Threat

Chapter 4

I was in a small room sitting on the lower bunk of a bed, staring at the wall. Then, I heard what sounded like a strangled cry. I jumped up, the sound breaking my concentration on my thoughts, and hit my head on the top bunk. As I rubbed my head, I heard a shot ring off, glass shattering, and a scream. An icy feeling ran throughout my body like the sharp edge of ice cutting through me. I immediately ran to the door and opened it. I heard more screams as I sprinted down the long hall. And a growl coming from somewhere above me caused me to stop in my tracks. Breathing heavily from my sprint, I slowly lifted my head to look up at the ceiling, and my heart stopped. High above me, hanging off of the ceiling was a mangled smiling man. I noticed that he was missing several teeth. I didn't know what else to do, so I slowly backed up to the wall. The man continued to just hang there.

Without even thinking, I broke into a full out sprint down the hall. I turned back to look at the man once and he was still hanging there, smiling at me. I ignored him and continued to run.

Eventually, I reached a larger chamber. The very first thing that I noticed was the horrible screams of men and woman, and shots being fired. I saw many people in strange yellow hazard suits with weapons that I had never seen before. I just stood there, frozen in fear, not knowing how to react to something like this. People were dropping to the floor like flies. I didn't move until one of the people in the hazard suits turned to me, and raised their weapon. I hadn't realized that I had been holding my breath the whole time. Sucking in air, I ducked right as the person rang off three bullets at the same time. The hazard person reloaded their weapon, and shot again. This time, the shots didn't miss. I doubled over as three bullets struck me in my chest, shoulder, and leg. As I bled out on the floor,

I woke up.