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What if it was an animal?

I could feel my heart in my throat as I took another step to the left.

I think I was closer to the exit.

As soon as I see it, I’m running straight to Willows car.

I hear a crunch right behind me.

Fuck, someone found me.

Shit.

Shit.

I was going to get banned.

I should just turn around and apologize.

I could hear low breathing behind me.

“Look.” I say with my hands raised. I don’t turn around. “I got stuck here and was just leaving. I’m sorry and please don’t ban me.”

Nothing.

“I swear, the bathroom line was long and I was only out here for like three minutes.”

Nothing.

My palms were sweaty.

“Look, please I-” I say and turn around.

My mouth swallowed my tongue.

Tall and dark is all I could see.

The glow from the carnival illuminated only parts of the figure that stood well above me.

Black combat pants, black combat boots, black long sleeve shirt, and a fucking mask.

A skull mask of some sort.

Or a bone mask, I couldn’t tell in this lighting.

It was terrifying.

I couldn’t see any hair or anything, just the empty eye holes that I knew held human eyes, but was very unsettling because I couldn’t see anything.

The mouth looked eerie.

It really was a sight to see in the dark.

It was hard to see anything.

All I knew, was that the pee was going to come rushing back if I don’t get away from whatever the hell this was.

He stood tall, very tall.