Masked Feelings

Chapter 68: Nightmare

Hearing the dazzling sound of a waterfall, I ran towards it. It was attracting me. I pushed away the leaves, jumped over the woods, trying to reach the waterfall. My clothes were torn. It was dark out there. I could see something reflecting. Yeah, it was the moon. The moon was reflecting on water. A smile spread on my face as I approached the lake. Their was a huge waterfall. It was so beautiful. I didn't care how dirty I was right now. I knew that I was standing in mud.

"Athena" I heard someone croak. I turned my head towards the voice. Someone was calling me. And that someone was in pain. I noticed someone on their knees on the other side of the lake. Behind them, was standing a hooded person. He had a knife by the throat of the kneeling man. My heartbeats sped at the scene in front of me.

"What are you doing?" I shouted at the hooded man. The man kneeling in front of him, seemed to be really hurt. "Let him go!" I yelled. I saw only the smirk of the hooded man as he slowly lifted the head of the kneeling man. I felt my heart stop when I realized that it was Damian. Damian was badly hurt. I felt to my knees when I realized that the hooded man was going to kill the man I love.

"Athena, run" Damian groaned in pain. I shook my head frantically. I wasn't going to leave him here. I couldn't. I could feel the tears falling on my face. I was helpless. What could I do to save him? The hooded man rose his head a little but the darkness prevented me from seeing his face.

"He is going to die because of you" He said, then chuckled. That dark chuckle caused goosebumps to rise on my skin. "They all died because of you" He added. Just then, I felt the mud on which I was kneeling turning warm. I was breathing heavily. It was like a living nightmare. I slowly bent my head to look at the ground. There was no mud. No. It was a red liquid. It was blood. I was sitting on blood. I rose my head again to look at the hooded man. He was smirking. I could only see his mouth and he was smirking. He then rose his knife and motioned behind me.

"Look at me, Athena" Damian begged. "Don't look behind you" He said. My breathing was quick. I had to look. I tentatively turned to look behind me. A sob escaped my mouth when I saw the bodies of my friends and sister on the ground behind me. Thomas was lying on top of them. My hands flew to my mouth as I started crying.

"And he's next" The hooded man said, making me turned to look at him and Damian. With one last smirk, he brought the knife to Damian's neck.

"Damian!" I screamed as he sliced his throat open. "No!" I screamed and started crying. The pain that I was feeling was unbearable. I could feel myself shaking.

Or was it someone shaking me?

"Athena!" I heard someone shouted. The next thing I knew, my eyes opened and i was trembling with fear and sadness. I saw Damian sitting next to me on my bed. He seemed worried. "You were screaming" He said as he put his hand on my forehead. "You have fever, kitten" Damian told me as he stood up. "I'm going to get your some medicines" He told me but I took his hand in mine and pulled him back on the bed.

"It was just a nightmare. I'm okay" I tried to reassure. Damian didn't look sure. Neither was I. My friends and my sister were too important for me to lose. Damian was too important. "You're sleeping here tonight" I whispered as I rested my head on his shoulder. He nodded and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to him.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Damian asked. I sighed.

"There's nothing to talk about. You were all dead" I simply said and heard him take a deep breath. He tightened his arms around me, then freed one of them to lift my face up so that I was looking at him and our nose were touching.

"Athena, everything is going to be okay" Damian tried to reassure.

"You were dead, Damian. Everyone else was. You were all dead because of me" I mumbled while shaking my head. I was risking their lives by staying with them. I was so selfish. I took a deep breath then shook my head again to stop him from talking.

"Athena" He sighed.

"I'm okay" I told him, then buried my face in his chest again. He kissed my head then patted my back in a soothing way.

"Sleep, kitten" He whispered. I closed my eyes but I knew that I wasn't going to find sleep so quickly. I was really risking the life of my friends for my own. I needed to get out of here before getting then involve even more. I was never going to forgive myself of one of them got hurt because of me. I lightly kissed Damian's chest. I was glad that he stayed with me. He seemed to be really worried about me.

"Good night, Damian. I love you" I whispered knowing that he wouldn't hear me because he was already sleeping. I knew that I was going to regret the decision that I just took but I didn't want anymore dying because of me. I sighed and slowly moved out of the bed. I pecked Damian on his forehead before walking slowly to my suitcase. I didn't care about me dying anymore. What I wanted, was my friends being safe and out of this fucked up situation.

Thus, I took my suitcase and walked out of Rose's house at three in the morning.