Shadows fall across this town

Casting eerie glows.

The darkness all around closing in on me.

I keep my back against the building

For fear what I might see.

Did I lose him?

It started out simple enough,

It was a perfect night.

Dinner and a movie,

A walk in the moonlight.

Then I walked away,

You went one way and I the other.

I started walking home,

I crossed my arms to protect myself from the cold,

That's when I noticed it,

I was being followed.

By who?

How long?

I glanced over my shoulder,

No one is there.

Is that a shadow against the wall?

My anxieties overtake me.

All my fears come rushing back,

My fear of dark places,

And being alone.

Having my back to doors,

And being taken by surprise.

Now I'm alone in the dark

And I can't keep my back to the world.

Am I about to be taken by surprise?

I turn back around and quicken my pace.

Someone else does, too.

Where can I go?

I don't want to lead him to my house.

Everything is closed because of such a late hour.

I have to get home,

But will it be alive?

I hear the footsteps become quicker and quicker.

I look back,

There he is.

There's a man that ducks back into the shadows.

I turn back around and walk faster,

So does the man.

What does he want?!

I"m trembling from fear.

The dark night allows so much to be unknown.

I begin to run,

But so does the man.

I know he's gaining on me

If I can only reach that alley.

It seems to loom on forever,

But finally I turn into the alley

And lean against the wall.

Where I stand now,

My fear of people behind me fades.

My fear of the dark does not.

I'm not truly alone anymore.

That's worse than being alone.

I decide to move further down the alley.

I suppose that's when he sees me.

He comes rushing down the alley,

I take off running trying to get away.

When I hit a brick wall,

I wasn't expecting a dead end.

I reach my hand to me head

Just before everything goes black,

I see the man.

Movement,

I sense it.

Where am I?

I open my eyes,

My head is throbbing.

What happened?

I vaguely remember parts of what happened.

I wake to find I'm in a van.

Wait, my family doesn't own a van.

I freak out.

I notice the windows are tinted in the back.

I can see the moon bright and full.

Where am I?

What happened?

Where am I going?

I think I"m having a panic attack.

I hear a scream escape from my mouth before I can stop it.

The man stops with a jarring halt.

The man in the front looks back at me.

It all comes back.

The alley, everything.

I'm scared.

I see him reach beside his seat.

What is that?

He comes back to where I'm sitting,

Take the syringe and injects the cool liquid into my veins.

"No!" I scream.

Then I sink back in unconciousness.

When I wake up again, I'm in a room.

There's no furniture in the room.

I hear the voice of a man downstairs,

Then footsteps on the stairs.

I see the knob turn and open.

I think I'm having another panic attack.

He comes in sending more fear into me with each step.

He walks over to the window I failed to notice from the angle which I was sitting.

He seems preoccupied.

I norice the door is open.

This is my chance.

My breathing is hard and fast.

I jump up and run out the door.

The man turns and starts to run after me.

I stumble down the stairs,

Barely ahead of him,

I reach the door.

Locked.

He comes up behind me,

His eyes are red with fiery.

A scream escapes.

He grabs me by the wrist,

I try to break free.

His grip is to strong.

I see his hand move,

Then

Everything

Goes

Black.

I'm unconcious again.

Tossing, turning,

I sit up with a jolt.

I'm in my room again.

It was all a dream,

Nothing but a dream.

I lay back down,

I"m sweating with fear.

It was just a dream,

But how come it felt so real?