Chapter 14: Nightmare!
Spinelli looked around, but all she saw was darkness. "Mom, dad are you there?" she asked in the darkness. No one answered her. "Mom, dad?" she asked again. Her heart started to sink in her chest, and she started to get scared.
"MOM, DAD!" she screamed, "please someone answer me!" still no one answered. "T.J, please answer me," she yelled, "I need you." A figure appeared in the darkness, but she couldn't tell who it was. "Teej?" she asked cautiously.
The figure was wearing a green jacket and a red hat that was on backwards. Spinelli let a small grin appear on her face, "T.J!" She started to run towards him but stopped. Something wasn't right. She started to walk instead of run towards the figure, "Teej, are you okay?" the figure turned around, only it wasn't T.J, that's for sure. "DEAN! Someone help me!" Spinelli started to run but Dean caught her by the back of her shirt. "Awww, where you going? I want to have some fun with ya before I leave," he said with a twisted kind of grin. "No, get away from me!" Spinelli screamed. She was frightened, to say the least.
"Is that a proper way to treat your uncle?" Dean asked, faking the hurt tone in his voice. "Someone help me!" she screamed again. No one appeared. "Please, someone?" she asked in a defeated tone. Just then Dean let go of her shirt.
She fell to the ground with a hard thud. She looked up to see T.J struggling with Dean. "T.J!" Spinelli yelled happily. She watched as the two figures struggled. Then they both disappeared.
"No, T.J!" Spinelli screamed, falling to the floor. A few seconds later, she heard footsteps coming towards her. ' What if it's Dean?' she asked herself, ' there isn't anything I can use to fight against him.' The figure came closer and closer, Spinelli smiled and stood up, "Teej! I'm glad you're alright!" she ran to him but before she could reach him, he collapsed to the floor.
"NO!" she screamed, "NO NO NO NO NO!" She sat down next to his motionless, bloody body. "T.J? Can you hear me?" she asked softly, " please answer me." Tears stained her cheeks, "please Teej, answer me." " I'm sorry...I broke...my promise," T.J whispered.
"No, no you didn't, see your going to be alright," she whispered, more tears falling. T.J wiped them away with his thumb then somehow managed to sit up. " Teej, you need to save your strength," Spinelli said, trying to push him back down. "Spinelli look out!" T.J yelled, pushing her to the side. Then she heard another gunshot, she looked back; she didn't want to but she did.
"T.J!" she screamed, she saw his limp body fall to the ground. "Now that he's taken care of, I'm coming for you," Dean said pointing the gun at Spinelli. "Run... Spin," T.J muttered, "run, and remember I love you." With that, he took in and released his last breath. "I love you too T.J," she sobbed.
Dean let an evil grin form on his face then he started to laugh, and laugh. "Don't worry Spin, your pain will be over soon," he smiled, "but I want to have some fun first." Spinelli stood up and started to run. " I'm sorry T.J, I'm so sorry," she said. "Don't you think that his clothes look better on me!" Dean yelled.
Spinelli tripped, she could taste the copper taste of blood in her mouth. She knew that Dean wasn't far behind her, but she didn't care. She just stayed down and waited for the end to come. She felt her body shake. 'Huh?' she asked herself.
"Spin...Spin wake up," somebody whispered harshly. Spinelli shut her eyes, when she opened them she saw T.J's concerned eyes looking at her. " You're alive!" she half yelled. She threw her arms around his neck and started to cry. "Spinelli, it was only a nightmare, it's okay," T.J comforted her.
He patted her back in a soothing manner, "it's okay, it's okay." "It seemed so real T.J, Dean, he killed you, and you were dead, it was so scary T.J," she cried. "I'm alive, and I'm here, I promise I wont let anything happen to you ever again," T.J said, resting his chin on the top of her hair. They both lay back down; T.J put his arm around her waist protectively. They both fell asleep like that.
