"I'm guy", he said.
Davis releases Musa from the cuffs and they walked into the house.
"Like I said earlier, I'm here to save you guys from the impending doom, you're about to face. I'm hardly the enemy", Davis said.
"Who do you say sent you again", Musa quizzed.
"The Author. He is the owner of this reality we live in. That is why I was able to do what I did to you."
They all sat. Guy brings Davis water to drink. Musa shuts the door and brings them blankets.
"About this Author, tell us more about him", Musa said with a curious askance.
"He is the Author not just of this reality but of my very own. The reality I come from. The Author calls our reality, novels. My reality he named after me: The ghost of time. My very narration of this story is his handiwork. One very day, something happened that enabled me to meet the Author in person. It enabled me access to his reality. That was how I met him."
Their faces looked stunned as if they had seen a ghost. A silence ensued. They were reluctant to ask further questions but Guy muttered, "who or what are you, and why did he send you here?"
"It's a long story", Davis replied.
"In my experience, long stories are short stories that one doesn't feel like sharing", Guy retorted.
"I will have you know I am the one hurting here: the only one who is supposed to be angry. If I had my way, wouldn't be here. I am here... I am here..."
Musa gesticulated, urging him to tell his story.
"I am the ghost of time. I was sent here to protect you guys like I said earlier. After I met with the Author, I asked why he discontinued my reality and why he killed off my girlfriend. He explained why he couldn't continue with the ghost of time: my reality. But he gave me the chance to live again— to find a new purpose. And that's why I was sent here. I am also here because I made a bargain. If I come here and save you guys, he will bring back my girlfriend. And that's the reason I agreed to come."
Davis laid on the couch and decided to sleep. Musa went into the armoury to get some weapons. He gave arms to both Davis and Guy.
Musa went up to the watch tower to keep watch. He stayed up until morning. The night was short.
It soon became morning.
He went into the house and found them asleep.
"Bloody civilians."
Musa went into the kitchen; boiled some water and made tea for himself. He finished eating, yet, they were still asleep. He went into the bathroom, got a bucket of water and poured on both of them.
Davis flipped, and before he knew what was going on, he went back in time. He went back in time to the previous evening.
Musa had just gone to the watch tower and they were about to sleep but their eyes remained wide open.
Guy muttered, "who is the ghost of time?"
Davis replied, " it seems you don't plan on going to sleep this night."
Guy replied, " I don't think we could, even if we wanted to. There is so much trepidation in our minds. Enough to drive sleep away."
Davis sat up. "There was a boy who wanted a peaceful and tranquil life. All that changed the day he fell in love with Princessa. He had just gotten back from school. He was sitting in his room reminiscing on her beautiful face when it happened for the first time. He went back in time to the exact moment he was reminiscing about. He was staring at her not realizing he had gone back in time. It was so confusing."
"Wow! That's a cool gift. So, poof! Just like that you went back in time?"
"It's not as cool as it seems", replied Davis. "One has to re-live every time he travels back to. And I can't travel to the future."
"Why", Guy asked.
"Because each time I travel back in time, I erase every future that ever were. Not just my own future but everyone else's.
