Nightmares
She was a little girl again, laughing and twirling in her fairy princess costume, granting Mrs. Kent her fairy tale wish. Her parents would be back from the Homecoming game any minute now and Lana couldn't wait!
Oh, God. A part of Lana, older Lana, knew what was coming and began to moan in horror. "No, please, please no!"
That was their car, right there! Lana shrieked with delight and ran out of the store towards them. Aunt Nell grabbed her from behind, pulling her back as fiery death rained from the sky - a meteorite smashing into the car, leaving the bodies broken and bloodied and unmistakably dead.
Lana and her younger self both screamed. The wreckage was so vivid, far more detailed than Lana had ever remembered.
And a voice, dark and sibilant in the blackness of her mind. "Your fault. All of it your fault. Their death. Everyone's death. You killed them all. And now you will watch them die. Again and again and again."
Oh, God. A part of Lana, older Lana, knew what was coming and began to moan in horror. "No, please, please no!"
That was their car, right there! Lana shrieked with delight and ran out of the store towards them. Aunt Nell grabbed her from behind, pulling her back as fiery death rained from the sky - a meteorite smashing into the car, leaving the bodies broken and bloodied and unmistakably dead.
Lana and her younger self both screamed. The wreckage was so vivid, far more detailed than Lana had ever remembered.
And a voice, dark and sibilant in the blackness of her mind. "Your fault. All of it your fault. Their death. Everyone's death. You killed them all. And now you will watch them die. Again and again and again."