Robin Woods

The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window, as I got closer to get a glimpse of my reflection, the flame flickered, the candle disappeared into thin air and as I reached out to find the window, It just simply wasn’t there, I stung my hands with stinging nettles and with confusion, I backed away further down into the darkness of this illusion.

At this present moment, it was pitch black, I felt a slight breeze going up my inner thigh, I didn’t know who I was or where was I, I had no phone on me which is something strange,

the heavy discomfort in my heart grew and these different types of butterflies started to fill my digestive system up with rage,

It was hard to swallow and more confusion combined when I looked down and I saw a hospital gown, I began to feel cold and hollow,

I couldn’t remember what happened yesterday nor the day before, I kept turning back to see if I wasn't being followed, was this black hole simply a rabbit hole, my heart beat sped more, I'd never in my life have EVER been in this type of horror!

“Is this what people call hallucinations?” “Is this some sort of prank?”

my voice echoed around, but no one responded to my shout.

I was never the scared type but this time I never felt more scared in my life, why does everything seem so much scarier when there’s no light,

I felt this energy around me, I didn’t know if it was the wind or my fright, I didn’t want to overthink it, so I just ran, I ran because that's the only way I could fight.

I forgot I was there barefoot and now I'm leaving a trail of blood behind, the mud was satisfying my wounds and my cuts, the moisture of the mud had spread between my toes to my gut.

I discovered a new surface beneath my feet, it was pebbly, uneven, a road it appeared to be, when I looked ahead I wasn’t wrong, the road was dead straight and long

there were still no houses, shops, or no lights in sight, so I continued to walk and not look behind, the darkness continued and the strange energy never left, however, when it comes to the people, there was nobody there.

Still, I preferred this to the woods, now that I felt a little relief, my body just fell deep asleep.

My eyelids flickered when the sunlight come to rise, I smelt breakfast which made me feel so alive, I was happy to be back home, so happy that I smiled, I knew that that was a nightmare, which I couldn’t wait to share since I didn’t conversate for a while.

I was just wondering what my mum had made, it smelt like sausages and pancakes, what a beautiful morning I thought, it"s as all my problems had gone, last night taught me A LOT,

I didn’t care about my class A-addicted mother or the most abusive father, I was just happy to be back home and that’s all that mattered.

As my eyes finally opened a small truck sped past me, a mini heart attack I had, what a driver, how nasty, I thought he must be hangover to nearly run me over, as I brushed the dust off my knees, I became sober, I didn’t like what I saw, why was I in the same place as I was before, this was pure torture, I sat back onto the ground and I cried silently, my cries became louder and I shouted angrily “WHY ME” “WHAT IS THE POINT” “WHERE IS GOD WHEN I NEED HIM THE MOST” and “why does nobody respond to my call”.

The endorphin release from my tears gave me some courage to keep walking, I was attempting of finding a way out of this maze maybe I should stop talking, yet,

I couldn’t believe the truck driver that drove past me and didn’t offer any help, “well’’ I said out loud to myself, “I do look like a psychiatric patient on the loose” but what am I going to do?, maybe I am a psychiatric patient and maybe they medicated me until I turned blue.

The sunrise allowed me to see the road clearer, even though, there was nothing to see nor hear, I felt nearer.

A building from afar came into the picture, momently, I received a high level of energy,

it was called the hope and faith mixture, I started to walk faster and my tiredness just left my bodily state, a couple of miles later the sign spelled out ‘St. Marys Hospital that way”, I thought “great but what even is this estate?” Or is it possible for this to be fate?

I was a little uncertain at this point but like again there wasn’t much of a choice, I dug barefoot into the mesh of the gate, but my grips were loose and I just kept slipping away, I decided to go around and try to find another way in, the closer I got the weirder it started to feel, why is it empty? Isn’t this a hospital? How typical? I find a building and it's empty, with more riddles, less hope.

There was, however, this window left ajar, it was on the first floor, so not too far, I thought if I only had shoes so I can climb this without a scar, proudly after serval attempts I managed to get in, I hoped to see a bar, after all that climbing I deserved a big fat cigar.

I found myself in a dusty little kitchen, it was empty but dirty, it smelt stale, the cupboards were dark yellow and there was even graffiti on the walls, to be honest, it looked like jail, I looked into my reflection on the kettle and I did look scruffy and pale,

Searching around the cabinets for some food because I felt so frail, all I found was a couple of buttons and a stupid nail.

I kept my hope to find a phone, but, by the third floor I was looking for a rope, do you blame me at all, all of a sudden, I heard a voice, I thought maybe, it can save me, the crows started cawing and my heart was defiantly palpating, I headed up to the fifth floor and kept my eyes peeled onto this old and dirty corridor, as I walked through until the end, the voices came back again, they were coming up from this look-alike loft, I wondered to myself am I even sane any more?

