I crouched down and made myself look like a turtle hiding in its shell.
"P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pl-please…"
My body shivers to its maximum potency, remembering the experience that I would call a nightmare.
"This is just a nightmare… This is just a nightmare… This is just a nightmare…" I kept repeating the same words, over and over and over and over.
"I-I-I-If I just close my eyes and keep my mind calm… Everything I would've seen will end… I'm sure of it… I'm sure of it…" I was sitting at the exact same spot, hiding my face from lights as I was praying that I soon would get out of this hellish nightmare. What is happening? What are those things?! The Granny's appearance, I wish I'd never seen it… Hell, I don't even want to go back there anymore. Oh god… Help me…
And suddenly, the sound of the unknown source came from somewhere, which immediately made me shriek. I looked around me to see where the sound was coming from, thankfully it appeared to be far away from where I was standing. But still, the outdoors isn't the safest place for me to be. The longer I stand here, the higher the probability the things that would happened to me earlier become.
Thus my eyes were diverted toward the nearest terrace building to me, any building I could've chosen. Then my eyes were locked on the broken door of the building in front of me. I had a bit of hesitation, but I've still managed to gain the courage to make my step towards the building.
As I thought, the door is already broken. But compared to other buildings, whose doorway was laid bare, this is better than nothing. If else, I can just use the door and barricade it from the inside.
I took a step inside the building, judging by the interior of this building, it seemed to be a house. Of course, my common sense was able to perceive the concept of 'House' and everything inside of it. Such as the living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, toilet, etc. But still, my skin shivers the moment I step foot inside the house, I could have known there was a living room thanks to my only source of light which comes from behind me through the doorframe, the sun.
Except that, everything else in the house was covered by darkness, which I myself did not want to step into after the traumatized nightmare I just experienced. And then as I was thinking the word 'source of lights' my mind just reminded me of the words 'fire' and 'flashlight'. Along with the other things they used to light up the building.
But again, I didn't have the courage as my mind was filled with fear to step any further. But, I force myself. Force my mind to get rid of the fear for my safety.
"Anything won't happen, anything won't happen… This is just a nightmare… This is just a nightmare…" I slapped both my cheeks and finally gained the courage.
"Okay! Now, my first priority is to explore this house-" That's when that 'thing' ambushes me from above, the moment I take my second step. That 'thing' lunged itself from above, towards me… I couldn't see its appearance because it was coming from my blind spot, but that thing weighed a lot although I could still lift it as it was riding on my back.
I almost lost the balance as I kept crashing on a lot of things since that 'thing' was still riding on my back. But in the next moment, that's when my true nightmare came. I could feel that 'thing' has a really really sharp claw. The sharp claws soon dug deeper through my skin and flesh, revealing my blood.
I felt the pain and screamed as I was trying to get rid of that 'thing'. But I couldn't, that 'thing' has a strong grip. Really really strong grip that it just crushed both my shoulder bones in the next 7 seconds.
"AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH GET OFF ME!!! GET OFF ME!!!" I purposely launched my back toward the wall to get rid of them, but that alone wasn't enough since I soon would learn how durable these 'things' are. I tried a lot of things, like spinning myself or punching it, but what happened next was that 'thing' bit my fist whole with his sharp teeth.
"AAAARRRGGGHHHH MY HAND!!! MY HAND!!!" Soon I would experience the teeth change its target towards my neck.
"AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!" I then noticed that I could not mutter a word since that bite ruptured my vocal cords. I also started to vomit blood. My eyes barely see anything but red. And the bite on the back of my neck caused the blood to splatter everywhere like a broken faucet.
Losing a lot of blood, my body started to lose its strength. Soon I then would fell on my knee my head crushed into the window. The force made the window crack, not destroyed. Thanks to that, I was able to see the reflection of the road from the cracked window. The reflection that has filled my eyes with the sight of my horrific self, and that 'thing' on my back.
