𝐈𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝

Chapter Forty: Nightmares Part Two

"Nora. Where are you?"

I tried to look around to see my surroundings but my vision was blurry. Why? Why was it blurry? My eyes slowly started to focus and I could begin to make out where I was. I furrowed my brown when I saw my hands bound to a chair.

"What the hell?" I tried to slide my hands out of the rope that tied my hands to the arms of the chair but when my wrists got stuck around it, I gave up and started to aggressively yank my arms back and forth. I let out a frustrated groan.

I tilted my head up to figure out where I was, but my eyes grew wide and I started to panic when I recognized the same dark room.

"No, no, no, this can't be happening! Not again! Please not again," I cried and frantically tried to get out of the ropes. I let out an exhausted grunt in defeat when I couldn't undo them. "No! I thought this was over! I thought they were gone!"

"Nora? Nora? Is that you?"

My head shot up when I heard my sister's voice. "Raine?!"

"Nora! Where are you, Nora? I'm coming!"

"NO! Raine, turn around. Go away! Don't come to me!" I shouted when I remembered what happened the last time Raine and I met in my nightmares.

"What are you talking about, Nora?! I'm coming to find you!"

I could hear Raine's footsteps getting closer. "No please, Raine! Please don't come! You'll get hurt!"

Suddenly, Raine's footsteps stopped and I couldn't hear anything anymore. "Raine?" My eyes widened even further when I didn't hear Raine's voice anymore. "Raine, what's going on? Talk to me? Are you okay?" I tried again, but I was met with silence once more.

Suddenly, I saw a figure approaching me slowly and I squinted my eyes so I could see it better. "Raine?"

Raine stepped forward closer to me, finally coming into view. Her eyes widened when she saw me tied to the chair.

"No, no, no, Raine you need to get back, you need to get away from me now!" I pleaded with Raine to leave me alone so that I wouldn't shoot her again, like I did in the last nightmare.

"Nora what are you talking about! You're literally tied to a chair," Raine said and started untying the ropes around my hands.

"No! Leave me, Raine! Please!" I tried to stop Raine from undoing the ropes but she had already untied the first one and was moving onto my other hand. Once she got the next hand free, I burst out of my seat and stumbled backward, away from Raine.

"Raine, you need to listen to me. I'm serious. You need to get away from me right now," I said sternly as I backed away from her. Raine had stopped now and her head was lowered to the ground so I couldn't see her face. Suddenly, she started to approach me, taking slow steps but keeping her eyes on the ground.

"It's too late for that now, Nora," Raine said and finally looked back up at me. I could sense something different in her eyes. Hurt? Pain? Betrayal? Disbelief? Drive? Purpose?

"Wh-what are you talking about, Raine?" I stared warily at Raine, continuing to back up.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Nora. Don't pretend like you don't know. Like everything you've put us through - me through - doesn't spring to your mind every time you look at me, or Charlie, or Sam, or anyone else," Raine said darkly as she continued to step closer to me. I kept backing up.