The Place, part III

Zack turned around, he saw a light coming in from the ceiling, which had just fallen through. Something was coming toward him. It looked like an angel. Zack's immediate thought was to run, but where could he go, he's still locked in the room. So he stayed. Sure enough, it was an angel. Suddenly, Zack didn't feel so scared. Then the door opened. The creature came in, and Zack ran to the back of the room. Immediately the angel and the hole in the ceiling disappeared. But Zack could still hear her: "You must face him Zack, only you have the power to defeat him". Zack was now more scared then ever, he knew he would be going to the torture room again, but this time, he wouldn't come out. He knew he had to get out of the room he was in. So he ran, straight forward as fast as he could, straight past the creature, and bolted down the hallway as fast as he could. But he couldn't get away quite so easily. The creature was right behind him, moving much faster than Zack, or any human being for that matter, could ever run. He caught Zack, and he grabbed him. Zack was convinced that this was the end. He was taken straight to the torture room. "I'm afraid I'll have to make your death a lot slower than I was planning because of that little escape attempt" said the creature. Zack's wrists were fastened to some chains hanging from the ceiling. The creature brought up an ankle bracelet, and fastened it to Zack's leg. But this bracelet had a screw in the side, which the creature began to tighten. Zack knew what would happen, soon that screw would be inside his leg. He began to kick frantically, and knocked the creature down, who pulled the bracelet off as he fell. Zack began to wiggle as much as he could, and slowly slipped out of the chains that bound his wrists. He knew that this time, he could not run. This time, he must fight.

He searched the room, and saw a whip, probably used to beat prisoners of this terrible place, so he grabbed the whip. He hit the creature as hard as he could with it, and it screamed out in pain. But it was not defeated so easily. After it had been hit a couple times, it grabbed the whip. He tried to hit Zack with it, but he moved out of the way. Nearby was a long metal pole, he grabbed it and attacked the creature. It swung the whip, catching the pole in it, trying to pull it from Zack's hands. Zack held on, and swung the pole as hard as he could. This pulled the whip from the creatures hand, and Zack immediately started beating it with the pole. He decided that this was not the place to fight it, he must get to a different room, so he hit the creature as hard as he could, knocking it down for a second, and he ran out into the hallway, and to the next door he saw. He opened it and ran in the room. He wished he hadn't. There were people in here, all injured very badly, looking like they hadn't eaten anything for weeks. Zack knew that if he didn't defeat the creature, this is what would happen to him. So he told the people to grab what they could, and prepare to fight.

The creature awoke, he had been knocked out by the blow from Zack's pole. He got up, and grabbed the whip on the floor. He decided that he would not go straight out and look for Zack, he would prepare. He walked over to a table with tubes and bubbling liquids inside beakers all over it. He began to mix chemicals, and poured them into a funnel, which led through the tubes. The liquid slowly dripped into an empty beaker, until exactly the right amount was in it. The creature then mixed that and a green, bubbling liquid together, put a cork in the top of the beaker and put it in his pocket. He then left the room to search for Zack.

"He's coming, get ready," said Zack. Everyone picked up their weapons, and were ready. They heard footsteps. "Here he comes" said Zack. The door slowly opened, and in walked the creature. Immediately, he was attacked by about ten prisoners, all ancious for revenge. Finally he got a chance to strike, and he swung at Zack. But the whip stopped in midair. Zack heard the angels voice say, "You might have to fight this battle yourself, but I will defend you". Then Zack realized she had not abandoned him, she had been there the entire time, watching over him, keeping him safe. Zack fought with renewed strength. He knew that if he didn't destroy the creature soon, he wouldn't have a chance. So he struck hard. The creature fell, and when it hit the ground, it disappeared, and all of the sudden the room where they were brightened, and this once terrible place turned into what it once was, a beautiful place with no implements of torture, that room had been replaced with a gorgeous garden. The blood on the pillars surrounding the oval room disappeared, and stairs appeared in the middle of the room. The prisoners who had just defeated this horrible creature were so grateful to Zack, and thanked him many, many times. But, all of the sudden, something happened. If you remember, the creature had mixed up certain chemicals, which he hadn't used..... yet. When he fell, the beaker broke, releasing the chemicals. The room went entirely black. In the middle of the room, the creature rose again. This time they knew, there was no escape. Then something happened that they did not expect. Zack's angel reappeared and struck down the creature once and for all. Zack and the rest of the prisoners decided, it was time to leave. So they ran up the stairs in the oval room, up above ground. Zack immediately knew where he was, for he was in the exact same spot where everything had gone black when he first came to this terrible place. He realized, that this was a test. This horrible place was there, to prepare Zack for something else..........


The End