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ripped towards it violently by an invisible force. It whipped his body around like a rag caught in a storm.

  When he came to he found himself on the other side of the portal, looking into his room. Kyle freaked and banged his fists against the clear window when a creature formed from the Tiki. A dark, long and stringy figure unfolded, revealing its length. Only then, as it bent its body forward as to accommodate its height, did it gain features. Two tiny red eyes emerged, one at a time upon its smooth face when its body was set alight like the pentacle, forming the red markings. The markings appeared to be alive and moving like that of flowing blood.

  “Let me out!” Kyle screamed as his eyes misted up.

  The beast turned to him and unzipped a sinister smile that took up approximately half its face as it gently made its way to him amidst the blowing papers.

  “All these centuries locked away...You freed me...” It stated as it rolled its eyes around robotically.

  “Ergh! Who are you?!” He shuddered.

  “The Tiki Man. I tell no lies.” It replied as it clicked its neck, spilling the living blood from its grooves.

  “Let me out!”

  “You will remain here, in the In-between until you manage to escape like I did after so many life times... You must become one of them to survive...”

  “One of who?!”

  “I am the Tiki Man, I tell you the truth.”

  “There's something moving in here!” He screeched as he clawed at the portal.

  “Kyle...” It whispered after rotating its head until it was upside down.

  Kyle glanced ahead of him, straight into the teeth of the beast when it uttered to him before leaving forever.

  “Don't make any sudden moves.”

  Kyle roared and screamed as the portal grew smaller until it sealed him away and as the beast ducked under the door frame to exit, the totem changed its appearance to resemble Kyle as the sulphur burnt away, leaving no traces behind except a few drops of blood and a mess of papers.