Terror In The Night

   It was a dark and stormy Halloween night and Sal  and Jess

her best friend were at Sal's house for the night to watch

movies.

   Knock, Knock, Knock, "Sal, someones at the door do you

want me to answer it?", Jess yelled to Sal who was upstairs

doing her hair in the bathroom.   "Yeah Cool Jess its probably

just some more annoying trick or treaters anyway", replied Sal.

   Jess got up off the couch and approached the door making

sure to peer through the peephole to see who it was. 

  All she

could make out were two small dark figures so she guessed they

were trick or treaters.   She then opened the door just enough so

she could have the latch on.   "Grrrrrrr we are the creatures from

hell", screamed the smaller of the two figures.     

   Both the figures were dressed with a bed sheet that had

obviously been painted black and thrown over their heads with

just two tiny holes where the eyes would be.   The other figure

then said "whats it gunna be lady, trick or treat?"   Jess opened

the door fully now and beckoned them to come inside.   "Just

wait here", she said as she ran up the stairs and into the

bathroom where Sal was still combing her hair.

   "Sal what should I give those two boys", asked Jess.   "I dunno

give them one of those chocolate things near the fridge", Sal

replied.   Jess turned and went back down the stairs into the

kitchen to find the bars.   "Are you still there boys?", she yelled. 

But there was no reply.   Jess stopped and went back to the front

door.   To her surprise the boys had vanished and there was no

sign of them.   Fine she thought to herself at least it saves two

more chocolate bars for me.  

   Suddenly Jess heard a voice but she didn't know what it said

or where it was coming from.   "Is somebody there?", Jess

inquired taking a huge gulp at the same time.   "Yeah me",

replied the voice in a strong tone.   Arggghhhhh Jess screamed

as she saw a tall man bearing a long sharp knife.   Jess turned

around and bolted back up the stairs as fast as she could.

   "Sal, Sal the...the...theres a huge guy with a knife downstairs",

Jess stuttered.   "What are you on about Jess?", replied Sal.  

"Im serious Sal there's a guy with a knife downstairs and he's

'gunna' kill us", shrieked Jess as the panic set in.   Sal was

begining to get worried now  as she tried to think straight. 

"Now calm down Jess", Sal said softly,   "There are two of us

and only one of him right?,"   "Right!", replied Jess.   "So all we

gotta do is each grab something heavy and go face this guy head

to head", explained Sal.   Sal slowly began walking out of the

bathroom and beckoned Jess to follow.   The girls now

proceeded along the hall and into Sal's room.   Sal looked for

her baseball bat while Jess ran to Sal's brother's room for

something she could use to hit this intruder.   She found a golf

club lying under his bed, grabbed it and ran out the room, her

and Sal met just above the stairs.   "You ready?", she asked,

"Readier than i'll ever be!", Sal replied, not so enthusiasticly.

"OK, here goes!"

   The two girls now began to make there way downstairs both

shivering in terror.   Suddenly it all got too much and Jess

collapsed and began tumbling down the stairs.   She rolled all

the way to the bottom dropped her golf club and then landed flat

on her back motionless.  

   At that the moment Sal who was standing still in shock

noticed a man enter through the front door and move towards

Jess brandishing a knife and a briefcase.   Sal screamed at the

top of her voice "you leave my friend alone you bastard", and

charged towards the man swinging her bat.    Sal had a huge

swing but didn't actually connect with the man who was now

bent down next to Jess asking her if she was alright.

   The man then looked up at Sal and said, "Wow thats some

greeting you two have got there".   Sal stopped for a moment

and stared at the man with a confused expression.   "Im Tim

Shaw from Demtal Shopping Service and I was wondering

whether you girls were interested in purchasing the one and only

Tasaki meat knife", explained the man.   Jess who was now

sitting upright began to chuckle.   You mean you arnt some

Psycho here to murder us and steal our money?, asked Sal.   No

as i said "Im Tim Shaw selling the Tasaki Meat knife from

Japan".   Jess began to say something when the man interuppted

saying "but wait theres more, like this fabulous fruit peeler,

which also has functions for cutting carrots, mashing potatos,

scrambling eggs and more!"   Sal and Jess looked at each other

and began to laugh and laugh and laugh!

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THE END

By Ben Ebbott