Soulless Love

Chapter 6

I flew through the air downwards to my death. A tear escaped my eye as I stared expressionless at the roof of the building. The wind whipped my clothes and hair fiercely. I heard panicked screams as I plummeted to my end.

I closed my eyes and waited for the impact. But it never came...

I opened my eyes again and found myself seated at a table. My friends and family were sitting across and next to me. They looked content as they chatted. I tried to speak to them, but no one responded. They didn't even acknowledge my presence. Baxtor entered the room and everyone greeted him. He looked happy...
I called to him, but he also didn't acknowledge me.

What is going on?!

I tried to get up, but it was as if I was glued to the chair. Baxtor cleared his throat and asked for everyone's attention. They stopped their commotion and listened. "I have an announcement to make," he finally said. I, myself, was curious to what this announcement may be.

"I want you to meet someone that is very important to me..." The door of the room started to open slowly. When it finally opened, a young woman stepped into the room. What the-

"Everyone, this is Casandra, my new bride." Everyone applauded them and gave them their best wishes. I just sat there and stared at her.

She was me... But her eyes looked different. Almost consumed by her pupils and her voice had a more sinister tone to it. It's her!!! Her head suddenly snapped in my direction and she was looking right at me. A smile formed on her lips. My breath got hitched in my throat. It got harder to breathe every second. Everything froze in place except for her and me.

She walked towards me until she was a few inches away from me. She still had that smile plastered on her face. Her veins started to poke out of her skin and her nails started to grow until they looked like claws. Her eyes were completely black and blood was dripping from her mouth that was now filled with razor sharp teeth.

I tried to get away from her, but I couldn't move. She moved closer to my face. I could smell her foul breath. She leaned closer to my ear and whispered one single word that made the hairs on my back stand up.

The next moment she was gone and the room was filled with screams.

I looked around and saw fire. Someone was on fire as everyone tried to help. It was Emmerson. He was slowly burning to death. I got up and ran to him, but when I tried to help, more fire erupted from him. Soon his cries died down and he was a motionless corpse. For a moment you could only hear the crackling sounds of the fire when another scream erupted the room.

I turned around and saw my best friend being devoured by an unidentifiable creature. It bit off chunks of her flesh. Her thighs were missing chunks of meat. I ran towards the creature, ready to attack when it turned to face me. I stopped in my tracks and stared at it in horror. It was me!! My doppelganger had a crazed look in it's red eyes. Blood was dripping from it's chin. It let out a horrendous screech before turning back to Megan.

She was trying to crawl away as the creature stepped on her back. It flipped her over and started to tear meat from her stomach. Her screams turned into gurgling sounds as blood pooled from her mouth. Soon Megan was dead aswell. I started to cry hysterically. I can't take this anymore!!!

Suddenly the room turned dark again. As my eyes adjusted to the dark, I saw a silhouette of someone in the distance. I called out to the person, but they didn't respond. They didn't even flinch. Slowly, I walked towards them. I stopped in my tracks as the silhouette moved. A dim light started to glow around the person until it got bright enough to reveal whom it was. It was Baxtor. He stood there and pointed in my direction. I called out to him, but he just stared at me with no hint of any emotion on his face.

I cautiously moved closer to him. His features started to become more clear. He looked skinnier than usual and exhausted with dark circles under his eyes.
Like he hasn't feeded in weeks...

As I reached a safe distance, I managed to croak out his name again. "Bax?" He snapped out of his trance and frowned at me. Suddenly arms surrounded his body and Casandra appeared behind him. She whispered something into his ear and his face contorted into a horrendous look.

He jumped at me and swiftly snapped my arm's bones. As I screamed from the horrific pain, he smiled down at me. With one swift movement, he bit into my neck and as I slowly lost consciousness, that one word repeated itself in my head...

Soon...

I woke up, drenched in sweat. I tried to catch my breath.

After I calmed down, I couldn't go back to sleep... That nightmare was so realistic and I couldn't shake the feeling that this was more than a nightmare... I decided to ignore it, grabbed a book and hoped to doze off soon after some reading.

I better fall asleep soon otherwise I'm not going to be able to make it through school tomorrow...

The next morning I woke up from a dreamless dream. Thank heavens I didn't have another nightmare! But I was still extremely tired from the lack of sleep.

At least Carston will be there...