Nightmares (Short Stories)

Run Jenny, Run

"Do you have any idea what's going on right now?"

"No, I literally have no fucking clue what's going on or where the hell I even am."

"Well, I'm Bo. Welcome to The Pit."

The giant man with horns coming from his head, bull snout projecting from his face and hooves clomping on the ground as he held a large weapon over his shoulder with one hand and proffering the other to me.

I wanted to decline and hide behind one of these rocks, but hey, I'm too small and he hadn't sliced my head of yet so I counted it a win and grabbed the beast's hand.

The pull almost dislocated my shoulder. "Fuuuuucckkk," I moaned out when the pain jumpstarted my brain.

Wildly looking about and noticing a collection of random half beast-half human mixtures all over made me feel a little self-conscious. I was fully human and had never seen anything in real life like these guys. I knew they were all guys or at least assumed since no one seemed to understand what a shirt was. They would have been drool worthy had they not been mixed with other species and this wasn't some nightmare I couldn't wake up from.

"So you didn't tell me wh-"

"Quiet human."

Well that's helpful. At least they spoke my language so it had to be a nightmare. Aliens don't speak your language.

"Strip." I wanted to see what I was getting to play with. Others had come closer and looked extremely spooked. It was a nightmare after all so it was to be expected.

"What?" The beast just stared at me for a moment, cutting his scamming of the surrounding environment.

"Strip. This is my nightmare and I want to at least see how creative I am. Then I want to play with my creation. I don't feel like having a nightmare."

The fear from earlier was gone from pretty much everyone's eyes as they wheezed out chuckles quietly.

"I will not. This is not your nightmare, it is everyone's. This is no time to be a thot."

His eyes went back to roaming and we started toward some highly covered area. The light had greatly diminished under the trees and I was struggling. The beasts seemed to be fine which would explain the reflective eyes.

"Did you just call me a thot?!" I was outraged that my nightmare would insult me. Yes, I screeched at him.

That's when I heard it, the thunderous booms shaking the ground beneath us.

"You stupid woman!" He yelled and the beasts all scattered. I was left alone in the clearing waiting for whatever was making that noise.

Worst nightmare ever. I never get what I want.

A few seconds later and I hear trees crashing to the ground, some loud yelling and finally, screaming.

What walked out from behind the trees could only be described as the Devil. With the face of a human, but with some piercings and massive horns adoring its head, dark wings behind its back and the height of an small elephant. It was muscular with taloned toes poking it from thick tree trunk like bird legs. He had on some type of covering which prevented me from
Figuring out how bird like he was in all the important places.

"Hey...you..." I wanted to seem approachable and figure out if I could coerce him into showing me the goods.

"Come now and you won't suffer."

"Ok." Suffering was not an option. Might as well follow the hunky piece of man meat back to somewhere warm.

The beast looked confused for a second and then lunged and had my wrists tied before I could process his movement.