Category : Stories
Sub Category : Horror
The wind was strangely silent , the moon slight and faint and her followers, the stars twinkled in fright. An eerie white mist, hung hesitantly midway, as if it too could sense something in the windless sultry night. Suddenly the silence was broken by the painful howling of the street dogs, soon to be echoed by the pets at home.I was alone that night and decided to take a walk before I called it a day.I threw on my sweater,changed into my comfortable shoes and stepped out.Outside I buttoned my sweater as without warning the temperatures dropped down to minus 6 degrees.My teeth chattered, legs froze and hands turned into sticks of ice, as something burst out of the trees and came hurtling at me as if it was lying in wait for me! My eyes shut on their own accord as the horrible thing , ozzing slime and a rotten stench filled my nostrils , churning my guts and bringing up my dinner, in streams of vomit which gushed out of my open mouth.I bent over trying to control the sick feeling in my stomach and the sudden faintness, I groped for the door handle behind me and found that it had banged shut and could not be opened . The night suddenly froze and turned into a horrible red colour which made my hair stand on end and my mouth opened to utter a soundless scream.My body went numb,I suddenly developed a rubber spine as my body bent at impossible bizarre angles! The 'Thing ' opened its putrid, hole of a mouth and started screeching, sending maggots and worms cascading out ,and much to my horrow,my feet had taken root in the ground and I stood there scarcely breathing trying to run but,my feet refused the order sent out by my panicked brain! I tried the next best thing - Prayer, but no sound escaped my dry lips.I could not remember a single prayer! I could still see the 'Thing' standing or hovering in front of me ,Two sick yellow-greenish eyes appeared in what must have been a face , and a head full of dead,dirty green hair ,reaching the ground began to engulf me ! I opened my mouth to scream instead found myself emitting no sound.I struggled even more when the hair encircled my neck,n chocking and cutting off the supply of what little air remained around me, but still no sound escaped my mouth. With a jerk I found myself being dragged head first ,followed by my body by that Slimy ,Ozzy Green'Thing.' '..My legs turned to jelly ,my hair stood on edge,why I could even feel bristles all along my back come to life. "God, what Is going on?"I mouthed, but in vain.I happened to look at the sky and almost fell flat as the moon was no longer silver, instead was bright red ,floating in a sea of blood and those stars were all empty skulls happily swimming around in the sea of filth and slime. The few stray clouds were dressed in black gowns with hoods and big drops of slime for eyes . Sudddenly the wind began to howl ,trees swayed to some strange evil music, as if ordered to by some unseen hand. The leaves fell in perfect lines, lining the path I was being dragged on.The 'Thing.' turned to me and the hole , that was it's mouth showed lines of triple yellow fangs.It dipped it head close to me and this time I could taste the remains of my dinner being thrown out of my system! I wriggled in its Icy grasp and soon ,found my hair being pulled in different directions by some smaller copies of the 'Thing.' I let out a howl but my limp body did not respond and I was being dragged on like a battered rag doll ! All my struggles were in vain, cause the 'Thing 'was full of evil strength and seemed to control the forces of night.Suddenly I was lifted bodily off the ground and swirled around in the air.I felt my lungs bursting for lack of air,every breath was a painful, rasping grasp , even louder than the howling wind .My body arched in agony as I felt sharp fangs sink into my neck ,and stood numb with pain as my blood spurted out in a steady stream The lesser ,Things' flew around and splashed and drank from that stream.I then saw the big empty tomb rise out from the ground as I was thrown into it.I hit the tomb with a bang and by then I had given up all hope of being saved by any one.The 'Thing swooped into the tomb after me and, with a flourish of his hand signalled that the party had began.Then what, I felt sharp bites from all sides and felt my flesh being torn off and this time my screams filled the night .The last scream I heard was when something smashed my head and then, after a few painful twitchings my life flowed out with the last faint drop of blood from my now dead body! My last remberence was of the 'Thing', smirking at me and saying"Your day will come,today we feast on you,tomorrow you will wake and join in the feast of someone else!" My skeleton lay in that tomb till one day I was awakened and joined the 'Thing', looking for some unsuspecting human , who would dare venture into another still ,slight moon night for a walk to their death.I just hoped it would be no one I knew, who would decide to go for a walk, the night when the 'Thing' and I would awake and wait to have a feast.
