The Pit Part Six

I jerk awake when I here laughter from a child and I quickly realize I'm still in the pit. I sigh and shake my head.. It must have been a dream but when I look down I see Fig sitting straight up looking down the long dark hall. Did he hear the laugh? Was it not in my head?

"Fig... Did you hear the laughter?" I whisper and he moves closer to me and nods his head saying "Yes... Unfortunately.." I swallow hard and pull myself up. I decide to head away from the laughter knowing there wouldn't be children down here and if there was... they wouldn't be laughing.

I slowly walk down the long dark hallway until it opens up to a large open area. It was too dark to see everything clearly but I could tell it was large. I walk further into the dark room and find myself hoping and praying I don't run into another creature of some kind but my hopes and prayers aren't answered as I hear the child's laughter again but right behind us.

I spin around but see nothing. Fig digs his little claws into my shoulder as the room begins to feel colder. The laughter begins to echo around the large room making it impossible to find where it's coming from. "Come and play with me.. hehehe." The child like voice says and I grit my teeth. I will never be able to go to haunted houses ever again..

"Play with the child..." Says a raspy voice from behind us and I jump. I spin around and see nothing as the laughter breaks out again. Only this time the laughter of the child and the raspy voice joined as one overlapping each other. I shiver as I realize the voices are coming from the same creature. It was toying with us...

I slowly start walking backwards while listening for the creature but step on something in the process. It's squishy.. I gasp and jump back as hundreds of cockroaches run from the mound on the ground. I'm pretty sure I do a little shimmy dance batting the roaches off me with shaky hands. I HATE this place!!!

The laughter picks up and echoes around Fig and I as I snap "Shut up!" The laughter cuts off and silence surrounds us and suddenly I regret telling it to shut up... I start hearing whispers and there are different voices.. too many to count but all coming from the same creature making my skin crawl. The air around Fig and I had become so cold we start shivering.