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The thing

By: vidalhbea
folder Horror/Thriller › General
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The thing

Another  year has come and gone . Another year that marks the anniversary  of Tom , my friend's  death . Sigh . So...let me start  at the beginning . My name is Nicky Lee ,and one night ,on a Halloween , me and Tom Waters were spending the weekend  at his parents cabin . It was gonna be fun he said . I had never been out in the country , so I thought it would  be fun . Anyway , we got there and it was cool . The cabin  was pretty big . Tom's  parents  had the main room which was on the far corner if the cabin ,  Edith , Tom's  sister  had her own room , me and Tom would be sharing  a room ,which was fine with me , it was upstairs . We settle  in and rest a bit then Mr.Waters asks  us to bring in some  firewood  from the shed outside and tells us that we can explore  the area  when we're  done .  I help Tom  and we bring  in plenty  of  firewood . When we're  done we go  outside  as Mrs. Waters tells us not to go too far and to be careful . My eight  year self  happily  romped  along with my friend . If only  I knew that it would  be  the last time we  would  ever get to play together . I miss him so much . Sigh.

So we were playing when suddenly  we heard what sounded  like  a  grunt .  We froze and listened . A moment  passed by and we heard nothing else . Then we heard it again ,  this  time it was followed  by steps . Thinking  it was some sort of wild animal  we moved closer  to the cabin. As we moved I noticed  a shadow  . I looked up to see a few trees disturbed .  I then had this strange  feeling  that I was being watched .

We played for about  an  hourly before  we decided  to  go back  inside. Edith was on her phone  playing  a game , she looked up and smiled . As we were about to go upstairs , Mr. Waters  called us . He said that we should go back to the shed and  fix the mess we did. Tom and I exchanged  looks ,but didn't argue . We went back outside and to the shed . The firewood  was knocked  over . Confused  about  how the firewood  was not how we left it , Tom and I put it back in its  place . I didn't  tell Tom , I...I didn't  think he knew ,but as we placed the wood back , I saw this huge  shadow  in the corner  of the shed and we could hear a rustle . Trying  to  be brave I talked  to  Tom and kept him distracted . He was putting the last log in the pile when I spotted something . I took a closer look . On the wall I could see four  scratch  marks . Tom came over and frowned  as he noticed  the marks . Suddenly  we heard a thud and then a grunt. Scared we ran back to the cabin .

Tom tried to tell his parents about the marks and then the noise ,  but they  told us that since we were in the woods , animals  could sometime  come around . We weren't  convinced  though . We did our best to forget  the incident  and decided  that maybe  Mr.Waters was right . So we had dinner and talked .Mrs.Waters had made a meatloaf  before we came here so all she had to do was put in the oven . Mmm , it smelled so good . Let me tell you , her meatloaf  was the best and I was shameless  as I ate my fill . As we ate and talked suddenly  a loud ,what I could only  describe  as a screech was heard. We froze  as we heard it again followed  by  a  thump on the  roof. Then ...a scratching . Mr.Waters stood up and walked to the window and peered outside . He squinted  as he looked . Suddenly  he cried  out and jerked away from the window.  We all jumped  and cried out .Mr. Waters  then turned around looked at us and laughed . It was just a possum he said . We chuckled  nervously . Dinner was concluded  without further  incident and then we helped Mrs.Waters  clean . The cabin  didn't  have a t.v .so we  spent the rest of the evening  playing card games . While we played  ,I couldn't  help but have this overwhelming  feeling that I was being watched .I would look at the window  occasionally .  I tried to concentrate , but the feeling  was so strong  that  it grated on my nerves . I didn't  know it then ,but that...that ...thing  must  have  been  watching  us .

The next day Tom woke me and I sluggishly got myself  dressed for the day . slept very little  the night before .  I kept having  these horrible  nightmares  . In them I would see this shadow . Just this human looking ,but not human looking thing .I couldn't  make out any of its features , except  for these claw like  hands reaching out  to  me and glowing  white eyes . In my dream , in my nightmare  I could hear screams . Horrible  agonizing  screams for help. I could also hear that grunting . As I tried to get away  the shadow  followed me . Just when my torment seemed to go Tom appeared  and he reached out to me . As I ran to him  ,I  failed to notice  as the shadow  behind me  or the look of horror  on my friends  face . When I reached him  , Tom lifted his hand .I stared in wide eyed shock as the hand  then transformed  into a shiny leathery appendage  with four claws for fingers ,  I glanced at his face which had a blank stare . Tom opened his mouth  ,but instead of words  ,he grunted .

The horror  of that nightmare has stayed with me even after all these years . I still have them . I relive that night that changed my life.

That morning  Mr.Waters  wants to go into town  so we go and get some things  . Tom and I entertain ourselves  by trying to see what the  other is thinking . We get back to the cabin and as we are about to get out of  the  van  , we see something  that  keeps us from  approaching  the cabin . The door is wide open . Mr.Waters  tells us to stay in the van and he gets out and walks toward the cabin . We wait anxiously  as the minutes tick by . It seems like forever , but a short time later Mr.Waters  comes out . He says it's okay to go inside . 

