"oh shit" she said and sat upright in her seat, she was in a subway train and the conductor was announcing the next train stop, she looked to her right and there was a woman with a little girl on her laps giving her the stink eye, "sorry" she said apologizing to the woman after realizing she just cursed in front of her little girl, she put her right hand in front of her fore head cause she was feeling a little bit dizzy, a minute later the train stopped and its where she was supposed to get off, she got up from her seat but she lost her balance and almost fell down cause she was feeling a heavy dizziness, the dizziness lasted for a short while so she was able to walk out of the train even though she looked like falling every step she made, as she was getting off she pumped into a guy who was in a hurry to get into the train, they pumped too hard that the phone in her hands almost fell down but she was able to catch it before it hit the ground, she stood at the platform and looked at the time through her phone, it was October Thursday 13th four o'clock in the evening, she also saw there were a lot of missed calls from her mother on the lock screen, she put her phone in her pocket and she started heading away from the train that hadn't left yet cause people were still boarding in, she met a creepy old lady with a dog on a leash who was also in a rush to get to the train, and just as they were about to cross each other the dog started viciously barking at her, it was growling very angrily with gnashing teeth like it had seen its prey, if it wasn't for the old lady holding tight on the leash it would have bitten her, "am sorry, she's not good with strangers" said the creepy old lady with a faint smile as she pulled the dog back with the leash, May just nodded her head and walked away, but as she walked away she couldn't help but notice that she had seen the creepy old lady before, so she turned around to get a good look of the old lady's face but she was astounded when she found the creepy old lady and her dog were still staring at her, she quickly walked to the bathroom just to hide from them cause they were creeping her out, when she was almost at the door the door suddenly opened, two giggling ladies came out of the bathroom, she let them pass first then she went in, she went straight for the sink and put her purse on the edge of sink, she opened the purse and reached her hand inside, she pulled out a bottle of ibuprofen pills cause her head was in pain and she was still feeling a little bit dizzy, she spilled two pills in her hand and took them instantly, she opened the tap on the sink and drank from it with one of her hand holding her hair, when she got up she was surprised by what she was seeing in the mirror, she had her eyes wide opened and her jaw dropped it was like she was looking at a ghost in a mirror, it was a strange scar on her face next to her left eye, she was shocked cause she didn't remember having a scar on her face ever since she was born, she tried touching the scar and she felt an excruciating pain that it left her eyes tightly closed trying to endure the pain, she was still examining the scar when she was interrupted by a ding sound from her pockets, she pulled her phone from her pocket and saw it was a text from her mother, 'am so disappointed in you May' said the text, "okay that's weird" she thought with a clenched face while still looking at the text, she grabbed her purse and quickly got out of the bathroom.
She got out of the subway and she was headed to a coffee shop that was on the other side of the road to see her friend, she had to crossover but she was pretty confused and in a hurry to get there, the moment she stepped her foot on the crosswalk a car in a high speed came out of nowhere and almost crushed her, luckily she was able to jump away from the road before it did, she angrily looked at the car as it went down the road, she turned and looked at the traffic lights and they were still on red so she had to wait, as she was waiting she was accompanied by a weird woman who also looked in a rush to crossover cause she was constantly looking at the traffic lights while tapping her foot, she also couldn't get eyes off her watch, May gave her a little glance and they had eye contact, "sorry I left my son alone, its his first time" she said with a frustrated smile on her face, "that's weird" she thought while looking at the lady, she smiled back at the woman in response of what she just said, the lights went green and they crossed over to the other side of the road, May entered the coffee shop where she found her friend was waiting for her at the entrance, she was holding a cupcake with a candle light in her arms, "happy birthday baby" said her friend with a smile on her face,
"okay am having a weird de ja vu right now" said May, then she walked away from her friend heading towards a table further away from the entrance,
"aren't you going to blow the candle" she replied while following May to her table,
"Hope you know me enough to know that I hate my birthday" she replied as she landed the purse at the table and took a seat
"and you still never tell me why" she replied while putting the cupcake on the table, May looked at her friend with a confused face for a few seconds,
"just go get me a milkshake will you"she replied,
"fine" said Hope and angrily walked away to get the milkshake,
"Hey, your cupcake" shouted May as she left,
