Give me a knife

I went out to the kitchen to drink a glass of water. I am awake for a long time every night, in which case I can watch a movie or write an article or something, because Bence is asleep.

So I was just watching TV when I got thirsty and went out to the kitchen. While I was there I heard that the TV was suddenly starting to get louder and louder. This didn’t surprise me because the TV is connected to a speaker that has happened to come to life on its own before.

So I turned off the speaker, so the sound was on the TV, not the speaker. I went back to the kitchen where the electricity was off, though I know I didn’t turn it off. Never mind. The TV started to turn up again, so I hurried back to the room where the electricity was off. I didn't understand what was happening because I had turned off the speaker before. Okay, I turned off the TV and tried to turn on the lights, but it didn't work. I went back to the kitchen and tried to turn on the lights there too, but I pushed the switch in vain there as well. I found it all a little weird, I tried to turn on the lights everywhere, but it didn’t work anywhere. I went into Bence's room to see if everything was okay with him and he was sleeping peacefully. But I couldn't turn on the lights in his room either. I thought I should check the fuse box to see if a fuse had tripped.

It was completely dark in the apartment by then, because none of the lights were on and I turned off the TV. I remembered leaving my phone on the bed, so I started groping it in the dark so I could use it's light and look at the fuses.

I found the phone and tried to turn it on. You know, I wanted to write the password I used to open the screen. For some reason the phone didn’t want to work properly and I didn’t have to enter the password, the phone screen was almost dark, I could barely see anything on it, and finally after a long try the message appeared on the phone: disabled.

I started to panic and went to the front door to see if it was locked. I walked around the apartment and tried to turn on the lights in a hysterical state.

I finally managed to turn on the lights in the kitchen when I heard noise from the room. I went into the room, but I couldn’t find anything and anyone, the lamp was still not working there, so I went back to the kitchen where it was dark. I started shouting, "But I've already turned on the lights here! Just let me turn on the lights, please, and then I'll go to sleep." I thought I was fighting a ghost. I have long thought that a ghost lives with us, but it didn’t hurt us, it sometimes scares me with noises, but no problem, peaceful. He had never been so active and it scared me. I tried to turn on the lights in every room again and when I got back the hall I saw light coming out of the kitchen.

It was so reassuring. I thought this was the end of the night adventure. But when I stopped at the kitchen door I saw 4 men inside who were standing with their backs to me by the window, looking out the window. Maybe they weren't looking outside, they were just deliberating there. They were wearing work clothes. I started screaming and the men turned to me. I didn’t know 3 men out of them, but the fourth was Imi (Bence’s dad). As I screamed, one of the men spoke up and told the others to "give me a knife."

His voice was bored, he wasn't angry. The focus as he asked for the knife felt as if he said "I'm very bored of this, give me the knife and let's finally get over this shit".

And I just gave up. I stood there, I could no longer hear the voices, I could not feel the fear, I did not move, I did not speak. I just stood there paralyzed and waiting for what had to happen to happen. I can't describe that feeling.

My eyes opened, I lay still in bed motionless, confused. It took me a few minutes to figure out where I am now and what’s going on. The light was on and the TV was on. I was alone. I didn't dare fall asleep again for a long time.

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