Never

    "Surrender!" It shouted with a demon like cry

    "Never" I whispered running out of air as its claw like nails began to break the skin on my neck. It dropped me like a rag doll and as I gasped for air it kicked me in the side, breaking a rib.

     "Get up" it growled and I did. It pushed me down again and repeated the order and I once again got back up. My neck and the collar of my shirt were soaked in blood and I breathed heavily trying to calm myself so I wouldn't do anything irrational and to try getting my heart beat back to some form of an equilibrium.

    "You will surrender to me and when you do, I will kill you." It hissed in my ear.

    "Never" I whispered in reply.

It became angry and shouted as its club snapped my arm like a dried up pine needle. I howled "Never!" It hated that word. I've been told never to say never, but never hasn't gotten people anywhere.  

    "Stop saying that!" It cried as he covered his ears.

     "Never." I said bravely. It charged at me with its knife and thrusted the weapon into my gut and twisted it. I wanted to scream in pain but I held back.

    "Scream" it said in an eerily calm manner.

    As it let go of the knife and allowed me to stumble backwards against the wall, I pulled the knife out and said with every ounce of determination in me "Never."  I walked towards it and said "never" repeatedly, growing louder each time until I pounced on it, knocking it over and stabbed it in its throat. It screeched in pain and I twisted the blade as it had twisted the knife in me. It gurgled its few last incomprehensible words and I watched the darkness disappear from its eyes and blood drip from its mouth and throat as it died.

    "Never say never." I said as I tried to walk out of the room. Before I could I fell on all fours, almost screaming as I landed on my shattered arm,  and tried to crawl away with my good arm. Blood soaked my entire shirt by the time I felt I couldn't even move anymore. My head felt light, and my muscles weak. I collapsed on my stomach and whispered "I died trying." With my last breath, I still whispered "never". 

Reviews

[Cody Williams]

It grabbed me in from the first sentence. Aethereal. The title reminded me of Nevermore from the famous Poe poem. Thanks so much for sharing!

-CW

[Nia Hope]

Lol everyone says that about The Raven and that's kinda what I was going for so I'm glad I could accomplish that hahaha thank you for reading :)

[Aethereal]

You caught my attention with your title and initial sentence, and then your story's suspense carried me to the end of this story about a violent confrontation with an evil beast. "Never!" reminds me of Poe's raven who kept saying "Nevermore!". This evil beast seems to be a metaphor for Death.

[Nia Hope]

Actually that raven is what kind of inspired me to write it. Thank you for reading :)

[Keith]

Never give in and never say never. Both explored here. Once started you have to read it to the end.

[Nia Hope]

Thank you for reading :)

[Tai Ryens]

Is this a metaphor for rape, and the sheer terror and disgusting antics within it, without the obscene acts? or am i overthinking again? I tend to do that.

[Nia Hope]

Actually it isn't at all about rape, but that's an interesting interpretation of this I've never thought about it like that

[Baby Ricochet]

Really cool story. I got through it and I'm an ADD case from way back. NEVER!!!

[Nia Hope]

Lol thank you glad I could keep your attention :)

[jvava]

Well, this is diffrent; I do like it, though. Its storyline made me want to read further on into the story, further into this person's horrible situation. I liked how you repeated the word 'never' - sometimes it does work to say never :) I learned that from this story.
Grammar could use a little work, but besides that I don't see anything that needs to changed.
I liked this unique piece a lot! Keep up the good work!

[Nia Hope]

Thank you! I guess I'm just better at writing parts of stories than writing whole ones.

[Mark]

Interesting flash... I wanted to know so much more. That's the trouble with writing flash, it's tough to find a story that can be intact, contained, and fully explained in so few words. Enjoyed the read nonetheless.

[Nia Hope]

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it :)