"No, that stays till the candle is blown out" she replied and then kept walking away, May was left looking at the cupcake so confused, cause everything felt like had happened before, she looked around the coffee shop and saw a depressed guy sitting at a table further from her right, he was looking outside the window with a cup of coffee in his wandering hands, she was still looking at the depressed guy when Hope brought her order,
"you haven't blown out the candle yet" she said as she landed the milkshake on the table and took a seat,
"Hope, you didn't seriously think that I was going to blow the candle"
"really, you hate you birthday that much"said Hope, May was checking a message on her that had just came in
"you have no idea" said May as she read the message, 'why aren't you picking up my calls' said the text, she put the phone in her pocket and then lifted her glass of milkshake,
"at least don't let the cupcake go to waste"
"let me guess you have five more of these prepared"
"how did you know"
"just a hunch" said May with an intriguing face, then she took a sip of her milkshake with a straw, as she was landing the milkshake down on the table there was a guy who was passing behind her chair,he tripped and bumped into her chair making the glass slip from her fingers, she spilled a lot of milkshake on the table and on her shirt,
"fuck" she said as she watched the milkshake dripping down her shirt,
"i will go get the wipes" said Hope and got off the chair, as Hope was leaving there was a guy on the table next to May's,he was getting a call that his wife was having a baby,
"She's having a baby,now..... what hospital,....am on my way" said the guy with a tense voice, he instantly got off the table and started leaving the coffee shop, as he left he bumped into May who was heading to the bathroom to clean herself up, the milkshake was allover his shirt too, May raised her head to get a good look at the guy's face but the guy was in a hurry to get to the hospital, he didn't mind about the milkshake just that her wife was having a baby and he had to get there fast, further in front of them there was a woman in a red blouse who had just come out of the bathroom taking a seat at her table, the table was already set with her order on it, as May kept heading to the bathroom she passed a TV, and in the TV they were announcing about a serial killer who had just escaped police custody and if anyone had seen him should call the police, May was in too much of in a hurry to notice the news on the TV, in the bathroom she rushed straight at the sink and opened the tap, she started cleaning the milkshake off her shirt, she was pretty busy to even notice the mirror in front of the sink, she was interrupted by her phone ringing inside her pocket, so she reached inside her pocket with her wet hand and pulled out the phone, she saw it was a call from her sister April, she went ahead and answered the phone,
"May, what did you do" said April soon as she answered the phone,
"what do you mean" asked May with her head still bowed down facing the sink,
"you know exactly what I mean, why aren't you picking up mom's calls"
"i thought we already talked about this, am busy" replied May and raised her head, she saw her reflection in the mirror and was so shocked, she was so shocked that the phone phone fell from her hand and landed into the sink, she leaned closer to the sink to prove what she was seeing, the scar she had on her face earlier had completely disappeared and her skin was completely flesh,
"hello, hello, May are you there" April's faint voice was heard from the phone in the sink, she snapped out of her shock after hearing the voice of her sister from her phone, she quickly picked it out of the sink and dried it,
"sorry, I will call you back" she said and hung up the phone, she quickly ran out of the bathroom and when she got back the depressed guy was already gone, Hope was putting another milkshake on her table, she quickly walked to her table and picked up her purse, she took out enough money to pay for the milkshake, "I've got to go" said May as she handed Hope the money,
"but you just got here"
"yeah and now am leaving" she said with terror in her face and started walking away,
"hey, what's wrong" said Hope as she pulled May's arm stopping her from leaving, she saw May's face and immediately knew something was wrong,
"you won't believe me even if I tell you" she replied, you could totally feel the fear in her eyes,
"try me" said Hope,
"i think I've already lived this day" said May, Hope looked back at her with a confused face, she then chuckled a little, "okay that's ridiculous" she replied with a little smirk on her face,
"i don't know what else to think, its either that or am dreaming" said May, with her right hand Hope unleashed a heavy slap on May's face,
"ouch, why did you do that"Said May with her hand on her cheek,
"you felt that so you are not dreaming, problem solved"
"THAT HURT" screamed May,
"but it worked didn't it, now you know you are not in a dream" said Hope, she then took the milkshake and gave it to May, "now sit down and finish your drink" she added, May took the glass from her and put it on her cheek to reduce the pain since it was cold on the surface,
"did you have to hit me so hard" asked May,
"i wanted to wake you up to reality, and thank god you weren't dreaming" said Hope, May handed her back the milkshake,
"i still got to go though, I need clear this whole day out of my head" said May and left the coffee shop, Hope sighed in disappointment as she left, May thought that may be its just a lucky coincidence that everything is happening exactly the same, "
"may be it'll all go away when I fall asleep" , but before going home she wanted to have one drink In the honor of her father, she went down to his favourite bar which was just a couple of blocks away.
