The Close Call

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I quickly run across the hallway into a random room (the closest one I could run to). I collapse onto the freezing, and ,unsurprisingly, damp floor. Pain pulsates and heat radiates throughout my whole body.My head starts to throb in excruciating pain and then I see it...

The monster thingy was standing in front of me and the pain is at its worst. It's as if when it gets closer, it hurts even more. Is that thing  doing it to me? A malicious grin spreads across its sinister, scarred face and it has bloodshot eyes with a tinge of wickedness to them just enough to make skin crawl and a shiver down my spine. It let out a hysterical cackle with malice glowing in its wide, dark eyes resembling dark pits as it chuckled wildly, " Game over." 

He closed his

Fortunately, I saw light creeping through the small, dirty window from the claustrophobic room and when I look back at the creature, it isn't there...

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