Ain't no rest for the wicked | ghost adventures oneshots

Nightmare

                               -sorta nak? Platonic-
         [TW nightmare, crying, blood, death, gore]
Zak was running down a dark hallway, he didn't know where he was going, all he knew was to run. He was bleeding, his legs hurt. Skidding round a corner of this never ending hallway he saw a figure at the end. He slowed his pace down, he could barely breath. Slowly he approached this figure. It was about 12ft high. The dark shadow showed that it's back was turned to him. Zak thought for a second, wasn't he running from this thing? As he got closer he smelt a putrid smell, like the creature was rotting. Zak stopped about 3 meters behind it. Slowly it turned it head, glowing red eyes bore into his soul, it exhaled, smoke came out its nose. It slowly turned around fully and walked over to him, it's hoofs clacking of the cold concrete floor. Zak tried to turn around and run again but he couldn't move, he was paralyzed, the creature stopped a couple centimeters away from The raven haired, towering over him, growling at him, black smoke started to appear and slowly started to swarm around Zak, he inhaled it, blacking out.

Zak opened his eyes, he was in a room with Aaron, he looked around wondering how he got here. He had an ovilus III in hand, assuming he zoned out during an investigation Zak looked around once more. The room was dead silent until the word demon loudly came through the device. Both Aaron and Zak looked down at it, it kept repeating the word over and over.
"What the hell?" Zak asked looking back up at Aaron but something was wrong he saw visions of Aaron...dead. He saw his friends rotting body. He blinked and it was gone. He looked back down at the device, the screen now saying the word dead on it.
"Dead? What's dead?" Zak asked, his voice shakey from the hallucinations he just saw.
"Friend" the device spoke.
"Friend?" Zak asked, confused.
"Friend" it spoke again. Zak looked up and over at Aaron, who was staring back at him. Something was seriously wrong with Aaron, his eyes...his eyes were gone, just empty rotting eye sockets left. His teeth were a dull yellow, some weren't even there!
"Aaron?" Zak's soft voice spoke, he took a step backwards away from Aaron.
"Dead" the ovilus III said again.
"Aaron!?" Zak asked again slightly more panicked then before. Aaron's lifeless eye sockets bore into Zaks soul. His rotting body took a step towards the raven haired, cornering the poor boy.
"Aaron please?!" He asked, tears pricking at the corners of his eyes as the rotting corpse of Aaron took another step towards him. Zak backed into a wall as Aaron closed in, a couple stray tears trickled down his cheeks.
"Aaron please this isn't you" he choked out, fearful of his now dead friend. Aaron lunged forward, tearing into the younger mans throat. A scream erupted from the raven haired's throat as Aaron bit down harder, Aaron pulled out, tearing out a giant chunk of Zak's flesh. Zak felt the blood pour down his neck, gathering in his black shirt and dripping onto the floor.
"Dead" the ovilus spoke as Zak fell to the ground.