I saw little coats and shoes as I walked up the creaky stairs, there were a couple of children sitting and playing by the cobwebs, they spoke a different language which made me stutter “I, I, I, Ho, Hope, Hope, I’m in England” I muttered.

I didn’t want to scare them with my muddy toes and a bum-less hospital gown, but, I heard footsteps as I was about to walk down, I hid inside a cupboard as the children screamed Miss. Brown, Miss. Brown,

Through the keyhole I peeked to see what I could find, her legs were 3/4 of her body and she had an hourglass figure, “oh my oh my” I said this as her cleavage looked straight into my eye, I looked away awkwardly, I even began to feel shy.

As I waited my legs started losing posture and I needed to rest, “should I approach her?”

I curled myself into a ball and covered myself in this stinky old robe, the rain starting dripping, “plick plack, plick plack” I was in love, this was the only peace I found in this present moment of mine, for once it felt quite divine.

The book flickering kept waking me up, “Right children open your books to page 27”, is this the time I give up? the children were all sat down quietly and the sounds of page flicks echoed the room so rapidly, after an hour of listening to basic English being taught, I became sleepy quite drastically, but as soon as my body started to doze off, someone walked through the door or were they thrown, I herd a fall, “I apologise, Miss. Brown, for being late” a child-like voice said smartly, “Page 58 Roberto” This teacher responded so arrogantly, “I don't have my book miss” Roberto reminded, this is when my heart began to sink, by my side a book named “basic English volume 2” just caught my eye, my thoughts could not contribute to the event ahead, do I just give the book or do I act dead? The rhythm of my heart suffocated my breath, I couldn’t think properly about what needs to be said, as the footsteps got closer, I just scrunched my eyes balls tight maybe then id look less of Monster which the cupboard occupied, the cupboard doors opened wide and all I heard was a big scream of “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” from this look-alike pornstar, my second eye didn’t even open completely and there was a man with a gun pointing right in my face so neatly, “I know what this looks like” I said, “but I'm in a ghost town and lost, trying to find my way”, the man didn’t even flinch at what I said, he looked at the brunette cold and said “you could have been dead”, “I am so sorry” she replied, as he walked away, “the mud looked like blood” she carried away, “I am sorry, I am sorry, it won’t happen again”

Mud I thought, my eyes twitched with confusion, can they not see me? My mouth started to shiver, my eyes filled with tears and my mind queued up the fears, is this an illusion or am I, am I dead?

I got out of the cupboard, but nobody stared, so I ran through the hallway screaming “THIS IS HELL” “THIS IS HELL”, as I ran, I barged into some men, they all looked back at each other, and someone blamed it on Ben, as I ran faster, I realised that they felt what I felt, so then I started to think, this can’t be the end?

I got out from the front because no one can even SEE ME, I am still in shock, how can this be me? How do I get back this old free me?, I returned to the woods in search of this window, as I began looking, Miss. Brown appeared to have bought someone with her,

she was grasping this little young boy very tightly, as they walked in front of me, a man suddenly appeared from behind a tree, “WOW” I screamed loudly, this man was built to perfection, he was taller than most men and his biceps were accurately sectioned, he was suited and booted, he looked like a luxury, his voice was gentle but strong, his nose looked

like it has been contoured, his lips were round and full and his jaw was basically drawn, what a discovery, I was so amazed, I wanted him more than anything in this world, I couldn’t walk away, I was shocked and withdrawn,

I was hoping to introduce myself but I completely forgot I was dead? Whatever I was, Miss. Brown looked as amazed as I was, she gripped the handsome man's hand whilst exchanging the child, the child ,however, looked confused but the handsome man smiled,

Miss. Brown informed the child that his parents are waiting for him and that this man will take him to them, as the child walked away with the most handsome man in the world, the man turned back and looked me straight in the eyes, it made my eyes sore, my whole body shivered and a cold breeze traveled up my whole spine, did he see me, a part of me quivered.

There I was returning to the hospital, what for? I don't know, maybe I am an angel I thought, I probably needed to save these children, this smelt like abduction, what are they even doing in such an abandoned construction, I knew that if I didn’t return it would end in destruction.

I stepped right through the gates like air, I wish I had done this before, instead, I climbed the walls to reach the first floor, as I traveled up the stairs I slipped and started to float, “anything more I should know” I shouted to whoever can hear me, I knew that somebody can see me, as I floated around the hospital hallways I forgot what I came here for, I was too occupied flying, I mean it was great, I never flew before, I flew around the rooms of these children, I saw them get taken one by one by Miss or Mrs. Brown or should I say, Miss. Putin, as I floated above them, the most handsome man appeared again from thin air, the woods gave me the creeps, why does everything just disappear, I tried to fly away with them so I attached myself to the next victim, sadly I was back in the same system with little to no wisdom.

