"Mikey, where are you?" I whispered into the warm June night. I knew that I shouldn't have agreed to this stupid idea, we had to go back inside, pronto.
"Mikey!" I called out a little louder, freaking out with each passing second.
"I'm here, I'm here" I heard a faint, boyish voice answer. "Stop being a worry-wort."
"How can I not worry when you keep disappearing every minute?" I huffed angerly, pulling Mikey closer to me and not letting him go. "We have to to head home NOW, its getting too dark" I said, as I started to drag my brother to the direction of our house.
"No way," He rebelled. "We just got out here, and its my birthday!" He complained, crossing his arms over his chest.
"No Mikey, we've been out here long enough, we have to go home!" I replied, as I stepped into the darkness that lead the way home, expecting my younger sibling to follow.
But no...
"Cara, please. Im 11 now and its not everyday I get to see the night sky and the stars." He said, looking up at the bright stars that twinkled in the sky.
He had a point, it wasn't everyday. But what about the creatures and the danger? I was probably over thinking it. We didnt see or hear anything till now, we would be fine.
"Okay Michael, five more minutes then we really have to go" I stated, but got no response. "Mikey?" Still no reply. Ignoring the rapid beating of my heart, I slowly wandered back where we were before. Mikey probably went back there to look around.
Nothing.
Nothing until I heard a voice in the distance. Hearing that, I automatically stopped moving and stopped breathing altogether.
Listening into the night, the only things I could hear were my fast paced heartbeats and the crickets, until...
"NO, STOP!, LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" And thats what made me REALLY stop breathing, it was my brother, Mikey.
Mikey was in trouble.
My little brother.
My only family was IN trouble.
"MIKEY!" I shouted, as I started running toward the sound of his voice. "MIKEY!"
"CARA, HELP ME! CARAAA!!!" his voice got louder and louder as I got closer until.... I saw. And heard.
"EHHHAHAHAHA" the moment that laugh reached my ears, I thought I had a heart attack. In the distance stood three clowns, ad one of them had my brother in his arms.
"CARA, HELP ME CARA!" He yelled, tears streaming down his face.
"Leave my brother alone!" I yelled with all my heart; the heart that was about to explode in any moment.
But the only response the clown holding onto Mikey had was a big, red smile.
And into the darkness the four of them disappeared, with my brother, my Michael.
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Operation: Clown Control (ON HOLD)
HorrorAlone. In a world full of smiling faces, loud laughter and nightly bloodshed. Everything she once had is gone. In a world of destruction, can a she possibly find hope, freedom or even love? Well, you'll never know until you read the book :)
