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The Nightmare Stinger

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    This is artwork for encounter #7 of the encounter short stories for my series Blackhaven Institution which is written below. The day Blackhaven Institution a house for orphaned children and unwanted infants burned to the ground mysteriously one day, the souls of those trapped inside became corrupted by an evil that warped them into demons that dwell in an alternate Blackhaven Institution.There they await those who are dragged into this alternate world by an unknown evil. The encounter with this nightmare “The Nightmare Stinger” takes place in the "Nursery Wing" as follows:  

  The headline of “Blackhaven Town News” reads 'High Schooler Gone Missing, Possible abduction?', this catches Barry's attention. Barry McDonnell buys the newspaper, walking out the deli he scans the article closely shocked by what he is reading. Getting into his van he soon drives off and makes his way back home. He takes his time, as at home there is nothing really there for him besides mess and loneliness. Ever since he lost his job in Dracove city he had to move to a property here in Blackhaven. One fairly cheap because of its deteriorating condition yet still better than nothing. On the way he notices a playground and parks nearby to stop and watch the children play. This is a strange hobby of his, it reminds him of his golden days before reality crumbled all around him. But there is even a more sinister motivation behind this, one girl in particular here he had become enamored with. It wasn't till awhile after hanging around the playground he had these thoughts, this little girl reminded him of a girl he had a crush on as a child, it eventually twisted his thoughts to a point that he forgets that he is now a middle aged man. Barry fantasizes about this girl, feeling extremely guilty and gross at first, but using the confides of his home and his loneliness as an excuse to get off on her. He had these fantasizes that he would take her away and they would be together, struggling to resist the urge to act on this. The news article he read made him antsy that now since this incident their would be a rising suspicion among people such as himself. So now he could not act on his urges no matter how badly he wanted to. Barry loses his focus after hearing a buzzing noise from within his van. Noticing an odd looking wasp land on his arm he begins to freak out. Barry has always had a phobia of wasps, hornets, and bees alike ever since he was badly stung by them as a young child. Flailing his arms around in a panic, from outside the kids notice and point at him from the jungle gym laughing. After a while of freaking out he notices the wasp is gone and the van is now quiet. Noticing a few concerned parents gazing his way and kids laughing Barry became extremely embarrassed and decides to pull out and drive off. Feeling uncomfortable about the experience he drives back to his house, the thought of the wasp making his skin crawl. Barry heads straight into his room, ignoring his phone which was vibrating with calls from his sister who checks up on him every once in awhile. Lying in bed he begins to relax and feel a bit better. He rolls to the edge of his mattress, putting his hand underneath it he pulls something out with a smirk on his face. But then he freezes in place as he begins to hear the buzzing again. Seemingly echoing from all around and a bit more intense. Barry springs up from his mattress shouting and rummaging about the room knocking things over in a frenzy with a rolled up magazine in his hand. Barry starts to feel his skin crawling and believes he feels something landing on him. Barry shouts “No!!! get off!!!! get off!!! get off!!!” then throws himself back on the bed writhing in the sheets of his mattress. After soon feeling a sharp pain Barry becomes suddenly woozy and sleepy, his consciousness fades...

