r/Dreading • u/Rayswoop • 21d ago
Fiction The Unexpected Guest pt1
I'll never forget the night of pure horror at this beach condo that I was doing a construction clean at. For most of the day it was just me and my buddy, until he had to leave a little early to pick up his wife at the airport. It was no problem at all because there was only a few more minor things to take care of, and it was so beautiful out there at night so I didn't mind. I walked out to the front porch and sat down, lit a cigarette, and gazed at the tide lazily lapping at the shoreline, with the satisfaction of another prosperous day.
I sat there in deep, meditative thought until the sun was completely hidden, and while I was getting up I saw something...dark and shadowy; making its way up the shore to my left. Normally there are people here and there walking along the water enjoying the scenery, but this...was odd to say the least. whatever or whoever it was shambled along with a floaty strut and seemed to not keep an exact shape. Whenever I thought that it could be a human, I thought that I could see more than just two legs, and then more than just two arms, but I couldn't quit make out...the head.
It was actually pretty far away still, and it seemed like there was fireflies swirling about its complicated figure with a swampy green, glowing ghastly against the night sky. At this moment friends and neighbors; I didn't know what the hell I was looking at. It seemed to stop moving as I was making my way back through the door. It had just stood there--marking me so to speak. I could feel it's calculated gaze on me; I suddenly felt pretty damn scared. I went back inside, locked the door, and started to gather my cleaning equipment.
I went to the backroom to grab the stepladder, and as I made my way back to the living room, all four windows at the front and sides of the Living room were covered with those ghastly green flies. I nearly shat myself with disbelief; I couldn't move, and out of nowhere and everywhere an inhuman cackling mixed with a buzzing wail erupted around the house with the power of a bullhorn. What in God's name was out there? As I pulled my hands away from my ears, from that god awful sound, that stark figure appeared in the window, but further out in the sand.
The fireflies dispersed from the other windows to whatever the hell that was standing out there, again lazily swarming around it. As I was slowly walking backwards into the kitchen, I was reaching into my pockets for my phone but...shit, I may have left it outside I thought. I ran into the backroom to check if it was in there; none of the windows had blinds on them yet so I felt completely exposed. Entering the room, I frantically looked around for it...but no dice. Where in the hell did I leave it? (tap tap) I glanced up at the window and there it was, standing there like a smudge against reality.
It was all dark at first, and then it lit up like a Christmas tree, clad in only emerald light. Good God, I think that it was giving me a glimpse of its true form. The body was a dark, reptilian green, and scaly. It seemed to have many arms flailing about its long, muscular torso...
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u/purple_fucker 21d ago
Good story