There's a Goodbye for a Hello (Book One in Safe and Sound)

Chapter 8 - Nightmares

     "Better get back to sleep." Jack chuckled whilst peeling me off of him from the hug.
"Awww" I whined and glanced at the clock '2:34 am' "Never mind, go sleep, buuuut SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!!" I half yelled and we both laughed.
"Cya in the morning, we got alot to record tomorrow" Jack yawned and walked back to his room. I looked at the walls to suddenly realise they were covered in foam padding.
"Why are these rooms covered in foam if they're just guest rooms?" I thought. I stared up at the ceiling, it was white with a hint of blue from what I could make out with the light from my tablet. I yawned and hugged Sam and fell asleep.

{Nightmare start}

     I looked around, the ground was destroyed, the walls were in ruins. I tried to move but I was tied to a chair.
"Another nightmare..." I thought "What do they want this time?"
"Hello Taylor, nice to see you again." I heard Dark's low growl like voice say "NOT." The walls cumbled a bit more and a chunk of the roof fell.
"What do you want to tell me this time.." I grumbled. Where was I? I wanted to call out for Jack, Mark, somebody! But I couldn't as Dark and Anti would torment me like they did in my other nightmares.

     "I see you have figured out what's going on, and what to do?" Anti whispered behind me.
"Just leave me alone! You're pointless and annoying, you aren't supposed to exist even!" I yelled, more of the building fell apart.

     "Fine, you don't want to hear what we have to say? We'll let you wake up early then." Dark and Anti sighed.
"There's a goodbye for a hello..." I whispered.

Then everthing went black.

{Nightmare end}

     I woke up, another nightmare... I was covered in sweat like I did when I woke up from the other ones. I checked the time '7:20 am' thankfully it wasn't too late or too early, I flipped on the light and no one was in the room this time.

     I headed into the kitchen, I could hear snoring coming from most of the rooms but shuffling around coming from Jack's.
"Maybe some pancakes could lighten up the mood..." I whispered and squeezed Sam in between my shoulder and head. So I looked around the kitchen for some pancake mix, vanilla, milk and a bit of sugar. In one cabnet there were a few lone boxes of Cheez-Its, I laughed, Mark STILL had a few boxes of them.

     After a bit of searching around I found everything. I got out a bowl and started to mix everything together. It already smelt good! I tossed a pan ontop of the stove and poured the baige mix on the pan.

     I heard a door open and flipped around to see Jack sleepily walking out of his room. His hair was a big green poof and stuck out everywhere, I laughed.
"Up already?!" He almost screamed.
"Shh!!" I put my finger to my lip and turned around to the pancakes.
"Something smells good..." He mumbled as he wandered over "Pancakes!!!" We both laughed.

(Time skip to when everybodies up and the pancakes are ready)

     "Wow" Matt munched on his pancakes "Someones a good cook!"
"Thank you, now off the topic of breakfast on onto our plan." I glared at Braydon beside me as he reached for Sam.
"MY SAM!!!" I yelled and everyone laughed.
"Ok ok geez!" Braydon chuckled and went back to eating.

     "But ya, about that plan." I took a bite from my pancake "I know I'm already done recording it, wait.. Did the author put that i-" I broke the forth wall... oops...
"Really Taylor... You just HAD to break the forth wall." Jack mumbled from across the table.
"Yes, yes I did." I smirked "and I'm not afraid to do it again."
"Don't." Everyone moaned.

     "ANYWAYS BACK TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT!!!" I yelled steering everyone back on track. I still wanted to break the forth wall again, it was funny and I'm just evil.
"Right." Cole responded.
"I recorded mine recently too, and uploaded it." Jack explained "So I'm good on that part too."
"Same." Mark said while he took a sip of his milk.
"Cole and I did aswell." Braydon looked at Matt and Ryan.
Matt sighed "Fine, we'll do it tonight..."

     "Thank you." I nodded my head "So five out of seven of us got it done." I finished my pancake and brought my dishes to the sink.
"Don't you DARE do the dishes!" I heard Mark and Jack yell from the dining room then start arguing over who would do the dishes, I facepalmed.

     I could feel someone breathing down my neck, I turned around, no one there...
"Guys?" I asked.
"Yea?" Everyone responded "What is it?"
"I think they're here..." I said, just loud enough for them to hear. I looked over at them to see the 6 exchanging worried looks.
"I'm getting chills right now so bad..." Cole whined as I walked back in and sat down.

     "Me too" Jack looked at me.
"Do you think Dark and Ant-" I was cut off by Mark "Yes, yes they are here, I can feel it real bad..."
I felt tears running down my face like a stampede. I ran over to Jack and hugged him, there, now I felt safer.

     "Anyone here but me know how to use a gun?" Mark suddenly asked, we all gave him a shocked look.
"Uh, why?" Braydon asked "I know I have a slight expirience with guns..."
"Because, we need to be able to fend against them." Mark glared at Braydon. I glared at him too from Jack's shoulder.
"I know how to use a sword..." I looked over at Mark.
"You do? Because I do have a sword or two lying around with the other weapons." Mark looked at me then looked over at Cole who was staring at me.
"Cole does too...!" I nodded towards Cole.
"Yea, I prefer a gun though..." He whined.
"Fine." I grumbled and squezed Sam between my head and shoulders. "My Sammy Sam..." I thought.

     "Matt, Ryan and Jack" Mark looked at the three of them "You 3 know how to use a gun, I know that." I looked at Jack as I walked back over to my seat.
"You do?" I asked Jack.
"Yes.." He sighed.