DONT LOOK UP!

The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window...

Its dim flickering light was observed through the old dusty glass, from the outside campfire by three youths: Mikey, Sue and Jenny.

Mikey Summers had convinced his new girlfriend Sue Lawrence, to join him on a romantic overnight camping adventure, at the old abandoned cabin.

Mikey was the Football Captain, and most popular jock of their high school. His good looks and charm always got him what he wanted.

And what he wanted was simple.

A night alone with Sue, to deflower her.

He figured, with all the old stories about this place, Sue would be feeling quite vulnerable after dark, and in desperate need of his protection if they were to spend the night there alone together.

However, he had not planned on her insisting to bring her younger sister Jenny along.

While Sue was not as popular, or as outgoing as Mikey, she certainly wasn't stupid. She was well aware of the gossip at school surrounding Mikey's intentions towards her.

But that was still no match for Mikey's charm, and how special Sue felt that the hottest, most popular guy at school was interested in her.

Because of that, she agreed to go.

She did not want him to loose interest in her.

Sue's plan was also simple.

Wait for Mikey to arrive at her Parent's house to pick her up, and surprise him with the news of Jenny's attendance, all while in Mr and Mrs Lawrence's presence.

As endearing as Mikey was to her parents, he would not dare say no to Jenny in front of them.

After all, Mr and Mrs Lawrence also thought very highly of Mikey, as did all other parents who knew of him. They had no problem putting complete trust in Mikey to look after their daughters. He did not want to tarnish his 'good guy' image.

Hiding his frustration in an ever so delightful manner, Mikey Summers loaded the two Lawrence sisters into his car, farewelled Mr and Mrs Lawrence and proceeded to their current destination.

After an extensive drive through the long twisting dishevelled old road through the dense woods, and arriving in the late afternoon, the trio quickly settled in. The girls embarked on some thorough cobweb and dust cleaning, while Mikey was quick to allocate and make their beds, then moved on to making dinner.

All three had finished their dinner of fire roasted 'Potatoes in their Jackets' that Mikey had initially planned as part of a romantic two course campfire meal for just the two of them, and were now roasting marshmallows under the stars as part of the decadent desert course he had intended to woe Sue with.

This consisted of dark chocolate and fresh strawberries to accompany the charred sugary campfire favourites. He also paired this with a bottle of chilled champagne he had taken from his parents collection, and secretly bought along. The champagne was to not only impress Sue, but to also intentionally lower her virginal inhibitions.

But it wasn't Sue Lawrence beeming with joy over Mikey's efforts.

It was young Jenny.

It took no convincing from Sue, or even Mr and Mrs Lawrence, for Jenny to tag along.

Jenny idolised Mikey. She could barely contain her excitement that her big sister, was dating THE Mikey Summers, and that she herself was on a camping trip with them.

Jenny was adamant that she would be the envy of all her friends, and the talk of the school, because she was now going to be good friends with Mikey Summers, and the three of them together will have braved a scary night at the infamous abandoned cabin in the woods. Jenny was ecstatic at the very thought.

When Mikey produced the chilled alcoholic bottle from his cooler bag, he did so whilst establishing to young Jenny that this special beverage was only for 'adults' which included himself and her big sister, Sue. He also alluded to the idea that this was their special little secret.

Completely besotted that she was even in his presence, Jenny very excitedly assured Mikey that she understood and that while she would not be having any, she would keep their little secret.

Jenny wanted desperately for Mikey Summers to think she was cool and mature, and now they even shared a secret together.

Mikey Summers was not one to shy away from a challenge. Not getting his own way was foreign to him.

Despite the inconvenience of Sue's kid sister in the scenario, he had already devised a plan on how he was going manage this.

The way Mikey saw it..

He was taking Sue Lawrence's virginity tonight!

Sue was reluctant to try the champagne.

Especially in front of her younger sister Jenny, but more because she never had any desire to drink alcohol, or go to parties with the 'cool kids'.

Sue was into more wholesome activities such as craft, reading, and doing well at school.

But she found herself in a position, thanks to Mikey's manipulation, where even her younger sister Jenny was eager for her to drink the champagne.

Sue also didn't want The Town Idol to loose interest in her. She was overpowered by how special his attention made her feel.

So she drank the champagne.

Mikey's plan was working perfectly.

The girls were eating out of the palm of his hand. He smugly thought to himself that it was now time to initiate the second phase to his master plan.

To get his uninterrupted alone time with Sue, Mikey was going to terrify young Jenny into being too scared to enter the cabin, and remain outside next to the campfire.

This would give him ample opportunity to have his way with the now adequately intoxicated, Sue Lawrence.

