Seven

Chapter 9

"Pick up dad. Pick up" I'm yelling at this point. Why aren't you answering. "This is the fifth time I called!" As I yell out. And then, "Hi, you've reached Dale.." Dammit! He's probably forgot to charge his phone. I hang up he phone and go into the kitchen. As I'm just about to open the fridge, I hear a knock at the door. "Oh god, what now" I start to mumble as I'm walking to the door. I get to the door, unlock all four locks and nobody's there. "Hello? Is anybody there?" "Guess not." I go to shut the door when I start to feel something warm on my wrist. It's my bracelet. It's heating up. It's starting to glow. As it does, a little number 7 starts to appear.

"Woah" I say aloud. Did that thing really just glow? Did it really just heat up? And what's with the number 7. I see it almost everywhere I go now. The supermarket for example, they always put me on checkout number 7. Is it just a coincidence? Just as I lock the fourth lock, the phone rings. "Dad?!" I rush over to it, almost slipping over the rug. "Hello?!" "Hi Gem..," it's dad, "sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner, I've been busy all day. Look I'm almost home okay" "Yeah" "Have you eaten anything?" "No" I mumble. "Can you bring back some Chinese?!" "Yes ok darling, I'll be home shortly." "Thanks, bye." I hang up the phone. I go upstairs to put my pyjamas on and I'm a little apprehensive about entering my room.

I slowly walk through the door. With James being in my room all I can smell is him. He smells so good. Enough, concentrate. I walk into my ensuite where that, 'thing' was. What's this?! "Ugh, yuck!" There's some black marks all over my floor. Crap, if dad sees this he'll flip. I start to grab a bucket and some detergent from under the sink. I look up, "my god!" It's all over the walls. How does that get on there. "And all over the ceiling!" I'm disgusted. It's some black goo smudged into.., into everything.

"Ew!" I say, rubbing the muck off the walls. "Aw man, and all over the curtain too!" I'm really aggravated at this point. And disturbed. What was this thing. And why did it leave such a mess.

I'm almost done cleaning the black goo off the wall and my vision to go hazy. I get dizzy and fall down. It's not the chemicals. Mum use to make me clean the bathroom spotless everyday. It gets so bad I have to grab on to something. I can feel myself losing consciousness. I'm short of breath. My heads spinning, or am I.

I'm on the ground. I'm still able to see, I'm not passed out yet. I'm just laying there, unable to manage a "help me" as I go to try nothing comes out. My heads in the doorway of my ensuite and my bedroom. My eyes are open. I can feel myself about to go. Just before I do, I see a black figure appear in front of me. Followed by two more. They are starting to walk towards me. They are..