We look at the mess left  . It looks like an animal was in here. Mr.Waters  echoes  my thoughts  and tells  us somehow an animal must have  gotten inside and ransacked  the place . We spent the next few hours cleaning and putting things back to the way they were.When we're  done Mrs.Waters  treats us to some fruit  salad . I thank her and I dig in . When  we're  done  we  go  outside  to get some firewood . As we near the shed  ,that feeling  of being  watched  hits me . Instinctively  I look around , but see nothing . As we grab the firewood  in the shed I am overcome with dread . I feel like I'm in danger. I'm eight  and don't know why ,but I have this overwhelming  feeling  that  I'm not safe here . 

We go back inside and by this time I'm so paranoid , I keep looking over my shoulder  expecting  to see something . Tom notices  this and asks what's wrong  with  me . I don't want to scare him  ,and I tell  him nothing.  If only that were true .

The rest of the day passed by quickly . We had gone hiking  and while it was fun , I still had that terrible  feeling that that we were being watched . In fact several times I know I saw shadows  in the trees and an occasional  grunt . Mr.Waters  chalked up my paranoia  to animals . Somehow  I knew that wasn't  true . I found it odd since  I had not seen one. I found that strange . What I found strange also were these four marks that I would find .

Finally we went back to the cabin after the hike . So much was happening  that I was expecting  the place to a mess . I was relieved  that it wasn't . Maybe I was just being crazy . 

The scream  woke me from my sleep . I bolted up from  bed and looked around .  Thinking  that I had imagined it , I laid  back down . A second  scream had me nearly falling off the bed . Tom was gone ,but was too busy running downstairs  to think about it . Edith was crying  as Mrs  Waters  held her. Before  I could figure  out  what  was going on , she began saying that she had seen something outside of her window . Poor Edith  was so distraught , she didn't make sense at first . She calmed down enough and began to tell us what had her so upset .  She was awakened  by a loud noise , she got up to see what it was and...and that's when my blood ran cold . Edith , she saw a human looking shadow  with white glowing eyes and long arms with four clawed fingers . "You saw it too ."  I looked at her wide eyed  not realizing  that I spoke . She turned to me with the same look of horror , but she didn't say anything  she didn't  have to . Poor Edith ,  she was such a good sister , she didn't  deserve  to die like that . She probably  knew it , but I had a little crush on her.

Mr.Waters  came back from checking outside .  He didn't see nothing .But I could tell that something was bothering  him . Suddenly  Edith looks toward  the window and points  as she let out a scream . I look just as I see a large shadow  pass by . Tom and I huddle together  and gasp as we hear  what sounds like thumps along the cabin . Mr.Waters  tells us to go upstairs . Sigh that was the last place we should've been . I can still picture  Tom's  face as that thing took him . I remember  Mrs.Waters's screams  as it grabbed  her son who had sacrificed himself  do that I could live . But it's not living. It's hell .

I...I can't  do this , I can't . No I ,I have to for Tom  , for Edith.  They deserve  to have their story  told , even if no one believes  it . Sigh  . We went upstairs  as Mr.Waters  checked the door and windows . Just then a thump . Thump. Thump. Thump . Thump .  We looked up at the ceiling . Then quiet . We looked on as Mrs. Waters  hesitantly  moved toward the window . It broke as this thing crashed  through  it . We screamed . It was  the thing from my nightmare .  It stood up and grunted . Then it moved  fast toward us . Mr.Waters  shouted as he came up. He froze . The creature , the thing  stopped . Then it jumped and that's when the horror  began . That thing jumped  in front of Edith  and  grabbed her . Edith didn't have  time to do anything  as it impaled  her with those claws . She fell like a ragdoll to the floor  ,eyes staring blankly . Before  anybody could  so much as breath , that thing jumped  again  , this time in front of me. It looked at me with those demonic  eyes and let out this hideous  grunting-like   screech  as it shoved it's claws into my stomach . I looked  at the thing for what seemed forever. Suddenly  it let out another grunt/screech it let me go and I fell to the floor . Mr.Waters  had stabbed  it with a knife .  It staggered  a little  before it righted itself . It screeched again ,only this time it seemed  angry . I tried to get up , but I was in so much pain . It saw what I was doing and raised its claw . I closed my eyes expecting  to die . Only then I heard something . I opened my eyes just to meet Tom's  shocked  expression . I didn't  know  what was going until I saw blood gush out of my friends  mouth and he coughed .  The things claws were red with blood and glistening with Toms entrails .Then I heard a shriek  and I turned to see Mrs.Waters  let out an anguished scream . That was all I remember  before losing  consciousness. 

I woke up to find out both my best friend  and  his  sister  had been killed by this thing . Mr.Waters  and Mrs.Waters  were never the same . Mrs Waters  lost the will to live and Mr.Waters  left her . I feel so bad  for them . Sometimes  I wish  that thing had killed me . Now  ten years later I still carry the guilt .  

Along with scars that thing left me . Happy anniversary  Tom , I miss you . 

 


 

 

 

 


I hope this came right . Let me know what you think , Huggles   , bea .