Zak gasped as he woke up, he was on the floor, the same room as before. Some blood around him, he slowly stood up, looking into a mirror that was hanging on the moldy walls, his neck was fine so who's blood was that? He looked back down spotting the ovilus laying in the floor to his left. He bent down to pick it up, noticing the three dots.
"Awake" the ovilus spat.
"What the fuck just happened?!" Zak breathes out, shaken from..whatever just happened.
"Awake" the small device spat again.
"Who's blood is that?" He looked over to the puddle of fresh blood, that he seemed to be laying in.
"You" the ovilus spoke. Zak turned off the device and shoved it into his pocket, he felt fine, so why was his blood on the floor? And where the hell was Aaron? Looking around he noticed a camera laying on the floor facing him. Quickly he walked over to it, stepping on broken glass, he picked it up. Screens shattered, won't turn on. The raven haired took the SD card out, dropping the camera with a loud thud. He walked out the room, stepping into the pitch black hallway.
"Aaron?" He called out, his words echoing down the hallway.
"Nick?" He called again. Getting no reply he walked out the room and started walking down the hallway. Zak kept walking until he felt something hit his foot, he tripped over what every is laying there and smacked his head off the concrete, a vile smell of iron rose up from whatever he just tripped over. Noticing a strange black object on the floor, he went to grab it. A screen lit up, a phone. He switched the phone light on and...the thing he just tripped over..a body, all ripped up, intestines hanging out, ribs snapped, chest torn open, eyes gone. Zak pulled his legs back. Something was familiar about this...the phone, he looked at the lock screen. It was Nicks phone...and laying right there was....Nick. Zak retched, covering his bloody hand over his mouth, his eyes became filled with tears. The smell was so strong. He looked to the side, retching again, the last meal he ate came up onto the floor. Tears trickled down his cheeks. Nick. Nick. Nick. The bile taste of vomit sat in his mouth. Zak sat there, staring at his best friends body. He let himself cry, curling up on himself against the wall. Nick. Nick. Nick. What the fuck happened to his friend? A laugh rose from the pitch darkness down the hallway. Zak snapped his head right. Watching as a figure emerged from the darkness. It was Aaron, but it wasn't, dead Aaron is back.
"You like my art?" He laughed, voice hoarse. "Made it myself" a twisted grin on his rotting lips.
"What the fuck?!" Zaks voice cracked "what the fuck have you done?" More tears spilled down his cheeks.
"Aww don't cry" the thing mocked, coming closer to Zak.
"Fucking get away from me" Zak spat, scooting backwards slowly as the corpse of Aaron approached.
"Now now" Aaron crouched down, trapping Zak in between him and Nicks body "there's no point fighting back" Aaron reached one hand out, long nails cupping his cheek and drawing blood. Zak smacked his hand away. Aaron grabbed Zak's neck with his other hand, lifting him off the ground. Wide fearful glossy blue eyes stared down at him.
"Your not in control here Zak" the corpse spat. Zak started kicking his legs at him, nothing working. Aaron lifted up his left arm, admiring his long, bloody nails before turning back to the raven haired. Aaron then slowly started to drag the nails down Zak's chest, ripping his shirt and tearing his skin. Blood poured down his chest, following the long nails down. Aaron pulled his hand back, now admiring his work.
"Please...Aaron" Zak choked out. Aaron pulled his hand back before stabbing the long nails back into Zak, now ripping open his chest. The raven haired screamed out in pain as he felt his skin being torn open and ribs snapping. Aaron looked up at him, empty eye sockets staring right into Zak's terrified eyes. Aaron applied more pressure onto Zak's neck. A loud snap was heard, it echoed down the hallway and then a thud.

Screaming, screaming was all Nick heard until it drew him out of his slumber, he still heard the screaming. Nick sat up quickly, knowing exactly what was causing it. Nick made the short walk over to the man he was sharing a hotel room with. He's been through this before, just not this extreme. Nick knew he shouldn't wake people from nightmares. But this one seemed so bad, he wanted to wake his friend from this.
"Hey shhh Zak it's okay" he sat down on the edge of the bed, brushing his fingers through Zak's messy black hair. Nick noticed he was crying, thrashing about in his sleep, he didn't want experience what his friends dream is about.
"Your alright your okay I've got you"
Zak shot up, breathing heavily, shaking. Nick pulled his other hand up and gently took Zak's hand.
"Nick?" Zak spoke quietly, his voice cracking.
"Im here" he continued running his fingers through the olders hair.
"Your alive.." Zak burst out into tears remembering his nightmare.
"Hey hey woah, I'm here I'm alive" Nick wrapped his arms around the shaking man.
"You died" Zak cried out "then I died"
"Well we're both alive right now aren't we?" Nick asked, now slowly rocking the raven haired back and forth. This is definitely the worse nightmare that Zak has had while Nick being present. Zak's mind was a dark place.
"Aaron was like this rotting corpse-" Zak sniffled "he-he killed both of us"
"Shhh...calm down Zak, it's not real, I'm okay your okay, Aaron's okay"  he felt Zak nod into his shoulder. "Your safe here okay? Just breathe, calm down"  Nick pulled back from the hug, resting his hands on Zak's shoulder "it was a nightmare, it isn't real, your safe Zak, I'm safe, Aaron's safe"
Zak nodded again not looking up at Nick.
"Could you try and sleep? It's like 4am"  Nick ran his fingers through Zak's hair again.
"...stay please?" Zak looked up at Nick's brown eyes.
"Fine but only until you fall asleep"
Zak laid back down in bed, pulling the covers over himself and closed his eyes, practically falling asleep instantly. Nick stood up and walked back to his bed, checking his phone.
1 new message from Aaron.
"Hey I heard screaming is everything okay?" Nick forgot how thin the walls here were. Aaron was next door. Nick started to type.
"Yeah, Zak had a nightmare, he's back asleep tho"
A minute later Aaron replied.
"Ah okay, thought someone got murdered lol, is he alright?"
Nick laid down in his bed, throwing the blanket over himself.
"Yeah he's alright, just a bit shaken up, this is the worst I've seen" 
Aaron replied not to soon afterwards.
"That's not good, well I'm gonna go back to sleep now. Goodnight bro"
"Gn"
Nick set his phone down on the bedside table and fell asleep too.