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The Keeper narrates a cosmic horror creepypasta story.
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Sergeant Davis: Steelwolf352
Private Mills: Loudj_
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00:00Something monstrous lurks beyond the ice. Tonight, we'll discover what makes men lose their will to live.
00:10They sent for me in the dead of winter. It was the season of the long night in Antarctica, when
00:18the sun refused to rise and I had no idea what to expect.
00:22Even the instructions were vague, almost cryptic, except for one clear detail. I was to report to a research outpost
00:31near the pole, isolated in the most desolate place on earth.
00:36As my plane landed, a storm whipped the ice. Winds screeched and rattled the metal of the craft. The sky
00:44was a bruised shade of purple, and the lights from the base ahead blinked like tiny, pale stars.
00:50I felt an oppressive weight settle on my chest the moment I stepped onto the icy ground. A young soldier,
00:58with his face half hidden, under a hood and goggles approached. He looked relieved to see the priest's collar under
01:05my thick wool coat, which gave me a good feeling despite being clearly out of place.
01:11Father Martin?
01:13He asked, his voice muffled by the scarf wrapped around his mouth. I nodded, clutching my back close, and feeling
01:22the bite of the wind seep through every layer.
01:25I am, and you are?
01:28Corporal Hane, sir.
01:30He replied, standing stiffly.
01:32They've been waiting for you. You're to come with me to the briefing room immediately.
01:38I followed, casting a look at the endless stretch of ice, only broken by low hills and jagged cliffs in
01:45the distance.
01:46There was nothing here but emptiness and the howling wind.
01:51The silence was unlike anything I'd ever known.
01:55Vast and profound, but laced with something...
01:59Unsettling.
02:00I pushed the feeling aside as we had reached the entrance.
02:05Inside the outpost, I was met with metal walls, harsh fluorescent lights, and soldiers in somber green coats, glancing at
02:14me with something I couldn't quite place.
02:17We passed down narrow corridors until Hane stopped outside a heavy still door.
02:23He knocked, and a voice inside called for us to enter.
02:27The door creaked open to reveal a man in a crisp uniform, holder with an air of authority that distinctly
02:35marked him as someone in command.
02:38He stood there when I entered, offering a sharp nod.
02:43Father Martin.
02:44He said, extending his hand.
02:46Colonel Beckett, thanks for coming.
02:50I shook his hand, feeling the firmness of his grip.
02:53I wasn't given many details, Colonel.
02:56Only that I was needed here for something unusual.
03:01He exchanged a look with Haines, and I caught a flicker of discomfort in his expression.
03:06Yes, we apologize for the secrecy.
03:10There are certain... elements of this mission we felt best to leave unsaid until you arrived.
03:19I raised an eyebrow, feeling the knot in my stomach tighten.
03:23Go on.
03:24He hesitated just for a moment before continuing.
03:29There's a formation nearby.
03:31A cave.
03:32It's something we found while mapping this area.
03:36Strange.
03:37Enormous.
03:38Almost like...
03:39a natural monument.
03:41We've had personnel go in and out of it, but...
03:45it's difficult to explain.
03:47Beckett's gaze settled on me.
03:50And in his eyes, I saw something that chilled me to the bone.
03:54Fear.
03:55I think it's best if you see it for yourself.
03:59He said quietly.
04:02The drive out was grim.
04:04The wind had picked up, tearing against the sides of the vehicle like it was clawing to
04:10get in.
04:11Outside, snow and ice stretched endlessly, broken only by jagged, leaden rocks protruding like
04:19the spine of some long-dead giant, buried beneath the white.
04:24Corporal Haynes drove in silence.
04:27His hands clenched on the wheel.
04:29I sat in the back with the two soldiers.
04:32Neither spoke.
04:34They watched the windows.
04:35Stiff.
04:37Tense.
04:37As if the very land outside might put up a fight against us.
04:43Colonel Beckett had given me minimal information before sending us off.
04:47The cave, there's something about it.
04:51He'd said, staring down at a map on his desk, though I sensed he wasn't really seeing it.
04:59We've had a team survey it when we first found it, but they didn't get far before they started
05:06acting strangely.
05:08One of them even.
05:10He broke off, and I'd seen a shadow flicker across his face.
05:15How do you mean, acting strangely?
05:18I'd pressed, though I wasn't sure I wanted to hear the answer.
05:22He looked up at me.
05:24His face set.
05:26Yet, his eyes betrayed something close to dread.
05:30Degradation.
05:31Paranoia.
05:32Hallucinations.
05:33One man said he felt like he was being watched.
05:37Another claimed he could hear voices whispering.
05:40They didn't make it far into the cave before I pulled them out.
05:44It's as though the place has a...
05:46A presence.
05:49He cleared his throat.
05:50I don't put much stock into the supernatural, but...
05:53My men do.
05:55They'll feel better having a priest along.
05:57Now, as we drove toward that ominous formation, his words replayed in my mind.
06:05Something about it has a presence.
06:08The soldiers and I remained silent, until, finally, the vehicle stopped.
06:15Haynes killed the engine, and the sudden silence was so intense it was almost violent.
06:21We stepped out into the biting wind, and there, only a few yards away,
06:27it stood.
06:28A massive stone formation jutted out of the ice, half-buried.
06:34Its shape, tenebrose and abrasive against the pale landscape.
06:39It had to be about a hundred and fifty feet tall, and fifty feet wide.
06:45The entrance itself was a wide, black opening, rounded at the edges with jagged rocks outlining it.
06:52The snow seemed to pile around the cavern in unnatural drifts, almost as though the cave had disturbed the ice
07:01into cracking and shifting at odd, unnatural angles.
07:06One of the soldiers, Private Mills, stood beside me, his voice low.
07:11No, doesn't look right, does it?
