The Cult

I started going to a church and came to realize that it was a cult. I was trying to get out of it while exposing them, but they caught on and were trying to keep me from leaving and then discrediting me in front of the whole congregation. I managed to get away, but was being chased. Finally, the leader appears and tosses me a shield that looks to be made of really thin metal that reminded me of a metal garbage can. It's painted on one side. Very thin though, but effective enough to protect me from the barrage of staples coming at me from the guy's rapid-fire staple gun. In the end I was up against the neighbor's house with a pillow in front of me (instead of the shield) and the pillow was pinned to the wall by hundreds of staples but I was unhurt.

Then something about a little elephant coming to save the day, but the guy was already gone. I don't know.

I need to stop reading Koontz before bed.