Silence fills the room as I hesitate to bring up what Viana had just witnessed. “Well…What did you see?” I blurt out. Nothing but silence. Outside, I can hear the heavy gales push against my rooms window. Before she can even react to my question I think I already know what her answer will be. Unsurprisingly, I was correct. She claims to have encountered the Oroko Malamander.
17 minutes later, we make our way outside in the freezing cold, Retracing Viana’s footsteps. I know. I’m aware that I probably should have stayed inside in my cosy, heated bed with my heater on maximum heat. All that I can say is that Viana, as that is the name given to her, is the most hyper and bossy person I have ever met. The sea sways back and forth so ferociously that it caused us to tilt and stumble onto the grey, stone wall beside us. In the distance, the heavy winds crackle across the night sky, breaking the peace of the ocean. After a while, we pass the old fish and chips stand, Claudia’s ice-cream parlour and Miss. Wightman’s merchandise shop. All of them have been covered and abandoned due to the heavy storms. The pier remains empty as we slowly walk along the path.
Viana drags me forward towards the end of the pier and she suddenly stops. A sticky, thick trail of mucus leads beyond the wooden planks that lay on the pier. She turns to me with a horrified face and insists that we follow the trail. Without thinking, I say yes and we cautiously walk alongside the glow in the dark trail until it comes to an end. We look up to see the bucket and spade shop, we close our eyes and walk into the little shop ahead.
Hardly daring to breath, we peer through the glass window on the door and only see a singular flickering light at the back of the shop. I tug on the door until it finally opens and we both slowly slip into the store. Carefully, I go to shut the door but as I hold onto the handle, the light stops and we are in complete darkness.
“Viana?” I call out.
“Ourania…I’m scared,” she calls out, her voice crackling.
I search around for her until I find her hand and place it on mine. We search around for a torch and finally come across one. I turn it on and look around to see white eyes glaring at me from a distance. I rub my eyes and look again but nothing was there. Was I seeing things?
Slowly, I pull Viana over to me but insists she goes and checks for me. I don’t hesitate to let her go. I get a shiver down my spine as I can make out sharp movements from behind the slushie machine. I close my eyes as she swiftly moves her head behind the machine. Suddenly, a stench of seaweed and rotten fish lingers in the air. I know that It was the Oroko Malamander. I tell Viana to come back but she ignores me. Without thinking, I leap towards her as the Malamander crawls out from behind the machine. I let out a deafening scream as it paces toward us.
Outside, The moon takes cover behind the clouds. Inside, The monsters piercing eyes come chasing after us. I notice that it is crawling on its legs, screeching in pain with every move it makes. We leap out of the shop as we run towards the hotel as fast as we can. I look back to see that nothing was now chasing us and I wonder where it had gone so fast. I stop and so does Viana. I search around and can make out a slender figure submerge into the crashing waves below us.
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