Going over what I just wrote, my editing sucks! SOOO I'll try to improve on that! so sorry! Also
I look to my right and all I see is dirt. I turn my head to the right and again, nothing but dirt. But look straight up I see the night sky. The swirl of blacks and purples, with bright white lights speckling the sky. I reach out to touch it but my hand is stopped by a wall. a wall? There is no wall? there is nothing? I put my other hand out and find that I am trapped.
no.
This cannot be happening. Slamming my hands against the case. I can't move, I can barely breathe. I feel my heart thumping, keeping time as I beat my hands over and over on the case. The case is clear and I can see dirt pouring on top of me. Dirt? oh no. NO! This isn't real. This isn't real. I keep pounding my fists into the case, punching at the sky. I feel a scream releases from my throat and it rings off the tiny walls around me. More dirt is shoved on top of me.
I am being buried alive.
I can feel myself wasting oxygen, it is getting harder to breathe. I have to fight. Every instinct in me is telling me to pound against the case. It refuses to budge. I cry out for my family. More dirt piles on the clear coffin and I feel as if I'm choking on my tears. Soon the dirt covers the entire clear coffin, but all I can see is darkness. All I have left to do is die. Lay here, waiting, to die.
I hear a scream bounce off my walls as I thrash around my bed. I launch to my feet, I have to get somewhere where I can breathe! It's too small. I see my brothers all coming out of their rooms, they most likely heard me screaming, but I ignored them and ran towards open space. I'm choking. I fall to my knees and I try to focus on breathing. I see Leo appear in front of my vision. I see him trying to talk to me but I can't hear him, there is a buzzing in my ears. Then I realize...I'm still screaming. I stop and take in a deep breath. My lungs drink in the air as I gasp it up. I can hear my brothers swarming around me. All frightened out of their shells. I eventually hear Donnie's voice,
"Mikey, take it easy! Just breathe you are okay."
I nod my head, "I'm okay, I'm okay. Just a dream." I know I'm telling myself that more then I am my brothers. I curl up into a ball and feel myself shaking. I repeat out loud
"Just a dream. Just a dream. Just a dream." I feel a arm slide around me and I am being crushed into a plastron, I lift my head and see Raph's grim face and scared eyes. He traps me into him and I panic again. Too close. Trapped. Trapped. I can't breathe.
I start to fight my brother and start yelling again.
"RAPH...PLEASE...I.. CAN'T-" I manage to gasp out as I pull away from his death grip. I get some distance from my brothers and try to calm myself down, but my mind is racing. Just a dream. Just a dream.
"Mikey?" a soft voice calls out to me, I turn my head to look at my brothers. They stand there with hopeless looks on their faces. I attempt a small smile.
"I'm okay." I mutter. Leo and Donnie exchange a glance.
"What did you dream about?" Leo asks, but I shake my head. If I tell him, I'll go through it again. It felt too real. I can still the glass coffin pressing against my body. I feel tears running down my cheeks but I don't remember when I started crying. Whats happening to me? Last nights nightmare was scary, and it felt real, but it wasn't this bad. It takes me a while to force myself to calm down, but I manage.
"I-I'm sorry bros. I-I g-guess I'm having night terrors a-again." I feel myself shivering but I can't stop, but I don't feel cold.
"Don't apologize, It's okay, we understand." Leo shuffled toward me, making sure to keep his distance. They all remained quiet and frozen until my breathing returned to normal.
"Do you think you can go to sleep again?" Leo asked. I stare at him hard. I don't even want to be in that room again. Trapped. Cramped. Too small. Too small. I can feel my brain cracking. I can't think about it or I'll have another panic attack. I look at my brothers and realize they are waiting for me to answer.
"No."