I hit the wall where the opening once was. Panic is coursing through me. Slapping my hand against it which barely made a sound. I try using my legs against it with about the same success. With each attempt I felt more drained. Finally I try to throw my body against it. Still nothing happened.

My eyes focus on a bunch of symbols on the wall. Not exactly like the ones i've seen other people touch. But close enough to give me an idea.

Frantically I start to touch them randomly. When my previous companions were taking me places they did this. My fingers were beginning to feel numb from pressing. Eventually the wall split in half and slid into itself. Making the opening appear again. My companion was standing outside it blocking my path. He looks as though he might be more difficult to move then the thing that was blocking the opening.

“Dimitri this is for your own good. What ever happened to you happened to everyone. You have just seemed to have lost yourself. You need to learn to control yourself again”. I felt anger flow through me. If he is going to block my path then I am going to go through him.

Moving as fast as I could, I rushed towards him.

“Dimitri don't!”.

Maybe it's the anger or I am so focused on getting past my companion. The opening isn't actually open… Right before I should have passed through it I noticed a rippling energy force. When I came into contact with it the force I was applying into rushing forward pushed back against me and then some.

For the second time I went flying back.

“I tried to warn you”. The tone of his noises are somehow more annoying now. “We are not letting you out of here until you gain some sort of control and are able to communicate a little”.

Getting up I move to the opening to face him without touching the energy again.

“I will say, I like the glowing eyes”. Rumbling again. I felt some pain in my body.

“Go sleep and we will see what kind of progress you can make tomorrow”. With the last noise he raises his hands and makes a motion. Then the walls closed again.

I pick up my clothes. I did my best to put them back on. That took some time and I am not sure I did it correctly. Then went back to the comfy crevasse where I was with her. I can still smell her. It is comforting. Laying there I was angry that I was so close to maybe having an answer, sad that I was attacked, and physically frustrated because we were stopped.

Feeling exhaustion settles in while I am laying down. The physical pain from being tossed around kept me from slipping away. I should heal my injuries. Concentrating on the parts of my body that are wrong like I did before. This time I focus more on just those parts. Now to just put forth a touch of effort. I can feel the energy around me flow through me. From the start there feels like a difference.

I sense the tiny parts of my body shifting. These pieces are too small for me to see. Many are damaged and some are unconnected in spots they should be. I don't have to focus on fixing those problems. My body seemed to know what it had to do. Just like the first time I did this and even when I was with my previous companion. With healing it just requires the right push of energy.

All this focusing set my exhaustion over the edge. Once I start to relax my mental grip I feel my eyes grow heavy. I didn't really want to drift away again but it was no use. My entire body grew limp and I slipped away.

I shot straight up. No hints of memories this time. This whole act made me uncomfortable. I do stuff that gets me exhausted. Then maybe existence blanks out, and bam everything starts again. I really don't like not knowing what is going on. I try to reach into my mind. Grabbing at the possibility that I remembered something in this mysterious lapse of time. There is nothing.

“Good morning. I hope we aren't feeling as rambunctious this morning”.

Ok so I am not alone. He wasn’t in my perception. With my eyes closed I reach for the space the noise came from. A hint of an outline is there. I turn my head and open my eyes to see him. My companion. The one that took me here, made me think he was helping me with ending my emptiness. Crap the emptiness was back.

“I have some more food for you”.

I look at him wondering what to do. Then around me. We are alone and the opening was closed. “don't get any wild ideas. It will NOT end well for you”. He motions next to the crevasse I am in. Looking down to see the two containers from before. A few of the pellets and some of the liquid.

I quickly consume the pellets again. Avoiding the taste the best I can.

Wait…taste.

Huh. It’s a word. I can practically hear it. How do I know it? Maybe it was her lips. Some memories must of creeped out when I was with her. Not substantial enough for me to remember actual memories.

I might have known more if they didn’t stop me. This frustrates me. I forcibly gesture to where the opening should be.

“You aren't going anywhere till I know you aren't going to hurt anyone else”. He moves towards where the opening is. Thinking he is going to set me free I follow him.

He waves his hand over the little slit that peers into the other area and it opens again. I move to go through it. he is in my way.

