COV3N

Monster

I couldn't believe my medication just slipped my mind like that.

I haven't taken them for the past 3 or 4 days now, I had been so focused on spending my last days as a free kid with my best friend.

Lately I've been feeling less like I need them, even though it's better that I never skip them. they make me feel a bit groggy and hungover recently. so my mind was less on my medication and more on my last week of freedom.

By the time I got to the entrance I looked around to spot a little blue Taz. I couldn't see it, the entire place was so fully parked and packed with people that I had to slide between the crowds just to get to the end of the road were once again, no aunt Eva in sight.

I sighed, kicked a rock to the side and called her, turning to a black tinted window on the side of a Merc. I called 3 times and she hadn't picked up.

her

I watched and protected this body that has my face engraved in its skull. One day, it will all be mine again.

I will rise, and that thought couldn't help but put a smile to my beautiful face.

With her being at this weak point it had finally been my chance. I had to spark fear so I could cross over into my place.

Me

I stared at my reflection for a while before I noticed it smiling back at me. I wasn't smiling for a second. I blinked once, and it was still smiling, when I moved away it came closer to me.

it grabbed me from behind and I turned around to see my aunt looking at me in horror.

"she's coming-" said aunt Eva.

"oh, but I'm already hear sweet evie-" said a voice.

immediately I felt a stabing pain in my neck. warm wet liquid pooled down as I tried to breathe and realise what was happening to me.

I touched my neck and looked at my hand.

Blood.

Nothing made sense. did my aunt just stab me ?

I heard a laugh before she charged at me once more, only this time, with a brick in hand, I ducked before the brick could come down on me. I heard glass break above my head, and glass dusted my hair and cut my face. I dove under the car and crawled over to the other side. she tugged me back at my ankles. I screamed and cried as she dragged me, my claws trying to hold onto something, anything to get me away from her hold. I looked down and stomped on the area between her eyes. it caused her to let go, and I took the chance to escape under the car and into the foggy endless maze of tall trees.

I could barely even see the leafs of the trees, there was nothing but tree trunks surrounding me. I kicked up dead leafs as I ran through the infinite night, clutching onto the knife protruding from my neck where blood continued to trickle down my arm. I could hear her voice. aunt Eva was behind me.

I was being hunted.

I tried to pull the knife from my neck but just as I tried to yank it out, my hand betrayed me, and shoved it back in. I groans loudly behind my lips. I knew that if I made a sound she'd 100% find me. so I ran to where I could see light, hear people.

"HELP ! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME !" I could barely my hands in front of me as I strained my eyes to see something; anything.

the adrenaline rush was causing me to slowly black out.

"this is the only way !" I heard her from behind me.

I turned around to face aunt Eva but she wasn't even there, my mind was definitely playing tricks on me. I turned back toward and ran into her. she grabbed me and tackled me to the ground. she pulled the knife out of my neck and tried to stab me again and again. I could barely breathe with her on my chest. I screamed in excruciating pain, I couldn't feel or hear anything. I was going to die, and aunt Hilda would be the one to kill me.

her

I grabbed the knife from her and rolled back with her on top of me. then I was I top of her. she began to chant a spell, but I slammed her jaw shut and her tongue lopped right out of her mouth. she screamed and cried.

"What's wrong Evie- ?" I stabbed the knife into her severed tongue and waved it through the air.

"-cat got your tongue ?" then I ate it off the knife whilst holding her mouth shut and chewed.

tongues are actually quite chewy might I had. out of all tongues, human tongue is probably the chewiest.

she began to fight me. knocking the knife from my hand and flailing her woeful limbs as an attempted to strangle me and hold me down. rude.

I broke her wrists, then her elbows, then pulled her shoulders out of their sockets. she couldn't really scream, it was just.. gargling, choking and oozing noises. soft cries.

I got up from her to collect the knife she so kindly plunged into the neck of this body, so that I could use it to tear open her gut so I could strangle her with her intestines.

I tore her open and pulled out her wiring system, but before I could use it to strangle her she had stopped squirming.

is she dead already ? perhaps the shock had killed her before I could.

I decided to rip out her left lowest floating rib, cut off the ring finger that had a display of a silver ring with a jewel, lopped off a chunk of her hair and wiped the bloody knife on the clothes this body portrayed around in.

"thank you for your kind sacrifice Evie~" I thanked the dead witch.

"Stay right were you are- the- the police are on their way-" came a rough but flaky voice from up ahead.

fear filled the air.

"oh sweetheart- this is hell, you're going to need more than a bunch of pigs in blue suits that carry handguns to tame me~" I laughed as I pocketed the harvest of my hard work.

"tell you what, I'll give you 5 seconds to run along. how's that sound hm ?" I smiled as I got ready.

"YOU'RE CRAZY- STAY BACK- !" the teenage boy held out a pocket knife toward me.

it was so sweet that it made me cackle a bit.

"okay, I'll give you 6. 5... 4... 3... 2..- actually, I'm bored now. run." I charged at him but I felt a piercing pain through my shoulder. a groaned and turned around to meet pigs in blue suits surrounding me.

hand guns pointing at me as if I was the star of the show beneath a spotlight. I smiled and took a bow before I got my turn.

when I finished painting the Forrest with the group of men I continued to the place filled with joy and laughter. before I weaken even more I'll have to get rid of the monster that caused me pain. if it can make me feel pain, then I have to cut it down before it can do worse.

I stumbled through the crowds of people. blood trailing along, trying to detect the monster. once I did I hid away from the eyes of empathetic human creatures who tried to help my weak self.

I followed him until I got him alone between two food trucks. I held the knife to his neck and pressed. he simply looked at me blankly, as if it was another Tuesday. what was wrong with him ? did he not fear for his life ? the harder I pressed the more he smirked.

inside his eyes, were the darkest places of hell. treacherous pain, eternal suffering. places I've never seen nor would I dream to endeavour. not an ounce of fear. my heart raced. why had I not killed him yet ?

I looked at my hand, it shook against his carotid artery. the knife causing blood to drip onto his collar. he quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me closer. my wrist ached where he held and a breath escaped me. I was sweating, the heart of this body could not remain calm. my face began to dampen with warmth and tears fell onto my face the longer I looked at him.

"What kind of monster are you ?" was all that could utter before nothing but darkness engulfed me.