Blind

Nightmare

Coldness. Pure and utter coldness. The chill reaches Hopes brain before any coherent thought forms. It tangles and wraps around her, encasing and is a bone biting chill. In her unconscious form she feels ten dry leaves that her body is on top of. She is distantly aware of pain. Heat roars through her body leaving tingles against her bare flesh. Her reaction is to cry out in pain but she is paralysed. Even though she was in pain, she gripped it like an anchor. It was the only thing to remind her she was still alive. Behind her closed eye lids was darkness. An interval of three seconds allows Hope to breathe. When the three seconds are over the nightmare seems to play on repeat, a constant cruel torture. Blood. Blood was all she could see. Bodies lay broken and crumpled on the hard tiled floor. A chandelier lay smashed in the centre. She scanned the faces for anyone she knew. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Amber, Em and..... her dad. Her dad is sprawled on his back. A gaping wound oozes blood from his chest. Hope gasps out in anguish and heartbreak as she sees Amber and Emily's state also. The girls wear long flowing ball gowns shredded and drenched in blood. Their eyes are open and stares into space. Her eyes avert as sobs shake her body. Her eyes lower to the floor which allow her to see her condition. A white gown. Dark red blood everywhere. A gun. She raises her hand and holds a gun. She drops the gun and stumbles back in shock. Tripping over a corpse her head hits the tiles with a crack. She feels the corpses blood mingle with her own and into her gown. Sending herself into darkness.

*****

"Just leave her." A voice snaps

"We will get in trouble." Another whines

Hope's eyes snap from the trans like state she had been in. She reclaimed her body as she awakened into consciousness. Her body aches like she has run a marathon and dry blood crusts her arms and legs. Leaves crunch as four feet edge towards her body. She looks up to see two scrawny males staring at her.

"Now ya woke her." One of them complains. His greasy brown hair is secured by a base ball cap and his gruff face shows true annoyance.

Gee what's the matter with you. Hope thinks even considering the situation

"Are you alright mate?" The other guy asks. His face shows a more genuine expression and she is glad at least someone is helpful.

"Would you like me to call anyone fer ya? I'll call the police if you want. It looks like someone's attacked you." He says retrieving a blue phone from his army pants.

"Umm yeah that would be great." Hope says, her voice becoming thick and she drags out each word slowly. She is remotely aware of the males talking when her head falls back against the earth and her mind slips into unconsciousness again.

******

The nightmare repeats every two days. The same dream and the same people. She wakes sobbing. Hope didn't want to go to the hospital after Gad and Sam found her in the forest. Sam called the police sending Hopes mother on a panic frenzy. Amber and Em had been seriously worrying also but Hope recovered easily and escaped with fairly minor injuries only needing stitches for her arm.
On her sixth day back at home the dreams repeat once again. It is not the same this time. There is an extra person.

The dream repeats the same as always. The ball room. The smashed chandelier and the corpses. A gun in her hand. Only one thing is different. A man stands in the corner of the room, half obscured by shadows. When he steps into the light Hope sees he wears grey slacks and a plain shirt. His lips quirk at the edges and he looks about 30 with black hair. Hopes eyes widen. There has never been another person. His face feels like a past memory that she can't remember and strains but the elastic wall of her mind slaps back into form. I know him. She thinks in annoyance.

"Who are you." She whispers eyes wide.

"You'll know my name soon enough." He says. "It is called imst Projection, Hope." He says his voice is drifting towards her now and her vision is blurring around the edges.

"What is?" She reply's weakly but she can't think straight.

"I'll see you soon." He says but she can't see him any more and the vision disappears.

Gathering herself mentally she counts to three slowly. 1....2.....3.....

And she wakes.

To be continued.....

Hope you all like it xx What are your thoughts?
-Tahlia x