PROLOGUE
Well, I must have dozed off. I gazed at all the hurrying people around me. I rose off of the bench I was sitting on.
I was in a shopping mall? How long was I asleep? As long and hard as I thought, I couldn't remember how or why I got here.
Duh, I came here to shop, why else?
Logic told me that was the right answer, but still there was a feeling... a very tiny feeling from the back of my mind, telling me that something... something wasn't quite right.
Logic pushed that feeling away. I am in a shopping mall, I might as well shop. I started towards the nearest store.
* * *
After a few hours, I got bored. I decided I didn't really need to buy anything. Just as I was leaving a clothing store, I noticed one of the employees --he looked in his 20's, with short brown hair and green eyes-- glaring at me. I wasn't really sure what to do, so I just spun around, and left. Looking back, I saw him turn away, shake his head, and go on with his duties.
Something looked familiar about him.
As I neared the exit, another employee, this one was bald with angered brown eyes, his face a scowl, stood in my way.
"Can I get past, sir?"
"Did you pay for that?"
"What?"
"That." He pointed towards a golden-colored watch around my right wrist. I didn't really notice it. I didn't remember paying for it, but it did look familiar...
"Did you, or what?" He looked like he was about to explode. "That costs hundreds of dollars."
"I did." I lied. Well, it was the best thing I could think of.
The bald man laughed an evil chuckle. "Nice lie, kid. Hand it over."
"I... it's mine." I stuttered.
"I can call security."
"What's so important about this watch?" I asked.
"You stole it."
"No, I didn't." I held fast to my word. What was so important? I didn't steal it.
"Mark, keep this kid here, I'm getting security."
The other employee, Mark, came over and forced me into a chair.
As I was about to speak, he slammed an object, it felt like metal, into my head, knocking me out.
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