The Intruders

                                                                  The Intruders

My name is Josie Sweet. I'm seventeen years old, I have light brown eyes, dark brown hair, and 5'4" tall, but short.  Not getting any taller. I'm the big sister of Jennifer Sweet, I call her Jennie. She is no bigger than a small piece of mom's luggage. She could fit right inside! She has light brown hair, dark brown eyes, and four years old. Our parents got murdered by two humongous guys.

I think they were targeting us. i don't know what they were and don't know why. It all started out like this... 11:42pm at home. I just tucked in little Jennie to bed then went to my room and turned on my music. I was listening to Alicia Keys, I'm a big fan of Alicia. As I turned off the light to go to bed, I heard a loud crash downstairs. I went on my knees and started to crawl toward the staircase to see what the heck happened down there. I peeked from upstairs and couldn't believe my eyes.

I saw two six foot guys with a gun and a knife. They were wearing black pantyhose or stockings on their heads.  I quickly picked up Jennie  who was sleeping and ran to our parents room. I shook my parents awake and told them "there are two men downstairs!" I said it quietly, but didn't whisper. Dad got up quicker than you can say anything Dad said "stay here, I'll scare them off!" He slowly took his baseball bat and left the room.  Mom kissed Jennie who was still half asleep and quietly laid her in the closet.  Mom told me "go in the closet with your sister and be quiet." I started walking toward the closed, I paused and asked "what about you?", Just then we heard a gun shot. Mom said "Don't worry about me, just go in the closet NOW!" I hesitated then meekly went into the closet and shut the doors. Then, I heard thumping and it kept getting louder and louder. My heart was pounding. I kept telling myself in my head, "It's just a dream, it's just a dream" All of a sudden I heard the door burst open. The guys beat and stabbed my mom to death. I watched it all! I just wanted to burst out of the closet and attack them, but I knew they were too strong and they would easily hurt or kill me and Jennie.  I clenched my fist and bit my lip to try not to cry.  The realization of losing my parents was starting to sink in.  After one of the men, killed my mom, the other one ran upstairs to meet him.  The both began looking around to see if anyone else was in the house.  One of them said "Come out, come out, wherever you are!"  It seemed like they were taunting us, while the other one chuckled.  They checked the bathroom, Jennie's room and my room.  I saw them looking under the beds and finally one of them caught me peeking through the cracks in the closet door.  He looked right into my eyes and said "Found ya!" Slowly as he walked toward the closet, I inched deeper into the closet feeling the cold clothes pressing against the back of my neck.