Where The Children Hide

Within the Shadows

It's so cold. Where am I?

Writing stains the wall. I read it. 

YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME, YOU DIDN'T SEE ME BUT NOW YOU WILL!!!

I looked up as something grabs me. Cold, moonlight white with......... no eyes?

I scream as it grabs my jaw. Slowly it pushes my mouth open wider and wider. I scream as the tearing of skin, flesh and muscle engulfs my ears.  The pain is pure endless torture. I hear a loud crack as my jaw leaves its joint and breaks. Blood pours from what use to be my once recognizable mouth but now the aftermath of a brutal attack. Tears fall from my eyes mixing together with the crimson blood flowing from my severed mouth to make a puddle around me. It mixes with the old concrete, dirt, rat feces and dust to create the artwork of destruction. Whatever got me grabs my arms and pushes me down to the ground holding my hands to the floor. My back and hair are in the puddle of blood and tears. I'm hear stuck on the ground bathing in my own sorrow, unable to close my mouth. It grabs a vile of a black liquid in its hand and slowly drinks it. It looks me in the eyes with its dead empty eye sockets and smile. I see it exhale out its nose. Small puffs of black smoke rise out. It leans in closer and breathes into my mouth. My mouth is filled with the black smoke. I try not to breathe for as long as I can but my lungs give in and I take a huge huff of black smoke. I take one last breath as whatever it has cursed me with starts engulfing my body.

The pins of the curse in case my insides. Sweat drips from my forehead as my body spasms. I writhe around in pain slowly losing feeling in my body starting at my toes. A cruel paralysis is taking over. Slowly I blink for the last time as my last, small silver tear falls gently to the floor.  My eyes start to cloud up and I see a drunken silhouette of whatever it is that grabbed me that night. Slowly everything turns black.