The man is running through the forest that is full of vegetation, he is scared out of his wits. The man had gone to explore a mine shaft that had been abandoned recently. At first he had wanted to see if he could salvage anything for money, even if it meant "borrowing" from the company. That is when he felt his gut twist into knots. He shivered from the sensation, something felt wrong in this place. He shook it off as nervousness from attempting to steal -cough- I mean borrow from the company mine. As he turned on his flashlight and started to adventure down the mines, he saw a few abandoned mine carts. What he saw inside made him jump for joy, the inside had what looked like gold that had been mined. He started to see what he could fit on his person, but as he started to grab the ore it swayed and hit the sides of the mine cart. Deep in the cave there was a deep rumbling. The man stood there petrified as he tried to looked deeper into the darkness. He shifted his flashlight over and he saw something that his mind couldn't perceive, it made him drop his flashlight, turn tail and run. Now he is back to stumbling across the forest. He didn't want to end up being that creature's dinner. The man's sanity was almost broken as he heard the creature getting closer. The forest finally dropped back after what seemed like a endless nightmare. A road had appeared in front of him. The man saw a car with lights coming, so he ran into the middle of the road waving his arms. The man in the car saw him and had slowed down to a stop a few dozen feet away. The driver opened his door and stepped outside to
"WHAT'S WRONG?!"
The driver yelled,
The driver wanted to make sure the man wasn't a lunatic.
"Help me!!" The man shouted, as he was running toward the driver the creature finally caught up. It leapt out of the forest and tackled the man with its grotesque body. The driver reeled in shock and disgust. What he saw horrified him, IT looked like a spider humanoid, with 6 limbs, 2 for standing, 2 looked like scythes and the last 2 for grabbing. IT also seemed to have human like hands as it used them for transferring chunks of the man into its awaiting pincers near its mouth. The creature looked midnight black, so if it wasn't for the moonlight shining down on it he would have never seen its features. He was finally able to shake himself out of his stupor when he tuned back in to a crunching sound as the creature had started to eat the bones. The driver was slowly ducking to get into the car when he bumped into the top of the door frame. He closed his eyes shut for a moment, then looked at the creature. It had stopped feasting and looked up to see the driver standing there, as the driver looked into the creature's eyes, all he saw was a dead stare. The driver then knew that the first move would decide whether he lived or died. The man's adrenaline, fear, or both allowed him to quickly get in the car and shut the door. The creature started to rise to its full height of 10 feet and was starting to walk toward the car. The driver floored the gas and aimed straight for the creature, as the gap between them closed the creature looked ready to lunge at the car. Right before IT jumped the driver quickly flashed his bright head lights blinding the monstrosity as it leapt. He swerved just narrowly missing the brunt of the creature, but the scythe had attempted to grab hold of the car. The man immediately steered right while braking which only let the creature leave an indentation in the hood. The driver corrected himself and sped past. He sped down the road to the nearest town in 100 miles. As his speed gage was at a 90 mph and climbing, he looked in his glove box for the gun he had bought a week earlier. As he finally found the gun and the magazine that should be near it he heard police sirens, the man closed his eyes for the second time that night; as he was deciding whether he should keep speeding or stop for the cop he heard
"Stop now or I'll be forced to shoot!"
The driver cursed as he started to slow down and went to the side of the road, he slide the gun into the space to the right of his seat. He made sure the gun couldn't be seen with the glare from the moonlight. As he looked into the side view mirror, he saw the cop slowly approaching, but he was still high off adrenaline so he was jumpy. He felt dread creep into his very being as he was forced to stay still while the creature might be catching up to him. As the officer slowly approached his irritation rose with the cop's echoing steps. As the officer finally made it to his window his irritation was on a hair trigger. He rolled down his window just enough to talk to the officer. The officer peered into his window to ask
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
The driver couldn't keep the venom out of his voice "Was it because I went something like 90 or higher?" The officer was silent as he was surprised with the drivers attitude.
"You actually went 110. Why?"
"Well considering you wouldn't believe me even if I said it, but let's see shall we. There is a creature following me that had killed a man and ate him in front of me" the driver shrugged "but hey, you probably don't believe me." The officer had a confused look in his eyes
"Sir I think you need to step out of the vehicle"
"Not while that creature is out there and probably still hunting"
"Sir I will use forc-" the officer looked down and saw that something had just gone through his chest. He coughed up blood, his hand reached to his pistol, but the scythe of the creature just raised him up. The driver was bewildered and grabbed his gun, fit it in the crack of the window and fired two shots before slamming on the gas. He couldn't be sure if the bullets even hurt the creature. As he looked in his rear view mirror he saw the officer's head get crushed by the human like hands and dropped to the ground. The driver just kept accelerating and trying to hold what he had left in his stomach. He suddenly had an idea, one that might be able to save him. As he was speeding down the road again, he glanced at his phone to see where the new military base was. As he searched his phone he would look up every now and then to see if he was still driving straight. As he found the base was just a half mile away a shadow passed over his car. He looked up just in time to see the creature...roar?hiss maybe?...something along those lines. The driver almost panicked but everything seemed to slow down as the car and creature were about to collide. He yanked the steering wheel to the left and slammed his brakes to make the passenger window face the monster. The car then crashed into the creature which then tumbled the car into a roll disorienting the driver. The car slowly skidded to a stop upside down. The driver was barely conscious, but his survival instincts were screaming at him to keep moving no matter that he was possibly injured. He clicked out of his seatbelt and landed on his back, he took a moment to regain his breath then looked at the door. He saw that it was battered beyond belief. He raised his leg and kicked the door once, it didn't budge. He warily looked around for his gun which was next to him, he raised it and fired at the window. He cleared the glass from the frame with the pistol and carefully picked through the broken glass. He had picked up his phone which was cracked, but still working. He hurriedly checked his position and started to limp toward the military base. It seemed as he made his way toward the military base that he began to wonder if he was able to even wound the unstoppable beast. His thoughts were interrupted a few moments later when he heard the beast's weird call. It seemed that IT had found his car empty. The driver was able to get a surge of adrenaline and start running again. As the man was hearing the beast he was hoping he reached the base before he was the next meal. He was around the bend but as he was righting himself his foot slipped. He tumbled and as he tried to catch himself he lost the gun. Just as he was about to get up the creature pounced on him. The man stared at the horrifying face of the creature as it was about to decapitate him.
"FIRE!" The creature's head jerked up at the word, only to be shredded by the concentrated fire of the military soldiers. As the firing stopped the creature stood frozen for only a second before it collapsed, dead. As the driver saw that he was still alive he looked toward his saviors. He quickly got up and went to the man who had yelled the order.
"Thank god you were here, this creature has been chasing me this entire night, nothing seemed to have stopped its path... at least until now." The soldier cocked his head
"Are there others with you that need help?"
"The only other two who encountered this creature are dead, I am the only survivor...." Both the soldier and driver stared at each other. As the driver realized what he had just said he tried to pull up his gun, but was shot in the head. The soldier holstered his weapon and yelled to his subordinates
"Clean this mess up and find the two others this guy was talking about" he paused,the soldier looked to see that the creature had its body dented but it wasn't until it had to be taken down by a firing squad did it finally perish. "Also tell the higher ups that we have almost completed the V.D.C project. The soldier walked back to base content that the experiment had worked so well even if it had escaped. All they needed to do is see how it does when the others are unleashed upon the population. A drone that had been following the driver quietly flew away with the scene recorded.
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Monster
HorrorA man decided to see if he can't make some quick cash but he stumbles upon something he soon regrets I do not own the cover, message me if you would like me to take it down