I busted through the door and ran for my life. He heard the slam of the door and came running. I busted through the bushes and ran for my life as he chased me, I was faster then he was thankfully, but I barely had breath. I had never run this far or this fast. I must have been running for a while because my knee started to hurt, well it doesn't take much for it to. When I was younger I was bullied and one of them threw me down and fell on some sharp rocks. Some went into my knee and shattered it, resulting in me having to replace my kneecap. After that I had to quit all the sports I was in.
“I can’t run much farther,” I thought, just then I heard him say, “Quit running Tana, I won’t hurt you if you stop now.” A little bit later I heard shot ring out. I felt a piercing pain in my side. I put my hand there to see what was causing me pain, as I reached down to the pain I feel this warm, wet liquid. As thought run through my head I realized what the sound was from, it was from a gun. The more I ran the more it hurt, I finally got to the point where I just fell over and passed out. When I woke up I was in chains, luckily he hadn’t removed my necklace that Colton had given me. He came in and said, “I see you’re awake. You remember me right?”
“Of course I do Clayton,” I said. Clayton is an old boyfriend. He still has the same style of hair I remember. We were dating for a couple of months until he did something stupid, like try to make a pass. I wake up and turn over to look at the clock. It was 7a.m. I turn back over and face Tana my wife, she tells me about her nightmare. I met her in the diner I work at. She opened her eyes slowly. We stare at each other’s hazel eyes until her phone went off.
“Hello?” She answered, “Ok, I’ll be there as soon as I can. That was work; there’s been a murder and a shooting. Colton I’m sorry.”
“What’s wrong?” I replied.
“It was Ricky and Gloria. They say he was shot and she’s dead.” Tana replied. A look of horror filled my eyes and I just sat there. She pulled me close and just sat there with me. A few minutes passed by and her phone rang again.
“That was the hospital, Rick’s dead.” Tana said with a heavy heart. At that point she lost it and started crying. Rick was like an older brother to her. He was always there when she needed help. He even helped keep Clayton away.
“I shouldn't be crying,” She said as she got dressed, “I’m going riding to clear my head, I’ll be back in an hour I promise.”
A little while later
“Hey mom, I’m getting worried. It’s been an hour and a half, and she’s not back.” I said.
“Don't worry. She will be back Colton don't worry.” She said. Lila came down the stairs and his frown turned into a smile.
“Hey shorty, I haven’t seen you in a while.” He said. Her face got really red; she stuck out her tongue and said, “I’m not short.” As she said that Tana’s horse Twix came running up with a huge gash on her neck. She slowed down and then collapsed. I ran out to her, checked her vitals… she was gone. I quickly saddled Jakle and followed the tracks out to where hoof prints stop. The problem was that there were boot prints now. There was an empty tranquilizer dart next to the last hoof prints. I ran through the list of people that would want her dead (there wasn't many). I mounted Jakle and started home. On the way home I remember Clayton, her ex. I went to the sheriff and told him that Tana is missing, he’s sending out a search party tomorrow. Just then I hear a buzzing sound. I look around trying to find out what is making that annoying sound. I close my eyes trying to think. When I open them again I find myself in my room in my own bed. I sit up and think of how I got here, and then it hits me… It was just a dream.
I run downstairs and quickly try to find Tana. I search the whole house. I can’t find her! Where could she be? I hear the door open, I run to see whom it is. It ‘s her. She’s safe. I run up to her and give her a hug. She has this confused look on her face.
“What’s wrong?” She asked.
“Just a dream I had”, I said
“What happened?” She asked again
“Colton came back, and hurt you.” I replied. She hugged me for a while. We sat down for a while and talked about it. After that we went out riding and went exploring. We laid down in a meadow, and both fell asleep. When I woke up I checked my phone, it was about 10 p.m. Gosh, we slept for a while. I got up, went and saddled the horses. I went to go wake her up and find she’s not there anymore. I franticly look around to see if I can find her. After a couple of minutes searching, I find her sitting under a tree crying.
“What’s wrong?” I ask
“It’s nothing” she replied
“No, tell me. Something is wrong,” I say as I start to get worried. She turns away from me, and then I felt a pick on the back of my neck. When I turned around to see what had poked me everything started to fade. Everything got hazy, it started to blur, and I got dizzy. I felt myself start to fall so I went to stabilize myself on tree but nothing was there. The ground was very real. It never disappeared like everything else. When I woke up again I was in this weird white suit. I tried to get out of it. It hurt to move, when my eyes finally returned to normal I saw I was in this nice white room with padding on the walls. The room was so bright I could barely see anything. I kept feeling dizzy, then I would pass out and find myself in a new position in the room. I hear this voice, it sounds so familiar but I can’t place where I have heard it.
“Colton, I’m sorry I had to put you in here. This was the only way you would survive.” The voice went silent.
“Wait, what do you mean this was the only way I could survive?” I asked franticly. There was no response. I waited for what seemed to be forever, but there was no reply. Then someone came in.
“Well looks like you’re up Colton. Time for you to go back to sleep.” The women in the white lab coat said with a needle in her hand. She looked familiar but I couldn't place where I saw her. As she stuck the long needle in my skin I asked, “What do you mean? Where am I?”
“You are in a special place for people who are not right in the head.” The women said as she left. When the door closed I slowly felt myself slipping away, into an unknown place. I can feel everything. Something happened and I pulled out of the drowsiness, when I awoke the alarms were going off and I was out of my cage. I ran for my life, I found the last door that separated me from freedom. I busted through it and found myself on the roof. The guards started to come up, they had stun guns in hand and my only hope was to jump, but then something inside told me to stay so I did.
“Get down on the ground!” They yelled as they pointed their guns at me. I just stood there with a blank look on my face.
“Why? I didn't do anything wrong. I don't even know why I’m in here” I replied
“Come with us peacefully and we will tell you.” The guards said, even though my gut was telling me not to go with them I still did. As I walked through the corridors the guards behind me started to look sick and nauseated. Then the guards in front of me dropped dead. I started to run and I ended up on the roof. I ran over to the edge.
“Only if you had listened to me, they could have all lived to see another day.” The voice in my head was back.
“Who are you?” I yelled, “Show yourself!!”
“Are you sure you want that? I could be painful.” It replied.
“Do it, Show yourself!” By now I’m screaming. As I said that a dark shadow appeared in front of me. The face started to become clear it was, Tana.
“What in the world? How are you inside my head? How did you get there? Was the life we had together really just a dream?” I stuttered out. She gave a quiet chuckle.
“One question at a time dear.” She said quietly.
“Okay then, explain why you did this?” I said trying not to yell.
“Did what?” She said as she had a slight smile on her face.
“Don't play with me! I mean the guards! Why did they have to die and why did you give me a false memory of you?” I was trying so hard not to yell at her.
“Don't you yell at me. Now don't you understand it wasn't a memory, that all happened before you came in here and they wouldn't have died if only you had listened to me when I said not to go with them”. She replied
"Thats is, I can't stand you being inside of my head." I said as I backed away from the edge. "I'm getting you out one way or another" I screamed. I started to run towards the edge of the building. At this point the voice inside my head was trying to take over me to stop me, but it wasn't working. I was determined. I finally got to the edge and jumped. For a second I felt a pinch of guilt from both me and Tana. Then I remembered where I saw the doctors face. It was Tana, whether it was the real one or fake it was her. Then i hit the pavement and everything went black.
The End.