TITLE: An uncanny series of events
Suddenly he woke up sweaty and gasping, looking at the filthy ceiling. The sensation was terrible with the sight blurred, feeling dazzling such as someone that had inhaled something so strong. There was also some kind of feeble pain, however it was not what was disturbing Daniel but the feeling of being tied tight in a chair where he almost could not move. While the chair was clung in him, he could sense that his weakness was caused by something unrecognisable. Step by step he was recovering from his floppy state and he could now recognise where he was. Daniel was inside his own wet and dim cabin, although he could not figure out what he was doing there, mainly tied up in a chair. He could feel the terrorising hush take possession of his mind, and tried to calm down and recover his reason.
While he was recovering his consciousness he started up wondering about the last time he remembered about something. Although struggling with his mind, he had remembered about his last moments before waking up tied inside his cabin. He was fishing in his favorite place. Vioga River was constantly used by him as a place to be in. That place was a paradisiac natural environment in the middle of a tropical jungle, with a diversity of trees, animals, waterfalls and big stones. Moreover, several species of fish had been making the bliss of Daniel for years before, and that was a place that he was also so acquainted that was like his own garden.
Everything that he could remember was that he was fishing in that summer delightful day, without anyone nearby, when out of the blue everything was darkness and he was suddenly inside his obscure cabin clung by a rope.
Daniel was a simple bachelor guy that lived in a cabin in the middle of a beautiful place in the center of Alcoa Island. He was 40 years old when these facts took place, and he loved fishing and hunting small animals to have fun and to survive. Like a simple man that lived isolated, he had singular habits and did not have many friends. He usually had contact with many tourists that came to visit the island to enjoy the nature and the weather, but only on and off. His last relationship with a woman was a few months ago with one of these tourists, a gorgeous though dull woman. In fact, he always knew that if something happened with him in his paradise, someone rarely would notice. Although his odd habits, he always believed in God and supernatural creatures, what brings a little more sense now, hence the destiny of his life seems a little bit uncanny. Furthermore, he lived there because he always enjoyed the natural environment and did not like the bustling life of the big city. Alcoa Island was since the beginning the marvellous place for Daniel to live in.
Daniel was struggling to untie the rope when suddenly he perceived something or someone inside the cabin. In fact, the mysterious presence was completely icy and creepy. While his blurring sight was recovering, he began to see the eyes of the hideous creature, but a strange sensation seemed to prove him that the dark creature was faceless in a certain sense, though not without voice.
- “My name is Sinus, and I live in the dark. I am your fear and your worse nightmare. I am going to eat you inside out, and I am going to consume your soul. Although I don’t have origin, I really exist, and I can survive consuming the souls of people like you. Moreover you are just condemned, so you don’t have choices, and your world is upside down now.” - said the eerie creature.
That voice was awful and the fear took Daniel’s consciousness, nevertheless a sense of survivor replaced his feeble moment and he gained strength to fight. He could not say if it was his own ability or a miracle, however in a strong effort and jump, the rope loosened and untied. He could not believe in his instantaneous freedom. Desperately and afraid of the creature’s power, he hurried himself and in a strong strike against the door, finally he opened it and fell outside the cabin.
Running desperately for survival, he could notice that something still more strange was happening outside. Instead of a beautiful day the weather was also totally dark, with a misty air and a horrific sensation. He could not realise if it was a howl or the sound of a strong wind, but his skin was shivering with the ghastly surroundings.
Daniel ran fastest as he could, stumbling several times and rolling on the ground. In fact he could feel someone tracking him down, such as he had done several times before like a skilled hunter in the place. Although every knowledge that he had about the area, it seemed useless against that situation. The dread seemed stronger than himself, and he was not fearless and brave anymore. Unfortunately seemed that every step was useless, and he realised that he was running in vain. It was like he was inside a horror movie, being manipulated by someone powerful, without the whole control of his situation. All of a sudden a loud voice from Sinus dominated the entire place yelling:
- “It’s useless to run, you can not avoid me and you are already condemned!”
A few seconds later and desperately struggling for his life, Daniel got in a graveyard full of sepulchres. Although the dim place blinding him almost completely, Daniel tried to move a little more. A few steps ahead, after the brightness of the moon was unveiled by some trees, he could recover his sight partially and recognised the tombs of his father and his mother. Struggling to conceal himself behind another grave, he could not believe his eyes when he read some words carved on that grave: “Daniel Jones, birth 13/09/1977, death 17/11/2017”. Realising the nonexistence of his heartbeat, he was suddenly blown off his feet. He was in fact dead. Everything turned still more ghastly and out of the blue the Sinus voice was echoing again:
- “I said to you. You can not run from me. I am your end, and after me there is not another end!”.
GLOSSARY:
gasping: breathe hard
feeble: weak
blurring: overshadowed, obscure
floppy: limp, flaccid
dim: dark, obscure
hideous: very ugly
bliss: happiness
dull: boring
bustling: agitated, crowded
ghastly: sinister, uncanny, eery
eerie: strange, uncanny
sepulchres: tombs
