Alina watched on as the monster chewed her blood and flesh with such brutality that not even their bones could be seen at the end.
"Big Sis, what is going on?" Amina said. The narrow closet was hiding her innocent eyes from the scene that Alina was witnessing.
Alina shut the narrow gap in the closet that allowed her to see her parents mutilated. Closing her eyes and holding her younger sister.
"Saints." She prayed. "Protect my younger sister from the disgusting things that permeate the world."
"Don't worry Amina. Everything is going to be alright." Alina said. Her voice was weakly assuring her sister, and in the depths of her heart, Alina knew that she was also assuring herself.
"Why are we hiding then? Where are Mom and Dad?" Amina said. Her voice was shaky and her eyes watery.
"Stop with the questions. I said everything's going to be alright." Her patience broke, and a harsh tone escaped her throat.
Sobbing sounds were heard in the narrow closet and on the verge of Amina crying out loud. Literally.
"I'm sorry okay. We are playing hide and seek, and mom and dad are looking for us right now. So don't cry or we will be found, Okay." Alina Said.
Nodding, her younger sister stopped sobbing — amusement in her eyes as she started treating the situation as a game.
"Oh, how I wish it were all a game." Alina thought.
Footsteps could be heard, walking at a leisurely pace towards them.
Fear tucked at Alina's heart as the footsteps approached evermore by the second. Soon it was all but in front of the closet. The closet slowly opened as the steps revealed itself to be...