A Nightmare of A Statue

Ch. 11

        "I came looking for you. There was an article I found and I thought it was a myth because all these missing people were found here-but it worked. How did you end up here?"

        "I was trying to get home until my car broke down.

        "You've been gone for a month now," Elise says quietly.

        "I'm so sorry," she kisses the top of her daughter's head. "I had been here for a week. How does that happen?"

        "I don't know. Mom, there's something not right here. The statues are alive."

        "What?"

        "The statues, they're alive. It chased us-me up here. They led me here."

        "The noises outside..." her voice gets quiet. "Elise, listen to me. We need to get out of here."

        "How? They're everywhere," the little girl whispers.

        "Listen. Just rest for now, take a nap. I'll lock the door and figure out a plan to get out of here. Okay?"

        "Okay."

        Everything around me changes. The blur happens again.  I look to my left to find the girl and the mother by the door.

        "Ready?" the woman mouths.

  

      Elise nods taking her mothers hand. They quietly leave the room closing the door behind them. They begin to head down the stairs but are cut off by a weeping angel. No way surrounding it.

        "Up to the roof," are the first things that comes out of my mouth. Elise notices me say that.

        "Upstairs," she grips on her mother's hand tighter and they go to the roof. I run close by somehow not making a sound each breath and footstep I take. How can the girl hear and see me.

        "Elise stay close by," her mother says. "Let's look for a fire escape."

        "There aren't any," I say quietly. "There can't, especially if they want people to stay. They won't let them leave."

        "Damn it," the woman mummers under her breath searching the top. "There aren't any."

        "Mom," Elise's voice gets quiet facing the other side of the roof.

        "What is it-" she stops. I turn around. The Statue of Liberty with it's fangs...

        

        Time energy. Over and over again they feed off it. Modern day people. Jumped off the roof... the words go in my head.

        "No wonder why they jumped off the roof," I say quietly. "They had to stop the energy from going. It took them somewhere else."

        "Mom, they're not going to let us go," Elise says.

        "There has to be another way out..." her mother stares at the statue.

        "Let's see where they went," I say to myself and walk toward the edge of the roof.

        Steady myself on the edge. I look to my right should to see Elise heading toward me.

        "Will it work?" Elise asks.

        "I hope so," I reply. "I saw some others do it before. They didn't die."

        Which is true. They didn't. I saw them fall, but I didn't see them land. They just disappeared after a short moment.

        "I'll come," Elise stands on the edge.

        "Elise!" her mother looks terrified.

        "Trust me, it will. Someone else did it before but they didn't land."

        "Elise how do you know this?"

        "The guardian angel," she replies and take my hand. "The one that isn't a statue."

        Her mother says nothing for a second.

        "Mom, please," she puts out her hand."We can at least try."

       

        Her mother hesitates a little but takes her hand. I can't help but smile. Within seconds we're falling backwards. There's almost static in the air that surrounds us.

        It's a little difficult to see with my long hair blowing in my face and shoulders. I close my eyes.

        Everything changes again. This time its dark outside.

A few hours later:

         The next morning I find Lois working in the kitchen. I didn't even notice, I've woken up an hour later.

        "How late did you stay up for this time?" Lois asks.

        "Nine thirty five," I reply. "I woke up around 8 because I couldn't sleep well. Just a difficult night."

        "Bad dreams?"

        "No," I lie. "Again, a difficult night. I think it was the coffee I had earlier in the day."

        "Keep an eye on the caffeine and sugar you have. It will affect your sleep."

        "I'll do my best," I sigh. I just can't help but think of Elise's terrified face that I had seen last night. Right as it was about to end...

So hi again! The second dream is somewhat one I have made up. It's actually from a dream I had about a year or two ago, after when I first saw the episode of Doc Who where they were in Manhattan. I had a few dreams with the weeping angels... Yes I do have a fear of statues because of this (thanks Steven Moffat!) and that episode kinda made that worse...

The only difference is that the main character wasn't in the dream. I decided to add her in and play a part because it'll be brought up in the upcoming chapters. I will also finish the rest of the dream in the next chapter. (Let's just say it gets dark) THANKS AGAIN TO THOSE WHO ARE READING! Comment and vote!