NeverEnding Novel - Nightmare permanent
Created | Updated Aug 31, 2002
Nightmare permanent
Wake up
The first night before the big opening she appeared out of nowhere just before I realized I was some place I had never seen before.
“ This is nothing new to me, “ she said. Her eyes wet with tears, her face pale and sad. Frightening beautiful face staring at me with accusation.
“What…” whispered I for my throat had gone dry during the night and didn’t let any voice to come out. Suddenly I could see her in detail from the same place I was standing (laying?). Her eyes were yellow or my nightmare has just extended.
“It takes more than I’ve got to frighten me you freak!” her calm cold voice tortured me for a second, which turned to an eternity.
No sense so far. I was laying in a bed still, but that was not my bed. Nor my room either. Before I even tried to jump with horror off the bed, her long cold arms clutched my neck and frozen my blood. The pain wasn’t sharp but most unpleasant.
“I'm not scared of you! ” she shouted right in to my face and half of her beauty vanished. “ There’s nothing you can do, “ and after a second or two she added:
“Or take from me!”
She didn’t press me too hard but her thin white arms had monstrous power. I didn’t try to set myself free, just stayed hypnotized by her sparkling eyes.
Extreme pain enveloped my right hand and my whole body before I crushed into the wall. I felt I would lose consciousness but I didn’t, my head just became twice heavier. A voice came right away:
“Untouchable. Is that you think you are?”
“What? Who are you?” was my second try on talking.
“Do you know that no one is untouchable? Including me.”
I remembered her power; she threw me against the wall with merely no effort. My head was still near exploding but I forced myself not to think about this as a nightmare: my arm was smashed. The problem was with her and her strange attitude.
“I don’t believe you,” whispered I but she didn’t show that she had heard that.
“You’re bound to lose the game.” she was standing near (my?) the bed and looked frightening.
That confused me. Game? Not again.
“Who are you?” and I put more confidence in my voice than before.
“My name is of no importance to you.”
“How did you figure that out?”
She got near me faster than I could even notice that as a fact and new wave of pain rushed in my left shoulder and arm. The hit was forceful as my upper lip left a blood mark on the opposite wall. This time I passed out for real.
I woke up after someone hit me in the face.
‘Not again’ I thought.
“Tell me something,” the familiar voice that had broken my last hope for this to be just an ordinary nightmare. “Who do you blame for this situation?”
“Who?” I echoed.
“Whom do you blame for the situation you are into now?” she said as if she’d not sensed the insinuation.
“Myself.”
“Correct. You’ve just saved yourself from another closer look at the wall.”
I realized I hated her. I’d never hated a single human being like that before. But I guess that didn’t count for I wasn’t sure she had anything to do with humans.
“What exactly are you? And please answer my question.”
There were still voices and sounds flashing through my mind, but I felt a little better.
“Ain’t it funny? You don’t even know what I’m taking about.”
“How could I?” I asked, considering my physical chances with her. “I even don’t know your name…”
Not a necessary way of prolonging any further torture but I thought it was worth the try. Wrong.
She got near me as fast as she did before and grabbed my neck. I screamed though I felt no pain yet. She was just holding me tight, then released me and stared at my eyes for a moment, in total confusion, as it seemed.
“Oh, you play so safe now.”
More than anything I wished somebody woke me up. Near the bed I saw a piece of metal, a part of it fallen on the ground maybe.
“But you’re still not risking enough.”
I didn’t answer but got near the bed, as she was not watching. Wrong again.
“Put that away!” she said with her back towards me. I put the metal bar down and simultaneously heard a devastating noise coming from the wall behind me. Her scream almost made me cry in horror. I jumped against her, my inner hate made me push her real hard on the chest with my fist. Kind of moan came out of her body but that’s all. I could no longer hear or see. The tremendous noise, the lights and the total oblivion. The wall was blown away before I got what was happening. Last thing I remembered was her total bewilderment heavily marked in her scary face.
I was lying on some moist and hard ground, some water drops were falling into my face – they were actually the reason of my revival. Slowly I got up, thanked god my both hands and legs were all right. They hurt but were not broken. The bad surprise came right after.
The cave-like environment didn’t scare me. Long ago I’ve accepted this as a reality. The oval vault arch was separated to two by a dark abyss; on the one of the edges I’d spent some time sleeping sweetly. On the other edge there was somebody. It didn’t take much time to figure out whom that was.
“So” said she with her vampire teeth out, “Now you seem to be left undone. How sad.”
