Something... else

The door shut softly behind her, leaving me alone for, what I had just realized, was the first time since I arrived here. I sat back and let my neck relax as I breathed out a deep breath. I tried to remember the day and go over everything, but so much had already begun to slip through my memory. What time was it back on Earth when I left? Who was Ral's boss? How big were Katrina's tits? D-cups, I would never forget those.

I looked over at the frosted window and wondered what Katrina and Leah were doing right now. Moreover, what was my family doing? My friends? Who would cover my shift tomorrow?

I chuckled as I though of the fact that I would probably never have to work at a fucking department store ever again.

"What a shame I didn't get some epic 'I quit' moment" I idly mused. I shook my head. Fuck was I tired, I need to go to bed, thinking can wait for the morning.

I stood up and sighed appreciatively at Meritrea's work as my feet felt absolutely fine, and then I though about her other work. Who knew that all it took to get blown three times in one day on a fantasy planet by three beautiful women was to get shot, develop magical powers, teleport to said fantasy world, and then just try not to die?

I laughed at my own stupid humor as I collapsed into bed, utterly exhausted in every way possible. I stretched my body out, enjoying being able to relax, and closed my heavy eyes and quickly drifted off into a deep deep sleep.

My eyes opened. The fire must have gone out because everything was dark, but I could still sense something nearby. Something just behind me, but that wasn't possible. I was laying down in bed, or so I thought I was when I turned around. Did I, er, planeswalk while I was seeping? Did someone take me out of bed without waking me? Anything was possible.

Or maybe, I though as I squinted into the darkness and took a tentative step, I'm just dreaming.

As if on cue, I heard whispers. Whispers from in front of me. Whispers next to me. Whispers behind me. All around me. They were so close to me. I could feel the warm reeking breath of a thousand mouths against me as they all began to raise their voices, shouting so loudly it began to hurt. I tried to cover them, but as I did so, arms held my hands down. I started panicking and tried to pull away, but now those same hands were grabbing me all over until I couldn't move. I tried to scream in pain as I felt blood begin to trickle out of my ears, but as I did so, a hand even reached up to hold my jaw closed. The voices began to reach a crescendo as the noise was slowly transformed into an all-consuming pulse that rocked my brain. I could feel myself dying, my brain melting, my very soul evaporating when-

In the darkness, one glowing orange eye flicked open. Its gaze seemed to almost push me, against the too strong arms that held me, until they even they couldn't hold on and I fell out of their grip. I felt their grasping hands reach out as I began to fly away from them, but they were too slow, and I felt myself being pushed upwards now. My body was turned as I faced a glowing light that I approached faster and faster and faster and faster and-

I shot up in bed, my whole body trembling as if I was still fighting to get away from those hands. I looked around in my room, the sun was shining somewhere on the other side of my frosted window and the fire was nothing more than a soft smolder in the hearth across the room from me. I threw off my sweat soaked blankets and got up, looking all around me. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, well, other than everything that I was looking at, but nothing that was exceptionally out of the ordinary.

I could feel heart just beginning to slow down when a knock sounded at my door.

"Come in" I said moments before realizing I had fallen asleep naked.