The wood was as old as the sun. They loomed high and thick like sentinels which barely penetrate any flashlight into the base of the forest through the thick canopy. The eerily absence of the sound of birds and critters made the atmosphere thick making it hard to fill the lungs. Then, they heard it; the whispering...

First faintly like a long distance cry of leaves but then soon unmistakably the melodic voice dripping with unnatural softness was unsettling. Help me one pleaded, stay another whispered like the voice of the forest.
Both Ethan and Kate started to falter with their expressions slackening slightly as they fought back to see the light of the reality once more. But the fact that how undeniable the pull of the whispers was obvious.

The whispers echoed growing louder like a chorus. Their reality slipped every now and then as the shadows emerged from stones. Kate holding his head tight crawled on the floor beside her. Ethan strolled towards them making a bundle as the whispers began to sound more viral and unsticking like a chewing gum stuck on the shoe. They fought back hard, hard as they could to push away from the sound; but it went to waste as they all went blank one by one......

To be continued.....