Disclaimer: "Desert Nightmare"was created by Kelven and translated by Azn Chipmunk. I have nothing to do with either of these two individuals, and the characters all belong to Kelven, except for the OC characters in this story. I hope you guys enjoy, and take care.
A Different Nightmare
The sun shines in the sky as bright as a gemstone in pure light. We look down to see a mass expanse of desert, the winds rustle, blowing excess sands across the ground ever so gently.
Imagery showing that of what looks to be normal townspeople carrying an excess amount of tools such as shovels and pickaxes, and one man in particular with blond hair and sunglasses wearing a light brown uniform is shown carrying a 12 guage shotgun. All of the townspeople in question all seem to be emotionless, walking towards a specific target. Their eyes glowing a menacing red.
We cut to the desert again, this time however, we see a lone figure running and panting across the various sands, a look of fear and dread encompassing her entire face. This young woman looks to be in her late teens, early 20s, and around 5 feet 10 inches. Her skin is a light tan color, and her hair long, and ebony black. She is wearing what looks to be a plain red T-Shirt, and a pair of black shorts.
More imagery pops up, strange creatures that can only be described as inhuman are now seen chasing down the same young woman, the monsters are panting like dogs, and give a small roar as they slowly but surely catch up to her.
Another image then proceeds play out, this time showing the young woman watch two young men go at it. The first young man has short black hair, wearing a black jacket with long black pants, his eyes blue in color. The second young man has short blond hair, and wearing glasses. His eyes are also blue, and he is seen wearing a blue buttoned shirt and a black tie. He is wearing a pair of long blue pants being held up by a black tie with a golden buckle.
The first young man is knocked to the ground, and growls in both pain and anger. He proceeds to crawl and grabs a nearby shuttle, much to the shock of the second individual.
"Have you gone mad!?" Yelled the second young man.
We see the young woman running across the desert once more, panting more heavily the farther in the desert she goes. This young woman does not stop running, nor does she turn around for any reason, we see now that around her neck is a pendant adorned with a silver arrow like symbol, tied to it is a single white feather.
Another image plays, this time we see the first young man, his face encompassed in fear and screaming his head off.
The young woman is leaning against a wooden door, and slowly backs up as the door is heard being slammed upon. The door breaks down, showing a skeletal figure wearing ancient Native American wear stumbling out the doorway. The first young man's body is seen on the floor of the previous room, face bleeding.
Another image pops up, this time showing the young woman carrying a bag near what looks to be a shrine of some sort with of blue flame burning. The young woman dumps the contents of the bag, a type of powdery substance on the flame. The flame is extinguished, and blue energy is seen leaving the skeletal figure as it gives off a shrill scream. The skeletal figure turns into dust, and the clothing it was wearing falls to the ground.
Another image shows the young woman at the scene where the townspeople were gathered. There is a sign on the road, calling the town Dusty Creek. All the townspeople are shown to have been reduced to burnt corpses. More individuals wearing police uniforms raise their shoulders and look back towards the young woman.
Another image pops up, this time we see ourselves at a hospital room, where a man and woman at least three times the woman's age are seen resting, the male's head covered in bandages as well as the woman's. The young lady proceeds to walk out the room and gasps in surprise to see an old Native American man sitting outside. The Native American man notices her, and begins to walk towards her.
"Wear this." Said the Native American man, handing her the pendant we saw the young woman wear earlier.
"What is it?" Asked the young woman.
"It is an old charm created by my tribe many decades ago." Said the old man. "This pendant has the power to keep evil spirits at bay, although some evil spirits are stronger than others."
The young woman takes the pendant, and proceeds to wrap it around her neck.
"I pray that your parents have a hasty recovery, and that hopefully you will live out the rest of your days in peace." Said the old man.
"Thank you." Said the young woman, with a slight smile. The old man simply nods, and proceeds to walk away.
We once again cut to the desert, the young woman has now slown down, panting rapidly, and sweating profusely. The young woman looks up, and sees what looks to be a large rock structure with a cave opening in the center.
The young woman looks at the rock structure with a confused look on her face, she hesitantly begins to walk towards the cave, the sound of her heart beating begins to overencompass that of the harsh desert winds.
"Always fearful of the past, aren't you." Called out a voice. "Stupid girl, true terror lies in the future."
"What?" Thought the young woman to herself. She then proceeds to yell out. "Whose there!"
Suddenly, an extremely loud, high-pitched and somewhat mechanical screeching noise begins to play. The young woman then proceeds to cover her ears and close her eyes, but this proves to do nothing to quell the sound.
"What is this? What's going on!?" Thought the young woman to herself. She opens her eyes and gasps, her eyes widen in fear.
In the cave entrance we see what appears to be a lone red, cat-like eye staring dead at her. The young woman makes the mistake at looking dead at it, as something as bright of a camera flash shines out, and the young woman falls down screaming. She tries getting up, only to find that such a feat is impossible, she turns her head to the right, and sees that her right arm is covered in blood, bleeding profusely, she lifts her head up, and sees that both of her legs are also bleeding profusely.
The red eye is shown to be attached to a large, hulking creature, who despite now coming out in direct sunlight is still in silouette, as to not see any defining traits aside from it's accursed red eye.
The young woman tries to move, tries to make a feeble attmept to escape from this new entity, but to no avail, she looks up and her eyes widen again in fear.
The large creature looks at her and growls, and proceeds to raise up one of it's arms, it's hand revealing a large set of razor sharp claws.
"No...No...NO!" Yelled the young woman.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Roared the unknown beast, who then proceeds to slash the young woman, it's lone eye widening as it does.
"AHHHHH!" Screamed the young woman, now springing up from a small bed. She begins to pant rapidly, and her entire body is seen dripping with cold sweat. Her breathing becomes normal, and she takes a look around. We see that the young woman is in some type of college dorm room, and beside her bed is a small drawer holding a picture of her and her family, a blue phone, and an electric alarm clock telling the time as 3:26 AM.
"Another nightmare." Thought the young woman to herself. "I've been having that same nightmare ever since I left that hell hole of a town, Dusty Creek. That was 4 years ago...but in all my years of having that lone nightmare, that is the first time that part was introduced."
The young woman proceeds to sigh, and takes a look at the clock. She then proceeds to tuck herself back in, and rests her head on the pillow.
"What was that place? Who was that voice? And most importantly, what was that...thing?" Thought the young woman to herself, she closes her amber eyes, and proceeds to fall back asleep.
Comments: Never thought I'd be doing a Desert Nightmare story, but I figured I'd give a crack at it. I'm just hoping the people who see this story enjoy it. And before anyone gets on my case, I am well aware that the Native American man probably didn't give our protagonist a pendant, it's just something I thought I added into the story. This story is going into new territory, which again hopefully you guys will enjoy, but I digress. Thank you so much for reading, there will be more chapters to come. Please leave your comments and reviews, as I love to hear feedback from people. See you next chapter, hopefully.