[Rain Lil]

The sound of a loud, blood curdling scream awoke Rain. She sat up in bed and glanced at her clock with blurry eyes. It read 12:07 AM.

Ahh... third time this week. Why does she always do this? I'm trying to get some sleep!

The cold wood floors woke her up abrubtly as she set foot over the side of her bed. Shivering and only dressed in her pajamas, she slowly tiptoed to her mother's bedroom. Outside, her German Shepherd was sleep, or that's what it seemed. There was no whining or howling tonight. When she reached her mother's bedroom, she stretched her arms out and yawned. Rubbing her eyes, she examined the dark sheets and lump in the middle of the bed. She never remembered the sheets being a dark color, nor did the family ever leave any windows wide open. She walked over to the window and shut it with a loud crash. She was sure that her mother would wake up to the loud crash, but she was in a deep sleep, it seemed. But suddenly, there was a gurgling sound coming from her mother.

"Ge... o... u... t!" was what it sounded like.

Rain shuffled closer to her mother, then she let out a terrible cough. Rain wiped her cheek off and looked down at the back of her hand. A dark, thick liquid was smeared all over. Rain's eyes darted back and forth, from her mother to the liquid. She then put a hand on her mother's throat--where most of it was coming from. Just what she was thinking! She had put her hand in a thick liquid--blood. She let out a squeak and ran for the phone. In the middle of the hallway, she tripped on more dark liquid and fell onto her back. She tried to get back up, but when she did, she screamed. A LEG! She backed up, crawling away from the leg, but at the same time staring at it with big, glossy eyes. She scrambled to her feet and ran for the door instead. But when she even got halfway, a dark figure stopped her. She shook her head and closed her eyes.

"No... No..." she muttered. Then she bolted towards the living room and to the sliding-door where it led to the backyard. She flipped on the lights and then saw her dog in a lump of dark blood. All his four legs were separated from his body and for a cruel joke--his face was twisted into a smile and its tongue was sticking out at her. She looked back and saw that the dark figure was staring at her from the hallway. She tried to wipe the tears away from her eyes, but only ended up smearing her mother's blood onto her pale cheek. Suddenly, a dark pillow case was thrust over her head and...

Rain woke up screaming, drenched in her sweat. There were tears in her eyes and she could barely breathe. Suddenly the lights were turned on and her cousin Nantai poked his head in her door. His brown eyes were in slits and his long brown hair was tangled all the way to his hips.

He sighed, seeing the state his cousin was in, "Shh, Shh, calm down now. You're safe here. It was just a dream, girl! Snap out of it." He began to hug her and soothe her hair away from her forehead. "It was just a dream, a dream."

She rocked back and forth in his arms, crying and gasping for air all at the same time.
"No... it happened, it really did! It happened... No.." she spit out in choppy sentences.

"Shh..." he said, "drink this." He handed her a glass of water and some aspirin. After a few minutes, Rain calmed down and closed her eyes, falling back asleep. Nantai laid her back down and pulled the covers above her shoulders. Then he turned off the lights and closed the door. Walking down the hallway, he sighed, "Well, so much for a goodnight's sleep." He glanced at the Grandfather clock and it read 6:25 AM.

"Ah, well all most time for me to wake up I suppose..."

Suddenly, the ringing of the phone shattered the silence.

Nantai ran into the kitchen and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he said into the reciever.
"Mr. Kotori?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry to say this, but the factory members were all killed last night, all of the ones working on the Friday-night late shift. At first, their limbs were missing... but we later found them in the lounge's refridgerator..."
His face turned pale and the phone slipped out of his hand.
"Hello? Hello?! Mr. Kotori?! Are you alright?" asked the man on the other line.
"Yes. Bye now."

"ARGH!"
Haven't they had enough fun murdering people?! This has to stop...