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In honor of Halloween , a little spooky story from me to you . It looks long , but it's really only about two pages or so . Enjoy...

THE FINAL MOMENTS OF ARTHUR CULLEN



My name is Arthur Cullen , and this is the second time that Ive died . You would think that I would be comforted by the fact that I already knew what to expect , but it is that very knowledge that terrifies me . As I lay here on the cold concrete floor feeling my life slowly drain away I am reminded of the first time it happened . One does not easily forget the most terrible day of their life .
It was three years ago almost to the day . My wife Karen and I were on our way to meet some friends at a dinner party . It was one of those nights that was fit for neither man nor beast , but Karen and I always considered ourselves to be risk takers of sorts . The rain came down in torrents and our car was being buffeted by the wind , but we were both of good spirits and joked about whether or not our companions would be adventurous enough to attempt to make it to the restaurant in this downpour . My laughter was stifled as the steering wheel was suddenly wrenched from my grip . The world then became a blur . I remember it in flashes . In slow motion I looked over at Karen and saw her expression go from a smile to a mask of fear . The car began to spin out of control and bounced off of a concrete divider . Glass shattered and metal twisted but I couldnt hear anything but my wifes screams . Then we were spiraling through the air . The last thing that I saw was the rain slicked ground rushing up to meet us . Then darkness. I awoke to the cold rain dripping on my face and the world slowly came back into focus . I weakly tried to look around and realized that I was still belted into the twisted wreckage of the car . I suddenly felt very strange . I couldnt feel any of the pain which I should have been in from such a terrible accident . I just didnt feelright . Then one thought became clear in my clouded mind . KAREN . I turned to the seat where she was sitting just before the accident . She was gone !!! Adrenaline began to pump into my broken body and I managed to find the strength to free myself from the wreck . I had to find my wife . I looked around frantically . The only light was provided by the cars headlamps , but I was sure that I saw something up ahead . As I crawled toward the shape in the bushes up ahead I heard a siren wailing in the distance . I could only hope that they were coming for us . Then I saw her . My beautiful wife , laying face-down in a rain soaked ditch up ahead . As I got closer I realized that the pool she was laying in wasnt entirely water . Her white evening gown was red with blood . I desperately called out to her but there was no response . When I finally reached her side I tried to turn her over so she could breathe . I rolled her onto her back and her unblinking eyes looked directly into mine . I knew right then and there that I was too late . Whatever strength that I had immediately left my injured , broken , body and my will to live departed with it . I collapsed beside my dead wife and the last word that I spoke was her name . KAREN
Then the world around me began to warp and shimmer . It was as if all of the color drained out of the world . Everything took on a slightly gray tone and became unnaturally quiet . I could no longer hear the siren in the distance . I couldnt even hear , or for that matter feel , the rain as it fell on me . A strange mist floated through the air as I aimlessly walked around . Without conscious thought I muttered to myself Whats happening ? Where am I ? My voice sounded hollow . It echoed as if I was standing in a huge empty building . Then , as if to further confuse my already fevered mind , I heard another voice in the darkness . A familiar voice . It was Karen , I was sure of it . She was out there in the mist somewhere . I called out to her and ran toward her voice . The mist began to part and there she was . She saw me , and we ran toward each other . Oh Arthur!!!! Thank God youre here . You have no idea what its like to get a second chance to hold the person you love . I never wanted to let go . Karen !!! I thought Do you know what happened ? Where are we ? The look that she gave me was so strange . As she spoke , the enormity of her words struck me in a most peculiar way . ArthurI . I think weredead . It was so simple . I couldnt believe that it hadnt occurred to me before my wife spoke the words to me . The crash . Everything disappearing around me . It was true . It had to be . Deadbut , this isnt the way its supposed to be . We were good people . We were supposed to beI dont knowrewarded for a life of doing the right thing . Werent we ? Almost at that very moment a blinding light appeared off to our right . Karens eyes shined as brightly as the beautiful light . Arthur , look!!! Thats got to be it . Its the light that people always say that they see when they die . The light that leads to Heaven . Come on!!! Come with me . She ran towards the shimmering light while I was too stunned to move . She was right . She was always right . My heart began to soar , and I didnt even miss my life before the crash . We would be together forever . I started to walk toward Karen and to eternity with her . Then it all went terribly wrong . As Karen ran toward the light , SOMETHING came out of it . Karen stopped dead in her tracks as thething loomed over her . It was the most horrible sight that I have ever beheld , truly an abomination spat from the deepest bowels of Hell . It was some sort of bipedalcreature . It stood almost eight feet tall , and its skinif you could call it that was of the deepest black and glistened like the carapace of some hideous insect . It had numerous tentacles that grew out of its torso and slobbering jaws that opened wide to show hundreds of needle-like fangs . All of those things were truly awful , but the most terrifying characteristic of the thing was its eyes . It had multiple eyes like a spider . Glowing red eyes that seemed to be lit by the fires of Hell itself . The beast turned its long serpentine neck toward Karen and locked those hellish eyes onto her . She froze like a deer caught in the headlights of a truck . I wanted to call out to herto tell her to run , but my voice was caught in my throat . With a speed belying its immense stature the nightmarish beast whipped its tendrils out and caught Karen around the throat . It began to drag her toward its slavering jaws . The thought of that beast touching my wife made the shock wear off and I screamed at the