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with robotics , her body was there and she wore a striking yellow gown . Electricity filled the wife , and she came to life .
I looked at her . She looked at me . Her mouth , having been removed , could no longer speak , but her eyes plead and wept . And she was looking at me !
The weird monsters burst through the walls , and the Wendigo turned to his right , or took one step forward — it is impossible to describe — and it appeared before the wife , tearing her limb from limb , severing her robotic spinal column ! Blood and electricity flew everywhere as Lu Yan let out the most horrifying scream I have ever heard . If the world shattered , I imagine that ' s the cry all men would utter .
Percy grabbed my arm and ran me past this nightmare to the top floor . We climbed the steep ladder to the roof and shut the hatch below . There was no way down . I leaned over the edge and saw the monster hunters gathered outside , many stories below .
There was a banging at the hatch , and both Percy and I backed away .
Lu Yan popped up through the door , fighting off some unknown enemy below . He locked the hatch behind and then ran across the roof throwing various levers . He grabbed both of us by our wrists , handcuffing us to an invisible wire .
The column in the center of the house fell straight away through the center of the roof , severing every floor and structural support below . Lu Yan pushed Percy and myself off the roof , and we found ourselves strapped to a wire sailing safely towards the ground at an angle . The monster house collapsed behind us . Missus Mister and Brunhilde helped us to our feet . The Mayor seemed occupied in finding ng his spectacles , hardly clothed — the beautifully ly mustachioed gentleman had mislaid them while out on the patio smoking a cigar — and who , even en
now , seemed completely unaware of the chaos surrounding him .
That is how we left Lu Yan ' s monster house , I am sorry to relate .
SATURDAY , AUGUST THE FOURTEENTH
During our journey west , I learned that Brunhilde had never called to me for help the way I heard during that commotion . What ' s more , she claims to have seen a wolf running into the woods before they saw us appear on the roof of the pagoda .
If Winchester is out there , I hope he meets his fate . I know now what a monster is . No one found any signs of Lu Yan . I am ready to go home . I started out wanting to collect monsters myself . I remember wanting to have a collection of ghost glass . Now I do not know what it is that I want , but I do know that I have had my fill of monsters .