"Do either of you girls know the story behind this place?" Mikey asked.

"What?" asked Sue.

"No, what do you mean?" questioned Jenny, with an eager anticipation.

"You know... what happened here and why it's abandoned" Mikey answered.

"Oh don't start with that nonsense Mr Summers!" Sue quipped, with a very tipsy expression on her face whilst nudging his shoulder for him to stop.

"Yes, I want to know!" piped up Jenny.

Mikey chuckled, clutching his shoulder.

He then turned to Sue, while he raised his well-built arm to wrap around the tops of her slender shoulders, and bring her closer to him.

"Seeeeeee, Miss Lawrence! Little Jenny WANTS to know" he said cheekily while pointing over to Jenny.

"And she SHOULD know, as should you" he exlaimed, suddenly becoming more serious.

"Jenny, they are just old stories people made up. They aren't real" Sue assured her younger sibling, while flicking a side eye to Mikey who now had both his big muscular arms wrapped around her.

"TELL US MIKEY!" Pleaded Jenny, "I want to know!".

"Know you must..... and know you will" Mikey declared, in the best eerie voice he could muster.

"Oh god!" Scoffed Sue, rolling her eyes in defeat yet still finding the humour in his actions.

"GO ON THEN MASTER YODA" she jokingly demanded, before breaking down to a giddy giggle in his arms.

Mickey kissed her cheek, as if to thank her for permitting his story, and tightened his arms around her.

"Okey then..." he started, in a victorious yet serious tone.

He took a prolonged breath and exhaled. His face suddenly became rather solemn.

"Have you girls ever heard of.. the Australian Drop Bears?" He grimly asked before pausing, and staring sternly towards Jenny.

Jenny's eyes widened with a distressing eagerness.

"Noooooo" she replied, with an intense curiosity.

"That's because they are NOT REAL JENNY!" Sue shrieked, interrupting Mikey's story.

"They are just something Aussies try to scare tourists with over there! It's like a joke they are all in on! And even if they WERE real, WHICH THEY ARE NOT, we are in AMERICA, not Australia" Sue asserted to her younger sister.

Eager for Mike to think she was mature and cool, and still fixated on his question, Jenny looked back at Mikey.

"What about them?" she asked inquisitively.

This time Sue accepted defeat, and decided to enjoy the comfort of Mikey's strong arms which now engulfed her whole upper body.

Knowing he now had the floor, Mikey resumed his grim demeanour and continued with his story.

"They are very real" he asserted.

"And yes, Sue, they ARE all over there in Australia..." he conceded while coming to a pause.

A grave and sinister look washed over his othwise healthy, handsome face. In a heavy tone, the words:

"All....except for One...." fell from his mouth.

This time Sue did not debate the legitimacy of his story. Instead, she joined her younger sister in suddenly feeling overwhelmed and incredibly uneasy, which Mikey felt.

Acknowledging the further success of his efforts, he continued on.

"This abandoned cabin. This whole massive abandoned acreage of woods. All belonged to an old Australian guy who moved over here with his wife, long ago" he explained.

"Ol Jack Thompson and his wife Sharon. They once had a huge property in the Australian bush. They sold it and then moved over here and bought this huge acreage." Says Mikey.

"Why?" Asked Jenny, completely enthralled in the story.

"Well, they say they had a little daughter. Before they moved over here" said Mikey.

"What happened to her?" Enquired Sue.

With a hollow gloomy look on his face, he replied "She was killed...".

The three youths all went quiet. Only the crackling of the flames filled the silence.

Mikey continued:

"She was killed on their property".

"Who by" asked Jenny.

"The Drop Bears" replied Mikey.

Both girls went quiet.

Mikey continued:

"They are big Bear-like animals, that sit in the branches of the trees in the Australian Bush, and drop down on their prey." He carefully described.

"They were wealthy, and had a beautiful house there in the Australian bush. They knew all about the Drop Bears, like most Australians do. Even the Indigenous Aboriginals knew all about them. There are ancient cave paintings of them all over the country. But they weren't bothered by them, and neither was Ol Jack and Sharon Thompson. You see, Drop Bears don't attack good innocent people. If you are the kind of person that has a pure heart, they will leave you alone... Unless.... you look directly at them...".

Both girls stared intensely at each other.

Mikey continued:

"You see, the reason why no one can describe what they look like, is because everyone that has ever looked directly at one, has been killed by it".

Mikey's eerie words seemed to echoe around the campfire.

"Even if you have the purest of hearts, and you look straight at one.. it will kill you... it's what happened to their little daughter..."

"And if you don't have a pure heart?" Jenny asked.

