By:
Prathik Manavalan &
Tarun Manavalan
Chapter 1
It was around 8:00 in the night.
The birds were chirruping loudly and the trees swayed side to side. He rushed outside to the car to get the keys when, “BOO!”
Alex jumped and ran all the way inside home, and he shut the door so hard that large cracks were formed. His mother came running down the steps and called out, “God heavens! What happened down here Alex, and where is Kate?”
Alex muttered of how stupid he was. He had let his sister outside, and shut the door. His mother heard him, and ran up to him and gave a long look. Just then, they heard someone pounding on the door. Alex quickly opened the door to see a petrified Kate, drenched in the rain that was occurring at the moment.
Kate rushed in and sat near the fireplace, shivering. She blamed Alex for the mishap, but he denied it, which resulted in a quarrel that led their mother to stop it.
This time, their father rushed to the scene to figure out what was going on. Their mother, Sarah, was fueled with rage and started blaming father as the reason to the mishap. Their father, Jake, denied it, which led to a family quarrel to figure out the culprit behind this scene. Suddenly, they heard someone pounding on the door. Sarah asked, “The entire family is here, but who is that at the door? Is it the FBI?”
Everyone was alarmed, as they cautiously approached the door. Jake opened it, and everyone was shocked…
Chapter 2
It was not the FBI, it was not a relative, and it was none other than a stranger who was at the door. His hands were trembling and he was very weak at the moment. Jake quickly helped the stranger into the house and made him sit on the couch. Sarah offered the stranger some water, and the stranger did not speak a single word.
After about 5 minutes, the stranger finally spoke to the shocked family. “I am very ill. Please help me.” The family asked about the stranger’s situation. “I’ll explain it to you all.” said a weak man.
The stranger was trembling as he was very cold due to the cold rain and weather. He started explaining, “I am in a very bad situation. I was a happy man before. My parents died when I was only 14 years old. I am a bachelor, with not even a single wife or child.”
“That’s sad for you.” said a deeply heartbroken Kate. The stranger continued,
“I am very ill, but even after all these days,
I never knew why or how I got this symptoms and I didn’t find cure for my illness. From leading a happy life, I had to beg in the streets for someone to help me because I was very poor. Although I was fighting for being alive, no one helped me.” “We’ll help you.” Said a deeply heartbroken Jake and the whole family in chorus. The stranger asked in surprise and amazement, “Really?” The family replied “Yes, of course!” as they were ready to help the poor stranger.
Chapter 3
The family tried every way of curing the poor stranger, whose name was Hank. The moon was now high above the sky, and the clock struck twelve. “It’s getting late now; we’ll see the rest tomorrow. Time to go to bed.” said Jack, and everyone went to sleep, including Hank, who stayed in Alex’s room.
It was morning, and Sarah woke up early to check on Hank. She opened the door, to find him starring at the cupboard. She called out, “Hank?”
At that moment she heard a growl and approached closer to the man. Suddenly, Hank, who was now green and messy, started to bite Sarah. She called out, “Help!!!!!” The whole house awoke to her sound and rushed to Alex’s room, only to find a monster munching on Sarah’s hand. Jake quickly closed the door and put a bookshelf against it.
The three rushed to the living room. Alex and Kate cried for their now dead mother. Jake pacified and consoled the two children. Then, he took out a knife from the kitchen and came to the living room, when he heard the sound of a bookshelf falling down….
Chapter 4
Jake, hearing that sound, rushed to the living room. Luckily, for him, the children were still alive. Jake told Alex and Kate to go down to the basement, bringing some food and water along with them. Alex and Kate did as told and they rushed to the basement.
Meanwhile, in the living room, Jake took all the necessary weapons that he could find, and prepared himself for killing the monster. Just then, they came, making their way downstairs. Jake, to his disappointment realized that his wife had taken the form of a monster, instead of dying. Jake quickly used his knife and started attacking the two monsters. They fought hard, and Jake was getting tired, but the monster were not dead yet. He knew that he was of no match to the monsters. So, he quickly flees the scene and makes his way to the basement. The monsters came closer, but Jake shut the door, leaving them in the house, while he and his children were in the basement, hiding from them…
Chapter 5
The three continuously heard the sound of the monsters, which they called the ‘undead’ high near the basement entrance. Alex and Kate were trembling with fear, and Jake too was tired and worried himself. “The door up there would not sustain long, and we don’t have much time” thought Jake.
Just then, Alex brought the telephone near his father and asked him to call the police. Jake nodded as he called the police. The call reached to a senior police officer, and he took the call.
Jake told the officer, “Sir, please help us. We are calling from plot no. 14. There are monsters that eat on human flesh in this house and we are hiding in the basement.” But due to the weak connection, the officer couldn’t make out much of what Jake told, except the words, “Plot no. 14”
Back at the basement, there was no response from the other side, and Jake felt disappointed. Just then he heard the door break, and knew they had come…
Chapter 6
The undead were approaching closer. Jake took out his knife and gave it to Alex. “This is how you survive” Jake told as he took a wooden bat from the corner and started blocking the undead. He called out to the children, “GO!” as he continued to fight with the undead. Alex nodded and ran to the basement door.
They turned to wait for their father, but their father was busy fighting. So, the two made their way out of the house and started shouting, “Help!!” at the top their lungs. Fortunately, just then, a police car came their way and the officers made their way into the house. Alex and Kate heard the sound of lots of guns and shooting noises. After a long time, the officers came out of the house, and soon many ambulances and vehicles came to the spot.
When they saw the bodies, they began to cry as their father had died after turning into one of them. Just then, their Aunt Anne came to pick them up. “Hereafter, you two will be staying with me and Uncle George.”
Many years later, when Alex came round to see his old house, he saw that it was vacant, due to the fear of the incident that happened in Yorkshire, USA in the year of 2003……
THE END
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