Caught in a nightmare

Oh no, oh no, oh no, this shouldn't be happening, why is this happening to me? Cursing loudly I hurry through the old supermarket. I always found it kinda creepy to be here, all those dark corners, the confusing hallways that make you lose your way, the cashier's far-too-knowing smile. Every time I go shopping here I just run through and hope no monster is gonna catch me.

I just knew this place was bad. I knew something bad would happen to me some day while being here. Okay, admittedly this time it has nothing to do with the supermarket itself. Just my freakishly bad luck. Getting caught in this blizzard. The sky looked so innocent when I left to go shopping. And now the storm is howling outside. I tried to get outside. I was too slow. Everyone else has left already. They got their comfy cars with heating and all that. But I came on my bike. Why did I come on my f*cking bike? Of course, because I don't have a car. Too expensive. Not that my family didn't offer to just gift me one. On every of my birthdays they came crawling to me, like rats, overly friendly rats. "Come on", they said, "You need a car. Just let us buy you one. A tiny car. It gets cold in the winters, you'll need it." But stubborn me didn't want to be seen as a charity case. Wanted to earn it. Wanted to wait until I got enough money and then buy one myself. Now I will maybe never get to that point. Maybe I will die here... No, no, no. Don't think like that. You will survive. It's going to be aaaalright. I breathe, ever so slowly. Breathe in, breathe out. Calm down, just calm down. At least, this supermarket is gonna keep me warm. And it has lots of food inside. It is the best place to be caught in when a blizzard happen. Well, theoretically at least. I should be glad. But oh, it is so damn creepy here. I just hope it will be over soon. Gonna crawl into the best-lit area. Yeah, that's better. Just keep your eyes away from the creeping dark. Breathe.

Okay, this is getting too much. One hour already. My phone battery is slowly dying, soon I'll have nothing to distract me with. Was that light flickering? Oh my god, no no no. Please don't go out. Oh no, what if the blizzard destroys the power lines? That has happened before, so so many times. Might just be my luck. Caught in a creepy AND pitch-dark supermarket. Please, please don't.

And bang! The lights are out. Don't they have a backup battery somewhere? Oh yes, the emergency lighting switches on immediately. Gosh, I didn't know this could get any creepier. My heart. Beating beating beating, as if it wants to escape my ribcage. I'm getting trouble to breathe. I just want to run outside. My legs are already twitching. But I still hear the howling. Maybe I could take a cautious look? I slowly walk towards the doors.

Nope, nope, nope. It is hell outside. White, raging hell. No matter how creepy this supermarket is, if I go outside now and try to go home, I might as well kill myself immediately. I heard all the warnings. Not gonna risk it. There's no way I'll survive that and it won't be a pleasant death either. Just stay inside, I keep telling myself. Everything's gonna be alright. I take a chocolate bar from the shelf. It tastes quite good. Calms me a bit. Oh sweet chocolate.

How long will the emergency lighting stay on? I don't now. I don't think it will be for long, this is a freakishly old supermarket after all. Okay, don't think about it, just don't. Keep calm. You're going to survive. You're alone after all, who would hurt you? I quietly laugh a bit. Maybe I'm just being ridiculous. It's only my irrational fears at work here.

"Waaaaaah!" What was that? Oh. My. God. What is that? Should I go and take a look? But that's how people die in horror movies! I know that. "Waaaaaaaah!" Even louder this time. But... it doesn't sound threatening. Not at all. More like... hmmm, I don't know. Sounds damn familiar. I slowly walk towards the crying. "Waaaaah! Waaaaaah! Waaaaaah!" I'm getting closer. My heart beats faster and faster. What is there? I'm afraid, oh my god, I'm so afraid. But I need to see. I need to know. What is it?

I'm close, I can feel it. The crying gets louder, it's right next to me, I turn around and there it is. Nooooo... It's a baby. A freaking baby. That's what I was afraid of. I would laugh now if I wasn't still so scared. How stupid! How could I be intimidated by a freaking baby? "Hey you", I whisper. "Everything's alright. Come here." I kneel down to pick it up. The baby smiles.

Its smile is getting wider. And wider. It's growing. Growing fast. It's bigger than me. It changes. It's not a baby. Oh. Oh my. Oh my god. It's hovering above me. It growls. What is it? I must run. Run run run, run for your life. I turn. I run. Faster, faster than I've ever run before. I'm going to survive this, oh yes, I'm making progress, the doors are so close. But outside, the blizzard. I try to calculate my chances. Damn, I'm getting slower, no no no. I need to run. No stopping, no thinking. My sides hurt. Everything hurts. I run around a corner. Maybe I could hide. So many places to hide in here. I look around, frantically, my vision is blurring quickly. Panic. Run run run. Run faster. But I can't, it's too quick, I feel its breath on my neck, it's hot and threatening. I'm, I'm gonna die. I'm finally realising it. I'm really going to die in here. I... help! Help, someone, help! But no, I'm alone. I am so alone. I feel pain. So much pain, pain, more pain. Then nothing. Blank. Dark. Out.