Horrorland: Monsters Unleashed

Chapter #14 I Need A Hero

The full moon rose higher and higher into the sky, signaling that it was about midnight. I still sat slumped against the bed in Slappy's room, my neck still chained to the canopy post like some kind of dog. Woof woof.....

My eyelids were heavy and I was beginning to yawn pretty frequently. Sleep was about to take over me when the bedroom door creaked open. I figured it would be Slappy, and it was. He grinned at me as he approached.

    "Hello, Bec." He greeted.

    "My name is Rebecca!" I grouched.

    "But your friends call you Bec?" Slappy defended.

    "Well you're not my friend! Not by a long shot!" I exclaimed.

    "You're right, I'm not. I'm your King, and you are my Queen." Slappy stated.

I glared hard at him, gritting my teeth.

    "No, I'm not your Queen!" I snapped.

    "Then just what are you?" Slappy asked, amused.

    "I'm just a simple human girl that came to this stupid park for a day of fun with my friends! A girl that just wants to leave with those same friends and forget all about you and the rest of the monsters." I admitted.

Slappy grinned slyly.

    "Oh but you're more than that, Rebecca." Slappy snickered.

    "Suddenly you know more about who I am than I do?" I shot back.

    "You're right. We are not friends, we are barely a married King and Queen, you're a human, yes. But....you are one more thing." Slappy stated.

    "And what's that?" I wondered.

Slappy's mouth turned up into a vicious little grin, one that a psycho killer might have as he murders a victim.

    "You are my slave." He spoke.

Taken aback by his words, I gasped. But my anger bounced back quickly as my face filled with anger. I adopted a menacing scowl as well.

    "Never." I seethed through gritted teeth.

    "So stubborn, when there's really no say in the matter for you. You'll be all alone soon enough and you won't have any choice." Slappy remarked.

    "What do you mean?" I questioned.

    "Your little friends....Jennifer, Ryan, and pretty boy,-" Slappy began, but I cut him off.

    "His name is Kyle!" I growled.

    "His name won't matter after tomorrow morning. And soon after that, neither will the other two." Slappy replied.

    "What are you going to do?" I demanded to know.

    "I have a somewhat kingdom to take care of. Monsters to feed, roles to fulfill, criminals to punish. Your friends will be helping me meet these goals." Slappy explained.

     "You're going to...-" I tried, but was cut off.

    "Kill them, in the most beneficial ways possible. I think Jen would make a tasty meal for my starved zombie subjects, don't you think? Ryan would make just the right ingredient for the witches new potion, right? And Kyle, he's the perfect candidate for testing out the Lord High Executioner's new axe...." Slappy planned.

My breathing hitched sharply and I lunged forward at Slappy, angrily clawing at him. The metal chain around my neck didn't allow me to go far enough though, and I fell backwards against the bed again, winded. Slappy took cautious steps towards me now and lifted my chin up with his little wooden hand, forcing me to look into his evil brown eyes.