Small story about a beast |
It was December, December 14th to be exact. John, a 29 year old man was in good condition and had a job at a mansion. He was in charge of cooking for the mansionâs inhabitants. It was a steady job for John since he wasnât exactly legally allowed to be in the country in the first place. The pay was actually pretty good. He had this gig for about three years now. The owner of the mansion often had parties to celebrate certain events. Tonight was the Lunar Eclipse. The owner always had a huge celebration every time a lunar eclipse occurs since it was a rare occurrence. While cooking at 11:45, John noticed a strange smell emancipate in the air. John ignored the smell and kept working. At 11:55 John left the kitchen to go to the bathroom. When he came back out of the bathroom, he noticed one of the guests near him begin shaking uncontrollably. It was 11:59 with 20 seconds till the hour changes. John stared in horrified fascination at the shaking man as he began to grow claws and his teeth deformed. 15 seconds to midnight, the man began to grow bulkier. 10 seconds to midnight, the manâs face began to contort. John watched, completely frozen, as the manâs face continued to grow uglier and the seconds ticked by. At midnight, the beast began attacking everyone in the room. John was still frozen when he was pushed out of the way by another guest shouting, âMove! Get out of here!â Finally, John snapped out of his stupor and bolted for the door amid all the chaos and screaming guests. After John got to the door, he told the stranger that had told him to move, âGo! As soon as everyoneâs out of the room or it gets too dangerous, Iâll shut the door.â The stranger looked at him for a moment. âGo,â repeated John. âYou're crazy to just wait here to dieâ âI just want to save as many as I can, you go and save yourselfâ âIâm not going to get you to escape with me?â âNo, you wonât. It wonât do you any good to risk yourself here as wellâ The stranger hesitantly nodded and ran off. After a few more guests ran through the door, a big burly man came through and ordered, âShut the doorâ âNo, there are still people trapped in thereâ âI said shut the door!â âI wonât unless I have toâ The big burly man punched John knocking him to the side before forcefully closing the door while he held John to one side. As the burly man held John, a banging noise could be heard on the other side. Once the door closed, the panicked people behind the door began banging on the door. The burly man bolted away after knocking down a heavy bookcase to blockade the door. John grabbed the bookcase and tried to lift it, but it was too heavy. The glass behind John broke, making John jump and begin running down the corridor. Before John got to the end, a familiar voice said, âWaitâ John stopped in his tracks and looked back. âI thought I told you to runâ âI saw what you did and I didnât want to leave you behindâ âThanks but you didnât have to worry about meâ âLetâs get out together now. Thereâs nothing you can do for the othersâ âUnless there is another way out for themâ âYou want to go back?â âYes, to save as many as I can, and to find a way to stop that beast.â The stranger turned his head. âI saw a ladder outside thatâll get you up to the roofâ âThank youâ âAfter that I donât knowâ John went outside and climbed up. He walked along the roof till he reached the glass. When he got there, the stranger popped his head up. âI didnât ask you to follow meâ said John as he was stomping on the glass skylight. The stranger walked over and looked down before saying, âIt doesnât look like thereâs any survivors in there anymoreâ John looked down, âOnly that monster is left. Thereâs so many dead bodies but I canât see anyone left aliveâ âWow, if I didnât see this with my own eyes, I would never have believed it!â âThis is tragicâ âIâve come to every one of Nick Shineâs parties for twenty three years and this has never happened beforeâ âSomething must have changed between the last party and this party thenâ Ever since that fateful day, nothing about that very mansion was the same again. |