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A Spotless Killer

Evil Lurks Everywhere...

By Ryan McGregorPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Chapter 1: The Storm Before the Bloodshed

It was a bone chilling stormy night as the lightning pierced the darkness outside, while the shrieking crack of thunder causing spinal nerves to pulsate at the sound all accompanied by the relentless rapid taping of rain as it poured down on rooftop tiles, windows and concrete…it was tonight that a gruesome crime had been planned to terrorise the neighbourhood and introduce the world to the newest serial killer that in time would come to plague dreams with their cruelty...

Down a quiet street, residents kept themselves sheltered from the storm outside, their brick and mortar houses guarding them against the unrelenting fury. Lights shone through windows into the darkness, keeping the darkness at bay….

Chapter 2: The Killer in the Shadows

It was in one of these houses that lurked this relentless killer, hiding in the shadows, determined to take the lives of the inhabitants in the most vicious fashion in order to join the ranks of The Slasher Elite, whose infamous names of its members are only whispered about as a caution to the unwary…

Infiltrating the home of its prey had been easy, hiding amongst a delivery had allowed access to the soon to be victim’s home. A young couple that had newly moved into this abode as evidenced by the bare minimum of décor and stacks of boxes that littered the place… perfect cover for an upcoming serial killer looking to join the ranks of The Slasher Elite…

Over the course of the past 9 days, it had carried out its recon, committing every aspect of the house to memory, the ground floor of the building was to be the killing zone where the blood drenched masterpiece was to be unveiled.

Tonight’s storm was a perfect addition to the chaos, fear and death it was about to unleash on this unsuspecting couple…soon to be taking their last breaths in agony as their souls left this world…

Chapter 3: The Dance of Death

As the crack of thunder and the flash of lightning echoed around the house, It emerged from the shadows hungry for blood and the infamy that would soon follow when its name was whispered. From this distance it could see the woman sitting at the kitchen table, fate had decided that she would be the first victim in his ongoing spree of death but certainly not the last…The anticipation for the kill was building, the thrill of the hunt building to a deafening crescendo…it was drawing closer to the woman who could not hear the sound of her impending death as the cracks of thunder and the pounding rain drowned out all other noises in the house.

Moving quicker now towards its prey, using the carefully calculated route committed to memory to avoid alerting the soon to be deceased woman but also so it could savour the rising excitement now pulsing throughout its being. The still packed moving boxes provided excellent cover to hide behind.

The moment to strike was now here as it had arrived at the final hiding spot before the kitchen, the Dance of Death between hunter and prey had reached its climatic moment and it couldn’t wait anymore, erupting from behind the box, it charged towards the woman consumed with bloodlust as it launched into a deadly attack to bring about the terrifying age of The Shadow Killer!

Chapter 4: Tea in the Rain

Carol leaned over the edge of the kitchen table as the Roomba lightly bumped into her foot. She raised an eyebrow as she watched the small floor cleaning device that had now paused by her foot briefly. A small blinking light indicated that it was committing an obstacle in this spot to memory so it would not run into it again during the next scheduled cleaning cycle. A few seconds passed before it rotated on its internal axis and returned to the rest of the ground floor cleaning route. Funny little device, Carol mused to herself as she watched the Roomba continue its programmed route before returning to enjoying the sounds of the rain tapping on the window with a cup of tea…

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About the Creator

Ryan McGregor

I am a writer based in the UK. I specialise in writing film, tv and fiction scripts based in the Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Genres! I first began writing on a regular basis during 2020 and love to create mainly short stories!

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