Mystery
The last commute
My head was throbbing. It felt as if a particularly enthusiastic bird was trying to hammer its way into my skull. I knew I shouldn’t have been drinking that much on my new medications. My back and neck were aching from the position I was in; I must have fallen asleep on the couch again. I opened my eyes and prepared myself to slowly stand and shuffle off to bed when an unease came over me. Something wasn’t right. I looked around, not sure what I was taking in. I was sitting on a plush leather seat in a small room with deep rich carpet on the floor, velvet covering the walls and metal railings overhead. This definitely wasn’t my living room. Did these medications cause hallucinations? I turned my head to see a door to my left and on my right a window. I pushed up to stand and stumbled. Was I still drunk? It felt like the room was swaying. I cautiously got to my feet again, holding onto the chair for support. As I stood, I felt the floor gently sway and as I focussed, I realised I could hear a distant rumbling. The window to my right revealed nothing but darkness. Above it a sign said ‘pull for emergency’ with a red rope beneath it. I considered this for a moment and it donned on me where I had seen something similar before; on a train. I closed my eyes and tried to think back to last night. Had I gotten drunk and decided to take an impromptu trip? It seemed unlikely; I had an appointment tomorrow that even drunk me would not want to miss. Was I dreaming? I tried pinching myself, Ouch! Never felt pain like that in a dream.
By Jonathan Kelly3 years ago in Fiction
Last Stop
Do you feel that? The gentle roll of axle and chain across chassis body. Suspension springs holding it aloft, cushioned and cathartic. Coupled systems soft and light. There is no momentum, no damping, no stopping now. Only the rhythmic clicking of linked carriages. It will arrive when it is ready; when you are ready.
By Tony Galbier3 years ago in Fiction
Hospital strange talk 3
It wasn't a vision . Alissa in the mirror spotted me at the same time , waving and screaming , and I yelled back , but we couldn't hear each other . It was like we were looking at each other from different worlds . Xiao Hui heard the noise rushed in , was stunned by what happened in front of ! " You see , it's not fake ! "Wait , it's gone . " As I turned my head , the reflection on the mirror was fad away into the shocked faces of Hsiao Hui and me . We looked at each other for a long time , unable to say a word . Hui bit her lips . " Is it possible that Alissa is trapped in the mirror ? " . But the mirror is so hard that it's impossible for a person to get inside . The next day another strange thing happened , concerning the quarrelling father and son . According to the man at the scene and Xiao Hui said that the old man and the man because of the house things quarreled again , the old man took the water cup to the window , but through the window and the wall below , directly fell off the building ! However , because of the cold weather and for safety reasons , the Windows are usually locked ! Xiao Hui noticed a detail , after the glass fell to the ground , the old man disappeared , but not immediately fell down , from the man issued screams to the discovery of the old man's body , in the interval of more than ten seconds . In these ten seconds , the old man just disappeared into thin air ! I just had an idea . While the police were questioning Hsiao Hui , I ran into the nurse's station and rummaged through the files . Suddenly , a cold voice asked me , " What is you looking for ?" . It was the head nurse . " Do you know where the drawings of the old hospital are ? " . " How can it was here , but -- " she paused . " So you know ? " . " Know what ? " I didn't want to bring this up , but you know spatial stacking ? Two Spaces superimposed ! The hospital was destroyed in a fire 20 years ago and then rebuilt exactly as it was in the city plan . I have worked here for ten years and I have come across that sometimes ' parts ' of the hospital in front of me appear ." . " Local ? " . "Yes , all that extra body stuff you're always talking about , and the machines suddenly turning on , actually belongs to that space." ' . She took a deep breath . ' I'm not used to talking like this . These phenomena seem to be hallucinations and have no effect on reality , but recently there have been two real contacts in quick succession , and I suppose they have something to do with sunspots . This is pure speculation , of course ." . She continued : " Although it is a reconstruction , some parts are different , for example the size of the ward is slightly different , for example a door opens in a different position ." . " Why didn't you told me ?" . The head nurse sighed : " Because I only know this phenomenon , but not clear its solution , there are reasons . " . I recalled details , the water marks on the floor when Eliza disappeared , the freshly mopped floor in the hallway , the mirror I accidentally wet when I washed my face , the wet footprints on the floor before the old man disappeared . " Or is the medium actually water ? " . " Water ? " . " It must be . I know how to find Alissa ! The thought of Alissa being stuck there for two days made me rush to the bathroom and turn on the tap . The head nurse and Xiao Hui followed , the latter still completely unaware of the situation . I told them to step back . I stepped into the middle of the water , and the air around me began to twist as I had last seen Alissa in the mirror . 'It's too dangerous ! " Said the head nurse . 'I must find her at once . If I'm not back in an hour , you can do something about it . ' "Hey , what's going on ? " . Xiao Hui asked anxiously . The distortion of the space is more and more severe , the figure of two people gradually disappeared , back to God , I have come to another space .
