Part: 2

Hope broke through my barrier and shrouded me in warmth. Stopping dead in my tracks, my head shot upwards and I locked eyes on a dimming flame that was lying on the ground, while something else stood next to it with its back facing it. I smiled. It’s now or never! I ran as fast as I could towards it and then the sound of fast approaching footsteps filled the empty air around me. As I glanced around, dull lights like me came bolting towards it followed by others that weren’t quite like us. Other species sadly occupied this space too, these were species that us dull lights needed to avoid but also needed to make sure they didn’t steal our only hopes of warmth.

There are two types; The dark ones, which are like those weird black hole tentacle thingy’s, except in a more humanoid shape with dark blue pulsating outlines. They are extremely dangerous and enjoy the hunt and torture; And then The fire one’s are tricky, nine-times out of ten, they are more evil than good and will try to consume you. They love to hunt and play with their prey and the nice one percent will protect and help you. Unfortunately it’s quite rare so it’s just easy to avoid them all together rather than trust blindly.

An unearthly screech pierced through my mind and I almost stopped, but I knew better. This is mines! I screeched and pushed myself to run even faster. Seeing that the dark one was closer, I propelled myself even harder and then jumped, letting my momentum aid me through the air.

I reached my hand out… and touched it.

“C…ear!” I heard someone shouting and I tried to look to see why they were yelling, but I was mercilessly dragged into a thick fog. Soon a painful shock spread throughout my body, I wanted to scream but my mouth felt like it weighed a ton and then a wave of unbearable cold slammed into my heart, threatening to take over once again.

No! I screamed.

“Cle…r!” Pain once again shot through me like a lightening bolt, unable to take any more, I forced my eyes open to see who the heck was hurting me. Confused by their smiles, I tried to open my mouth to say something but was immediately dragged back into a pit of darkness.

Voices came in and out of my dreams and the sound of something beeping aggravated me to no end. I wanted nothing more than for someone to just shut that stupid thing off! but I couldn’t move and every time I gained consciousness, I’d fall right back into an empty abyss. My dreams consisted of faces that kept shapeshifting and changing with memories that I once had, now being overwrited to memories I was sure wasn’t mine… or was it?

The beeping noise came back with a vengeance and this time I fought to see just what exactly that irritating noise was. My eyes finally opened and bright lights replaced my vision. Light?! Was I really seeing light?! Someone dashed towards me and blocked my view. Their face was blurry for a moment until it became clear and morphed into someone familiarly unfamiliar.

“Quickly!…” The man above me yelled frantically towards someone down by the foot of the bed. “Go and get the nurse! She’s awake!” Someone down below shuffled before leaving out in a hurry. The man’s handsome face pierced down into mines. The look of worry washed away and was immediately replaced by a sinister smile that overtook his handsome face. “Can’t have my lovely wife getting me arrested.” He said bitterly and my heart dropped as memories flooded my brain.