monster from where I stood . NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Let her go!!! The thing quickly turned toward me and its eyes narrowed . It made an unearthly high pitched shriek that froze me to my core . Suddenly two more creatures emerged from the light and locked their burning eyes upon me . Karen , who had seemingly broken out of some hypnotic spell , saw them and turned to me screaming ARTHURRUN!!!! Only I couldnt . I couldnt move at all . Something in those creatures eyes seemed to paralyze me . They began to slowly stalk towards me like two big cats stalking a wounded gazelle . I tried in vain to break their hold on me , but all I could do was stand thereand wait . The first creature turned back towards Karen and pulled her closer . She closed her eyes and kicked out at it . It didnt even seem to notice . When she was close enough to it , it let out a shriek of triumph and fell upon her in a frenzy . I stood there , paralyzed , and watched the monstrous creature feast on my wifes soul . It seemed to absorb her life force into its own horrible body . I heard one last terrified scream and then she was gone . The soul shattering grief that I felt somehow momentarily broke the spell that the creatures had on me . I screamed out in a voice that held all of the sorrow and pain in my broken heart . The scream seemed to startle the creatures and they crouched low to the ground and took a few steps back hissing and whipping their heads from side to side . Then the two beasts looked at one another and began to snarl in contempt of my apparent defiance . They both leapt as one toward me with their jaws open wide and tentacles shooting forward to ensnare me . All of a sudden what felt like an explosion suddenly ripped through my chest and the creatures turned to smoke before my eyes . Color flooded back into my surroundings and I felt the cold rain falling on my face again . I began to violently lash out at the monsters that were no longer there and struck a man who was standing over me . A tall man in a uniform grabbed my hands and held me down . WEVE GOT HIM BACK!!!! Sir . Please calm down . Manny , help me get this guy into the ambulance . I looked around and screamed PLEASE GOD!!!! THAT THINGITS KILLING HER!!!! STOP IT!!! Another man came over and strapped me to a long wooden board while saying Sir , youve been in an accident . Were going to get you to a hospital . Then him and his partner lifted me into the back of the waiting ambulance and rushed me away . I didnt bother to ask him what was in the wet plastic zippered bag on the floor . I already knew . I cant remember saying anything else the rest of the night . I only remember weeping uncontrollably .
My body healed and so did my mind . I never forgot what I saw though . I couldnt sleep . The nightmares assailed me every time I closed my eyes . I tried to talk to the hospitals psychiatrist but , of course , he didnt believe my story . Who could blame him ? Since there wasnt anything medically wrong with me , I was released from the hospital . I tried to put my life back together , but the vision of those things wouldnt leave me be . I could not just go back to my old life after the experience that I had been through . I began to obsessively study books about near death experiences and the supernatural desperately hoping to find something , anything , that would validate my beliefs that what I saw was actually real and not just a side effect of shock like the doctors all said . Finally , I found something in a book about ancient death rituals and religions . It wasnt much , but it was all that I needed to prove that I wasnt the only person who had seen these things . I found a picture of a carving on a decaying temple wall that was unearthed somewhere in South America . It bore a startling likeness to one of the otherworldly beasts that had killed my wife and tried to kill me . The temple itself was from an ancient people whose name was lost to modern civilization . They were reputed to be worshippers of timeless entities known only as The Elder Gods . These gods were otherworldly creatures of immense power and endless evil . They sought only to plague the world of man and destroy all of those who would not bow down to them . Although their language was lost along with their name , it was similar enough to other ancient people such as the Aztecs and the Incas that a rudimentary translation was possible . The translation of the words that had been found inscribed beneath the carving of the monster god was simply The Collectors or The Harvesters . I shudder to think why these things would harvest human souls and who or WHAT they might be harvesting them for . What is clear to me is that these things have existed for as long as humanity has , probably even longer . I also knew that they had to be stopped . I wrote letters to every member of congress , every scientific society , even leaders of the religious community , but all that I received back was mockery . These beasts , these Collectors were real and nobody believed me!!! That was why I decided to take matters into my own hands . One day I bought a pistol and walked into a television studio where the news was to be broadcast . I threatened to open fire , even though my pistol wasnt loaded , unless they allowed me to tell the world the truth about what happens to us when we die . There is no Heaven . There isnt even a Hell . There is only fear and emptiness then NOTHING . There are beings that are using us like cattle for the sustenance of some ancient evil and we need to find a way to fight back . I had to tell the world . But I never got to say any of it . A security guard also had a pistol , and his was loaded .
That brings me right back to where I started my story . A kindly old woman kneels beside me holding my hand and says Hold on . Weve sent for an ambulance . Youre going to be okay . Just stay calm . I feel the cold start to seep into my body and the weakness of my heartbeat . They wont make it in time I whisper . The smiling woman looks down at me and says Dont say that . Im sure theyre almost here . How can you be so sure that they wont make it ? I smile back at her . How can I be so sure ? Because I can begin to see MY Collector standing just behind the disappearing woman , its eyes waiting to lock onto mine . As my heart slows to a stop I whisper Karen. Im coming



THE END
VIEW 4 of 4 COMMENTS
kaela:
Wow dude. That's a fucked up story.
Nov 2, 2004
ericj:
I need to come back with some time and read it. smile Hope your Halloween was all sorts of fun, man. smile
Nov 3, 2004

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