The Fort by M.D. Krix

Author:M.D. Krix [Krix, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grivs Publishing
Published: 2020-10-20T22:00:00+00:00

Letter 8

My dear,

I am not sure that I should tell you this but, once again, I know that you will never read those words and that I am not putting an unbearable burden on your shoulders. It lies only on mine, and I hope that writing those lines will help me carry it.

The nightmares have come back.

Nevertheless, they are different, not as vivid as the first one I had upon arrival here. In those nightmares, I am out of the fort once more, on the Great Ocean’s side. But things are not as clear as they used to be. I can’t pinpoint a specific place where I stand, and the surroundings are blurry. The air is still cold, though, and it is night. It’s always dark in my trances.

I thank God that in those visions I do not watch those abominations coming from the mist anymore. I think I would get mad if I ever saw them again. Yet, I perceive them around me and in a way, it is even more frightening. In my first nightmare, I was defenseless because I couldn’t move but it’s something quite common in dreams. You are always paralyzed in front of danger.

However, in those new one I can walk freely on the blurry beach.

Strangely, I feel powerless nonetheless, surrounded by a threat that I can sense without seeing it. I can move but I don’t know where to go to hide from those abominations. I have no doubt they are there, around me, and I remember how fearsome they are because I witnessed their monstrosity already.

This is the most terrible aspect. I am aware of the hideous creatures I have to confront, it is obvious they are around me, but I’m not able to locate them.

I don’t rest well, and I am tired. It must show on my face because every morning the Colonel is asking me if I had a nightmare. I lie, and I say that I’m sleeping badly because of a pain in my back. What can I tell him? That I have night terrors in which I don’t know where I am? That I am being afraid of something that I can’t even describe because I don’t see it?

We are lost in the middle of nowhere, prisoners of a fort where we will most likely end our life. I am under constant stress, between the tasks to be carried here, my study of this elixir they provide us, and my plans to escape.

Do you really think that I have time to give importance to my nightmare?

Do you really think I feel like telling my dreams to this damn Colonel Balakov?

Do you really think it would have saved their life if I had done so?

Am I actually the one to blame me for their death?

Something is happening here, and it’s not only because of what they put in the water. I am afraid I’m not mad. I am afraid Colonel Balakov is not mad.

Giorgio

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