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The Demon In A Suit

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Gabrielle is a 19 yo girl who goes to church every Sunday with her mom, she never swears and does everything a good girls from the 60s in a small town do. But all of that changes when a demonic entity gives her an alternative. Go to the dark reflection of her town where monsters and degenerates roam and take part in a sick game for the personal amusement of the guy in the suit. Will she survive?

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In The Skin Of Men
The town had something wrong from the beginning, for a long time kids heard stories about the things that happened and the bodies it led behind, it was said the devil walked in the skin of men among the people of town, always watching, always laughing, it didn’t take much brain to know that life was not intended to grow there, since not even the most persistent of weeds were spared in that awfully dry and reddish dirt, even so, people are way more persistent than weed, you can find them anywhere crawling and nesting in this land, after all, they need a place to call home and the devil needs toys to fill the emptiness of his playground. I believe the first time she saw him was in a dance hall, or so she thought when looking back at her own memories, a handsome and slim gentleman, all dressed for the occasion and with the attitude of a real seducer, he was right there when she walked thru the door, she was usually ignored by the opposite s*x for been too normal, but today was different. She had a dress that made her look like a queen, her lips red and glossy were begging to be bitten like the most shinning of apples. Once she entered the room, everybody stopped for a split second, eyes were all over her like bees to cotton candy, she felt the gaze was infinite just as she imagined it would feel like, after all, she craved for men’s attention, she was tired of been the second choice and the consolation trophy. As she walked her way through, confidently to find the perfect sit at the bar many of the gents were watching, discretely but without blinking, as she sits down there’s someone already making a move, a young yet fancy cowboy got close and asked really casually. -Hey, are you waitin’ on someone?-  She took a quick glance and looked to the other way.  -Maybe.- She said with a playful smile, the cowboy gave back the smile and called the bartender.  -I’m having a whiskey, what are you drinkin’ sugar? She looked at the bartender, he was waiting for the response, this was the first time she was been approached by a man, it was natural to show a little nervousness. -I’ll get a pink lady please.- The bar tender nodded and went to work, meanwhile this cowboy was getting close to her, smiling and making small talk, he told her about the ranch he owned and the livestock he produced, how most of the meat she eats was probably from his ranch and she should feel lucky of living in this town, after all not everywhere has this quality of meat he said, she acted impressed, even laughed at some of his jokes, but didn’t really find them funny, for her this was just an experience, the first one should not be a bad one she thought, and so they drank and laugh in this innocent dance club among cigar smoke and spilled beer. It was all fun until she gaze her eyes on him, the slim young man sitting at the other side of the dance hall, for a moment there, she almost saw his eyes glowing with light, a beautiful glow that only the first hour of sunshine would give you, it was almost like his eyes made the darkness of the dance hall go away for a split second, when she was back on her senses she noticed she was looking straight into the young man’s direction, as he was looking back with a smile, she didn’t even realized when she got up and started walking towards his way, through the multitude of people dancing, cowboy behind confused and agitated, he sat down at the young man’s table, took his drink with a smile and drank it, she thought it would be a good idea, a big introduction followed by a big conversation, right after she finished the drink she started coughing. The young man was amused by the innocence of the girl, and with a big grin on his face said. -Be careful sunshine, that’s pretty strong.- -A little bit, yeah.- She said containing her disgust for the strong alcohol. -So, what brings you here?- The young man asked while making a sign to the bartender. -Oh well, this place is pretty popular in town, it would be a waste not to come from time to time, I like it.- -I meant to my table.- He said with a small and charming laugh. She started to blush from the misunderstand but quickly got back her confidence and responded. -Well, I just thought you may want someone to drink with.- -Is that so? How kind of you madam.- After responding to her the table went silent for some seconds, he was looking at her in silence with a smile while she looked back with a shy and kind smile, after a while the bartender suddenly broke the silent with the song of glass hammering against the table, the young man took the drink and without taking his eyes of his prey, started to slowly drinking the entire glass without reacting, something about him was really attractive to her, but at the same time she felt the coldness in every move that his body made, but gave no importance to that, after all -guys in this kind of places like to act tough- she thought. She decided to finally start talking, giving the man stories about her life, her family, how she was the youngest of four sisters, the more naïve -or so did her parents thought- and the last one to get marry, he just listened with a smile, replying with small questions, this made her happy. After a while of talking and laughing they finally stopped, looks of expectation started to rise on her eyes. -So, what do you think of those guys over there?- He asked while discretely pointing to the dancing crown in the center of the hall.  -Well, they are having fun for sure- -And do YOU want to have fun?- He said with a really provocative tone.  -It’s not like I don’t want to.- She looked at the crowd while softly biting her lip.  -But I don’t really know how to dance... please don’t laugh.-  He looked at her with a serious smile while holding her hand.  -Of course, I’m not going to laugh at you, I don’t think I have the right to.-  He said jokingly.  -After all, I’m not a good dancer myself, so you know what’s the best part of dancing with me?- -What?-  She replied. -Even if you don’t know how to dance like the other girls, you’re gonna look like a professional next to me.-  She laugh and smiled with that comment, then looked at his eyes to find the courage to do it, she finally took his hand and got up.  -You’re gonna have to prove it.- The hall was packed with people, all the couples close to each other dancing at the slow rhythm of a romantic jazz song, she got closer to him and took his hand and his shoulder, he took her waist and her hand and started following the song to the best of their skills. After some songs she change the position of her hands to his abdomen, holding him in a hug, so close and tight, she felt like she knew this young man from before, like an old friend or reliable confident, in his arms, she just felt safe.  -Told you I was bad.- He said while looking at her hair.  -Why is that?-  -If I was good, you’d already kissed me.- He said with an innocent smile.  -Maybe I will.- She mumbled while covering her face against his chest.  When she got her eyes away for a second, she saw the people gathering around them, looking at them in disbelief, she thought they were admiring the moment, the romance in the air, just like she did before when she saw couples with flowers and chocolates, how wrong was she, how horribly wrong. She started noticing that the angle of the people was a little off, it was gradually distorted, so slowly that it wasn’t immediately spotted, after some seconds she noticed the rest of the people were getting downer and downer, almost shrinking to the ground, the most disturbing part was that she wasn’t alarmed or in shock, she was relaxed, almost like in a trance, she even smiled at this thinking it sure was a funny trick, then, she finally looked down, and stopped.  Her toes where suspended in the middle of the air, her body orbiting with the young men, floating like balloons, she instinctively tried to led go of the man, but he had a good grip of her hip and neck, in a rush of adrenaline she pushed and slapped the face of the young man, only making the grip tighter and tighter. -I thought you were gonna kiss me.-  The man mumbled in a deep whisper.  -I thought you wanted to have fun.- She froze in place as she felt the chest of the man go wider and harder yet hollow in the inside, she felt his legs growing and distorting themselves like a vine almost starting to grew around her in a twisted way, his eyes turned black with only a piercing light looking back at her giving a cold feeling of loneliness and his jaw cracked and broke to give space to a sinister grin, followed by a putrid smell, the same of rotten meat, coming from the creature in front of her, suddenly all the doors of the hall closed, whispers and unholy growls started filling the space, screams and punches were the response of the crowd, but no punch was able to loose the doors, not even a bit. Then the flames came, from the creature, kissing the floor as it was falling like lava from a volcano, a red and unforgiving flame pouring like blood raging and dancing around her and the creature, in a struggle that looked like the most sinister of dances, she scratched, kicked and cried, but no amount of violence could bring her freedom back, little did she know, she was already lost. The flames didn’t wait nor spared anyone, for it started growing and growling like the most feral of beasts, some of the men used the chairs to break the windows of the walls, but this made the flames grow and growl more violently, almost with a conscience, some jumped from the window, not caring about been in a third floor, for better were the chances of been spared by the cold and dry dirt than being spared by the merciless flames of the dance hall.   Many died that night, other more were lost, with nothing to remember them, no grief for the families of those, for they never knew what happened, they never knew of the horror their loved ones endured before leaving this world, the ones spared were divided between those stupid enough to said what they saw and those wise enough to let the authorities tell the “real“ story, the reports couldn’t be wrong after all, all this was just the result of a gas leak, a tragic accident, clearly the shock, the burns and the fall did some damage to the youngsters who came out, who could blame them? they deserve the best of treatments, medically and psychologically.  The town was not stranger to tragedy, and after some months most of the people got to accept the facts of the event, but some of the stories of the stupid youngsters were loud enough to get through the ear of some people, some gossips started walking on the town, about a young girl who danced with the devil in a dance hall, some versions of the tale included her friends, some didn’t, in times she was a tourist from another country and sometimes she was a runaway who didn’t listened to her mother when she asked her to go to church with her, would it matter which version of the story you’ve heard? within versions of the truth and gossips, all townsfolks tell the same tale, and little that they knew, that wasn’t the final tale they’ll tell, oh no sir, after all, gossips and stories only cover one point of view, and the devil still wasn't satisfied with his game, it wanted more, it wanted to keep playing with the girl, and so it did. At first it was a small drop of water in her face, then it was the eco of a scream at the distance, I think that's what awoke her, the cold made her flinch and jump back in her feet, shaking with an ice cold body, her skin pale like she was a corpse and the image of her breath been the only sign she was still alive, after some time she looked around, no people or cars, no lights from the street, only the moon illuminating the path, no sound of crickets or anything at all, just the cold wind.  At first, she saw the stores and signs.  -Salazar Boulevard-  She whispered to herself while trying to warm herself.  -How did I get here?-  Salazar boulevard was at the other side of town, and wasn't exactly famous for it's hospitality, quite the contrary, she knew well to be far away from there at night, her mother always said.  -If you end up in a bad part of town, be sure to call me, I'll drive you back home.  And luckily, there was a pay phone crossing the street from her, she felt relived when she saw it, at closer inspection she noticed there was a really thick layer of a fine black dust all over the pay phone, thinking this was just grime she took the phone and placed it in her ear, ready to insert some coins at the machine, but there was no tone, no sign of any line, just a really soft sound coming from it, almost like a whisper trying to sing her a song, she hang up annoyed, sigh and started walking in her house direction, following the street signs, minutes went by and she was starting to feel uneasy, you see, the town was small for sure, but it kept busy even at late hours of night, she was thinking how strange it was to not see any car or people in the street, also the stores and houses looked in bad shape, broken windows, dirt and trash piled up everywhere and no sight of any electric light of any kind.  Even after passing the same bakery twice she didn't see it or wasn't sure, maybe it was just too dark, but the third time she was sure, there was something wrong. With a small manic she looked behind while walking, she heard something coming, it was fast, running straight to her, when it got close enough she saw a man with a beard and a dirty coat, he's eyes were wide open with a strange look fixed on her, she started running into some close alleys, they were dark and humid but she thought that she could find a place to hide among the many containers filling his way.  After entering the alley she thought of her decision, not the wiser if we think about it, but it was too late to go back now, she went thru some alleys after getting to a broken down car close to a window, it was tireless, full of rust and out of place, but she was gonna give it a purpose that night. She crawled under the car, staining with black grime her beautiful dress, and after some minutes, she heard someone running, she was relived when the running went right pass her, after some minutes she came out, crying quietly, and started walking back into the main street when a hand reached out  to her covering her mouth, she tried to scream but nothing came out of it, helpless and scared she tried to fight but then a voice softly whispered to her ear.  -Stop, he'll hear you-  With his other hand the man pointed straight into the path she was waking to the back of a creature with long arms and legs, a really thin waist and no hair or cloths visible to the eye, it was just standing there twitching and contorting it's body in an unnatural way, a soft whisper resembling a song coming from it.  -Come with me girl, I'll keep you safe-  The man said softly with a clear mix of fear and arouse while trying to touch her legs. She was terrified at the mere thought of what this man was going to do to her, he's smell was that of grease and rot and her hand covering her mouth had the cent of wet trash and feces. She just wanted to get away and be left alone, so she did what had to be done, she took from her dress a really sharp metal pen her dad gave her when she was a kid before he leaved and stabbed the man's leg with it, the man screamed while letting her go of his grip.  -Little b***h!-  The man slapped her across the face knocking her to the ground, then they both heard a loud c***k and ticking, the long silhouette moved quickly, breaking it's long arms and legs to cover as much ground as possible, those arms grabbed the man by the arm and leg and with extreme ease they suspended him in the air, the man screamed and cried begging for help, but no help was sent, the screams she heard while watching the creature tear apart that man's limbs was haunting, it's started with an arm, then the torso and finally the head, little by little it started breaking him down into smaller and smaller pieces to then strategically put them in it's mouth to devour them like a snake would.  She was frozen with fear, tried to scream but nothing came out of her, the only thing she could think of was running away, while she stood up she stepped on a glass bottle making a noise that made the long creature pause, then it turned around to face her, there was no eyes on it's face, just a pair of dark holes with no end above a long and crocked mouth with many tiny tooth reddish with blood, it came close to her with it's long hand extended ready to snatch her when a light suddenly appeared behind her, the first one she saw after the night in the dance hall, illuminating half the alley. -Get down!-  The voice of another girl bridged to her, while ducking she saw a glass bottle with some cloth on fire been toss at the creature, she was sent a little back when the creature was set on fire, it screamed in a high pitch voice and run away into the darkness of the alley.  -Are you ok?-  The sort hair women asked  -What... where... don't touch me.- She responded while been flat in the dirt trying to get up on her feet.  -It's ok. not gonna hurt ya', name's Nicole.  She said extending her hand to help her out. -...Gabrielle.-  She said with reluctance.  -Ok Gabrielle, listen now, there's no guarantee that thing's not gonna be back to look for us, so what do you say we go to my place and have a beer?-  -You're place?-  Gabrielle asked confused.  -Just two streets from here, can you walk?-  -Yeah, I can walk-   -Great, then move that ass or be chopped like pork, your call-  Nicole said bluntly before starting to move quietly out of the alley.  Gabrielle followed behind, thinking how strange this all was, almost like a dream slowly turning into a nightmare, now that she was looking around more carefully she saw many long shadows lurking around the street, hidden just enough to not notice them if you're not paying attention, they were twitching and walking rapidly towards the alley where Gabrielle and Nicole were coming from, they seem to ignore them sprinting as long as they did it quietly. Gabrielle keeps crying in silence while the long predators passed pretty close to her and her new acquaintance, it's there when she thought and reflected, this was not gonna be an easy night to go and sleep with.

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