I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos. Except the chaos isn’t chaos in the traditional sense. The world is dead except for us. All died in their sleep and none of us know why. I’ve been awake for 68 hours. I’ve been hallucinating coming within seconds of sleeping before being jolted awake by Matteo. I can’t stay awake much longer. I’m used to not sleeping due to my nightmares. The monster is deadly. I feel like I sometimes see it out of the corner of my eye just watching. Ready for me to sleep. I looked around, everything was blurry, was that the monster? No, no. That had to be Matteo. What is happening to me? “Dave!” I looked up, “Huh? What? Did you need something?”

“Who are you talking to, Dave?” “Didn’t you say my name?”, “No? You look really tired. Don’t fall asleep on me.” I look back down at the floor. It suddenly looks different. It looks slightly darker than it did a minute ago. Looking back up the car’s interior was replaced with just a dimly lit hallway. I swear I can see something in the shadows. I can feel it watching me. Trying to peer into the dark end of the hallway. I feel like I can almost make out a figure shrouded in the hallways’ darkness. The figure suddenly steps into view and I immediately recognise it. It’s the monster that haunts my dreams. Its head is both human-like but also non-human.The only way for it to be described is that it’s what monsters in nightmares are scared of. I can feel my eyes starting to shut. The closer they get to shutting the closer it walks towards me. Eventually my eyes shut and I could feel its presence directly in front of me but there was nothing I could do.

Humans aren’t supposed to be awake for this long. Suddenly everything felt empty. I open my eyes and I’m in a sort of void. In front of me stands these blueish-purple figures. Before I can react my eyes shut again. I open them to see the monster directly in my face and that is the last thing I see before everything turned to void. I assumed I’d died but I don’t know. All I know is I feel like I’m on the edge of sleep.