MHOS Part 5: Day one in Hell

It doesn't hurt anymore, the dark is simply my eyes being closed, I rub my eyes and open them & I'm not in the woods anymore, I don't recognize where I am at all, Shawn is no where to be seen. What the hell is going on?

Things are on fire! Creatures are running around killing each other! Where are all the humans? One of the creatures spots me and launches at me, I put my hands up to brace myself, but my hands are not my hands! Where did those talons come from?

I have no time to think about it I'm being attacked by a strange creature and need to defend myself. I swipe my talons across the creatures face and scream at it "Get away from me!!!!" as adrenaline rushes through my body. The creature stops, there is a shift in it's eyes and it runs away scared.

I stand there in the street, watching it run away in disbelief. What just happened? Why did it attack? Why did it back down so quickly?

Reality sets in and I remember I'm still not safe. I look around and start running, for shelter, something that looks safe enough to get my bearings in. A building that's not on fire perhaps?

Just my luck, as I'm running I see a diner in the middle of all the burning wreckage. And it's, open for business? I bolt to the door and throw it open hoping to find someone, anyone who can help me. But when I swing the door open and look around.. creatures.. more creatures.. everywhere.. And because I threw the door open loudly, they are all looking at me.

I stand there at the entrance.. Still but for my face.. I look around making eye contact with all the creatures that are staring back at me. Some of them return to the food and drink in front of them while others wait to see what my next move will be.

I slowly walk towards the bathrooms on the other end of the diner and slide my way into the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind me. It's a single stall bathroom and now I am safely locked inside it. I lean on the door and take a deep breath, waiting for the adrenaline to wear off a little when I spot the sink.

Yes! I can wash the blood off my hands, splash a little cold water on my face, that always calms me down! I can wash my face, and breath for a moment while I figure out what the hell is going on and how I get out of here.

I turn on the tap and wash my hands, splash some cold water on my face and as I look up I didn't expect to see a creature staring back at me. I screamed, a scream I had never heard come out of my mouth before, high pitch and shrieky, and suddenly the mirror in front of me shattered.

Mirror?

That creature looking back at me.. is.. me?!?