Prologue

'You could at least give me your name,' Nikki happily said.

'If I tell you, I'll have to kill you.' Nikki laughed but the boy in front of her didn't, his face remained blank and emotionless.

'Okay, what is it?'

'Darkness,' the boy whispered.

'Darkness?' Nikki asked

'Yeah, follow me,' he said, Nikki followed him as he walked to the door. He turned to face her as he locked the door behind himself, evilly grinning. She turned.

'Where are we?'

'Somewhere... Anywhere... Nowhere,' he mysteriously said. 'Does it really matter?

'Seriously what's with this ridiculous childish act?' She couldn't see his face anymore, everything around her was pitch black, the silence mocked her. 'Hello?'

'What act?' the boy's voice echoed 'who's acting?'

'You're starting to scare me!' Nikki yelled 'stop it.'

'You're scared?'

'Yes. Please stop.' A loud scuttling noise ran along the ceiling, but Nikki remained still and nervous in the darkness which compacted against her cold body.

'Good,' his snappy voice chuckled. 'Can you see?'

'No... It's too dark,' Nikki pointed out. 'Where are you?

'Next to you. Behind you... everywhere,' his voice riddled.

'I'm leaving.' Nikki walked slowly forward, holding her hands out, hoping to feel the solid surface of the wooden door. Unfortunately all she could feel was space, lots and lots of space. She walked faster, but just more space awaited her. She thought she would hit a wall but there was nothing but space.

'You can't leave,' a strange deep voice echoed. 'Not now.'

'Why not? Let me go,' Nikki pleaded innocently.

'You could at least give me your name,' a familiar voice said. She noticed the voice, it was hers.

'If I tell you, I'll have to kill you.'

'Okay, what is it?' Nikki began to panic, how did he record the things they had talked about? The exact same words she had spoken had been said in her voice, the same feeling of nervous chills ran down her back. The darkness slightly faded, leaving the room dim. The boy had vanished.

'I'm here.'

'Where!' she cried 'I can't see you.'

'But I can see you,' the voice laughed. 'Very very well.'