07:15No, I murmured, swallowing.
07:18It doesn't.
07:19Sergeant Davis, the tallest of the group, tried to break the tension with a forced chuckle.
07:32He muttered, though his gaze never left the entrance.
07:37Nothing more.
07:38I glanced at him, studying the tightness around his mouth, the way he clenched his rifle.
07:44They all carried their weapons as if they expected something to leap from the depths at any moment.
07:50Look.
07:51Davis continued, his tone gruff as he glanced at me.
07:56I don't know if you really believe in any of this priest stuff, but just stay close.
08:03Alright?
08:04I nodded, offering what I hoped was a reassuring smile.
08:09I'll stay close.
08:11The men visibly relaxed, but only just.
08:14Together, we approached the mouth of the cave, each step crunching under us while the wind
08:21muffled out all other sounds.
08:23The entrance seemed larger the closer we came, and my skin prickled with this inexplicable sensation
08:31of being watched, as if something lay behind those pitch-shaded pools of emptiness and was
08:38observing us from within.
08:39Private Mill stopped suddenly, his gaze fixed on the ground near the opening.
08:45Look.
08:47He whispered, and we followed his gaze.
08:50Tracks.
08:51Bare footprints in the snow, leading toward the cave mouth and disappearing.
08:57The sighs of the prints suggested they weren't from a grown man, but rather from a child.
09:04Who?
09:05Corporal Haynes began, his voice barely audible.
09:10No one's been out here recently.
09:12Sergeant Davis muttered, voice strained.
09:16No one goes barefoot in this weather.
09:19They'd be dead in minutes.
09:21I felt my hand instinctively reach for the small crucifix under my neck.
09:26Beckett's words echoed in my mind.
09:29There was something about it.
09:31A presence.
09:32Without another word, we moved forward, stepping into the cavern's gaping mouth.
09:38The light behind us faded rapidly, and warm, damp air seemed to seep from the walls, filling
09:45the space with an almost suffocating blanket.
09:49The beams from our flashlight swept over the cave walls, casting long, shifting shadows that
09:56seemed to ripple with the flicker of movement.
09:58Inside, the air carried a faint, earthy smell that reminded me of wet metal.
10:06Something about it made my skin crawl, though I couldn't place why.
10:10Father.
10:12Sergeant Davis said, his voice rough but low.
10:16He shifted on his feet, eyes avoiding mine.
10:20Before we go deeper, maybe you could, you know, say something for luck.
10:30The other soldiers nodded, their faces tense and wary in the dim glow.
10:36Despite their rifles and years of training, they looked like nervous young boys.
10:41I nodded, gathered my words, and felt the chill settle deeper into my skin.
10:48I raised a hand, fingers grazing the crucifix that hung around my neck.
10:53Almighty God, we place ourselves in your hands as we walk through this place.
10:58Shield us, guide us, and let your light be our way.
11:03Protect these men, keep them steady, and grant us the courage to see this journey through.
11:08As I spoke, a low, distant noise echoed through the cavern.
11:17It was faint, just a whisper of a sound, but unmistakably unnatural.
11:23A slow, grinding roll that rumbled through the walls.
11:27It was as if the stone was shifting, groaning under some unimaginable force.
11:33It lingered in the background, fading in and out like a dull protest.
11:40The soldiers exchanged uneasy glances, gripping their weapons a little tighter.
11:45Mill spoke up, his voice soft.
11:49Yeah, you heard that, right?
11:51I mean, that wasn't just me.
11:55It's probably just the earth settling.
11:57Davis offered, though his voice rattled.
12:01These caves are old.
12:04Could be shifting ice, rock settling, something like that.
12:11Yeah.
12:12Corporal Haynes muttered.
12:14Just rocks.
12:15I lowered my hand, tucking the cross back into my jacket.
12:19We'll be alright, I said, though my words sounded hollow, even to my own ears.
12:26We pressed on, single file, stepping deeper into the cave's dark throat.
12:32The walls grew narrower, angling downward in a gradual slope.
12:37It felt oddly smooth, underfoot.
12:40Not jagged or broken, as one would expect.
12:43Instead, it was a continuous winding path, curving gently downward like the inside of some strange, winding funnel.
12:53The rock itself shimmered when the flashlight beams caught it.
12:57Not with any mineral gleam, but something damp, as if coated in a thin film of syrupy fluid.
13:05Beyond that was a subtle warmth coming from the walls.
13:09Far warmer than the frozen air outside.
13:12Feels different in here, doesn't it?
13:18Mills muttered, his eyes darting over the tunnel walls.
13:22Shouldn't it still be cold?
13:24Davis scoffed, though his expression remained out.
13:29Just keep moving, Mills.
13:31It's probably a geothermal fissure or something.
13:35He trapped in the earth.
13:37But he, too, kept looking around.
13:41His jaw clenched tight.
13:44As we descended further, the path narrowed, forcing us to hunch down as the ceiling dipped lower.
13:51The walls seemed to curve inward, and the ground began to slope even steeper.
13:56The air grew heavier, thick with a smell that was hard to define.
14:02A mix of wet earth and something almost rotten.
14:07Every few steps, the faint grinding noises rumbled.
14:10A distant echo that hummed in the background like a low grovel.
14:14There were no obvious signs of danger, yet a growing unease twisted in my gut.
14:21The walls seemed to pulse slightly the longer you stared.
14:25I reached out, touching the stone as we passed.
14:28It was oddly soft and slick beneath my gloved fingertips.
14:33I pulled my hand back, wiping the liquid quickly on my coat, but the sensation lingered.
14:39Feels, feels weird, doesn't it?
14:44Mills whispered, his voice barely audible.
14:47Like, like we're not supposed to be here.
14:51Keep quiet.
14:52Haynes hissed, though his voice was strained.
