THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR!

a Trapped By Monsters story

with art by David Melling

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‘Um… are you sure this is strictly necessary?’

Gavin the Awful stopped half-way across the cave, and turned his misshapen body towards me. With a hiss, he stuck out his fat, yellow tongue. Attached to the end was a bulbous, bloodshot eyeball. It glared at me, before vanishing back inside his mouth.

‘It’s just that I don’t even like eating Marmite,’ I continued. I was flat on my back, strapped to a hard wooden board. ‘So, you know, I’m not sure I feel entirely comfortable bathing in it.’

‘Not bathing,’ hissed Gavin, hobbling closer. He popped the lid off another Marmite jar, and began smearing the thick, dark sludge over my face. ‘Basting.’ He pointed a clawed finger towards his bloated stomach. ‘Yum yum.’

‘Oh, so you’re going to eat me!’ I cried. I raised my head and looked down at the rest of me. I was wearing nothing but a pair of skimpy swimming trunks and a string vest, both of which Gavin had supplied. Every exposed part of my skin was coated with layer upon layer of Marmite. ‘D’you know,’ I said, ‘that almost comes as a relief?’

There was a crash as Gavin let yet another empty jar fall to the floor. ‘Need more,’ he growled. Once again the eye popped out of his mouth. It stared at me long and hard. ‘Watching you,’ he said, dragging his deformed frame towards the door. ‘Don’t go nowhere.’

The cell door gave a low, ominous creeeeeak as Gavin pulled it open. Grunting, he squeezed himself through the gap. I heard him set off towards the pantry, panting, wheezing and farting every step of the way.

A moment later, three familiar faces appeared around the edge of the open door. ‘Come on, we’re breaking out,’ Ali announced, hurriedly. ‘We’re . . .’ Her voice trailed off as she, Andy and Sam looked me up and down.

‘That’s not … that’s not poo, is it?’ asked Sam.

‘No. Marmite.’

Ali shuddered. ‘That’s even worse!’ she said. ‘Now come on, we’re getting out of here – right now!’

Click here for Episode Five, by Mark Robson

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