Another sleepless night again. For a good laugh listen to Crüxshadows -
"Leave Me Alone" (Shaft 20/20 Edit)
JML- going to get into the history more later, Kaoru's apt is one of four
in an old house. The energy eventually got pushed into that space since it
was rarely occupied, etc. . .
Omochi- no, not nice ghosts, sorry. . . Have a decent bit of amo for this
one though, an apt I used to live in was 'disturbed' to say the least.
Creepy clicky nail's on tile and slamming doors and stuff.
Chiruken- well, here's your next chappie.
SLS- Agree. Will do my best to keep this story away from the norm.
centerFADE/center
Silence greeted the fear that forced Kaoru's heart painfully against her ribs. For the past week the night terrors had torn her from the peace of sleep. Outside her windows tires skidded, their wail breaking the rainy peace with horrific shrieks. Once more the nameless terror of instinct forced the panic to rise, bringing with it claustrophobic images of the dreams.
Blood. . .the thick red filling her vision and trapping her under its suffocating surface. Caged in red where something swam with her, something stalked her, its shadow mocking her.
Shaking Kaoru squeezed her eyes shut, trying to drown the memory out. Sleep had become a lost cause, a distant offer of peace until the morning. Still shaking Kaoru buried herself under the heavy blankets, every new sound offering the chill of being stalked. Silent tears slid from tightly closed blue eyes as Kaoru clutched the well-loved stuffed cat to her chest, praying for morning's light.
In her living room red shadows writhed and danced their torment against the walls. The nightly hell created by decades of self-loathing, the torture of a banished demon. Across the green carpet a glowing white column moved, steps carefully elegant as though memory hade made an angel out of humanity. She stopped in the middle of the room, eyes pleading as a silent cry formed on soft lips. Slowly elegance and beauty melted away in a growing shadow of long spilt blood, leaving only the charred skeleton laughing in the night. The parade began, a ghostly assault of mutilation, memories made far worse by years of lament. Along the corners between the walls and ceiling crimson drops ran down the off white color. Anguished screams ripped with animal force from a single figure, self sentenced long ago to a hell of its choosing.
Blue eyes shot open, sleep hadn't come yet, but in that half state of anxious waiting something echoed through her mind. A scream half heard, but distant as half developed memory.
"Hello. . ." She whispered, sliding out from under the covers. White knuckled fingers clutched the blanket around her shoulders as she walked towards the living room door. Taking a deep breath she stepped across the threshold, fear would not beat her. This was her home now, and with that came a certain pride that moved her to conquer the terror that rose in her throat.
Silence, the dark room stared back at her unassumingly. Heedless of fuming shadows and the corpses parade she walked across the carpet. One moment the room was suffocating hot; the next the air froze, leaving her shaking as she dropped to her knees. Suffocating panic rose inside her as uncontrolled tremors raked inside her. Yellow eyes burned inside her mind, the eyes of a predator that hunted her. Suddenly she was running through dark woods, silence chasing behind her on death's pale wings. A root grabbed at her feet sending her to the ground in a bruising fall. Yellow eyes stared coldly down at her, their hungry depths lost in white skin and a bloody halo that poured around its shadowed form. ~This isn't real, this isn't real. . .WAKE UP~ Her mind screamed, but the paralysis of sleep held her to the vision.
"NO!" A scream ripped from her throat, snapping her back to reality. She lay on her side, the green carpet felt rough against her cheeks. Breathing heavily, the air searing her over worked lungs she brush the tears from her streaming eyes. "Damn you. . ." She whispered rising to her feet. A sound behind her made her jump, slowly she turned around, blue eyes showing too much white.
centerLEAVE/center
The word ran down her wall in black liquid, heavy jagged letters held together by pulsing streaming of the thick liquid. In shocked horror she stare as she word grew in front of her eyes, expanding to fill her vision until there was nothing. No sound anymore, just the words screaming at her from the wall.
"NO!" She screamed back in defiance, her vision darkening even as she screamed. Lungs burned crying out for air as she screamed, the dark green carpet rising up to embrace her.
All around her the neighbors slept on in peace, the quiet of the night only disturbed by the momentary noise of a passing car.
centerFADE/center
Silence greeted the fear that forced Kaoru's heart painfully against her ribs. For the past week the night terrors had torn her from the peace of sleep. Outside her windows tires skidded, their wail breaking the rainy peace with horrific shrieks. Once more the nameless terror of instinct forced the panic to rise, bringing with it claustrophobic images of the dreams.
Blood. . .the thick red filling her vision and trapping her under its suffocating surface. Caged in red where something swam with her, something stalked her, its shadow mocking her.
Shaking Kaoru squeezed her eyes shut, trying to drown the memory out. Sleep had become a lost cause, a distant offer of peace until the morning. Still shaking Kaoru buried herself under the heavy blankets, every new sound offering the chill of being stalked. Silent tears slid from tightly closed blue eyes as Kaoru clutched the well-loved stuffed cat to her chest, praying for morning's light.
In her living room red shadows writhed and danced their torment against the walls. The nightly hell created by decades of self-loathing, the torture of a banished demon. Across the green carpet a glowing white column moved, steps carefully elegant as though memory hade made an angel out of humanity. She stopped in the middle of the room, eyes pleading as a silent cry formed on soft lips. Slowly elegance and beauty melted away in a growing shadow of long spilt blood, leaving only the charred skeleton laughing in the night. The parade began, a ghostly assault of mutilation, memories made far worse by years of lament. Along the corners between the walls and ceiling crimson drops ran down the off white color. Anguished screams ripped with animal force from a single figure, self sentenced long ago to a hell of its choosing.
Blue eyes shot open, sleep hadn't come yet, but in that half state of anxious waiting something echoed through her mind. A scream half heard, but distant as half developed memory.
"Hello. . ." She whispered, sliding out from under the covers. White knuckled fingers clutched the blanket around her shoulders as she walked towards the living room door. Taking a deep breath she stepped across the threshold, fear would not beat her. This was her home now, and with that came a certain pride that moved her to conquer the terror that rose in her throat.
Silence, the dark room stared back at her unassumingly. Heedless of fuming shadows and the corpses parade she walked across the carpet. One moment the room was suffocating hot; the next the air froze, leaving her shaking as she dropped to her knees. Suffocating panic rose inside her as uncontrolled tremors raked inside her. Yellow eyes burned inside her mind, the eyes of a predator that hunted her. Suddenly she was running through dark woods, silence chasing behind her on death's pale wings. A root grabbed at her feet sending her to the ground in a bruising fall. Yellow eyes stared coldly down at her, their hungry depths lost in white skin and a bloody halo that poured around its shadowed form. ~This isn't real, this isn't real. . .WAKE UP~ Her mind screamed, but the paralysis of sleep held her to the vision.
"NO!" A scream ripped from her throat, snapping her back to reality. She lay on her side, the green carpet felt rough against her cheeks. Breathing heavily, the air searing her over worked lungs she brush the tears from her streaming eyes. "Damn you. . ." She whispered rising to her feet. A sound behind her made her jump, slowly she turned around, blue eyes showing too much white.
centerLEAVE/center
The word ran down her wall in black liquid, heavy jagged letters held together by pulsing streaming of the thick liquid. In shocked horror she stare as she word grew in front of her eyes, expanding to fill her vision until there was nothing. No sound anymore, just the words screaming at her from the wall.
"NO!" She screamed back in defiance, her vision darkening even as she screamed. Lungs burned crying out for air as she screamed, the dark green carpet rising up to embrace her.
All around her the neighbors slept on in peace, the quiet of the night only disturbed by the momentary noise of a passing car.