14:55He glanced at me, something pleading in his eyes.
14:59Father, is this, I mean, do you feel anything strange here?
15:04I took a deep breath, steadying myself.
15:08There's something here, I murmured.
15:11But let's just keep our focus.
15:13They nodded, but I saw their apprehension deepen.
15:17We pressed on in silence, each step echoing through the hollow passage.
15:22A relentless descent into the unknown.
15:25And behind us, the cave walls groaned, as if watching and waiting with a patient yearning.
15:32As we pushed down, the silence between us grew heavier in tandem with the walls closing in on us.
15:40Ahead, far deeper in the cave, a faint throb pulsed through the air.
15:46A slow, steady vibration that seemed to resonate through my head.
15:50I couldn't place it.
15:52Perhaps the sound of gushing water pulsating from somewhere deep within.
15:56But that didn't feel right.
15:58Do you?
15:59Do you all feel that?
16:01Mill's asked, his voice cracking.
16:04He'd been quiet for some time, but now his face was pale.
16:09Eyes darting over his shoulder every few seconds.
16:12Sweat glistened on his brow despite the chill that lingered in the tunnel.
16:17Just keep moving.
16:19Sergeant Davis barked, though his voice was shallow with his own apprehension.
16:24Nothing's here but rock.
16:26Keep your head on straight.
16:28But Mills seemed to barely hear him.
16:31He stopped.
16:32His breathing offbeat, and his gaze went distant.
16:36Fixed on some invisible point in front of him.
16:39I reached out, placing a hand on his shoulder.
16:42Feeling his muscles tense beneath my grip.
16:46Mills, I said softly, stay with us.
16:49He blinked, looking up at me with wide, terrified eyes.
16:54I...
16:56I don't think I'm supposed to be here, Father.
16:59I've...
16:59I feel...
17:02I feel like something's looking at me.
17:04I feel...
17:06Something I...
17:07Something I left behind.
17:10His hand trembled as he touched his forehead, muttering to himself.
17:14I don't know why I ever...
17:17How...
17:18How could I help?
17:20What do you see?
17:22I asked, though my stomach churned, sensing the weight of the horror he was holding.
17:28It's her...
17:28He whispered, voice trembling.
17:32My...
17:32Little girl.
17:35She's looking at me, but...
17:38In her face.
17:39His hand shot to his mouth, stifling a gasp.
17:43His eyes went wide, pupils dilated, as if he were witnessing something unspeakable in the shadows.
17:51I could see the fear in him intensify, his gaze wild, darting back and forth as though tracking an unseen
17:59presence in the air.
18:00She's...
18:01She's...
18:02She's just standing there.
18:05He whispered, his voice cracking.
18:08But there's something...
18:10Wrong.
18:11Her skin's so pale, like she's...
18:15Like she's been dead for days.
18:19Her eyes are...
18:21Oh God.
18:22No, no, no.
18:24Private!
18:25Dava snapped, his voice louder this time.
18:29Snarp out of it!
18:31But Nils only whimpered, his body trembling as if caught with a fever.
18:37She's...
18:38She's asking me why I left...
18:40Why I left her alone.
18:44She's asking why I wasn't there for her when she was sick.
18:48Sweetie, I was deployed.
18:51I tried, but...
18:53His voice faded, eyes wide with panic as he seemed to peer deeper into the shadows.
19:00He swayed on his feet, his breathing ragged, and in that moment I saw something break in him.
19:06Something primal and terrified.
19:09His gaze turned inward and I felt a pulse of dread shoot through me as he spoke again.
19:14She wants me to end it, to end it, all of it.
19:19His voice had taken on an eerie, hollow tone.
19:22She says I need to...
19:24To carve her back into me.
19:28To feel what she felt.
19:30To make up...
19:32For what I've done.
19:34Mills!
19:35I gripped his shoulder, but his skin was clammy, unresponsive.
19:39His mind trapped somewhere I couldn't reach.
19:43Whatever you're seeing, it isn't real.
19:45You're here, with us.
19:47Don't let it take you.
19:48But he wasn't listening.
19:50His hand drifted toward his belt, where a hunting knife gleamed faintly in the dim light.
19:55His face twisted, a horrible, pained grimace, as though he was caught between agony and a sick, twisted desire to
20:04give in.
20:05She's... she's saying it's the only way.
20:09He murmured.
20:10If I just...
20:12got deep enough...
20:14I can take her place.
20:17Maybe then.
20:19Maybe then.
20:20The air around us grew louder, pulsing in rhythm with his words.
20:25It reverberated through the walls, a sinister vibration that seemed to pulse along with his heartbeat, driving his breaths into
20:33shallow gasps.
20:35I could feel it now, a faint humming beneath my skin, as if something in the depths of the earth
20:41was responding, reaching out to him with invisible fingers, pulling him closer to the darkness within himself.
20:50Mills, don't!
20:52Haines said, his voice barely above a whisper, fear choking his words.
20:57You're not alone, okay?
20:59Whatever you're seeing, it's not real.
21:02It's the cave.
21:03It's messing with your head.
21:05Don't listen to it.
21:06But Mills' expression remained fixed, a horrific blend of grief and resignation, his eyes lost to whatever horrors he alone
21:15could see.
21:17His grip tightened on the knife, and his gaze shifted between each of us as if we were strangers.
21:22Something malevolent flickered behind his eyes, a darkness taking root, curling its tendrils around him.
21:30She wants me to bring you all with me.
21:33He said softly, his eyes empty and cold.
21:37She says we all deserve it.
21:40He raised the knife, and I saw the slight tremor in his hand as he aimed it at his own
21:45throat, his gaze turning inward again, lost to his private nightmare.
