Nightmare

CHAPTER 6

"Oh my God Nics." Bree said as we both looked at her appearance.

She already had a stab wound in her stomach and she still had bruises on her arms. I don't know how and when she got those wounds. All I knew was that I pulled her away from that place. I shouldered as I wondered what really happened to her.

"W-what h-happened to you? Why do you look like that?" Bree asked incredulously to Nica who was still standing as if she was not in pain.

I also looked at her and was even more surprised to see her staring at me. Her eyes began to darken. She looks very angry. My forehead furrowed as I met her eyes, is he mad at me? If so why ?

"Nics .." Bree called her as she slowly stepped closer to her.

"Bree don't." I told her to stop her from approaching Nica.

"No Zayn it's okay." She said that even though she was crying she forced herself to smile at me. She wiped the tears on her cheeks then continued to approach Nica. "Nics I know you're not okay, but listen to me. I'll treat you okay? We can still treat this, your wound isn't deep, is it ? You just have to listen --- "

I was surprised when Nica suddenly pushed her so that she couldn't continue what she was going to say. I looked at Bree who was now lying on the ground and having difficulty to move due to the force of her push.

"Nica what are you doing?" I asked her. I don't know why she is angry, what is her reason?

"It's all your fault Zayn." She said emphatically.

"I don't know what you're saying, I'm not at fault. It's not just you who lost a loved ones Nica, it's me too. This isn't the right time to argue, we need each other now." I told her to calm her down.

" I don't care about what you feel !" She shouted at me.

With the speed of her action, she then strangled me at the same time as she pushed my body against the big tree.

"Arghh !!" I screamed when I felt my bone hit the tree. "N-nica that's enough please .. I can't breathe." I begged her while trying to remove her hands choking on my neck. I can't breathe anymore, damn it.

I can feel her anger, I don't know why she is angry. I can't understand her actions. She's confusing me.

"You can't breathe huh?" She said sarcastically. "Well you deserve it, Zayn. We will make your life a living hell." she added.

We. So in that case, she's not the only one who's mad at me. There were a lot of them. But who are they? And what makes them angry? What did I do ?

"I don't know what you're saying Nica, you're going crazy." I told her. She is too strong now. She's already one of those jerks.

"I am not crazy !" he shouted then put even more emphasis on strangling me.

"S-stop this *cough* please. Nica, stop t-this. "I begged her again but her heart was so hard to please, you could only see the angry expression in her eyes.

"I'd love to take your breath away Zayn. But I enjoy seeing you suffer more." she said from a laugh. She's crazy.

I'm so tired of what she's doing so I'm sorry I can't give you a chance anymore. I banged my head on her forehead so that she could release me.

"Arrgghh !!" She shouted in great pain from what I did. She was holding her forehead while dealing with the pain.

We fell to the ground almost the same time. I rubbed my forehead in extreme dizziness. My head aches, damn it.

"Zayn." I heard Bree call me as she approached me. "Are you okay?" She asked anxiously when she could finally get closer to me.

I didn't answer her right away because until now I still feel dizzy from my severe headache. I squeezed my sinuses and then faced Nica who was now standing in front of us. She was now holding a sharp branch of a tree that I didn’t know where and how she got it.

I met her deep stares, I could see the anger registering in her eyes. She was about to rush at me but even before she could get close, I throw some sands on her face to make her puff in the eye.

She let go of the tree branch she was holding then she covered his eyes in extreme pain. "Arrghh !!" she screamed.

While she was writhing in pain, I quickly picked up the branch of the tree that she had released earlier. I'm sorry Nica but I won't let you kill me.

I was about to stab her but I was shocked when I felt Bree's hands holding my shoulder.

"Zayn stop." She stopped me. "Don't kill her. Please don't kill her Zayn." her voice showed sympathy for her cousin's condition.

I confronted Nica again and instead of stabbing her, I just hit her face with the tree branch which caused her to have a big scratch on her cheek. Then I kicked her in the face causing her to fall completely and lose consciousness.

"Zayn I said stop it! Come on let's go!" Bree shouted at me then followed her to run away.

As we continued to run I could hear Bree sobbing loudly. I know she was hurt because of what happened to Nica, I understand her. Nica was also my friend, but she was no longer normal. She becomes a demon like everyone else.

I understand how she feels now. Those times when I had to kill my own mother just to save myself. That was so lame.

When we finally got to the police station we immediately went inside. No one was inside, tables and chairs were scattered on the floor. Upon entering, we immediately picked up the guns scattered on the floor.

"I will surely kill them." Bree said while she's busy loading the gun. "I'll kill them all, I'll make them pay for what they did to my family." She added. Traces in her voice are even more restrained.

I watched her every move as she loaded the gun she was holding. It's amazing because she seems to know exactly how to use it. I also looked at the gun I was holding, I was holding a pistol gun while Bree has a revolver gun. I don't know how to use a gun, stupid.

"We need to go Zayn." I heard Bree say that now there was a bag crutched behind her. I frowned as I thought about where she got that and what the contents of that bag were. "I saw some bombs in the other room, I took them too. I find it so useful for this kind of 'm******e'. " she said sarcastically while emphasizing the word m******e as if she was ready for the battle she was about to enter.

I just nodded at her. "Let's go."

We started walking towards the door as I held the gun in my hand. I feel at these time that I am a courageous person. But I am a coward. I'm scared because I don't want anything bad wil happen to Bree. I can't take it anymore when I lose another friend again.

When I opened the door, shock registered on our faces as we saw a human figure standing outside the door.

It was looking straight at me. My eyes widened as I recognized who it was.

I felt like I was gasping for breath at the speed of my chest.

He is alive.