All of us had come to our uncle's new mansion he had built. It was white in colour with tall and luxurious pillars and looked elegant. All of us just loved it. It had a large spiral white staircase, and my siblings and cousins were enjoying the large balcony, decorated with lights, beautiful mats, and chairs. It was noon, and the white pillars shined brightly. There were no lights needed as it was highly ventilated. We were having a great time until I noticed my 4 year old cousin playing with a slimy creature. I assumed it was a snail, but it wasn’t. It was a slimy long creature without any features, and it was too big for a centipede. It was the size of my palm. I threw it off the balcony. I was a bit freaked out.

But, something struck my mind. It was the demo-check of this house. It was a condition where any house needed must have gotten the demo-check, sort of a verification whether this house should be free of any slimy creatures like demo babies.

Else, it would grow up to the size of a large palace. 'Where did I get this information from?' I had no idea.

'Did I watch it on the news?'

I heard many screams from the other family members. I realised I was left alone with my small cousin. I went with her inside and saw a huge demogorgon, it's head- not a definite face without eyes, but it's flaps like petals of a flower, but slimy and stinky, it opened and its huge mouth opened wide, smelly. Its voice was a high screech.

I shouted in fear and never imagined that the fictional series I had watched came in the form of a reality. I was puzzled when I saw that my uncles and my father knew how to deal with it. They warned us to go inside the rooms. I suggested that all the kids go with my mum and aunts in the room, but I wanted to know how they would deal with it. I hid behind a pillar and watched how they would defeat this giant creature. In the series, demogorgons were mostly oddly taller than the average human's height, but this freak present in front of my eyes was a literal giant.

I saw my father and uncles bring in some sort of a setup. It was to poke several round shaped pieces that had holes in them through some thin sticks in an arrangement in a box. All of that was new and seemed weird to me. As they placed each stick filled with those round pieces inside the box, the demogorgon far away from them shrunk and started to disappear eventually. I was ecstatic to watch that. It was a very good way to defeat. But how did this mechanism work? I had no idea. It was frustrating for them to arrange those countless pieces in the box while the demogorgon was on the verge of killing them. I remembered that trick anyway.

I eavesdropped on their conversation.

'I should’ve done the demo-check before. How could I forget it?' My uncle said, panicking.

My father replied, 'Once it has emerged, there's no way to stop it.'

'But, how do we stay safe for longer? I didn't understand this much.' Other uncle went on.

My father said, 'Just keep this box safe. Let nobody touch this or mishandle it. If it's mishandled, the comeback of this bloody creature will be worse. It can be a threat to the whole city just because of us.'

I was relieved but didn't quite understand what exactly they meant.