By Eamonn Davies3 years ago in Fiction
Hospital strange talk 4
The bathroom hasn't changed much in 20 years , except that the water on the floor has disappeared . I opened the door , and the sky outside the window was heavy on dark clouds . If you look closely , you can see that the clouds are frozen like lead blocks . The corridor is covered with the oppressive gloom of a coming storm , with a hot and dry air . The panels on the side walls were bulging and distorted like sudden heat , and a large number of cockroaches were escaping , then suddenly disappearing as they reached my feet . The wall felt hot , but not too hot . I suddenly realized that this different space was frozen in a few seconds after the fire , just like a short video played over and over again . I pushed one ward aside , empty , as were the others , the building preserved but not the people inside . " Alissa ! I called out . The elevator didn't work , . So I went floor to floor . As I passed one floor , I suddenly felt someone running behind me very fast . I turned my head sharply and saw only a dark figure of the size of a grown man . There's someone else here ! I swallowed nervously . There were indeed a few eerie figures moving in the shadows . I instinctively sensed danger and hurried off the floor . As I passed one of the wards , I heard Alissa's voice . " Brother ! "Alissa , there you are ! Alissa was huddled under a bed . She had not been hydrate for two days . She looked haggard and did not seem rested . She hugged me tightly and cried indignantly . I slapped her on the back . " It's all right . Brother will take you out . " . There was a noise outside the door , and Alissa immediately stopped crying and motioned me to silence . " SHH ! The dark things will find you . " . When the noise was over , I took Alissa's hand out of the room and went to the toilet at the end of the corridor . When I turned the tap , there was an unpleasant noise in the pipe and not a drop of water came out . My heart sank into the ice . Suddenly the door was opened , and there stood a tall , dark figure . The word " dark figure " was not the word with it . It looked like a mass of congealed oil , with no features on its chaotic face . Elisa covered her mouth in terror . She dragged me desperately under the counter , the figure cocking its head as if it was searching for us , whether by smell or sound . When the shadow disappeared from the side , Alissa motioned for me to escape through the door , and we were careful not to make a sound and then ran like crazy . She seems to have been quite experienced in avoiding these monsters . It is hard to imagine how she spent these two days . Children are always good at observing and learning . When the shadow man disappeared from view , I asked , " What are these things ? " . " I don't know , they've been walking around here and fighting . The big one eats the little one and the big one gets bigger . Good thing they don't have eyes !" . Alissa described it with an exaggerated expression , and I listened in trepidation . The big problem is how do we get out of here ? ! Alissa tugged at me , carefully avoiding the figure . She whispered , " There's a big copper box of the bottom room , and that's where those things came from . " . She had apparently run through almost every room to get out of here , and she told me that the downstairs door was sealed with concrete , . So it was impossible to get out . I asked her if she knew how she got in . Alissa shook her head . I thought there might be a way . Suddenly Eliza let out a cry of surprise . I looked back and saw a huge figure emerging from one of the wards . It was also the Shadow Man , but it was so big that it smashed doors and walls and threw rubble all over them . The monster , like a slimy lump of oil , was " streaming " down the corridor toward us , no slower than the average dark figure . Alissa dragged me down the stairs . As the thing made its way for the stairs , the whole flight of stairs collapsed under the weight , and the rubble fell , and I huddled in a corner with Alissa . Like a pangolin , the creature has penetrated the building's interior , searching for prey . It tried desperately to push its way for the pile of stones , its massive head reaching towards us , its sticky surface bulging with an arm . Alissa screamed and I reached into my pocket to find the hidden knife I was carrying . Using this thing against the giant in front of you is probably the equivalent of poking an elephant with a toothpick , but I have another idea . Since water is the catalyst , can other liquids are used ? It was dangerous . I didn't have time to think . I made a sharp cut on the artery with the knife , and blood poured out , splattering me and Alissa . The air suddenly twisted around us as the long arm came towards us . The