by Dusty Fleischman
The village minister walked into the cabin and asked what was troubling her.
“Oh Father”, she cried, “a demon has come in the night and taken my baby and left that in it’s place”.
She points to the crib holding the demon changeling. The minister walks over and looks inside. He immediately looks away in disgust. The demon baby laughs at the holy mans displeasure.
“Father, what can we do?” she pleads.
“We must pray for the safe return of your baby” he says taking her by the hands. He looks up to the heavens and begins praying to God. The woman lowers her head and prays with him. More laughter is heard from the crib. Louder this time. The minister tries to pray louder to drown out the laughing but he can not. As his voice rises, so too does the laughter.
Finally the laughter stops.
The distressed mother looks up to see why the laughing has ceased. Hoping to see that her baby has return. A look of horror comes over her face a she lets out a blood curdling scream. The minister turns to see what has frightened her and sees the demon baby standing on the edge of the crib. Staring at the with it’s evil eyes.
A wicked grin across it’s pale face. The minister is shocked by what he sees. Suddenly the infant flies through the air and tackles the minister to the ground. He is amazed by it’s super human strength as it grabs for his throat. He cries out for help from the mother but she has backed away to the far wall and is frozen with horror.
“Dear God!”, he cries out as the baby gnashes it’s teeth. He tries to push the approaching head away but he can not. The sharp razor like teeth clamp down on his right ear. He tries to pull away and can feel the warm tingling sensation of his blood running down his cheek. He yanks his head away and throws the baby across the room with all his might.
He scurries back against the wall and puts his hand up to cover his ear. But, oh no, his ear is gone. He looks up at the demon baby who is now standing at the other side of the room staring at him. The baby opens it’s mouth and the man’s ear falls out onto the floor. His jaw drops in shock as he realizes the creature bit off his ear.
“What on Earth are you?” he yells out. As he finishes his final word a look of anger comes over the face of the demon baby and it rushes at him. The minister starts to yell and the baby shoves it hand in his mouth. He began to choke as it’s hand moved slowly down his throat until almost it’s entire arm was submerged in his mouth. His feet began to shake uncontrollably as he slowly chokes to death. Finally after several seconds the shaking stops and the minister is dead.
The mother stares on in horror as the demon baby pulls its arm out of the mouth of the minister and he falls over lifelessly. The creature then looks over at her and smiles.
“Mommy”, it says in a deep demented voice. She screams as loud as she can. Her screams echo in the cabin, but there is no one around to hear them.
