A Mute John

Dad's gone though

Hey! So this chapter is in John's view as I find 3rd view confusing and hard to make chapters with. I'm also sorry this is a bit shorter but to make it go out faster I decided this would be best.

It's been two days now of driving, stopping, eating, and sleeping.

Click. "Hey. Imma turn up ahead at the Walmart and we can sleep there for the night." I hear Jade, sounding so tired. We had woken at 5 in the morning and had stopped four times to get to 11, the present time. She was so desperate to be there already. When we'd go inside of a gas station to eat she'd go on for 20 minutes straight about how she's going to set up her bed first, lay down for "half a century", and then bring her boxes in. A giggle had almost came out one time and I could see her smile glow at seeing my improvement.

After pulling in and parking, I see her letting herself fall off the seat, feet hitting the ground. She steers her body toward the car and stops at my door. I roll down the window.

"So. I thought we could go to sleep right now and wake up at 6. We should get there before 5 if we do that," I shook my head yes and yawned.
"Alright then. Well nighty night Johnny boy." I smiled at the name and watched her walk back to the Uhaul. I clicked the button for the window and let it roll itself up. My eyes shifted to our surroundings. Looking at the trees and bushes, the Walmart's exterior, the cars still parked outside. It gave an anxious feeling to me at the same time of calm. I let my eyelids slip close as my legs and back slip down the seat.

Bright lights filled my vision. It started to shift to just white. When I could finally open my eyes all the way, I was in a white room. I felt something, some kind of liquid on my face. I wiped it off and looked at my hand. A crimson smudge and the smell of iron. All of a sudden that's all I could smell. I look to the walls, blood oozing out of the ceiling, down the wall. I try to scream, but nothing comes out. Jade! Where are you!? I can't say anything or make any noise. My breath is taken away for evey try. I can feel my last breaths leaving. Dad, please..

It stops. The smell, the blood, I can breathe again. But the breathing falls short when I see someone in my peripheral vision. Dad. I run and I can see him looking at me, smiling. I get closer and I can see him in his white suit with his white fedora and black pipe. Getting closer, I run to hug him but fall through him. Dad? I turn back around and he turns to me again. A second look at his smile and it looks more like a.. grin? His eyes, I search his eyes to only find a pair of dead cold black ones. I can't feel anything but strain on my body. Like every part of me is being pulled as hard as it can without actually hurting. He takes a step closer, this.. thing. It's grin gets bigger and bigger. The room disappears, it feels like everything disappears, except for him. His smile eats my vision as I 'scream'. Nothing is heard.

TAP TAP

TAP TAP

I wake up sobbing and almost screaming to find myself in the car. I hear some tapping and jerk my head to the window to see a man knocking. I hesitate wondering if I even should. I won't say anything anyway.. I choose to anyway and let my finger hit the button.

"I'm sorry but i heard you scream and I was worried," some man in a black button up shirt shifts, probably regretting knocking.
"I was just wanting to make sure you're okay," he looks at me with maybe sympathy in his eyes. I only nod and give a "I'm fine" expression. He gives a sigh of relief, "That's good. Well I'm sorry I disturbed you. I'll go now." He walked away and got in his car a couple spaces over. I look around like I had before I fell asleep, to figure out it was still night.

I search for my phone and find it in the cup holder. So it is still night. My phone read 4:48. I knew I wouldn't go back to sleep so I decided on a little Walmart trip. I grabbed my wallet and keys, opened my door and headed in.