As Black As My Soul

~Prologue~

The horror of the streets he' s called.

Terrifying, scruffy, a homeless. Although knowing he was asleep, I was scared to walk past him. Everybody knew him; I live in a small town and a homeless person is something conspicuous. Especially when there is the rumor that he once dealed with drugs, some even say he' s still doing so, but I don' t believe that. I know how it feels to be told names and all this bad stuff so I know better than to do it myself.

He caught my eye as he sat there, holding his dog in his arms as if he were his child. As bedraggled as his owner he sat there and watched me with big black beady eyes. He looked so happy sitting there, so peaceful.

I felt the cold climbing up my legs and nesteled down in my jacket.
"Two blocks to go. I can do this! I am not scared!", I told myself. But I was scared, to be honest: I was very scared. And I learned that it was justified to do so...

Because I had almost passed him when I saw him rise. Fear welled up in me and I started running. I heard footsteps behind me but didn't dare to turn around, I was too frightenend. I felt a sharp pain running through my chest. But the continuous sound behind me remined me that it was not the time to think, it was time to act!

I tried to ignore the pain and turned into a small side road. While pressing myself against the house wall, I slowed my breath down. I listened for footsteps and scanned the street - negative. I allowed myself to breath again and let out a sigh of relief. My breath just started to slow and I tried to relax.

The only street lamp in the street flickered and died down shortly after it. Great! Now I had to use my phone as a flashlight. I quietly searched for it and carefully pressed the button to turn it on. A bright light illuminated the dark place. I focused my vision and winced in horror as I saw a tall slender man standing in front of me.

Before I could even scream he raised his arm and everything went black.

1. Chapter #1

2. Chapter #2

3. Chapter #3

4. Chapter #4