SOMETHING ROAMS THE NIGHT...

FOURTEEN

I ignored Andy's cries as I burst out of Mum and Dad's room, and ran for the front door. My grip tightened around his small wrist- I knew I was hurting him, but I didn't care. I just wanted to get out of here, away from the creatures of the night.

Damon's cries faded away as we ran, and ran, further and further away from the house. We didn't stop running until we saw a cosy, wooden home many kilometres away from where we stayed.

"Hello!" Andy pushed the doorbell. Once, twice.

"I'm sorry to bother you," I said to the young man who answered the door. It was three in the morning, but he didn't look the least bit sleepy.

"Get in," he said, ushering us inside without even asking us our names. "What the hell are you kids doing out in the middle of the night?"

"I'm sorry," I said again. "There was..."

"Our house was wrecked," Andy cut in. "And we can't find our parents."

"What do you mean?" the man looked at Andy as though he was crazy. "You can't find your parents?"

"Yes," I nodded. "We don't know where they are. And there's these..."

"There's a killer in our house, maybe more of them." Andy finished for me. "They took our parents."

"Whoa," the man held out a hand. "Killers in your house? Why, call the police!"

"We can't," Andy shook his head. "They wouldn't believe us."

"Uh...sh-," the man cursed. He sat down on a chair, trying to catch his breath. "Are they...are they human?"

I was taken aback by what he asked us. Was he a believer too? How many people in this town believed in the stories without actually witnessing it? Was I the only one who hadn't believed when others did? Was I the only foolish one?

"No," Andy replied instantly. "They only appear at night, and kill when they can."

"Sh-," the man said again. "Is there anyone in the house now?"

"Yes, our friend, Damon. He's in there with them. And our parents are possibly inside too," Andy answered. "Help us, please."

"I can't," the man ran a hand down his handsome face. "Your friend, Damon?"

"He's a dead man."