Dark Deception [July 2nd, 2013]
The walls are painted red - i can just see the dark liquid as the lightning flickered and stroked through the black sky; the crimson liquid tainted it’s surface, splattered and smeared across it, leaving a deadly and sinister trail -
that lead me to the smashed mirror, scattered across the floor. Pieces and shreds of glass, splattered and spread across the carpet. Large pieces sticking out, like razor blades coming out from the ground, each step left a loud crunch and crinkle beneath my boots. Heavily stepping and avoiding the deadly shards, that crossed my path. The hall way - dark. Leaving me, blind and deaf as the screams howled and pierced my ears. It was like a dream; the distortion of the corners of my eyes, the blurred centre. I wasn’t walking straight, wavy and staggered steps as the Darkness riddled and tried to suffocate me as it entered my lungs, with each heavy and panicked breath. My finger tips traced the walls that enclosed me, I was home.
The doors, closed and locked, sealed shut. I could feel the cold shivers run down my neck, travelling down my spine. My arms were soon wrapped in goose bumps, It didn’t matter what i was wearing, my thick black hoodie couldn’t contain this un-natural freeze that filled the entire illusion. Wind was soon whisking and wrapping around my ankles, flowing pass my arms and brushing through my hair. Each step was slower than the next, my knees ached from the cold that rushed over me. I knew i had to keep moving; i needed to keep moving. The more i moved forwards, the closer the light at the end of the hall way beamed, as if it was reaching out to me - but, i couldn’t move any faster as the darkness swam and swarmed around me. Stopping me, it entangled and forced me to my knees. My knees collapsed, they were already weak - it knew that fact…It knew my weakness and my battles. Gritting my teeth, i force myself up. Stepping forwards, the blood on the walls now stained my finger tips… The screams stopped, to a single halt. I could hear my own breathing, my heart beating and racing with my pulse…. The silence was deafening and frightening, a warning of things to come, the havoc just around the corner…
This was the calm before the storm, the serene echo of each step was haunting. The mellow steps becoming deeper. Reaching the end of the hall, my hands planted the wall, clenched in fists. The light was gone. The dark room with the hint of blue shades swallowing me; i had nowhere to turn. I could feel my heart trembling within my chest… The fear rising, the adrenaline shaking my bones…I had no idea where i was, this storm was just beginning….
I was soon sinking, water was now rising beneath my feet, grabbing my ankles and clawing my legs, pulling me down… My heart beat was in my ears, the erratic and strong beats hammering and increasing in pace as the cold water drowned me. My aching bones tried to move, rise above the evolving water, swimming upwards to find myself falling; falling endlessly into darkness, I scream loudly, as loud as i could as the terror surrounded me and engulfed me… I didn’t know where i’d land, if I’d land at all; I was floating now and my eyes slammed shut…
As the fear overtook me, my heart racing. My pulse erratic and unsteady. My breathing heavy and quick…. My back is slammed hard against a solid and damp surface, with a loud thud. The pain struck my spine, my back throbbed in agony… my arms and legs felt numb in that moment before i could move, my eyes soon opening as water drops from my cheeks and nose. My hair drenched in the oil, the black thick liquid drenched me…. As i blinked; it became clear and dissolved as it dropped and faded into the ground beneath me…
I couldn’t wrap my mind around the events i had just experienced; was this a dream? an illusion of the Dark Presence. Was i asleep? This couldn’t be real, it had to be a dream? The more i thought about it, the more my head started to pound and shake in agony, my temple was surging with agonizing bolts of pain from one side of my temple to the other. Behind my eyes, the pain struck the nerves and left me gasping in pain….The light was soon flashing before my eyes, angering my head; the raids at my head were excruciating to the point of withering in pain…. As i lay there, cradling and resting my palms against my head, my fingers grasping and wrenching my hair, A large burst of light shines over me with a loud hum…. As the light illuminates me, I find myself in the forest of Bright Falls. The Taken standing and waiting for the light to remove itself from me; but it lingered and stayed…. Letting out a gasp of relief, My head no longer torments me and i can move….. But, where do i go? I have no gun, No flashlight, No flares or Flashbangs. I’m stuck, I’m stranded and my mind is playing mind games with me, illusions are throwing me around like a rag doll… The more i move, the more this cataclysm evolves and takes over me…..The more i move, The Dark Presence wins. I am lost inside myself, I can’t find my way home….
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