Bridge To Delphilia

❥ Chapter Four: Mana One

Later that night when everyone decided to sleep, I remained standing on the outside of my tent with a hot chocolate on my right hand. It's eleven thirty in the evening yet my body won't sleep so I decided to stay awake for the meantime.

All camp lights were turned off except for mine. Jack's tent which is a few meters away from me sounds so peaceful. He might've drifted off to sleep immediately.

I fished the serum out of my pocket and examined it while looking at the moon shining above. Corpus Achilles was the first vaccine that Antigen developed with a ninety-nine percent of cure. Dr. Cormac, our head chemist in the compound developed the serum together with me.

I brought some of the serum for further tests. I don't have any lab rats with me but I'm sure this mountain has. In order to release this vaccine in public, I need proofs and test subjects. One that have been a fictional being. A werewolf.

But it's hard to prove that. I have tested a lot of wolf or dogs that may be enhanced gradually and nothing became a success. Except the one I've hidden. And the ones that escaped. The pack who had attacked me late that night.

My hands shake and my lips trembled at that memory. I know I shouldn't be scared or surprise because I made them. I'm the one who created it. It just feels so surreal and scary that those things, those creatures may attacked everyone. I remember the images Jelly showed me last week. Those were horrifying. I kept the serum back to my trench coat pocket and let out a heavy sigh. My friends don't know what they're going to encounter here and the fact that I exactly know the danger of coming here makes me want to vomit. I'm betraying them and the rest of the team. I betrayed them by approving the expedition without telling them the truth. The truth that the management secretly told me. The horrifying truth against them.

I took a deep breath before going back to my tent. My mind's been filled with numerous thoughts including how they were so happy about my success, how they smiled at me after I told them that Corpus Achilles was approved. My throat feels dry and my chest hurts a lot. For the success of my career, I'm leading my friends to the danger zone.

I turned the lamp off and grabbed the blanket before lying down. I stare at the ceiling, still unable to sleep. I put my earphones on and listened to music.

"HELLO."

I sit up straight on my bed when I heard a voice. It felt like he was whispering in my ear so I removed my earphones and stare at the tent. But no one's inside. My forehead creased as I reached for the lamp on the table beside my bed.

"HELLO."

As soon as I heard it again, my arm hair stood and a shiver run down on my spine. I jumped out of bed and looked around. No one's still here except for myself. I sighed and closed my eyes for a second. I might've been so paranoid lately that I am hallucinating. I massaged my temple. I grabbed my blanket which fell on the floor when I suddenly jumped.

I bend and touched the cotton cloth but when I pulled it, I saw a pair of feet pointed at my direction. I gently looked up, expecting someone but no one's there. I'm getting a little scared. My eyes may have been tricked me but I felt something else. I felt someone watching me. I reached for the blanket again but a hand filled with blood pulled it to the other side. I yelped before hurriedly turned the lamp on. But the it didn't lit up. I panicked a little. Then I grabbed my phone and turned the flashlight on.

I gently knelt down on the floor and bend to see space below the folding bed. Even with flashlight on, nothing's there. I sighed again before blinking my eyes. I stretched my arm and grabbed the blanket. Then I felt someone breathing in front of me. I slowly moved my head away from the bed and looked up.