New Story Part 1

I was running for my life. It was a cold and dark night. With heavy rain pounding on my body. My heart was racing and I was breathing hard. I don't think I was going to make it I thought to myself. Just keep running just keep running I kept repeating in my thoughts. I fell to the ground with a sharp pain going through my leg. An ear piercing cry came out of my mouth as I fell to the ground. Then I saw the dark figure in the distance. He was holding a gun in his right hand. That's all I could see with the rain still coming down hard. We just stood there staring at each other for a few minuets. There was silence through the alley. All you could here is the pounding of your heart and the rain hitting the concrete. Suddenly the dark figure moved quickly forward. I saw the face for split second and then nothing.
My eyes opened quickly. I was sweating profusely. I grabbed one of my pillows and hugged it tightly not wanting to let go. It had felt so real, but it was just a nightmare, right? I got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash off my pale face. I stared into the mirror there was a dark figure of a man in it. I turned around quickly, but nobody was there. I was just seeing things, that's it. Yeah that is real normal Deb I said to myself. I shook it off and went to the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator and took out the lemonade. Just what I need something refreshing to dink then I noticed the clock it was 3am. I have work in the morning I better get to bed. I put the glass in the sink and headed my way up the stairs. I was freaking out then there was a knock at door. I jumped around and screamed at the same time. Looking towards the door I wondered who it was at 3 in the morning.
I opened the door and there was the dark figure again. He came at me running and put his hand around my neck. He held me up against the wall my feet not touching the ground. I felt dizzy I was starting to black out I was gasping for air. My foot must have kicked him because for a slight second I was able to get a deep breath of air and come to. I saw his head it was bald, but there was a tattoo of a snake and sword on it. That is all I could see though since he had me high up against the wall. I tried to kick him again, but I started feeling weak and dozed off. I woke up later with a bright light glaring down on me. My eyes were blurry and it was hard for me to see where I was. Finally after a few second I was able to gather my thought and see where I was.
I was on the floor in my house the door was open and the sun was shining on my face. My head was aching badly. I needed aspirin so I got to the medicine cabinet as quick as I could. I reached for the bottle in the cabinet and took out 3 of the tiny pills. I sat down on the toilet next to it and began to cry. I didn't know why I was crying, but it felt so good to do so. Finally after a half hour later I felt better and was able to think. I looked around and had to think about what had happened last night. Ok so I was strangled and fainted and ended up on the floor I thought to myself. I went to the mirror and saw the huge brusies I had on my neck.