"Hello?"
Pause.
"Hello!"
Floating.
No, more like drifting.
Blackness.
Alone.
Someone is here... right?
Light, hazy, unfocused.
Like watching a TV with a bad channel.
'Hissssssssssssssssssss'
"Hello worm," a voice said from everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
"Where am I?"
"I suppose I could tell you. This is your mind of course."
"What are you doing in my mind?" Johnny asked, afraid of the answer.
"Why, I'm taking it over," A formless shape floated in front of Johnny.
"GET OUT!"
"I don't think so Johnny," the shape said wickedly, "I rather like it in here, so many memories to watch. Especaily the ones with 'Sarah'."
Johnny lunged forward to attack the intruder and felt himself being lifted up harshly, then slammed down viciously. It took him a long time to shake it off. "What the hell!"
"That is just a taste of what you'll get if you attempt to defy me again."
Pause.
"It seems that 'you' are waking up."
Johnny could have sworn that the shape was smileing.
"Would you care to watch? I wouldn't have it any other way," it said evily. The shape floated forward and engulfed Johnny.
"What? No! No! Mmmff!"
Where Johnny once stood there was only a pillar of glowing light. It slowly faded until only Johnny was left, with a yellow glow for his eyes. "Now that I know all about you Johnny," he said seemingly to himself, "I'll be able to kill them all."
"Johnny? Johnny? Are you alright?" Bruce shook Johnny's shoulder hard, attempting to wake him up. He was worried that the snake did something to Johnny's dead zone or brain. 'Maybe it made him comatose.' Bruce shuddered at that thought. 'Think postive Bruce. You gotta think positive.'
"Uugh," Johnny moaned. "What hit me?"
"A foot long snake. More or less." He joked as he tried to ease the worry that was clouding his thinking. "You all right?"
"Never better," Johnny said as he turned his face away from Bruce and his eyes glowed.
TBC... I should be able to update with longer and more detailed chapters more frequently now that the holidays are over. Cheers :)