Rescue From The abyss

Chapter 3

The night had been so long, I find myself tossing and turning under the soft glow of my phone screen. The message blinked in the dark, it's simple, direct yet chilling. It's words imprinted in her mind like a brand: The forest never forgets. My fingers tightens around the edges of my phone, staring at it for what feels like hours, my thoughts swirling, as if trying to decipher a code hidden within those four simple words.Like the words sat on a screen like a riddle, whispering something I couldn't quite understand, prodding at something hidden beneath it's surface. Who could have sent it? Why now?

I roll onto my back, my arm falling limply beside me. My mind churned with an endless strings of questions. The figure I've seen by the lake, the strange happenings in the woods— could it be connected? 

Is someone playing a cruel trick or was there something far more sinister at work?

There are ton of questions, buzzing around my head.

I didn't give my number to anyone. Has I? The figure by the lake– could it be him. I feel my heart pound as memories of that eerie night flashed before me. That thing in the woods, the way he looked at me and Alex with eyes that seemed to hollow to belong to a living person.

My breath quickens. I locked my phone and tossed it onto my nightstand, trying to push the message out of my mind. 

The words stuck with me, clinging to me like a stubborn shadow. My fingers twitch's to check the message again, but I resisted. It was probably just some prank Maybe Alex? But it didn't seem like his joke.

While pulling the blanket up to my chin, I roll over and stare the ceiling. The soft Hun of the the fan is only sound In the room, but it didn't calm her nerves. I try to close my eyes but every I do it, something inside irritates me.

The forest never forgets

“What does that even mean?” I mutter, voice trembling in stillness.

I look at the time, it's almost 7 o'clock, I hope up from my bed and started to get ready for college.

As I stepped into the bathroom, the energy changes. I stand still, my brain can't help to thinks what's the problem. And then my ears began to ring–a high pitch, piercing sound that make me wince, pressing my plams against my ears, trying to block it out 

The voice clears behind the ringing, I heard 

Come… come to me…

I gasp, fear twisting my gut. The ring pulses, matching the rhythm of my heartbeat. it feels like my skull is vibrating, the sound piercing though me. The voice was there, just beneath the noise, calling me, beckoning me towards the forest. The voice is playing over and over like a reel, high pitched in every lap. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to block it all out, but it is useless. The voice feels like it's inside my head, woven into ringing echoing through her thoughts. I starts to punching the wall. “S..stop it”  as saying this my ears begin to ring, if it didn't stop here I feel it'll going to explode. just then,  I scream as blood stared to dripping from my ears. Voice still there, laughing maniacally, I force air to suck in,  but it didn't help, my trembling body starts to beg for the drop of oxygen. My eyes widen as then I reach for the door knob, but it's lock. 

“Okay…. fine” I say breathing heavily, my chest started to hurt, my tongue dry as dead plant.

The voice stops immediately, opening the door, I ran outside, gasping as I lay on the ground, my face hot as fire, tears spilled on my cheeks, making them slightly sticky.

I don't know what that thing want from me, but if he really dying to meet, I think I should give it a chance. I am the guest, called with an invitation, I should must go. After all it's not counted in good manners. 

wether it's my mind, unraveling or something far worse. I have to face it. It's the only solution and there's no way back. I stand up and glare at the phone, hands tightening 

“I have no choice.. I have to go.”