21:51Without hesitation, I grabbed Mills' arm, my fingers tightening around his wrist to stop him from lifting the blade any
21:59higher.
22:00I could feel the violent shudder of his body under my grip, his muscles straining as if caught in some
22:06dark trance.
22:08His eyes were wild, rimmed with distress and desperation, fixed on some terrible vision beyond my sight.
22:16Father, help me, he whispered, but his plea was swallowed by the cavern walls, and around us, the pulsing sound
22:26only goaded him on.
22:28I tightened my grip on Mills, feeling the tremors wracking his body as he clutched the knife, poised under his
22:35own throat.
22:36His eyes were distant, unfocused.
22:39He was muttering under his breath, fragments of sentences, each more desperate than the last.
22:46Father, please.
22:48He rasped, his voice barely his own.
22:52She's calling me.
22:54She says I need to.
22:56No.
22:58I interrupted, my voice steady, though I felt the bitterness of a woeful inadequacy seeping down into my soul.
23:06I drew in a deep breath, reaching for words, words that I prayed would hold power.
23:13God Almighty, Lord of hosts.
23:15I began, my voice low but resolute.
23:19Banish this darkness from his mind.
23:22Cleanse him of this evil.
23:23Mills twitched violently as I spoke, his eyes rolling back for a moment before he shuddered, clutching his head.
23:31His hand dropped the knife and he began to curl up, his face slick with sweat.
23:37But as I continued the prayer, his features softened, the manic light in his eyes dimmed, replaced by something fragile,
23:46barely holding on.
23:48Holy Father, I ask for your light in this place of shadow.
23:52I ask for your strength to guide this man, for your mercy to protect him.
23:57Shield him from this darkness.
23:59Hold him close to your grace.
24:01Deliver him from evil.
24:03The words spilled out of me, fervent and desperate.
24:07I felt the walls themselves recoil from the sound.
24:11The pulsing throb that echoed deeper in grew louder, sharper, each beat shuddering through the ground beneath us, almost as
24:21if in protest.
24:21Mills twitched, his face contorting, his mouth opening and closing as if fighting to speak.
24:30But his eyes remained haunted, his lips moving silently as though wrestling with voices only he could hear.
24:38Father, he gasped, his voice thick with fear.
24:43It's still here.
24:45I can feel it glowing inside me.
24:48It's angry.
24:49So angry.
24:51I gripped his shoulder tighter, refusing to let go.
24:54I know, but you're stronger than it.
24:57Listen to my voice, not its lies.
25:00You are still here, with us, with me.
25:03Around us, the cave seemed to breathe.
25:06A low groan vibrating through the walls as if we disturbed something that had long slumbered.
25:12A faint fell wind stirred, carrying the sharp, acrid scent of sulfur and death.
25:19I felt the air tighten, pressing it on us, the very stone resenting my prayer.
25:25Do you hear that?
25:27Davis softly muttered.
25:29He glanced down the passage ahead, where the walls grew narrower.
25:34His gaze turned distant, his head tilting slightly as if listening to some type of sweet song.
25:40Haynes stared, transfixed, his own eyes glassy and unfocused.
25:45It's beautiful, he murmured.
25:50Do you see it, Davis?
25:52The light.
25:54Davis nodded slowly, a strange smile creeping across his face.
25:58Yes.
26:00It's gone, us.
26:03Down there, it's...
26:05Wait, I said sharply, but they ignored me, stepping forward in unison, almost as if they
26:12were sleepwalking.
26:13I kept my hand on Mills, who had begun to shiver violently, his eyes darting toward Davis
26:19and hangs with growing panic.
26:21No.
26:22He croaked, his voice hoarse.
26:24They can't...
26:26They can't go down there.
26:29Don't...
26:29Don't let them...
26:31Davis!
26:32Haynes!
26:33I called, but they didn't turn back.
26:35They didn't even acknowledge me.
26:37They walked deeper into the tunnel, following some invisible beacon, their footsteps steady
26:43and unwavering.
26:45Mills clawed at my hand, his voice frantic.
26:48There.
26:49They're walking into it, father.
26:51They're walking right into it.
26:53A cold dread filled me as I watched the two soldiers disappear into the shadows, moving
26:59with a mechanical calm.
27:01I could hear them murmuring to each other, their voices faint.
27:05Do you see it?
27:07Davis was saying, his voice a strange mixture of awe and reverence.
27:12It's so... warm.
27:15I can feel it.
27:17Like a heartbeat.
27:19Yes.
27:21Haynes replied, his tone equally entranced.
27:25It's...
27:26It's been waiting for us, hasn't it?
27:29All this time.
27:31Father, please.
27:33Mills whispered, his face contorted in cold sweat.
27:37Let them go any deeper.
27:39It's feeding on them.
27:41It...
27:42It's boiling them in.
27:43I squeezed his shoulder, feeling his pulse racing beneath my hand, erratic and panicked.
27:51Stay with me, Mills.
27:52Hold on to your faith.
27:54Your strength.
27:55Whatever we're facing, we'll face it together.
27:58But as I looked down the darkened tunnel, the faint light from Davis and Haynes' flashlights
28:03faded into the depths.
28:05Mills gripped my arm, his eyes wild and wide but somehow steady.
28:10As if he'd found some last flicker of strength within himself.
28:14Father.
28:15He rasped, pulling me close.
28:18You... you need to go.
28:21You have to find them.
28:22Bring them back.
28:24I shook my head, reluctant to leave him behind.
28:28Mills, I can't just leave you here.
28:30We'll go together.
28:31He forced a smile.
28:34No.
28:35You need to go without me.
28:37I'll be fine.
28:40I can...
28:41I can hold my ground here.
28:44He said, his gaze distant.
28:47A shadow of uncertainty flitting across his face.
28:51I'll survive.
28:52But they won't, if you don't find them.
