleep," Oxy conveyed what she had learned. "Just think you want to enter the Cerebra dimension, then you will enter it."

Selena looked at her in confusion. "Okay, I'll try."

"Good." Oxy looked back at the map, still trying to guess which buildings could be had a yellow color.

"Are you asleep?" Oxy noticed the silence in her room.

Selena didn't answer. Oxy's theory was proven. Selena had entered the dimension. For a few moments nothing happened, the next minute Selena started jerking, screaming under her breath.

"Selena! Wake up!" Called Oxy immediately.

For a moment Oxy was afraid of Selena. Selena continued to breathe heavily, cold sweat forming on her forehead. The girl might have been running inside her dream. Her legs were jerking all of a sudden.

"Selena!" Oxy put all her strength into pulling Selena up. She shook Selena's shoulder hardly.

Finally, Selena opened her eyes, she looked like she was about to choke. Her mouth opened, then coughed.

Oxy immediately got up to take a glass of drink. She thrust the glass to Selena's lips. Selena took a sip to ease the panic that was still engulfing her.

"Are you okay?" asked Oxy, worriedly.

"Of course not!" groaned Selena, looking angry.

Oxy smiled wryly, at least Selena was telling the truth.

"You met Uron?"

"Met?" Selena widened her eyes in disbelief. "You think we're old friends?! Not only met! They also invited me to play chase!"

Oxy had experienced that before so she knew exactly how panicked she was when being chased by Uron. Just opened her eyes, and Uron was already in front of her, chasing her.

Running aimlessly in the fog was not a pleasant experience.

Suddenly Oxy remembered. Cerebra wasn't foggy when Selena entered because it was nighttime. Of course, there was no barrier for Uron to find Selena's presence.

"I'm sorry," Oxy felt guilty because she had forced Selena, even though Selena was still not ready.

Selena waved her hand, a sign that she didn't want to discuss anything. Oxy let Selena recharge by eating the pudding. The pudding was for Oxy, but she just let her eat.

Oxy decided to wait for Selena until she was ready to tell the story of what happened inside. She fiddled with her laptop, hoping to have a clue to be able to open the file on Mr. Dome's flash disk.

"What are you doing?" Finally, Selena noticed Oxy.

"Nothing," replied Oxy immediately. "This is a file from your father. He told me to get his flash disk from the principal's office before he was arrested. But the file can't be opened with any application."

"Let me see," Selena immediately poked her head to the screen. But only for a moment, she gave up in seconds.

"Why does he have to be so mysterious?" Selena asked irritatingly. "Can't he just tell us without playing riddles? We are not detectives!"

"How do I know? He's your father."

"Foster dad," Selena corrected firmly.

"Still, he is already like your own father, he took care of you since childhood."

Selena rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she said. "But that's ridiculous. You'd be better suited to be my father's adopted daughter. He likes mysteries and so do you."

Oxy thought of Bill who was so ordinary. They never did exciting activities like solving puzzles or any games that Oxy liked. Bill prefers to spend time fishing when he got his vacation time. Even Darren didn't like going on vacations with his father.

"How about coming to my apartment's Dad tomorrow? Maybe we can find something on his computer."

Oxy didn't think about that possibility at all. That was true. Selena had extensive access to Mr. Dome because she was his adopted child.

"You're right. But can I come over there?"

"Why not?" Selena asked back. "That house also belongs to my mother. You don't have to worry about that."

Oxy nodded in agreement.

"Let's go to sleep," said Selena, who had already taken the bottle of green pill medicine.

Oxy was a little disappointed because they still couldn't guess Selena's position when entered the dimension.

But it's better not to rush. Selena was still not ready and she didn't want Selena to get hurt.

Oxy took the green pill. The pill ran out, and they still didn't know how to stop the nightmare without the pill.[]


บท 20: Great Idea (1)

Oxy couldn't wait for the end of class. After this Selena would take her to Mr. Dome's apartment.

She played the flash Drive in her palm. Still curious about the file inside the drive.

Still ten minutes before the bell, suddenly her cell phone vibrated. She glanced at the teacher who was still explaining in front of the class. Convinced that she was not being watched, she looked at the new message.

She couldn't help herself when she saw a new message coming in because only a few people usually texted her, of course, her parents, Bill and Grace.

Sometimes she got an important message. And sometimes it was just Grace who only wanted to ask Oxy to make sure if Darren would come home on time. Of course, it's very tiring to fulfill the wishes of the Janes when it came to Darren.

That was not a message from Bill or Grace. It was from Hydroxxx, a private message not a group chat.

Oxy was a bit confused. Finally, Hyrdoxxx was back online after a week's disappearance. She opened the message.

Hydroxxx: hey, you.

Oxy frowned. What the hell? What kind of message was this? She decided to just ignore it. Not that polite. Just as she was about to put the phone back under her desk, the new message came.

Hydroxxx: I know you're online. Don't ignore my message!

Oxy was irritated.

OxyJ: I'm in class.

Hydroxxx: oh yeah, I forgot.

Then Hydroxxx went offline. Oxy shook her head. What the hell the boy was? Come and go as he liked.

--

Oxy and Selena chose to wait until all of the students in their class left.

"What snacks would you like to buy before going to my father's apartment?" Selena asked.

Oxy shrugged. "Whatever," she replied.

"You're too serious, Oxy," Selena commented. "You must learn how to be fun!"

Oxy just didn't care. According to her, she was more excited because she was going to visit Selena's father's apartment. Of course, it's not her fault for not being passionate about food and snacks as Selena.

