Human vs. Phantom

Chapter-1 Episode-5 The end of the Freak

Chapter-1

Episode-5

The end of the Freak

As I entered the castle, holding a map of it in my hands. The map had been drawn recently after the fort has been closed for any outsiders and the locals started using it as a storage house. The map had a detailed representation of all the rooms, halls, wings, galleries, and offices that it has along with which room is used for which storage purposes. There is also a prison in this castle bestow to capture the criminals in the southern wing. It is still equipped with shackles and chains, which was used centuries ago. It has ten cells for the convicts and one hall in the centremost of the cell for the guards to keep an eye on each of the captives. The outline says that the southernmost wing is still unused. It was because of the paranormal incidents that happened there in the past. No one goes near that place and it is completely secluded from the rest of the castle. The workers here reported several incidences that horrified them and the county, many paranormal investigators came here to investigate any paranormal presence, but nothing is proven yet.

The castle has several entry points and gateways. The least used of them were two, I entered from one of them with is the nearest to the southern wing. I had a hunch that this one could lead to the place where that freak could be hiding.

As I was about to enter the jail room, I pull out the honed rosewood stake out of the bag, some darts, and a dart gun. The stake was in my hand while the darts in my pocket and the gun was inside the holster.

As I infiltrated the room, I could see how large it was. It was as large as a soccer ground, maybe larger. It was round just like on the map. It had a big hallway in the middle and many prison cells in the girth. The place was dimmed, with only a few loopholes on the thick stoned walls enlightening the room. The cells were closed with metal doors. All my eyes could see there was a big pile of nada. Not a single soul was there. Maybe my hunch was wrong, I thought. But, as I was entering the hall, I can hear the muffled screams coming from somewhere from a near source. The more interior I am in that hall; the more prominent the sounds were getting. Among the cells, a cell I assumed the voice was coming from. Quietly I approached the cell. The door of the cell was locked with a padlock and was the only door to have that. ‘old school isn’t we’, I thought. So, for obvious reasons, I broke the lock and went inside.

The cell I entered was not as dark now. It was lit up by several lamps and lanterns. It wasn’t a usual small cell. It was quite large, like a classroom large. The girls were there, all tied in shackles through the ceiling. They got alerted as I saw me coming and started to scream louder. All three of them looked miserable.

“It’s okay, I’m here to help. Take it easy.” I said to calm them down.

As I looked around the room, I saw a body laying on the floor in the corner. It looked pale, like white. Almost like a doll.

“What is that?” I asked them.

“she was bought in like us by the same man, he killed her.” One of them said shivering in fear. They all looked pretty shaken up looking at the body.

“Okay, I’m gonna free you. Don’t make any sound. Okay?” I said as they shook their heads.

One by one I freed them all. I was taking them out of the cell but as we were approaching the door, the door opened and there he was…. standing tall, dressed in a nasty black suit. He looked enraged. Looking at him in that state, the girls got scared and ran to the back of the room.

“so, you are the news of the city”, I said as he smirked standing six feet away from me.

“It's amusing how you humans think that you are superior to all the beings, but you are just some pitiful, dumb creatures. Killing you is gonna be a delight.” He said pridefully.

“Yeah, that makes the two of us.” I chuckled.

He jumped at me and threw my body against the wall causing a loud thud as my body hit the wall and falling on the floor. I tried to get up, but my pained body was doing the opposite. He came near me and hovered over my body. His strength was making me powerless to throw him away. I was defenseless. He was too strong for me. His hands were pressing my body ruthlessly against the floor and his fanged teeth were getting nearer and nearer to the nape. He was going suck my blood, making me a dried grape. But I am not the one to be defeated easily. I was moving my hand to my pocket with all the power I had left. I pull out a dart and stab him with it.

Soon as the dart pierced through his hide, he fell to the ground, groaning in pain. He was weeping on the ground like a fish out of water. I stood back on my feet.

“you like that? Dipped in the deliciousness of Dead man’s blood. I learned how much you suckers love tainted blood. so I prepared it for you.” I said mocking him. He was helpless and enraged. He took out the stake from my pocket and stabbed it in his heart with all my strength. The stake pierced through his chest and he started gagging on his own blood. Slowly he died gagging.

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“Come on girls, hurry get in the car,” I said as I take the three of them to my car. And drove off. I stopped the car in front of a nearby police station. I dropped the off there saying,

“Just forget that you’ve seen anything, me, the other girls, that Dracula, all that business. It’ll be easier that way. Forget about me and it all if you can, that’ll be better for you. Adios ladies.” I advised, knowing that there is someone out there in the dark, is not a good place to be. Better leave it behind and move on.

Me, I am back on the road in search of another adventure.

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“Don’t think you have to go down that road alone

someone is on your side

don’t wonder how you’ll do what you need to do

hope is endless as the sky

But it’s long and twisted, the path that you’re headed

there’s no way to get through but to go through it

if you’re fighting a monster, you know how that goes

there’s no way to get through but to destroy it

Wind blows cold and leaves rattle, fall on the roof

sirens whine, don’t see the lights

when you do what you need to do you’ll see

hope as endless as the sky

It’s long and twisted, the path that you’re headed

there’s no way to get through but to go through it

if you’re fighting a monster, you know how that goes, if you’re fighting a monster, you know how that goes

there’s no way to get through but to destroy it, there’s no way to get through but to destroy it”