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You sit alone on your couch wrapped up in a blanket a few different bowl of snacks on table as you come to the end of a good horror movie. Its quite late some trick or treaters still linger but most have come and gone by now leaving the streets empty and quiet.
You lean back into the soft plush couch scrolling through your list of horror movies trying to find another good one to fit the vibe of the quite night for maybe something paranormal or maybe a simple zombie film?
You end up landing on the first film for a movie series called "Critters" it seem interesting enough to you.
THUD
You pause jumping slightly in your seat "What was that?" You think to yourself hoping off the couch you walk towards the sound a sudden feeling of dread filling you as you stand by the kitchen door why do you feel so uneasy? It was probably just pot or something alike to that or maybe your just playing tricks on yourself.
You shake off the feeling pushing the door open slowly a creaking sound filling the silence as you do so.
You look around stopping in your tracks as your eyes spot on the intruder it's curled up it's body is large a spiked tail wrapped around itself in a defensive manner, it wears what looks to be a orange hoodie or onesie of somekind with stripe adorning it's legs and arms.
Some kind of black almost inky substance stains the costumes slightly a large splash on it on the counter and floor for where it fell into your kitchen. You take a deep breath out greeting the being "Hello?" You ask the creature softly.
It's head shoots you to look at you a yellow eye stareing at you with an uncomfortable hunger. Your discomfort is quickly replaced with a horror the poor thing looks like it had been shot it the something like black inky blood leaks from the wound.
"Oh gosh! You poor thing let me help." You say in an attempt to comfort the poor thing as you grab the med-kit from the wall walking over to the creature leaning down beside it. They let out a growl backing away as far as it can sharp teeth showing it's self in the void of its face.
You sigh oh this poor thing must be terrified "Hey, hey I'm not gonna hurt ya" you say putting you hand closer to its face they lean closer sniffing your hand before moving back it look down for a brief moment its teeth fade back away into the darkness of its face. It's seems like it's willing to let you help... unlike it really had another choice.
You lean in closer takeing the hood down from its head "This will sting a little" you say before dabbing a sterile wipe around the wound. It let's out a soft hiss of discomfort begrudgingly letting you continue to help it. You slowly and carefully bandage the wound up feeling rather proud of your work but you still have the rest of the body to bandage.
You start to unzip the hoodie the being tills its head at you huming in confusion you slow begin to take it off so you can get to more injured parts of the creature putting the bloodied hoodie down on the floor besides you in a messy little pile.
You carry on like this slowly disinfectanting and bandaging up all of its wounds the creature is fluffy to the touch but its skin also seems to be the texture of latex of some kind. You start to wonder how this thing is even alive or what it even is.
It should have bleed out the bullet wounds are far to numerous and it doesn't even seem to organs of any kind but you don't dwell on the question for as long as you probably should backing off from it as you finish up bandage the final wound.
"There we go, now how are you feeling?" You ask as you put the med-kit back, you question remains unanswered as the creature slowly pull itself to it's feet. They wobble leaning on the kitchen counter for support even with it hunching over slightly its still quite a bit taller then you.
You walk over to them putting your arm around them helping them be more steady "Come on let's get you to the couch" you say softly helping them over into the living room watchingas they flop down onto the couch.
They curl up wrapping the blankets around themselve as they lay there you walk back into the kitchen. You pick up the bloody hoodie holding it in your hands it has quite a few bullet holes as well as general wear and tear, it's still quite bloody but if you wash it now it probably won't stain.
You throw it in the washing machine putting it on a cold wash before walking back into the living room to see if your uninvited guest is doing fine. You watch from behind the couch as they rip and tear into your candy not bothering to remove the rappers before they stuff the sugary goodness in their mouth.
You walk closer sitting down on the other side of the couch the creature not noticing you as it devours the rest of the candy like a hungry, feral animal. It notice you once it's done stareing at you with a morbid interest.
After a few moments of silence it suddenly lunges at you grabbing you wrapping its arms around you pulling you into an almost spine crushing hug. You don't reciprocate taken aback by the gesture it smells sweet almost sickly so yet also almost strangely metallic like iron.
It pulls away after a few seconds its tail waging back and forth as it stare and you and the TV the horror movie you were planning on watching still present on the screen you grab the remote starting the film for this strange creature.
Its eyes light up as it seem already quite interesting in the film despite it hardly starting yet, you sink back into the couch letting out a sigh a few questions about the creature still linger on your mind but they can wait you got a movie to watch with your new buddy.