Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story but the idea and the title.
AN: Thanks, Stormy soul! This one's for you!
The man walked slowly, looking around with a dazed expression on his face. The light of his bronze soul flickered from brilliant with purpose to dim with despair as his emotions swirled. He did not look nearly as strong as those It had already faced tonight. His soul might be just warm enough…
But deep violet light stained the very edges of the horizon, a herald of warning to the Creature. The purple would soon turn to red, then pink and gold. The sun was coming.
It abandoned thoughts of taking this man, and walked unhurriedly along the gray path, this thing the humans called "sidewalk." Sidewalk led It back to the sanctuary of the alley. There It could hide, waiting with infinite patience learned through eons of existence. The light would dim, and the darkness would return, and It would walk free once again.
At the mouth of the alley, It paused with almost as much fear as the humans. It could hear the Abyss through the hole It left in Its escape. The whispers sounded louder than the night before. The Creature had not been the only one to feed that night. Something had passed through the flimsy barrier, weakening it further.
The Abyss was pushing its way into this world.
Cowering before the portal into Its former prison, the Creature wondered briefly what would happen if the barrier failed all together. What would happen to this place, this Earth, with all its beautiful glowing life? Would this world become yet another victim of the horror residing just behind that swirling, whispering door?
What would It do if that happened?
Escape. Always escape.
Nothing, no power in this universe or the next, could force It back into that realm of unending night. Nothing could be worth returning to Its never ending existence of nothingness. Even the punishing fire of the sun was preferable to the Abyss.
Still, the shield between the two universes held. Only something as strong as the Creature could hope to approach the portal without being devoured. But for at least one more day, this alley remained safe.
When the night came again, It would find a new place to hide, both from the light, and the dark.