Chapter 3: Tendrils of Agony
I stood there frozen in my own fear, gazing at the tall man that seemed to draw in and give off darkness. He was different since I last saw him, maybe it was because this time it was up close? His arms reached down to his knees, his face was pure white and I could see a depth where his eyes should be. I found it hard to believe he could see me, I stupidly stumbled backwards trying to back away but tripped over a rock. As I hit the ground the man looked straight at me, his body began to tremble rapidly and he let out a blistering scream . He hunched his body and put his hands against his face as tentacles ripped out of his back like vicious tendrils. I was in so much fear that I couldn't move or talk or even scream to the horrific sight I just witnessed. The man went back to his original state of mind, staring at me, the tentacles began to levitate. One quickly grabbed me by the throat and picked me up, it felt as though I was being hung. He had no reaction to my choking and gasping, he just stood there...watching me gasp for air. My vision began to fade until there was nothing but darkness, the same feeling I got when I came here.
"Mason..."
"huh? Who was that?"
"Mason!"
I awoke on the floor with Olivia kneeling next to me, her cheeks covered in tears. "Where am I? What happened?"
I stood up still shaken from what I hoped was a dream, Olivia threw herself at me and hugged me tightly.
" You scared me to death, what the hell happened to you?!"
She pulled away and looked at me wide eyed and jaw dropped, but she wasn't looking at my eyes, she was looking at my neck. I placed my fingers on my neck and felt a shooting pain through my body causing me to fall to my knees. She helped me up avoiding the scar and wrapped my arm around her back as if I had hurt my legs, I didn't but the pain loosened the control I had over my body.
"Im taking you home, you need rest and sleep. You cant stop yourself from sleeping because of some harmless nightmare."
The second she said that I pushed her away from me and fell to the floor. "You think their harmless? Don't act like you know how this feels, you don't know anything!"
I started to choke as my throat tightened up like the tentacle was still attached to me somehow. It wasn't unlatching, it kept getting tighter the more I clawed at my throat. The only thought going through my head was "Im going to die..."