There was nothing humanoid in her roar. I saw her nails grown up a little, quickly she went from the left side of the edge to the right: like a beast in cage. But what a creature! She moved faster than I could follow her by looking. The distance between us was my last hope. Four or five meters seemed to be too long even for a vampire like her. Watching her was like she was a junkie and I had dope in my pocket and wouldn’t give it to her. My heart went in my throat and I tried to calm down but I couldn’t. She was kind of ‘friendly’ before but then I knew she’d suck my blood out once she got her hands on me About time I saw there was a way out. A narrow path leaded out of the cursed place. She followed my sight and screamed with terror.
“I swear I’ll be the one to bring you down, you maggot!” were the last words I heard from her.
My heart missed a beat or two as I watched her taking a huge jump over the pit. She managed to grab the edge on the side I was on to and probably would even climb up the slope if it weren’t me. Right on time I kicked her in the nose. A single blood-freezing cry and that was all. Didn’t wait long enough to hear her body crushing down there.
Path got narrower as I walked almost a mile through it. It would normally be total darkness hadn’t be the strange glow from all the rock around. Seemed that the cave was made from this material. Or so I thought. It was so quiet I began hearing fake sounds.
And voices.
‘It’s all your fault’
No.
‘Cos you got caught’
No!
I stepped upon a sharp rock popped up from the ground right down and went in the air. Once again there it was: rhymes.
I got up and instantly ran into something soft and massive, about my size. I thought I was going to die.
“Still thinking you’re untouchable?” she said and gently grabbed my arm as to pick me up.
“It must me nice to be so sure being insecure.”
“I don’t…probably…not…”
“You’re always right and never wrong.”
We walked along in the tunnel, side by side like old friends, my arm still trapped by her clutch. She had changed since the last time I saw her but couldn’t figure out in which way. She stopped and broke my last hope that she has somehow lost her vampiric desires.
“If you have something to say you say it to my face!”
Yes, it was her accent. Now she spoke like a Britisher.
“Don’t go behind my back, just be a man about it!”
I stood speechless, though it seemed to annoy her a little.
“Out with it!” she pushed me hard and then pulled me.
“Let me go!” as I resisted her pull.
I couldn’t believe I was free again. I rushed ahead without turning back. Fortunately the tunnel widened a bit as I went through it. Cave pendant blazed my hair but I saw no danger but that creature behind me. The passage seemed endless. Finally I stopped to catch my breath. There was nothing to be heard, only me breathing. I turned back and saw the black hole from which I came from. I felt I was ready to continue running and still no sign of her. Perfect. I waited a few seconds and got up on my feet when I saw her. She was running with both her feet and hands, snorted like a hound.
I screamed and the sudden echo scared me. My voice against me?
Day 2
My grandmother once told me I was born under a lucky star One in a billion, she said. I laughed every time I heard her say that.
Right now there must’ve been my star that led me to the end of this horrible hole.
A door.
It was near five meters high and like wide, made from steel all over. No keyhole or handle, just two massive metal plates perfectly sealed to each other. But what was it that reminded me of a door? There was a big sign on it saying: ‘To open the door speak the password’.
“Password”, and that was my first naïve try.
I was about to kick it as my eyes darkened from the blood pressure in my head. Then I saw the picture: a young couple dressed in black, their heads bend as for a kiss. Under the beautiful image there lied words in old gothic font:
“I will love you till the…”
My head agonized with pain, the voices have come back to torture me. Or was it her scream again? I looked back the way and saw nothing but complete darkness. Time was running out, I knew she would be here soon.
“I will love you till the wheels fall over!”
Nothing.
“I will love you till the sun fades…away”
Nothing again. I grabbed my head, the pain wouldn’t disappear; hard to come up with the password in such moment. I tried to guess it. It must’ve been something romantic according to the image beneath. Still nothing when…
It took me time to believe she was back. Out from the dark arc came a sound, something like a hound snort. The creature was running towards me with both her feet and hands, just like a dog. She groaned and panted as she got near me. Then raised slowly, her eyes burning mine.
“There you are!”
I felt I could speak up.
“I will love you till the night becomes a day”, I was looking at her, in fact never stopped doing that.
“Oh, really? I will love you too then”
She came so close I could feel her cold but somewhat sweet breath.
“You want me, don’t you?”
It was pretty unpleasand to realize she spoke the truth. I whispered unwillingly:
“I will love you till the…”, couldn’t think of anything.
“Finally”, she smiled and I reluctantly thought I would die for her.
But she forestalled me a bit.
“I will love you till the day I die, my dearest!”
We hugged, her sharp vampire teeth already before her lips. I closed my eyes before the end which didn’t came right after. I heard an awful noise that I thought would be the last ever. Actually, it was my saviour.
It was the door creaking. It opened slowly and bright light enveloped us as her face bared some dramatic changes. Her eyes almost popped out of her scull, her skin covered with nasty colored spots. She seemed to have problems brathing.
