THE FUTURE OF THE PAST

-Raad Sarar

In the city of Batumi, there lived a threatening criminal named Hael. He was a very mischievous man who robbed, kidnapped, snatched and murdered people. The local were terrified by him. The town soon became corrupted due to his actions. He always escaped the extended hands of justice by a hair.
One day, he was escaping from a bank stealing $50,000 in cash. This time, it was a big steal. So the police deployed all theiir forces and soon encircled him. Having no way out he drove towards a police car trying to force his way out. But the rest of the cars immediately hit him from all sides. His car was completely wrecked. Everyone thought Hael died. After examining him it was discovered that he was still alive. However, he lost all his memories.


Hael is suffering from amnesia. He became quite innocent and kind after losing his memories. He is a criminal and still had to be punished due to his heinous activities. But it was so harsh to punish a man who is completely unaware. Taking pity at the man, the court decided to let him start his new life at a foster family.


It has been 9 years since then. Hael´s name has been changed to Mick. He is 28 years old now living with his family and leading a happy life. He has two daughters patricia and lisa. And he is an affiliate marketer. He has coped up with the city and everybody has almost forgot who he was. But they had no idea about the mayhem that was slowly approaching.


It was saturday night. Mick went to a bar with his friends. His friends were chatting and were almost drunk. Mick was left out as he was still sober. Shortly after came a man with a long dark coat. He went to the bartender and asked for a scotch. Mick also went to the bartender to pay for the drinks. He stood right beside the mysterious man. The man glazed at him and said
¨ Well, what an unusual face we have here?¨
MIck was confused and said
¨I am sorry. Do we know each other?¨ The man replied
¨Yes but maybe not¨
¨ Let me introduce myself. I am Ajax. Nice to meet you.¨
Mick said ¨ I am Mick. It is nice to meet you too¨
Ajax with an astonishing face said ¨"Wow! You changed your name too.¨
Now Mick was very confused and thought the men mistook him for someone else and told him.
Mick and Ajax had a couple of shots and Ajax wanted to have a small walk with Mick. Mick left his friends at the bar as they were too drunk to listen and went on with Ajax.


Mick was having a good time walking and trying to figure out what Ajax really wants from him. As Mick walk, Ajax slows down his pace and Mick is slightly walking ahead. Mick keeps walking and suddenly he feels the world freezing and slowly fading away. He can´t walk straight and dizziness takes over. When he turns back he sees Ajax with cold eyes staring at him and the wine bottle in his hand broken. Mick slowly touches the back of his head and sees blood in his hand. Mick doesn´t say anything and keeps walking forward with every energy he has as he collapses.


An uncertain sound wakes Mick up. He opens his eyes in an uncomfortable way as he tries to get up only to find himself tied in a chair. Mick remembers everything that happened and why he passed out. He was kept in a small dressing room with nothing but a chair and Mick tied in it. The door opens slowly making that crack sound and enters Ajax. Ajax says in a sweet voice
´´Finally awake, huh. Are you still feeling dizzy? Do you want something to eat?´´
´´I don´t need anything. Untie me and let me go.´´ said Mick almost in a requesting way.
´´ That´s no can do.´´
 Mick shouts in agony ´´What do you want from me? why are you doing this?´´
¨ You don´t seem to understand that you are a very special person. We will not harm you. Just stay calm¨ said Ajax.


Soon some unfamiliar faces entered the tiny room with only one bulb on. They looked surprised. Mick didn´t recognize any of them. He just screamed and told them to untie him. One of the woman in the group was Nerissa. She took a pity on poor Mick and told ajax to untie him. Nerissa looked at Mick and said in a very soft voice,
¨ It´ś been a long time since I saw you. I thought you were dead. So, what do you do now? ´´
´´I don´t know you. I don´t know what you are talking about. Please, let me go. This is a misunderstanding. You must have mistaken  me for another person. ´´ cried Mick.
Another person in the group called Fletcher yelled at Mick.
´´ I can´t believe you are Mick. You used to be such a badass. Look at you weeping, you coward piece of shit.´´ Then he turned to Ajax and said,
´´Can we actually get any help from this guy. He is useless. Can´t we find someone else.´´
Ajax said with hoplessness in his eyes,
´´ I know. But it can´t be helped. We need him for the heist.´´
Listening the word ´´heist´´ made Mick worry more. He thought they would use him as a sacrifice or a third person. But to his surprise, they untied him and calmly sat with him and started explaining things to him. About who he was and what he did.





MIck was shocked. He couldn´t believe any of them. He can´t accept the fact that he was a criminal. But Ajax showed him past news and photos as proof. Mick could´nt say anything. He was too shocked and didn´t know what to say. There was too much going on his head. Everyone realized how he was feeling and let him go. Mick planned to inform the police if he somehow managed to escape. But now he could´nt. Rather he lost the will to do so. Mick took out his phone and saw he had missed calls from his friends and family, He didn´t answer them. He went to his house like nothing happened. He ate dinner with his family cheerfully. He kissed his daughters to sleep and went to the bathroom. He was taking a warm shower and thinking hard. First he started to guess how many people knew about this. His friends, his family he couldn´t guess. That night he couldn´t sleep. It was now that Mick realized that there was a misery slowly approaching his life and he had to pay a lot to it.


A few momths passed by. Mick lead his normal life as always. But he still didn´t forget. He is researching about his past. He recorded his crimes and tried to find out who else knew. Mick then finally found a man who knew about his past. He was named Rick. An old businessman. Mick and his family had dinner with this guy a couple times. Mick knows him well. So, he decided to pay Rick a visit. Mick went to his office and had a nice chat. Finally he decided to push it. He asked Rick
´´ Rick, am I suffering from amnesia?´´
Rick was astonished and couldn´t figure out what to say.
´´What do you mean?´´ asked Rick.
´´Give it to me straight. Have I been a victim of amnesia?´´ asked Mick with a deep and angry tone.
´´Ok. You are suffering from amnesia. But you need not know about your past. You don´t wanna throw away your current life, do you? If there is something bothering you, then you can tell me. But I am telling you, it´s better you don´t think too much about your past and leave it at that´´ went Rick on and on telling Mick to not bother about his past.
´´ Can you tell me what kind of man I was before?´´ asked Mick softening his tone.
´´ You were a decent man. I didn´t know you then.´´ said Rick.
Mick had a couple more chat and left. Mick knew that it would be bad if his memories returned. He dion´t want to hurt his family. But he kept thinking about it. He couldn´t control himself. he wanted to know the real him. It was a desire that he couldn´t stop. And so he decided to know about his past from Ajax.