28:55I hesitated, feeling the pulse of trepidation deepen in my stomach.
29:00But his grip on my arm was firm, his gaze insistent.
29:04He was right.
29:06Every second we stayed here, the others drifted further into whatever nightmare lay ahead.
29:12I gave him a nod, murmured a quick blessing, and left him curled up in the flickering half-light as
29:19I ventured further into the cave.
29:20The narrow path twisted downward, deeper than I thought possible.
29:26The walls closed in, damp and pulsing with awful warmth.
29:31I quickened my pace, calling out their names, but only my own voice echoed back, swallowed quickly by the oppressive
29:39dark.
29:39Just as panic began to claw its way into my chest, I caught a flicker of a movement ahead.
29:45A figure, small and pale, stepping out from the shadows.
29:50It was a child, barefoot and thin, with snow-white skin and hair that shimmered like gold.
29:57He couldn't have been more than seven or eight, clad in an oversized white t-shirt.
30:03His eyes held a peculiar brightness to them, an unsettling mix of innocence and wisdom that was entirely wrong for
30:11someone so young.
30:12He looked up at me with a faint smile, a smile that was warm, inviting, and yet somehow wrong.
30:19Hello, father, he said softly, his voice lilting, almost musical.
30:27You're looking for your friends, aren't you?
30:30But it's too late.
30:32They're, well, they're in the process of leaving us.
30:38I felt a cold stab of anxiety pierce my chest.
30:42What do you mean?
30:43Where are they?
30:44The child's smile widened, his eyes darkening with something almost playful.
30:50They're lost.
30:51They were afraid, father.
30:54They wanted something to cling to.
30:57But you left them.
30:59Just like you left Mills.
31:02His words twisted inside me, an accusation that felt like a blade sinking deep.
31:08Mills wanted me to go on.
31:10I said, my voice faltering slightly.
31:12But he asked because he knew you wanted to leave him.
31:16The child replied, his tone soft and coaxing.
31:21Mills wanted comfort, father.
31:24He wanted someone to stay by his side, to hold him through the fear.
31:29You left him alone, and now he's found his way out.
31:35I staggered, horror dawning as I understood his meaning.
31:39You're lying.
31:40Mills, Mills is okay.
31:43The child tilted his head, his expression both sympathetic and eerily amused.
31:48You'll see.
31:50You left him to die.
31:52And now he's gone.
31:54He's not the first you've left.
31:56Is he, father?
31:57I clenched my jaw, fighting the urge to recoil.
32:01The words cut deep, touching on wounds I hadn't known were there.
32:06Wounds I thought I had forgotten.
32:08You've sacrificed much, haven't you?
32:12The child continued, his voice gentle now, inviting.
32:17A life of loneliness.
32:20The vows you took.
32:22The vow of chastity.
32:24The vow to remain alone in the name of God.
32:27No wife.
32:29No children.
32:30A man who gives everything,
32:33only to receive nothing in return.
32:36His words sank into me,
32:39each one twisting with a dark familiarity.
32:42I'd spent countless nights wrestling with that emptiness,
32:46praying for strength,
32:48trying to fill a hole I could never speak aloud.
32:52You deserve peace, father.
32:54The child whispered, stepping closer.
32:57You've served enough.
32:59God sees your suffering.
33:02He wants you to rest.
33:04He wants you to be free.
33:06To find comfort.
33:08If you let go.
33:10If you just let go.
33:14He'll welcome you with open arms.
33:16A martyr.
33:18A true saint.
33:21He reached for my hand,
33:22his touch unnaturally cold.
33:24If you end it now,
33:27God will still love you.
33:30He'll forgive you.
33:32And you'll never be alone again.
33:34My heart pounded,
33:36and I felt the weight of his words pressing into me,
33:39filling me with a strange,
33:41almost seductive numbness.
33:43The endless years of service,
33:46of sacrifice,
33:47of feeling adrift in a world I could only watch from the outside.
33:51It all loomed before me,
33:53magnified in his gaze.
33:55The child smiled,
33:57his expression achingly beautiful and sinister,
34:00his eyes glowing with that unnatural light.
34:04Take comfort, father.
34:06He murmured.
34:08There's peace waiting,
34:10if you'll only reach for it.
34:11I stared down at him,
34:13my hand trembling in his icy grip.
34:16The pulsing throb in the wall seemed to synchronize with my own heartbeat.
34:19A steady,
34:21relentless rhythm urging me to give in,
34:24to find the release he promised.
34:26The urge to surrender,
34:28to let go,
34:30tugged at me,
34:31tempting me with a potent,
34:33honeyed sweetness.
34:34My hand,
34:35still caught in the child's cold grip,
34:38trembled.
34:38I felt his promises sinking into me,
34:42filling every hollow place,
34:44every forgotten ache,
34:46each whispered with a gentle cruelty
34:48that coaxed me towards surrender.
34:51But,
34:51deep within,
34:53something resisted,
34:54an ember that refused to extinguish.
34:57Slowly,
34:58I reached into my pocket
35:00and felt the familiar weight of my weapon,
35:03my rosary.
35:04Closing my eyes,
35:06I took a steadying breath.
35:07I clutched the first bead between my fingers
35:10and began to pray,
35:12my voice a murmur beneath the oppressive presence.
35:15Hail Mary,
35:17full of grace,
35:18the Lord is with thee.
35:19The child's face darkened,
35:22his smile faltering as he watched me.
35:25Father,
35:26he said,
35:27his voice soft,
35:29a trace of warning in his tone.
35:31You're clinging to something that can't help you here.
35:35Those words,
35:36they're meaningless.
35:39Blessed art thou among women,
35:41and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
35:43Jesus.
35:43A faint twitch flickered in his expression,
35:46and his grip on my hand tightened painfully.
