Chapter 6

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My Mom was in the kitchen when I woke up to banging pots and pans. 

She always comes over when there's a shooting in town, there was one last night right around the corner from Midnight Hollow.

 My Dad died when I was 11, he got caught in the middle of one of the shootings and wasn't as lucky as some of the others. 

Eventually, he died three days later in the hospital after taking a bullet to the neck. 

 "Hey Mom,"I croak. She stops what she's doing.

  I can't help but notice that she's a little taller than I remember.  

 "Morning."She replies.  

"Oh!"I shriek.  

That, was not my Mother's voice.  

I quickly dart back to my room and grab my gun. 

I turn around but it, was standing in the doorway to my room. 

"What the heck!" I cry.  

The thing was tall and thin. It had abnormally long fingers with yellowed, old crusted nails. 

It has no face. 

 Where it's face should be it was all slimy and didn't have eyes or a nose. 

 It didn't have ears or hair. 

All it had was a mouth. An ugly one too. 

It had sharp pointy teeth with slobber and mucus hanging off the edges of it's lips.  

This, I think, is the most hideous thing I've ever seen.

 I pointed the gun at it's head. 

"What are you?" I ask, thinking that it'd actually answer me. 

Instead of replying, it lunges forward. 


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