by Cardinal. » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:08 pm
Username: Cardinal.
Show Name: Night of Living Horrors
Barn Name: Thief
Gender: Mare
Story:
I will never forget the night it happened. It was a quiet night, and I was relaxing upstairs with my cup of tea, a good book and my faithful friend, Sonny. Suddenly there was a loud bang. I sprang to my feet and crept downstairs, trying to be as careful as I could. Nothing looked out of the ordinary. Suddenly I heard the bang again, but this time it was much more stomach churning and I knew it was coming from the basement.
Summoning my courage, I grabbed a flashlight and crept cautiously down the stairs. I might have met my end right there, if not for Sonny, who let out a loud "boom!" Startled, I jumped instantly to the side just in time to avoid a long gooey appendage. I turned my flashlight on the intruder and gasped in horror. Lurking there in my basement, bathed in the horrific glow of my light, was a huge, quivering, shapeless blob of ooze! The hideous thing was as blood red as a devil and as big as my couch.
"Oh no!!" I cried.
I fled upstairs, but the thing chased me with lightning speed. I was trapped, and knew I had to fight if I wanted to survive. First I tried to chop it with a sharp butcher's knife from the kitchen, then I shot it with my grandpas shot gun that hangs over the fireplace. In desperation, I even tried throwing my cup of tea on it, but all to no avail. It just kept coming. I thought I was dead for sure, when suddenly a strange figure crashed through my window and leapt between us! He was tall and smelt unpleasant, with fierce, glowing eyes and sagging shoulders. He was dressed entirely in black, except for his purple weapon.
"Take this!" the figure cried, and quick as a cat he jumped in and stunned the ooze creature with a powerful kick.
Without pause he pushed the thing into my wardrobe, tying the doors shut with a long rope.
"How did you do that?!" I gasped, trying to catch my breath.
"Their only weakness is their face," he replied. "One good kick and the things are helpless."
"But how do you find it?" I asked, staring at the shapeless mass.
"That is easy," said the stranger. "It is right next to their shoulder."
I thanked him for saving my life and asked him his name. "I am Kaput, and I have been hunting these ooze creatures all my life! Now stay back!" I faced him stunned, what was he talking about? Confusion was evident in my face. "You are infected, your arm... look at it!" His voice demanding. Trembling slightly, I looked down at my leg and gasped. Hoof and all had pretty much dissolved into a mass of translucent goo. Glancing back up, I saw his blade come down on me... I never knew if Sonny met the same fate.
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