Sweet Nightmares: A Monstrous Beginning

cure for spinal injuries. One that repla

. Now possible to remove someone's ent

e one of the fi

, of course,

ble for the first testing, and being paraly

to wal

dying to do that, I'll take it.

t clearly, the day

by brother in the back seat, we had been playing childish games, the kind of game

ked me to look at the scenery. Having gone through

wasn't sure wh

w, demon

our car and my father

ll happened so fast, but I do know the

ittle feeling until the car hit the ground. And me... I don't

t feel...

n I tried hitting it, and punching it. Finally, a blow to the glass shattered the window ope

out of the broken window. I was in so much pain once I fell to the ground, I couldn't even muster the energy to scream though. I could only lie on the ground,

minutes to hours, on to the middle of the nig

n my cheeks. I didn't realize I was actually cryi

when they had to die? Why di

wait here until

oft, something comforting. It touch

on it. I was hurting too much, to focus my

ed from the ground and a blind

No, no, I don

be saved, I wante

ost I could muster was turning my head to the acci

bulance doors shut was my parents'

.. Perhaps it was for the best though, I didn't think I could

injury they stitched up, how long I was lying in that hospital as th

legs weren't

I... Didn't really know what that was but all I know for sure is that I would never move my legs again

hope when one of them smiled. He set a hand on my leg and told me the news; that science had finally achieved total spi

could I s

wn to a cold table with

s easy to when my face was pressed against a metal surface. My back was exposed to them an

self?" He picked up a needl

do I

soccer and go

e as he turned around and injected my arm. I cou

g for?" I thought I saw his eyes fl

y feeling dizzy with exhaustion.

going

.

..

..

hur

s wrong

appened

b

hit with the scent of blood. I nearl

room, but I couldn't believe

ed blood, re

, they were torn open,

ir organs pouring out of thei

see a long scar across my stomach. As carefully as I could

that now with all this death around me. I swung my legs over the table and hopped down to

er, careful to avoid stepp

didn't feel like any of this was possible. Their dead eyes and ga

smelled ghastly, and in the dark, it pooled like ink. I couldn't help but groan out in

get when you're sick, or how you feel wh

t though. Perhaps I felt empty, but tha

up when I felt something

to the scar on

to screa

of me, I could see everything. I pulled back more,

like it would never end. Right down the center of my body, I was cut in two, an

st. Odd spikes stuck out of the pole, but perhaps the most noticeable thing was my lac

live? This wasn't possible, there

t...

halted when I touched a stagnant

that lost control! But... No, that wouldn't make any sense. I was still s

who killed them? W

e person? Was i

ng it to be a little more than merel

ne, explain everything, beg for help. It was... Somewhat painful to walk

ally dropped myself to tread on all fours. This was a little less p

houldn't thi

d to fin

idn't look at all how I

st glance, you would think they were just closed but did hospitals even close? And if it was anything

eloping me further like t

g of metal within me and the pat

I even look human? I didn't ha

give up and return to the fir

n't quite fit in, no mat

t much as sure, but just a

details but the shape of their body. The figure suddenly moved

to catch them. A real pers

the center, eyes gleaming, staring right thro

thing

ne was slightly different than before. Not a surgica

to have doubts. Do I even w

robably sca

had to see for myse

right at that moment, a ceiling light f

ind of monster. My skin sickly pale and tain

body, there was truly nothing t

t red, my short brown hair looked ragged

and felt, d

hat am I sup

a demon, a

covered in blood... It was hard to co

ump back, but that didn't do anything to it. The figure

t... I cou

echo of a voice asked, like

see. Don't look at myself, only look at the creature's reflection, his sha

ep my voice clear but it was probably obvious I was

ing flashed

p, I thought I had been imagining it bu

like two evil

ckly to face him but

ite not seeing him, I could

mething move across the ceiling but it

still alive? Humans would bleed

g and backed away. Where was

ns. You're a filthy monster. You're a monster now, and you were a monster the day yo

fend myself with when something dawned on me.

right in front of me, almost making me f

enly pushed down. I winced but then realized I was lowering

lves reconnect

caused the crash that killed your family, and I also killed all those doc

lieve what I w

o swing a punch but it merely faded right through him like I was punching the ai

ragged you down to hell with me. Or more specifically, the monster world

o-

d without a second thought. And who would want to be friends w

h someone I can't even see while

, to be happy, and this...

rid creature, a maniaca

en you're suddenly jolted out of sleep, but in this case, I

like a whistle was blow

lp. I could save them, I can prove to th

th walking. It had been so long, I nearly forgot what having legs fel

ad no idea where that screa

ind out once the scent of

halls, and as it did, the stronger

rooms. The door was shut tight with no hints of opening, bu

once more. "I'm sure you don't know the extent o

n just this one time. I pushed my upper half up until I could do

touched my shoulder with icy fingers.

o? Control it? Control what

them... I could feel them. Like they were really a part of my body. "

se, not un

led. As easy as opening a water bottle, the spike w

ing in the spi

ally cont

rying to move my hands, and the sp

ling it with my mind, and I was, t

hey slid through easily, sending pieces of wood in all directions. The spikes were like ar

to the demon once mor

t my spikes back into my body, so I dropped them, letting them mer

whined from behind one

ere. Don't be

see the small woman lying on the hospital bed. The white sheets dripped with red that seeped out of her s

in the monster world?" I looked around

ifficult to pinpoint with so much blood but it looks like whatever did this to her

or something but I wasn't a doctor. What would a doc

ed on the other side of the bed. "Take the life of

do that, I wasn't goin

t her, the more I saw the

ain, too weak

new what that

se, I wanted

her eyes, glazed and

am for my body, and I reacted without thinking. I drove the spikes through he

her!? Why did she want to hurt me? Why did she scream and

ll back and the red liqu

but she couldn't fig

od circled around me, and left gaping holes insid

er body to

ee the creature any longer. "You're hungry, aren't you? Rip her to shreds. De

ea

w could