Fear of the Unknown

Chapter 15 Insidious

I stare at him in complete shock. My mouth is hanging open while my stomach does backflips. Why am I here? A scream erupts somewhere and I jump in fright. Someone bangs the door from the inside in front of me. My eyes widen in fear then travel to the strange man. He only answers me with and eerie smile making my innards turn.

A hand comes out of the bars on one of the doors. The woman's hand desperately claws at the outside of the door drawing out blood. She scratches and screams loudly making the others angry. Now the hallway is echoing in screams. I cover my ears and squeeze my eyes shut willing for this nightmare to end. I feel the man pull on my arm gently guiding me down the hall, away from the piercing scream.

"Don't mind them, they always do that every night." The man says as a matter of fact.

"Every night?" I whisper afraid.

"Yup."

My whole body chills and shivers at the image of the woman clawing the door. I take a couple deep breaths to calm myself. When he sees that I finally calmed a bit, he led me up a tall, endless, spiral staircase. There's a guy standing on the railing ten levels up. His eyes are closed and his hands are at his head.

He seems to be saying something to himself. All of a sudden his head snaps back. He throws himself off with a scream. I scream at the sight. The guy lands on the floor with a sickening crunch. That guy just killed himself! I need to get out of here!

"I need to leave,"

I run up the stairs with no sense of direction and no way of knowing how to get out. The man's running echoes loudly urges me to run faster.

"There's no escaping," The man says while giving an eerie chuckle.

"Get away from me!" I scream while willing my legs to run as fast as possible.

My legs feel like jelly but I did not dare stop. Where's my mom? Cora? John? Where are they? I stumble on a step hitting my knee hard. I bite my lip to hold back the tears that are threatening to flow. Terrified, I look behind me and down the stairs. Blood drains from my face when I realize he's gone and nowhere to be seen. I look around me in confusion, I swear he was behind me just a minute ago.

"Looking for me?"

I gasp and turn around to see him right in front of me.

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"Beth!"

Someone is calling me but its not from the man in front of me. He looks at me in surprise then he is gone. I don't know what's happening and everything is in a blur. I feel nauseous and dizzy. Someone whispers my name behind me.

"Beth, honey......."

Realization hit me, "Mom?" You're here! Where's Cora?"

"She's gone Beth...."

I let out a sharp gasp, tears are threatening to fall on my face. Cora....my beautiful baby sister is gone. My heart stops altogether making my whole body go rigid. Mom gives me a look of pure horror making my fear escalate. It took a while but I know where I am now.

The attic.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha , you darlings just won't die........

The voice sounded familiar but I didn't know who it belonged to . I look over at my mom in confusion but she seems to be in the same state as me. I search my brain trying to decipher that voice. It's at the tip of my brain but I can't seem to grasp it.

"Why don't you show yourself you monster!" I yell. The tears were now starting to flow freely down my face. I let it all out because lately I've been keeping it all in.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ........anxious little one aren't you?

Now I'm feeling anger boiling on the surface. My mom gets up and runs to the door trying to kick it open. I begin to get up to help her when my mom lets out a sickening scream. Her whole body spasms and I just stand there helpless to what to do. Then her whole body goes completely still. She stands there in a trance, her eyes were turning black.

"Mom?"

She whips her head toward me and I let out a rambunctious gasp. This isn't my mom, she's gone. The demon slowly makes her way toward me while I do everything I can to crawl away.

"Help!" I scream.

There is no one to help you little girl............

Somewhere in the shadows I see movement. I squint my eyes trying to get a better view. The figure slowly makes its way out of the shadows. He's carrying a piece of rope with an axe while limping. Blood covered his ripped clothes and face. When I feel like I couldn't take it anymore, he finally makes his way to the light. I couldn't believe my eyes.

"Bethany,"

"John?"

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A/N Thanks for staying with me guys, it means a lot. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. There will be more jaw dropping moments to come. :) Until next time, I hope you all are having a fantastic summer!

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