This time, he made no disgruntled comments about rude the occupants of that room had been to him, nor did he immediately wander ahead, driven by an unexplainable sense of impending doom. Instead, he continued to lie sprawled out on the steps, staring up at the moon peering through the skylight and wondering if that, too, was about to get sucked through a giant celestial maelstrom of death. After the moon had sat in its place for a sufficient amount of time, he had decided that it was there to stay. He allowed for another minute to properly collect himself and then he soldiered on, in his exploration of the insane building.
He felt like he had been walking up the spiraling staircase for hours, before another door had finally presented itself. Behind it, Dustin could hear growling, followed closely by some sort of groaning. He was certain that it had been some sort of animal and it sounded like it could have been in pain. Two thoughts immediately ran through his head; he could open it and potentially have his face eaten by whatever lurked on the other side, or he could open it up and aid a wounded and suffering creature; the idea of leaving the door closed, however, had not begun to circulate through his mind.
He eased the door open and peeked through. Two towering creatures, covered in shaggy, matted white fur, were in what seemed to be a barn, locked in each other’s vice like grips as they tussled around as though locked in mortal combat. One creature threw the other into a pile of hay and climbed on top of it while the other creature, clearly struggling, clawed at the dominating creature’s back. Dustin knew that they were yetis, though he had no idea why he knew that, but he was amazed by the savagery, with which, these two yetis bit and clawed into each other. As he watched the top yeti flip the bottom yeti over, he knew that the bottom one would surely be the loser in this battle. It was clearly indicative by the pounding that the top yeti was giving to-
“Oh my god!” a horrified Dustin abruptly exclaimed.
The moment that comprehension had dawned on him, he wanted more than anything to be somewhere else. The yetis were both surprised by the sudden outburst and the one on the bottom immediately squirmed onto its knees and tried to hide itself behind the other.
“Don’t come in here, you sick bastard,” the irate male yeti roared.
“Eww! Quit lookin’ at me, you perv!” shrieked the embarrassed female yeti from behind him.
“Oh… wow… I am so… wow… sorry, I mean… wow…” a flustered Dustin sputtered, grasping for the door handle.
As he pulled the door shut, Dustin could have sworn that the male yeti had flashed him a brief grin and had given him a subtle thumbs up. That had been the last straw. It was more than enough to convince him that turning around and going back downstairs was course of action. He had been crazy to think that climbing the stairs was a good idea and he had been downright idiotic to open any of the doors. He shook his head, as though trying to shake the stupid out of it, and started marching back down, though he had only taken three steps when it happened.
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