"If you don't have a pure heart... they will hunt you.."

Jenny gulped. She pondered over what she and her older sister were hearing.

"So, what kind of things do you have to do, to NOT have a 'pure heart'?". She asked, looking to Mikey.

"Well it's anything bad" Mikey quickly replied.

"It can be big or small... but YOU don't have to worry Jenny my friend, YOU haven't done anything wrong.."

Jenny let out a sigh of relief.

"Wait!" Sue interupted.

"Why is it only Jenny that has nothing to worry about? I mean, what about us?" She asked as she gestured to herself and him.

"Well we aren't of pure hearts Miss Lawrence, are we?!" He said as he cast doubt over her sense of self.

"Why aren't we?" She asked intensely.

"Well look at this!" He chirped, while raising the plastic champagne flute he was drinking from. "We are sitting here drinking underage, from a bottle we STOLE from my parents!"

Sue gasped. She was now feeling so uneasy that she didn't even try to debate who 'stole' the bottle.

"But why is this place abandoned? What happened to the Thompson's?" Asked Jenny, searching for answers.

"Well, they moved here. They were going to build a huge Mannor on this massive acerage of woods and restart their family. Try and move on from the death of their little girl. They shipped a whole lot of stuff over from Australia in a huge shipping container. Belongings, materials... all that kind of stuff.. They built this cabin to live in while they worked on building their forever home. They used a lot of Australian wood on the cabin, particularly in the rafters in the ceiling. To give them a friendly hint of home, you know?" Mikey paused.

"Now.. the story goes.... while the shipping container was being loaded, back in the Australian bush, a baby Drop Bear somehow got in amongst the materials..." said Mikey.

"And it made it here!?" Whispered Jenny.

"Yes" replied Mikey sternly.

He continued:

"It was a while before they suspected anything. They had already built this cabin, and where planning the construction of the big Mannor. But after sometime, strange things started happening. They stated finding lots of dead, half eaten squirrels around the outside of the cabin. Then after not too long, it was raccoons. Sometimes, these half eaten carcasses would still be alive! These animals kept getting bigger and bigger... until they started finding half eaten Bear carcasses...

Ol Jack Thompson was an avid hunter with several guns so they weren't overly intimidated at the time. Mrs Thompson knew he could protect her.

It wasn't until one night, they were sitting outside, around the fire in this very spot. Jack had been hunting and caught them a wild bore for dinner, which was cooking on a spit, over the fire.

Mrs Thompson went into the cabin to get some utensils for the pair to enjoy their dinner. A short while later, ol Jack started hearing a voice... slowly whispering his name....

"jaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahack" said the faint trembling voice.

"jaaaahahahack heeeeehehelp meee"

The whispering voice begged, as it wavered with difficulty".

Mikey continued, as his voice steadily got louder and more dramatic:

"So ol Jack Thompson grabs his gun, and storms into the cabin to look for her! Once inside, he points and aims his gun in all directions, looking frantically for his dear missing Wife! But he can't see her!!!..." Mikey pauses, breathing heavily.

"Then suddenly... he hears the whispering voice above him... he looks up to the rafters!!!" Mikey is yelling with panic in his voice.

"THERE IN THE RAFTERS, WAS THE DROP BEAR, HOLDING HIS BELOVED WIFE'S HALF EATEN BODY!!!!"

As Mikey's voice roared the words out load, both girls erupted in screams of fear.

"Aaaaaaaaaaagggghhh" the sisters screamed simultaneously. They both then covered their mouths with their hands.

Mikey continued:

"And that was it. No one ever saw either of them again. No one knows if Ol Jack Thompson shot the drop bear, or if the drop bear killed the both of them. Some say, ol Jack Thompson didn't even know if the voice was coming from his half eaten wife... or the Drop Bear it's self.."

With Mikey's final words, the girls were officially terrified.

"But some people say, the Drop Bear is still here, living in the rafters of this very cabin...." Mikey concluded, as he looked directly into Jenny's eyes.

Jenny again gulped.

Sue sunk deeper into the comfort of Mikey's strong arms.

"NOW" Mikey said cheerfully, changing the pace as he proceeded to unwrap his muscular limbs from around Sue's seemingly frail frame, leaving her suddenly feeling completely vulnerable.

"I don't know about you ladies, but I am ready for bed!", he announced as he quickly rose from his campfire seat with Sue, stretching his enormous arm span outwards to signify a sudden oncoming sleepiness, with a cheeky enthusiasm.

"NOOOOOOOOOO" shrieked both the girls.

"NOT IN THERE!" Whined Jenny in disbelief.

