Chapter 5: The House of Hands

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Sam felt the blindfolds lifting and a pair of hands placing her down and Lizzy yelping when it grabbed her. Sam heard the small one's voice say "There's the house." Sam looked to where it pointed and saw a house that looked as if it had been abandoned for years with boards on most entrances and dust on the windows. The entire house was a faded gray.
They began walking towards the house and Lizzy tripped on a small golden bead and asked the small one about it. It responded by saying "Put it down, everything here has a reason." "Okay then" and she tossed it back. When they reached the doorstep there was a giant rug that it told them to step on. Once both of them were on it the floor dropped out and they slid into a cage. Seconds later they were met by the creatures.
     The horrid faces were ever changing and constantly morphed into even more grotesque combinations. That's when Sam heard  Lizzy scream "THEY'RE HANDS!" Sam inspected the things more closely and saw that there were hundreds of paws of mammals, fins of fish, and some primate hands.
    One of the creatures larger than the rest had made a series of popping sounds and stepped forward. This one seemed like the alpha and it had the only claw out of any of the others. This one pressed a pad on the cage and freed the two girls. It then grunted and Sam thought it wanted to have them follow.
    Sam and Lizzy followed the creature into a completely black tunnel. Then a shrill shriek came from somewhere in front of them followed by a loud clang that was unmistakably similar to the squishing of flesh.

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