"What if the truth isn't hidden behind the memories.....but beneath."
Time: 3 a.m.
The hospital room stood still.
Nyra sat up, eyes wide. No IV beeping. No footsteps. No nurse.
Nothing.
Just the mirror. Watching.
She turned slowly to face it. And whispered -
"If this is a dream, wake me up....."
The mirror cracked.
Flash Cut - White Light - Thundering Heartbeat -
The sound of metal. Boots. Rain.
Nyra's eyes opened with a jolt.
She was on cold concrete.
Not any hospital bed.
Not a room.
Outside.
In front of a massive iron building. A plaque above read -
"The Archive."
She gasped. Coughed. Her hands scraped. Her knees bleeding.
There was no Aarav.
No hospital gown.
Just the same black clothes she was wearing after entering the town.
It hit her like a slap.
"None of it was real."
A hallucination. A psychic fail - safe. Her mind, broken at the gate.
The moment she tried to leave The Archive -
She collapsed.
And her mind spun a false story to protect her.
- Aarav- The hospital- The red bracelet- Even Allen's appearance
All of it? A memory loop.
She never left The Archive or should we say The Archive didn't let her go.
Is The Archive alive?
Is it protecting her or trying to kill her existence.
Tell me about it in the comment section.