This is the second entry in the Carnival of Erotic Horrors trilogy. It is strongly advisable that you read Taken in the Darkness first.
The Spider's Lair
By Ivaran Kealar
1.
When 19-year-old Rae Wilson was reported missing, her friends told the police that she'd gone to The Carnival of Exotic Delights. The police searched every square inch of the carnival grounds -- including the Maison de la peur! The found a nude picture of Rae: She was blindfolded, bound and her face was the picture of ecstasy...
2.
One year later, The Carnival of Exotic Delights rolled back into town. However, when it did, numerous people had somehow forgotten about Rae's sudden disappearance.
The Carnival of Exotic Delights finally got a new video game arcade. It housed a lot of retro games. Every single wall was decorated with retro video game characters.
21-year-old Business student Zonia Ball was really crushing it on Spider Zapper '81. She was racking up the highest score. She quickly wriggled the stick and pressed the buttons.
Zonia wore a short leather jacket, skull boots and a black band T-shirt. She wore knee high black socks, fishnet stockings and a purple skirt. She was five foot three, had toasty topaz eyes, curly brown hair and rocked a 36D bust.
Zonia had a strange obligation to come to this place. Every time she went through this place, on the road to the University, she was hypnotized by the music and the lights.
Spider Zapper '81's goal was similar to Donkey Kong and Centipede. One had to climb on a building site, shoot spiders, and save a girl from the spider king.
Zonia got a game over: The spider boss grabbed the maiden and carried her away.
She slapped the arcade cabinet with her right hand and hissed.
Zonia quickly checked her purse, but she was short of money.
She walked out of the arcade and saw an old woman in a coat.
Without saying a word, the old woman slowly approached her.
Zonia stammered, "Look, whatever you're selling, I ain't buying!"
The old woman, however, handed over a small purple ticket.
Reluctantly, Zonia snatched the ticket, and saw it was for the Maison de la peur.
She looked up and saw that the strange old woman tended to other people.
Zonia pocketed the ticket and shrugged. She decided to check out the fun house.
3.
Zonia eventually found the Maison de la peur. She stared with wonder -- the exterior looked like a French manor. She headed to the front door, pulled out her ticket and dropped it in the slot. The doors of the fun house creaked open, slowly, until they were opened widely.
Zonia carefully walked into the fun house, and the doors slowly closed behind her.
4.
Once inside, Zonia noticed that the Maison de la peur indeed looked like a French manor, but the walls were extremely colourful and classical music played in the background.
Just like an ordinary fun house, each area had its own sort of theme.
There was an area where everything seemed upside-down. Another zone had holographic phantoms that danced, and one zone had a mobile floor.
Zonia went into a little room, and saw a door with a giant spider on it.
She turned around, tried to retrace her steps, but came up against a brick wall.
Zonia shrugged her shoulders. She turned around and went through the spider door...
5.
Zonia was in what looked like a jungle, and was surrounded by a lot of plant life.
It resembled the jungles in the various nature documentaries she'd watched.
Zonia opened her jacket and sweated profusely.
She wiped sweat from her forehead.
As she strolled with care, she noticed that she couldn't see an exit.
She shouted, "Hey. Is anybody in here? Where the fuck is your bloody exit?"
When she was snooping around, she got the paranoid feeling that she was being followed.
She tried backtracking, to see if she could see any sign of an exit, but she couldn't.
Zonia stood in one spot. She watched, and breathed a tired sigh from her mouth.
Suddenly, huge tentacle-like hairy legs wrapped around Zonia and she screamed.
She tried to run away, but the monster had her in a vice-like grip.
The monster in question was an enormous mutated spider that had come down.
The monstrous spider uses his tentacle-shaped legs to grope Zonia's body.
Zonia shut her eyes tight. She batted the appendages away, and wailed loudly.
The spider puked its saliva all over Zonia as the tips of its legs tore her clothes.
As Zonia tried to run around screaming, her leather jacket was ripped off. Her soaked T-shirt was ripped to shreds and the enormous spider creature tore her jeans off.
The remains of Zonia's clothes flew everywhere. She couldn't flee the assault.
Then, since Zonia couldn't keep the legs away, the spider ate her bra and panties.
The spider also pulled off her boots and socks -- now completing the disrobing. Next, the spider held onto Zonia tight with six of its legs -- as its remaining two climbed the thread.
