Nequior

He let out a loud, hubristic laugh that bounced off the walls causing it to be seemingly amplified as he laid a long lanky hand across his slender belly. His mouth seemed to reach from one side of his face all the way to the other, practically cutting it in half, and was filled with lots of small pointed teeth that overlapped one another when he finally finished laughing and gave us a toothy grin.

I launched forward, trying to get at him, but was instantly snapped back by the chins. "Who are you and what have you done with my brother?" I was seething, moving forward as far as possible, regardless of the pain caused by the chains digging into my wrists.

The creature seemed to frown at me, long arms drooping to his sides. Calmly he walked over to me, and proceeded to hold the lamp up next to my face, his serpentine eyes giving me an execrable look. "Now don't tell me you didn't hear bedtime stories about me?" He reached his free hand up to my face, letting his long, sharp fingers glide slowly down my face. "Or did mommy and daddy fail as parents?"

I scowled and turned my head, trying my best to bite a chunk out of his onyx limb.

He jerked his hand back, only to let it snap back, slapping me so hard I flew back against the wall. "How dare you!" He hissed.

"Leave her alone Nequior!" My mother pleaded in an urgent, depleted voice.

Nequior loomed above me, and then bent down to be more at my level, twitching his head back and forth. "You really are a pathetic species." He scowled at me, his warm breath lapping against my face. "It won't be long until your parents become like my other little pets, and when they do..." he said, leaning in close to my ears. "I'm going to enjoy watching them rip you limb from limb." He stood back up and held the lantern up to his face. "Good night my pretty little captives." And with that he blew out the light and silence and darkness fell.