Wake up
The first night before the big opening she appeared out of nowhere just before I realized I was some place I had never seen before.
“ This is nothing new to me, “ she said. Her eyes wet with tears, her face pale and sad. Frightening beautiful face staring at me with accusation.
“What…” whispered I for my throat had gone dry during the night and didn’t let any voice to come out. Suddenly I could see her in detail from the same place I was standing (laying?). Her eyes were yellow or my nightmare has just extended.
“It takes more than I’ve got to frighten me you freak!” her calm cold voice tortured me for a second, which turned to an eternity.
No sense so far. I was laying in a bed still, but that was not my bed. Nor my room either. Before I even tried to jump with horror off the bed, her long cold arms clutched my neck and frozen my blood. The pain wasn’t sharp but most unpleasant.
“I'm not scared of you! ” she shouted right in to my face and half of her beauty vanished. “ There’s nothing you can do, “ and after a second or two she added:
“Or take from me!”
She didn’t press me too hard but her thin white arms had monstrous power. I didn’t try to set myself free, just stayed hypnotized by her sparkling eyes.
Extreme pain enveloped my right hand and my whole body before I crushed into the wall. I felt I would lose consciousness but I didn’t, my head just became twice heavier. A voice came right away:
“Untouchable. Is that you think you are?”
“What? Who are you?” was my second try on talking.
“Do you know that no one is untouchable? Including me.”
I remembered her power; she threw me against the wall with merely no effort. My head was still near exploding but I forced myself not to think about this as a nightmare: my arm was smashed. The problem was with her and her strange attitude.
“I don’t believe you,” whispered I but she didn’t show that she had heard that.
“You’re bound to lose the game.” she was standing near (my?) the bed and looked frightening.
That confused me. Game? Not again.
“Who are you?” and I put more confidence in my voice than before.
“My name is of no importance to you.”
“How did you figure that out?”
She got near me faster than I could even notice that as a fact and new wave of pain rushed in my left shoulder and arm. The hit was forceful as my upper lip left a blood mark on the opposite wall. This time I passed out for real.
I woke up after someone hit me in the face.
‘Not again’ I thought.
“Tell me something,” the familiar voice that had broken my last hope for this to be just an ordinary nightmare. “Who do you blame for this situation?”
“Who?” I echoed.
“Whom do you blame for the situation you are into now?” she said as if she’d not sensed the insinuation.
“Myself.”
“Correct. You’ve just saved yourself from another closer look at the wall.”
I realized I hated her. I’d never hated a single human being like that before. But I guess that didn’t count for I wasn’t sure she had anything to do with humans.
“What exactly are you? And please answer my question.”
There were still voices and sounds flashing through my mind, but I felt a little better.
“Ain’t it funny? You don’t even know what I’m taking about.”
“How could I?” I asked, considering my physical chances with her. “I even don’t know your name…”
Not a necessary way of prolonging any further torture but I thought it was worth the try. Wrong.
She got near me as fast as she did before and grabbed my neck. I screamed though I felt no pain yet. She was just holding me tight, then released me and stared at my eyes for a moment, in total confusion, as it seemed.
“Oh, you play so safe now.”
More than anything I wished somebody woke me up. Near the bed I saw a piece of metal, a part of it fallen on the ground maybe.
“But you’re still not risking enough.”
I didn’t answer but got near the bed, as she was not watching. Wrong again.
“Put that away!” she said with her back towards me. I put the metal bar down and simultaneously heard a devastating noise coming from the wall behind me. Her scream almost made me cry in horror. I jumped against her, my inner hate made me push her real hard on the chest with my fist. Kind of moan came out of her body but that’s all. I could no longer hear or see. The tremendous noise, the lights and the total oblivion. The wall was blown away before I got what was happening. Last thing I remembered was her total bewilderment heavily marked in her scary face.
I was lying on some moist and hard ground, some water drops were falling into my face – they were actually the reason of my revival. Slowly I got up, thanked god my both hands and legs were all right. They hurt but were not broken. The bad surprise came right after.
The cave-like environment didn’t scare me. Long ago I’ve accepted this as a reality. The oval vault arch was separated to two by a dark abyss; on the one of the edges I’d spent some time sleeping sweetly. On the other edge there was somebody. It didn’t take much time to figure out whom that was.
“So” said she with her vampire teeth out, “Now you seem to be left undone. How sad.”
