{7:00pm, January 9th 2020] Nightmare

It's a dark and stormy night in LA, the winds are at high speed and the heavy rain doesn't make it any better. Walking down a dark ally with hood up and arms crossed is him, the one who sent most of the LA gangs running in fear...Nightmare. Its been four ears since the events which left him alone and forgotten, his family gone, and his friends...who even knew anymore. God its freezing out here, He though to himself, I need to find somewhere warm for the night.

As he was walking down the sidewalk a car pulled up behind him and stopped, he stop as well. they both stayed still for about a minute and then he heard the car door open, under his sleeve he already had his hook ready in case he had to fight. As he turned around a light blinded him for a moment, a-are you okay? asked a voice. Once he was able to see again he saw a guy, probably not much older that him approaching him with a flashlight.

They both stood there in the rain for what seemed like hours until Nightmare shook his head to say yes, Do you need a place to stay? the stranger asked, I have a spare room. Weird, Night though to himself, this guy doesn't even know me nor I him but he's offering me a place to stay. He was still standing there, waiting for an answer. Night was very skeptical now though, he knew he couldn't trust anyone, but it was either let his guard down for a night or spend more time in the freezing cold rain.

He shook his head no but was looking at everything before he moved closer to the man, the way he moved, the car, his hands and everything around him. The guy held out his hand, call me Mark, he said. Night, (to let him know what would happen if he tried to hurt him) held out his hook instead of his hand,names Nightmare or Night for short. Mark looked a bit shocked at first, but then grabbed the hook and shook it firmly. Nice to meet you, kinda an odd name but whatever. As he started walking back to his car he turned around and asked Night if he was coming. He was reluctant at first but he got in the passenger side of the car and they drove off.

{7:20pm} Mark and Nightmare

It took about twenty minutes to get back to Mark's house, Night was still a little weary about the whole thing, but there was no backing out now. As soon as they were in the house Night asked him, so why did you pull up to me? I don't know, Mark replied, you just seemed very familiar, I can't put my finger on it. Over the next few hours they got in dry clothes, Mark showed Night where he was going to sleep and they ate takeout that Mark ordered. After they were done eating Mark asked him where he got the hook and scars, so Night told him the story.

{12:45am, January 10th 2020} Mark and Nightmare

Wow, that's fucked up Mark said when Night finished the story, didn't you go to the police? And tell them what? replied Night, tell them my family was murdered by a gang because my father did something that I don't know and that I single handily destroyed the whole place while saving a girl who had been missing for years? no one would believe it, it sounds like a story some teenager made up. How did you destroy the place? and what about this girl...what was her name?...Anne right? what happened to her? Mark asked.

Well, started Nightmare, Anne and I poured gasoline over the whole place and lit it, we just burned it...burned it like a bad memory, after everything was done Anne and I located her parents and older brother outside of LA. They were so relived to see her,they though she was dead because it had been years since the police had said anything, After that I came back here to finish "cleaning out LA", he finished. Man that's crazy, I'm sorry about your family, they sounded nice, I have an older sister, but we're not that close anymore...but I still love her Mark at least you have your sister, said Night, he felt a bit sad about his family, but he almost let his guard down and he didn't completely trust Mark so he stop thinking about it and changed the subject. Well, it's kinda late so I'm going to turn in Night said, goodnight and he started walking to the guest room.

{3:00am} Nightmare

He wasn't asleep for long until he was woken up by a loud thump in the kitchen. He slowly and quietly walked into the kitchen, hook at the ready. When he walked in he saw Mark on the floor, a puddle of crimson was pooling around him. Night ran over to him and checked his pulse, there wasn't a pulse. Night looked around and saw the window was open and there were footprints of blood running out the window and to the next house over. He was about to give chase but stopped, something told him not to...not yet but instead that he needed to get out of there fast. Night walked over to Mark one last time, thank him for the night and closed his eyes out of respect.

As soon as he did that he heard them...police sirens, they weren't close but he could hear them getting closer. He quickly grabbed a bag out of the closet and grabbed some food,water and a flashlight from the kitchen then he ran back to the grabbed his clothes and a few extra things from the guest room. While he was back there he heard the police knock on the door, he started to jump out the window but remembered that Mark had some money on him and a voice in his head reminded him that he had no where to go. So he ran to the kitchen as fast as he could and grabbed marks wallet, he heard the police break through the door and he knew it was time to go. Night jumped through the window and started running, he heard the cops yell for him to stop and they started shooting at him but he was too fast and he was already too far ahead for them to catch up.