The October Series

October 10th: Working Late

I was at the office one very late at night. There was a very important thing that I needed to finish that night. It wasn't like I had anything else to do, so my plans consisted of working and working. It was probably 11 pm when I was sitting at my desk. Mustering the energy to type on my computer, despite my very exhausted state of mind. I wanted to go home and flop onto the couch, but I couldn't. I kept seeing these dark figures and shadows in dimly lighted corners of the office.
You're being insane, I told myself. You're being crazy,

I told myself. You need to sleep, I told myself.
But life has taught me again and again that sometimes you have to trust your gut. Even if your gut has the craziest theories. I didn't trust my gut and ended up arguing with myself overshadows in the corner. The shadows looked like distorted shapes of people. Almost like ghosts. But hey, I was sleep-deprived, so it didn't make sense, right?
When you are tired, you make up stupid stories.
Every time I looked around, these shapes seemed to be approaching me. Each time getting

closer and closer. I seriously felt threatened. I was scared and paranoid until I told myself,
Stop it! You're missing sleep. Just finish writing this, it's not that much. The sooner you finish, the quicker you can go home, sleep, and forget about all this nonsense.
At that moment, I saw the figure right next to me, but then it vanished. The lights started flickering on and off, on and off, on and off, over and over again. My computer screen glitched and made weird noises. The floor started to shake, and I felt this weird vibration in the air. Was my hallucination this bad?
I turned around and saw the figure clear as day, right next to me, staring at me in the eyes.

And I stood there, as it sucked the life out of me.