A Little Glitchy [Before Editing]

A Little Glitchy

[Please read author's note at the end]

Drowning. Suffocating. I can't breathe. I try to reach for the surface but to no avail. "This is it. There's nothing I can do." I think. Then I just stay there. I stop struggling. And I drown. Slowly drowning into the endless blue surrounding me.

I woke up with a start. My lungs are burning, and my head is pounding against my skull. My eyes dart around my room making sure that I'm fully awake and alive. It was just another nightmare. These past weeks have been strange. All was well until all of a sudden I get these terrifying nightmares every time I go to sleep. I have done some research as to what these dreams could mean, but none of the results seem right. There's only so much curiosity a cat can have before it kills them. This cat decided they needed answers. Even if it kills them. Or lead them to a bigger discovery.

...

"Feeling overwhelmed?" I said aloud one night, as I looked at the results that popped up in Google. I thought back to past events to figure out what possibly could be causing me to feel overwhelmed. Truth be told, I couldn't think of anything. Ugh, why? I mean, am I feeling overwhelmed? Maybe hopeless? No. That doesn't seem right. Work is going great, school isn't too bad, I've got friends, and my family is doing just fine. So what could they mean? If anything, I've got my life together! Am I trying to escape something? If so, escape from what? I slam my computer shut out of frustration. I lay in bed and look up at the ceiling. Eventually, I drifted off to sleep. What can I say? Once my head hits a pillow I'm out like a light. Unfortunately for me that means the mysterious nightmares come faster.

I'm tied up and I find myself at a canyon at the edge of a cliff. Its windy and gray clouds cover the endless blue sky. I shiver from the cold wind. I have no clue why I'm there or how I got there. Then I hear a voice. The voice seemed to belong to an adult male. His voice was deep and it resonated throughout the canyon.

"Something's wrong." the voice said gravely, "and it needs to be fixed, ASAP."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask partly to myself and partly to the person who was previously speaking.

I immediately feel a shove before even getting a chance to think.

Then I fall.

It's not very fun.

Waking up what feels like midair, really freaks you out. The adrenaline that kicked in is still in play, leaving me to be wide awake. Not only am I freaked out, I'm now confused. Who was speaking? What's wrong? A mountain of questions just forms on the top of my head and if I don't get answers soon, I'm mentally gonna get crushed.

Breathing rapidly I sit there to calm myself down. In a few minutes the adrenaline finally wore off and my heart rate slowed down to a normal speed. I close my eyes and reflect. There's a reasonable explanation. I just need to find it. I still have a lot of questions but at least now I can think properly. Sort of.

I check the clock at my desk and realize that it's already one in the morning. I decide that I'll figure it out the next day. And I pray that I'll get answers. Time passes and I just sit there for a few moments before dramatically sighing.

"There's no way I'm going back to sleep," I say, throwing my hands up in exasperation. Interestingly enough, that was the last thing I said before completely blacking out.

When I awaken, I expect to find myself in my room. But no, I had to have ended up in the middle of the sidewalk near my apartment complex.

People walking by gave me either confused or concerned looks. Thankfully, no one asked why I was there. My face goes red from embarrassment and I give those walking by an awkward smile before running off, struggling to get to my apartment.