Chapter one: the button
“Don’t press the button,”said a voice. I looked around in confusion,my finger millimetres away from the huge,blood red button. “Who’s there,” I demanded with my stern voice. Rufus was frozen to the spot behind me gnawing away at his stubby little finger nails,his eyes wide with fear,seconds away from tears.
Suddenly, I heard a whisper being carried by the breeze leaking through the shattered windows. It spoke to me ,tickling my ear. “Press it and I will give you all the power you’ve ever wished for,” It hissed. My fingers pondered while I decided if I should take the risk. Everything went silent. I shot a look behind me to check Rufus was still there.
But he wasn’t,the hairs on my neck stood on end as I continuously shouted his name my voice slowly rising each time. “THIS ISN’T FUNNY!”,I screamed my hands starting to shake. In the distance I heard a clatter and a muffled voice moaning.
Then it struck me,a horrible thought ,I sprinted towards the sound my ears ringing and my heart pounding about to burst out of me. I turned a corner,I was getting closer when I heard a deafening scream. Wiping my nose on my white sleeve I felt like I was about to pass out,but I had to keep going.I had to find him.
After a few minutes I stopped shocked on what I saw in front of me. “Rufus”, I murmured to myself. He was lying down leaning against the muddy wall. I ran to his side not sure what to do. He had blood dripping down his face and a deep cut on his filthy thigh. I tore off part of my sleeve to wipe the blood away and bandage his head. I dug in my pocket searching for my phone, I knew he didn’t have much longer. Struggling to breathe Rufus placed a hand on mine and squeezed. Tears streaming down my face I tried to tell myself everything was going to be ok.
I heard a whoosh from behind me, someone or something was there. I slowly but cautiously started to turn my body towards the sound of movement. Standing in front of me was some sort of...shadow. It floated there for a bit as if it was a hologram.
I felt like I had froze ,I couldn’t move anything, it was like my body wasn’t replying to my brain. I started to hyperventilate , a million questions filling my head. What was this thing? What did it want? What was it doing? I took a deep breath then started to approach it when..
All of a sudden it jolted towards me knocking me over flat on my back. The fall had caused me to wack my head on a wooden table standing behind me. The pain was unbearable, I put a hand to the pain ,pulling it back immediately. I glanced at my hand to see my fingers red with blood.
I was petrified. I looked around worried where the shadow thing had gone and what it would do next. But it wasn’t there ,it had vanished. It was as if it had... disappeared, into thin air. I was weak and struggling to move. I lay helpless on the floor awaiting my death.
But there was something hard in my pocket. Warily I started to lower my hand into my pocket. When I pulled it out I felt like it was a miracle, it was my phone! I immediately called 999. Once they had hung up I felt a painful sensation stabbing my hip. I winced while I searched the pain fearfully wondering what caused it.
Then my hand came across something sticking out of my hip,petrified my body shook with fear. I think I passed out after that,the last thing I heard was the sound of sirens approaching then.. nothing.
