This is also good, monster/ mind control and all, good theme, but I like the lost hope feeling of the Helene ficlet. had a lot of emotion/feeling in it.

I like this one more because you could take it different ways; was it an internal deamon, a literal monster, some one else, a desise (I personally go with the first) an I love the last line And with a final breath, he looked at the shining sky and whispered. “I Have Won.”
wonderful

It’s actually supposed to be a kid’s battle with cancer, but I like the different interpretations.