Blackness of Night

Jp with Jaxx, Trustno1 and Cindy

The icky blackness crept into Alyssa's room engulfing it in dread and fear. It crawled up from the floor, pulled away from the wall and ceiling forming a ball of darkness.

Alyssa was powerless against it. She could not only see but feel the creature move closer, growing taller, then taking form.

Feet, legs, hands arms, body, head. A gelatous oozing form of her father. He slimed on top of her, hissing the words. "You're fault. You did this to me. You. I should have never asked for you on assignment." One head turned to two. Her mother's head, a green ooze that turned into acid upon hitting Alyssa's face. With the words. "You are worthless. Not good for anything. Your fault." The body had become serpant like
Slithering over her, making it impossible to move. "No, no..." She yelled to no avail.

The two heads morphed back into one. Large pointed teeth protruded from its acid filled mouth. "NOW, YOU PAY!" The mouth opened wider, it was going to consume her.

"No, no..." The screams from Alyssa's room started quietly but quickly gained volume. To finally there was no mistaken the loud. "NO! STOP!" And very loud scream that came from behind the closed door.

Sartre was jolted awake by the loud scream enough to be prepared to use something than a firearm. All the lights were out in the hotel suite no time to turn them on in this city. Raising his pistol into a fighting position he made his way into the bedroom expecting an edritch horror. He flicked on the light to find....... Nothing. He lowered the pistol, sat it on the nightstand "Alyssa, are you ok. He realized he was in a state of of undress except for his boxers. He flung the covers back still weary of a cosmic abomination from a centuries old book of shadows. He was concerned nothing about appearances. "Alyssa wake up" He positioned himself not to be injured when she jolted awake.

The loud noise startled Max next door as he was eating pizza. He then flexed his muscles as pink slime oozed from his skin and cover him till it took the shape of a muscular man named Agent Powers. Then with a slice of pizza in his mouth he burst out of his room and made his way to the room Alyssa was in. He tried the locked door but over did it and broke the handle as he forced the door open. He burst in to look around ready to fight while holding a slice of pizza in his mouth.

"Alyssa, was having a nightmare." Peter explained.

Agent Max was ready to pummel any bad guys but the whole nightmare thing made him pause like an idiot with the pizza dangling from his mouth. Then he pulled out the slice to talk as he replied, "Oh........is she okay?"

Alyssa was slow to come out of her nightmare, then the sound of Peter's voice made it to her mind jolted her suddenly awake. She was breathing as if she had just run a marathon and the young woman, felt him hold her. She was about to break down into tears but only a few came when Max burst through the door, pizza in hand. She moved back and released the hug, so the big guy could see she was alright, physically anyway. Wiped the few tears from her eyes. "I'm alright." Alyssa said probably unconvincingly.

"Shes physically alright. He relaxed the hug "Alyssa, remember your're on the beach in the winter. "She'll be alright Max." He wiped away more wetness. not bothering to look at anything else. I'm here with you for the rest of the night." Max you can go back to your room. Sorry for waking you."

He heard the contents of her mumbling but was in no way going to bring it up. Can you go go back to sleep Alyssa?" What was wrong with this city? He gently laid her down and squeezed her hand. You need the light Alyssa?"

Agent Powers was a bit confused as they told him she was fine despite her tears. He remembered crying during his training but eventually stopped since it didn't help him. He then replied, "Okay. Sorry about your door. Sometimes I get bad dreams about going on vacation with dad. Its bad enough I have to camp in the middle of a jungle, but I hate it when he pushed me out of the chopper instead of landing it. (pause) Well I'll be next door if you need something." With that Agent Powers ate his pizza as he left the room to go back to his room.

"Thank, Max." Alyssa really did mean that. "See you for breakfast."

Once Max left, Alyssa turned to Peter. "I really don't think I can go back to sleep. I need to do something. Why don't I fix the door, then see if I'm more ready for sleeping."

"Sure", he finally respectfully but discreetly looked down at her in the light unable to help himself. " It was just a dream." He was going to ask if he should step away while she fixed the door but decided against it. She was vulnerable, so was he, so was the world. "Use your power. "

She was wearing a sleep outfit that amounted to grey sleep pants and a light green tank top. She threw a sweatshirt that had a Guns and Rose's logo on over her tank and went to the door. In a matter of minutes it was fixed. This allowed her to clear her mind a little of the nightmare.

The young woman yawned, "I think I can try to go back to sleep." She paused a moment as if almost embarrassed to ask. "Would you sit with me, while I go back to sleep?" She asked Peter.

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Agent Powers then returned to his room and locked the door before releasing his muscular form back into slime. Once he clawed his way out of the pile of slime he caught his breath and then washed his face in the bathroom as the pile of slime evaporated. Then he went back to eating his pizza as he put on the tv and watched re-runs of the "Outer Limits." He found it entertaining and oddly similar to his everyday life.

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"Nice shirt! and I absolutely will Alyssa." Peter said. He waited for her to lie down. The sweatshirt. He reached to politely help her remove it as she sat down. "I enjoyed Chinese Democracy. "You want the light left on?"

"Thanks," Alyssa's sweatshirt it was the more known logo of the band with guns crossed and roses intertwined. Chinese Democracy. "Yeah...that was good." Why was she so suddenly exhausted?

She slipped down under the covers, letting her head sink into the pillows. Light? "Yeah, sure." Coming out as a half mumble before drifting back off to sleep.

He noticed her exhaustion. It seemed odd. Something with the cosmos. He left the light on. lightly stroked her hair. embraced her, turned towards her and closed his eyes. The Cosmos. A pale blue dot.