Dead Within but Still Alive

Chapter 4

I ran threw dark streets and alley way but I couldn't loose the monster behind me. I made a hard left and ran down an alley way. I don't recognize the area that i'm in at all. The buildings were broken down but just tall enough that I couldn't look over them. I ran down a dark street that only hosted one dimly lit street lamp. I spun around under the light to see if I was still being followed, But all I saw was a large gray body. I slowly looked up and saw the terrifying face of my follower. His mouth seemed like it was ripping open and there were blotches of blood all over his body. Large gray tentacles began to out of his back and make there way towards me.

I took a step back, but my foot caught on something and I fell backwards and landed on my butt. The monster smiled a terrifying grin and towered over me. A gray tentacle reached out and wrapped itself around my neck. I gasped for air as he slowly lifted me up above the ground. He lifted me up till my face was at least a foot above his head. He looked up at me and tilted his head. Suddenly the ground gave out from under him and he began to fall into a black whole. The tentacle unwrapped itself from my neck and he fell deep into the whole. He roared as he fell into the pit. I managed to grab a hold on the stones along the edge before falling in. I tried to climb out but I was too tired to hold on any longer.

Suddenly a guy maybe my age walked up and looked down at me.

"H..help me, pl....please." I begged him.

He only smiled and I saw his foot reach out and step on my hand . He began to crunch fingers into the ground and I screamed in pain. He eventually lifted his foot and I fell into the whole below me, as I watched him softly laugh as I fell.

"Good-bye." He said cheerfully.

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I gasped for air as I laid on my back. My eyes shot open and I saw Jeff next to my trying to wake me up. Slender was standing at the foot of my bed and Masky and Hoodie stood on the other side of the bed.

I tried to slow my breathing and everyone looked up and saw that I was awake. Jeff shot up and Held me in his arms.

"What the hell was that?!?!?" He yelled at me.

I gasped for air one last time before looking down at him. He had his face in the crevasse of my neck.

"We tried to wake you up for the past hour, but you wouldn't open your eyes. You were screaming and kicking. You almost strangled yourself in the blanket, too." Jeff said and lifted his head to look me in the eyes.

I managed a grin and sat up. I held up my hand and looked at it. It wasn't bloody unlike in the dream when the guy had stepped on it. I looked up at all of them and said," I had a nightmare. I have them just about every night but this was different from all the other ones. I was being chased by a being, no monstrous person. He was tall like you slender but he wasn't wearing a suit like you. He had blood splotches all over his body and a bunch of gray tentacles. He chased me through alleys and streets but then there was a black hole in the ground which he fell into. I managed to grab a stone before falling in, but a guy maybe Jeff's age walked up and stepped on my hand. I couldn't get a good look because My eyes teared up in pain. I fell into the hole when he lifted his foot from cursing my hand which was holding on."

I felt hot tears roll down my cheeks and I immediately tried to wipe them away. Jeff looked up at me and pulled me into his chest. I smelled the smell that filled his room. Tears flowed faster from my eyes and I grabbed his jacket and pulled my face deep into his chest.

"I am glad that you are okay now, but I need to go make breakfast. Masky, Hoodie, come with me. tell the others that she's fine." Slender said and walked out with Hoodie and Masky.