Running to freedom

It was a horrible night. It was pouring down and thunder was pounding in John Atkins' ears. The branches of the  trees rocked violently and scratched John's face.
Maybe that could have annoyed John in a different situation but now he couldn't stop. In his brain there was only one thought: run.
He had to get out of there, he had to run even faster than he was running now.

He had to escape from that place.

Some weeks ago John had sensed that something had changed, something evil had started living in that forest. But the investigation that inspector Atkins had made had gone too far.
He couldn't have possibly imagined that outcome.

The only thing he could do now was run. The moonlight seeped in between the tops of the trees creating gruesome shadows that confused and terrified John, but nothing made him feel such fear as the creature he had behind him. A beast with fur the colour of coal and yellow eyes like the sun, but which only reflected ice cold cruelty. Nobody knew where it had come from or how it had come to life. John called this beast: "Fear".
John's coat got caught up in the branches and bushes of that forest making him lose time and causing the beast to catch up with him, John decided to get rid of his coat in order to survive.
His only hope was to get to the small clearing he could see ahead, the beast wouldn't dare enter the circle of light, he was saved. Or maybe not, the beast started to run faster, so he realised it was only playing with him, Joh could feel it's cold breath on the back of his neck. He knew he would not make it to the clearing. Suddenly he felt a mighty shove from behinf and he fell. The last thing he noticed was the creature's weight on his back.Then there was only darkness