Mantis

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Once there was a crazy man who lived in a mansion with his family. One day the man and his family disappeared and the mansion went into ruin. Many years later a research team went to explore the home that when last entered at least seventy years ago. One of the men going in was named Mantis he was a young man nothing particularly special about him, he lived on his own in the city not far from the sight. Mantis enters the decrepid house from a back door when he steps in time seems to reverses as the mansion seems like it had been kept very well and even though there where many teams in the house it was empty he decided to start his search soon he found a room that looked to be a study or office of the owner. He sat in the chair and started to search the huge desk till he found a blue button. Be the man he was Mantis hit the button as he did a cage dropped on the chair and then the cage started to desend Mantis still in the chair and soon a huge dark room opened up it was almost a cave, Mantis could hear water moving around under him echoing in the huge chamber. The cage stops and opens up and Mantis steps out in to the cave the temperature had dropped about twenty degrees from the office which was now 200 feet above him Mantis started to wonder around the cave hoping to find a way out of the cavern.
  He wondered for a few minutes when something startled the water the sound echoed in the chamber. Mantis saw a shadow swimming in the water it was slightly humanoid but it was definitely deformed. Mantis start walking along the path fast till he reach a huge open door that lead into a more well lit room that was like the rest of the mansion now above him. The room only seemed to be a part of a coridor. Mantis walked down a hall till he reached a door he opened it to what looked like a street set for a movie or show it was dark and damp like it had just rained and the houses looks like they where from the late 1800's. Walking out of the hose and down the street Mantis herd what sounded like a pig squealing and it's hoofs hitting the cobblestone road soon the sound and steps got close and a pig that walked on two legs and had scares everywhere I looked like it had bits of human flesh stiched onto it. As it looked a Mantis a loud still scream came from it like a little girl then it ran into the dark. Mantis looked around startled by the dungeon he had seemingly found now more then ever he wanted to leave. He kept moving down the street till he came to a door on a wall the stopped the street as he opened the door it creaked like it hadn't been opened in many year and the hinges has rusted. It opened into the coridor again he followed it till he found where a different hall met the one he was in wanting to go back he turned left into a monster with the body of a female but her arms where long and came to a point her head hung low on her long neck face covered in long black matted hair that looked wet from where Mantis stood. He screamed and the abomination noticed him and slowly picked up its head tla woman's face looked back at him with a sad look as of she had lost something dear. Mantis looked in horror he couldn't run from this abomination he stood in fear looking into her sad eyes that where milky white. She screamed it was so loud and srill it made Mantis's sight blur and he almost dropped and puked right there he found it hard to keep his stomach down she screamed for a long time and Mantis blacked out. When he finally woke up he was strapped to a table arms pinned near his face a man stood over him moving a light into Mantis's eyes "what have we here" the man spoke his voice was broken and cracking "this should be a great canvas for my work!" The man pulled out a needle and shoved it into Mantis's arm who screamed in pain then slowly slipped of of life. I woke up and saw the man he welcomed me he felt like I could trust him I decided to look around me home it was dark but I like it plenty of rats to eat I also like playing with the people who come down on the elivator in that big cave room they scream if they see me. one even called me "Mantis" he seemed to turn white when he saw me. Am I that scary I played with him he didn't last as long as some of the others but he definitely talked a lot more.

*vanity time*
Hello creeps like the story I definitely enjoyed making it if you enjoy this format of just short story's definitely let me know I'll be happy to work on this "project " along side of my other book so umm yeah that's all till next time
    ,Ragnar

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