by Vincent Maxwell

Created on: October 09, 2009

The darkness of the night is nothing new, the same quiet forest every night, but still there was something powerful about it. Trevor has spent the last six months of his life working for the forest preserve, and actually wanted the night shift. Not like there is much to his job even for the day workers, there is just something about the night that soothes Trevor's soul. He sits now in front of his patrol Jeep like he often does, and stares into the wilderness blankly. His thoughts drift off as he lets the cold night air caress his body. However his thoughts come back to reality as he hears a noise of something in the brush near the road. It must be a night animal of some kind he thinks as he gets to his feet. He slides his flashlight from his belt and shines it in the direction of the noise. The noise immediately stops when the bush becomes illuminated.

"Gyrraaaaaakkk" screams whatever creature is in the bush.

Trevor's body becomes strangled with fear as his mind replays the horrible noise he heard. Whatever it is, its not an animal that I have ever heard before. But its more than that, the noise almost seemed unnatural.

"Whatever you are get out of here!" Trevor says nervously, knowing how stupid it must be to think the animal could understand him.

He takes a step closer to the bush, when all of a sudden the whole bush begins to shake violently as the creature inside begins to scream its strange call repeatedly. Trevor's instincts take over as he runs to the door of his Jeep and gets inside.He turn the key and the car comes to life, the sound of the engine seeming to anger whatever the creature is even greater. He throws the car in reverse and backs up to turn around. The headlights land on the bush and with the strong light Trevor sees the creature. Whatever it is must have been on the ground, but it was definitely standing up now. He can't believe his eyes as he sees something with about the shape of a bear standing on its hind legs. Except there is no fur, just pink skin. The head is not that of a bear at all, but almost human. The only thing not making it a human head is the mouth, it is much bigger and with the creature screaming the all too sharp teeth make the creature even more terrifying. Trevor put the Jeep in drive but doesn't do it fast enough as the creature charges out of the bush and smashes against the front of the Jeep. The beast begins screaming and slamming its powerful fists on the hood. Now its staring at Trevor, trying to climb on the

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