NIGHTMARES OF JACK HARMAN

Chapter 2: Terror again

After the terrifying nightmare Jack just had, his body continuously shook in fear and terror as he had breakfast with his family which consisted of his dad, mum, little brother and sister who seemed well rested because it was Saturday. 'What's wrong dear', his mum asked, immediately he heard her voice he screamed louder than he had ever done in his life and began to shake even more. As he got up from the chair attempting to sprint to the front door to acquire some sort of sanctuary out the house, he immediately felt very light head and fell face first to the floor simultaneously fracturing his nose. As the blood poured from his nose he still felt the urge and necessity to leave the house even if it was just for a second but, he couldn't move. He had hit his head so hard he was starting to pass out and didn't have any mobile controls of his body. He was starting to get very dizzy and started seeing three figures of his father alone as he rushed to aid him.

As he began to black out then he saw something behind the figures of his dad as they became one slowly. It was the shadow of the horned boy who attacked him in his dream. It wasn't very clear but it was clear enough for him to realize that going back to sleep was not an option. "Dad..... I .... I... can't go back to sleep... please", he whispered to his dad. "Don't worry, you might have a concussion so no one is going to allow you go back to sleep" his dad said as he lifted him and placed him sitting up straight on the couch while his mum put a bag of frozen green beans on his head.

As jack rested on the couch for a few minutes, he began to feel less uneasy and could move his body a lot freely but boy did his nose hurt like hell. "Are you okay J", his brother said, "Yeah, I kinda feel fine", Jack muttered. Now that everything was calm and Jack had managed to eat his breakfast, his mum and dad sat straight in front of him, "What the hell happened Jack, why did u just try to run off when your mother talked to you", his dad said. "Well I had a really bad dream dad, it was really scary", jack said. His parents went on insisting that he talk in detail about this dream he had. And so he went on talking about the dream, as he reached halfway of what he could remember he mother looked like she was going to cry her eyes out and his dad looked very intrigued. And then he ended with "Then... I saw the scar", "What scar!!!" , both parents screamed. And slowly rose his arm for them to see, as they gazed upon the scar for a few moments his dad got a bit furious immediately and screamed "Look here young man, if you got hurt playing then say it, I don't want to hear any nonsense about you getting a scar from some dream you had, no more scary movies for you till your old enough!!". He continued "Honey, call Doctor Raymond to come see Jack, I'm going out with the boys".

Doctor Raymond was their family doctor who had helped to deliver all the children they had, he was quite skilled in what he did and was highly respected in the community. He came over to the house and to a look at Jack for a moment, "It's nothing serious, it's just his nose I'm worried about, I'm going to administer some pain killers for him", he said. He immediately instructed Jack's mum make sure he takes them before he goes to bed because there was still a slight possibility that it might still be a concussion it's best if he is monitored for the rest of the day. It was quite a brief check-up but Doctor Raymond has to leave for the hospital, so he said his good byes and was about leaving when Jack screamed "Doctor Raymond, what about my scar?" , Doctor Raymond looked puzzled and said "What scar ?" . Jack instantly rose his right arm up for him to see. The doctor looked at it for a while, because the scar had three lines like the claw of an animal would have caused this he said "You must have pissed off some dog or made some girl very angry Jackie, be careful next time". Jack couldn't even talk anymore because he knew that whatever he said no one was going to believe him.

And so the doctor took his leave and the activities of the household bounced back to normal. Everyone ended up being in front of the TV for some time before they knew it. As the time of noon came, Jack's mum suggested that they'd all go to the park to play and also for Jack to get some fresh air, well of course there was no objection among the child and so they sprinted to get changed. The day seemed very windy and not too hot, so it was the perfect weather to be outside. As Jack's little brother and sister played on the jungle gyms and swings a slight headache started to hit Jack a lot, he was blackening out again and then he couldn't hear anything or anyone anymore. It was as if time had frozen, and then he just managed to see a boy wave at him fully blackened like a very clear shadow and then he shook his head then everything bounced back to normal and the shadow figure was nowhere to be found.

It was bedtime now. Jack's little brother and sister had already passed out because of all the energy they had used up. Jack however wasn't looking forward to going back to sleep. He had already taken the pain killer his was asked to and was feeling very drowsy. He fought the drowsy effect of the drugs as long as he could, but then he decided to turn on the TV in his room to distract him for as long as possible. After a long while of cartoons Jack felt very uneasy, he thought "I guess it won't hurt if I just close my eyes for a little while". And so he did, as he closed his eyes briefly he noticed that he couldn't hear the sound of the TV anymore, actually he couldn't hear anything anymore.

As soon he opened his eyes to check out what was going on, he noticed that his whole room was dark. So dark he couldn't even position where the TV stood. As he attempted to turn over to get up for he was lying on the left side of his face, everything seemed to get quieter and a lot colder. Before he could even think of anything he heard a breath by his right ear, and then he froze. After a while it seemed to stop, Jack thought it was probably a draft and then with the loudest demonic voice he heard "JACK!!!!!!!!" , right on his right ear. His head began to bang and bang and bang and then he sunk into his bed and fell on the floor of a way darker room. That white and reddish fog popped up from nowhere just like that room from last night.

It suddenly clicked, this was the same room from last night. "Oh no no no no no" he repeatedly thought and then it appeared. The shadow like figure of a boy with horns but wait why did it look bigger than it was before... why are the horns a lot bigger?, "Wha... wha... what do you want with me boy" he said, he expected a response in his mum's voice just like last night but, no it didn't seem like this was happening this time. His ears began to bang and bang and bang his face felt like it was on fire he began to feel dizzy again. Then the shadow figure started laughing but it wasn't laughing in his mum's voice, it was something much deeper and not human like.

And then suddenly it stopped, everywhere was quiet and nothing not even the fog was moving as fast as it was moving. Then the shadow figure made a very loud and deep demonic growl and then said "Who do you think you calling boooyyyyyyy!!!" , as soon as it screamed boy it immediately held Jack's neck and lifted him. As he was high up in the air and being choked, Jack head began to bang, he face felt like it was being ripped out and on fire at the same time. He couldn't breathe, his eyes were gushing out blood more than it had ever done in his life.

While all this was happening in Jack's dream, all wasn't well on the other side. Jack who was so deep in his sleep began to shout and shake around and make noises so loud it woke up his parents who entered his room and were startled to see Jack having a severe seizure, screaming and blood gushing from his eyes. This didn't look like a first aid situation so immediately Jack's dad lifted him as fast as he could and began rushing him with everyone in the house to the hospital.

Meanwhile back in the dream, Jack was still experiencing the same situation and then just when it seemed like it was never going to end, everything blackened. He didn't feel anything anymore and he kept hearing a very faint beep sound. And then he felt a light not necessarily faint, and then slowly opened his eyes.