As I flew around the clouds, deep in my thoughts, there must be a way and then a phone I thought, I dialed 999, how do I even explain this, “999 what’s your emergency” “hi, there is a massive children abduction happening in St.Mar…”, “999 what’s your emergency”, “hello”, “are you okay there” the handler continued.

I flew around the town and there was no police station, there were no houses, there was nothing but the woods and this damn hospital and its victims, as I returned, I decided to stick around the men, they seem to never be the one who sends the child off with Miss. Browns best friend, the longer I lingered the more it started to make sense, these kids were refugees, these men were figuring out how to inform Roberto of his mum's death, and offer him a job to join the squad with them, these men were all refugees who had parents that passed away during the war, this transport of these children were to the families who survived and found a spot, Miss. Brown was informed of Roberto’s mum's death, she didn’t seem to share any emotions or should I even say care, wasn’t she a refuge also? As she lit her cigarette, she told the men shell to bear the bad news, so she ran up the stairs, she grabbed hold of Roberto’s little arm and whispered “your mum found a spot”, “your next”, the little boy jumped from excitement, he was happy he was, his brown little face finally lit up and eyes swelled with joy, Miss. Brown said “take your bag and your coat, off we go”, the boy was hopping and skipping to the handsome man, whom already was waiting by the same location, I just wonder what was his destination.

I was back in the hospital again, the men who were sitting there thinking how was Roberto going to take it, Miss. Brown stepped in crying, sobbing words like “He”, “he”, “he’s gone”, “he cried”, “he disappeared into thin air” "he didn't make it" she sobbed, the men rushed up and went to look for Rob, she did point in a completely different direction but it wouldn’t have changed anything anyway.

I was stuck in a loop hall, if these men felt me then that means my touch works, I flew back in with the hope of time, but I was shocked to see most of the children had gone, I tried to pick the rest of the children up but gravity seemed to pull me back, luckily I still had hope, I flew through the webs, I picked up a book and ripped out a couple of sheets of paper, I found a chewed pen from under the stool, I wrote “help the children, they are being abducted by Miss. Brown, she is not sending them home and Roberto is still to be found”

As I flew to find the men, I seen Miss. Brown, the parade of children just following her around, if only they knew what a monster she was, I was going to prove it, I will prove it I thought, back where the men were hunting for rob, I dropped off the paper and as I flew away I saw them gather and run back to the hospital blocks, by the time they arrived I was already by Miss. Brown, but this time I was going to save the ones who hadn’t been found, this time I held on to mr most handsome mans hand, he tried to let go but as I closed my eyes we were already far gone, whilst my eye kept twitching, the most handsome mans colour kept switching, from black to white, from beige to grey and back to white, I couldn’t believe the most handsome man didn’t even look alike, so young yet so old, so ugly yet so cold, he looked sad and small, this man was a demon or some sort of ghost I knew that for sure, as I stood behind the little boy, we entered a whole other dimension, defiantly not in the world, the floors were like jelly and the walls were like waterfalls, as we landed, there was Rob collapsed on the floor, breathing or not, I took a strong hold, as I looked around there were the other boys too, most of them looked terrified, terrified and blue, why did they all look pretty sore, I wasnt sure what will happen next but I knew it would be war.

This alienated creature tried to grab me but he fell through my chest, he didn’t speak any words he just mumbled some song under his breath,

the hmms sounded like immortal technique - dancing with the devil, I knew he was evil I just didn’t know what level, but there was no time to think, I grab hold of some cables, I tied each kids hand to mine, the alien looking creature tried to hold on, he didn’t know that was the plan all along, only the alien creature knew how to get us back home, as we landed back into the woods, the kids fled like fleas but I stayed to fight with this human form of disease, he looked so perfect again and there we was, dancing in the woods, with the hmmm to his song, he looked me deep in the eye and asked me to come, “fly away with me” he said, “forever is not so long”, I was amazed by his beauty I wanted to go, I completely forgot what a demon he fed, his gentle warm touch wrapped his hands around my neck, when he was about to kiss me, I heard the heart monitor ring “BEEEEP”, like I really was dead, shocked I let go of this mans hand, as I closed my eyes I felt the defibrillator hit my through my spine, when I opened my eyes I was in a hospital bed, my mum screaming “I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD”

despite the lack of understanding of the situation my eyes wandered off, I saw on TV that the woods were locked off, there were thirty-seven children missing, and fifteen men dead and the pretty tall brunette was speaking ahead.

This is not the ending I said in my head, as the nurses and doctors were checking me out, I grabbed the medication draw out, the induced coma injection I quickly took out, ouch what a sting I thought to myself, I found myself back in my safe spot, back in woods again and the candles light lit brighter this time but I heard a whisper saying round five.