Chapter 0
Comfort
March 26, 2017
A black figure pulled out a syringe filled with some unknown liquid and plunged it into the arm of some unknown person. But that's when he realized it was his arm that was being experimented on.
Freshman Jake Vinson woke up from the nightmare breathing heavily with a little sweat coming down his face, as he shakily climbed out of his bed and sat on the carpet floor of his bedroom, which was quite normal sized even though he was adopted into a really rich family.
W-What… did that man want? , Jake asked himself as he looked at the ceiling thinking about the nightmare he just had. Not even a couple of seconds fly by; his adoptive sister opens the door and closes the door silently.
"What happened?" his sister asked curiously and caring. Jake just looked at her as if didn't know what she was talking about. His sister took a couple of steps toward him and took and sat next to him.
"Did you have another one of those nightmares?'' she asked looking at his unique black hair which covered his right eye and had brown highlights at the tips of the bangs. She curled up and balanced her chin on her knees.
"It was nothing Emma…" he said with no interest of talking to her. His adoptive sister Emma, who is a sophomore in high school Jake will be attending tomorrow, is a caring person who is there for anybody she loves and holds dear to her heart. When her family adopted Jake from the foster home, something in her clicked and every since she loved Jake as if he was a real brother, as time went on they have become close as real brother and sisters would be.
"Are you sure because I heard you slightly yelling from my room" she said as she puts her blonde hair into a ponytail. After putting her hair in ponytail she stares at him with her piercing blue eyes, which always makes him uncomfortable and forces him to speak what is on his mind.
"There was this dark figure, okay, and he kept telling me that 'This was the way to survive' and some other weird things that I can't remember….After he kept talking to me he plunged a needle here" he points to a spot on his forearm.
"Hey can I ask you a question?" she asks as she stretches her legs out across the floor.
"Sure…" Jake replies.
"Do you remember when my parents and I found you wandering the streets?" She asks curiously.
Jake looks forward and at the floor and starts to get memories of a couple of weeks ago. He found himself wandering the streets like if he was drunk and losing conscious, then he got a memory of when he collapsed and right before he lost conscious he saw three black figures running to him in concern.
He looks up at Emma who has a worried look in her eyes, "No, I don't remember anything why?" he lies as to make her stop asking questions.
"No reason…" as she tears her attention away from him and looks at the clock near his lamp, it reads 2:19 am, she looks back at him and puts her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Jake; everything will get better for you I promise." She leans in and kisses his head, gets up and heads to the door. She gently and silently turns the door knob and quietly opens it.
"Goodnight Jake…" she says as she closes the door and turns off the light and heads to her room.
Jake stares out the window and sees the bright full moon; the more he stares the more clouds try and block the moon. He climbs back into his bed and closes his eyes and gives into the darkness….