It was midnight and I had no business being out, I had to be up in seven hours to go to class and I needed all the sleep I could get. Mid terms were tomorrow and all the studying I had done would do me absolutely no good if I slept through the exam. But the red light was flashing. In this small sleepy town with only one traffic light the red light was flashing. Only it shouldn't have been. It shouldn't have worked at all and there was no reason for it to be lit much less flashing like a warning beacon in the sky but there it was none the less flashing away in the darkness. I had driven all the way out here to see a friend, a hurricane came through and while it was only a small category three it had effectively knocked out the power in the entire town so I had driven the five hours to come check on her. I should have called first but in my stressed out sleep deprived state the thought hadn't thought of it until it was much to late. I pulled up to her house to fine it empty, she had more than likely gone to her grandmothers place or something to get out of town before the storm hit. There was nothing to do but leave, except when I tried I was stopped by this light.
I should have listened to that light, but I didn't dismissing it as some electrical glitch of some sort after all what do I know about power grids and traffic lights. So I kept on, driving slowly through the debris filled roads trying to stay awake. I suppose it was because I was so tired that I didn't notice him, he was wearing black and it was dark in the roads the only light the one flashing red light and that a mile behind us. I almost hit him to. I swerved and slammed on the breaks as soon as I saw his shape. I should have hit him. I crashed, hitting a fallen tree just to the side of the narrow two lane road hitting my head as I did on the steering wheel and loosing consciousnesses.
It's still dark but I know I'm not in my car. Once I wake up I'm very aware of the cold, its a damp kind of cold the kind that brings images of slimy clawed hands reaching for you and as I shrink back from the though my back presses against a stone wall. I panic. How long will it take for someone to notice I'm gone? Its mid terms and everyone is distracted and self absorbed it could be days. I Don't even know how much time has passed. The only ray of hope is the note I left for my room mate before taking off telling her where I was headed, but I'm not even sure if I'm in the same town, or even the same state. The Panic is starting to spread, and I can feel my heart racing, I can hear the blood rushing in my ears and the noise is deafening. Then I remember the shadow man. Where is he? I'm to afraid to move my back away from the wall. In its own way it offers comfort, assuring me that nothing will be sneaking up on me.... at least from behind.
I'm not left to my dark thoughts for long however, A dim light comes on not far from me under what seems to be a door. when it opens there is my shadow man. He steps in and flicks a light on and suddenly I'm blinded by white as if angles had filled the room and I feel safe for a moment, I can feel myself smile as my eyes adjust. I had panicked for nothing surly. He must have brought me to his home to make sure I was okay. The deafening rush of blood begins to quiet as my heart stills its frantic rhythm in my chest and a breath I didn't know I was holding escapes in a sigh. My eyes soon adjust to the light and I see him, my shadow man, and in the next second I see the room. My skin turns to ice as I take in the room and I'm sure I have turned to stone for I can feel nothing not my breath not my heart only a dull ache in my lungs as they yearn to scream.
"Your skin is so beautiful" My shadow man sighs in a husky sultry, manner. I know I won't be wearing it for long and I can only hope he kills me first. I'll join the other girls on his wall.
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