cREEPING iN mY sOUL
Yume Carnage Origins
Chapter 1. Nightmares and Comfort
The sound of screaming could be heard in the darkness of the old cellar, a faint glow cast by an old oil lantern casting slight shadows on the dirt walls. A crunch of bone breaking sounded in the distance, the young woman stood on the top step of the cellar her deep brown eyes shining in fear as she slowly descends into the inky blackness. A shiver goes through her body as she slowly moves unsure if she should be down here. She turns to leave the cellar but stops in her tracks her subconscious tugging at her to move deeper into the dark room. She bites her bottom lip harshly before turning back around heading deeper into the cellar. A slight quills sounded as she stepped on something soft, a warm liquid seeping into the cloth of her shoes. She shivers her whole body shaking as she moves deeper ignoring her inner pleas of turning back and running away from this place. She turns the corner of the separating wall recoiling in shock and disgust. There, in the room, illuminated by the flicker of a few candle lit lanterns were two corpses. one of a young boy no older than ten, the other of an old elderly woman, both had their eyes gouged out and various body parts were severed. the woman gags turning to run, but comes face to face with the one who had committed this awful scene. deep brown eyes met ones of bright glowing green surrounded in an inky pool of darkness. the woman screams backing away from the murderer, her scrunchie getting hooked on a protruding nail in the wall beside her, her silky black hair falling from it's side pony tail cascading around her face as the figure steps slowly into the lit area. The woman's eyes widen as she comes face to face with her smiling bloodstained self.
A woman shot up in her bed, cold sweat dripping slowly down her pale face as she gasps here eyes wide. She grasps around her her hands shaking as she looks for the switch on her lamp. Once again she had had the dream. Her hand runs through her damp hair as she slides to the edge of her bed. She could still feel the scream stuck in her throat as she places her feet on the cold hardwood floor of her hotel room. she shakes her head trying to clear her mind as she moves to her suit case.
"it was only a dream, you just have the first time jitters Yume, no need to be so on edge about your first ghost hunt." she whispered to herself as she shakily rummaged through her clothes.
she pulls out a half sleeved light purple shirt with a darker purple flower printed on the left side and a pair of blue jean shorts, along with the necessary essential undergarments. she takes a deep breath as she makes her way to the bathroom sighing as she steps into the bright white room. The cold slightly wet tile floor slick under her feet.
"Danny must have snuck in here to take a shower." she muttered seeing the pile of used towels in the corner close to the door. "James had to have been hogging the bathroom again."
Her feet shuffle across the floor moving closer to the shower. She reaches out turning on the water, the room slowly filling with steam as she strips down peeling her damp sweaty clothes off her slim body. She steps into the shower the hot water cascading down her back as she turns, she sighs in content as she picks up a small bottle of hotel body wash.
"Thinking back I barely know my ghost hunting team yet. My demonology professor said that I needed field experience so he paired up all of us students with an expert team." She though as she lathers the wet rag she had grabbed from the rack just outside of the shower. "but there's just something about the two I'm paired with that just sets me on edge."
She could feel the goose bumps rising on her skin as she washed her body feeling the water wash away the suds and sweat. Once rinsed she steps out of the shower wrapping a towel around her body after she dry's off as she turns off the faucet. Her hand reaches for her lotion, dabbing a small bit into her hand she starts to rub it on her legs. Her hands reach for the towel removing it before she starts to dress herself before moving to the bathroom door. She opens it yelping in surprise as she sees a man standing there. She places her hand on her chest breathing a sigh of relief when she see's its just her Danny. his bright red hair was tousled as if he had just awoken.
"O-oh it's just you." she said a slight waver in her voice. "s-so what are you doing standing outside my bathroom?"
Danny didn't say anything his steel grey eyes looking at her as if she was insignificant. He leans in his face mere inches from hers causing her to squeak softly backing away slowly.
"D-Danny?" she asks him unsure of his reasoning.
"Nightmare?" He asked taking a step toward her.
"H-How did-"
He looks away scratching the back of his neck.
"Don't worry kid it happens to the best of us." he muttered.
"Hey!" she yelled at him. "I'll have you know I am 23 years old thank you!"
Danny turns to look at her raising his eyebrow questioningly.
"could have fooled me." he muttered in his rough voice.
She glares at him trying to push him toward the door.
"Leave my room!" she grunts straining against his unmoving body.
He chuckles as he moves to the door opening it.
"alright kid. night." He said before stepping out of the door and closing it.
She glares at the door in silence before blinking in confusion.
"Did, did he just try to comfort me?" she asked herself aloud a light blush dusting her cheeks. "Wait! Better question, how the hell is he even getting in my hotel room!?"
She shakes her head moving across the room to sit in one of the many chairs, picking up a dark notebook she starts to sketch the images in her dream still fresh in her mind.
