Ba-thump!
Time seemed to freeze for a fleeting moment. The steady drumming of rain abruptly halted, the piercing wind came to a standstill, and the laughter that hung in the air dissipated. A colossal crack tore through the overcast sky, allowing darkness to seep in like an invisible hand had rent it asunder. The shadow engulfed the sun, as if day and night had been inverted, and those who dared to gaze upon it would relish their darkest nightmares.
Ba-thump!
Time resumed its flow, and the world stirred to life once more.
"T–The Nightmare! Fuck, it's really the Nightmare!"
Anna screamed on top of her lungs and prostrated herself to the ground. Gone was the exuberance she showed earlier, as her slender figure now quivered in dread and terror. "Mercy… please have mercy!"
