[BLINDFOLD] SEASON I CHAPTER I

CHAPTER I - WAKING UP

It was daytime, but nobody could tell, as the weather was horrible. It was raining heavily, mist covered the land, city looming in the distance. Trees bent over and drag its branches along the icy cold river. Birds sang sadly but sweetly on the branches, moaning for the devastation of mankind.

In a dark alley of a city, a man laid in a pool of blood. He was naked, and badly injured - a large part of his body was covered by blood, scratches were all over his body as if he was attacked by an evil wild beast. Nobody was walking on the street due to the horrible weather, and the man was left there, experiencing the coldness and wetness of raindrops, falling heavily onto his body.

Time passed, the rain had stopped and the fog was gone. People started coming out from their houses. A woman walked by, and saw the man, she screamed loudly and attracted a crowd of people. People gathered around, weeping, coughing out tearless sighs.

The man was sent to a doctor. He bandaged him, sterilized his wounds and used some of the remaining medicine on him. The crowd waited impatiently outside the doctor’s clinic.

    “This man is safe, for now. I have tried my best to fix him up, but he remained unconscious. It’s now all up to his own surviving desire.” The doctor told this to the crowd as he walked out, slamming the doors shut. The crowd gasped in silence.

    Every day, the doctor would go to the clinic to check on him. After weeks of treatment, his wounds nearly recovered, but he was still in coma. It would be a miracle that he managed to wake up as he had a hard blow.

    It was a ridiculously quiet and chilling night. Some noise squeaked out from the clinic, someone was moaning. It was the guy who was found unconscious in the dark alley several weeks ago. He couldn’t remember anything. He had no sense of time and no idea of what was happening, and who he was.

 

The next day, the doctor went back to the clinic. He wanted to give up taking care of the patient he has been trying hard to save for the past few weeks. It made him tired, both physically and mentally. Just as he opened the door, a sharp knife was pointing at him from behind to his neck, threatening him.

    “Don’t you dare to make a single noise, I… I have warned you!”

    “Okay okay! Chill out man, what do you want!”

    “Listen… listen! Walk inside slowly and close the door. Do not try to shout for help.”

    Following the orders from the trembling voice, the doctor did what he was told. After that, he turned backwards trying to fight back. He then saw the face of the one who was threatening him - it was the stranger!

    “Calm down! I am a doctor, and I have saved your life!” the doctor shouted in fear.

    “What happened ? Where am I?” the man asked when he lowered his knife “and… who am I… ” at this point, the stranger trembled in tears and bursted out crying. Seeing him crying is like seeing a giant weeping, considering his muscular, athletically built body.

    “You were found unconscious in an alley. I think you were harmed by someone, it’s just my prediction… ” the doctor explained his situation to him calmly. “We have also found this near where we have found you.” he took out an ID card and handed it to the man.

    “Steve Jones… born 24th July 2014…” He could not remember anything about himself, even if he was trying extremely hard. Steve was in shock, but there was a picture of him. He looked at the mirror, he stared at his hands, he stood there still, weeping. The harder he tried to be tough the weaker he seemed to be.

    “Doctor, can you tell me what day is it…”

    “It’s 24th July 2034. Or in another way, 14th year after The War.”

    “The War?”

    “Steve, can you not recall anything? Not even a single bit of it?” Steve shooked his head. “The War started 14 years ago, the date was 13rd October 2020. Two nuclear missiles were launched from China and USA at the same time to each other. The two country then fought a war. At last, the human race was half wiped out, and the civilization of human was gone in 7 days.”

    “The war only lasted for a week? How did it end?”

    “A mysterious organization consisted of people with high-tech weapon, or to be more specific, robotic army and highly-destructive arms. They came out of nowhere and destroyed the two countries. They ruled the world since then.” the doctor took a deep breath and sighed “They are currently ruling the world by setting up small cities in this abandoned land. Totalitarian government was set up and people like us were forced to work for them. We receive propaganda everyday. We need to donate resources we were told to gather, we need to work as a construction worker sometimes, we need to live without much freedom…”

    It seemed like everything was restricted and everyone was being monitored. The citizens have been blindfolded. Blindfolded so they can follow unreasonable instructions given by this unreasonable government. The truth has been covered by heavy mist and cannot be seen clearly. Mayhem will soon be all around this world, this dark, pathetic world full of lies and tricks.

    And so here comes the Crimson Rebels.