There was nothing humanoid in her roar. I saw her nails grown up a little, quickly she went from the left side of the edge to the right: like a beast in cage. But what a creature! She moved faster than I could follow her by looking. The distance between us was my last hope. Four or five meters seemed to be too long even for a vampire like her. Watching her was like she was a junkie and I had dope in my pocket and wouldn’t give it to her. My heart went in my throat and I tried to calm down but I couldn’t. She was kind of ‘friendly’ before but then I knew she’d suck my blood out once she got her hands on me About time I saw there was a way out. A narrow path leaded out of the cursed place. She followed my sight and screamed with terror.
“I swear I’ll be the one to bring you down, you maggot!” were the last words I heard from her.
My heart missed a beat or two as I watched her taking a huge jump over the pit. She managed to grab the edge on the side I was on to and probably would even climb up the slope if it weren’t me. Right on time I kicked her in the nose. A single blood-freezing cry and that was all. Didn’t wait long enough to hear her body crushing down there.
Path got narrower as I walked almost a mile through it. It would normally be total darkness hadn’t be the strange glow from all the rock around. Seemed that the cave was made from this material. Or so I thought. It was so quiet I began hearing fake sounds.
And voices.
‘It’s all your fault’
No.
‘Cos you got caught’
No!
I stepped upon a sharp rock popped up from the ground right down and went in the air. Once again there it was: rhymes.
I got up and instantly ran into something soft and massive, about my size. I thought I was going to die.
“Still thinking you’re untouchable?” she said and gently grabbed my arm as to pick me up.
“It must me nice to be so sure being insecure.”
“I don’t…probably…not…”
“You’re always right and never wrong.”
We walked along in the tunnel, side by side like old friends, my arm still trapped by her clutch. She had changed since the last time I saw her but couldn’t figure out in which way. She stopped and broke my last hope that she has somehow lost her vampiric desires.
“If you have something to say you say it to my face!”
Yes, it was her accent. Now she spoke like a Britisher.
“Don’t go behind my back, just be a man about it!”
I stood speechless, though it seemed to annoy her a little.
“Out with it!” she pushed me hard and then pulled me.
“Let me go!” as I resisted her pull.
I couldn’t believe I was free again. I rushed ahead without turning back. Fortunately the tunnel widened a bit as I went through it. Cave pendant blazed my hair but I saw no danger but that creature behind me. The passage seemed endless. Finally I stopped to catch my breath. There was nothing to be heard, only me breathing. I turned back and saw the black hole from which I came from. I felt I was ready to continue running and still no sign of her. Perfect. I waited a few seconds and got up on my feet when I saw her. She was running with both her feet and hands, snorted like a hound.
I screamed and the sudden echo scared me. My voice against me?
Day 2
My grandmother once told me I was born under a lucky star One in a billion, she said. I laughed every time I heard her say that.
Right now there must’ve been my star that led me to the end of this horrible hole.
A door.
It was near five meters high and like wide, made from steel all over. No keyhole or handle, just two massive metal plates perfectly sealed to each other. But what was it that reminded me of a door? There was a big sign on it saying: ‘To open the door speak the password’.
“Password”, and that was my first naïve try.
I was about to kick it as my eyes darkened from the blood pressure in my head. Then I saw the picture: a young couple dressed in black, their heads bend as for a kiss. Under the beautiful image there lied words in old gothic font:
“I will love you till the…”
My head agonized with pain, the voices have come back to torture me. Or was it her scream again? I looked back the way and saw nothing but complete darkness. Time was running out, I knew she would be here soon.
“I will love you till the wheels fall over!”
Nothing.
“I will love you till the sun fades…away”
Nothing again. I grabbed my head, the pain wouldn’t disappear; hard to come up with the password in such moment. I tried to guess it. It must’ve been something romantic according to the image beneath. Still nothing when…
It took me time to believe she was back. Out from the dark arc came a sound, something like a hound snort. The creature was running towards me with both her feet and hands, just like a dog. She groaned and panted as she got near me. Then raised slowly, her eyes burning mine.
“There you are!”
I felt I could speak up.
“I will love you till the night becomes a day”, I was looking at her, in fact never stopped doing that.
“Oh, really? I will love you too then”
She came so close I could feel her cold but somewhat sweet breath.
“You want me, don’t you?”
It was pretty unpleasand to realize she spoke the truth. I whispered unwillingly:
“I will love you till the…”, couldn’t think of anything.
“Finally”, she smiled and I reluctantly thought I would die for her.
But she forestalled me a bit.
“I will love you till the day I die, my dearest!”
We hugged, her sharp vampire teeth already before her lips. I closed my eyes before the end which didn’t came right after. I heard an awful noise that I thought would be the last ever. Actually, it was my saviour.
It was the door creaking. It opened slowly and bright light enveloped us as her face bared some dramatic changes. Her eyes almost popped out of her scull, her skin covered with nasty colored spots. She seemed to have problems brathing.
