"Logan can you hear me?"
What is that? I can hear the voice, but I can't pin point who it belongs to. And why is it so dark?
Looking around me, I see bars on two sides of the wall surrounding me. Like a jail cell. In the corner against the wall is a single bed. As I look around some more, it looks like the room is closing in on me. Getting smaller and smaller by the second. It's getting darker as well. Before it was a darkish grey. The kind where you can still see through. Now it's getting to the point where all I can see is menacing shadows. I make my way over to the bed and sit so how I have my back against the wall and my arms wrapped around my legs.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Covering my ears from the deafening laugh, I look around in hopes of finding out where it's coming from. The laugh is high pitched, but with a menacing undertone.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The laugh becomes louder as it surrounds me from all sides of the shrinking cell that continues to get so dark that all I can make out is the bed I'm curled up on.
WHY DON'T YOU LOOK UNDER THE BED
I take my hands off of my ears and wrap them around my stomach. The laugh had turned into actual words. I still couldn't see anything. But I could feel a presence surrounding me from all sides. Making me feel as if someone or some thing were sitting right next to me. And it wasn't a friendly feeling either. Almost felt like when you're a kid and your afraid of the dark and the shadows form scary killer clowns or that theirs a monster in your closet and the boogyman is under the bed. That's what it felt like now.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The voice was laughing again.
How did I even get here? What is this room? Am I in hell? Did I somehow die and ended up being damned for all eternity? Because that would be just my luck. I feel like a little kid afraid of his shadow. Maybe I should just suck it up and look under the bed. Then maybe I could wake up or their will be a flashlight under there.
THAT'S RIGHT LOOK UNDER THE BED YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T RESIST
Fine. Let's just get this over with. I lay down on my stomach and take a deep breath. It's now or never. I lean my head under the bed and look under. At first nothing happens. And I still can't see anything. So I stick my arm out under the bed and feel around for a flashlight.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Something grabs my wrist and starts to pull me under. I grab onto the bed and hold on as best as I can. But whatever has a hold on me is too strong. I can feel my grip start to loosen and my body smacks against the floor as the thing pulls me under the bed until-
-the bright light blinds me. Rubbing my eyes so they adjust to the newly bright room, I look around and see that I'm at the zoo. There are penguins swimming around and waddling on the fake ice squawking away excitedly like their talking to each other.
"Beautiful aren't they?"
I whip around as I hear the voice from behind me. "Mom?"
She smiles. "That's right sweetie it's me. Come give your mother a hug."
My eyes start to well up with unshed tears as I wrap my arms around her as tight as I can without hurting her. "I miss you mom."
"I know baby, I miss you too." I look up and really study her. She has an ethereal glow to her. And she looks more beautiful and peaceful then she ever has.
"Well I guess I was right. All I ever cared about was that you were ok and that you were happy. Who knew that death would suit you so well."
"I should have thought it through more sweetie. I never meant to hurt you the way I did. I just wanted to make the pain go away. It hurt too much to be 'Lynn Echolls wife of cheating husband.' I couldn't take it. Especially when he threatened me, and what he did to you."
"It's ok mom. I get it. I'm just glad that I got to have the closure and I know that your happy."
My moms smile turns into a sneer. "I blame you. It's your fault I'm dead. And it's your fault for everything. You and Veronica are responsible for putting me in jail. Now I'm going to make you pay. I'm going to make you watch me as I finally kill Veronica." During the speech my mother turned into my father. Before I could say or do anything, my world erupts into fire.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I could hear screaming coming from inside the fire. As I look closer, and can see a white box. Oh god no. please don't let that be what I think it is.
"Veronica?"
HELP ME DADDY PLEASE!
This can't be happening. Please don't let this happen.
I'M HERE HONEY I'M COMING FOR YOU
No no no no no please god no! Keith don't do it. I can see him walk up to the edge of the fire and debate the best way to get inside to save Veronica. I sink to my knees and pull my fingers through my hair as Keith charges into the fire trying to save his daughter. Knowing that I should help him doesn't help because I'm rooted to the ground and all I can do it stare.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
There's that laugh again. Except now I can identify it as my father. Taunting me as I watch the one I love and her father be burned alive. I cover my ears as I try to block the sound of torment and anguish. It's no use because I can still see Keith finally open the refrigerator and fall to the ground still on fire. I can see Veronica coughing and chocking as she's still caught inside the fire. Trying to find her way out, until she sees her father unconscious and still on fire.
Not being able to stand the look on her face, I manage to pull myself off of the ground and look around for a blanket. I find one and stumble over to Keith and start beating him with it hoping to kill the flames. I try not to gag on the smell of burning flesh.
YOUR TOO LATE SON THEIR ALREADY DEAD
No! it's not true. I can still save them! Once the flames on Keith are put out, I turn him over. I slap him lightly on the cheek and he coughs.
"wh…ere's….Veron…" He stops as the choking racks his body.
"I'm sorry sheriff. She's still in the fire. I need to make sure your ok before I can rescue her."
"I…m fin..e. Get to….Ronica…now." Keith takes one last shuddering breath, and is still. Shocked, my jaw drops open and a sob escapes me.
"Mr. mars?" I shake him for good measure, but it's no use. He's gone. I see a drop hit him in the face and reach my hand up to my face, and realize it's covered in tears.
HELP ME PLEASE SOMEONE SAVE ME
My head snaps up and over to Veronica. The fire is still burning around her as she struggles against inhaling all that smoke. She looks me straight in the eye and pleads with me. But what can I do? We can't all die. I look up into the sky and beg my father.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? YOU KILLED EVERYONE I'VE EVER LOVED! WAS I NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU? OR WERE YOU JUST JEALOUS? PLEASE DON'T DO THIS ANYMORE. I CAN'T TAKE IT!
With out thinking, I pick up the blanket and wrap it around me. I take a deep breath and charge head first into the fire. I can feel parts of me singing and burning as I ram into the safety of the refrigerator and nearly step on Veronica.
"Logan? Is that really you?" Her soft innocent voice tears at my heart as she clenches onto me for dear life.
"Yes it's me. I've come to rescue you. I won't let you die. I love you too much to lose you."
"Where's…my….dad?" She speaks in a strangled voice as she continues to cough so hard her whole body shakes.
"He's fine. He's on the other side of the fire waiting for you to come out. We have to get out of here." I'm starting to feel light headed as the smoke starts to get to me. My lungs are on fire, and it hurts to talk. But I can't give up now.
GIVE IT UP SON YOU THINK I CAN JUST LET YOU GO THAT EASILY THINK AGAIN
"Ahh!" I yank my foot back and realize the flames are making their way inside of the fridge. The smoke so thick it's like a burning fog that I can't stop breathing in. I feel Veronica sag in my arms and realize she's not moving. Oh god no! Please don't let it mean what I think it means. I shake her a little hoping that would jolt her awake, but she doesn't. She's still limp in my arms. I feel her neck for a pulse, and can't feel one. She's gone. My father succeeded in killing her. I lift my head back and let out the loudest, longest cry of pain, but my cough just turns into sobs and I'm crying like a little boy who's lost his way. Now all I can do is keep inhaling the smoke and hope I go as quickly as she did. Which doesn't take long because I can start to see black dots invading my vision. Any minute now and I can be free. And I can be with the people I love. Lilly, mom, Veronica and Keith. One big happy family.
He's burning up. We need to get his temperature back down. Quick his vitals are dropping. He's not breathing. Get the Doctor now!
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