    Barry opens his eyes, with his focus clearing he finds himself in the corner of a dark, decrepit,colorless, and ruined room inside the alternate Blackhaven Institution. Standing up he glances around, the room is littered with many deteriorated and worn girly objects. He notices a toy horse in the back of the room facing a window rocking by itself. Barry rubs and adjusts his eyes to make sure he isn't just seeing things, then noticing a little girl in filthy clothes rocking back and forth on the horse. Barry begins to slowly approach the little girl and calls out “Hi there what are you doing here all alone...”. The horse stops rocking and the head of the little girl twists around with popping and cracking noises. The little girl emits a disturbingly deep viscous groan towards Barry which frightens him. Barry watches in horror as the toy horse and the little girl combust into flames. The horse violently rocks back and forth,the as little girl's flesh begins to warp, her head still ablaze, rapidly shaking as she emits viciously roars. Taking a on grotesque form the little girl on the horse approaches Barry who is absolutely petrified. The little girl unleashes a plume of flames towards Barry, thinking this is the end he throws his hands in front of his face, grits his teeth, and shuts his eyes. Trembling in place for a few moments he feels nothing but hears a deep echoing bass. Nervously opening his eyes he notices he is now somewhere else, in front of an unusually shaped figure who’s body is shrouded in shadow. Emanating an intense overbearing atmosphere of dread Barry is helpless in the figure's powerful presence. Barry feels his body moving on its own, dragging backwards uncontrollably. Barry is hysterical as he is violently dragged by an unknown force through a pair of doors, thrown across a lobby towards another set of door leading into darkness “The Nursery Wing” reads above these doors. As Barry nears the door boisterous cries release from the darkness piercing Barry's eardrums. As Barry is dragged into this darkness a scene flashes in front of his eyes showing a few wasps climb through an open window, hovering around an infant whip's crib is close to the window. The infant swats at the wasp giggling as they buzz around. The wasps soon become agitated and sting the infant who bursts into crying as a concerned nurse rushes to the infant's aid.
    
    As the vision fades Barry finds himself in pitch darkness, all that can be heard is a heavy panting. Standing up Barry walks around in a disoriented state,the floor below him has a thick waxy feel to it. Barry shouts out for help, seconds later he hears loud ear piercing infantile cries from all around. Covering his ears and begging for it to stop the crying morphs into a boisterous buzzing sound. The room is revealed to him in a dim flickering light. Barry shivers in place, wide eyed he examines his surroundings. From the ceiling hangs what appears to be wasp's nests shaped into small awkward human forms that convulse and flailing around as if they were alive, squealing as if they are in dire pain. The walls ceiling are covered in pulpish woodlike texture that oozes with a thick waxy substance that drips and coats the floors. Barry feels his skin begin to crawl, strange small wasps start to hover all around causing him to panic. While frantically trying to swat away the small wasps something catches his eye which instills a feeling of absolute terror into him. A large horror with a body resembling a wasp yet having infantile characteristics hovers in front of Barry suspended in midair. Its disgusting features cause Barry to become sick to his stomach and light headed. Noticing a large number of wasps emerging with the coming of the monstrosity Barry cowers in terror. Pure adrenaline drives Barry to twist around and try to run across the room towards a door, the swarm of wasps pursues him. Panicked and distressed Barry cannot get a grip on the door knob which is covered with a slippery slimy substance. He kicks and charges at the door in a desperate attempt to break it down as the wasps begin to cover all parts of his body and begin to sting him. Barry falls to the floor writhing in searing pain from the stings, the buzzing of the wasps muffle his screams. The venom of the wasps soon immobilize Barry, saliva drips from his gaping mouth as he feels paralyzed. The large demon appears from the cloud of wasps landing on his back. Barry is helpless as the demon pierces his flesh with its large stinger. Putrid venom flows into Barry's body, his skin becoming pale and his veins black. Barry's body convulses horrifically and a thick foam begins to drip from his mouth. The demon unhinges its giant monstrous jaws, chewing through Barry's neck, soon decapitating him. Wasps begin to enter into every orifice and cavity of his body, savagely chewing there way through his flesh and insides. Barry's soul soon sinking into the depths of the alternate Blackhaven Institution...

    In the real world Barry's sister arrives opening Barry's door, noticing Barry's shoes near the door she call out for him. Standing outside Barry's room she tries opening his door but it is locked. Becoming agitated she yells “Barry!!! I know your in their open up!!!” after banging hard on the door for a bit it opens itself slowly revealing a messy and ravaged room. Angrily she steps in looking around. Near the side of the bed and about to peek under she notices something odd. A couple pictures of a very young girl playing around in a park with a bunch of disturbingly written notes scribbled by them... On top of the photographs lays a dead wasp, curled up and without a stinger...


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LimpSeatBelt's avatar
After the carriage with Bella disappears THIS chases you :D