chapter 4: The Dream

"You, you won't get away with this!" I stammered, my lips trembling in shock, flicking my warm, chapped tongue across my cold, dry lips.

Angry words spewed out quickly, sharp and to the point as I released them. Like shooting bullets from a loaded gun.

Looking back at the man responsible for all

this mess, blood dripping down my chin in larger drops, making me cackle at his horrible words in the process.

My stupid body quaked with a new rush of adrenaline, even now I could feel the cold flow under my skin, that was now spiking in quick waves, throughout my whole body.

My anger deepen ten folds as he pushed, holding my battered body down, pinning it more firmly to the wet, green, slippery, soft grass, that was now stained with my thick, toxic red blood.

I couldn't move another muscle in my aching body, even if I wanted to, I couldn't. The weight in my body was so heavy, sinking further down into the sloppy ground.

My blood was absolutely everywhere, feeling it stick to my skin and clothes like glue. I was just too tired to even care, nobody was around to assist me, knowing I needed help big time.

Even before my death, everything was a lost cause to me. I didn't want to die here. Not today, or any other day for that matter. There were still people out there who needed me, even those I wanted to save on this stupid planet somehow.

I didn't like being stuck in extreme situations like this. But there was nothing more I could do now. I was screwed completely, and this man knew it too.

Even now, my time had come.

The minutes were ticking down to seconds. Time didn't care here, even at this precise moment. The world moving around me slowly. I could tell I was in a secluded area, light and dark rocks surrounding me, the air too fresh, tingling into my cold flesh, like stabbing pinpricks digging all the way into my cold soul, now giving me electric shocks, lying there numb to the bone.

The area was too dark to give me a clue of where I was now.

My vision blurred on me, my eyes wandering around this strange place like extra lenses, at least I was out in the open air. losing concentration once again, strange dots took place instead of all that open space. Feeling the strange metal working its way through my blood. After what seemed like a long time, but I knew only seconds past, I blinked concentrating my vision once again, but all I could see now, was him in the darkness. I could tell that his clothing was dark too.

The material pulling tightly over his wide shoulders and across his chest. He was indeed a very big and imposing man, I would have noticed him for sure, because he was way too close to me for comfort, I could sense the danger radiating from him.

Even now, I could only stare in horror.

Perhaps it was his way of hiding himself, I didn't blame him though, in many ways he was just like me, there would be a hunt for this hypocritical, toothache, face-spunk, arse hole, I uttered in one breath. After all, this was all said and done, his piercing laughter reached my sensitive ears, knocking me back to the present once again. Reality finally kicking me in the teeth, staring me down.

My face heating up in embarrassment, angry at what was happening right here, right now. Starring up into those wide, dark, penetrating dark eyes of his. They were filled with too much hatred for me to comprehend right now. He was watching me intensely, struggling now to hang onto my lifeline, panting through this madness and pain as the darkness deepened inside of me. my lungs inhaled and expanded painfully; small puffs of air released past my now cold blue lips my own heart rate accelerated to a quicker rhythm.

A thunderous gallop of horses could be heard leaping by now. My chest wheezed, rattling in its cage, locked with no escape at all, trying to breathe in panicked amounts of air, in one big, fat gulp.

"OHHH...MY…GOD!" I gasped out in utter shock.

"What is happening to me?"

"What have you done?" throwing more accusations at the man.

YOU, you horrible man!" I whined, as more tears formed, now pouring from my sore eyes, leaking down my cold cheeks, drying there.

"You're dying my sweet girl and at the very hands of one of your most trusted friends too." The hard voice laughed with a menacing smile when his eyes locked onto mine.

"Why are you doing this? I slowly croaked out. My own voice a bit squeaky, I barely recognised it. It was worse than a mouse on a rainy day. Frowning up at him confused, trying to work out the puzzle he just gave me.

My brain ticking a mile a minute.

"What have I ever done to you?" I questioned, despair seeping into my trembling voice.

"If you listen, little girl, I will tell you a story. In due time I will answer all your questions. "FIRST" he whispered, "Is why I'm killing you, it's not me doing it this time" he smiled a sadistic smile.

"It's the magical knife that's going to do the job for me." he cackled.

"You're delusional if you think that," I muttered, rolling my red eyes.

