What Happened To Rodger's Encounter?

Two weeks passed and it happened again. Rodger had been calmly residing in his apartment in Manhattan. He had been working hard on an important novel, when all of a sudden, he saw a strange dome shaped lump zoom across his carpet. The “thing” vanished almost instantly. He was jolted awake, and on his feet within seconds, looking frantically around the room. His eyes darted from corner to corner, without being able to notice anything suspicious. However, he refused to admit that what he had just seen was a fragment of his imagination. Certainly what Rodger had witnessed was not a hallucination. Recently, strange events had been happening in his apartment, which were driving him crazy. Due to these occurrences, which involved missing food, …show more content…
He realized that he was in a hospital. When he asked the nurse, she responded that he had been in a coma for a month. Shocked upon hearing the news, Rodger began attempting to try remembering what exactly had occurred before his consciousness was lost. The only memory Rodger seemed to remember was when the repulsive creature fled in its encounter with Rodger. To him, this seemed to be the only memory of …show more content…
Shortly after, the lump revealed its true form once again. With his theory in mind, Rodger courageously attempted to stare down the creature, hoping it would not flee. Just as Rodger wanted, the creature seemed to have no interest in fleeing. Instead it tried to attack Rodger. It clawed and roared, but its attacks became useless! Rodger’s strategy was working! The beast began to wail and limp around until it finally collapsed. Knowing it wasn’t superior to the brave mortal that Rodger had become, the beast bellowed one last roar, before it exploded into a million pieces and seemingly dissolved in the air. Finally! Rodger had been victorious! After countless months spent chasing after this monstrosity, Rodger had prevailed at last. He was