English assignment, i had to write a story, read :D
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:39 pm
The house sat in an old, abbandon neighborhood. The neighborhood was abanndon for rumors of things that lurked around in the night, and only in the night. They are stealthy, quick, and dangerous. They live in the ground, they live in the walls of hills and canyons, anywhere underground. No one knows if they exist, but no one wants to test whether they do or not, they fear being caught by one of these things, it had supposedly happened so many times in the past and present.
This rich neighborhood was in an isolated area, away from the towns and cities. It was built for people who looked for salvation, who wanted to get away from all the noise and rush in their normal lives. It was a perfect society, it used to be a mine town, it was abandon once the mine was exploited of all its goods it had to give and was left there, left there for someone to decide that it was the perfect place to build a society on, a society of those who are tired of thier normal lives.
The house, the main house, sheltered the man, the man who decided to put all of his money into this project. He meant all for the best, all he wanted was to give people the chance to get away from thier lives. This house was of course the first house built meaning, it was the main house, the house in which all the rules came from, and also.....where they came from. People started getting suspicious when they didnt see the owner of this haven, he hardly did get out, but he still made apperances. No one approached his house because they didnt want to bother him, they thought he must just be taking a little break. They thought they owed it to him since he gave them thier break.
There were rumors of what had happened to him, some said that he had abanndon the town, some said that he was taking a break, some said he was still there. But no one really believed any of theses, they just used them to bring on conversations, because the fact was that no one knowed, because no one had bothered him.
The community had kept on going with its normal flow, people relaxed, swam in thier pools and drank thier martinis in the sun working on thier tan blabbering about how much they hate thier job and boss because he or she hadent given them that bonus or promotion.
They kept on having thier parties, celebrations, etc. and soon enough the people had forgotten about the man that gave them this great place, they let their relaxation part of their mind take over the part of thier mind that made them worry and think. The town was in a forest/desert area, keeping the place hot, but covering places in shade when people dont want to bake in the sun. It was the perfect place......
About a week after people started to loose interest of what happened to the nice man who owned the area, more people started to dissapear. Yet people still stayed, and just wondered what was going on, was it a kidnapper? They just sat and wondered if they should call the police and have their place turn into a stressful investigation area, or keep things a secret and live in peace. Obviously living in peace was the choice, they were so desparate to get away from thier lives that they decided to risk others just so they can be happy.
It became common that one person would dissapear every one week and people locked thier doors tighter every time it happened, but they still got in. By about a month it was too risky to leave at all and people had to communicate by phone all the time. Food wasnt an isssue, it was required that you kept about a few months supply of food in your basement, and the water worked just fine. They also had guns, but it didnt seem to do any good, obviously, since people just kept on dissapearing. Electricity was also, not a problem, each house had their own little electricity station in the basement, under the basement. It ran off of gas to get started, but once it started it ran off of itselfs electricity. The phones only allowed you to communicate with people in the community, no stressful outside calls sounded like heaven to people when they first came in, but now they werent so sure. Phonecalls used to be something to talk about something joyful, but now the phonecalls were about someone who had dissapeared. Some didnt even answer their phone because they were either taken, or they didnt want to hear about those who were taken.
A lot of people just lived life happily, still, in their houses with thier indoor pools, bowling allys, theater, arcades, gambling rooms, recreational rooms, and large entertainment rooms. The houses were huge because the land surrounding them was huge, they were also affordable, well, for rich people anyways, for the moderate people, it would cost thier life savings, their retirment plan money. Once you paid your money to get in, everything else was given to you, you didnt have to pay for anything else, it was all taken care of by the owner.
The creatures, the things that took your neighbor away, traveled in darkness, in the shadows. They cannot appear in light, it is just impossible, they dont just die in light, they just cant walk around or anything. The people of the community didnt know this so they just stayed in thier houses living life without the outdoors. The creatures, they travel like ghosts in the shadows, the dark makes them invincible. Thier skin, is more like an exoskeloten armor, black and shiny, looking laminated. They looked like big beetles, without the big wings on their back, and they dont hunch or walk on all fours. They move like an army would, in different groups, they never go alone. They also never leave one of them behind, to be caught, the creatures actually had a sence of feeling, and they were smart too. No one really knows how they got there, and no one, no one but the people who had been caught had actually seen the creatures, and no one came back alive, or dead, they just vanished. People never tried to escape, they all thought "This wont happen to me, no way, im ready for them". Their freinds said that too, their freinds that got captured. But still every individual thought they were strong enough to fight these things head to head. That kind of thinking is what made this perfect community dissapear leaving only their perfect houses behind, and no traces of anyone actually living there. The area and the things wait for the next group of people to show up, and dissapear.
what do ya think? 100% Grade material?
