Man in Snow

He begged his mom, “Please don't leave me here mommy.”  ”It’s dark at night.” She replied, “ I will only be gone for an hour honey, you'll be okay .Just play your video games until we get back”. “Fine,” he mumbled. He went slowly up the stairs to go play his games. He heard his mom’s car pull out of the driveway.  He told himself it's only an hour. He put in some Call of Duty and started playing. About 10 minutes later he didn't feel right, so he went downstairs and turned on the TV which was on FOX News like normal because his mom was a news freak. He turned it on and then saw what was on and he got really scared.

On the TV was a news report about a murderer on the loose in the area. Now he was really scared. The news said to lock your doors and close your blinds. He did that lighting quick and then he felt safe again as he walked back up to his room. He started playing again for 5 minutes and got tired, so he drowsily went to bed.

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He woke up and saw  the time was 11:32 p.m.. He was very confused about the time because he didn't hear the TV on downstairs like his mom watches whenever she gets home late. He walked down the stairs slowly and quietly and looked on the couch. No one was there and she wasn’t in her room. Now it was a scary moment for him because his mom said she would be home in a hour but it had been two hours. So like any other normal person he checks his phone for any messages from his mom. There was nothing. He mumbled to himself “What is going on?” He tried to call his mother but all he got was her voicemail. He leaves one saying,”Mom ,I am very scared. Where are you? Please come home,” with a sad beaten tone. Then something clicks in his mind. He vaguely remembered  the story he watched on the news, he watched a little while ago. Could his mom have been murdered?!

Then he heard the phone ring. He grabbed it excitedly to see it was his mom. Now he could get that bad thought out of his head. He answered, hyped to see what his mom is going to say but he only hears crackling then a voice very deep and dark. It says, “Mom’s gone. Your next.” Then he hung up.  In his stomach a deep pit of fear formed. Then sadness filled him as he knew this man was not lying. He wanted to call 911 but something inside him stopped him from doing so.

You see he was just a 13 year old boy with a little bit of hate inside of him but now it has risen to more hate. He started screaming, crying, and breaking stuff around the house.  He could not stop himself from this. There was nothing for him to do without a mom now after his dad passed away, He was now an orphan. That’s when he remembered the call. The strange man who killed his mother said he was next. Now he was shaken and scared. What was he going to do?

To see if the man was outside, he looked out the front window, saw nothing then looked out the porch sliding glass door. He sees a man standing out there exactly matching the description of the man on the news. He’s standing in the snow smiling at him He gulped, and picked up his phone to call 911.  Still looking out there he got much closer now, but he dropped  the phone in shock! There are no footprints in the snow.......Only The Reflection

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