Memoirs of a Monster Killer: Killing Forever Book 1 by David J. Phifer

Author:David J. Phifer
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Mod City Media
Published: 2021-02-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

The Cursed Vessel

We stood on the lawn of a house going down in a blaze of glory. The Cursed Vessel stood in front of us, barely ten yards away with only one objective: to kill me.

“What is that thing?” Augie asked. “I thought he drained that guy.”

“He did. But he whispered an incantation. And called something forth. The body is possessed.”

“Possessed by what?”

“Let’s find out.” I put three bullets in the creature’s chest. The force of impact pushed the beast several paces back. But it didn’t fall.

Its black eyes looked at me and smiled a wicked grin. “Solomon Ivyyy.”

Augie took a few steps back. “Why does it keep saying your name?”

“Poe marked me for death. That’s the only intent of the beast.”

The holes in the creature’s chest didn’t give way to blood. Black ooze dribbled from its wounds. The holes seemed to deepen, contort, and twist. Sharp teeth wriggled within the torn flesh and grew from the wound. Layers of overlapping shark-like teeth filled all three wounds.

The bullet holes in his chest were now replaced with inhuman mouths snapping like rabid dogs. Whatever he called forth to inhabit the vessel, it was definitely not from this universe.

Augie backed up to the truck. “What the hell?”

“Take the knife,” I said, handing him my blade. “Go to the back of the truck. Grab the machete.”

He ran to the back of the camper. The dark beast moved slowly. I fired at its face. It jerked back. When it turned to me, its face was gone, replaced by a chasm of darkness. A black void.

Inside the black pit were stars.

It looked like outer space. Its face was a portal, a dark abyss, leading to another dimension. On the outer rims of its empty face, layers of jagged teeth pushed through.

I ran to the back of the truck. Augie handed me the machete.

“Keep it,” I said. “It’s not enough.”

“You said get the machete.”

“That was before I knew what it was.” That was a lie. I still didn’t know what it was. But I could tell the signs.

“What is it?”

“A demon.”

That was a gross understatement. Demons are from Hell. This creature was much worse. But if I told Augie it was a dark cosmic entity from the edge of the universe and wanted to release an army of unholy beasts to devour every human soul on the planet, he’d just pass out again.

I jumped in the back of the truck, opened the large drawer, and pulled out a spear gun. It was already loaded.

Before I could get out, the creature reached for Augie. But Augie held the machete.

I’ve had that machete for almost a decade. I couldn’t count how many monsters I’ve killed with it. How many heads I’ve lopped off and demons I’ve chopped up.

Let’s just say it had a history.

Channeling the power of the machete, Augie knew exactly what to do. He jumped back and sliced the machete down, severing the creature’s arm. He kicked the beast in the chest, his foot landing between the three round snapping jaws.

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