He'll never leave me alone…
Never.
I know it.
He'll always be here, haunting me, killing me night after night, again and again.
Will my whole life be like this? Will every single night a frozen hand squeeze my heart?
Will his eyes always follow me no matter where I go?
Will I try to escape from him a lifetime?
And never succeed…
Because he's not just anyone…
It's him…
My worst fear.
Chapter 1: The Beginning
Duck let out a long sigh as he entered the basement and looked around him.
"Why are we here again?" he asked Rev, obviously bored.
"Because-Duck-someone-has-to-clean-the-basement-once-in-a-while-and-this-is-our-turn-because-last-time-Ace-and-Tech-cleaned-it-and-the-time-before-last-time-was-Slam-and-Lexi's-turn-so-i-think-you-get-that-since-everyone-has-already-cleaned-it-already-it's-supposed-to-"
"YEAH yeah yeah, thank-you Rev" Duck said angrily.
"I don't get it! Why clean it! I mean it's the basement of a tower! It's supposed to be the dark, creepy, dirty kind of place!" he added throwing up his arms knocking some boxes of the nearby shelves making their contents spread all over the floor.
"And why did we have to clean it at MIDNIGHT!"
"Just-stop-complaining-and-start-cleaning-Duck!-Look-what you-did! –Now-we-have-to-take-care-of-this-too!-Great." Rev said, being annoyed of Duck's ranting.
"Oh no! You can start cleaning! I'm gonna take a nap as you do so!" duck said, climbing on some boxes, crossing his arms behind his head and closing his eyes, ignoring the glare shot to him by Rev.
"Aw c'mon! You have super speed Rev! You'll be over before I even start snoring!"
Rev shot him another glare and then sighed in defeat as he looked around the messy basement in frustration.
"Duck-you're-so-going-to-regret-this-someday." He muttered angrily as he started cleaning.
One hour later
Duck was about to reach the end of the hallway…. There was black everywhere…. He felt the fear growing inside but he couldn't stop. He had to go on... He had to reach the end…
Was so close… Some more steps and he would be there… When suddenly a voice echoed in the hallway. 'Duck… Duck… DUCK!'
His eyes shot open and he found himself face to face with Rev.
"Wake-up-already! I'm-done-let's-go!" He said angrily. Duck rose from where he was lying and rubbed the back of his head.
For some reason, the fear that had took over him back at dream world, rose on his chest once again. "What a dream…" he said to himself before shaking his head to get rid of both thoughts and fear.
"Yeah… Let's go… I missed my bed…" he muttered climbing down the boxes and running towards the stairs which led to the exit of the basement.
"Yeah-you-missed-your-bed. You-did-absolutely-nothing-Duck! I-had-to-do-everything-and-as-though-this-wasn't-enough-you're-complaining-too." Rev exclaimed rushing towards the exit of the basement and closing the door behind him and Duck.
"At-least-it's-done-because-Zadavia-would-be-like-sooo-pissed-i-mean-she's-such-psycho-for-cleaning-the-basement-every-month-without telling-us-the-reason. She-just-wants-it-shining-and-the-boxes-locked. Especially-the-ones…" Rev froze.
"How come you stopped talking by yourself?" Duck raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oh-it's-nothing-Duck-just-Zadavia-told-us-to-lock-espacially-the-boxes-on-the-corner…. WHICH-I-DIDN'T-LOCK-BECAUSE-YOU-WERE-SLEEPING-ON-THEM!" Rev said now slightly upset. The thought of an angry and disappointed Zadavia wasn't pleasant.
"We-have-to-go-back" he added turning around, but his arm was caught by Duck.
"Just leave it Rev! It's already late, it has started raining and it will be even colder down there! It's not like someone's gonna die if we just leave it for tomorrow! C'mon let's just go!"
Rev stood still in doubt for some seconds.
Following Duck's advice wasn't exactly wise, but he had to admit his orange wearing team mate had a point. It would be awfully cold down there and the darkness combined with rain gave the place a really creepy atmosphere.
He sighed heavily and shook his head in agreement.
"Ok…We'll-just-come-back-tomorrow-morning-then…" he said, still slightly in doubt.
"Yeah, yeah… Whatever… I don't care… Let's just go to sleep!" He said stretching and yawning as they made they're way through the dark hallway, to the elevator.
For some moments, the only thing heard was the rain, falling outside.
'Chose destination'
The computer of the elevator said as soon as they entered.
"Level 3" both Rev and Duck said in unison.
'Destination chosen. Level 3: team quarters'
The cold, lifeless voice of the computer said again as the doors closed and the elevator started moving.
Soon enough they had arrived at their quarters and they parted not even saying goodnight to each other.
As Duck entered his quarters, he felt the feelings of insecurity and fear fade away.
He quickly changed into his pyjamas and lied down on his bed, turning off all the lights except the red lava lamp on his cupboard.
He stared blankly at the ceiling seeing the red light on it and without knowing why, he moved his hands up, playing with their shadow on the ceiling. This movement of his, for some odd reason, made everything around him look darker. It created a sudden feeling of helplessness, fear and insecurity within him, making his heart beat slightly faster.
He removed his hands from the red light deciding it was finally time to sleep as he pulled the covers over his head, shutting his eyes tightly trying to whip out his thoughts.
And being in that position he didn't notice the red mist entering his room from his door's slot, forming a dark figure with black eyes which, smirking evilly hovered over him.
While, unnoticed from everyone, another pair of ice-blue eyes was watching the whole scene…
Widening at the sight of death himself…