Chapter 3: "Delirium"

It was three in the morning. the moonlight is piecing through the window, inside the room is almost completely filled with darkness as the moonlight prevents it to envelop the room.
The sound of the humming ventilation filled the room along side a cricket chirp. Hiro stared at the dark processing what Nori said, figure it out by himself... he cant rationalized it, he dont know where to start but why did Nori told him that.

Feeling nauseated by the heavy atmosphere that somehow filled the room, he got up and made his way to the window and opened it. the sudden gush of breeze washed the heavy atmosphere away, he felt relieved yet somehow he cant shake the feeling of something, he forgotten something.
He spent a few minutes trying to recall what had happened and something sparked. He rushed to the bed and grabbed his journal, he opened it and read the contents

Entry 23- this is the 25th day since i had these dreams and to be frankly i hated how they felt.
its making me sick to my stomach everytime i dream. this time in this dream i saw a huge building, it has many rooms and windows occasionally you can see some people in it but most of the time its empty. like most dreams i can only recall them when i woke up then a few minutes its gone but every dream that involves  Nori never vanish

He sighed that he didnt find what he was trying to remember. he stared at the moon trying to make something up, something's not right, he can feel it in his bones.

The ticking of the clock synchronized with Hiro's heartbeat as it echoed in the room.
tick.... tock.... tick.... tock then a sudden alarm goes off "riiiiinggggg!"
Hiro who was looking on the moon got startled by the sudden noise created by the clock on the bedside table. 

"Ah-.. Jeeez what was that!"  Hiro shouted when he got startled, but when the situation lifted, he couldnt help but laugh "hahhahhhahhhahh", "i cant believe that scared me" Hiro laughingly said.

after that he felt his stomach rumbled, its that time of the day again, hotel breakfast is something he was waiting for. he got up and went his way to the hotel dining area.
there he noticed its empty, he's probably the first one in the hotel to go to the dining area before anyone else today.

The table is adorned with a peach tablecloth with a rather fancy looking cutleries and plates, yet somehow it felt strange, its so empty and lonely. but he remembered something, the hotel breakfast is like a buffet it shouldn't be on this fancy dining area, before he goes up, a lady approached him

"Hello sir, how can i help you?' said by the lady with a rather soft sounding voice
this startled Hiro and tumbled out of the chair and onto to the ground

"jeez! give me some slack can you? you almost scared me to death" Hiro said to the lady with a mild annoyance

he stood up and looked at the lady, but something is wrong..... no its definitely wrong
"HeLlo SiR, hOw caN i Help you?" but her voice sounds rasp and rough, its like her throat got damaged and twisted. the lady who was 7ft tall hunching back and looking at him, she was holding a paper in her left contorted long arm. her face is falling off and most of her skin in the mouth area are gone like its been ripped by something and decayed.

she looked ghastly, he stepped backwards a ran, he directly went to the hallway and dashed. but the lady followed, everytime the lady move it made a cracking sound, every joint and every bone it made the sound. the lady howled and it sound macabre its like a howl of sadness yet it was filled with rage, it sent chills down his spine. Hiro continued to run but something is not right... the hallway.. NEVER ENDS!

As the time went on, the lady's appearance is becoming more and more monstrous, and she's pacing on him to the point her head is in his left side staring at him. Hiro tripped and the last thing he saw was the lady and all went black.

Hiro woke up on his bed, sweating in fear, his breath are rapid and his heart are too.
what just happened... he's certain he woke up from the dream before but he woke up again...
he pinched himself to see if its real. he felt pain, at least he can assure he's not dreaming anymore but its getting worse, he cant discern what"s real or not, he cant take it anymore

What just happened?....