I sat up in my hospital bed and reached over to the nightstand where my glass of water sat. I grabbed it and took a sip as I looked at the patient next to me as the curtains were open. He was on the bus with me when it crashed. At first I thought he was in a coma but he moves and speaks as if he’s having a nightmare that never ends. Leading up to this point in time I had been bed ridden after the accident but the doctors said that I could move freely after a couple weeks. I slowly inched to the side of the bed, grabbing my IV drip along the way to help out. I used it to help stand up as I placed my thinly covered feet on the cold tiled floor.

“No please.”

The boy in the other bed shifted around making me sigh. He had been like this for weeks and I felt bad for him, now that I could walk though I feel it may be nice to get to know him. I slowly made my way to the end of his bed as he mumbled to himself. I picked up the clipboard and only checked his name, not wanting to invade his privacy too much.

“Daniel Anderson..”

never heard of him in my life, have learnt a lot though through his sleep talking. His father must’ve been a bad man and he’s a very cautious person. He seems to have a lot of things to worry about in there. I put the clipboard back in the slot and walked up to the side of his bed. I placed my hand on his forehead which was extremely hot and coated in a layer of sweat. I was about to pull away but his hand shot up and grabbed my wrist, his eyes wide open. I jumped and immediately tried to pull my hand away.

“Run.”

My breathing got heavier as I still tried to pull away with all my strength.

“They’re coming to get you.”

I didn’t know what to say, I put my other hand on his and tried to pry it off.

“They’re coming. Run. They’re going to get you.”

“Who?!”

He let go, his arm went limp again and I pulled my hand away the second I could.

“Daniel.”

I shook his shoulder.

“Daniel wake the hell up!”

I shook his more and he mumbled as he rolled over.

“You were just awake! Daniel what are you talking about.”

He suddenly shot up, his shirt soaking as he looked at me with wide eyes.

“Daniel?”

“Who the hell are you? Where am I?”

“I’m Marty, we were in a car accident so you’re in the hospital.”

He didn’t say anything, he just looked around.

“Hey umm, what were you dreaming about?”

“What?”

“You told me they were coming?”

“What?”

“Yeah man, are you okay?”

“Yeah. I’m going home.”

He shifted to the side of the bed and stood up.

“Dude you can’t, you have to stay here.”

“I’m fine.”

He ripped out the IV and started walking to the door. He stopped and started stepping back from the door.

He ran over to the window and tried to open it with no avail.

“Daniel what are you doing?”

He was breathing heavily as he started stepping away from the window as well. I walked over to see what he was doing and stumbled back when I saw what was there.

A large black mass was climbing the hospital, long arms extending to the window as it scaled the wall like a spider. I scrambled back towards the beds, Daniel stood up and ran back to the door. I could hear the door open but I was too busy looking at the long arms which climbed up onto the balcony which crumbled under its weight. I stopped moving as it crashed through the window, black goo seeping through the shattered glass.

“Marty!”

Daniel grabbed my arm and dragged me across the floor as the mass engulfed the entire room. I stumbled onto my feet and ran with Daniel, my hospital socks slipping on the floor as we ran. Daniel slammed the door behind us I was about to say something but it was too late as the IV was ripped out of my arm as the pole was on the other side of the door. I hissed at the pain but kept running with Daniel. The black mass burst through the wall and started clambering down the hall towards us. The hospital socks weren’t grippy enough so I slipped as Daniel kept running. He turned around as I tried to stand up but couldn’t, not only because of the socks but because I was still weak.

“Just go!”

Daniel kept running, it kind of pained me to see him run away but he did only meet me a few minutes ago. I looked behind me at the creature who ran right over me without a problem. It was dark, I tried to breathe but instead black goo got sucked through my nostrils. I gasped and felt the liquid fill my lungs. My eyes burned as I clenched them shut, my arm stung where the IV was ripped out. I tried to bring my arms up but I couldn’t move. I couldn’t breathe. I felt limp. I felt empty. I felt nothing. I felt darkness wash over me. I hope Daniel’s okay. I hope he makes it. I hope it was worth it. I sank. Sank into the darkness. Sank into nothing…

Nothing at all…

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Just emptiness…

Darkness…

Silence…

Death…

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