NNPH Mini Stories

Darkness

Zoey's P.O.V
I set at the farthest table in the main room and ate some pizza. Charlie and Owen were sitting next to me talking.

I looked over and shuttered. Owen looked over at me.

"Come on, what is it now?" He said annoyed.

I pointed and he looked over to see that one of the puppets and started performing right next to us. I shook with fear. Owen laughed.

"Oh Zoey's afraid of the robots. What, you scared they're going to eat you or something?"

"Cut it out Owen" I looked over to see that Charlie seemed upset by Owen teasing me.

"I'm just saying she has no reason to be afraid of them. They're not real anyway. Bet you could use that flashlight of yours to Blind them if they were real" he said laughing

"I said stop" Charlie said. Before Owen could respond, I heard a weird buzzing noise. I looked around, something was wrong.

I looked over to notice that the robot was no longer moving. As if it was out of power. Not much later than that, the lights went out and the building became completely dark.

I heard a scream.

I had learned to see surprisingly well in the dark. So it wasn't too hard to see what was going on around me.

"I'm going to go find Mom and Dad." Charlie said and then rushed off. I looked around noticing that I couldn't find Owen. That's when I started hearing the whimpering. I looked around and could tell it was coming from under the table. I got off my chair and crouched down to notice that Owen was huddled under the table.

I tapped on the floor. ".- .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / --- -.- ..--.." (Are you ok?)

"No" he replied, shaking.

".-- .... .- - .----. ... / .-- .-. --- -. --. ..--.." (What's wrong?)

"Nothing, I'm fine" he stammered.

".- .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / ... -.-. .- .-. . -.. ..--.." (Are you scared?)

"Me? No why would I be? I'm not some baby like you..." He said looking away. I crawled under the table and sat next to him. I reached over to the chair and grabbed a box I knew very well. I opened it and pulled out the flashlight that the employee had given to me. "You can't give back a gift once it's given. All you can do is pass it on." Is what he had told me.

Owen looked over and I noticed he had started to cry. I smiled and turned on the flashlight. He looked at me.

"yeah ok you got a flashlight, so what?" he said. I handed him the flashlight and he got quiet.

".... . .-. . / .... .- ...- . / .. -" (Here have it) I tapped out

"Are... are you sure?" Owen said with a bit of a surprise.

"-.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. .----. - / --. .. ...- . / -... .- -.-. -.- / .- / --. .. ..-. - / --- -. -.-. . / .. - .----. ... / --. .. ...- . -. .-.-.- / .- .-.. .-.. / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. / -.. --- / .. ... / .--. .- ... ... / .. - / --- -. .-.-.-" (You can't give back a gift once it's given. All you can do is pass it on)

He looked at the flashlight and then back to me. He smiled softly. I had never gotten him to smile. I know he picked on me a lot, but I think he has his reasons.

"- .... .- -. -.- / -.-- --- ..-" (Thank you) he tapped to me.

"-.-- --- ..- .----. .-. . / .-- . .-.. -.-. --- -- ." (You're welcome) I tapped back

He gave me a hug and we sat there together until the lights came back on.