"Yes in the cabin! Now Jenny, if you are worried about the Drop Bear that lives in there, up in the rafters, just stay out here by the fire. They are scared of fire, and you have the purest of hearts"

Jenny and Sue both looked into Mikey's eyes, searching for any evidence that he was joking. That this whole story was not true. But to no avail. Mikey was a born story teller, and he would not slip up and give anything away.

"Are you coming in with me Miss Lawrence, or staying out by the fire?" He asked Sue.

"Out here!" Answered both girls simultaneously, as both sisters thought he was addressing them.

Mikey snickered. He knew he had terrified them and that his plan was working. However, he was hoping Sue would come back with him inside.

He reminded himself he still had one more trick up his sleeve. And that was to whisper Sue's name to her from inside the cabin, in the same scary voice he used to describe the haunting whispering voice in his horror story.

This should get her to come inside, to the safety of his arms, while further terrifying young Jenny.

Mikey opened the squeaky old wooden door, and disappeared inside, shutting it behind him.

As his boots came in contact with the big old wooden floor boards and bore the entirety of his weight, the creaking sounds they produced echoed through the cabin's cool musty air.

He made his way through the darkness of the cabin, over to the flickering candle which sat in the old window, he had lit when they arrived. He bought the scented candle to help create the romantic ambience he was after.

He picked the entire candle holder up, and brought it close enough to his chiseled face to not burn him, but to smell the aromatic perfumes it omitted.

"Beautiful" he smugly whispered.

No sooner then the sound had left his mouth, Mikey heard a much louder sound above him in the rafters.

Mikey gasped in panic. He held up the candle holder to try and illuminate the space between the ceiling and the imported wooden rafters, and ascertain what had made such a considerable noise. He moved it around frantically. His eyes darting everywhere, trying to catch a glimpse of whatever it was he just heard, almost killing the flame itself in the process. All he seemed to be achieving was casting dancing shadows from the rafters themselves around the arched ceiling. They all seemed alive and spookily animated. Like a scene from an ancient Australian cave painting, projected onto the ceiling like an old film, and fuelled more so by his panic-driven frenzied movements. His heart was beating like the traditional tribal percussive sounds of ancient Australia.

He realised, if he was going to see what made that sound, he would have to calm down, remain still and focus.

He took a deliberate quiet breath, trying his best to quickly gain control.

As the shadows became less animated, his vision could start to make out more and more.

Still in a state of confusion, his eyes started to make out something unusual in the rafters. As he focused more and more, the clearer he could see it. The clearer he could see it, the more rapidly his confusion was replaced by an extreme crippling horror.



The girls were trying to laugh off the story they had just heard, in a joint act of disregard and defiance, when they heard the loud THUD.

They both immediately looked up at the old window where the burning candle had only just sat. It was now gone.

The old abandoned Cabin suddenly seemed a lot darker.

"What was that? What happened to the candle?" Jenny looked to her older sister for an explanation..

Sue paused.

"It's just Mikey being his typical prankster self! Sue assured Jenny,

"He's trying to scare us. Don't let him!" Sue continued.

"I don't want to go in there" asserted Jenny.

"We'll have to at some point Jenny, the fire won't last until morning" said Sue.

Jenny pondered over that thought for a little while, weighing up her fear of the inside of the cabin, or being alone outside in the woods with no fire.

Sue looked at her younger sister, sympathetic towards her dilemma.

The two sat in momentary silence.

Over the crackling of the flames, Jenny thought she heard a faint voice.

"Did you hear that?" She asked Sue.

"No" Sue replied.

"Shh... Listen" Jenny whispered to Sue.

Again the two sisters sat in silence. The only sounds to be heard was the crackeling of the fire.

Then a distinct, trembling whisper could be heard across the flames, coming from the cabin.

"suuuuuuuuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuee" the voice whispered.

The sisters looked at each other, frozen with fear. Unable to move or talk. Unable to bring themselves to look towards the window of the cabin.

"Suuuuuuuuuuuuuhuhuhuhuhuee" the whispering voice continued, only this time louder.

"Jeeeeeeeeeeeennnneheheheheheyyy" the whispers seemed to now echoe through the woods.

Jenny gulped.

"Is.. is that... Mikey..?" She asked.

Sue took a breath, and exhaled

"Ofcourse it is Jenny, he is just trying to scare the both of us" Sue asserted, as she fought against her fear that she could possibly be wrong.

"You sure?" asked Jenny.

"Yes, he is going to fall asleep soon, and he will stop with this. You'll see!" She assured her sister as she became increasingly able to dismantle her own fears while trying to do the same for Jenny.

"Heeeeeeeeeehehehehehehelp.." begged the whispering voice.