35:49You don't have to do that,
35:51father,
35:52he hissed,
35:53his voice softening to a venomous murmur.
35:56You're wasting your time.
35:58God won't hear you here,
36:02and she doesn't care.
36:05Pray for us sinners.
36:07And now,
36:08at the hour of our death,
36:09the boy's face began to twist,
36:12his soft features stretching and contorting,
36:14his skin paling to a deathly yellow.
36:17His eyes grew darker,
36:19almost cavernous,
36:21swallowing any semblance of humanity.
36:24Its childlike limbs elongated,
36:26thin and bony,
36:28with its small hands growing into long,
36:31claw-like fingers.
36:33The thing's mouth twisted into an obscene grin,
36:36revealing sharp, uneven teeth
36:38that glistened wettly in the dim light.
36:42I stumbled back,
36:43clutching the rosary to my chest
36:45as the creature stood before me,
36:47now a hideous,
36:48twisted apparition of what he once appeared to be.
36:52You think you can resist me?
36:55The voice that came from his mouth
36:57was no longer that of a child.
36:59It was a guttural,
37:01grating growl,
37:02resonating with a power that shook the very air.
37:05The walls seemed to tremble,
37:07responding to his words as if they,
37:10too, were part of him,
37:12a living, breathing extension of his will.
37:15You're standing in my flesh, priest.
37:20He sneered,
37:21gesturing to the walls around us.
37:24You walk through my veins,
37:28feel my breath in the stones,
37:32hear my pulse in the dark.
37:37This is my body,
37:41and you are nothing but a morsel within it.
37:46The walls seemed to close in around me,
37:49their surfaces undulating subtly,
37:51taking on a sickening, organic quality.
37:54The faint, pulsing sound echoed louder,
37:57its rhythm a slow, hungry beat.
38:01You and your friends will never leave.
38:08He continued,
38:09his voice dripping with malice.
38:13I will consume every one of you,
38:18swallow you all,
38:20and bury you in the depths of my being.
38:25Its form rippled,
38:27growing larger,
38:28filling the cavern with its grotesque presence.
38:37Shadows writhed around it like tendrils,
38:39reaching toward me with claws
38:41that seemed to scrape the very air.
38:43I felt an intense, crushing weight
38:46pressing down on my body.
38:48But then, with a single sneer,
38:50it vanished,
38:52dissipating like smoke into the void.
38:54Silence fell, thick and heavy.
38:57I took a shaky breath,
38:59clutching my rosary,
39:01forcing myself to focus,
39:03to stay grounded.
39:04Just as my mind settled,
39:06I saw them,
39:08Davis and Haynes,
39:09standing at the edge of a narrow drop
39:11deeper in the tunnel,
39:13their backs to me,
39:15their faces turned downward.
39:17They were muttering to themselves,
39:19their voices low,
39:20strained,
39:21as though speaking to someone
39:23just below them.
39:24Davis, Davis, Davis, Davis.
39:26I called out,
39:28stepping toward them,
39:29my voice echoing in the silence.
39:31He didn't respond.
39:33His eyes were vacant,
39:35unfocused,
39:36staring into the pit below.
39:38In one hand,
39:39he held his rifle,
39:40the barrel tilted toward his jaw,
39:42his finger resting lightly on the trigger.
39:45Haynes stood before him,
39:47clutching a knife.
39:48The blade pressed to his wrist,
39:51his hand trembling.
39:52I felt a cold wave of horror wash over me,
39:55as I realized what they were about to do.
39:57No!
39:58I cried,
40:00rushing forward,
40:01but they seemed oblivious to my presence,
40:03their faces twisted in silent agony,
40:06their expressions lost to some invisible torment.
40:15I'm so sorry.
40:19I didn't mean to.
40:22I didn't want to.
40:24I can't live with it anymore.
40:27Haynes,
40:28his voice soft,
40:30distant,
40:31echoed his pain.
40:32I'll see you soon, Sam.
40:35I'll make it right.
40:37I'll,
40:38I'll make it right.
40:40Stop!
40:41I shouted,
40:42my voice desperate,
40:44my hands reaching for them.
40:45You don't have to do this.
40:47Whatever you're seeing,
40:48it isn't real.
40:49The place is lying to you.
40:51They faltered,
40:52just for a moment,
40:54but the darkness around them seemed to throb in time with their despair,
40:58pulling them back,
41:00feeding on their guilt and their pain.
41:03Davis,
41:04Haynes,
41:05I said,
41:06my voice trembling but firm.
41:08Listen to me.
41:10You're not alone.
41:11Whatever you're seeing,
41:12whatever you're hearing,
41:13it's a lie.
41:14I'm here.
41:16We're in this together.
41:17For a brief,
41:18fragile moment,
41:19they seemed to hesitate,
41:21their hands loosening,
41:22their weapons lowering.
41:24But the shadows deepened,
41:25as though the cave itself was watching,
41:28waiting,
41:29hungry for their surrender.
41:31Before I could stop him,
41:33Davis squeezed the trigger.
41:35The rifle's report echoed deafeningly through the cave,
41:38reverberating off the walls in a single,
41:41heart-wrenching note
41:42that seemed to shudder through my entire being.
41:45I watched,
41:46helpless,
41:47as he crumpled forward,
41:48his body folding onto the cold stone,
41:51his eyes glassy and distant,
41:54his lips parted
41:55in an expression of unfathomable grief.
41:58The darkness around him seemed to twist with satisfaction,
42:02engorging as if absorbing his very essence.
42:06Then,
42:07as his body relaxed,
42:09he tumbled downward.
42:11Davis,
42:12I whispered,
42:13but he was already gone.
42:16Haynes,
42:16now standing alone,
42:18trembling and dazed,
42:20pressed the blade against his ring,
42:21wrist.
