thejangler

I can't see anything I hear voices all around me The voices quiet and I hear crashing waves behind me I open my eyes to find myself on a beach. Nothing is familiar. Panic begins to set in. I begin to move away from the water when I notice something is weighing me down. I clutch at my back to find a small satchel. Rifling through the satchel hoping for clues to my whereabouts or what's happened to me, all I find are a flashlight, a bandage and some pain killers. "...the fuck?", I say to no one. I press on, moving toward a small village that appears to be abandoned. I reach the first house on the outskirts and cry out, "HELLO! ANYONE?! IS ANYONE HERE?!" I bang loudly on the front door, hoping for an answer. Looking around in frustration, I spot a silhouette of a man moving across the landscape with an odd, shambling gait. "HELLO THERE!! HEY!! WHERE AM I?!", I shout out, waving my arms above my head. The man turns and begins to move in my direction. His only response to my shouts is his quickening pace. The man still far away, I shout to him again "WHAT IS THIS PLACE?! WHO ARE Y..." I cut my question short when I notice the blood stains starting around his mouth and running down to the front of his business suit. My legs are paralyzed with fear. The man gets ever closer and then lunges at me! His long fingernails pierce my clothing and the skin of my mid-section. Acting on instinct alone, I run as fast as my legs can carry me towards a tree line. The crazed man is matching my pace as we both cross into a wooded area. I look down at my mid-section as we're running and notice I am bleeding horribly out of my fresh wound. I turn to look back at the crazed man to find there are two more that have joined his chase! Each of them are clad in nondescript, black clothing. Their groans are getting louder as they draw closer to me. I am in immense pain and driven to continue by instinct and fueled by pure adrenaline. My vision begins to blur and my head starts pounding with each breath I take. Just when I feel my leg muscles cramp, I notice that I no longer hear the groans of these crazed individuals. I stop to catch my breath and give my legs a rest. Looking back, I notice that the cut in my mid-section is deeper than I originally thought. I rifle through the satchel on my back and pull out a military grade bandage. I apply the bandage and manage to stop the bleeding. My head continues to ache horribly. Through blurred vision, I what I think to be another small, abandoned settlement. As I make my way to the settlement, I trip on a rock and fall to the ground with a pathetic THUD. After a moment's rest I regain my composure and carefully shuffle towards the settlement. Head pounding and muscles aching, I walk gingerly to the first house I see. I peer in the window to find nothing but neatly arranged furniture. "What the fuck is going on?", I ask no one. "Where am I? Where is everyone?" Almost as if in response to my question, I hear an all too familiar moan. The sound sends chills down my spine. Not wanting to waste time, I begin running immediately. As I turn a corner around the house, I come face to face with another man with dried blood around his mouth. He tackles me to the ground, ripping and gnawing at my flesh. I finally succumb to the pressure and the pain and let him finish me, hoping that the end will be better than this. Everything becomes dark as my senses fail me one by one. I hear voices all around me. They suddenly fade and I hear waves crashing behind me. I open my eyes and find myself on a beach. I drop to my knees and scream...