Chapter 9: Return

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As I entered through the hotel I felt a nudge on my arm that almost made me trip.

"Ow", I said in an annoyed tone.

"Oh sorry, did that hurt", Vaggie replied in a smug tone.

Annoyed, I kept around the same walking pace as her, looking for an opening in her movement.

"What are you doing"

"Trying to do this", putting my leg in front of her so she could slightly trip.

"Wuawoha!", was all that she led out before she stumbled forward.

"Haha", I said in the most monotone way possible.

"Why you little", pulling out a spear.

"Oh shiiit", running and laughing in circles around the hotel lobby trying not to get sliced open (or scratched).

Running towards the main lobby's staircase I heard a familiar voice.

"What's going on here", in a questioning and puzzled tone.

I quickly dove behind Charlie slowly laughing in a worried tone. "Nothing, me and Vaggie over here was just messing around."

"Really you and Vaggie were...", Charlie sees Vaggie's exposed spear, "...messing around".

"Well yeah...I know it looks wrong now but it was a little game I sort of came up on the spot", I respond

"Well at least you too are getting along", Charlie said while pulling Vaggie close to a hug. "Sorry for stopping your little "game", but may I speak to him privately"

Vaggie was hesitant at first but eventually gave in to her wishes and left the lobby.

"Now that we are partially alone", she said looking at the bar, "what was the sudden urge of you leaving in the middle of our conversation."

"Was it that noticeable"

"Kind of, and well....everyone was sort of looking for you, after that nightmare you had", Charlie explained

"Wait how do they know"

"I sort of told them. I had to, you fell through a broom closet, and you sort of ran from Vaggie, she suspected you of something."

"Oh...well sorry about that. I didn't mean to make you worry and do property damage to the hotel", I said to her

"It's alright, it's just a little hole unlike that one time", she said in a nervous tone.

"What do you mean by that"

"Nothing, you have nothing to worry about, it's not like something blew up or anything", sweating at her reply.

"Uh....ok, well If that was all that you really wanted to talk about I best be heading to my room, also I think I'll take the stairs from now on."

As I was heading up the stairs Charlie said, "remember to call room service for anything, just try not to stay silent about it".

"Alright,uhh quick question what room number is my room."

"Oh sorry about that, it's room 301 and it's located on the third floor", she replied back in her cheery tone.

"Thank you again Charlie"

Brief Nightmare

I then started to head up the stairway towards my room. Though as I was getting to the floor I heard what sounded like rusted metal grinding against each other. "Oh great not again. Why do you do this NOW!!!". Wincing in pain for a couple of seconds before opening my eyes again. Though as I opened my eyes, nothing really changed except my surroundings got dirtier.

I heard the sound of what sounded like a desk chair rolling towards me before I felt something slimy go around my shoulder. Before I had any time to react this...thing wrapped around my neck and lifted me off of the ground. Before I was close enough to pass out I felt someone try to pull me down and then eventually slap me. I fell to the floor with a loud thud.

"Acckkk", gasping for air.

"Hey you alright", a woman's voice spoke.

"Yeah...I'm alright", I replied.

"Good, just go to your room now", she said before walking towards the lobby.

"Heh... thank you", regaining my vision to notice that everything went back to normal. "Can you tone it down a little Al", I said to myself.

As I got to my room, I felt drained, not only from all the running I had to do, but with all the stuff Alastor is doing to me. I wonder, is he planning something or is he really doing this for shits and giggles. I laid down on my bed and started noticing a pattern. " Whenever I sleep, or have contact with Al, I always get sent to this nightmare realm, I wonder. Is there any meaning to it?" Yawn "Maybe after this actual nightmare, I could think... or something". Before I drifted off into sleep I saw someone creep into my and set next to me.

Dreamworld

As I awoke back in the dream world, I noticed that my room looked worse than it was, as if it was untouched for years. Strange, but I didn't take any notice of it as there were more important things at hand. Opening my door I surveyed the area. "Well I could check out my brother's room again, there's the living room, or maybe my parents room."

Looking to my right I saw what looked like Ice forming around the surrounding area. "Not yet I barely just got here, please don't send me back to the hotel so quickly", I say before closing my eyes. Though, as I opened my eyes I saw what looked like a block of ice that formed around the stairway. "Well, looks like I'm not going downstairs, I guess I'll check out my parents room then...yay".

Walking toward my parents room I was thinking about a lot of things, was my brother safe in heaven, can I really trust those Demons at the hotel, why are my dreams leading me to my parents room of all places. Opening the door, the room looked dirtier than ever, clothes everywhere, beer bottles in the ground, and stains on the wall. "I don't want to know where those stains came from"

Next to their bed was a nightstand where mother and father keep their cologne and perfume; below it was a drawer that held old electronics and such yet something was pulling me to open it. Pulling the drawer, there was a little toy football, picking it up I felt a great sense of joy as well as sadness.

"I think I'm ready to go back now", I said to myself in defeat, before everything turned to ice and shattered like glass. On my way down to the eternal abyss, I began to think about my life, was it really a stable life. Well time to wake up now, I think I'll just hang out in my room.

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