colors returned to normal , and I began to lose consciousness from the loss of blood . Alissa shook me violently . "Brother , you can't die . " I stroked her head as hard as I could and closed my eyes . Fortunately , I was quickly rescued , Xiao Hui afterwards exaggerated and I said , I cut the knife is too deep , lost a few bags of blood to save . At the hospital bed , Alissa cried when she saw me awake . When I told Xiao Hui what had happened there , she said she couldn't believe it at first , and then said it might be a monster called " Hagjian " . They are said to occupy an enclosed space like hermit crabs and devour each other until the largest one is born . The original intention of the demon is anti-common sense , if it is a monster is not too much , but I always think whether there is another answer ? Perhaps in other space , there are many forms of life that human can't imagine , and this is I am afraid that I will never be able to guess the mystery .
By Eamonn Davies3 years ago in Fiction
Sacrifice
The afterglow of lights on buildings, billboards and busy streets faded away making room for a majestic sunrise of crimson and orange. Passengers of the Sin City Express gathered together to witness history. At six A.M. the train would exit Vegas entering the desert. A short time later I would attempt to break the record for the fastest passenger train in the world.
By Shawn Lowry3 years ago in Fiction
Hospital monstrous
In the dead of night , I walked alone through the corridors of the inpatient unit , where the dim light of the instrument illuminated the ward . Although I have been working in this hospital for five months , every time I walk alone in this dark corridor , I always have a feeling of hair in my heart . Nurses often talk about some strange events in the hospital , I was scared to death , but still can't help but want to hear , such as cement sealed lepers , the morgue extra bodies , suddenly activated equipment . Every time I walk around alone , these strange images automatically appear in my mind . My friend Xiao Hui taught me a way , if you see something strange , take the tip of a knife to it , because the sharp weapon has its own breath . In the extreme silence , strange sounds reached my ears . They sounded like a group of people Shouting in some distant place , as unreal as a shaky radio signal . A hand behind my back tugged at my white coat . I cried out in horror and looked back to see little patient Alissa . "Brother , I need to go to the bathroom ." Alissa tugged at my sleeve . I took her hands and went to the bathroom . The bathroom was at the end of the hall , and I didn't have the courage to go alone . " Wash your hands , " I told her as she went inside to hear the stall door being pushed open . There was a " hubbub " of water , and half a minute later I realized something was wrong . It had been going on too long . I opened the door , and the tap was on , and the sink was overflowing and dripping all over the floor , but Alissa wasn't there . Alissa was gone . I looked everywhere in the bathroom , but there was no sign of her . The next day , the dean's office . The dean promised Alissa's adoptive parents that she would be found . It's just , no one believes me . " You can't just disappear ! Afterwards , Hsiao Hui imagination rich tunnel , " Can you see is Alissa's soul ? " . I shook my head , said nothing , and went straight to Ward 3 , where Alissa's bed was . A picture folder lay on top of the folded bedding . I opened it , and on the last page was a strange picture . Alissa was a very quiet girl that spent most of her time drawing alone in bed , which is how I met her when she was worried about having a knife to sharpen her pencil . When I learned that she , like me , had grown up without parents , I sympathized and paid more attention to her , and she gradually opened up to me as a brother . One way or another , I'm gonna find her ! " Get out . I don't want you to visit me . " . A yell scared me almost jumped up , I saw a man in a suit and tie into the ward , carrying a bag of apples , he came to see an old man suffering from lung fluid . "Dad , why do you think you're so stubborn ? Anyway , when you die , that house is mine . what is the difference ? " . " Get out of here , you're not selling my house . " . Two people quarrels more fiercer , big ye emotional beat the bed , let him go . When I saw this , I stepped forward and reminded him , " The patient needs to rest ." . The man glanced at me and hurried away . This man had been here several times before . I heard that he had lost money in stock market and wanted to sell his old house to start a new business . His father had been reluctant . The old man angrily scolded his son not filial piety , I casually echo a few words , other people's family affairs I also bad evaluation .
