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'Creak'. A dark shadow flies by an old man. One might think this man would be terrified, but he was as passive as ever. The old man, Shi Nigami, was a war hardened-veteran. He "knew" he was just being paranoid.

Paranoia can make people do funny things. It just happened to be why Shi grabbed a wooden Winchester rifle. The gun was the very same he used in the war. He stayed quiet patiently waiting. He could, would not waste this shot. Shi wouldn't let his follower, whom he came to realize was following him after WW II, live.

It had all started after the war, at least that's what Shi thinks. He didn't believe in the curse the gypsy had put on him. Magic isn't real. She had put a bogus curse on him to make him feel the dark cloud of guilt. Did she really think "Curse you! I summon thee from thy darkest …show more content…

However, it did something Shi did not expect. It stood in the hall before him. He could see it now. Its...body was grotesque. Ten crooked, glowing, unfocused eyes lay upon its elongated chest. It was a lean, deformed beast. It had eight ugly, discolored three fingered arms. Instead of legs, it had a slimy, rotting tail oozing a trail of blood.

"S—sle."

Shi only lifted his gun as the thing spoke, "Slee—p. S-lee-p."

Sudden eerie voices chanted in a synchronized pace. " It comes in the night. It never leaves. He knows when you're awake. He is always there. It hides in the closet. It never sleeps. He is The Sleeper!" Shi shoots.

Once unfocused eyes now stare unblinking at Shi. He stumbles out his old, blue chair and runs. The thing roars. The choking, heart stopping roar echoes in Shi's sensitive ears.

He hides in the bathroom. Shi waits with his breath held as The Sleeper walks to his door. Shi almost breathed a sigh of relief when the shadow leaves. The shadow comes back. It bursts through the door, splintering the wood. Shi runs past it shouting loudly.

"No one can hear you! You will die here all alone, Shi

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