Death’s door

My legs were trembling with fear, my mind couldn't cope with the monstrosity on the window and the tapping sound that I heard came from it's fangs. It's large gaping hole of a mouth stretched from the upper part of the window and down to its base, its elongated tongue slithered all over the glass; I could tell it wanted the prey beyond the invisible wall.

My heart pounded, I told myself that if I don't get out of here I'm dead but then as I slowly stood I remembered that these walls and that

window are reinforced materials able to withstand HP-Pulse Cannons that are standard issue in the military—I immediately felt a sense of relief and giggled at the thought... So then I proceeded to the nearest bed and sat down as I watched the creature gnaw in vain against the glass.

"Stupid animal..." I whispered myself.

Suddenly the shaking got worst: tables, I.V. stands and other room items wobbled or dropped out of place. With an earthquake this bad the chances of walls cracking were pretty high... also windows! so I took a quick glance and my worst fears have been realized, since I couldn't get out I ran as fast I can towards the bath room within few seconds the predator could get in here but I got in before it could and locked the door.

*Crash!*

As I was holding the locked door with my life I heard the loud crack of glass shattering and surprisingly I couldn't hear any hint of movement but judging from its size I could tell that it would be heavy so out of curiosity I opened the sliding door starting from the lock...

*Click!*

I paused for a bit and waited for some sort of response but it was still silent, not even a slight tone of anything was heard of. I was

in a dilemma it was either I opened the door with impending doom at the other side or stay inside here stuck not ever knowing what's beyond the door... Anxiety filled me to the brim as my chest was pounding, my mind raced while my hands quivered then I took a deep breath as I slowly opened the door.

*Creak...*

The creaking noise felt so loud in my mind that fueled my anxiety even more as I opened it gently enough for my eyes to peek outside. My face felt a warm breeze flowing through the door...

I looked above me: my face went pale, right then I knew to close the door steadily without any hindrance. then finally I had closed it! now all I had to do was lock it...

*Click!*

The lock made me felt nauseous, I gagged a little bit—

"Oh F*#K!"

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

I fell on the floor as the monster on the otherside was banging right before the steel door but I had to do something before it gets in here plus I could hear it snarling and it was strong enough that it made dents so I desperately looked for something that could help me. In a few moments I saw a crevice on the wall probably due to the earthquake, the pipes on the inside were exposed—An idea popped so I hurriedly looked for something sturdy enough for it... I took a loose metal pipe from the wall since it was the only thing there that could withstand the force and I also took the toilet lid; it got quiet.

An eerie chill filled the air as the silence tensed my nerves so I continued to place the toilet lid behind one of the damaged pipes that bent slightly inwards just enough for me to place it behind then I held the broken pipe as high as I could and struck it hard.

*Clang!*

*BANG!*

A loud crash took place behind me so I turned and saw its blood-shot eye staring at me with the hole it made while clawing desperately.

Terrified, I started striking the metal pipe as hard as I could hoping maybe I'd fit the crevice.

*Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!*

Over and over, the sound of metal clashing with each other clung to my ears each louder than the last—I kept going till my hands felt numb till it felt like it was going to tear off but the scraping of hard steel behind me tested my strength to its fullest. As I kept going I took a slight glimpse each time I struck just to see if I could make it and everytime I did the hole got bigger.

The struggle behind me stopped but I didn't, this hard carbon reinforced piping really can take a hit but the results of my hard work are showing the piping looked like it was about to burst due to the damage I had done... I took another turn around and saw this hideous creature towering above me that grew bigger every moment covering me with its shadow.

This monstrosity had scars all over its body with wounds bleeding out its purple oozing blood from the struggle on the door, its exposed and pulsating muscles were steaming. its long snout was directly breathing onto my face, all my hard work was for nothing... until I heard a high pitched whistling and felt my right side heating up—I was hoping even though frightened pale with my skin crawling from the sight of this

horrendous abomination.

The creature had cornered me forcing myself to the back of the rest room but as it was about to lunge on me I closed my eyes ready for my inevitable death.