A scary nightmare for Travis! BTW, he's the last-born of the triplets.

Chapter 10: Nightmare

Later that night, Travis was tossing and turning, just feeling scared and helpless in his sleep and he was groaning, sighing and whimpering in his sleep and talking as well.

"What do you want? No...please...please don't hurt me!"

Nightmare

Travis ran quickly as he can through the forest, panting so furiously and just trying to get away from his stepfather. He turns around and sees him charging at him with a gun, which made Travis run even faster. He panted furiously and tries to lose him, then he walks to a nearby empty space, hiding away from him, hoping that he will lose him very quickly. Paul got past him and he panted heavily and sat down on the ground.

It was late at night and he was walking on the forest by himself, hiding in a nearby tree, and started to cry. He curled himself in a little ball, buried his face to his knees and started crying softly. As the tears went out of his face, he feels as though he's all alone with no one around to protect him.

Then, he hears something from the tree. It startled him in fright and to his surprise, he saw Jojo's body, hanging up in the branch and there was blood coming out of his skull. He gasped in sheer horror as he realizes that someone killed him. He backed away slow-like, shuddering in fright, but then, he felt something from behind.

He turns around and it was Hawk, Cyrus and Sam, their lifeless bodies hung in three separate trees. He couldn't believe his eyes and whispered, "No... this can't be happening."

Then, he sees Mike, Cody, Marcus, Caitlyn and Misty's body in the tree as well. He covered his mouth in a total state of shock when he saw them lifeless in the tree. He screamed in total fright and shock that they were killed senselessly. He backed away and started running quickly.

"Oh, no. Please tell me this isn't happening. Why are my brothers and my friends dead?" Travis asked, in fear.

As he was running, he stopped and saw Jonah's body hanging lifelessly in the tree and screamed, "NO! JONAH! Not you too! Please tell me this isn't happening to me!"

He started sobbing uncontrollably when he saw his oldest brother, lying lifelessly in the tree and being killed senselessly.

"How could this happen to me?"

Then, he heard rustling coming through the tree, which scared him and kept breathing rapidly and then, he backed away slowly when he saw Paul coming in at him. He gasped in shock as he brought in an axe towards him. He backed away slowly, but then fell down on the ground. Paul cacked sinisterly and said, "Now I have you...and you will meet your end!"

"Why are you doing this?" asked Travis.

"I wanted to silence your friends and your brothers have had their warning, but it's too late for them. Now, you're the last one to slaughter with."

"Please leave me alone!"

"Hold still!"

Travis tried to run, but Paul grabbed him by the ankle and dragged him down the ground. Travis kept screaming as he tried to grab something to hold him, but there was nothing left. As Paul let go, he raised his pickaxe in the sky to aim it at Travis.

"NO!" Travis screamed.

He lowers the axe and-

Back to reality

Travis opened his eyes, screaming hysterically and then, he panted heavily and saw that it was all a nightmare. A very scary nightmare. Tears filled his eyes and he started crying softly. He laid down on his bed and continued sobbing softly into his pillow. Jonah crept into his room to check to see if he's okay. He gently puts his hand on his shoulder and Travis turned around to see Jonah there.

Jonah asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Travis cried onto Jonah's shoulder and asked, "Why would Paul hurt us so bad?"

Jonha hugged him tightly and said, "If only I knew."

Travis sniffled a few times and asked, "Are we gonna die?"

"No, we're not gonna die. No matter what happens, we'll be okay."

Travis held onto Jonah as he kept crying. Jonah hugged him tightly and said, "It's okay. I'm here now."

"It was such a bad dream. It was like you guys were gone and I was all alone."

"You're not alone anymore, Travie. I'm here...and I'll always be here, because you're my brother."

Travis wiped his eyes and sniffled three times and whispered, "Thank you."

Jonah lets go of Travis and said, "We'll be okay. I'll see you in the morning, okay?"

"Okay."

"Good night."

"Night."

Jonah left the room and Travis was lying in bed, asleep with one more tear rolling down his face and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep, hoping that things will be okay in the morning. Feeling Jonah's hug made him feel like he's actually loved and that he's like a good brother to him and he feels lucky to have a brother like Jonah, because he feels as though he's a protector to him and like a father to him at times. That's why he always looks up to him, like a big brother.

Poor Travis! That's a brutal nightmare. But he's not the only one! Stick around!