The night air was thick with fog when Luna turned off the engine.
“Are you sure this is the place?” Tina asked, peering through the mist at the
rusted sign that barely read NIGHTFALL ZOO
& SAFARI PARK.
Mike
grinned, the flashlight beam bouncing off his face. “They say the zoo was shut
down after something escaped. No one knows what. I say we find out.”
Luka
laughed nervously. “Bro, that’s how every horror movie starts.”
Luna
smirked. “Then let’s make this one worth watching.”
The
gates groaned as they pushed them open. Metal shrieked, echoing across the
emptiness. Beyond the gate, a maze of broken cages and shattered glass waited,
the faint smell of decay still lingering after years of abandonment.
The First Roar
Inside
the zoo, the silence was eerie. The once-busy pathways were covered with dead
leaves. Luna’s phone light caught a faded poster:
“Feed the Lions at 8 PM!”
“Guess
we’re late,” Mike joked, but his laugh died when something rustled nearby.
A
sudden low growl came from the shadows.
Everyone
froze.
“Probably
the wind,” Tina whispered, clutching her jacket tighter.
But
Luna’s flashlight trembled slightly in her hand. “Wind doesn’t growl.”
They
followed the sound to an old lion enclosure. The gate was twisted open, as if
something had forced its way out. Inside, the walls were covered with claw
marks—deep, deliberate scratches.
Luka
bent closer to inspect one. “These marks look… fresh.”
The Keeper’s Diary
As
they ventured deeper, they found the old keeper’s office. Papers were scattered
across the floor, and cobwebs hung like curtains. Luna picked up a damp
notebook. On the cover, it read:
“Zookeeper’s Log – 2009.”
She
flipped through it, reading aloud:
“Day
89 – The animals are restless. They sense something. The chimpanzees refuse to
eat. The lions keep looking toward the northern cages.”
“Day
92 – The new experiment has begun. Dr. Fareed says this will make Nightfall Zoo
world-famous. But… it doesn’t feel right.”
“Day
95 – Something escaped last night. They’re saying it was a wolf, but I saw it.
It wasn’t a wolf.”
Luna
looked up, pale. “Experiment? What kind of zoo does experiments?”
Before
anyone could answer, a metallic clang echoed
from the hallway outside.
Mike
swung his flashlight toward the sound. “Who’s there?!”
Nothing.
Just the wind… or so they thought.
Shadows That Move
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They
decided to head toward the reptile house—its glass walls cracked and foggy. As
they walked, their footsteps echoed unnaturally loud.
“Feels
like we’re being followed,” Tina whispered.
“Don’t
start,” Luka said, though his eyes darted nervously behind him.
Inside,
the reptile house smelled of rot. The tanks were shattered, and strange black
ooze streaked the tiles. A sign above a broken display read:
“GENETIC HYBRID PROJECT: UNVEILING NEXT WEEK.”
Mike
frowned. “Hybrid? Between what and what?”
Then,
something slithered across the floor.
It
was too fast to see—just a flash of gray moving between their feet. Tina
screamed.
Luna
pointed her light at the far wall. There—half in shadow—stood a figure.
Tall. Thin. With glowing eyes.
“RUN!”
Luna shouted.
They
bolted out of the building, hearts pounding, not daring to look back.
Lost in the Maze
The
zoo seemed to twist around them now. Every turn led them somewhere new. The fog
had thickened, swallowing the moonlight.
“Where’s
the gate?” Luka shouted.
Mike
panted. “We passed it five minutes ago!”
“No,
we didn’t,” Tina said, trembling. “We’re going in circles. The zoo’s…
changing.”
Luna
felt her phone vibrate. A notification popped up on the dark screen:
“Welcome back, Luna. We’ve been waiting.”
Her
fingers went cold. “Guys… look.”
Before
she could show them, the phone flickered and died.
Somewhere
in the distance, a howl echoed—a haunting
mix of animal and human.
The Feeding Ground
They
stumbled into the old cafeteria. The tables were overturned, plates shattered.
In one corner, a single chair sat upright, with a half-eaten sandwich still on
the plate—molded but untouched for years.
“Someone
was here recently,” Mike muttered.
A
faint scratching sound came from beneath the floorboards. Then, a voice
whispered—soft, breathy, and childlike:
“Feed… us…”
The
floor suddenly caved in, and Mike fell through, vanishing into darkness.
“MIKE!”
Luna screamed, dropping to her knees.
His
voice echoed faintly below. “I’m okay! It’s some kind of tunnel!”
Before
they could react, the whisper came again—closer this time.
“Stay… and feed…”
Something
pale crawled out from under the floor. It wasn’t human. It wasn’t animal. Its
face looked stitched together, and its eyes gleamed yellow.
Luna
grabbed Tina’s hand. “Run. Now.”
Mike’s Fate
They
raced toward the lion’s den again, but Mike’s voice still echoed through the
tunnels below—shouting, crying, and then abruptly cutting
off.
Luka
stopped. “We can’t leave him!”
Luna’s
tears mixed with sweat. “We have to. He’s gone.”
Then
the ground beneath them shook violently. The sound of growls, dozens of them,
surrounded the area.
Figures
began to emerge—half-animal, half-human creatures, their bodies twisted like
nightmares. One had a lion’s face, another had wings that looked burnt and
blackened.
“Dr.
Fareed’s hybrids,” Luna whispered in horror.
The
creatures circled them. The biggest one—a shadowed beast with glowing
eyes—spoke in a deep rumble.
“You came to see us. Now stay forever.”
The Final Escape
Luka
found a rusted metal gate nearby and rammed it open. “This way!”
They
ran through the fog toward the northern exit. Behind them, the creatures
shrieked, claws scraping metal.
Tina
tripped and fell, screaming as one grabbed her ankle. Luna turned back, pulling
her with all her strength. Luka smashed a lantern against the creature’s
face—it hissed, burning like paper.
They
burst through the final gate, tumbling onto the main road.
When
Luna looked back, the zoo was gone. Just empty desert. No fog. No gate. No
lights.
Only
silence.
The Return
The
next morning, police found an abandoned car outside the old Nightfall Zoo
grounds. No sign of the friends—except for a phone lying on the front seat.
On
its cracked screen glowed a single message:
“Feed the lions at 8 PM.”
Moral of the Story
Curiosity
can open doors best left closed.
Not every cage is meant to be unlocked.
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