Red
By Adriano Fernandes da Silva
Copyrighted work by Adriano Silva
Registration date: January 13, 2016 - 02:23 PM
Copyright number: EFE7-L40U-5VIG-ATUO
Title: Vermelho - Red
Description: eBook, horror.
Category: eBook
The Travel.
There was a group of friends, young people dedicating their lives to the study of biology. And from time to time, when the holidays were approaching, they gave a small break from studies to enjoy free time in the best possible way.
On this vacation, however, they decided to make things different and spend time together in an environment that everyone would like to be, because it was a nearby nature reserve, known for safety and the number of people who would, from time to time, camp and enjoy the fresh air of the region.
They would spend a few days in a natural paradise seeing a lot of new things without distancing themselves from the natural life, that they all liked.
The young ones were: Linda, younger, small in stature, with very light hair; Lisa, childhood friend of Linda to the point people think they are sisters, thanks to the similar names and stature, differing by dark hair.
With the two there was also Vanessa, a little older, but like a mother to two, the kind of friend who cares as if she had a duty to protect the "little sisters".
Vanessa has dark skin and hair, different from the last member of the group, Kazuo, which was a mixture of Japanese and chinese families, light-skinned and extremely dedicated to learning his exercises to maintain good health.
The group prepared, then, for the visit to “Freedom Park”, considered a very peaceful spot, with no history of the horrors that were to happen in such a short time.
Vanessa determined the exact point and time where everyone would meet at dawn, as she was the only one with a car, more precisely a van, which was very old but it worked without too much trouble, only a slight delay to turn on.
At seven in the morning they were all on the road, singing along with the radio, soft music to start the day, since everyone was a little slow as a slug, unless Vanessa, who had always energy for everything and seemed to be moved by a battery that hardly exhausted.
Linda and Lisa, in the back seat, exchanged data on the animals they liked, which was a common thing between them, since childs and as children. They did not care about being adult women admired with nature.
It was a time of worship while they reviewed what learned and predicted what would learn after the holidays.
It was true that the studies tired and everybody complained, especially when the tests approached, but they loved this stuff and couldn’t help to be interested in all that involved life and its many forms.
Along with Vanessa, in the front seat, kazuo floated in the music and a mixed sleep, enjoying the trip and the movement of things, especially the breeze coming from outside.
Soon the breeze turned into wind and the landscape became more full of green, away from houses and buildings, enteting the land of dirt in the road, trading the gray buildings for a colorful and calm forest.
Following the paths to the camp site, as many others have done, the group was approaching the more typical spot for nature lovers, it was an open area where they could set their camp and enjoy for a few days.
Once they stopped the car and hopped out, they were received by the guard George, passing from time to time by the area to ensure the safety of the place, and also spending long periods of time in his cabin, not far away.
He was a good man, good communicator and cheery, but warned the group that, this time, unfortunately, there were not many visitors, and they were the only ones camping by, those days.
For the group it was not bad news, since they would have silence to explore the surrounding area, especially the nearby waterfalls and all the life that inhabits the region.
After they set their tents and packed up their belongings properly, rested briefly before leaving for the first adventure.
Privately, they had different targets.
Linda and Lisa would go to see the insects, especially butterflies, abundant this time of the year.
Kazuo was staring at the highests spots, fascinated by birds.
He bore a suitable camera to take pictures of these beautiful creatures and momentspast together with his friends.
Little did he know what that camera would reveal in the future ...
Vanessa was the one thinking about the waterfalls, since it was the first time she would have the opportinity to swim in such clear waters.
The fresh waters of the falls made contrast to the warmth of the sun through the trees and the whole group was refreshed by the breeze, watching every detail and the creatures around, all timid, fleeing from the humanpresence , but not the camera, that photographed one by one.
During the stay in waterfall, they made up a small video so that, in the future, they reminded the tour.
Everything, by what they had seen so far, was good enough for them to want to stay there over a long time and return in the next vacation.
When they returned to the barracks the sun was beginning to set, and the group couldn’t notice time passing, due to the fun they had.
After eating, Kazuo, incidentally, began to review everything that he had photographed, to delete photos that had no animal nor happy moment.
Between a picture of a shy armadillo and some of the group having fun, the young man felt his heart froze when he saw a disturbing point in more than one photo.
It started with a stain that could be anything there in the woods, the background. Then the following photos appeared closer, with the dark silhouette moving closer and closer.
It seemed like a human-like being approaching, with a macabre robe, hidding himself in the center of the dark cloth, which even the best cameras didn’t manage to capture perfectly.
Kazuo tried to hide, but when he realized, the girls questioned his terrified expression.
He tried to hide for a while, thought of not scaring his friends, but, after much insistence, he finally revealed the photos marked by the hideous silhouette.
Unlike his reaction, they laughed and believed that it was nothing more than an error of the camera or pollution. Perhaps a plastic bag of a dark color being carried by the wind.
Calmer, the boy joined them in laughter and continued to search for photos and imperfect files to delete.
Perhaps instinctively, or forgetful, he did not erase the images of the mysterious stain, just continued viewing other files until reached the point where the videos began.
Suddenly, his peaceful smile became a haunted expression, even worse than before.
The girls stopped talking normally for they realized how scared the young man became, then went to his side to see what he saw in that little screen.
In the video, while all of them admired the beauty of the waterfall and were beginning to get wet in clean water, there was a movement in the right corner of the screen, in the woods, and it was, again, almost a human silhouette, wrapped by shadows, as a figure of another world moving between plants, peering young people, watching every step, like a jaguar looking at its prey.
That was the moment of complete silence inside the tent, and then they took advantage the rest of the day to try to find the guard protecting that area, so he could see the images and warn his team or anything under his power.
When the sun disappeared from the sky they had not yet found anyone to ask for help, and it was too dark to return by the road without proper light.
They decided to return to the tents and sleep for one night, leaving the very next morning.
The healthy tour has become cause for despair, and while everyone was sleeping, Kazuo would guard the tent until sleep would take him, an
d he was meant to wake up someone else to take his role
He wasn’t the strongest nor the most prepared to stay awake as guardian, but was the most scared and taken by a momentary insomnia.
The evening was darkening all the surroundings, agitating insects and animals, making the sound of the forest become more intense and mesmerizing.
The ebb and flow of the leaves seemed a chant able to bring the heaviest sleep for even the most alert person.
Soon Kazuo’s head would become heavy, just like his friends, who were asleep well before him.
Little by little he was cast into a deep sleep and they who slept alread, lost their minds to the most absurd sleep.
Hours later, with the first rays of sun, the group began to wake up, but what they were touching was no longer the cabin floor where they slept, but sheets and mattresses.
With surprise they rose, observing the surroundings and holding desperate screams.
They were in a luxurious room, with walls lined with red wood, furniture around and a huge carpet on the floor. All illuminated by giant window showing a shy sunlight, behind a cloudy sky.
Vanessa got up hurriedly and began to shake the others, so they should arise and also look for answers to everything happening.
When she went to the window, she saw that they were in a tall spot, in a room that was in a position above a house, but the distant scenery was just woods and sky.
No signs of the camp site, or the waterfalls and not even a way to get home.
It was only the group, in a mysterious room with four small beds grouped, but ready to start searching for the exit.
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