《Eternal Sleep》


 In the middle of the night.

    "Huh?" A boy opened his eyes, finding his memories lost and goals forgotten.


    He got up from the bed he found himself on and looked at his surroundings, blood red walls and red wood floor, nothing he could recognize, making him panic.


    "Where am I? What is this place? Who- Who am I?" He grabbed his head with his hands and felt a throbbing headache assaulted his mind.


    "Argh!" He gripped his hair with both hands and took a deep breath. "Calm down, I have to calm down."


    He concentrated on breathing to deal with his emotions, slowly in and out. He opened his eyes and looked around, "Whew... Let''s see, first I need to figure out where I am." He glanced at the window and found that it was barricaded by bloodied bones, the sight of it sent a shiver down his spine.


    He took a deep breath once more and turned to the door, as he was hesitating on whenever he should try to open the door or not. The door handle suddenly rattled, he almost screamed but he managed to cover his mouth in time.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.


    Tears formed at the corner of his eyes as the door handle slowly turned, something was opening the door from outside, he felt an urge to gulp his saliva just from hearing the sounds of it, the heavy and unnatural breathing from the other side of the door.


    He turned around and frantically searched for anything to block the door with, his futile efforts were rewarded with nothing. The creature on the other side banged on the door repeatedly, heavily breathing and screeching hungrily, the door then slowly opened. He stared without blinking at the doorway, terror filled his entire body and mind.


    Creakkkk


    The door creaked as it came to a stop, he gritted his teeth and squeezed his hands into fists, he moved as slow as a sloth towards the door and took a look at what''s outside the door. He stared in confusion as he found that there was nothing there, he sighed in relief.


    The bed behind him creaked and he felt a shiver down his spine, he slowly turned to look behind him with a face filled with terror, he stared at the empty bed. He felt a drop of a weird liquid dripped on his hand, he raised his hand to take a look and froze as he saw a drop of blood splattered on his hand. His limbs shook and he looked up.


    Blood.


    Blood covered the ceiling, blood filled his vision, and blood flowed down his headless body...

 I woke up, unable to fight.

    He woke up in the middle of the night.


    Remembered nothing.


    He tried to find why he was here.


    But nothing seemed right.


    He smelled something rusty.


    He opened his eyes.


    Blood covered the walls on all sides.


    The window was blocked with what seemed like... bones.


    He tried to move.


    But he couldn''t.


    He focused harder.


    But nothing happened.


    creakkk...


    Suddenly the door on his left opened.


    A humanoid figure slowly walked in.


    If he could call this abomination a human.


    It''s body had a shape of a human, but it had countless arms sticking out of it''s shoulders.


    Those arms were continuously grabbing other arms and they were trying to scratch each other.


    His eyes widened in horror at this horrible scene.


    The humanoid figure suddenly turned around to look at him with it''s demonic eyes.


    The next moment, he felt pain all over his body.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    He died.


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    He opened his eyes and loosened his hands from his head, "I remember now... How many times have this happened before?" He asked himself in despair, he sighed and looked at the door just as it started to rattle again.


    "I don''t fear you anymore, you pathetic monster." He spoke with confidence in his voice and walked to the door, he gripped the door handle and turned it. The monster behind the door screeched in delight as he pushed the door open, before it could even look at him, he kicked it down and repeatedly stomped on it, making it scream in panic and after a while, pain.


    "Heh, how do you feel now? Do you like the pain? The sensation of your body being repeatedly destroyed? I will make you feel every single thing I experienced before." He gripped it''s head and smashed it against the floor, it''s skull cracked and it''s screams muliplied in volume, it flailed about, under his grip and stomps, until it''s screams eventually died out.


    He got up from the corpse and walked down the hallway, he found another door, it looked exactly the same as the last one, he could hear crying from the other side. He grabbed a nearby chair and opened the door with caution, he looked inside with a chair, ready to smash anything that charged at him, only to find a young girl crying on a bed, she turned to look at him with tears in her eyes.


    He felt a hint of pity, but it quickly got extinguished as a voice of reason occured in his mind, ''How did she survived all this time when he died countless times?'' He felt a shiver down his spine and raised the chair in his hand with readiness.


    "Uncle, what are you doing with that chair?" She asked him with curiosity in her voice, he hesitated upon hearing her speak. "What do you mean by uncle? I''m still very young." He asked with a forced smile, ready to kill her if she did anything out of place.


    "Then big brother, where are we? I want to see my mommy!" She asked him with tears in her eyes, he struggled not to hug and console her, he eventually managed to resist his impulses. "I don''t know where we are, also, I''ve never seen anyone aside from you, I''m currently searching for an exit." He told her with a frown on his face, memories of countless monsters flowed through his mind when he said it.


    "Then can big brother take me with you? I want to go find mommy!" She pleaded him with a cute smile on her face, he finally couldn''t resist and replied, "Alright, I''ll take you with me, but there are big scary monsters out there. Are you sure you wantto go outside?" She nodded with a firm look on her face, "I want to find my mommy! Even the big scary monsters can''t keep me here!"


    "Then get on the ride." He smiled and scooped her up on his back, she shouted happily, "Yay! A piggyback!" He sighed with a smile on his face, then went to open the door and stepped his foot outside, ready to leave this horrid place.

 choke up in fright.

    He slowly came to his senses.


    ''I''m... I''m not dead?''


    ''How is it possible?''


    ''I-I could''ve sworn, that...''


    He opened his eyes to the sight of the famillar room, with the exact same details, as if it was all a dream.


    The sounds from before became clearer, the dull footsteps from beyond that door.


