Chapter 5

The sun could be seen setting slowly beyond the horizon, giving the sea a fiery red shade. And Aby could be seen lying on a hammock strung between two coconut trees, one of his legs was in the hammock while the other was swinging freely, he had a straw hat covering his face as he seemingly took a nap. “Enjoying yourself, aren't you, sweetheart?” a warm ethereal voice appeared from nowhere and Aby snapped, his body collapsing into a singularity before appearing 50 metres away from his original position. “Why the strong reaction, don't you miss me?” The voice came again and suddenly Aby found himself right in the hammock, in the same position he was when he first heard the voice. He groaned and stood up looking around warily, “Please, just come out, I don't have time for this.” He grumbled “Oh my, my, you break my heart sweetheart, and here I thought you'd be so delighted to meet me.” The voice was ephemeral as the wind drifted by and once again Aby found himself back in the hammock, the same position as he was in the very beginning. Aby not bothering to stand up again just mumbled to himself “This is a dream, this is still a dream, I'll wake up this time.” A few moments later he slowly sat up in his hammock. “You abandoned me after making new friends, this isn't fair you know.” The voice silken like a dream came again and Aby facepalmed before dragging his hand down slowly, “I'm still in a dream right?” “~hehe, correct.” The voice giggled excitedly showing an emotion different from what it had been displaying earlier. Hearing this Aby just lay back on his hammock and placed the straw hat on his face. “I'm glad you're finally finding peace, I can't wait to bless you and your little pixie friend.” The voice came again but this time it sounded distant as though coming from another era. “Mother!” Aby suddenly roared in outrage, the hammock and the trees all around him exploding into smithereens. A tiny orange glow soon appeared, “Are you okay, what was with the shout, were you having a nightmare?” Tink fired a barrage of questions that irritated him to no end. He glared at Tink with eyes the colour of blood, “Get lost.” he whispered over his breath as he waved his hand and began walking towards the sea. “Wait, was I right, you did have a nightmare, so you do have nightmares??” Tink sounded so excited as she circled around him twice and just as the was about to circle a third time he suddenly stretched his hand out and caught her within his grasp 'You, fucking piece of trash, daring to make me soft.' He thought to himself, his eyes narrowed into slits as a murderous intent slowly radiated from him making the atmosphere turn freezing cold. “I could crush you right now with no consequence and zero remorse. Don't doubt it, because I've done it before and I can do it again.” He said slowly, Tink had started to turn white as she struggled to breathe 'Why warn her, how about I just do it now, there is no love in the abyss.' he thought to himself “So if I say get lost, I mean it.” He concluded before tossing Tink wide, he made a downward slicing motion with his hand and a tear in space appeared which he walked through, just as he was about to vanish through the portal a thought flashed through his mind, 'I shouldn't have done that.