42:22He sliced through.
42:24Blood flowed immediately,
42:27pooling in dark rivulets against the stone,
42:30his face pale,
42:32his eyes wide and unfocused.
42:34He swayed,
42:36barely able to keep upright.
42:38No!
42:39I cried,
42:40rushing to his side,
42:42grabbing his wrist to stop the bleeding.
42:44My finger slipped in the warm,
42:46slick blood,
42:47and I fought to keep a hold on him as he gasped,
42:50his eyes swimming with a mixture of horror and confusion.
42:53Haynes,
42:54stay with me!
42:55I urged,
42:56tearing open the emergency kit strapped to his vest.
42:59I pulled out the tourniquet,
43:01quickly wrapping it around his arm and tightening it until the bleeding slowed.
43:05This place is lying to you,
43:07feeding on your fears.
43:09Don't let it win.
43:10Don't leave us.
43:11Haynes blinked,
43:12his face contorting in pain as he seemed to come back to himself.
43:16His breathing slowed,
43:18and his eyes met mine,
43:20clear but twitchy.
43:22Father,
43:23he whispered,
43:24his voice shaking.
43:26I,
43:27I saw him.
43:29I saw my brother.
43:30He,
43:31he was calling to me.
43:33It's not real,
43:34I said,
43:35steadying him with one hand on his shoulder.
43:38Whatever you're seeing,
43:40whatever you're feeling,
43:41it's the place trying to break you.
43:43Keep your focus.
43:45We're getting out of here,
43:46together.
43:46I began to recite a prayer under my breath as I clutched my rosary in one hand,
43:52anchoring myself and Haynes in the only protection I knew.
43:55As I spoke,
43:57Haynes' breathing studied further.
43:59His gaze sharpened,
44:00and I could see the light of awareness return to his eyes.
44:04He nodded weakly,
44:05gripping my hand as if holding on to a lifeline.
44:10Thank you,
44:12Father,
44:13he whispered,
44:14his voice hoarse and broken.
44:16Just then,
44:18a familiar voice echoed through the chamber,
44:20joining my prayer.
44:21I looked up,
44:23stunned,
44:24to see Mill stepping out of the darkness.
44:26His face lit with a fierce,
44:29defiant faith that seemed to pierce the shadows around us.
44:32He was muttering prayers of his own,
44:34his lips moving in a steady,
44:37relentless rhythm,
44:38as though each word was a weapon against the dark,
44:42his eyes bright with determination.
44:45She told me to come here,
44:46Father.
44:47With Haynes leaning heavily on my shoulder,
44:50and Mill's at my side,
44:52we turned and began to make our way back up the twisted path we had come from.
44:56Every step felt like a battle,
44:58the cave itself seeming to shift,
45:01the walls narrowing,
45:03closing in.
45:04Dark tendrils of rock and earth creeped inward,
45:08scraping against our arms and shoulders,
45:11pushing us back with an almost living hostility.
45:15Move!
45:15Faster!
45:16Mill's urged,
45:18grabbing my arm and pulling me forward as the tunnel seemed to twist and distort,
45:22bending in unnatural angles.
45:25Haynes groaned,
45:26his face pale from blood loss,
45:28but he kept moving,
45:30leaning on both Mill's and I.
45:33I could feel his strength fading,
45:35yet his steps remained steady.
45:37A deep, guttural growl rose from the earth,
45:41reverberating through the cave like a predator's roar.
45:46And the ground beneath us buckled,
45:49sending cracks spidering out along the path.
45:52The walls writhed,
45:54forming ghastly shapes,
45:56hands reaching out,
45:57mouths gaping open,
45:59eyes staring with unseeing malice.
46:03Keep praying,
46:04Haynes murmured,
46:05his voice shaking.
46:07It hates that.
46:08With a surge of courage,
46:09I raised my voice,
46:11shouting the prayers I had once whispered,
46:13my voice echoing through the passageway,
46:15defying the cave's relentless grip.
46:18Mills joined me,
46:20his voice strong and unwavering,
46:22and Haynes,
46:23the weak,
46:24whispered along,
46:26clinging to the words,
46:27Deliver us, Lord,
46:29from every evil.
46:30I chanted,
46:32my heart pounding as we pushed forward,
46:34each step a desperate race against the cavern's grasp.
46:38The tunnel seemed to lengthen,
46:40stretching out as if mocking our escape.
46:42But we pressed on,
46:44refusing to surrender to the hungry beast that surrounded us.
46:47The walls screamed in rage,
46:50a high-pitched,
46:51keening sound that set my teeth on edge.
46:57But I held tight to my rosary,
47:00feeling the warmth of my faith steady me,
47:02guiding our way through the twisting,
47:05winding path.
47:06At last,
47:07a sliver of light appeared ahead,
47:10faint but unmistakable.
47:12The cold,
47:13pure light of the outside world spilled into the tunnel,
47:16piercing the darkness.
47:18Summoning our final reserves of strength,
47:20we stumbled toward it,
47:22each step tearing us away from the cavern's grip.
47:25Until,
47:26with one final lurch,
47:28we staggered into the biting Antarctic air.
47:31I could feel Haynes sag against my shoulder,
47:34Mill steadying him from the other side
47:36as we struggled to put distance between ourselves
47:38and that hellish place.
47:40The men were exhausted,
47:42their faces pale,
47:44their breaths shallow,
47:45but we were out.
47:46We had made it.
47:48Behind us,
47:49the entrance to the cave began to shudder,
47:51the walls buckling inward
47:53as if drawn by some invisible force.
47:56The shadows within twisted and writhed,
47:59giving one last violent tremor
48:01before the entire cavern collapsed inward,
48:04rock folding over itself
48:05like the closing of a monstrous jaw.
