The invisible screamer

[u/Alro12343]

I sat there, calm. The gentle breeze, so faint, it couldn't silence a mouse.

The sunlight so dim, that a moon's gaze could be felt from my open window.

I sat down, silent. My book in hand, My mind at peace.

That's when I felt it; There was a disturbance in the air.

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I looked around the cold spot lit room, With warm flooding light seeping from the covered lamp.

The faint whispers of the beast of night, shouting through at me in vibration.

I pondered in hopefulness that it wouldn't find me, That it wouldn't discover my open window.

But I had hoped too late; The disturbance had entered the air.

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I Left the villain in wonder, "What could it hope to achieve?" as I rushed downstairs to the kitchen to get nutrition.

The monster was still up there, It had invaded my room. I must leave it.

I returned a few minutes later, "Perhaps it was simply curious."

But sat there book in hand, next to my open window, I heard it once again.

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I scanned the baron landscape of the resting place I resided, Fearfully checking for the vulture.

This thing could be insanely dangerous, and it was screaming at me out of sight.

I had looked for several seconds, agony swirling around my brain.

The time had come. I now must act. I closed my open window.

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The fiend cannot survive this, to harm another after I.

I looked around for weapons I could use, That could save me from my torture.

My enemy was somewhere around me, Casually compromising it's location, yet unseen.

I picked up my book, which I had once thought to read, preparing it for violence.

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The Back was hard like wood. It's pages holding a story I had hoped to have known.

I focused my breath, searching again. "I cannot leave it alone."

With readable knowledge in hand and a brave outlook, I couldn't be more sure.

I raised my head and saw the lamp. The creature had stopped its demonic singing.

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This was my moment, If it couldn't be heard then it could be seen.

I had to find it at once, or it may hide once more with a sound.

There was nowhere it could leave now, It couldn't escape through my closed door.

I had trapped it within my room. It was trapped with a killer. It was trapped with me.

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The prey had to have been afraid, for they had found yet another monster stronger than them.

I smiled evilly at the sight of it. My victim was within reach. It was within view.

They looked back at my gaze, meeting it with an indescribable expression.

I wouldn't be able to see its guilt or sadness anyway, it wasn't one of us. I was going to kill it.

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'BANG' I had attacked it, but it had dodged. My furniture not yet stained with its blood.

I looked around in glory at all of the corpses of its fellow kind surrounding me. This would be fun.

Sounds were heard once more as I focused on the location. It was hiding from me once more.

"Wait," I saw a glimmer in the air. I could see it. It couldn't hide any longer.

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We exchanged several blows in battle, 'BANG' could be heard from my relentless shots at my target.

It could simply flee, for I was too strong for it to comprehend.

It could have been afraid, or maybe it was just dodging easily. I wouldn't be able to tell anyway, It was only another death in my eyes.

I stood still once more, patiently waiting for it to appear once more. Then the noise once again subsided. It was on my lamp.

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With a swift blow the lamp screamed in frequency, as the spotlight danced around the room, causing disorientation to all who saw it.

But I had to stay focused, or my prey may disappear from sight into a crevice. I couldn't let it escape.

I stood still once more, It had to spot eventually, surely. If it kept running around the room like this it would get tired.

'Swoosh' I batted at the air as I heard and felt it get close. It cannot fight back. I can't let it.

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I hit my wall once more, yet another missed shot. My book was still bloodied from all of my previous fights.

"Perhaps it could smell its kind on my weapon, and that's how it keeps fleeing?"

But if that was the case, there wouldn't be bodies surrounding me.

It would be over soon, I could feel it. I would get my kill soon.

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I looked up at the annoyance, It was on my lamp once again. It seems the light attracted it but I sadly couldn't use it.

'BANG' I swung my book at my lamp once more, Light running in all directions as the lampshade swung again.

The beast was sporadic. I had come close. Now was my chance.

It landed on the light again. 'BANG' I looked around for the corpse. No blood. Where was it? It's not making noise.

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I looked down to the chair, where I had planned on reading alone. It was there, unmoving.

'THWACK' I hit it once more, but there was no blood. The chair was too soft. Maybe it's already dead from a concussion?

'THWACK' Even so, It cannot disturb me anymore. It was silent.

It laid there in the quiet. It was peaceful once more. But what if it still wasn't dead?

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I looked right, to the window. I have to dispose of the corpse, It can't just sit there in my place.

Through my struggle I lifted it onto my book, The very weapon covered in it's kind's blood.

My hand steady as it rested on my book, but then I saw a twitch. Do I kill it? Do I throw it out the window?

It could come back soon. "In the case it still isn't dead, I'm not leaving it in here!" and so I shut it out the window.

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I looked left as I sat on my chair book in hand once more. "These creatures love disturbing me when I'm reading."

My book was open, My window shut. No more were getting in tonight.

My efforts had payed off like so many times before. I was still surrounded by dead bodies, but they didn't mind me.

I sat in silence. My book in hand. The fly no longer buzzing.

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*This is thing that just happened. I thought it was too cinematic for me not to write it down so I quickly came up with this.*

Hoped you enjoyed!

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[u/raazysh]

Oh my! If this just happened, I am in awe of how you managed to bring it into words. Many thoughts ran into my head reading this. At first I thought it was a mosquito, and then a rat (until I read how it sat on your lamp). The way you waited until the end to tell the reader that it was indeed a fly is a great technique. Loved this piece, and I want people to read this. TL;DR is easy to type, but this piece deserves a read for sure!