Lightning flashed and thunder roared. The lamp overhead flickered and the heater kept going on and off. I have to admit that I was terrified. It was nearly 2 o'clock in the morning and my parents were out on holidays.
That's when it happened. The lights went out. I was shocked! Then I came back to my senses. I crouched down and felt my way into my bedroom and grabbed my torch off my untidy bed. Turning on the torch with my shaking hand, I started to relax. Suddenly it went dark again. Oh no! I thought, please don't tell me! My fingers explored the torch and found the on/off button. When I clicked it nothing happened. Which meant that I would have to just seat and do nothing.
'Click, click, click'. Footsteps were coming from the kitchen. In the darkness I could just make out a faint out line of a crawling monster.
TO BE CONTINUED ...
