Boogieman

Nightmare

I snuggled into the warm soft bed deeper as I pulled the blanket up under my chine as I fell into a deep sleep awaiting unicorns and pomegranates. I woke with foggy eyes as my body tingled with numbness I heard a voice, a whisper that seemed to echo as I tried to make sense of his words "Come, come with me." I rose slightly to see dozens of shadow made monsters around me some big some small some on all fours and other on two but so very tall with their limbs that dragged across the floor; my eyes landed on the one with gold eye and a red hat that reached out and touched my arm. His fingers were how and almost had a sharp feeling to them as if there were claws instead of finger tips. Although his claws were sharp it felt as if he was trying to be affectionate in a way with his clawed hand running smoothly over my soft pale skin that looked whiter than snow compared to the shadow man before me.

"Take my hand."

He rose from his knees that I hadn't until now noticed he had been on, tipped his hat to me and then reached out his shadowy claw like hand to me. The words that were spoken I had found that they had been coming from him all along but to my sleepy mind it made no sense because his mouth never moved only to grin ear to ear showing his bright white fangs that only seemed to peek my arousal even higher as I took his hand.

"Good. Now follow me, come with me."

Still our hands embraced as I stood from the warm bed I felt myself pull back for a moment as I faintly remembered that I wasn't at home I was at my lover's, Chris's place. Turning back I saw an empty bed with the blankets thrown across the bed roughly as if someone had woken angry but that doesn't make sense I remember falling asleep in his arms in that very bed. Panic! Even the thought of the word couldn't express my moment of panic until I looked back at the bed to find him sleeping peacefully on his side of the bed. Instantly I felt a wave of calmness and fogginess come over me and again I was back under his spell but for a split moment I could have sworn I was him bare his teeth and glare at Chris but that made no sense right?   

"Come, come, come."

His smooth alluring voice made my brain go foggy and my thoughts faded to nothing more than confusing fuzzy murmurs in the background as he tugged me through the room door to where darkness surrounded me and I was alone. I turned around and around looking for  way out but only to my fear a monster arose from the darkness a skeleton made of darkness and a black goopy substance that moved and dripped backwards as if you rewound a movie and instead of dripping off it drips onto the black bones skeleton as it crawls up from the swamp of darkness it had been residing in.

"Run"

A voice so smooth and dangerous whispered in my ear to run and so I ran, I ran from the horrifying monster that was almost done clawing its way out of the dark swamp. I turned even when I heard my own conscious say don't turn around but I did and that was the worst mistake I had made in a very long time. Chris, the monster skeleton who now was free had Chris in his hand laying there motionless until I saw his eyes shoot open to which the skeleton opened its giant jaw and slammed its head down into his belly where he began ripping him open and eating him. My tears felt like acid as I stood by and watched as that monster ate Chris; Chris's arms and legs hung over the side of the skeletons hand, his insides looked as if they to where falling over the edge as they slumped against his side and gushed blood everywhere. His golden brown eyes still on me as the monster took his finger and tore out his throat and began to rip out his spine when suddenly he stopped as if he suddenly lost interest in it and dropped him. I watched as my horrified scream came out silent as I clasped my hands over my mouth as the sound of bone and flesh hit the floor with a gruesome slapping noise that will never leave my mind; it was burned into the recesses of my brain where it can never heal.

I staggered a few steps towards him but stopped as I saw Chris get up as if he was nothing more than a puppet on strings walking towards me. His insides were falling out and his head laying on his own shoulder as blood gushed from the ripped veins and arteries. My eyes ran over him as he got closer but I made no move to run I just stood horrified at the unspeakable thing before me, his hand came out and a smile was now on his lips as he came towards me now only a foot away his fingers glazed my cheek and jaw in warmth and love causing my eyes to shut. As my eye fluttered open glazed with love and happiness horror didn't go away instead it seemed to change the entire feeling of that moment as Chris opened his mouth dislocating his jaw, tipping back his head just as the skeleton had done to him; his teeth gouged into my flesh ripping as blood gushed over my skin feeling cold and unnatural.

My eyes shot open as my body jerked awake as I choked back a scream. I fought to get out of someone's grasp. I calmed and relaxed when I heard Chris's soothing voice as he pulled me back to lay in his arms; my skin was soaked with sweat and my eyes began to burn from all my tears as my body shook in fear. My skin felt as if it were on fire as I tried to calm my breathing as Chris rubbed my cheek and kissed me trying his best to calm me telling me I'm safe and that it was only a nightmare.