5 Forgotten (1/2)
”You have weird dreams at night, you say?”
”Yes Doc. It appears every couple of nights. I wake up and find two unknown people in the mirror. And then everything turns black and I just disappear into nothingness. Untill I fall down the sky.”, an awkward silence followed after which he added:
”I know it sounds crazy. Sigh!”
”Hmmm. Could you describe those two people in more detail maybe?”
”No. It's ... It's as if there is a blur. But it's just everywhere. I can't remember much actually, but the feeling, it was so real!”
”Of course it was, I can imagine that. Don't worry about it, Arthur is your name? Don't worry Arthur. I've seen hundreds of similar cases to yours. Hallucinations caused by post traumatic memories. Do you remember about what happened that day?”
Arthur wanted to refute him. It was more than just some hallucinations. It felt like reliving his memories. Though he couldn't recall when these events could have ever happened to him, there was definitely more to it.
But he didn't want to be seen as mentally damaged because of the accident so that he had to stay longer hospitalised than necessary. Somehow a deep fear creeped into his mind when he thought about being transferred to a mental hospital. He shouldn't have touched that game, Arkham Asylum, but too late for regrets now.
”I-I was outside, working on the berry fields as usual. And the forest was very close by and I-I”, Arthur answered with a slightly stuttering voice. His breathing quickened and his hands started shivering a little.
The doctor quickly realised the situation and calmed him down:
”It's okay Arthur, you are safe here! Just relax and forget it. We can talk about it when you are ready.”, he said to him with a kind smile,
”Anything else, about this dream of yours that you want to share?”
”There ... there was this game, I don't remember how it's called, or what it's about but, it was fun. It was really fun.”
The doctor let out a chuckle:
”A game you say? So you're a gamer? Hahaha, my children also spent most of their time on their PokePhones nowadays. Well Let me show you some pictures. Here, do you recognize this young boy? Or this young girl?”
The first picture showed a chubby brown skinned boy. His blond hair was tied behind his back. He was having troubles with something on his back. It was the size of a bag, with green colours and some sticks on the side. They looked like ... claws?
On the other picture was a girl with tied purple hair. She was wearing martial clothes and had a fighting stance. Opposite was a small creature, with a light violet upper and brown lower body, equally ready to fight.
”No, sorry, I can't really remember them. They just look a little familiar.”
”Hmmm, is that so. What about these people, how do you feel when looking at them?”
He showed another picture to him and when Arthur saw it, a warm sensation flowed through his body. His mother and his little siblings, Brandon and Alicia were on that picture. They were outside on a flower field and some flower Pokemon could be seen here and there. The memories were still fresh as if he was right there at this moment. The scent of the pollen, the delicious green grass fields. Oddishs and Sunflora jumping from place to place.
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”Yes, I can recognize them. This is my family. It was a sunny day and we visited a park near our home.”
”Good, now tell me what or who you see in this picture.”
It was a young middle aged man, with short brown hair and broad shoulders. He had a black and orange uniform and an orange hat on. A pained expression filled Arthur's face, and streaks of tears poured down his eyes:
”I failed him ...”
”Pardon?”, the doctor didn't hear it clearly and asked.
”Nothing.”, Arthur shook his head and cleared his eyes,
”It's my dad. He died when I was eight because of a fire.”
”I've heard of it from your mother. I am sorry for your loss. But you should know that he died as a hero!”
”Yes, I know...”
”It's okay, Arthur. We can stop the session now. You've already been here for almost two weeks now and most of your serious injuries have healed up. You can be released today but you should come back for some check ups every week from now on.”
”Thanks doctor!”, he was delighted to hear this.