A/N: I know, I know… I'm horrible and I don't update… but believe me with what's going on at Uni you'd be surprised to know I'm still alive… to make it up to you… the chapter that resolves all the subtleness and the hints… now you'll know where the story is heading but still there are a lot of surprises along the way so… hang on =D
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Chapter 10: Thriller
Song: Thriller by Michael Jackson
Song Link: www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=ZEHsIcsjtdI
I… I remember, sir. I remember the whole dream.
SAM SCREAMS IN THE DIRECTION OF HER CO THE MOMENT SHE SNAPS OUT OF HER SLEEP, BEFORE HAVING FULLY OPENED HER EYES.
It's the Asgard. They did it. They're behind all this. Well not directly but it's ultimately their fault. We need to contact them as soon as possible, before I continue on to the dream.
JACK: We've been trying to contact them for days now, with no success. They're nowhere to be found, Carter.
SAM PALES AT THAT BUT CONTINUES ON
Oh my god. Then it's already too late….A few months ago the Asgard realized they were dying out. They'd cloned their original bodies so much that they were no longer able to reproduce and their bodies lost their essence. The clones their souls inhabit were the last they could sustain. They were on the verge of extinction. They decided their legacy was too important to go to waste and they wanted to entrust it to someone who deserves it, someone from the fifth race but also someone who didn't already have another legacy within him; someone who wasn't Ancient. For that matter they chose me… upon Thor's recommendation. And without my knowing they imparted their whole knowledge, from the beginning of time, on me. Of course they did it stealthily and left no signs. They figured out a way to enhance my brain capacity, a failsafe of sorts, to be able to withstand the load and to keep me from releasing all the knowledge all at once. They wanted me to think it was my own knowledge… my own brain coming up with the ideas. But their plan failed.
DANIEL: So they're knowledge is what's causing this? They didn't implement the fail-safe correctly?
JACK: I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna awaken his sorry grey ass from extinction and kill him.
Not exactly, Daniel. Sir… they couldn't have known. Their failsafe works perfectly. That's the problem.
JACK: I don't understand Carter. Is it the Asgard's fault or isn't it?
As I said in the beginning, it's complicated. Their intention were pure but what they did to me lead to the thing that's causing this… Please let me continue.
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
One night at my house, I was awakened by a weird sound in the back yard. I went outside to check it and found a shadow lingering in the dark. I started to move closer to try and identify the dark figure.
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
The moonlight, that had been dimmed by some clouds, suddenly illuminated the figure and the sight of it caused my blood to run cold. The figure was indeed a shadow, it had no firm body, it just floated there in the air. It looked like some creature from those wizard movies. It had huge fangs, was twice as big as I am. It made a roaring sound that causes your whole body to shudder with echo. It looked ugly, the image of terror.
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
I started to scream for help but I felt the air being sucked from within me. I felt it catch in my throat and I couldn't make a sound. I couldn't breathe, I was petrified. I couldn't move a single muscle in my body. I don't even know if it was from the terror or from the creature's effect. But it was breathing something on me, sucking my whole essence from within me. I could feel it taking my soul, freezing my body, stealing my breath. It was killing me, slowly and painfully.
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
I felt like I was in one of those thrilling horror movies, the ones that make you jump off your chair and scream, except I couldn't even scream. I couldn't cry. I was frozen in time. I saw it preparing for some major strike. The way its 'body' expanded and grew darker proved as much. It was about to draw out my final breath, kill me for good.
Somehow the adrenaline rush enabled me to find some power in my legs to move. I ran inside the house. I didn't look back, I didn't think, I just ran. I got to my room, to the furthest wall and realized there's no where else to run. I had either escaped or not.
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
And then I heard the door of my room slam harshly and realized that I hadn't escaped. I was trapped inside my own room. I had never been so scared in my entire life. Suddenly the room was engulfed by darkness and cold. It was like everything had started to instantly freeze. I felt the coldness touch my body from behind. It had gotten hold of me. I wasn't getting out of this, wasn't going to live to see another day. I closed my eyes and tried to wake up from my nightmare, but little did I know that this first time it was my reality. Little did I know that the nightmares were yet to come.
The creature let out this breathtaking noise again and I felt everything around me stop. I was out of time.
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
The creature shifted its shape and turned into some beast-like creature. With forty red eyes and a mouth as big as my bed. It started to hover around me, like a lion circling its prey. I could feel it smiling against my fear. I could sense its satisfaction increase with every one of my drumming rapid heart beats. It was feeding of my terror. It was getting stronger.
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
Suddenly the creature's noise got accompanied by deafening howling. It sounded like the rise of the dead. The creature opened its mouth widely, showing me the creatures dwelling inside; the creatures that were rubbing their hands in satisfaction.
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
They looked like little demons, tiny but almost scarier than the beast in which they resided. They were multiplying and started to escape its mouth to move towards me. They were breathing cold breaths full of stench against me. Their hysteric laughs as sickening as those of hyenas only more spiteful.
I was surrounded. I felt my fear increasing alongside with their satisfaction. They were succeeding, they were slowly sucking my life away but somehow they didn't finish it. They seemed to be savoring every drop. Taking it as slowly as possible. With every breath, I thought this was definitely the last. I was praying for it to be the last, so that this torture would end. It was worse than anything I've ever had to endure. Worse than anything, the evilest of creatures we've met were capable of; a whole new level of evil.
