Short horror stories

The shower drain

I step into the shower.
Warm water touches my body and short hair. My short hair quickly absorbs the water. I apply shampoo to my hair. I hear some shuffling noises downstairs. "Gerald is that you?" I shout loudly hoping for my husband to hear. One thing to know about Gerald is that he can't hear that well. He's 54 and I'm 52. He's my true love. Gerald is usually outside patching up our car that broke down yesterday.

Oh, I forgot to mention. Me and Gerald are selling the house to some nice couple. Hopefully they can take care of this house, just as we have taken care of it. No response. Probably the house creaking like always. I rinse off the shampoo. The drain absorbs everything, the water falling along with my shampoo. I hear the shuffling noise again. "Gerald?" I say almost shouting.

I feel the shuffling noise beneath my feet. Under the shower. That's not possible. The only thing underneath there is the.... Pipes. I immediately stop washing my hair but keep the water on. "Come on Gerald stop messing around with the pipes".
"I see you". I hear a voice whisper. That's not Gerald's voice. I swallow. A lump on my throat stops me from screaming. I take 3 steps away from where I think it's coming from.
The shower drain. The shuffling noise abruptly stops. I wait for something to happen. "I-I need to get my pills" I say thinking to myself. I see something white covering the drain. I take a step forward.

What is that? It slowly starts getting bigger and bigger and taller.
It had no face and it had a lanky talk, skinny body. It was all white. Pure white. "Get away from me" I say trying to wheeze out the words. I quickly scan him.

I notice something I didn't see before. His hands. His sharp knifes attached to his hands. That's when it hit me. This is the end. I can't run. My body is too weak. He comes closer towards me. I wanna run. Can't. He does something I didn't expect.

He puts his hand on the shower knob. And turns it left. All the way down. He's going to burn me. The hot scalding water burns my skin. I look at my legs.

Skin layers start unraveling. Blood pours everywhere. I hear screaming. It's my own screams inside my head. My whole body was unraveling. Each skin layer being exposed. The white body figure waves at me with its knife fingers. I have to get out of here. My legs are no more. I fall to the ground.

I try crawling out. I feel the air get thicker with each time I get closer to the door. "Why do you run Ruth?" I hear the same voice say again. I look back. I see the white figure coming towards me. "NO PLEASE" I scream loudly.

He digs his fingers into my body. Shearing pain explodes from my stomach. Everything turns black.

The white figure starts going back to its home. The shower drain. He drags his victim along with him. The hot scalding water continues falling against the shower.

The drain absorbs everything. Even the blood of it's victims.

"Honey? Did you get out of the shower?" Gerald says.

"I see you Gerald" His wife replies.