The Devil's House

Chapter 8

Saanvi

    Saanvi limped through the dark hallway, clutching her stomach with one hand and using the wall for support with the other. She stopped hearing the Devil’s cries of pain a little while ago and was both relived and guilty. She felt bad about hurting it but she also didn't.

    The Devil had killed eight innocent people and it was going to kill her and Ryder next. But Saanvi also couldn’t stand to see anything in pain.

    As she walked through the hallway, she thought, I’m sorry, but you made me.

    Saanvi didn’t know how long she had been walking and her stomach was hurting more and more after each step. She needed to rest but there were no doors down this long hallway.

    As Saanvi walked through the hallway, she thought, I must've turned the wrong way at the stairs. I'm sure the Devil didn't take me through this long hallway. Saanvi sighe. I should've went the other way... Too late now. I'm not going to go all the way back. I need to rest. Surely a hallway couldn't be this long and have no where to hide.

    She hoped something would come up soon so she could rest. She couldn't rest out here right where the demons and Devil could find her.

    If its still alive. I probably killed it, Saanvi thought.

    The hallway Saanvi walked through had no windows so she couldn't tell if it was day or night. But her sleepy eyes told her that it was nightime. She could barely keep them open. She felt like she would collapse right there, on the floor and fall asleep.

    Saanvi's head didn't stay up no matter how hard she tried. She needed to get somewhere quickly. She yawned loudly and closed her eyes.

     She continued walkign but she had her eyes closed. It's ok if I have my eyes closed, Saanvi thought slowly in her head. I just need to rest my eyes. I won't fall asleep.

    "I won't fall asleep," Saanvi mumbled as she slowly fell to the floor.

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    Saanvi slowly lifted her head and looked around. She was laying on the floor with her arms spread out. She brought her arms close to her and lifted herself up into a sitting postion. She sat against the wall, slowly waking up as she realized what had happened.

    I must have fallen asleep. Saanvi looked around the hallway. How long have I been asleep? Is it nightime or daytime?

    Saanvi stretched and used the wall to push herself to her feet. She stood there for a second and looked toward the right and the left. Which way do I go? Which way was I going before?

    After a minute of standing and thinking, she finally decided to right. She thought this was the way she was going before she fell asleep.

    After that unexpected nap, Saanvi was fully awake. She was more alert and focused. She heard her quiet footsteps and something else. She stopped walking and listened closely.

    Saanvi could barely hear it but it was there. A quite sound of clicking teeth. She listened more closely and could tell where the sound was coming from.

    Saanvi held her breath as she slowly looked up at the ceiling. She gasped when she saw a demon hanging from the ceiling. Staring at her.

    It was clicking its teeth together. It titled its head at her and blinked. Saanvi didn't know what to do. She was hurt and had no weapons. She was out in the open and vunerable.

    The demon moved along the wall, trying to get above her. She didn't know what it was going to do and she didn't want to find out.

    Saanvi never took her eyes off of the demon as she slowly took a step forward. The demon stopped moving and tilted its head again. It stopped clicking its teeth as it waited to see what she would do next.

    Saanvi took another step. The demon growled and crawled toward her a few steps then stopped. She took a risk and looked in front of her. A little ahead of her, the hallway turned left. She knew that the demon would drop down and try to kill her any second.

    Saanvi looked back up at the ceiling and saw the demon staring into her eyes. She took deep breaths as she was about to do something very risky and probabaly very stupid.

    Suddenly, Saanvi sprinted toward the turn. The demon shrieked and crawled along the wall, following her. She came closer to the turn as she thought, Please be something there. Please be somewhere I can hide. I can't die like this.

    Saanvi turned left with the hallway and smiled wide. There was a door a little farther up at the end of the hallway. She turned her head to see the demon crawling along the ceiling. It was still farther behind her and she would make it. She smiled even wider at her luck.

    Saanvi turned her head to look back in front of her and screamed as a demon's claws swiped toward her face.

    She covered her face with her arms and rolled underneath the demon's claws. The demon's claws scratched her arms a little. She rolled into a wall and groaned. Saanvi turned her head behind her and saw the demon that had scratched her slowly walking toward her. The other demon from the ceiling dropped down and followed the one in front of it.

    Saanvi screamed and quickly crawled backward. She turned herself over and stood up and ran to the door. The demons shrieked and ran after her. The demon closest to her tried to reach for her ponytail but she ran faster, making it fall and roll over.

    Saanvi was looking behind her at the demon who had toppled over when she slammed into the door. She fell backward onto her back. She got up and grabbed the doorknob. She opened it and stepped inside. Saanvi turned around to see the demon only a few feet away from the open door.

    It ran toward her faster as she screamed and slammed the door. Before it could close all the way, the demon shoved its arm in between the gap. It shrieked as the door slammed onto its arm. It tried to grab her hand but she pushed the door harder to get it to close.

    The demon soon took its arm out and Saanvi could fully close the door. Lucky for her, the door had a lock.

    Saanvi locked the door and leaned against it, breathing deeply. The demons shrieked and banged on the door. She put her back against the door and slid down. She cried and pulled her knees to ehr chest. The demons continued to bang on the door but it wouldn't budge.

    "LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Saanvi screamed but the bangs didn't decrease. She put her face in her hands and cried.