A Private's Dread

After being tasked to infiltrate a castle with the mission of finding doors to parallel dimensions, a team of highly trained soldiers get's ambushed by a group of mysterious species described as humans with sharp fangs and thirst for blood. Some members of the team didn't manage to survive and some did. Among the survivors, there was Ray Williams, an enthusiastic private that volunteered for the mission.

Before gaining the strength to get up, Ray had a recall of what happened before they got disbanded. He and his unit were running down an endless hall when they got all out of sudden attacked by one of the flesh-eating monsters. He got up on his feet and spotted that same monster which attacked them laying down on the ground with a bullet on his/her head. Ray seemed to have been acting based on instinct and took a shot on the bloody monster before passing out. So he walked a few steps forward before grabbing his P90 Machine Gun. The hall was covered by a mist of darkness. Ray advanced in precaution as he knew the monstrous creatures would use the dark to devour him silently. His heavy steps echoed around the room. After walking a few more feet, Ray realized he had been going towards a dead end. He mumbled - 'No!' before charging towards the locked door that was making his escape a lot more difficult. 'The Bridge is broken, the door is shut. Think Ray, think! There's got to be another way out of here' - He thought, hoping that the locked door wasn't the only exit. Suddenly, a deep dark voice interrupted his calculating - 'How much suffering mortal, does it take, before you loose your grace?'. Seeing as things are getting weirder, Ray yelled desperately - 'Who's there? Show yourself!'. Feeling the need to panic, He stepped away from the door with his steps lightly touching the rough ground until a bloody figure suddenly flashed up before his eyes and quickly disappeared. Traumatized from the sudden appearance of that creepy creature, Ray tripped on the ground but rapidly got back up and started to run down the hall, leaving the P90 Machine Gun back at the spot where he previously tripped. After reaching up with a hole in the wall, Ray whimpered - 'My rifle! Oh..Pistol...still got my pistol!' and then quickly grabbed a pistol out of his holster. As he reloaded his only weapon left, Ray sighted a person, that same person that scared the hell out of him a few seconds ago. Ray recognized the figure, It was Lloyd, one of the members of his unit that was presumed dead during the ambush. 'Lloyd?...Is that you Lloyd?' - A confused Ray mumbled. Lloyd slowly revealed his face. His eyes were shining and his teeth grew revealing bloody fangs..something was wrong. 'What are you doing, Lloyd' - Ray asked him, doubting the possibility Lloyd still had his mental stability. Things got even more weirder when Lloyd spitted blood in the ground, blood that flowed around all directions, forming it's own stream. A frightened and confused Ray slowly pointed the gun at Lloyd - 'It can't be him.' - he grunted before taking an accurate shot, aiming his head. The bullet pierced through Lloyd's head splattering the blood all around, however that didn't work as the monstrous Lloyd healed his wound, remaining spotless. 'Do you know what It's like being torn apart alive? You will never get out of here!' - the same deep voice was heard supposedly coming from Lloyd's mouth, pushing Ray even more near to the edge of the hole. Just like things were not awry enough, the ground started to tremble and Ray fell on the hole. The evil Lloyd dispersed into thin air.

Ray found himself in a room, smaller than any other he passed through. The room was way darker than the hall, forcing Ray to switch on his flashlight. Ray heard some wheezy screams coming from the room next door. He advanced again with precaution in the direction the screams came from. He took a sneak peek at a window where the room could be clearly seen. A man was standing in the middle of the room, holding his tummy and screaming from immense pain. Ray decided to observe the situation carefully and held himself from doing anything stupid. The unknown person started to mutate physically. Sharp claws appeared from his hand, fangs grew up as a replacement for teeth, his eye pupils disappeared leaving only a blank circle and fluid started to flow around his body. That man that was once screaming now turned into one of them; a muscularly buff monster with enhanced senses. Used to the whole little twists, Ray only did a slow back up, trying to avoid getting sniffed by the monster, however he was too late, the monster smelt his scent. Ray ran down through the dark room with the blood-thirsty monster chasing him, eagerly waiting to get a taste on his guts. Found himself in the middle of a big trouble, Ray increased his speed much more but, unfortunately, he stood no chance against the fearful monster as he easily caught up with him and locked him down in an awkward position. After blocking Ray on the ground and disarming him, the demon furiously moved his head towards, aiming for his neck. Ray tried to hold him off by grabbing his head, however the muscular monster was way more powerful than our poor soldier. The struggle kept consistence for around 30 seconds as the demon’s power fought against the private’s bravery and persistence. Ray tried to reach up his pistol which was placed right beside him, but the monster quickly grabbed his hand and managed to penetrate into his internal organs using his sharp and deadly claws, while doing the typical wheezy scream. Even though being in a difficult situation, Ray successfully grabbed his pistol and, outraged, shot the monster right in the head. He slowly got up on his feet, breathing heavily and holding his wounded stomach.

‘Trapped in a Castle full of monstrous beings, alone, with no one watching my back? What could go wrong?’ – Ray complained as he witnessed the room being covered by monsters.

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