"It's one of the few things that can actually kill you, my sweet angel. it's one of a kind as a matter of fact, even for a freak like you, the one with two lives attached to you." He tutted at me; disgust written in his cold eyes while they narrowed on me.

"You know, even I, had to hunt all over this godforsaken world for it, took me five years to find the damn thing too. It was such a piss-take. but all that effort was worth it in the end though," he muttered more to himself than to me.

 "After all, it brought me to this day."

Shaking his head, his hair flying out around him wildly. "All for one small, bladed knife, as well." He tutted, with a little side smile. "I would have used a butter knife if I could find one, but hey, the thing wouldn't even touch you let alone kill you." He sighed. I could tell the man was getting frustrated with himself as he hopped around onto each foot.

"Oh, don't look so surprised my lovely!" He laughed like a manic. Watching his eyes drift down at the object that had penetrated my skin, like it surprised him being there and it confused me, feeling my face sinking into a frown. He smiled suddenly, showing me his pearly white teeth, blinking up in the dark at me, like a flashlight.

"GEE, I wondered if he painted them, they were that bright.

"WHATS it like having my knife deeply imbedded into that beautiful chest of yours?" he chuckled, his eyes flashing dangerously.

"Want… me to show you? I'll even give you your own demonstration" I grunted out suddenly, showing my own teeth, finely snapping at him.

"I really could do with a laugh right now," I screamed, all this is ridiculous you know.

"I Bite to! If you come closer, I'll show you how wicked I can really be." I laughed, snapping my teeth at him again. You would have thought I was an untamed alligator.

But really, all I wanted to do was crawl in a small corner and cry like a teeny-weeny baby. it was too much with this oncoming pain that was shooting through my body, Jack-knifing me off the ground.

It was so blinding, hurting too much. It was starting to make me feel sick, I was also seeing white and black spots, floating around me. I was not going to give that man the satisfaction of seeing me weak, I would not break. I couldn't even if I wanted too. I was feeling like a sodding freezer now, perhaps I was in one.

My body was so cold now, I even tried to move my stiff fingers one at a time. But they wouldn't even budge under my own command.

There wasn't a place on my entire body that he hadn't pierced with his small knife, watching as the blood seeped out of so many different sized wounds. I could feel my body slowly shutting down, bit by bit, struggling with this new pain from the silver, burning its way through to my core.

My brain was slowly shutting down in its terminal programming. Remaining thoughts rambled about like a jukebox. Even with my fuzzy thoughts trying to work out a new maze, spiralling way out of control now, trying to find a way out of this stupid mess that I got myself into. I managed to dig myself into once again.

YES?" I loved the darkness, but, this black hole was just too much.

"Even for me to bear down on."

Something was sucking me in deeper into its grasp, further into its pit, grabbing me with both hands with all its might, squeezing the last remaining spark out of me.

This was out of the question even for me, I didn't want to give up that easy, not now, it couldn't be that easy just to let go of the last remaining piece of thread on life, that I was now struggling to hang on to, maybe it could, I thought sadly, it would be really easy for me to do that now.

Even my own Multi-coloured eyes were bleeding out, blinking once, twice, the red liquored now pouring down my face in larger drops, leaving streaks where freshwater should lie instead, I must have looked like Jesus from a long time ago, arms spread out at an odd angle with my legs twisted to the side. trying to focus on the horrible sight of the man as he knelt down in front of me once more.

"I TRUSTED YOU?" I snapped out at the last moment, painfully, gritting my teeth together, only to make my gums bleed, from grinding them too much.

"With you now out of the way love" I can now follow through with the rest of my plans, he sighed, looking up into the deep, darkening sky above him.

"Now I can finally take over!" finish what I started from a long time ago, I'm going to take over this planet, bit by bit.

"You know why?" Because you're no longer alive to interrupt any more of my missions.

"You're the first piece of my puzzle, but not the last.

"NOW, I can complete the rest of my task, My plans are finely taking the right course, looking onwards and forwards from this moment on with no more regrets.

"You're a nasty piece of work?" I snapped out.

"I hope you DROP DEAD!" you know that? I even wish for it! I demanded. I'll be back and when I do!" I'm going to make you suffer, then I'm going to make you pay for it all, and in your own blood!

"Drop by tiny drop, I'm going to take it all from you Ava. "You're going to be so sorry your alive!" I said shuddering inwards, cackling harshly, as more red tears poured down my face.

