~ We're freaks.freaks. ~

~Quiet, Daishi.please.what if he comes? ~

~ We're freaks. ~

~ Please, Daishi, cut it out, you're scaring me. ~

~ Freaks.we're freaks. ~

I am suddenly snapped back into reality, in this cold chamber I have been in for too long. Still shaky, I sit up, and all the horrible memories that led to this come rushing back. The smell of death around me makes it only more real.

Next to me is the decaying body of my closest friend. She has been dead for many days; I wish I could give her the proper burial ceremony. But no one has checked on us for a while, so I must stare at her dead body.

It drives me insane.

Before, she was the crazy one. She was nearing insanity. I brought her to the other side, and doing so helped me. But now she is gone, and my grip on reality is loosening.

I want to go home.

I have brothers, a father, an entire family! I want to be with them again, laughing, playing, joking around.

It's not fair.

What did I do to deserve this?

I sit near the far side of the wall, my back against it. I cradle my head between my bent legs, and try not to cry.

I am stronger than this. I can handle it. I can live through this.

I repeat positive things in my head; it's the only thing keeping me going.

The room suddenly gets cold. My body tenses up. Am I next?

I look up slowly. The thick glass door is getting foggy. He's back.

My hands are nearly frozen, and so are my feet and legs, but somehow I stand up. The fog has nearly covered all of the glass.

"Let me out." I say, my voice weak. I haven't talked in a very long time. How do you talk to a ghost? Or a dead body?

"Let me out." I yell louder. After a moment, I hear the door unlock. I jump back in surprise. I was expecting him to obey me.

I walk out slowly, my legs wobbling. My hand skims across the walls for balance as I continue walking. Behind me, I hear the door close. I look at my friend's body one last time before I go on.

I enter a new hallway, where I make a left. My footsteps, as quiet as they may be, seem loud in the silence.

I stop suddenly. Someone is behind me. I can hear their heavy breathing. I turn my head slowly. There a bloody footsteps behind me, that led to my feet.

I look at the bottom of my feet, and there is no blood. It's perfectly normal. So how did the blood get there?

It scares me, so I run. Or walk quickly. I rush towards the door at the end of the hallway, which leds to the doctor's offices. I hurry into one, and turn on the lights. There's a computer and phone on the desk. I grab the phone and dial my number. No answer. I curse, and turn on the computer, then call other phone numbers. No one answers still. The cold seeps in slowly, warning me of his presence.

The power turns off. Damn generator. It's freezing now; he's closer. There's a small window behind me, one that I can get throught with a bit of effort. I struggle to unlock it, but its stuck, so I reach for a paperwieght and throw it at the glass. The door smashed open, causing me to scream. I rush out the window and fall into the bushed underneath.

I stumble getting up, and search for a use of transportation. A man walks out of the building, his keys in hand. I run towards him without thinking. I knock him down, hit his head against the pavement, grab his keys, and run to the car he was walking to. I'm already driving down the road by the time he got up.

I'm still shaking, and its cold in the car, so I turn the heat up. I start to relax after awhile. I did it! I actually did it! I left that wretched place.

But then the image of my dead friend flashes in my mind. I left her behind. But there is no time for remorse. I have to stop him. I must.