Finding 'x'

•Too late•

I'd pulled on a latex glove as at that time.

I was so close to the body.

"Hey kid, stay back!" Translator yelled but I wasn't planning on listening.

I yanked off the dreadlocks. Lo and behold, It was a wig. 

The body's hair was totally gone and an incision was in it's wake.

The equation was new but the order was the same –—to find 'x'. 

The flashes slammed back into my head with such force, that I felt dizzy.

'Find 'x' my Elly, find 'x'.

The new equation, deeply engraved into shiny scalp of this new body blurred out and the room whirled in a flash as my head connected with something hard and everything blacked out.

♣

I was moving towards that section of the ladies once again. I wasn't going back there because I wanted to, I was going back because an unseen force was pulling me towards that stall like a magnet. I might be under hypnosis but I didn't care, or let me say my legs didn't care, they just carried me steadily towards the stall where I found my Tiny days ago. The stall where it all began.

I was there in no time and against my better judgement, I pulled open the door.

Tiny, in all her gory glory awaited me at the other side of the door and she wasn't alone this time, she was with friends.

I gasped.

A fair girl with long, thick cornrows, holding a furry friend with huge, hairy tail was seated on the cold ground next to Tiny. She looked healthy and full of life, a sharp contrast to the soulless form of my Tiny, she looked like a year or two older and she wouldn't stop smiling at her furry little friend and Tiny, it was an unsettling sight.

Tiny patted the squirrel's tail fondly, imprisoning me in her inhuman gaze the entire time, she looked very sinister in this manner, nothing at all like the adorable little creature I'd practically raised. I couldn't help my fear.

'I begged you to find ‘x’ my Elly and you did, congratulations.' The sides of her bluish lips, curled up in a derisive smile gave away the fact that she was mocking me, and it stung. It stung so hard that I felt it difficult to breathe.

'Do you find it hard to breathe?' The pretty girl asked with a concerned expression and sparkly eyes, I opened my mouth to reply but all I could manage were short gasps.

'Do you need help?' She asked again and walked closer. I nodded vigorously, I was going to die if I didn't get my inhaler.

'Maybe I should try to help you? But I'm not sure I'll figure out what's wrong before your death, it might be too late, you know.' Her voice slowly drifted from concerned to villainous. That was when it hit me.

The body.

In confirmation, her thick, fro hair started to thin out gradually and in no time, she was completely bald. Like an egg.

My gasp was faint, I was going weaker and weaker by the minute.

'Now I'm sure you want to call for help? But you can't right? Do you now understand exactly how we felt?' My stance wavered vigorously, my hand tapped around for support, I found nothing.

'I have a gift for you. A special gift.' The bald girl thundered gleefully, evil mischief glinting in her eyes.

Life began seeping out of my grasp.