Linked Saga

"In every life there will be a twist that cannot be humanly foreseen. This was mine and I had to reach out and follow the instincts that were bound to keep me alive...." One man's vacation turns into the challenge of a lifetime when out of tragedy, something more powerful becomes the façade of his existence. "You need to forget about that time in your life, honey. Those memories will only every cause you pain." She pulled her withered old hands away from the illuminated ball and rested them on mine. I pursed my lips as I responded. "I can never forget about something that you say is impossible, while there are loose ends untied in my heart. This 'new life' that I have pitifully attempted to create is surreal because I'm only hiding from my past." I pleaded so desperately that the tears escaped from my eyes. "That's because you're still holding onto a small thread of hope that will someday form a string that will take you back to where you really want to be." She peered into my eyes and I felt myself sink further into the chair. "It's too dangerous for you to go back there and you know that. Silly girl." She shook her head and smiled sympathetically at me, a dimple in her cheek appearing. "Is he alive?" I tightened my grip on her hands. "Please, it's all I need to know." My eyes burnt harshly as the question escaped from my lips. "You know I won't say that, I don't want to be the one who you blame if my visions are wrong." She rubbed the top of my hand with her thumb and her eyes sharpened. "What does your heart tell you honey?" "It's telling me yes." I pleaded again. She leaned back in her ruffled chair and looked at me more intently than she had ever done before. "Well then, how does the old saying go?" She squeezed my hands tightly and then steadily met my gaze, waiting for my answer. My mouth didn't move as I leant closer and for a moment, I could almost feel the energy pulsating from her. "Always believe your heart enough to trust that it's correct." Inside every heart and soul is a story that's waiting to be told...

The force of a soulful love is a constant reminder that you should never give up, nor let go, if there is even the slightest hope that someone who you have been told is dead, is very much alive. It all just relies on a link, a touch, a ray of hope that will entwine it all together. Do you go against everything you know to find the truth about a syndicate of criminals even if it means breaking the oath that you have stood by since you can remember? Ultimately, it all comes down to one small question that can change your life forever. Do you hold on, or do you let go, of the one person who really matters? Sometimes, what's left behind... will be impossible to forget. I realized that I had to be in a similar hospital to the one they had taken me too before, and in a storage room or something that had been emptied. I wanted to scream, but the cloth around my mouth left me unable. As far as that man outside my door would think, I was still out of it. I tried to move the chair by thrusting my whole body, but it didn't move so I guessed it was attached to the bench that looked as though it skirted the whole room. There was more to life than this, surely. There had to be answers to the questions hiding deep within me. I had always been able to find my answers. I just needed to work out how to put my finger on the clues and let them lead the way. Why was I there? Why was I so important? Why was Zavier? I had to think hard, because I know better than anyone that the answers rely on a link, a touch, a ray of hope that will entwine everything together. I just need those answers to become me, like they had always done in the past. I needed to be able to put the pieces of this sick puzzle together so I could understand what I was facing. Would I die trying? I wanted to be able to breathe again, freely, like I used to when I was a child. I wanted this weight of the unknown or whatever it was holding me down to lift from me and disappear into thin air... just the way all my hopes and dreams had done. I just wanted my life to be safe.