Chapter 3

Seth had began to drift in and out of consciousness, his eyes now just barely open. His body growing colder with every second, and his face seemed to be as pale as ever. Suddenly he closed his eyes, only to hear a small voice enter his head.

"Dont you dare fall asleep on me Seth Hazlitt!" Jessica wept. Her voice crumbling in despair, as every second she knew he was slipping away, it tugged a little more on her heart.

Seth's eyes flickered open, in response to the sound of Jessica's voice, he then nodded to acknowledge what she had just said. Not being able to hold on for much longer, his eyes then slowly closed again, only to hear the distant but fading voice of Jessica calling to try and keep him awake;

"You can't leave me. We still have to finish that chess game, that you had to run out on – remember?" She seemed to grip Seth tighter as if trying to pull him back into consciousness. Her tears falling faster and harder now.

This time his eyes didn't open, his body seemed to become almost lifeless...

"Please Seth, I can't do this without you!" she cried.

"You see... I … I …. Love you!" she stuttered. Not believing the words that had just came out of her mouth she awoke to the realisation that she really couldn't live without him. It was almost destroying her inside to think that it had taken all this time for the truth to come out, and she might not even get to the chance to see him ever again.

Fear engulfed Jessica, until she could conceal it no more. She began once again to call out into the darkness, this time her voice almost screaming "SOMEBODY HELP ME, PLEASE ANYBODY!"

Suddenly she paused mid sentence to hear the sound of footsteps, they seemed to become faster as they were getting closer, as if someone was running in her direction. She gripped Seth tighter as if to try and protect him from whatever was coming towards them. Before she knew it, the small outline that she had seen, had transformed into the shape a man. By which time she could only just make out his face from the dull light emitted from the street lamp above.