Horrors Unknown

The Rain 2

(We are two people behind this acc. These two chapters are our individual takes on the prompt given)

I've been sitting by the window ever since the rain started, my knees trembling as I held them oh so tight against my own chest..Why was this happening?!

My mother left two days ago,saying she needed to meet someone,and that she will be back..but she has not returned..no calls,no messages..it's like the ground had swallowed her whole. I cannot put my finger on what is going on..the air feels heavy,it feels empty,not enough...dangerous. The power went out only three hours after my mother left me here..so there was nothing that could keep me distracted from the crippling fear of being alone that i held.

I just know damn well I wish she wouldn't have made me learn Morse Code. In lack of better activities,yesterday,I decided to lean my head against the window and listen to the rain..maybe I'd manage to understand something..this was foolish..and i regret it greatly now. At first, it was all a mess,then it became small words...then they started to turn into pleas. The rain..was pleading. it was begging for help,it begged for a saviour, it begged for- i couldn't understand the rest.

However, that stopped this morning. The air suddenly felt so much more heavy,and so did my heart. I felt alone in the world,I felt unreal, and for a brief moment,the rain stopped making sense. Yet now..all I could hear was ''Run''. Over and over and over again,it was driving me mad! So...I decided to do just that. I got up..and I ran. I ran outside, I let the cold rain hit my warm skin,I let it soak my clothes,,,I didn't have a destination in mind- no. I ran until I couldn't stand anymore,for I was afraid.

After an hour of running aimlessly, I ended up collapsing near a tree,in the cold,tall grass,staring at the gray sky. Then I realized...it was night time. Why..why oh why was the sky so light? Why did it look like the sun was being covered by the heavy rain clouds..my watch displayed the time clearly- 3:21,so why?!

no,i couldn't understand,and i didnt want to- no..i truly couldn't. my brain felt as if it was trying to kill itself...i felt as if i was high on ten different kinds of drugs,dying and being born at the same time.

I understood why. When I saw it in the distance, I understood. At first, I thought it was my dear mother...but it wasn't just that. That's when I saw that... thing...wearing her skin. her skin..it still seemed rosy,full of life..fresh..was it wearing my mom though? No- no no no,it was eating her! she was long dead..it looked so..but it was actively devouring her insides as it slowly approached me. I understood why my brain felt as if it was slowly shutting down...it appears that my mom didn't get to do that. her face- her eyes..they were hanging outside of their sockets. Was this thing that ugly? Was it that..unbearable to see? I wouldn't know,for its face was buried inside my mothers abdomen,growling and hissing as it ripped chunks out of her,seemingly mocking me...as if it knew that was the woman that gave birth to me.

And as i lay there ,paralyzed by fear and exhaustion,i can hear the rain change its message-

I SAID RUN. THE OLD ONES ARE COMING.