By Eamonn Davies3 years ago in Fiction
A chapter on the strange hospital
In the afternoon , a colleague rushed into the nurses ' station . We got a sighting of Alissa ! Actually , the co-worker who claims to have seen Alissa said that when he was asleep , he heard this little girl talking , like , " Where is this ? Brother , I'm afraid ! Dad Mom ?" . This is not a clue , everyone scattered , Hsiao Hui suddenly said to me : " Have you heard of ? This hospital had a fire twenty years ago ." . " Fire in the sky ? " It's when you suddenly start a fire from no reason . Many doctors and patients were trapped inside and burned to death , and there were rumors that when it was very quiet , you would hear voices , like people Shouting . " . I shuddered . I was sure I had heard such a sound before . In a phenomenon known as EVP , which stands for electronic paranormal vision , someone is said to have recorded a very clear voice in an empty room for more than ten hours - " Get out of my house " - belonging to the house's former owner , who died ten years ago . I looked it up on the Internet , and it's really scary when a human voice pops up in the middle of a bunch of loud noises . Something tells me Alissa's disappearance is beyond common sense . That night it was my turn to be on duty with Xiao Hui , we chatted - the next day will be separate patrol . In the dead silence of the corridor , the freshly mopped floor still wet , I strained my nerves and walked cautiously . At this time , there was a sound of " squeaking " through somewhere , and the decorative board on the side wall was constantly uplifted and deformed , bulging one bubble after another , and then a large number of cockroaches , like a black tide , came out from under the decorative board , a frightening number . I screamed and sank down on the ground . It was strange to say that none of the cockroaches had climbed on me . Suddenly , someone touched me from behind , I looked back , is Xiao Hui . " I heard you calling , and I came to see . Why are you sitting here alone ? " . " There were so many cockroaches ." . " Where is it ? When I looked up at the wall , the polymer panels were the same . Just so lifelike scene if only to see the wrong to explain , it is not past , but if it is paranormal events , cockroaches and paranormal as if not next to . Hsiao Hui picked me up and walked in one direction . I asked her who she was going . " Go to the toilet ." . " Haven't we been there so many times ? " . " I wonder if there are certain changes in certain times , like the legend that at midnight there is an extra step . " . What had happened could not be speculated with common sense , so Hsiao Hui full of anecdotes and anecdotes became the best reference . The bathroom was the same . We looked around , but we didn't find anything unusual . Hsiao Hui left disappointed , I took a handful of water under the faucet and splashed it on my face , trying to clear my tired nerves . When I looked up , the air around me seemed to be distorted , and an incredible picture appeared in the mirror . It wasn't me that was reflected off the mirror , it was Alissa !
By Eamonn Davies3 years ago in Fiction
Kidnapped
I try to open my eyes, but they are red, sore and stinging like crazy. Despite the pain, I still force them open. Once I manage to open them, I am dazed and shaking with terror. My eyes dart everywhere looking for some kind of clue that might tell me where I am. Despite my blurry vision, I see rows of train seats in front of me.
By Carol Ann Townend3 years ago in Fiction