48:07The ground heaved and shuddered,
48:10a deep, resonant roar shot through the ice and snow
48:14as the cavern swallowed itself,
48:16disappearing into the earth.
48:18Move!
48:19I shouted,
48:20urging Mills and Haynes further back
48:22as the earth beneath us bucked and lurched,
48:25the very land shifting beneath our feet.
48:27We scrambled up a ridge,
48:29the snow clinging to our boots,
48:31the biting cold tearing into us.
48:34We barely made it to the top of the ridge
48:36when a powerful quake rippled through the ground,
48:39an immense tremor that nearly knocked us off our feet.
48:42Below,
48:43the ground where the cave had been began to sink.
48:47Snow and rock fell into the abyss
48:49as if dragged away by some unspeakable hand.
48:52I watched,
48:53awestruck and horrified,
48:55as the earth closed in over the spot,
48:58leaving nothing but an empty patch of snow and jagged rock.
49:02The throbbing hum that had haunted us faded,
49:06replaced by the full silence of the frozen wasteland.
49:10Mills held his head,
49:11his face pale.
49:13God,
49:14it's,
49:15it's like it was
49:16never there.
49:18Haynes,
49:19his arm still bound tightly by the tourniquet,
49:21gave a slow,
49:22shaky nod.
49:23Just,
49:24gone.
49:25We stood there,
49:26shivering in the cold,
49:28the reality of what had just happened sinking in.
49:31The cave,
49:32and the presence within it,
49:34was all buried,
49:36hidden beneath the ice,
49:37as if nature itself had decided to seal away that unspeakable terror.
49:43After a long,
49:44silent moment,
49:45I placed a hand on Haynes' shoulder,
49:47and nodded toward the distant lights of the base camp.
49:50Come on,
49:51I said quietly,
49:52let's get you some medical attention.
49:54The trek back to base was a somber one.
49:57None of us spoke,
49:59each of us lost,
50:00in our own thoughts,
50:02our own memories,
50:03of what had transpired.
50:05I led the way,
50:07clinging to the faint light of my faith,
50:09feeling its warmth steady me against the bitter wind
50:12that clawed at us,
50:14the chill more biting than ever.
50:16When we finally reached the base,
50:18Colonel Beckett was waiting for us,
50:20his face unreadable.
50:22He studied each of us in silence,
50:24his gaze lingering on Haynes' blood-soaked arm,
50:28and the distant look in Mills' eyes.
50:30Without a word,
50:32he gestured for medics to take the two men,
50:34and I watched as they let Haynes and Mills away,
50:37their expressions weary.
50:39The colonel and I were left standing alone in the freezing night,
50:43his gaze sharp and searching as he turned to me.
50:47Well?
50:48He asked,
50:49his voice low and steady.
50:51What happened down there?
50:53I took a deep breath,
50:54struggling to find the right words.
50:57How could I describe what we'd seen,
50:59what we'd felt?
51:00How could I explain that the cave had nearly swallowed us,
51:04and the unholy presence that had lingered inside?
51:07It was...
51:08I hesitated,
51:10finally meeting his gaze.
51:11It was something evil,
51:13Colonel.
51:14Something beyond our understanding.
51:17I don't know what you expected us to find,
51:19but whatever that was,
51:21it's better left buried.
51:23The colonel's jaw tightened,
51:25but he nodded slowly,
51:27his eyes unreadable.
51:29And the sergeant?
51:31Davis didn't make it.
51:33I said quietly,
51:34feeling the weight of those words settle heavily on my shoulders.
51:38But,
51:39Mills and Haynes.
51:40I paused,
51:42glancing back toward the medbay where they were being treated.
51:45They'll recover,
51:46physically at least.
51:48He nodded again,
51:50his expression softening just a fraction.
51:53I'm sorry,
51:54father.
51:54This wasn't...
51:57I didn't know it would turn out like this.
51:59Neither did I,
52:00I replied,
52:02clasping my hands,
52:03my fingers brushing the rosary that still hung around my fingers.
52:07But it's over now.
52:09Whatever was in that place,
52:11it's gone now.
52:12The colonel watched me for a moment,
52:14his eyes filled with the weight of questions he'd never ask.
52:18He didn't believe in the supernatural,
52:20but even he could sense that we'd faced something else.
52:26He said finally,
52:28his voice softer than I'd ever heard it.
52:30As I prepared to leave Antarctica,
52:33I felt an odd sense of peace mixed with sorrow.
52:36The darkness in that cave had nearly claimed us,
52:39but we had survived.
52:41As I boarded the plane,
52:43I whispered one last prayer,
52:45a plea that whatever evil had laid beneath the ice
52:48would stay sealed,
52:50forgotten,
52:51and hidden from the world for all time.
52:56Tonight's story was assisted by the following voice actors.
53:00We try horror as Corporal Haynes,
53:03Dr. Plague as Colonel Beckett,
53:06Creepy Crawley as the demonic child,
53:09The Eldritch Monster was voiced by layering Crawley's monster voice over my own.
53:15Let me know in the comments what you guys thought about that voice.
53:18It was a lot of work for both myself and Crawley to put that together.
53:21All of those voice actors have narration channels of their own
53:25that are 100% worth discovering.
53:29Steel Wolf 352 voiced Sergeant Davis,
53:32and Lao J underscore voiced Private Mills.
53:36Tonight's music was composed almost exclusively by Morgan Goodman,
53:40with the intro being sourced from CapCut.
53:42I also want to thank you slash Strange Accounts
53:46for granting us permission to narrate his story.
53:48If you're looking for another big spooky collab video
53:52and you haven't already seen it,
53:54check out this one.
53:56Featuring Dexter,
53:58WeAre818,
53:59The Campfire Chronicler,
54:01and Sir Daunting.
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