Her fearful eyes stare back at me, full of shock and pain. She desperately screams for help.
I reach out to save her.
Too late.
Before my eyes, I see Iesha get torn apart.
Out of nowhere, bloody tentacles tie themselves around her, squeezing and pulling her into........
An abyss.
The Hollow.
***
I wake up sweaty and nauseated. Again. The same nightmare. For three weeks straight.
I'm so sick of this.
It's just a nightmare, I tell myself. It's not real.
Unfortunately, that doesn't calm down my nerves.
My heart beats frantically. What if Iesha is in real danger? How would I save her? What if she died?
It's just a nightmare. Just a really bad...nightmare.
I take a couple deep breaths.
It's just a--
For a second, it seems that Iesha has appeared in front of me.
Her mutilated body. Her--
"STOPPP!!!!!!!!!!" I scream. "STOPP!!!!!"
It doesn't stop.
In front of me, I see--
No. I don't see anything.
Instead, I feel pain. Sharp spikes start to tug at my limbs.
CRACK!!!
Pain shoots from my shoulders. Warm blood gushes everywhere. The blood--it flows down my body.
I can't feel my arms.
They're gone.
More sharp tentacles wrestle. The more I struggle, the stronger they get. They fixate around my neck, and squeeze.
Pain. Indescribable pain fills my body as I try to breathe.
I hear another CRACK!!! as my neck snaps.
My head falls off.
Blood spurts out of my body, faster than before.
Suddenly, I look around and see my body, torn apart, bleeding uncontrollably.
I scream.
Then I see her.
Thana.
She looks at me, her mouth stretched out into a bloody smile. The sharp spikes are her arms.
She cackles evilly as she pulls out my legs.
I try to scream, but can't.
Then everything turns black.
******
I open my eyes to a sunny, large room with cucumber-colored walls. I blink a couple times. Where am I?
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Inside The Hollow
TerrorSeven years after Iesha's disappearance, a mysterious letter addressed to Akari reveals the hidden horror and danger that has been unleashed into the world, known as the Hollow. After being unintentionally pulled into this forbidden world, Akari and...