This rich neighborhood was in an isolated area, away from the towns and cities. It was built for people who looked for salvation, who wanted to get away from all the noise and rush in their normal lives. It was a perfect society, it used to be a mine town, it was abandon once the mine was exploited of all its goods it had to give and was left there, left there for someone to decide that it was the perfect place to build a society on, a society of those who are tired of thier normal lives.
The house, the main house, sheltered the man, the man who decided to put all of his money into this project. He meant all for the best, all he wanted was to give people the chance to get away from thier lives. This house was of course the first house built meaning, it was the main house, the house in which all the rules came from, and also.....where they came from. People started getting suspicious when they didnt see the owner of this haven, he hardly did get out, but he still made apperances. No one approached his house because they didnt want to bother him, they thought he must just be taking a little break. They thought they owed it to him since he gave them thier break.
There were rumors of what had happened to him, some said that he had abanndon the town, some said that he was taking a break, some said he was still there. But no one really believed any of theses, they just used them to bring on conversations, because the fact was that no one knowed, because no one had bothered him.
The community had kept on going with its normal flow, people relaxed, swam in thier pools and drank thier martinis in the sun working on thier tan blabbering about how much they hate thier job and boss because he or she hadent given them that bonus or promotion.
They kept on having thier parties, celebrations, etc. and soon enough the people had forgotten about the man that gave them this great place, they let their relaxation part of their mind take over the part of thier mind that made them worry and think. The town was in a forest/desert area, keeping the place hot, but covering places in shade when people dont want to bake in the sun. It was the perfect place......
About a week after people started to loose interest of what happened to the nice man who owned the area, more people started to dissapear. Yet people still stayed, and just wondered what was going on, was it a kidnapper? They just sat and wondered if they should call the police and have their place turn into a stressful investigation area, or keep things a secret and live in peace. Obviously living in peace was the choice, they were so desparate to get away from thier lives that they decided to risk others just so they can be happy.
It became common that one person would dissapear every one week and people locked thier doors tighter every time it happened, but they still got in. By about a month it was too risky to leave at all and people had to communicate by phone all the time. Food wasnt an isssue, it was required that you kept about a few months supply of food in your basement, and the water worked just fine. They also had guns, but it didnt seem to do any good, obviously, since people just kept on dissapearing. Electricity was also, not a problem, each house had their own little electricity station in the basement, under the basement. It ran off of gas to get started, but once it started it ran off of itselfs electricity. The phones only allowed you to communicate with people in the community, no stressful outside calls sounded like heaven to people when they first came in, but now they werent so sure. Phonecalls used to be something to talk about something joyful, but now the phonecalls were about someone who had dissapeared. Some didnt even answer their phone because they were either taken, or they didnt want to hear about those who were taken.
A lot of people just lived life happily, still, in their houses with thier indoor pools, bowling allys, theater, arcades, gambling rooms, recreational rooms, and large entertainment rooms. The houses were huge because the land surrounding them was huge, they were also affordable, well, for rich people anyways, for the moderate people, it would cost thier life savings, their retirment plan money. Once you paid your money to get in, everything else was given to you, you didnt have to pay for anything else, it was all taken care of by the owner.
The creatures, the things that took your neighbor away, traveled in darkness, in the shadows. They cannot appear in light, it is just impossible, they dont just die in light, they just cant walk around or anything. The people of the community didnt know this so they just stayed in thier houses living life without the outdoors. The creatures, they travel like ghosts in the shadows, the dark makes them invincible. Thier skin, is more like an exoskeloten armor, black and shiny, looking laminated. They looked like big beetles, without the big wings on their back, and they dont hunch or walk on all fours. They move like an army would, in different groups, they never go alone. They also never leave one of them behind, to be caught, the creatures actually had a sence of feeling, and they were smart too. No one really knows how they got there, and no one, no one but the people who had been caught had actually seen the creatures, and no one came back alive, or dead, they just vanished. People never tried to escape, they all thought "This wont happen to me, no way, im ready for them". Their freinds said that too, their freinds that got captured. But still every individual thought they were strong enough to fight these things head to head. That kind of thinking is what made this perfect community dissapear leaving only their perfect houses behind, and no traces of anyone actually living there. The area and the things wait for the next group of people to show up, and dissapear.
what do ya think? 100% Grade material?
but one question... if no has ever SEEN the creatures... then how do you know what they look like? 
