The Beast by A R Davis

Author:A R Davis [Davis, A R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Damien woke in a cage in a dark room. His head pounded like a panicked heartbeat. He did not know why he was there, how he had gotten there, or who he was. It felt as though he was lying under a pile of stones; just the act of sitting up was painful. The front of his shirt was stained with blood, and his hands were wrapped with dirty bandages that looked days old. Where am I? he wondered as he took a moment to look around. The last thing he remembered was playing by the river as a boy, or maybe that was a dream; he didn’t know. He didn’t know anything about himself. He only knew his name.

He glanced around and realized that he was not in a room. He was in a tent. There were boxes piled around the cage. He remembered the face of a doctor. Did he put me in here? Is he even real?

Someone screamed in the distance.

It was a shriek that ripped the air apart, and when it died, it left a silence so filling that Damien thought his ears were clogged with water. There was a sudden explosion, and he nearly pissed himself. Shadows raced past his tent in all sorts of haphazard directions. The acrid smell of smoke wafted into the tent and underneath that was the vague smell of cooked meat. Damien peered between the bars of his cage, but all he could see was the side of the tent he was stored in.

What’s going on out there? Damien thought as he got to his knees. People were shouting for others to run. He thought he heard the sharp cracks of gunfire. Panic felt like a cold sweat working its way down his body, from his head to his feet. He knelt there, frozen, watching shadows racing by.

Another shriek rent the air, only this time it was inhuman, and it made his heart hum against his ribs. The ground beneath him shook in slow, steady beats. It was as though a giant was walking around outside. Was it coming towards him? If that was true, Damien didn’t have a way to escape.

Eventually, the ground ceased shaking. The shrieking persisted, but it was fading now. He was at a safe distance. Damien felt like he could breathe again.

He gasped when the tent flap opened, and when he saw what had entered, he wished he had not woken up at all.

A group of monsters emerged into the tent, intruding into his space, clicking, growling, and making other disgusting noises with their misshapen mouths. They flanked a creature with pointed ears that twitched uncertainly with his every movement, his dark fur made his green eyes glow dangerously in the lamplight. He immediately commanded one of his comrades to watch the opening while they took a look around.

“Are you sure he’s here?” one of the monsters asked. His left leg was like that of a rabbit, and he had half a rabbit’s ear sprouting from the top of his head.

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