    He narrowed his eyes at the door, it was slowly being pulled back.


    The monster stepped into the room, looking directly at him with it''s hungry eyes.


    "W-Wait!" He quickly scrambled to speak out words just after he start to feel the same pain again.


    "Stop! Please!" He pleaded to it as it grinned at his miserable cries, intense pain traveled through his body in an instant, and he knew, at that moment.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    He died.


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    He let out a scream of pain and horror, his hands desperately reaching into the air, he paused, and looked at his surroundings. ''Phew, it was just a nightmare.'' He sighed in relief, "Uncle! Uncle! Are you okay? Why did scream?" His face twitched at the word, he grinned evilly and petted her hair mercilessly.


    "Ow! Hey! Big brother! I''m sorry! I won''t call you uncle again!" She cried out with regret in her tone, he felt a warm feeling in his heart and stopped messing her hair with a reluctant face. She glared at him in annoyance, "What''s with that look on your face?!" He smiled cheekily, "Nothing, nothing." She looked at him with a ''I know what you''re thinking of'' look and made a face, "Hmph!"


    He smiled with a helpless look on his face and apologised, "Sorry, sorry, I promise not to mess with your hair again." She looked at him and glared, "Really? You promise?" He reassured her, "Yes, really, I promise." She grinned as if she came up with a good plan, "Then if you break your promise I''ll mess up your hair!" He genuinely smiled at her pure and childish punishment, "Sure, whatever you say."


    As they were talking with each other on the hallway, faraway, a pair of blood-red eyes stared at the two of them with longing, saliva dripped down it''s mouth, melting the floor with a sharp hiss. It patiently waited for it''s meal to deliver themselves straight to itself.

 Repeats like nothing.

    He walked down the hallway with the little girl on his back, talking with her about his adventures, she curiously asked him, "Big brother, how did you beat the monsters so easily?" He was silent for a moment, before responding, "Oh, I just followed my instincts."


    The girl had stars in her eyes, "Really? Big brother! You''re so cool!" He blushed, "Well I''m really not that great." As he was feeling great about himself, he spotted a weird looking door, different from the other doors he saw before, this one was black in color with no red anywhere.


    He paused making the girl confused, "Big brother what''s wrong?" He crounched down and sat her down next to the wall, and handed her a makeshift bat made from a chair leg. "Shhh, be quiet, there might be a monster on the other side. Here take this, wait here and don''t go anywhere for me, I''ll check what''s on the other side." She grabbed the bat and nodded.


    He carefully opened the door and slowly stepped inside, he saw a monster facing the wall, he checked the room to make sure there''s only one inside, and quietly crouched over to it, he gripped his bat and whacked the back of it''s head with it.If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    A loud crack sounded from the point of impact, he grinned in satisfaction, just as he turned around to exit the room, a hand gripped his back, making him shiver and swung his bat back in panic. He hitted the monster in the face with it through sheer luck, it went down to the floor with a thud.


    He mutilated it''s face with his bat dozens of times before stopping. He breathed heavily and lower the bat down, just as he exited the room, he turned around to look for the girl only to find a bloody and detached head, he froze entirely, his body shook and he couldn''t process what he saw, he took a look at the face of the head with hope.


    Only to confirm that it was indeed her.


    Tears flowed down his face and he screamed in pain, "Why?! It was going so well! Why did she die?!" A chuckle disrupted his cry, he turned around to look at the monster, it grinned at him with blood covering it''s mouth, he stared at it, and silently raised his bat.


    It laughed at his futile act and swiped it''s claw from his face down to his feet, his entire body splitted in half and blood splattered across the floor, walls and ceiling. Pain and regret filled his mind, ''Just how could I be so careless? Of course a monster would come by, why did I let her be alone? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why...?'' and at this moment, he realised.


    He died.

 I tried to fight.

    "You monster! What did I do to deserve this?!" He helplessly looked at the monstrosity as it pinned him down with it''s tentacles, it paused and then laughed, a huge grin appeared on it''s face. It grabbed his arm and pulled, he felt pain surging through his left shoulder and cried out miserably, "AHHH! NO! ARGHH!"


    Blood splattered the floor beneath him, and the monster chewed on his ripped arm, saliva dripping from it''s mouth as it savoured his pain and suffering, it glanced at him and this time, it grabbed his head. He squirmed around under it, until he heard a crack.


    He could no longer feel any pain, nor senses, the world quieted down and he opened his eyes once more.


    He died.Stolen novel; please report.


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    He let out a scream of pain and horror, his hands desperately reaching into the air, he paused, and looked at his surroundings. ''Phew, it was just a nightmare.'' He sighed in relief, "Uncle! Uncle! Are you okay? Why did scream?" His face twitched at the word, just as he was about to mess her head, his hand paused and he stiffen, why does it feel like he heard this before?


    "Uncle! What''s wrong? Are you sick?" The girl called out to him with concern in her face, he smiled and hugged her, stunning her completely, "I''m fine, and don''t call me uncle, brat." She glared at him and pouted, "Fine."


    "Brat..." He whispered and shook his head, he squaded down, and called, "Alright, Get up." She let out a giggle and climbed up his back like a monkey. He made sure she was holding onto him tightly, and started to move forward again.


    While he was walking down the hallway, he saw a black door, he strangely felt a D¨¦j¨¤ Vu when he looked at it carefully, he was about to place the girl down when a memory assaulted his mind. A bloodied and detached head, the terrified look on her face, and the chuckle that echoed through his sanity.


    He looked at the door, then at the girl, and pulled the door open.