Welcome to Day 2. My word for today is Babble.
It was soft at first, barely there. A tiny whisper of noise. Soothing in its own way, it intruded gently into Kel's dream. Gradually it got louder and then louder still. It felt closer, as though what was causing it was nearing. A slight frown marred Kel's sleeping face.
It stopped being soothing about the time that you could start to distinguish that it was people talking. No, not talking, yelling. The same themes started to run through what could be heard.
Fear, pain, pain, fear. RUN!
Kel lurched upright and out of her bed, hands automatically up to defend herself. But the room was empty.
The noise that had been filling her dreams had stopped. Kel was certain that it hadn't been just a bad dream. Somewhere something was very very wrong.
Uh-oh. What happens next?? Great hook! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is A. Catherine Noon, visiting from the Noon and Wilder blog at http://noonandwilder.blogspot.com for the A-Z Challenge, #1554 on the list. Happy blogging!