Warning!

Use of gore and violence.

Chapter four: I'm not afraid.

Maria couldn't help but notice the throbbing pain in the back of her head were she had landed on it. She grunted as she attempted to sit up despite the creature kneeling over her, he soon became aware of her consciousness and looked deeply in her eyes as if he was searching for something.

"You're not human...are you?" Maria muttered, staring back. The creature was obviously surprised that she showed no signs of fear around him. He grabbed her throat tightly but not tight enough to kill her and made a low growl at the back of his throat, showing her his teeth.

Maria struggled to breathe as his long talon like claws wrapped tightly around her throat like a boa constrictor squeezing the life out of its prey. She felt her head become incredibly heavy and she saw miniature dots in her vision.

The creatures face suddenly opened up and flared outwards like a fan lizard and let out a very loud demonic roar. Maria reacted at this and tried to scream but it was futile since her throat is being constricted of air. She tried gasping for breath after doing her very best to scream but this was pointless also. The creatures fingers slowly released its grip on Marias throat as he caught a very weak scent of fear.

She squealed like a pig as she tried to breathe again, breaking into coughing fits. Her heart started to beat fast and hard against her chest. The Creeper slid a hand underneath her shirt, his leathery skin slowly sliding up her stomach. Maria was completely helpless as this demon was possibly about to rip her heart out. His hand reached up past her bra making her shuffle uncomfortably underneath him.

Just as she thought, the demon stopped as he reached her chest on her left side. His fingers spread out like a fan, his talons gently scratching her. Maria watched him as he studied his own actions, glancing up at the young beauty beneath him. Her heart slowed down and was beating at a steady pace now she had her breath back.

It was only a matter of seconds now before her heart was about to become ripped out of her chest. She took in a deep breath, getting ready to face death, her chest rising up and then after a while, deflating.

"Just do it... but make it quick... please..." Maria asked, looking up at the creeper before her. The creeper that had been doing what he does for over two- hundred years and nobody had reacted this way. However he had no intention on ripping her heart out or killing her for that matter. He just wanted to study her heart beat in the slight sense of fear he had picked up on.

His faced returned back to normal, closing inwards again so he didn't look much like a fan lizard and more like a human.

After a while passed, Maria tilted her head back to study the surroundings of her death bed until something caught her eye on the ceiling, it looked to be... naked mannequins? Plastic looking, naked, life size dolls. The smell of decay still lingered down in the basement to the point of nausea.

Marias thoughts were soon interrupted by the creature rubbing its leathery nose up her neck and down to her chest, were her heart was now starting to beat incredibly fast. Maria wasn't hyperventilating but was still having difficulties in breathing. Fast and heavy breaths.

It was as if she was starting to have a panic attack. She could see people ranging from small children to young adults glued onto the wall and stitched up like one big human blanket.

That little strangling scare did wig her out however she remained calm and she wasn't afraid of this creature, hovering over her and sniffing her skin like a dog. The creature did not pick up a scent strong enough to detect anything he would have appreciated. However he decided to keep her alive until she becomes scared enough to detect something.

Maria laid there calmly, watching him. She knew it was pointless to fight it off. She was tied was restricted to her movements.

"...I'm not afraid... of you..." She whispered. The creature growled in response and paused for a while as if he was thinking of something. Something important. His expression read something similar to a person who had forgotten something and was trying to remember what it was. Maybe he was thinking of other ways to scare her?

The creature rose of from Maria and walked away, remaining in the same room. She still couldn't move much so she tried sitting up and then leaning on her knees instead of laying down on her back. She gasped loudly, at the sight of what she could now see.

White sheets, with thick rope wrapped around them and red stains smeared across them. There were at least five that she could see. The creature turned its head, startled by her reaction. "Why do you have these people down here?" She asked as if it was a normal question.

The creature loudly placed the objects on the table and ripped open the sheets to show her. Marias eyes widened and something hit the back of her throat causing her to have the urge to dry heave. The smell of decay and iron lingered on the females body.

She looked to be thirteen years old, she had blonde hair which was tangled and messy. She was stripped down to no clothes except from the white sheet she was wrapped in. Her skin was pale and her lips were blue.

Her mouth had been stitched completely apart from a small O which was left of her lips. Maria could see form that shape that the poor girl had absolutely no teeth. "Wh.. what did you do?" Maria asked, wriggling on her knees uncomfortably. The creeper smiled at her again showing her its pointed teeth.

"Okay... why did you do that?" Obviously the creature could not answer this question as easily as the first one.

The creeper knelt down in front of one of the bodies closer to the pipe. He ripped it open, revealing a younger child with dark brown hair. He was also stripped down however his skin was still intact showing off a normal fleshy skin colour. This indicated that his death was recently.

The creeper made a pointing gesture with his hand and scratched the young boy to his face down to his chest with one of his talons. Was this an attempt to scare Maria? Maybe.

The boys eyes suddenly awoke, his eyes wide and his mouth pointing towards the floor making an upside down 'U' shape. He let out a loud scream, tears flooding through his squinted eyes as he attempted to get up.

"Help me! Please! Monster!" The boy yelled, reaching his arm out to Maria. She sat there in horror, watching as tears rolled down her cheeks. She was in shock and couldn't talk or move.

In one swift motion the Creeper lost his hand inside the boys chest and retrieved it back, holding his heart in his hand. The boy silenced, his body suddenly lifeless as if he had just been turned into a doll. The Creeper brought the heart to his mouth and consumed half of it in one go.

Marias stomach couldn't help but growl. A very loud dying whale noise emitted from her as she felt her face heat up. "S-s-sorry..." She mumbled.

The creeper reached over to her and grabbed the scruff off her neck, making her rise and sit up since she wasn't able to do it herself. He then offered the heart out to her, holding it in front of her face. The heart looked like a small joint of beef due to the colour similarities.

"No... I-I can't..." She took a deep breath in and let out a sigh before continuing, "I can't.. eat that."

The smell of iron was now increased as the blood was running down the Creepers hand on to Marias legs.

He growled at her before squeezing the heart slightly, creating bubbles in the blood and a dodgy squishing noise. Marias stomach growled again. She didn't find the heart appealing however she hadn't eaten since yesterday.

Me: aaaand... Done!

JC: I would have ripped you heart out you know.. and then ate it

Me: But you love me..

JC...mmmmmmm No..

Me: Crys

So that's it for a while, may need comments just to be assured that there are people reading my twisted demon love stories.. Oh and I have tried keeping him in his character hence why he's not 'lovey dovey'...