You’ll never escape.

The dark crashes down on me, suffocating me, I tumble uncontrollably. I'm dragged down by the tide, holding onto my breath with everything I've got. I can't see, my lungs are collapsing. There's nothing restricting me from breathing, but I can't open my mouth and I fail to draw any breaths. I feel as if I'm drowning, but it's not water keeping me down, it's the weight of the darkness pressing down on my chest. There's a glimmer in the dark, a glimmer of hope. It shines brightly, indescribable warmth surrounding it. My limbs tremble, too weak to support my body. I force myself to move, for my body to rip through the darkness. I reach out towards the light. I draw closer, my hand inches away from safety. Suddenly, a roaring laughter fills the room, breathy laughs come from above. The light vanishes just as fast as it came.

I look up, seeing nothing but darkness. Only then it occurs to me that my eyes aren't open. I claw at my eyes, trying to open them, my nails draw blood. Suddenly there's an explosion of light. A guttural cry erupts from my chest. I look up to see my own face, blood pouring out of the eye sockets. I realize - my eyeballs are in my hands. I watch tears and blood drip to the floor. My face a blur. The darkness swirls around me. The laughter turns into a child's giggle one I could recognize but I couldn't put my finger on. All of a sudden the air gets heavy, every breath doesn't fill my lungs. I'm suffocating. My fingers blindly reach up to my face. Scratching out every distinguishable feature, I'm nothing. I feel someone's breath on me. A slimy hand reaches across my shoulders, laughing as it watches me struggle. I try to turn around, to look at them, but I can't. Then a child's voice speaks to me.

"I can see you." All of a sudden, it starts crying. I want to comfort it, but I can't. It screams out, it finally comes into view. Marks start appearing on the child's skin, ripping across it and drawing blood. Matching my own. "Help me! Help me!" It howls in pain but I'm frozen. Blood splatters on me, I start crying when the child starts smiling. "You'll never escape." The darkness crashes down on me once again and I'm left in the darkness, a weight in my arms. I look down and see the child, bleeding out in my arms. I try to scream but the darkness silences it. Then... everything fades away all at once.