The shadow apparition begun to appear in my life since six months ago when I lost my wife, Joanne and my son, Jonas who was 2 years old when an accident took their lives. My first encounter with this shadow apparition was at my workplace. It just stood near the wall, standing like a painted human silhouette on the wall. It kept spectating at me from a distance, as if curious of what I am doing.
The shadow apparition followed me everywhere at a distance. It followed me to the gym, the park and even at my house. Once I tried to ask the shadow apparition, "What do you want?"
But it kept silent and 'gaze' me in my eyes. At first, I had trouble sleeping because of the shadow's presence but after a few nights, I got used to it.
After a few days being intrigued by the presence of the shadow apparition, I asked my closest colleague, Harris. "I've been wondering... Do you see that shadow shaping like a man at the wall?" I said.
"No... The wall is just perfectly white, as it has always been in this boring workplace," he replied.
"Perhaps it is just me," I mumbled.
"What was that?" Harris asked.
"Naaaah, nothing, maybe it is just a hallucination, I've been taking some strong shots of caffeine recently. Perhaps that's why," I tried to give a logical response.
"Well, whatever it is, I hope it doesn't takes your focus away at our job now," Harris advised.
Perhaps the vision of the shadow apparition was to me and me only. Nobody else knew about the presence of a shadow apparition in the office. I guess I had to live with it.
As weeks passed by, the shadow apparition appears to be closing onto me. What was once a silhouette on the wall now steps closer to my front desk. The aura emitted from it were horrifying as it stares deep into my eyes. I could not focus towards any task given by my boss given due to the presence of a human size shadow in front my desk. After a while, I have gotten used to the 'companion' of this shadow apparition.
After months of tolerance, I lost my temper in my work place as the shadow apparition stood next to me. I stood from my chair and scream at it, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?"
It stood silent, as usual. The whole office stared at me as if I was running amok at thin air. The boss called me regarding my behavior and warns me that if I ever repeat this act again, I will be fired. This haunting was starting to take a toll on me and my career. I felt very uneasy.
Thus, I went to seek every possible answers I could find or seek from. I consulted with my friends, psychologists and even... a witch doctor. Neither of them could understand what is occurring to me. They assumed that it was my imagination all alone.
Well there it was, There was nothing I could do. I just had to live with it. I was thirsty for the real answer. Or least, that was what I thought.
But then the apparition acted differently this one day.
It was during an afternoon. I was working in my workplace as usual on a casual workday with a vision of a shadow apparition in front my desk as always but it was acting strange (as if seeing a shadow apparition is not strange enough) than usual. It gave me a gesture as if it wanted me to follow it somewhere.
I did not hesitate to ask permission from my boss to be given a half-day by lying that I had some inheritance issues with my lawyers. Luckily, my boss fell for it.
So there was me, following this apparition which has been haunting me for months with no known purpose. From my workplace, the apparition led me to an abandoned building within the urban environment. The air felt dry inside there.
As I traced the apparition movements, the shadow apparition appeared to be walking slower than it has been following me as if it was limping. The outlines of the shadow apparition started to form even solid. The outlines formed the shape of a human. The 'human' shadow went deeper in the building where there were less traces of sunlight.
The shadow apparition started to 'colorize' itself. Vivid vision of the apparition wearing a baggy pants and a shirt, akin to mine started to appeared. The outlines of its shadow appears to form in a shape of a man around my age.
The shadow apparition finally ended up in a room. Where 'he' slowly limped towards the middle of the room. 'He' started to lie down on the floor in a fetal position with both of his hands covering his face. Sounds of crying emerged from the close-to-human apparition on the floor. I felt very sad yet eager to know why 'he' was haunting me for so long.
As I approached closer towards the crying apparition, I tried to ask 'him'; "WHO ARE YOU?"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" In a very loud tone. My voice echoed the whole building.
Slowly the apparition opened 'his' hands from 'his' face which were were crying heavily. As he stared at me, I realized that the apparition had my face. I stared at 'myself' as 'I' was crying terribly on the floor. I knew I had to help 'myself'. So I cried for help as loud as my lungs can.
"Help! Help! Help me, please..." and my scream faded away...
(end)
(but if you really want an ending instead of a cliffhanger, go on to this link)
[proper ending; Part 2]
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