The Glass Monster

The Glass Monster

By : Julian d.O.B.   

A multi-chapter story

CHAPTER 1

As I walked to my job (As a bartender), I heard a sudden screech. Kind of like a dying animal. I opened the door, and saw blood leaking out of the closet. It was the bar cleaner, and claw marks were all over his body. He was dead. 

I chucked the body into the trash, and started cleaning up from last night's party. As my boss came in, I told him about what I encountered. My boss sat down, I was wondering what he was going to tell me. He gave a deep sigh, he told me that he also saw something like what I saw. He explained that this bar had a monster, stalking its targets. Until it strikes. The boss himself almost died. The police came right before the beast made the final move. He was lucky that he recovered. But he was always scared that it would come back, and continue to kill innocent people. I sat there, taking in the info. If I stay, I might die? I took a deep breath. I just had to stop this monster. “So, what can I do to help?”. My boss was shocked. His old face wrinkled up with surprise. “Y- y- you want to stay!?” I almost yelled “Heck yeah! I’m not gonna let you die! Someone has to stop this monster.” I replied, still stiff with the idea. “Oh, well then, we better shut the bar down, to stop more people from sneaking in. And, well, dying… And we need two things, clues of what the monster is, and some armor and weapons to fight in case it comes back.” My boss was still talking about what to do when the customers started coming in. “Hey! The bar’s closed! Get out!!!” Boss (Whose name was Larry) yelled at the people who started to complain that they wanted beer. “We meet at midnight, at River park. I’ll bring the stuff.” I whispered as I left for the store.

CHAPTER 2

As I got to the store, I started looking around for anything that’s a weapon like a knife or a hammer got jammed inside my bag. I quickly bought the items and left for my house. I figured that I should start training, so I went to the gym. I thought that they had something like throwing knives or something close to that. But sadly, there were only treadmills and weights. But my effort was not in vain, the gym manager said there was an app that had boxing videos. I raced home and started working on the app, it wasn’t that hard, but later I got a little bored. I started scrolling down and found fencing videos. I quickly ran back to the shop, bought my supplies and sprinted full speed back home. The fencing videos were much better than the boxing, I learned all the fancy moves and a whole lot more.

  As midnight came, I started getting ready for the meeting. I grabbed the computer and the supplies and jammed them in my bag. I started walking towards the park, strangely, the moon looked reddish. Like a blood red, I knew there was bad luck nearby. And I did not recall hearing about a blood moon tonight. As I arrived, I noticed someone lurking in the shadows. “Boss?” I asked, with a tinge of fear in my voice. Larry stepped out of the shadows and said “Someone else died.” with a shaky voice. “We need to get to business. I bought some gear that might help us in the fight.” I replied, still shocked that someone already died.”Right, let’s get started.” My boss and I stayed up all night thinking up plans, and we were ready.

CHAPTER 3

   I took a long nap after the meeting, sleeping till 12:30 am. I needed all my energy if our plan was going to work. Our plan was to lure the monster out and trap it. So, one of us had to try to lure it in. While the other sets up the trap. Of course, I had to be the bait, the monster would see the boss and know it was a trap. But, the monster didn’t know me. We promised to meet up again in a fortnight. So, the next day I just drew up plans for the trap. I thought of using a catapult that fired a net or an electric trip wire. But I couldn't decide which would be better, did the monster have feet? Is it blind or deaf? Or both? Or neither? I had no idea. But the days flew by quickly. The meeting is almost here, then I can ask Larry. As the time apart comes to an end we meet up at River Park. I started telling Larry about my plans, and he said we could combine the two ideas. So, it was a catapult that launched an electric net. He made some smoke bombs that exploded by the click of a remote. Larry also made poison bombs that will paralyze the monster.You see, Larry is very good with explosives. Our plan was set, the only thing we need is armor. Larry came up with steel helmets and boots. The plan will be triggered on February 23 (It’s February 18). “We’ll start in five days. We’re set, no going back now”.

CHAPTER 4 ( FINAL CHAPTER )

It’s February 22. The plan will start in 24 hours, and those hours are rest hours. We slept the whole day so we can be ready for the big day.

It’s time. I walked over to the bar and spotted Larry. He was carrying the bombs, along with the armor. I had the weapons and the trap. I handed him the catapult and tried out the boots. “They fit like a glove,” I responded, liking the boots.  The only problem was that there was only one pair of boots, Larry said that I needed it more than him.                 “Now we need to work on luring the beast out.” I replied, wondering if it was lurking in the shadows. I started making some noise, thinking that it would come out. But nothing happened, nothing at all. I thought of going back home, that this is a waste of time. But I stood my ground, I’m not gonna let a monster kill my boss. It’s time to end this charade. No matter how strong it is, I swear on my life to stab it’s heart, and kill it. I’ll stop this beast, it will no longer prey on this poor town, it will be animated! The rage inside me was pouring up, ready to explode. I screamed on the top of my lungs. “YOU BETTER COME OUT, YOU RAT! OR ARE YOU TOO BABY?!?!” A slight swishing sound came from the trash bins. “Oop, that got its attention.” The beast started wiggling in the trash and burst out. The monster was unbelievable. The monster was a………….. A glass puppet? In front of me was a small, glass puppet. It simply sat there. But I could see the hatred in its small glass eyes. Out of nowhere, the glass figure charged full speed at my legs. Its sharp teeth ripped through my skin and started eating my bones. It was over, I lost.The figure of glass jumped up and bit my chest. I screeched, the same that I heard from when I opened the door, my fate was sealed. My final scream wasn't the only scream that night, in fact, everyone met the same fate. But the glass puppet didn’t only want to kill the town, but the whole world. The world was silent in five fortnights, humans never to be seen again.

                                          THE END!!!