"The Shredder"

The Shredder

The date was October 13th, and the time was 9:00pm when our TV yelled "Attention, there is a crazy, masked killer who goes by the name the shredder in this area, we advise that you lock your windows, barrackate your doors, and do not step outside." When I heard this I spat out my morning coffee and ran to my brother's bedroom and told him the news. "Tom, out of all the ridiculous stuff you have made up, this is by far the most stupidest one I have ever heard, there is no such thing as the shredder, it is all just some dumb Halloween gag," said John. John was my 19 year old brother, he is 2 years older than me. My parents went on vacation for the week and they trusted us that we would not do anything stupid. Our family also has a dog whose name was Max. When I went back into the main room I heard the TV say " there will be a $10,000 reward for the person who turns this man into the police, dead or alive." Hearing this, my brother ran downstairs shouting "$10,000! I CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THAT MUCH MONEY!" He went into the basement and took out my dad's gun. "You're not dumb enough to go and kill this man, are you?" I said. "I'm not dumb, I just want the money," he replied. When he went upstairs, I went to go find my phone when I found it I saw that it was all shredded apart and I thought to myself "Oh god he's in the house right now." I ran to John and shouted "JOHN, THE SHREDDER IS IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW, HE SHREDDED MY PHONE AND I CAN'T USE IT TO CALL MOM OR DAD!" John replied, " We will go hide in my room, when he comes in we will be ready to attack him." When we went into his room I grabbed his bow and arrow just in case if he actually does come in, then I realized something was missing. "I'll be right back." " Are you crazy?!" said John. "It will only be a second," I said. I ran trying to find my dog Max when I tripped over something that felt almost lumpy. When I look at it I realized that it was Max, but he was all shredded and mutilated. With my skin now pale and my legs shivering, I picked up the remains of Max and went back into the bedroom. When I showed John he said " once I kill this man we can get a new dog." "Why did he deserve to die, he was a really good companion to have," I thought. All of a sudden a claw began to rip through the door, "OH GOD IT IS HIM!" I yelled. John got the gun ready, when the shredder broke through John fired the gun. "Why isn't he dead?" I said. "Oh god, oh god, I forgot to load the gun, John said. When he said that I got the bow ready, but I couldn't find an arrow. At that point I grabbed my sweatshirt and began to jump out of the window and run to the nearest town. John grabbed me and said " you're going to help me kill this man." I replied " Are you insane? There is no way you can kill this man with your bare arms. I'm running because would rather live the life I have now, than die trying to get $10000." When I ran outside I could hear John saying "Come at me, you man in a dumb Halloween costume." After that I heard the sounds of scratches and John screaming, at that point I decided to run away. When I was running I tripped over something, when I got back up I realized that there was blood all over me, then I looked down and began to scream. There were about 100 people lying on the ground, all shredded up and mutilated. I thought to myself while running away from the pile of dead people "all those poor souls who thought they could kill a killer." When I got to town I went to a pay phone and decided to call my parents, then I started to cry when I got this message "uh kid, your parents are dead, they were scratched up by some killer 3 days ago." At this point I did not know if I wanted to live anymore, but I decided that life is still worth living. I also called the police but I got no answer. I tried to find someone but all I found was piles of dead, mutilated bodies. I ran to the city that was not that far, but when I got there I say the same thing, piles of dead bodies. I could not see the shredder so I decided to walk back to my house. When I got home I took my backpack and started to pack some stuff to start a new life, some money, a picture of my family so I can remember them, and some other items. I went outside and got on my bike and began to pedal out of here. While on the road I saw abandoned cars, dead bodies with blood gushing out of them, and blood all over the road. "How could one man have the soul to do this?" I thought. I got to another city, but this time it had people living in it, live people. I could not be any happier to see the people who were alive. I went into a cafe and some waiter asked me "what will you have?" I was kind of hungry after running away. "I'll just take some water, and a burger and some fries, I'm kind of tired from running away from the shredder. He practically killed everyone in my town." "The shredder?" replied the waiter "He isn-" All of a sudden the waiter collapsed and I saw a big, bloody scratch on his back. I tried to run away but it was too late, for I felt an intense pain in my back and I collapsed on the ground. When I closed my eyes and opened them back up he was gone. I wondered if he was just a ghost or a figment of my imagination. When I closed my eyes again I knew I would never open them ever again.