Echoes of a Nightmare

ALY

I was standing in the middle of the moonlit road and panting, my lungs greedily taking in all the air they could get.

How did I get here? My dress was in shreds. I shook my head to rid it of the confusion clouding it. Last I remembered, I was leaving the restaurant with Matt. Where was he?

"Matt!" I called out into the silence, panic taking hold of me.

I desperately scanned my environment, and a scream involuntarily tore from my throat when my eyes landed on his upturned car. Smoke curling from it.

Tears poured unbidden from my eyes as I rushed towards the car, then my heel snapped and sent me crashing knees first to the floor, I ignored the scrapes and crawled to the blurry car. "Matt!" I screamed, my voice breaking.

Matt hung upside down, bathed in his blood, it stained everywhere. Fear had me in a chokehold and the metallic smell of blood made my stomach churn. Why wasn't he moving?