It Came At Night
The wind howled like a pack of wolves on a full moon. The grass danced amongst the breeze. All the animals were tucked away for the night; the farm was at peace. The moon shined bright through the blinds of the Bennett home. Little Tommy was getting ready for bed; his parents read him his favorite bedtime story. They both kissed him goodnight and left the room. Tommy tossed and turned for hours until he heard a noise outside his window that startled him. Tommy inched out of bed slowly and walked over to the window; a figure's shadow appeared amongst the blinds. It stood patiently waiting for him to open them. He reached for the string and drew back the blinds; what stood before him he had never seen before. A creature with big sharp teeth smiling at him. It was drooling like it realized what it wanted to eat. Tommy screamed for his mom; his parents came rushing in.
“A monster is trying to eat me!”
He ran into his mother’s arms, where she caressed him and held him tight.
She looked at her husband, who was searching Tommy’s room.
“Nothing to worry about, buddy; I didn’t find any monsters.”
“Check outside, please! Dad, please! I saw it.”
Tommy’s dad grabbed his jacket from the hallway closet and flashlight and checked outside, but all he saw were trails of blood and slaughtered animals.
“Charlene! The goddamn animals are dead!”
Charlene and Tommy walked to the front door. They saw all the animals had been either eaten completely or had little bites taken out of them.
“See, it was the monster!”
Tommy’s parents looked shocked; all their animals were gone; every chicken, every cow, every horse, all dead. The silence was deafening until Tommy screamed.
“THERE IT IS! THE MONSTER!”
Tommy’s mother covered her mouth in fear as she saw the creature emerge from behind the barn. She panicked at the sight of it and yelled.
“Run, John, run!”
John couldn’t believe his eyes; a seven-foot-tall creature snarled at him from only a couple of feet away. The creature started to run, and so did John. Mary couldn’t watch her husband die, so she shoved Tommy into the house and grabbed the shotgun. The creature jumped on top of John, showing all its teeth. Blood dripped out its mouth and landed on him. A loud noise from the shotgun and the drop of the creature indicated that Charlene shot the creature clean in the head. The creature fell onto John; he quickly pushed it off in fear and disgust.
