The Monsterman's One True Love [REMASTERED]

Chapter 8 - Monster Monster

Emily woke up inside the small bed in the tattered room of the place she had stayed in after she was almost cut into pieces alive and served for dinner to a bunch of hungry monsters. She owed it all to Amen who had saved her from certain death. The monsters were busy eating their breakfast when Emily came downstairs to meet Amen at the door; she was not hungry and not up for eating with a group of monsters again.

"I hope you know where you're going Amen," Emily said to him, still cautious about him.

Amen shook his head. "I would never trick you unlike last time," He answered, and then Emily crossed her arms.

"Oh is that so? Well I'm sorry I stabbed you in my basement,"

Amen did not seem offended. "Do not worry about it." He informed her as the two of them walked out the door. Emily followed him eager to get out of there as quickly as possible. Even though she was saved from those monsters she still secretly did not trust them one bit after they had tried to kill her but in her heart she hoped that she could trust Amen.

The two of them walked silently through the dark forest that day. Emily was relieved that she no longer had to jump at every noise heard in the nearby trees and shrubs now that Amen was with her. But inside she felt the urge to ask him if he was sure that he knew where he was going. Amen seems different the last time I saw him. He seems a lot nicer than I expected, or maybe that is because he knows that I'm on his side now so he does not have to bother trying to scare me anymore, Emily thought as she followed Amen deeper into the forest hoping that soon wherever she was being led would appear soon.

But eventually to her surprise Amen had led her to a large rock wall and he stopped there. It was a dead end and Emily knew that either he was trying to trick her, he got lost and went the wrong way, or there was some sort of secret passage that she did not know about.

"Amen this is a dead end, I do not see any place here that Mr. Lordi could possibly be living in," Emily said, getting a little suspicious.

"Stand there." Amen replied while pointing to a stone tile on the ground.

Emily obeyed and stood on the tile hoping and praying that this was not a booby trap. "This platform will take you straight down to the fiery abyss of hell where Mr. Lordi's lair is. He will be expecting you, and you must go alone from once you are there. He told me not to interfere. Is that understood?" Amen asked.

Emily nodded. "I'm ready. Take me down,"

Amen answered her request and then began to chant something. "I bend over and pray the lord today, may you descend to the abyss."

When the words were finished, Emily felt the ground beneath her begin to move downward and she realized that the stone platform she was standing on was taking her down under the forest. She took one last look at Amen and thanked him for helping her one last time and then she turned to face what lay below her.

As the platform descended more Emily could see her new surroundings clearer. Instead of a dark eerie forest what lay before her this time was a reddish rocky wall with a lake of lava surrounding a long bridge that led straight to a large creepy looking mansion that looked almost like a castle. This is it. Mr. Lordi is down here, I have come so far, time to bond with him, Emily thought as the platform reached the bottom and she stepped off.

The large building on the other side of the bridge did look like a mixture of a haunted mansion seen in cartoon shows and a castle. Wow, his house is creepy, Emily said to herself as she began to walk towards the bridge and took a step onto it. Don't look down, just keep moving, and she began to slowly and carefully cross the bridge. She kept her eyes on the structure on the other side to prevent herself from losing her balance even though the bridge was quite wide enough for her to not worry about falling off.