TRAUMA

She sighted a cave which was a surprise to her, no one told her there was a cave in the forest. The vultures had taken the remains of the animal she had killed, she turned around as she walked to the cave.

"Who's there?"

Catherine turned around as she sensed she was being followed but saw nothing. The cave looked old and abandoned, she stumbled into a skeleton and discovered it belonged to a human probably killed by wild animals or a werewolf like her. She heard the screeching sound again which made her look back and still saw nothing. It was getting dark, her wolf side had given her the warning to turn around and go home but she insisted she got a glimpse of the cave. She had barely entered the cave when she stepped on another skeleton, she wondered what the humans were doing out here alone, she could barely see inside the cave.

The force of the wind came unexpectedly as it pushed her to the left against the wall of its entrance, her left wrist had saved her from dislocating her right shoulder. The breeze blew in her direction as it unexpectedly sent sand into her eyes, at that moment she struggled to see through things.

"You should go home". She heard the soft voice of her wolf side, she had transformed back to human and suppressed her wolf side from being in control.

"Get off me". Her eyes went red as she fussed in anger. 

The wind suddenly stopped but the chirping sound of the birds was nowhere heard. She felt strange while she took some steps into the cave and noticed some carvings on the wall. She took a step closer when all of a sudden a face flashed before her eyes, then it dawned on her that there was a presence in her midst. Her anger rose again which made her take further steps into the cave, it was getting hot inside, and she felt herself sweating profusely. The cave looked deeper than the way she had seen from outside, out of curiosity she walked inside. The darkness didn't stop her from seeing, her wolf's eyes helped her see through the cave. The smell of human decay almost made her throw up.

She had walked farther when she realized she had been struggling to breathe, she face up as she turned around to leave the cave. From afar she saw a figure that resembled a woman but found it difficult to identify her face.

"Who are you?" Catherine was able to hear the echo of her voice. She heard no response as she got closer to the woman, to her surprise the woman made no move, and when Catherine was closer, she no longer saw the woman, it was like she had gone into the thin air.

"Show yourself and stop running". Catherine shouted out.

"How dare you?" A deep voice struck her from nowhere.

Catherine was unable to stand its voice, the echo almost busted out her eardrums. She sighted immediately an animal that looked like a wolf with its two big horns that no longer made it look like a wolf, it stared directly at her as it got ready to pounce on her. Catherine without a second thought started to run deep into the cave till she stumbled on a big stone that made her fall and hit her head on the ground. She raised her hand to feel her head and discovered she was bleeding. The roaring sound from the animal had suddenly stopped, and she held out her hand to the wall to assist herself to stand up. The cave kept spinning in her eyes as she tried her best from falling. With a hand, she supported herself with the help of the wall while she held out the other hand which showed her more direction from bumping into the wall. She wondered where the mysterious creature had hidden and why it hadn't killed her.

She knew she was heading back to the entrance but didn't know how soon. Skulls had been used on some parts of the cave which all the more made it creepy. Nothing but home was where she wanted to go at the moment. She noticed the cave had become hot again as she tried to get some air which proved difficult. Her wolf side tried to out but was too weak, Catherine fell on her with her right hand on her throat and her tongue out while she tried to breathe with her mouth. It helped a little but not enough, she fell to the ground, her face to the roof of the cave. 

From where she lay she found it hard to get up, her shoulder hurt even more. Her sight had changed, she no longer saw clearly but blur visions, she noticed the woman in the cave again, she was closer this time.

"I'm sorry, get me out of this place". She was barely audible, her eyes were giving way as she felt slight dizziness. The woman was not the only one the cave, Catherine though weak sensed she wasn't alone. The heat from the cave was excruciating, she would have pulled off her clothes and turned to her wolf side but the weakness took over her. Her wolf side was dying, she felt it, she felt the breath of the woman on her face while she closed her eyes, for the first time she felt fear. 

For thirty minutes, the cave had been silent, her body refused to move and her eyes felt to heavy to open, she laid on the ground quietly. She felt something creep into her clothes which didn't make her move,  she felt it was a spider with it's feet and speed. It gave her tingling feelings which she hated, she wished she could reach her hand to it and smash it. 

As the night grew Catherine felt she would be forgotten in the cave, thoughts ran through her head as she gasped for air which was only getting worst. She tried to fight it but the air had become unbearable, she immediately saw nothing but darkness as she slept off.