Worst Nightmares

Worst Nightmare

The heat blasted through the vents starting to slowly thaw my numb toes. Sitting in the middle they were pointed right at me. I wiggled my toes in front of them and my fingers trying to make the process faster.

Up front the argument on if the door got locked crescendoed into yelling. My siblings on either side of me were both staring out the windows with earbuds in. I slouched in my seat and sighed, putting my own earbuds in and blaring the music. The argument turned towards how loud my music was but I didn't care. I picked the loudest song on my playlist and put it on repeat and tuning out.

I closed my eyes and drowned myself in the music. Every time through I'd pick something else to focus on. The drums, then the vocals, the guitar and so on.

Suddenly it got dark. I knew it was a long drive but I couldn't have been listening to my music for that long. I checked the clock and it glared at me in red lights saying it was 6:66. My eyebrows furrowed. There must be something wrong with the car. I tried to relax again. I slouched further in my seat and rested my head on the top of the leather seat. It cooled my neck and I closed my eyes easily.

I started to focus on the bass of the song but it slowly turned from Slipknot to crackling static. I pulled out my earbuds and heard that it was utterly silence. No arguing. Chills ran across the back if my neck as a freezing cold breeze swept through the car. I tried look out the window but it was pitch black. My sister had her forehead pressed against the glass and her chest looked like it barely moved.

I felt a brush against my neck as my long ponytail was moved. I whipped around to start yelling at my brother but he mimicked my sister's posture. I looked up front to see my parents looking straight ahead. I unbuckled my seatbelt slowly and stood as far as I could in the car. My head kissed the top of the car as I bent forward to look my parents in the faces.

They looked completely normal until I saw their eyes. I screamed and hit my head on the roof hard. I was pulled back into my seat hard by cold hands. My brother and sister were holding me in my seat. Terror froze my blood and I sucked in air to scream again as I saw their eyes. Where they should if been were just black sockets with blood dripping down, making their faces stained with red tears.

I blinked hard, trying to wake myself up and when I opened my eyes they were gone but I still could feel the hands holding me down. I couldn't move. Where the cold breeze was moment ago a burning steam took residence. Sweat trickled down the side of my face and I felt my T-shirt start to stick. A hot breath moved my hair, making it stick to the back of my neck.

I whimpered as I felt a hand tug on my ponytail slightly. The tugs got more violently until the thing ripped me out of my seat and into the back if the Explorer. I screamed when I realize my feet weren't going to hit the bottom. I reached out frantically trying to grab a ledge or something to stop me from plummeting into the fire below the black pit. I grabbed the back of my seat where my head was lying earlier. What happened? I must be dreaming. I looked down then wished I hadn't. A black body was the thing tugging me down. It had bright green eyes and pointy teeth that were filed to a point. It's hands were long and the nails were red that looked sharp enough to cut through bone. I squeezed my eyes shut and thought of everything I wanted to do in life. Of my friends that would probably not even miss me.

My fingers were starting to get sweaty and I was losing my grip. I tried digging my nails in but the things talons started to dig into my leg, piercing through my jeans and puncturing skin. I felt hot blood slowly start to drip down my leg and into the things mouth. It smiled a menacing grin that showed its pointed teeth now stained red.

I looked back up hoping that miraculously my sister would show up with her blue eyes and grab my hand. But that never happened. Just another pipe dream to keep me chugging along. I screamed as the thing's grip won out over mine and I plummeted down to the fire below.

Forever........

.............Falling........

........................Farther.........

....................................Down..........

..............................................Into the....

..................................................Flames