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Nightmares

LLOYD POV

A dark fog filled the ghostly green tunnel. It was unnaturally quiet. And there was nobody in sight. I pushed myself to my feet from the cold, hard bed made out of bones and moss which I had been lying upon. 

I'm all alone here. 

Somewhere in the distance, towards the far end of the tunnel, came a familiar voice that normally should have brought a spark of joy to my heart. But the fear and despair in its tone made my heart race in terror.

My dad. 

 "Lloyd." he cried. His voice sounded very far away. 

"Dad?" I called back. " Where are you?" 

 From somewhere inside my head, I heard Morro whispering to me. 

"He suffers, every day, tortured by the countless cursed souls. He is waiting for you, calling out for you, but you never arrive. He's almost lost hope." 

"Shut up!" I growled, anger rising in my chest. "I'm going to find him!" 

"You may be too late." Morro whispered. 

"Dad I'm going to find you!" I cried as I ran through the tunnel, ignoring Morros voice. 

"Lloyd." I heard my father cry out again, this time from further away. 

I kept running, but the more I ran, the longer the tunnel seemed to get, the fainter my father's voice grew. The tunnel continued forever. 

It was hopeless. 

I stumbled and fell to the ground. I didn't bother to get up. What was the point?

" I'm so sorry dad, I can't do it, I can't." I sobbed. I felt a cold wind clutching my wrists and ankles as I was suddenly pinned to the ground. I was no longer in the tunnel, I was now staring up at a dark roof. I struggled to free myself for a few moments until I remembered how pointless that was. There were chains around my wrists and ankles. I heard laughter and whispering and I squeezed my eyes shut tightly. I'd just let them do what they wanted to me, then maybe I'd have enough energy to fight later. I felt a rush of pain through my body. I was burning up. It hurt SO MUCH. Cold hands drifted across me. 

"You are so fucking weak, it makes me angry someone as useless as you replaced me." Morro said from somewhere inside my mind again.  

"Get out of my head." I whispered. All I got in response was a laugh that chilled my bones, it slowly intensified until it was a jumble of horrible laughter from countless unseen souls. 

I was picked up from where I lay and tossed like I was nothing. Pain cracked my side as I hit a wall and landed in a pool of some type of warm liquid. Only then did I open my eyes again. 

Blood.

There was blood everywhere. 

It had soaked into my clothes, my shoes. It was slippery beneath my feet. I looked around. It wasn't coming from me. 

Kai lay lifeless before me, his head twisted at a horrible angle. That was where the blood was coming from. I was frozen. Unable to move. A sword was sticking out from his chest. I remembered what had happened. 

I had done this. I had killed him. I had watched his last moments, and now, I stood in his blood. 

I should have felt something. But I felt nothing but numb. I had seen this so many times. 

Almost like a robot, I reached over to pull the sword from him. I gave it a tug and it released another wave of blood. 

It was almost like my body wasn't my own. I wasn't controlling its movements. I desperately didn't want this, I never wanted to hurt him, I never wanted this to happen, but it had, and I had been unable to stop it.