The Beast Within :: Creative Writing Essays

The Beast Within         The spawn knelt in the shadows of the corner. His iridescent eyessearching the dark for his prey. A prey he knew very well, almost too well.     From the end of the stone corridor the spawns ear picked out a singledisturbance. From behind the mask a objet darts verbalize twisted in a smile and a thoughtof satisfaction crossed his mind.         Rising to his feet the spawn walked defiantly down the corridor. Hisarmoured boots making no sound on the cold floor. A heart that beat no blood,pounded within the unnatural armour of the spawn. At last his mission wasdrawing to a close and so too would this endless torture. The one beingresponsible for his spawning would now ultimately reach its death.      The door was close now, and the spawns soulless eyes peered into the wayfrom the doors barred window. Standing over a bench stood a gentlemans gentleman. An old m an,gnarled with age and working on an intricate machine. To a mortal man the sightwould appear ludicrous. An old, befuddled man could hardly attract the attentionof such a powerful warrior. But to the spawns eyes, he only saw the truth.      He didnt see the lines of age which covered the mans face. Nor did he seethe disfigured spine which pushed the mans back into a painful composure. Buthe did see the beast within.      To the spawn, what stood in the other room had no dimensions, it glitteredwith a warriors sweat and had an evil which protruded off its hide likepoisonous spines. This creature had roamed the aeons sending multitudes ofinnocent children to nothingness in the beginning their time.         In ages past it was known as Ra, god of the sun, then it was known asXeues. Only a thousand years ago they called him a Dragon, and now, he was knownas a scientist. Figure heads for the world, able to control t he elements totheir wishes.      But today, it was time for the creature to end its cultivation of evil onearth. One man who the beast had killed had refused to die. By sheer power ofwill he had re-spawned to become the Spawn, and now, after centuries of silentfollowing had finally decided that enough was enough      the boot open the barred door the Spawn raised his hell blade in a warriorssalute and cried, Your time is up beast Never over again will you commit crimesagainst humanity With this sword I commit your body to the flames The spawns