Maxum Lass

Prologue

I wake up screaming. I wake to reality. I sit bolt upright, panting. I rush out of bed and turn the lights on. Holding Mr.Cuddles, I scream for mama and papa. No response. I yell for them again. I finally have the courage to go outside my room. I open my purple door, slowly, ever so slowly. I grip Mr.Cuddles, and take a peak. No monsters. The hallway is dimly lit so that must be why there are no monsters there. I listen first. I hear rain. then I see a flash of light come from one our windows then a loud sound. I jump and scream. Oh, only lightning. I call again for mama and papa. I start to walk down our hallway, tiptoeing on the soft white carpet. I pass the upstairs bathroom, my parents room, and game room. I reach the stairs. Another thunder clap makes me yelp. Leaning against the wall I go down the stairs slowly. I turn the corner, and what I see makes me run down the stairs. Illuminated by some lamps and the lightning are my parents. But their lying down, on the floor, with their eyes open. I go up to papa. He seems to be covered in red stuff. So is mama.It looks like ketchup. I touch the red stuff and put it to my mouth. I spit it out, because it tastes nothing like ketchup, more like salt. I shake papa, trying to wake him up. He is cold, which is weird because he is wearing a sweater. I say:"papa why are you sleeping, please wake up", or I meant to but I was interrupted by big hand with a cloth going over my mouth, I try to break free, but the stuff on the cloth smells so nice, so I fall back to sleep. While I'm sleeping, I have dreams of scary men with big pointy pokers with green water in them poking me, me floating, and hitting the scary men because of the pain, then darkness.