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The priest

A wild summer adventure

By Χρηστος ΜπαμπαPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
The priest

It was a warm summer day at the beginning of July, a young boy was walking on the sidewalk, the sun was lighting up his rosy cheeks and a drop of sweat was forming on his red forehead. The last few days were full of wonder and fun for the young man because he had met with some of his friends and had some steamy, yet appropriate fun on the sandy beaches of their hometown. While the young man was walking under the hot sun he took a break in the nearby shade, provided by the church where he used to go every Sunday with his grandparents. While trying to cool down his body dripping with sweat, a certain man very familiar with the boy walked up to him and offered him a cool, open bottle of water. The man was the local priest.

"Father Yakovic," said the boy, still dripping with sweat.

"Hello Young sheep, it has been some time since I have seen you around here." said the priest with a warm smile while showing his yellow teeth.

"Yes, I haven't been to the church in a couple of years. But I have been meaning to come" replied the boy while emptying the cool water bottle Father Yankovic gave him.

"I agree it was such a shame that you stopped coming, I was so lonely without you"

"I...I apologize I didn't mean to s-stop c-coming, it j-just slipped my m-mind" said the boy while trying not to stutter while feeling unnaturally sleepy.

"It is okay my child because I won't be alone anymore"

"W-what... are y-you... saying..."

"Oh dear, he fell quicker than I thought"

Father Yankovic watched as the unconscious body of the boy fell on the hot pavement that was showered by sunlight. Saying nothing the priest picked up the boy in his long, skinny, yet strong arms and took him inside the church. Walking to the direction of the stairs leading to the basement he felt as if he was being watched by entities that were not human. Walking down the stairs he whispered to himself.

"We are going to have some fun......just the two of us."

The boy woke several hours later in a daze, mysteriously in a sweat as if he had been exercising for hours, while wearing different clothes than he was wearing that morning. The blue shirt that at that moment was on his body was noticeably two sizes too small for the boy, and the black shorts that he picked out from the closet to wear today were replaced by giant white shorts that were loose fitting around his waist that was wet with a weird pink liquid.

In the corner of the dark windowless room that the boy found himself in, there was the last man he saw before passing out. The black cloak of the priest was moving unnaturally as if it was alive.

"Hello, Leroy...I'm so glad you woke up" said the priest looking a little different.

"F-father Yankovic w-what am I d-doing here?" said Leroy trying to not let tears fall from his watering eyes.

"Oh yes, I somehow thought that I would not have to answer that question. You have to forgive me for not having an answer ready for you. I did not think you would survive."

"S-survive what?" said Leroy failing to contain his tears.

"The probing," said the priest while a brown tentacle shot out from his stomach dripping with a thich mucus-like pink liquid.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" screamed the boy trying to look away, but being unable to.

"QUIET" yelled the priest shutting the screaming boy in an instant.

"...." Leroy unable to scream continued to cry, that being the only thing he could do since moving felt impossible, not because he was physically unable to, he was simply too terrified to even try.

"Since I have known you, for what you think is a long time, I shall tell you what I have done to you." said the humanoid with the tentacle with a booming voice.

"...." still unable to talk Leroy could only listen and cry.

"I have implanted a fetus of my species inside you, it will grow up with you and when you die my child will be born. Now I understand that you do not want this but frankly, I do not care" explained the amalgamation calling itself Father Yankovich.

"...." was what Leroy said, having listened to what the monster in front of him said.

"Now I am going to knock you out and leave this planet and return when my child has been born and has terraformed this disgusting piece of dirt and mud into a beautiful home," said the now fully transformed priest bearing no resemblance to a human.

Then, what seems to be an alien, having seven tentacles, three used as legs, two for arms, another having what seems to be sensory organs, and the other distinct brown one that was "used" on Leroy flapping around uncontrollably. Then the living monstrosity started flashing different colors and then vanished into nothingness.

Leroy with his back against a cold unfeeling wall stopped crying, only after using all of his willpower, continued to look where the monster disappeared from, moving only after making sure he was alone. Walking up the stairs to the church his stomach started glowing green then after a few moments had passed he pucked harder and more viciously than he had ever done before. A weird mutant-looking starfish escaped from his body scaring the young man half to death. After collecting his thoughts he mastered himself and made his way to the door of the church. Looking up to the sky he noticed that the scorching sun was replaced by thousands of stars and a half-full moon.

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