A Handful Of Endless Nightmares

Chapter4: The meet up

Answer us!!! They commanded. My ears ring and my head spins. What do I say? That I ran in the middle of the night? That I'm living in a nightmare? That...my dream house was a living nightmare of endless secrets? No...I can't tell them. Not yet. Not now. I still have work to do. I will get rest during the day and go out at night, I huff under my breath.

My parents decide to leave me for now and that we would speak about this later.This time I am not handling this alone. I am bringing backup. This is not a movie. It is all real and I cannot do this alone. I slowly turn to my phone sitting on my desk and a cold smirk molds onto my lips.

I unlock my phone screen and open my chat app. I have a group on there that has been silent for a while. We have been friends for years and I am going to need their help. I send a message to all of them:

Listen up everyone, a lot has been happening and I need all of you to help me. I am on a mission...I tried doing this on my own but it just didn't work out. I'm at home and I hope you will join me. And no Rhyan this is not a joke. Let's meet up at Ryan's house tomorrow night since his mom doesn't mind us there. I will explain the plan there. We will wear all black clothes and running shoes.

For moment there is silence. And I start to think that they are all offline. Maybe they think I am delusional or dramatic as usual. Maybe I am...but this is not the time to grow a garden of dought. One message after another come flowing. All yes' and no question, which is exactly what I needed. The sun disappears giving the moon a chance to shine. My bed looked comfortable but sleeping is impossible this time. The pain in my legs is bad.

The sunlight navigates it's way through the openings of my blinds. Casting elongated shadows onto my walls. Something happened last night. I was in a lot of pain and I do not know why. I couldn't explain why but it was awful. I wake up and feel little to no pain. My body is still sore but not as much as yesterday or...last night. First thing I do is check for any notifications...but there is nothing.

Today is Tuesday and I will have to wait for hours for my friend group to be back from school. Each second that passed by was agonising. I spend most of my day infront of the clock. Watching it's every tick like it owes me. I can not get this off my mind. It is eating away at me. I do not recognise myself anymore. The time strikes 14:27 then 15:99 and I get a notification. I then plan on what to say to my parents. I slowly walk to the kitchen where dad is cooking dinner and I hesitantly ask permission. He looks at me with shock then what looks like disappointment but says yes.

Dressing up is a bit of a challenge. And the walk feels longer in my condition. I finally reach those tall gates and speak into the intercom. Mrs.Garcia? It's Sylis. The gates slowly open and I can see the neat shrubs greener than the colour itself.

A figure is running toward me fast but light. The figure was wearing a black dress and I could see flower patterns on it. If the figure comes closer, I would be able to see their face. It is...

Emily!! a girl of average status. She lives near a playground we used to play in as kids. She is hyper and loves anything athletic.

I allow her to embrace me and we stayed like that for a moment. After the embrace we walk toward the front of the house and walk in. I greet the Butler as I usually do but he did not respond as he usually does.

Seems odd...he usually greets me back. Maybe I am just over thinking?

Someone is sitting in the living room watching the big screen. It is...

CJ is someone who gets along pretty well with people and is rather very helpful. Although most of the time he is serious, he is a bit of a jokester and teases his friends from time to time. His best friend is his dog, Nova.

I greet him and he does not respond as well. I start to wonder if there is something wrong with me. Did I do something to upset him?

I slowly walk to the mini arcade. I hear a voice inside. She is yelling at yet another loss.

She is Ava. She works with computers and anything that has to do with electronics...as far as I know. She is usually the quiet one of the group unless she is alone. Only then will she be who she thinks she can hide.