The moment she walked into the bar she saw two bar tenders behind the counter exchanging shifts, she looked down on her phone and saw it was five minutes past nine, she went straight to the counter and then took a seat,
"what can I get you, no wait let me guess, uh.....,a martini" said the bar tender behind the counter, May was stunned a bit cause he got it right,
"no, a Negroni" she replied with a faint smile on her face, the bar tender was a little bit shocked after she replied,
"are you sure" he asked
"pretty sure"
"okay, but a Negroni, please, its my first drink of the night test me a little" he replied,
"i dunno uh....., Piña colada"
"a Pa…what" he quickly replied in a shock, "am just kidding" he added and chuckled a little, he then slid a glass filled with ice cubes across the table and it stopped in front of the lady, "the Piña colada, first invented in 1954 by Ramon Monschito when he was working as a bar tender at Hilton hotel" continued the bar tender while swinging a large bottle of the drink over his shoulders
"wow someone really did their home work" May replied as he kept preparing the drink,
"i take history lessons from a little birdie" replied the bar tender as he pushed the drink towards May
"credits to the bird then" she replied as raised a glass to take a sip of her drink,
"are you from around here" he asked,
"No, I come from a far far land where bar tenders don't take lessons from birds" she replied, the bar tender chuckled a little bit
"fair" he then replied with smile on his face, as they kept having a conversation a man approached the counter and took a seat next to May, he had a drink on his hand and he looked like he wanted to talk to the lady, she looked at the guy with an evil gaze "beat it, looser" she said to the guy before he could say anything, without saying anything he picked up his drink and left the counter in disappointment,
"ooh, long day huh" said the bar tender,
"you have no idea" replied May
"hey, is that Four the bar tender" a voice was heard amongst the crowd in the bar, when Four raised his head to look around he saw it was his friend approaching the counter,
"in the flesh" he replied his arms spread in the air, he then took a step to the left to talk to his friend
"long time no see my man" he said, "oh and am sorry about Maria man she....."
"dude, not here man" Four interrupted him in low soft voice, "so what can I get you" continued Four, May looked at Four and saw that he was already holding a bottle of vodka in his hands,
"a vodka tonic" replied Four's friend, and Four went on ahead to prepare him the drink, Four's friend started going through his pockets searching for the money to pay for his drink, "check the back pocket" said Four as he cleaned a glass with a white rag, the friend went ahead and checked the back pocket and the money was there,
"how did you know" asked the friend as he put the money on the table,
"lucky guess, I guess" replied Four and kept preparing the drink, as he was still doing so his friend pulled out a strange object from his backpack, "so, I was going through some old stuff of my dad and I found this" he said as he pushed it towards him, "do you know what it is" he asked, May could hear them talk cause she wasn't that far away and they were being too loud, she looked at the object that the bar tender's friend pulled out and she got so shocked, it was the same a metal cylinder surrounded by a series of rotating disks engraved with random letters on them,
"yeah its cryptex" replied the bar tender to his friend and he then pushed the glass of vodka to his friend,
"a what now….." asked his friend so shocked, the bar tender sighed a little
"a cryptext, its got a hidden message inside" said the bar tender, May was already done with her drink and she was ready to go home, so she put the money under the glass, when the bar tender came to collect the money he found the exact amount of money for the drink, he looked a little bit shocked and just when he was about to put it in the drawer May came back and put a dollar in the bar tenders shirt pocket as a tip, "for your troubles" she said and left the bar, May left the bar relieved cause his conversation with the bar tender was different, "it was probably all in my head" she thought.
She was heading home walking along the same road without even realizing, the runaway serial killer who was being chased by a detective was also running along the same road as May, she was wearing her Air pods listening to music again and the music was too loud for her to hear the quick footsteps of the serial killer closing in behind her, he quickly grabbed her by the neck and put a gun on her face next to her left eye, the purse she had on her hand fell down to the ground and her face suddenly turned red, he quickly turned around and faced the detective who was right behind him, the detective pulled out his gun and pointed it towards the serial killer, May was already dripping a little sweat on her fore head and she was biting down her lips to stop her from screaming,
"put it down or I blow her brains off" said the serial killer,
"you are bluffing" said the detective, a little tear drop was already dripping down May's cheek cause she already knew how it was going to play out,
"i guess we're about to find out" said the serial killer and then pushed the gun further into May's face,
"okay, okay" said the detective with his gun pointing in the air,
"no don't do it, he's just...…" May couldn't finish speaking cause serial killer had covered her mouth,
"It's going to be okay" said the detective, May was trying to say to him but her mouth was covered,
"push it over" said the serial killer with his hand still on May's mouth, May was shaking her head vigorously trying to say something but the words still couldn't come out, the only thing that the detective could hear was her mumbling random words,the detective pushed the gun towards the killer with his foot,
"you are forgetting one thing detective, am a criminal" said the killer, he then fired a shot into May's head and suddenly everything went dark.
"oh shit" she said as she quickly woke up and sat upright in her seat.