It was a day of any other. Everyone was getting ready to close. It was a hot day that day, so they had to chase out animals who tried getting in. The C.E.O. (Fred) let everyone of earlier, since things kept sneaking in. The exterminators were called and arrived shortly to clean out any unwanted pests before completely closing everything up. The exterminators didn't find much, a few bones. The exterminators thinking this could be something dangerous, they continued to look around. Eventually this lead them to the shipping area. Full of unloaded shipping containers, the exterminators explored around but found nothing. They left. Fred decided to go ahead and close up shop, it was upstairs on the third floor. Nightfall was approaching.
He heard something like a scream. This triggered his flight or fight response. He raced to the source of the sound. The factory was big but he was fast. He found a yellowish hall, where the offices are held. He looked around clasping a pole he found laying there. He could barely make out what he was seeing at the end of the hallway. Something was rolling around, two long spears protruded through it's body. Grunting and hissing echoed through the hallway. He threw the pole at it. It threw it back, he walked closer until finally... A dog came out of the shadows, something wasn't right about it. It's face was severely deformed, it acted like it's paw was hurt. He backed off, the dog's face fell off and chuckled. it stood on it's hind legs and began shape shifting.
He ran it chased him. He ran into his office and locked the door behind him. He grabbed a phone and dialed 911. In the middle of typing it in the phone flew into the wall. The beast had tore the cord out of the wall. It started at him through the hole. It walked over to the door and violently beat on the door. Fred ran over to his desk and opened it up. He pulled out a revolver, the beast tears it's hand through the door. Fred fires several rounds into the beast, it let out a scream.
It broke down the door. Fred couldn't do anything but hope it was all a bad dream. The monster grabbed his shirt and lifted him up. His life flashed before his eyes.
He wakes up in his bed, Sighing in relief. He drove to work. He saw lights, police lights. He drove up and asked "What is going on?". Turns out the C.E.O. was violently murdered. Having several limbs dismembered, and his face ate.
Fred went home that day, thinking about what happened.
He fell asleep. Having a second dream about it.
This time he died instead. He woke up, but he didn't.
He was dead, dieing the same way his boss was.
Fred didn't get an afterlife. His soul is trapped inside the beast for eternity.
The beast still lurks out there, killing to it's heart content.
It currently has 138 souls, no one knows it's existence.
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In The Shadows
HorrorA man trapped inside a factory with a monster, the human mind can only take so much...