The Awakening (Discontinued)

Chapter 4

Jeremy:

Jeremy whipped his head around and stood in utter terror. Merely one hundred feet away, someone was getting... Eaten alive?

Shocked and filled with horror, the victim on the ground was kicking and fighting to get the guy off of her. He looked closer at the blood covered victim, and it was Taylen, one of his best friends.

She screamed and thrashed, but no amount of power or help could get that... Thing off of her.

Jeremy took off in a sprint to try to help her, when another blood curdling scream hit the air. This one belonging to Oshea. He turned back around and saw her being attacked by another one of those monsters.

He slung off his bag and pushed the monster off of her. He knelt down to help her, leaving the monster dazed and confused by the hit.

In a matter of five seconds, the monster managed to take a chunk out of her neck. Blood and bits of flesh oozing out of her throat. Oshea gasped for air, holding her throat.

Getting ready to carry her to someone, maybe the nurse, he looked up and saw Brea's unconcious body being slowly eaten by a pack of those things.

Jeremy panicked inwardly. What was he going to do? He thought to himself.

He stood up. A bunch of those things looked at him and slowly got up. Jeremy's heart dropped as he ran. He ran through the halls as those things chased him.

I have to outrun them, he thought. He ran into the nearest open classroom and slammed the door shut. He breathed hard against the now shut door and sank down. In the darkness of the classroom, nothing could be seen. He tried to make out shapes in the dark, but nothing certain came his way.

He heard a faint voice call his name. It was Taylen's. He got up and looked around for her. "Tay?" he called for her. "You in here?"

He turned on the flashlight app on his phone and a grotesque face popped up in the shadows. It was Taylen's, but she looked bloody, like one of those monsters...

"You couldn't save me?" she gurgled, blood seeping down her lips. "Why didn't you help me?" She stepped closer.

Jeremy backed up to the door. "I... I..." he sputtered.

Next to Taylen a new figured emerged from the shadows. Oshea's monsterfued face now glew in the dark classroom. Blood running from the gash in her neck. "Why?" she asked.

Jeremy stood terrified. Fear keeping him still. As more and more of his now settle onsterfied friends emerged from the shadows, his heart raced all of them bidding the question, "Why?"

He tried to pry the door open, but with no budge. The monsters moved forward, advancing on him. Though one monster glowed the brightest. Emitting a white light. He couldn't make out the face.

Jeremy sank down feeling lost and defeated, awaiting to accept his harsh punishment for not saving his friends.
Just when all seemed lost, a bellowing voice echoed throughout his mind, "Remember child, you cannot save them all, but guide them and you will kill them all."

Then the monsters overtook him.

***

Jeremy shot up and breathed hard, cold sweat beading on his brows. He grabbed his chest as his heart beat quickly.

He scanned the room, realizing this was the nurses office. Oshea sat in one of the chairs and bolted up seeing him awake. "Jeremy!"

"What?... What happened?" he asked.

"I dont know," she shrugged. One minute you were up and laughing from your fall with Brea, the next you were unconcious on the ground. Are you ok? You were muttering in your sleep"

Sleep' he thought. It was all a nightmare... None of that was real. "Yeah," he said. "Im fine." he rubbed hus head.

"Dang we were worried about you," she exhaled gladly. "Brea went to get Bronson, she was worried the most."

Jeremy couldn't shake the feeling that that was real... It seemed so vivid and that voice... It almost felt like a warning for something. He just didnt know what.

"Hey Oshea?" he asked.

"Yes?"

"I'm really hungry." he said.