Phoenix woke up in a darkroom with only a few candles around him. He can only see one door and what looks to be bars on the only window. As the door cracks open, a little light from the hall way shines in hurting his eyes. A man walks though the door pushing a cart which looks like something a high class restaurant would bring your dinner on.
Phoenix sees a bottle with some dark liquid in it and a single cup sitting on top of the cart. The man pushing the cart says nothing as he pushes the it to the corner of the room. There Phoenix saw a man siting down on a black, leather chair looking directly in his path.
"Leave the scotch there and give your self a nice tip on my card" says the suspicious man.
The man in the chair narrowed his eyes at phoenix as the man with the cart nods and leaves quietly shutting the door behind him. The man in the chair pours himself a glass and droped two ice cubes in it before taking a sip. He uses his other hand to turn on a lamp then leans back. He tilts his head at phoenix and smirks. Phoenix looks at the man in the chair with a confused and almost scared expression. He decide to keep his eyes on the man instead of looking around. As phoenix watched him, he sipped from his glass. there was something off in the room, but Phoenix couldn't put his finger on it. it wasn't long before he got a chill up his spine, shivering a little, but it was hardly noticeable.
"Uh.... E-excuse me but uh... m-might I ask where I am?"
you can hear the nervousness in Phoenix's voice.
The man looks at Phoenix with a smirk and relaxed expression.
"oh!... Your awake... Finally. I've been wondering when you'll wake from your slumber. Its been a while." "Don't you remember?..."
The voice has a sinister tone., but was seemingly calm.
"Your in my house .."
As he takes another sip from his scotch. it was at this point Phoenix can see the chill coming off the glass like smoke and it filled the air. Phoenix's shivering becomes more noticeable both from the chill of the glass and the sinister tone of the man's voice.
"I-I don't remember anything... H-How did I get here? And w-who are you?"
Phoenix says as he starts rubbing his arms with his hands to warm up. The man in the chair noticed phoenix shivering and said in a quiet voice ignoring everything Phoenix just said
"Why are you shivering"
The man apparently didn't feel the cold as he sits fine in his chair. A breeze came in through the window that was covered by bars and made the room colder and even more eerie than it already was.
"I-It's just... So cold in here"
Phoenix starts to chatter his teeth from being so cold. He starts to go into the fetal position to stay warm. As he does this the man stands up, takes a Candle, and lights it revealing his face.
The man's face was long with a pointed chin and fair, ghostly, white skin. His eyes were evenly spaced, and the color was a light amber, similar to reptiles. The way the eyes glow, even in the dark, could make anyone feel disturbed with just one glance. Following the eyes was a short, narrow, rounded nose which so seamlessly fit his face to perfection. His smile, on the other hand, looked like it was something out of a Joker vs Batman comic book. The smile was always there and made the man look like he was always planning something. Overall the mans face appeared as young as a teenager. However, there was something about him that was like no other teenager, but no one could ever put their finger on what exactly it was. including Phoenix.
The flames trickle like water onto the floor and soon spreads in a perfectly straight line over to where Phoenix is in a ball. Phoenix was scared the fire would hit him but he was too cold to move so he was forced to stay in the fetal position. About 2 inches away from his head the fire started to branch off in a circle around phoenix without touching him. The circle had a 15 feet diameter and was there to not only keep Phoenix where he was but to warm him up as well. The man walked over to Phoenix as he sat up still at the edge of the fire. The man Bends down, draws his figure under phoenix's chin and makes Phoenix look at him. Still, with a sinister and now this time aggressive voice the man says
"Now now young one stay here.."
Phoenix swallows hard with fear as he looked into the man's yellow lizard-like eyes. The man pushes Phoenix back and walks out of the room.
Phoenix gets back up after the man walks out and thinks to himself:
"where am I... Why is it so damn cold.... but most importantly... who is that man.. and what does he mean "don't I remember?... remember what?"
these were all questions Phoenix needed answers to, but first, he knew he needed to get out of the fire. As Phoenix got up and tried to walk over the fire it grew taller and taller. keeping him trapped there with no escape. because Phoenix is a positive guy and tries to see the positivity in bad situations, his only thought was about the warmth he was getting from the flames.