"How can you Ava? "You'll be dead already!" no time like the present to finish up!"

"Well, I hope you believe in reincarnation then?" half smiling, seeing a flash of worry for the first time, then it was gone, but it was there, I'd seen it in my last moments.

"OH LOVE, I don't believe in that crap any more than you do, Snapping at me. Smiling, because I must have got to him at that moment. But I did believe in all the fates.

"Well, I guess you will never know the truth then, laughing. Because deep down I did believe in that ballpark stuff and the witch's magic.

It's just not fair I whispered; guess I was feeling sorry for myself. "Sad even, for the life, I can no longer have, but want, so very much. I felt nothing for this man kneeling in front of me, who was about to finish my life off for me. That I was no longer going to have.

The black hole widened, digging deeper scratching wider inside, my soul opening up even more in answer to its call. lying there stunned for a moment.

"Now I was staring back at a black smoked shadowed snake, showing up suddenly out of nowhere, smiling down at me, it must be waiting for me, I thought, watching him snatch the remaining bright light that glowed from me, swallowing it whole.

It's time my sweet girl it hissed to me, his tongue flickering in and out, you will suffer no more in this life, it's time for you to come with me and start your training.

"COME NOW, my master awaits you, he doesn't like being kept waiting, told me to claim you here when it was time for your passing, before someone else got a hold of you. I frowned at this piece of news he was offering to tell me.

"Don't be scared now child," release your soul, let it all go for me.

"Come home with me and let this world go once and for all.

"let your spirit be free. "Everything from this life is over and your new father awaits you in the old world now, has been waiting for this moment for such a long time, he hissed.

"You should really listen to your dreams more my girl. Eyes widening in shock at his words, opening up a hole, it was as big and black as the universe, watching as it opened up right in front of me, making me squeal out in shock, moving towards it quickly, it was swirling different colours now, I blinked, then blinked again, waiting for me to follow him, smiling at me in encouragement, beckoning me forward, towards a new destiny.

"My heart thudded louder, it was like a ticking bomb ready to pop out my chest, scaring the hell out of me, making me start to panic, gasping for a new wisp of fresh air, trying to get my cold lips to work, but there was nothing but dead air now. looking inside to find new darkness, something different was waiting for me on the other side, I could now sense it calling me.

You're not meant for this world Ava!" another voice called from a distance, bringing me back out of the shadows, struggling to keep my eyes open to hear his last remaining comments.

"Maybe for the last time as small stars entered through slits of darkness, calling me closer into my vision, bright lights flared then shined down on me. Asking me to follow them as they danced around me. If only I could I thought.

"ARRRGHHH….

"You, arrogant pig!" I squealed, feeling the pressure from both worlds, the light and darkness sucking me in both ways, tormenting me making me more confused than ever.

"What made you god's gift to this world?" I spluttered, gargling on my own blood, choking on it, disorientated from too much pain, feeling my voice box dry up on me, gripping the tool tighter in his hands. Looking down at me for the last time, muttering one last word. I'm coming, I whispered to the snake, my soul shoring up, following after him through the tunnel towards the light. Flying at a rapid pace to the other side.

"Hearing another man's words, leaving my old life behind once and for all.

"ME?" pushing the rest of the knife into my dying body.

"More slowly than before. It was already wedged into my pore ribs, slipping the rest of the way down into my already cold skin and straight into my heart, making my body shoot up towards the sky. Only to hear his evil voice, cackling as he laughed.

"Don't be ridiculous, my girl, I've already started my play of the fates with you?" now that part of the plan is nearly completed and out of the way.

I'm going to move onto the next.

"And what's that I whispered?"

"Your beloved?" The Prince of Darkness, is "next."

"My eyes widened in shock at that, I knew then that I needed to make my way back, hoping it would be sooner rather than later before it was too late for the man I loved, the one man I never had the chance to tell of my love for him

"Why can't I see this man's face?" I don't know you, or do I?" I wondered, my blood spraying all over him, flying out of my mouth. Knowing that death had found me at last, closing my eyes for the last time, my soul flying to my new father.

With one last remaining thought.

"YOU!!

"I KNOW YOU,"

Guess I will never know the truth now?

 "Truthfully," I didn't care anymore.

"My job was now done.