"Too obsessed with that nightmares is not good," Selena said, putting her arm around Oxy's shoulder. "Right? How about we just forget about it? Now that I think about it, I don't want to go inside there anymore."

"I know you're scared." Oxy understand. "I also wanted to run away at first, but I can't forget the fact that I've been trapped in there. And I know Helio. Of course, I can't ignore that boy who suddenly disappeared."

"That Helio again, huh?" Selena sighed in annoyance.

"He's the gatekeeper of Cerebra. What will happen if Cerebra doesn't have the gatekeeper?"

"I am sorry if I don't care about that matter. I've worried enough about my father." Selena complained.

"Maybe we can help your father if we focus on that dimension," said Oxy.

"Trust me, I want to help my dad. But we're just kids, what can we do about an adult matter? Okay, I don't like being thought of as kids either. But what can we do?"

Selena was right, but Oxy still wanted to do something to help.

"Hey, I know how to have fun!" Suddenly, Selena shouted.

Oxy even frowned. What again? Did Selena finally get an idea of what kind of food she would buy after school?

Suddenly Selena tore a poster on the corridor wall.

"This!" Selena showed Oxy the poster.

"Oh," Oxy commented flatly.

"Only 'Oh'?" Selena repeated in disbelief. "The Star Night party will come! The famous night in your city, right?!"

Oxy didn't feel enthusiastic about Star Night. Star Night was a famous and special night that occurs in the middle of the year in Skeleta. That night was very special because the night all the stars shone brightly and looked bigger than usual in the sky above the city of Skeleta. The Star Night Celebration only took place in Skeleta.

There would be many events and their school would hold a star night party as well for kids in the school. It was going to a dance party. The Night of the Stars was romance themed for anyone.

Seeing Oxy's unenthusiastic reaction, Selena was getting frustrated.

"Oxy! We must go there!"

Oxy snorted before continuing on her way again.

"What the hell is that?" Selena chased her. "You just snorted! What kind of girl will snort at a dance party event?!"

Oxy rolled her eyes. She thought that Selena would feel uneasy being friends with her, but she was the one who was more frustrated with Selena.

"Oxy, you're a sixteen-year-old girl! Don't you want to dance with a hot boy?"

"That's disgusting," said Oxy bluntly.

"Hey, change that perspective of yours!"

"Come on, Selena. I'm busy figuring out how to get your dad out. While you're busy with that stupid Star Night events."

"What's wrong with having fun? My dad won't stop me from having fun. Besides, my mom's already hired a lawyer to take care of my dad's case. We've done our best."

"Hey, you didn't tell me about the lawyer." Oxy protested.

"I just knew about that this morning. My mom called," Selena replied. "My mom assured me that it won't be long before we get to see dad. That's why I'm asking you to stop thinking about that nightmare."

"But Helio..."

"What if Helio is just part of a dream? Like that creature called Uron?"

"No way. Helio is a human just like us. He's been stuck there for a long time and he..."

"...suddenly disappeared. And he is the gatekeeper. Yes, I know!" Cut Selena who already knew what Oxy was continued about.

"Okay, okay. Let's put it this way. All right, I'll help you do anything to find Helio for you. But don't make me back inside the nightmare. Okay?"

"But..." Oxy wasn't sure it was a good idea.

"Seriously, if he's human, his body must exist in the real world, right? Maybe he's in a coma in one of the hospitals right now. We can check later! But...!"

Oxy suddenly stopped when Selena blocked her way.

"...But we have to attend the Star Night party!"

"Seriously, Selena." Oxy couldn't believe Selena didn't want to stop. It's not just about food now about that stupid event?

"I'm not interested in being on there!" Oxy flatly refused.

Oxy had been to the Star night event in her past times, and all of that was a bad memory for her. She was forced to wear a ridiculous dress that felt hot and itchy. Not to mention the boys mocked her appearance. She did not want to go there!

"Come on!"

"I don't have a dress, you know!"

"Well, I have a lot of dresses!" Selena was getting more loudly.

Oxy's shoulders dropped helplessly. How to get away from Selena for a day? Or at least on Star Night later?!

"Come on, Oxy. We have to come and I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun!"

But Oxy didn't like crowded people. It already felt tiring just to think about that.

"Don't you have a crush on a guy? That's where we get to see some cool guys!"

Instantly whether it was Selena on purpose or just a coincidence, the basketball club passed the end of the hall. Darren was one of the club's boys. And of course, Argen was there too because he was the captain of the club.

Oxy's face heated up at the thought of Argen going to the Star Night party in a suit that made him more handsome.

Maybe it won't be bad. She could hide behind Selena and watch Argen at the party later silently. It was the last year for Argen in this school. Next year, she would not see him anymore.

Great idea, right?

"How?" Selena's face closed the view of the basketball club members.

Oxy was still not ready to tell Selena if she was one of Argen's fans. She cleared her throat to calm herself.

"Okay, I'll come with you."

"Are you serious?!" Selena immediately shouted with joy, making the members of the basketball turn their heads toward them.

Oxy who felt embarrassed immediately pulled Selena to hide from the sight of the basketball club members.

"Yeah, but please don't be so excited!" Oxy hissed irritated.

Selena just laughed.

"But don't forget your promise that you will help me to find Helio."

"Okay, okay."

"And inform the progress of the lawyer on your father's case," Oxy asked again.

"Duh, you're so serious! Okay!" Selena doesn't seem to care at all.

Oxy wanted to tell Selena about the message from Hydroxxx, but she was distracted when Selena was talking about buying the dessert again.[]


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