Asylum

Chapter 5: SLOWLY DEVOURED

Cleo's pov.

I suddenly open my eyes, my mind is aware of what is happening around me but my body.. My body I can't move, it seems that I can't even control my own body right now I'm in a paralyzed state and its killing me! It's damn killing me.

I roomed my eyes, I'm still in my room but it just suddenly feels darker than it usually is. Behind the shadows a dark figure suddenly pop out of nowhere, its coming closer and closer. I badly want to run, to hide, to shout, or even just to move but I can't I really can't.

Tears rolled down to my cheeks as the dark figure slowly climb to my bed, I feel like a prisoner, an unable person that is just waiting for her time. As the dark figure getting nearer I did not lose hope and continued struggling but it is really no use.

The dark figure approach me then instantly choke the life out of me. And I can't even fight it, there I am laying and can't do anything but just to go with the flow of the fear that slowly eating me inside.

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I took a deep breath and snap my eyes open, I immediately rise from my bed and run toward the door to get out of here.  But when I did open the door I was faced by an eternal darkness and cold wind. Where am i?.... whispers from everywhere is getting loud and louder. And there is suddenly a soft whisper between those chaotic ones " wake up Desire, you are sleeping " it said " but I'm wide awake! What are you talking about? What's happening here?!! " I shouted out of the fear that the person where the whisper came won't hear me between this loud noises that I dont know where did it coming from they just seems everywhere.

Voices of people struggling and screaming for help. " no! Desire wake up! Wake up! your still asleep, they still needs you wake up! Wake up! " it answered like it is really afraid of something.

" what are you talking about!? Hey !! Where are you ?!! And what did you mean by that? Heyyy! Answer me please hey!!! " but no answer came it is just the noises, the screams is getting louder and louder and it is making me dizzy, my is aching  and I feel sick by just hearing it.

I instantly take a step backwards and closed the door again, and just like that the loud whispers, those voices are gone. I slowly came back to my bed OH MY, what most shocking now is that I see myself, I literally see myself. My body lying and struggling as if someone is keeping her from moving. I immediately go to where the bed is.. To were my body is and tried to wake it up, but it is no use.. No no noo please wake up hey wake up!

And then I just see myself now lying again in this very bed, struggling to keep on breathing, to move, to fight this hell of a  thing or I dont even know what it is. It is so eager to end my life here by choking me to my death.

"Desire wake up.. Wake up" the soft whisper again. No! I can't be this week. I  needed to fight, I just feel I need to survive, please help me survive this, help me face this, help me fight back and help me stand against this.

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"haaaahhhhhhhhhhhh" I snap out of my unconscious self and instantly took a very deep breath, what was that? What's happening to me ?! It keeps getting worse. I just cried all my worries no one can save me.. because no one cares and definitely no one will ever help me inside this hell of a house.

Five straight days of lack of sleep well it is more on sleepless nights for me. Since that day I keep on getting weird dreams and mostly like that. My body is in paralyzed and somebody is always with me just waiting behind the shadow in case I will fall asleep. I keep on over thinking everything my anxiety is growing I can't sleep well I feared to sleep thinking that I can't just woke up and will continue sleeping dead awake. 

But I still convinced myself to keep on fighting and be strong even with this state of mind, I still continued my work here but those things didn't stop there I feel there are everywhere lurking and waiting for me to fall down and break like a delicate glass. My anxiety keeps on growing and growing I always feel anxious these past few day and it affects my work and my mind. I keep on messing everything from cleaning to cooking even washing dishes everything, I can't even do anything but to mess up. I think I broke every single glass things here and I keep on getting scolded every second of my life this past few days hah! new record ..and what worse? I'm used with the glares and angry stare from them even tho I did not do anything but I'm not used of daily and awful punishments from them.

It's making me insane! This  all of this is making me insane literally. My mind hurts also my body hurts a lot, how could I survived here if this is getting worse and those witches people is also getting worse.

The door suddenly opened by someone and I immediately look toward the door there Aunt Silya standing like a ruler she thought she was hmp. " pack your awful things out of here Cleo, you're getting out of this house now " she instantly snap the information " what? What are you talking about Auntie? Out? You are letting me go? Out of here? Bu bu-t where will I go ? Stay? " I immediately asked her "no please Auntie not now .. There are here everywhere.. Behind those shadows.. In the darkness just waiting for me to be completely helpless, pleasee auntie those dark figures that have been hunting me they won't stop, I can't afford to be completely homeless and alone right now please I'm begging you. I will do everything just not nownot now " I am completely begging in front of her.

" auh why a sudden change of heart Cleo I thought you badly want to be out of here then now we are letting you go then you won't take? Hahahaha " Auntie Silta openly laugh at me " no ..not that it is just that I really can't afford to be left alone right now to be homeless not when they are all out there.. The shadows! Auntie you all need to hide!! They are out there lurking in the darkness we are all in a great danger! Hide !!.. Hide!!! " I said completely screaming and I feel so anxious so scared of the every possibility of me being alone once again, and the thought of those people practically screaming for help from my dream, I can't seem get them out of my mind.

" you are completely insane Cleo!  You are becoming a crazy one, plus you are completely useless now. You can't even do a single chore this past five days, I'm tired of you, we are all tired of you ! You've been a very big luggage of this family carried for years, you are useless now so it is so reasonable to just throw a handful of luggage full of garbage right? " she said angrily while she is looking down at me now in my knees disgusted, but wha-what? I was completely speechless on what she just said. I am . Me? a large luggage this family carry?! well in fact they won't even let me go. They abused me and keep me here as there slave, I practically do everything for them and now I'm the one useless here?!!!

" but well I'm not that heartless you know" she smirked " I could just be give you a proper medicine for that sickness of yours, you would not be completely alone Cleo dear you serve as well this past few years the least I can do for you is to give you a descent home they will really treat you better there, well they crazy you are crazy" she eyed me with disgust " so hopefully you could live there better together with your own kind, insane people goodbye Cleo darling live peacefully inside the ASYLUM"