"Mommy!" screamed a young child, "Mommy, help me!" In response, a middle aged woman burst into the room, to aid her child.
"What is it, Baby?" she asked, gently picking up the child.
"There was a scary monster..." struggled the child, chest still heaving from crying. The Mother smiled cockily.
"Well," She said, replacing the child under the covers, "Mommy can be scary if she wants to be." The Mother dropped on one knee, grasping the edge of the blanket, slowly and gently. Suddenly, with a great yell, she whipped the blanket above their heads, and peered into the darkness under the bed. She smiled at the child as she replaced the blanket.
"No monsters there," She proclaimed, much to the child's amusement. The Mother took her eyes off of the child, scanning the room, and coming to rest on the sliding door of the closet. Stealthily, she crept forward, and laid both hands on the doors. Yanking on the doors with a great clatter, she yelled and jumped in, struggling against the coats and jumpers stored for winter. The child giggled as the Mother fell backwards out of the closet.
"Don't think there's any monsters in there either," As she got to her feet and walked back to the child, "Not even enough space for Mommy! She must have scared them off, huh?" The Mother leaned down to the child and kissed them on the forehead.
"If you get scared again, use this," She said as she put a small torch on the bedside cabinet. "Go to sleep, OK sweetie?" The Mother turned out the light in the room, and left the door slightly ajar. The child waited for the light outside the door to go out, before grabbing the torch and picking up their favorite teddy bear. They slipped out of their bed and jogged over to the door opposite to the one their Mother left through. The pushed the door open with a slight creak. And turned on the light.
The Mother aroused at the sound of another scream. She rushed into her child's room, flicking on the light, only to find the torch she left on the floor, still on, and pointing out of the other door, and their favorite teddy bear lying discarded on the floor. It's yellow fur was staining black quickly, like their was a liquid seeping through it. Some nightmarish liquid.