“I told you that you are not leaving this room”.

Ugh I could hear all the noises from the large area again.

I try pushing forward but he pushes back at me just as hard. Why does he stop me? He should be helping me.

“Hey your eyes are starting to glow again. I guess that happens when you get angry or something. Is Dimitri getting angry? I think you need a time out”. Something about the tone in the noises he was making just made me more annoyed.

My hand clinches and I try to hit him with it. He catches it in his. The tension in my arm relaxes. More confusion fills me as I look at our joined hands. Then he sort of just pushed me. It felt gentle but I kind of glide backwards. Stopping at the other end of the room.

Confusion started to outweigh the anger. Trying to move forward and nothing happens. I try moving, period. Aside from my eyes I don't seem to be able to move.

“I told you not to mess with me”.

He steps backwards, not taking his eyes off of me. The opening closes and I collapse. What just happened? Did he do something to me?

I remained trapped in here. Occasionally he would open the door and make noise in my direction. He always stays on the other side of the opening. On the other side of the energy. Every time I attempt to escape. The first couple of times he made a motion with his hands and I would freeze. One time he didn't and well it turns out he was saving me before. I hit the energy thing again and got knocked back hard. Still he continues to visit.

A couple of times I laid in the crevasse and drifted away. Every time I do that he refills the containers. At least I assumed he did. No one else seems interested in me.

Then I hear a loud sharp noise. It is similar to the one the lady had in my arms made before I was pulled off her. This is more intense. I could hear it through the wall which was strange. I haven’t heard any other noises when the opening was closed.

The noise runs through my body and sends shivers down my spine. I have to move. To go to the source of the noise. No idea why I have to but I do. Now filled with energy I start pacing back and forth trying to figure out what to do next.

I have to get to the noise. I find myself standing where the opening should be. Clenching my fingers tightly like when I struck my companion. Not sure why though. It didn’t work on him. I hit the wall as hard as I could. This time there is a loud bang as my hand comes in contact with the wall. I do it again and again. One hand then the other.

“What the hell is he doing”.

“I don't know but he wasn't hitting the door this hard before”

I keep up my attack. With every strike I feel like I hit it harder. Not just that, every strike feels a little different. How I am standing changes. It feels natural. At first I was just in front of the wall. Now it's more like I am kicking off ground before a strike. More intense.

For a brief moment I pause. A sensation of memories starting to surface begins. Looking at my hands relax and tighten. Working out how to hit the door harder. That terrible noise rang again.

I continued my assault. Concentrating on my hands hitting the door. Putting all my strength behind each strike. Yet it does not feel like I hit harder in my hand. If it isn't for the noise getting louder I would think I was even touching the door.

“We have to do something or else he is going to break the door”.

Closing my eyes to focus on what was happening to each strike. As my hand moved through the air I could sense a build up of energy. When it came in contact with the wall the energy flowed straight out of my hand. Little came back to me. I find I can adjust the flow of energy. Use the energy from the location I hit. When I do that the noise gets much louder and the wall starts to shake.

“Put up the force field and open the door before he gets out and hurts someone”.

My fist flies through the air. The door opens up and I just barely able to stop my next strike before I hit the energy field.

“Fuck his eyes are glowing again”.

My hand was right in front of the energy field that threw me back before. If I can heal and increase the effectiveness of my strikes, Then maybe I can change this energy as well. Unclenching my hand I slowly move my hand closer and closer to the field of energy. Focusing on how it works. As it nears I can feel it trying to push.

Instead of me physically pushing it I mentally pushed that energy away from me. It only affected the parts that are near my body. I slowly move forward, continuing to apply the mental focus on my body. The field of energy started to glow around my hand.

“What the fuck”.

My lips make curious motions as the sides lift upward. I manipulate the energy field and force my entire body through it. My companion, the lady, and all the other people nearby back away from me. After clearing the energy I look around for the source of the noise.

“What are we going to do now that we can't hold him”.

It was tense. No one moves or makes a noise. We all waited. Finally it happens again. My head snapped in the direction of which it came. I look around real quick. Facing my companion I squinted my eyes and got an urge to stick out my tongue. Which I do and rush off in the direction of the noise.