Chapter 6

"Do you think he's alive?",a voice said.
"He's breathing, he's alive but I can't find a pulse even though his heartbeat is steady", another voice said.
"Where did you find him?"
"At the side of the road, a woman was in the car too but she's dead".
"Where's her body?"
"I buried it a little distance from here, it was beginning to rotten, I just couldn't leave it there".
Eric groaned, trying to open his eyes but it proved futile. It seemed as if his whole body was ran over by a truck. He could feel the bones of his body becoming stiff as he tried to adjust his body to a more comfortable position.
"He's alive", the voice said.
"Quick, let's hide", the other voice said.
Eric opened his eyes finally as he looked around, trying to see where he was. He could hardly remember anything as all he could remember was a fuzzy memory that wasn't clear to him.
"Where am I?",he croaked.
Just then, a slight movement crossed his eyes and he looked up to see two children hiding behind a huge rock.
"Hey", Eric shouted.
That proved to be a mistake as a pounding headache forced him to lay back down. Eric, spitting out dirt and a bit of blood. He didn't know where he was and he hated not knowing because that meant he couldn't be in charge.
The children walked towards him, giving him a suspicious look as one of them poked his rib with a stick.
"Oww, that hurt", Eric croaked.
"Sorry. Who are you?",the first child said.
"I think I should be asking you that question, who are you?", Eric croaked.
He sat up, holding the side of his head which was pounding in apparent anger to his body movement. He couldn't explain but somehow, his senses were heightened and even his eyesight seemed ten times better than it was the last time.
"I'm Tim and this is my brother Josh", Tim said.
Eric could see that they were identical brothers and the only difference they seemed to have was Tim's hair being a shade darker than his twin.
"What's your name?", Josh asked.
Eric thought long and hard about this but try as he may, he couldn't even remember his own name. All that occupied his mind was just a haphazard memory that seemed not to make any sense to him.
"I... Can't remember", he sighed.
"Don't worry, it's normal especially since you just survived an accident?", Tim said.
Erica stared at him, trying to understand what he said. Accident? He had no memory of having being involved in an accident. As he thought about it now, Kaine realized that he had no memory of who he was.
"Accident? What do you mean?",he said.
"Oh heck, this is going to take so long", Josh sighed.
"Will someone please explain to me what's going on?", Eric thundered.
The children shuffled back in apparent fear over his outrage. Eric noticed that his voice was louder than he expected. It seemed to have a deep tone to it that wasn't there before.
"I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry", Eric said.
He felt bad for shouting at the kids when it really wasn't their fault. Now, they would find it hard to talk to him.
"It's okay, this is totally expected", Josh said.
"Please, what happened to me. I need to know", Eric said, quietly.
"We found you by the side of the road in a car, almost dead. But Josh here felt your pulse and we discovered you were alive, just barely though", Tim said.
Eric thought about this but he still couldn't remember anything which was getting more frustrating by the minute.
"Could you take me to the scene of the accident?", Eric said.
He knew that if he saw what they were talking about, he could have an idea of what was really going on.
"I don't know if we can find it", Josh said.
"Find it? What do you mean? Wait! How many days was I out?", Eric asked.
"Days? You've been out for months", Tim said.
Eric sat in silence as his words resonated around his head. He couldn't believe what he just heard, he had a hard time believing it but now that he thought about it, he knew it could be true. He was really out for that long.
"Months?",he stuttered.
"Yes months", Josh said.
"Okay, just please show me where this accident occured", Eric said.
"Alright, but can you walk? It's a bit far from here", Tim said.
Eric rose up from his feet and to his surprise, he stood on steady legs when he expected to collapse as a result of being out for so long.
"Yes, I can. Please, lead the way", Eric said.
"Come on", Josh said.
The children led the way with Eric following closely behind. He stared at his surroundings still not recognizing anything. Everything was so strange to him and he had a hard time putting his thoughts together.
"We're almost there", Josh said.
Soon, they got to a barren road filled with different scraps of materials. Kaine had never seen anything like it. It was beautiful yet so bare and fallow.
"We're here", Tim said.
Eric stared at the spot where he thought the accident might have occured and at that moment, all his memories came back.
"Are you alright, you have a sick look on your face?", Josh said.
"There was a vehicle, where is it?", Eric said.
"At another spot, we'll take you there once we're done here. Do you now remember anything?".
"Yes, I do", Eric said.

This was thr spot where his whole life hsf changed and not necessarily for the better. He had lost the one woman who wanted the best for him and now, Augustus Frederick had left him a sad broken mess. It was only a matter of time before the demon came for him and this time around, Eric knew he had to be prepared for any eventualities.