Chapter 9

Flashback

Dread swept over my body something bad was gonna happen. For some reason I felt that. I spot people running around in the neighborhood. Chaos.

I exhale slowly three times. What in the world was going on. A woman enters my field of vision and raises her gun. The area is engulfed in a wind tornado. Everything is tossed around in all different directions. A tornado is unlikely to occur in Woodson town. I squint my eyes in order to see better. The lady is surrounded by wind.

Infront of her I spotted a black figure. I tried to get a better view of but to no avail. All I could see were it's long, large claws. Fear overcomes my body. The lady is lifted up. Her screams pierced my ears. I was too paralyzed by fear to move. The tornado became strong, clouding my vision. Something flies out of the tornado and on to the sidewalk. I strain my eyes to see what it is more clearly.

My stomach churns. It's a hand, the lady's hand. Feeling nauseous , I spilled out the contents of my stomach on to my carpet. I felt like a whole load of shit after puking all over the carpet. My lungs tightened. Panic attack tickled my skin.

The lady's screams were mortifying and sad. The black figure kept on tugging at her body ripping her apart slowly but surely.

It's almost as if it enjoyed her screams, her screaming in pain. I sunk down to the floor. I was hyperventilating. I closed the window quickly.I couldn't stand watching her get ripped to shreds.

I ran over to my dresser. I opened the drawer hastily. Shuffling things around throwing them allover the room. I found my phone eventually.

My body was shaking. I dialed mom.

I placed the phone to my ear and held my breath.

It rang and rang and rang. I cussed.

Where was mom and dad. My anxiety started building up. I let it ring I heard something breaking in the distance,in the house downstairs. My blood went cold.

I dropped my phone and rushed to my door.I pushed it to shut as it was about to shut I spotted something in the hallway. A hideous black figure.

It was looking around rather sniffing around. I gasped and shut the door immediately. I fumbled to lock it my anxiety building up.

The door started shaking. Something banged against the door. I backed away from the door. I knew it was only a matter of seconds before it broke down.

I felt a wet drop on my hand. I shook. I didn't even realise I was crying.

What the fuck was going on? What the fuck was going on?!!!

The door shook violently. I cussed again.

I looked around my room and my eyed landed on the lampstand. I hurried to pick it up. I held it firmly on my sweaty hands.

I took a strong stance at the left hand corner of my room. The door stopped shaking. I held my breath and listened.

Silence. Dead silence. Had it given up.

Something inside me doubted that.

The door was broken down. I screamed. When I looked at what was infront of me I felt everything drained out of me. I couldn't move. I couldn't scream,I couldn't run.

I was paralyzed with fear. The thing infront of me didn't look nothing like the black creature. It's bottom half looked like a man's. However as you looked up you could see its claws as fingers. It's chest was spiked with a throne like armour. On each side it had spike running down its supposed arm until it reached its claws. What rested on his shoulder was an abomination of a head.

No eyes it had no eyes ,it's facial skin was rough with little thorns. It however had a large set of teeth that shaped into a crooked creepy smile.

I couldn't move. I wanted to move but I couldn't. "Well young lady isn't it rude to lock out visitors." It said.

I was shocked it could speak. How could it speak.

"Well you just barged in how could I welcome you in. " I said bluntly.

I tried to show that I wasn't scared. I'm sure I looked far from it.

It laughed. It sounded like it was a growl rather from hell.

"I've been looking for you my love." It said. I cringed.

Why was it looking for me? What was this thing?

All of a sudden the room shook violently and a ray of fire shot past me to the creature. It stumbled back and growled.

I shocked looked around puzzled. Mom was suddenly in the room. Where did she come from?

She was on fire ,literally on fire. But the didn't scream it's like the fore came from her body. Why was she on fire. I was more confused that ever.

How did she get in the room? Mom stood infront of me protectively.

"Mom what'd happening? Why are you on fire?mom?"

" Tehilla honey nows not the time to explain ,run get out of here,follow the woods keep running you'll meet someone there." She said.

The creature stood up and took a battle stance position.

I was scared and confused.

"Mom...... what's happening why are you on fire! where's dad!" I screamed.

"Tehilla dammit please go!" She shouted back.

I stayed glued to where I was.

Mom faced me. She closed her eyes then suddenly I was cocooned into this fire globe with her.

This didn't make sense. She placed her hand on my cheek and caressed it.

"Look sweetie I need to live and survive Okey,eveything will be explained I'm sorry we've been hiding your memories away. Look I love you okey,trust Micah only trust Micah. When you go back to the camp trust him only there's an enemy amongst you Okey." She said.

"How do I know this Micah guy isn't the enemy mom ? I don't even know him." I said.

She smiled. "Ask him all about it,I told him to meet you in the woods,now you have to get going I love you." She said.

"I love you too mom you're not coming ?"

" No Look for Angrid as well." She said.

She placed a hand on my forehead. It felt earn when she touched it. I closed my eyes.

When I opened them I was running through the forest. I had this initiative to keep on running. I don't know how I ended up here but I knew I had to keep running.

I fell to the ground and eveything went black.

I woke up with start. I looked around the room. I was alone back in the tailored design room Micah did for me. A memory. I remembered something.

So that's how I ended up in the wood.

I hugged my body. Chills went down my body. Mom. I didn't want to assume what happened to mom. I felt tears gather.

I wish all this was a nightmare I could wake up from. Sadly this is reality,my scary reality. I was startled by gunshots outside my window. I jumped out of bed and scanned the yard. The sky had this weird colour this weird blackness to it.The hairs on my arm stood up.