All Chapters of Nightmare: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Walking into the little cafeteria, lunch smells amazing and my grumbling tummy agrees. Ash and I both get servings of salad, potato bake, pasta salad and some meat, which include chicken, sausages and ham. I eat lunch at a leisurely pace not wanting the time to end, but it does and we are moving quickly back to the training compound. Riley said we would be doing more of the basic hand-to-hand combat but he never said we would be using boxing bags. My knuckles are going to be raw after today. He demonstrates how to punch the bag because it movies when you hit it. Finally we are allowed to hit the bags, and they are heavier than they look. While Riley is talking to Ash I try to kick it but I completely miss I steal a glance at them to see if they notice but I don’t think they did. When Riley starts to watch me I see a sense of approval in his facial expressions. I must be doing something right, so I decide to test my luck and try to kick it again but my foot doesn’t want to kick the b

As we unpacked the car, I can’t help but notice that while we have been unpacking, Ash has been putting in other things such as an extra tyre and petrol tins, jump starter cables and stuff like that. What is he planning; I’m sure he will tell me later when we settle down. Finally we are inside, when Ash drops a bomb. “I’m not sure if you have noticed but we are going to the mountains to start looking for these monsters. It would be better for us to eliminate some of the monster population, so there is less to worry about later.” “Why didn’t you tell me that in the car?” I ask sounding pissed off. I could tell he is keeping a secret, does he not realise that that hurts more. “Because I thought you would prefer to hear the bad news here, instead of in the car where we could get distracted.” He replies in a matter of fact kind of way. “Well at least you’re thinking of road safety.” I retort back. “I’m sorry okay; I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.” “Yeah right.’ I say angrily.

The next day Ash and I have a practice session with the weapons that we got for Riley, and then we have showers. When I finish my shower I walk out and realise that I forgot to grab my dress and underwear, which means I have to walk down the hallway with my towel wrapped around me. So that’s what I do, well what I try to do, it doesn’t work every well because as soon as I open the door I see Ash waiting for the shower. That is when I realise that the towel only just covers my butt and my chest and it doesn’t leave much for the imagination. I try to walk out with my head up but it doesn’t stay that way for long. As soon as I put my head down I run straight into Ash, I look up startled and he looks just as startled. Then he takes in my predicament and laughs; he then puts a hand over his eyes and walks around me to the bathroom. I half walk, half run into my bedroom. I quickly put my bra and undies on then take my time doing my makeup and hair. My makeup is only soft and hardly notic

We’re about an hour into our trip when I say
“When your family died and well, you know, you took all that stuff and the car. How did you pay for everything? Like the petrol and the hotels and the houses you rented?” “When I was grabbing stuff, I found my mums and dad’s wallets, my dad was rich, some people would say he was loaded, so that money helped with everything. Plus all the assets became mine when I turned 18. My grandfather was in charge of it till I became of age. Then it was handed over to me.” “Wow, I wonder if my family had anything like that organised. Not that they would have had much, especially with the house burning down.” “I guess we will probably find out when you turn 18 or maybe 21. Sometimes it’s a bit later so you’ve hopefully matured and are not going to waste the money.” “I think that makes sense, no good getting money and then spending it all on holidays and stuff like that when you could use it to get a house or a car if you haven’t got one of those y

Then I continue to search the clearing for a sign of the monster. Suddenly in the distance we hear an ear-piercing scream and we hear the loud footsteps of what can only be our first monster. It must have caught something because when it appears it has a large brown bag thrown over its shoulder and the bag keeps thrashing about. When the monster reaches the only log in the small clearing, it drops the bag into the ground. Then it sits down on the log and watches the bag with a hint of amusement. I look at Ash and whisper “What’s the plan?” “Let’s try and do this as quickly as possible, you will shot it while I distract it. I am going to run out there and jump in and confront the monster. I will try and talk to it but if that doesn’t work shot it through the heart. Okay?” “Yep, I understand, oh and Ash, be careful.” I reach out and give him a quick hug, then I step back into the trees were I will not be seen. Ash runs out towards the monster screaming
“Help, Help me!” the m