[ TT ] A child is kidnapped . Outraged , the monsters that live under their bed and in their closet vow to find them .

Her human was gone. 
 
 She sniffed again. 
 
 Taken. 
 
 A deep growl rose in her throat, threatening to come out. That was her human. Hers and hers alone. Taking a long breath in, the scent filled her. Her humans sweet perfume twisted with a smell of something new, something….different. Human but a different type of human. 
 
 A twinge of fear rested on the perfume, exciting her. She will find her human and return her to their bedroom. The monster slipped out from under the closet door, flatten to a cat-like liquid form. She slithered across the floor, making imprints of the other humans left over footprints. She will find the other human and her human. 
 
 Her human was taken. Rage rolled through her scaly body, through each horn, each claw. Her eyes narrowed as she slipped through the darkness in ways only monsters knew how to move. Monsters with a purpose. 
 
 Her human was growing up, she knew that, but that didn ’ t mean that someone could TAKE her without permission. Where was the monster code of honor? Did humans know what would happen to them when they took a monster ’ s human? So few humans anymore had the capability to keep a monster at their side. So few. 
 
 Monsters weren ’ t dwindling, that was for sure, but their bonds to the human world were weakening. Hers was one of the strongest of this last generation, but how could she be so careless as to let her human be taken? 
 
 She caught the other human and her human ’ s scent on the wind, changing direction swiftly, an extra burst of speed. Turning sharply into a shadow, she appeared on scene. 
 
 It was a party, out in a clearing. A large fire burned brightly in the center, teenaged humans all around it. The monster took a second to pick out her human. Younger than most of them, only in her 13 or 14th year. Pretending to not be afraid. She could smell the betrayal on the other human, as she was coaxing her human to drink to drugged drink. 
 
 Knowing her human had little time, the monster shot out of the darkness. Human screams filled her ears, giving her a power that sat long dormant in the monster. 
 
 Wrapping up her tiny, weak human, the monster was content for a moment before the other human started screaming at her. Called her monster, devil spawn. 
 
 The monster lowered her head to the other humans eye level. The other human, female, older, was a predator who lost her kill. The monster knew nothing more than that. She gave the other human a deep, dark growl, flashing razor sharp teeth. 
 
 Flashing lights arrived within moments, as the party goers blamed the monster for ruining their party. Her human was safe, wrapped up in the coils of the monsters body, warm and content. Asleep too, if her breathing meant anything. The monster peaked in to make sure, before sealing up and wondering if humans could transport through shadows with her. 
 
 She knew that she would be all over the news and the other human would spin some tale about it. She would eat the other human but there were too many witnesses currently. 
 
 Her human was safe now.
