Darkness,
That was the one thing Alexandra Glass had known for a long time. She lives it every day, every hour, this very minute in fact. Never has she been able to escape it fully. Much like other people, she guessed. Like most people would, she tried to shun it. Not excepting the fact of loneliness.
Not wanting to follow the path of darkness. Trying to find somebody still there with her, not willing to believe that she is alone.
Which is partly why she is, alone, in an alleyway. Rain was pattering down in the narrow walkway, obscuring almost all of her vision. She could bet that it would have, if she was still human.
She didn't exactly know why she was walking in the pouring rain, she just got up and started walking. Now she's in this alleyway in god-knows-where. She does, however, know that she probably looks like a half drowned cat.
If possible, the rain pounded harder. Thunder and lightning ran across the sky as if chasing each other. She almost missed the sound of a rock moving out of its place as if accidently kicked.
Almost.
She whipped around, eyes narrowed looking at an empty space where the rock came from. Alexandra sniffed the air trying to find something out of place. The scent of rain was to overcoming for her to smell anything. After a bit, her eyes finally came to rest on the rock. Of course, it didn't look like much. Just a small pebble, but something about it unnerved her.
She gracefully glided to the rock and picked it up. The cold water started to seep through her hands as she felt the rough stone on her granite like skin. She lifted it to her nose trying to smell something out of place.
Because she new, from years of existence, that something was indeed out of place.
Her eyes scanned the walls beside her. Still, she could see nothing. And it didn't help at all that the rain kept coming down as if from large buckets.
She slowly dropped the small rock, and turned around to look behind her. Of course nothing was there, but then again, she didn't really expect anything to be there.
She started to walk down the long alleyway, head facing the ground, staring at nothing. Her mind and senses, however, were in overdrive.
She could almost feel something behind her, in front of her, all around her. Alexandra's eyes started to dart, trying to find something, something, not right.
Without looking all the way over her shoulder, she turned her head a fraction of an inch to get a better view behind her.
She then saw something.
Not a something, a man.
A very unsettling man.
Her eyes widened a fraction. The one of the not-so-comforting things about this man, was that he was just standing in the middle of the alleyway, right where she used to be, and staring at the wall to his left.
As if he was watching something.
The man was dressed in all black, and looked like he had very shallow skin.
Alexandra's breathe quickened as she decided to walk faster in the opposite way. Not too fast, of course, but fast enough for anybody to sense that she had a problem.
After going a few yards, nearing a fork in the alleyway, she decided to look back, just in case. Her thoughts started to catch up with her. So what if a man was there? Even if he is a bit creepy doesn't mean that somebody's out to get her. She silently scolded herself; she should know better.
She turned her whole body around to face the direction in which the man was standing.
This was a very big mistake.
The man was still standing in the same spot that he had been, except with one difference.
He was looking straight at her.
Alexandra's eyes widened and backed up a few paces. His eyes were like black tunnels of nothingness, just staring straight to her.
She turned over to the right and started running down that part of the alleyway. Just as she got to the middle of the alleyway, suddenly, a person appeared in front of her.
Appeared being the key word.
Alexandra didn't take the time to assess this person's features.
She whipped around and started to run in the opposite direction, vaguely thinking of one of those super horror movies that people watch for fun.
This was not fun.
Whoever made those movies should be fired, she thought warily. After what seemed like years, she finally made it back to the fork in the alleyway.
Another person popped in front of her.
She spun around, trying to find the other direction in which she hadn't yet tried. Unfortunately she was surrounded.
By a lot of people.
Alexandra could hear the people's quiet breathing. She stood waiting for someone to do or say something.
The rain still poured all over them, except none of them looked exactly wet.
Just as a huge roar of thunder filled the sky and a bright flash of light went off, something hit Alexandra in the chest.
Hard.
She went flying backwards, hitting the stones of the wall behind her. She found herself on her back, the rain already pouring down her face. Watching as another lightning bolt flashed through the sky.
Her last thought was wondering if it was possible for her kind to pass out.
Thanks to the people who have read my story. I'd like to say that I know that a lot of things are really not explained, and yes, I did it on purpose. It adds to the plot. Also, this story is written solely by Ashley (a.k.a. Fred) Thanks again!
-Ashley
Ps. I will write another chapter soon.