Night-Mare

Chapter 1

Steven woke up to a man's scream in the distance. He opened his eyes to a dark gray sky. He looked around. He was in a thick forest of dim gray trees. What happened? Where was all the color? He looked down at his arm. The implant was still there. Was he still on the island? He was distracted by a rustling nearby. He backed away slowly as a trio of people with pikes in-hand stepped towards him.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" said one of them, and unfriendly looking man.

"Doesn't matter," growled another, a woman. "Kill him, he's trespassing."

The third, another man, rolled his eyes. "You want to kill everybody. Come on, give him a chance to speak."

Steven looked around, fumbling for words. "I just ... Where am I?"

"Who are you?" repeated the first.

"Steven."

The third, the only one with a smiling face, extended his hand. "Well Steven, nice to meet you. I'm Leo, and that's Roman," he said pointing to the other man, "and that's Zoe," he said pointing to the woman.

Steven cautiously shook Leo's hand. "Now," Leo said, turning to his companions, "why don't we take him to Quinn and see what she has to say about him?"

Roman nodded reluctantly. "Fine," he said, lowering his pike.

Zoe groaned. "I'm never gonna get to kill anybody."

~CL1