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AS STILL AS MY GIRLFRIEND, ABI, ASLEEP AT MY SIDE.THE SOUND OF MOVEMENT GREW OUTSIDE AND THE MONSTER ATTEMPTED TO SQUEEZE ITSELF UNDER THE BED.......WHICH LIFTED FOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND, ALMOST TIPPING ABI ONTO THE FLOOR.FROM UNDER THE BED THE SOUNDS GREW : CRUNCHING, GRINDING, SLURPING: HE WAS EATING THE FUCKING FLOOR!

SUDDENLY THE BED DROPPED DOWN TO ITS ORIGINAL HEIGHT...
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I LEANED OVER TO TAKE A LOOK:

I COULD SEE THE DARK GAP AROUND THE EDGE...

 

BUT IT HAD CLEAVERLY CONCEALED THE JOIN AMONGST THE SHADOWS.

 

THE NOISE OUTSIDE GREW...

 

I SAW SHADOWS THRU THE CURTAINS: MORE HORRIBLE SILHOUETTES.

 

THE BED SHOOK SLIGHTLY, TILTED...

 

...AND ABI SLIPPED SILENTLY OVER THE EDGE INTO THE SHADOWS BELOW.

 

IN THE SAME MOMENT THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN...

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I WAS SURROUNDED BY THE MOST DISGUSTING SPECTACLE OF MY LIFE...
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I SAT RIGID ON THE BED...

STARING IN DISBELIEF...

HIDING BEHIND MY DUVET...

THE MONSTERS CLICKERED AND TICKED...

SLOBBERED AND SQUELCHED AROUND ME AS THEY SEARCHED THE ROOM...

AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARRIVED, THEY WERE GONE...

AND I FOUND MYSELF ALONE, SHIVERING IN A POOL OF SWEAT.

THE BED LIFTED AND TILTED AND THEN WAS LOWERED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE FLOOR...

...AS THE MONSTER CLIMBED OUT OF THE HUGE HOLE IN THE FLOORBOARDS.

IT REACHED INTO THE HOLE AND LIFTED ABI, STILL SLEEPING, FROM THE SHADOWS...

IT PLACED HER GENTLY ON THE BED, BESIDE ME...

...SAID 'THANK YOU' IN ITS GUTTERAL, CLACKERTY WAY, THEN ATTEMPTED A BOW

I WATCHED IN SHOCK AS IT SLITHERED AND STUMBLED OUT OF THE ROOM AND ABI STIRRED AND SQUIRMED AGAINST ME...

SHE SMILED AND HALF-OPENED HER EYES...

'LET'S DO IT AGAIN, STRAIGHT AWAY!'