Story+start+-+The+Monster

With fear and dread I crept cautiously down the dark, damp tunnel. My hands were my eyes, nervously seeking the way by tracing the slime covered granite walls. Though I strained to hear and see, there was nothing...... nothing but the sounds of my own strained breathing and the soft pad of my rubber-soled shoes. Suddenly an evil odour invaded my nostrils, like the rotting filth of a thousand corpses. I stopped, heart pounding. Was something there in the dreaded darkness? No longer able to stand not knowing, I pulled out my flashlight and switched on its harsh beam to light up the tunnel ahead. Silence, heavy and still, surrounded me. Reassured, I began to step forward... Out of the black depths came a sudden blood-curdling shriek as the great beast leapt towards me. There, pinned in the beam of my flashlight, I finally saw it...
 * __The Monster__**