Long and Lost

Death

   It was A snowy night one night I'll never forget. The time was a little before midnight on the eleventh of December two thousand fifteen. Me and two friends Kal and Rob had just got done on a nice triple date going out to eat some buffet and seeing the new "Krampus" movie. It was me and her, Rob and Cassandra, Kal and Abby and that was all we planned for that Friday night. I mean I Should've known something bad would happen because my life lately had been a sort of dream.
    After years of fighting for her I finally won her and got a date with the girl of my dreams. It was to good to be true to good to be real to good to spend without Jon. Little did we know this small town had something else in store for us....something major.... and something sinister. We had just walked our girls home when we decided to take a short cut through the woods in the center of town. Thats when the changes started.
   Now first you must understand three bigger guys just had a successful date and were happy as can be. All in a moment the temperature dropped from around twenty two degrees Fahrenheit to about eight degrees Fahrenheit. Then came the laughter that demented killer clown type laughter echoed all around us with no end and all I could think about was protecting my friends. The strangest part about this laugh is no matter how loud it was or how much it echoed it was a quiet monotoned laugh. Finally came the shadowy figure standing in the distance.
   This figure was almost identical to my height and build but I Couldn't see the face. As we approached this figure it disappeared whole the fog rolled in. We never mentioned this to anyone and we made new ways home to avoid that specific area again because none of us wanted that deathly demonic feeling upon us again. The only problem was this shadow was everywhere we went and he would let us know he was watching. Yet no matter how much it affected us we still ignored it until we could no longer stand it.
   It was March twenty ninth two thousand sixteen when it happened. We use to party on this day because it was my twin brother Jon's and my birthday but ever since his murder November eleventh two thousand thirteen we barely acknowledged this day. Damn I miss Jon I miss his smart ass remarks and him doing stupid shit with me I miss spending time with him getting in trouble and living on the edge. Alas he's gone and I blame myself every day for him leaving I fight through life for him because I know he'd want me to live and not end it like I wanted to so many times. I swore to find his killers and make them pay but lately death revolved around my friends and I.
   Jon was shot right between the eyes yet no one was around for miles and I couldn't stop it so I made it my mission to find out who or what had killed him. At the time I didn't think about anything paranormal but lately this shadow man has piqued my intrest to bring up the investigating again. The only problem was I couldnt get close to this figure until one night he attacked Rob Kal and I. He first struck out at Kal when we were walking home after a late night of laser tag. All I seen that night was the shadow run at us yelling Kal's name using that demonic monotone voice.
   It was the same type of yell we heard around us after the movies months ago. The scream was a quiet monotone scream the reverberated through every bone in the body. As he charged we tried to jump out of the way but in that instant he targeted Kal avoiding Rob and I. Kal ended up being blown back by the force of the beast who hit him like a train off the tracks because Kal didn't move fast enough. Kal ended up flying about twenty feet into a parked car but didn't die on impact and with a sickening crunch his bones broke every way they could.
   As Kal bled out slowly barely breathing Rob yelled for me to help him while all I could do was think about how the shadow moved. His movements seemed like something I'd seen before but I couldn't place it in that moment. It's almost as if... no it couldn't be he's been dead for 3 years now. The only thing I managed to say was one word. "Jon" it came like a raspy whisper. For the next two weeks Rob and I ended up locking ourselves in my room trying to forget that night and the sound of breaking bones. A few people came and visited us and stayed by our side but a lot of people avoided us because the experience was to fucked up for them to comprehend.
    After a few months Rob and I started getting out again after being cohorted into going on a double date with Rob's girlfriend and whoever they set me up with. Suprisingly Rob's stayed through everything. Abbey ended up killing herself by stepping infront of a speeding bus because she couldn't stand being without Kal. And mine was to never be mentioned after what she had done to me the night Kal died. she tried giving me a way out while I was depressed and when she went to poison me the shadow grabbed her and twisted her body into a pretzel and burned her alive.
   As she died the shadow looked at me and said I would not be allowed to die until it was avenged. That night had a different plan no attacks and no deaths luckily although we did meet the killer. The shadow had been outside the house and we seen a clear view of the face... a face we hadn't seen in around three years. The face was the one of Jon with a wicked smile on his face when we reconized him he drifted away with the wind. To this day we still know we are being watched and followed by the shadow but what we dont know is why Kal was the only one to get killed.
   Perhaps he had something to do with Jon's death or perhaps the shadow meant to just wound Kal to scare us but we may never find out the exact reason why. I missed Jon but this Shadow Jon wasn't Jon it was like a tourtured soul being killed over and over. It was like the only way to stop its pain was to stalk and harrass us. I've tried having a normal life but there's always that feeling im being watched and I can't get close to others for a fear that they could die next.