Then, sir, something unexpected happened... You showed up… in my bedroom.
JACK: I what? I think I'd remember if I'd ended up in the middle of the "Dawn of the Dead" in the middle of your room with the life being sucked out of you, Carter. I think we should call the doc to check on you again. I think these nightmares are really taking their final toll on you. It's a scary dream, Carter, I know, but there's just no way in hell this horror movie you're recounting is true. It's just a figment of your imagination, due to all the stress you've been going through lately. And I promise you Carter I'm gonna protect you from those nightmare as best as I can till….
Jack! It's not just a dream! It happened. I know it did. You were there. You just don't remember just like I didn't. They made us forget so they can continue their mission. The Asgard knowledge in my brain caused me to remember, it caused me to overcome their curse. But you… you don't remember. This doesn't mean that I'm crazy.
JACK: Carter…
Jack! Hear me out. Trust me!
JACK: Sam…I…
Please, sir. I know it's true. I wish it wasn't, I truly wish I was losing my mind instead. Going crazy would at least spare me the terror they're putting me through. They feed on terror. On human fear and fragility. They want the knowledge inside my head. They want the Asgard knowledge repository and inflicting deadly terror is just a plus for them: nourishment so they don't starve while extracting the information they seek. I'm their food, sir. And I'm also their mission. They won't rest till they've downloaded every last bit of knowledge within me, only then will they allow me to die in peace. And somehow they still can't reach the knowledge, the Asgard's failsafe must be preventing it, but meanwhile they're enjoying every piece of terror they're extracting from me, they find me 'tasty'. Please let me continue.
JACK: I…
DANIEL: Go on Sam. We're listening.
TEAL'C: Indeed.
Ok so, sir, you arrived in my bedroom. You had probably come to talk to me about... something, when you heard the noises and sensed the creepiness and followed the trail to my room.
JACK: So I came to talk to you about something… unannounced… in the middle of the night…
It was the day of the…. ring… sir…
JACK: Oh! So I was...?
I guess so… Jack all this drama could have been avoided, if these creatures hadn't showed up, I'm guessing we could have been spared this whole drama, the whole wedding debacle… it could've…
JACK: Well we figured it out anyway… Sam… no need to dwell on what ifs'… I'll always be there for you. So… I followed the lead to your room and…?
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
(I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
You shouted at the creatures and, with one leap, you were by my side holding me close. You seemed to be creating some sort of force field around us. You were repelling the demons. They couldn't get closer, they seemed to be fading away whenever they approached you. It was the Ancient gene. You were immune to them, they can't feed on you. And you are also capable of stopping them, the gene fends them of.
You started to comfort me, but I was too far gone to forget the fear I've been feeling. You started to ask me to look at you and nothing but you. You made me look inside your eyes. I saw then what you were doing at my house in the first place. You were really going to spare us the drama. You were really going to do what I wanted you to do. For an instant I forgot the whole terror I had experienced that night. I forgot about the demons you were fending off, I was taken in trance by the realization that you came back for me. I was just glad I was sharing this moment, this look with you. I didn't care about the demons, I didn't care about the shadows. I only cared about you sitting there in front of me, holding me close and looking into my eyes.
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
Before we knew it, we were pulled back into the land of living, the here and now. And though I would have thought it impossible, everything just grew darker. It was deep within the night. It felt like the night was engulfing us. The creatures started to multiply and spread. They filled the street outside, filled the starless sky, filled the walls. One could sense their presence everywhere, their blood hungry presence. They were out looking for pain.
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
A revolting smell filled the air. Their voices grew louder and were more intense. They sounded angry now. The laughter was gone, it was replaced by angry threatening shouts. It felt like the world outside was turning upside down. It was going crazy. The creatures were everywhere. We could no longer see anything but darkness outside the protective shell you were casting around us. Only dark fog. I could no longer hear your soothing words, their screams pierced through our ears temporarily deafening us. It was getting worse, escalating. My heartbeat was equally escalating and so was yours. You held on to me tighter and shouted for me to close my eyes.
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
I did as you told me, I closed my eyes and my whole body started to shake from the fear I found within the darkness caused by my own body, it was almost scarier than what loomed outside. I wanted to open it but you shouted for me to hang on, to resist. You held on even closer and I forced my eyes to remain shut. I silently wished this whole nightmare away one last time. And then just like that, everything calmed down. Suddenly, the voices disappeared, the darkness was lifted and the stench was gone. As quickly as it had started, the nightmare ended. I opened my eyes to find it had already become dawn, the faint glimmer caused by the rising sun, causing stones to lift off my chest. I found you looking back at me with comforting eyes. But before I knew it, we were both engulfed by a weird light and the next thing I knew I was in my bed, waking up startled by a nightmare and shaking it off to go to work. Our memories had been wiped out.
They're real, sir. They're still after me. They want the knowledge I possess. You don't remember what they could do, you didn't feel it, but I felt it and now I remember. I won't withstand going through it again. I won't…
JACK: I won't leave your side. You won't ever have to face it again. I'll be right there, every second. I will protect you. I won't leave your side, Sam.
It's not that easy...
JACK: Yes it is. No one's gonna touch one hair of you. I won't lose you… not after I've finally found you.