The Guilt
10:45 PM
I sit in my living room, laying back against my couch sipping my coffee as the thought of her crawled into my thoughts again. I try to shake it, try to think of something else but nothing seems to work, so I lay there and let the same thoughts invade me like they always have. "Could I have done something to save her?" And "It's your fault." They repeat over and over in my head and right as I think my head might explode, it stops. Silence fills the room as I look over at my clock and decide it's time to head of to bed. I take one last sip of my coffee before placing it down and heading to my room.I slide into bed and lay my head on my pillow looking up at the ceiling as my eye lids start getting heavy and i drift off to sleep.
2:15 PM
I sit up with a jolt, sweat running down my forehead; a lady had been screaming my name, it seemed like she was in trouble but i couldn't get to her, i couldn't save her.
I scan my room all I see is darkness. I search for my lamp on my nighstand, as I place my hand on the switch and turn it on I still only see darkness. The lamp only illuminating to the foot of my bed.I slide out of bed planning my feet on the cold hardwood floor. I slowly stand up and look around; only darkness in my sights, but it wasn't that regular darkness it was the kind that would make you freeze with fear as if someone was looking at you, waiting for you to make your move.
I take one last look around before opening up the drawer to my nightstand and pull out my flashlight. I walk over to my door in the darkness; as I enter into the darkness I can feel it wrapping itself around me. I hear a voice saying "There's no going back now."
I quickly open my door and run out closing it behind me. I turn away from the door breathing heavy; as I look and see I'm in a hallway, but it's not my hallway. The paint is peeling off the walls they're also cracks along the walls, I feel like I reconize where im at, but something is preventing me from remembering .
I can hear a voice coming down the hall; it's just a whisper; I can't make out what it's saying but it sounds like a woman's voice. I try shaking my fears and with hesitation I start making my way down the hallway.
3:15
It feels like I've been walking this hallway for hours; the energy feels like it's being drained from my body with every step I take. I prop myself against the wall and slowly slide down into a sitting position. As I sit there trying to stay awake I look down the hallway once more and see a yellow light getting brighter and brighter. I cover my ears as I can high pitched scream coming from the light. I can feel the light surrounding me; I cover my ears harder as the screaming gets louder and louder. I cover my eyes as the light gets brighter; then it all stops, no more light and no more screaming.
I sit on the floor for a good minute before opening my eyes seeing that I'm in a living room. I look around seeing two couches,a tv, and a fireplace. I slowly stand and look over at the couches seeing two figures under sheets, one on each couch. I approach the smaller one, I extended my arm ready to pull the sheet off and the figure disappears. I stumble back out of shock. I turn to the Other couch and see the figure still under its sheet. I approach it slowly extending my arm and quickly pull the sheet away.
I fall down by what I see; the figure looks line a young boy, but his skin color is a midnight black, no eyes, no nose just a blank face with black skin.I just look at him from where I sit terrified.The body slowly sits up and turns to me pointing it's finger at me. "It's your fault!" It shouts.
I shake my head "N-No..."
The boy slides off the couch and walks towards me. "It's your fault!" He shouts again.
I scoot back against a wall"I-I couldn't do anything.."
He stops in front of me and looks down at me; I look back at him as I see him move his hands to where his mouth would be. He starts pulling at the skin; I hear it start ripping, I cringe and look away.
After what seems like hours I look and see he's ripped his jaw away from the rest of his face; his jaw just hanging there.I go to stand, but he pushes me back down as an inky black smoke starts seeping from his mouth, or what's left of it. I move to stand again, but the boy places his hands on my shoulders holding me down; I try moving with all my strength but I can budge him.The smoke from the boys broken mouth starts to slowly fall into my lap and cover me; I continue trying to fight back to no avail.The smoke has covered the lower half of my body and starts making its way upward. "N-No...stop.." I say trying again to move his arms.
He makes a sinister growl and pushes down harder on my shoulders.I look at him terrified more then ever as the smoke makes it to my chest.I look at the boy one last time before the smoke covers me completely; his jaw moving back into place, he smirks at me with his torn smile then everything goes dark.
It feels like I'm floating, but I can't move and I'm surrounded by darkness.I start hearing whispers. "Worthless", "It's all your fault.", and "You couldn't even save her."
"N-No, stop its not true..." I say trying to sound bold, but I can still hear them.
I try blocking them out, but fail as they get louder and louder. I only wish for them to go away, for this nightmare to end. I close my eyes on the verge of just surrendering to this darkness, when I feel the darkness that surrounded me starts to expand making a room.