…
"AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!" Once again, I'm back… Right in the front of this fucking fire hydrant. One of my parts was right, it's one of the worst ideas to go inside the terrace house in front of me.
But that's not the only thing I've learned the moment I wake up at my starting point. As my eyes were focused on the window, I could see it. One, two, three. No, it has reached double the digit. What I mean by that is from the eyes of that 'thing' which currently are staring at me through every window, in every terrace house. Not just in front of me, they're also watching me from the window on my back.
"Eeeeek!" I shriek as I get up and run away to my right. I ran into the middle of the street, knowing those ' things' were watching me from every window possible.
…
I gasped for air, knowing I was already far away from that street where that 'thing' existed. In my mind, I wished not to meet those things again all my life. But again, the fate is cruel…
As I composure myself, I then just realized that I was beside the destroyed building. Well half part of the building is destroyed, but the other half is holding its structure for dear life as it has a crack everywhere. I thought to myself, I don't want to risk getting smashed to pummeled if the building happened to collapse.
As I was about to take my step, I saw the eyes through the crack of the wall, staring through my soul. The next second that happened was that my eyes were above. I lost the feelings of the rest of my body but felt a really painful sensation all over my head, all I could move was my eyes. As if I was thrown afar, my face has finally met the ground. But I still can't move my body.
And that's when I realized… As I saw my own body with my own eyes, spewing blood from its neck, and fell to the ground. That's the last thing I saw… Before I opened my eyes in the familiar street. The feeling on my back, it's no doubt is that fire hydrant.
Soon, the moment I realized what had happened, I put both palms on my face. And I thought to myself…
"It was never a nightmare. It was a hell, THE FUCKING HELL!!!" I gritted my teeth as hard as I could. One part of myself filled with anger and questioned god the reason I was sent to this place. The other part shows when I noticed the gaze from every window. Once I realized they were watching me, my body froze.
(Please don't eat me… Please don't eat me… Please don't eat me…) I forbade myself to show my face and decided to sit and leaned on the fire hydrant, as I faced down.
…
It's already dusk, I was hungry, I was thirsty… The fact that I sit in front of this fire hydrant for hours tells me how much both my body and mind don't want to even take a step from this spot. Thus I ignored my hungriness and thirst, only to prioritize myself to not get caught in that situation ever again.
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The sun has left me, thus the night shows itself. Shined by the stars and moonlight. But yet, I still sitting in this spot again, leaning on the fire hydrant. The only place that I would've thought to be the only safe place. That's what I thought…
*AWOOOOOO!!!*
I suddenly shriek out of surprised, but that shriek is the cause of why that 'thing' turned its attention towards me. I looked up the rooftop, which is where the howl comes from. And there, I saw the shadow jump off the rooftop, towards me. Knowing the danger, I tried to run away. But I was caught in an instant.
My body were pushed by the soft leg which has a sharp claw that has pierced my back. Every second passed by, the force of the leg became stronger, soon I can feel my bone ruptured from the inside. I then vomited blood, from the trauma my body has caused by.
And then, it took no time, before that thing started to eat me alive. Starting from the leg…
…
It's become day again. Soon, I sighed, learning that my mind has started to crumble facing death, in every possible way. And soon, I fell into despair. Not knowing what is the right thing to do. Every single moves could lead a painful and unimaginable death. And in my mind, I thought to myself…
(Perhaps I've made an unforgivable sin, which is why I was sent here…)
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Suddenly, the sound of an object falling raised my attention. And then, I noticed the book in the middle of the street. I've thought to myself, 'That book wasn't there before.' And with that in mind, I cautiously gets up to not raised a suspicion of those 'things' that's gazing at me from the window.
I get my hand on the book, it has a black cover, front to back. And then I opened the book, thinking I would've learned anything.
I was wrong… It was not what I thought. The whole book is only filled with black page. Excpet, the numbers and words that's written at the corner of the back of the cover.
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