The girls looked at each other. They then giggled together. Sue had successfully convinced both Jenny and herself that this was just Mikey trying to scare them.

Some time passed, and the whispering voice had well and truly stopped.

While Jenny was still not tired from being on edge due to Mikey's story, the champagne Sue had drank earlier was making her sleepy.

"I have to go to bed Jen. Do you want to come in with me?" She asked Jenny.

"I'm NOT going in there" she sternly answered.

"Then put the last bit of the wood on the fire, it might last until the morning" Sue advised Jenny.

"Can't you stay out here with me" pleaded Jenny.

"No Jen, Its going to be much more comfortable in there with Mikey, then out here sitting on a log" reasoned Sue.

"I know you guys want to do IT!" Snarled Jenny.

"WHAT?? NO WE DONT!" Replied Sue.

"Suuuuuuuure.. suuuuuuuure sure sure" said Jenny while rolling her eyes.

Jenny thought how she was going to be the talk of the school. How envious her friends will be. She can't let them think, or even Mikey himself think, that she was so scared from his story.

"I'm staying out here by the fire" declared Jenny. In truth, it was Mikey's description of the Drop Bear's fear of fire that made her want to stay within it's supposed protection.

Sue on the other hand, thought it more comforting to join Mikey in the Cabin, even if he was about to try and have his way with her..

"Nigh night Jen" said Sue

"Nigh night Sue" replied Jenny, as Sue opened the old squeaky door to the cabin and disappeared inside, shutting the it behind her.

Jenny snickered to herself, looking at the dark Cabin.

"They are so guna do it" she quipped while rolling her eyes.

Jenny sat by the fire, on her own, watching the burning embers and listening to the crackling sounds.

A few minutes had passed until she started to hear it. A series of faint bumps, coming from inside the cabin, slowly getting loader.

Jenny stared intently at the cabin.

The series of bumps had progressed to loud definite THUDS.

"I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING!" Yelled a frustrated Jenny.

"IM NOT STUPID YOU KNOW!"

The sounds very quickly came to a stop.

Jenny stared at the now silent cabin.

The only sounds heard now was the crackling of the fire.

"Idiots!" Jenny Huffed.

Then over the sounds of the flames, Jenny heard a whispering voice call out her name.

"jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeheheheheheheneyy" it called.

Jenny rolled her eyes again. She wanted them to know that she was not fooled. She wanted her friends to know she wasn't scared. That THE MIKEY SUMMERS tried to scare her but didn't succeed. She was going to be the talk of the school.

"jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehehny...ruuuuuun" the whispering voice from the cabin pleaded.

"ruuuuuuuuuuuuuhuhuhuhuhunnn".

Jenny glared at the abandoned cabin. The source of where this haunting voice was coming from, which she was sure was Sue's, also now trying to scare her. Driven by a fusion of early adolescent stubbornness, her ambition to be adored by her peers, and any bravery she could muster...

She refused to let them win.



After what seemed like an eternity, the voices had completely stopped.

The last red coals on the fire were about to die out, and with it, Jenny's feeling of safety.

She thought to her self, she has no other option than to go in to her bed in the cabin. Sue and Mikey would be fast asleep now, and she could just sneak in without waking them up to try and scare her again.

She made her way to the cabin's door. She did her best to open it quietly, but the squeaky sound was just as loud had she not tried to open it quietly. She shut it behind her quickly. The sound of the old rusty door handle mechanism locking, signaled to the darkness that Jenny was now inside the cabin.

In the complete darkness, coming from the other side of the cabin, she heard a reaction to the Doorhandle's sound she had just made. It was like a heavy inhale. Then an exhale.

As Jenny stepped across the old floorboards in the opposite direction, moving towards her bed, the creaking sound seemed deafening.

"jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehehehehehnyyy" said the whispering voice from the other side of the cabin.

"I'm not listeeeeenniiiiing!!" Jenny taunted.

"ruuuuuuuuuhuhuhn Jeeeeehehnnyy"

"Nice try guys but I'm going to bed!

Jenny found her way to the bed in which she was sleeping in. She took off her boots and put herself under the covers.

"Jeeeeeeeeeeheheheheney" the voice continued.

Jenny grabbed her pillow and wrapped it around her head.

"Good NIGHT!" She huffed.

The pillow muffled out all the sounds.

Jenny found this incredibly comforting. So much so, she drifted right off to sleep.





As Jenny opened her eyes, she noticed the beautiful rays of morning light, streaming through the cracks in the roof and walls. Dust particles floated in and out of the light beams like fireflies in slow motion. How pretty, she thought.

The more she gained consciousness, the more she became aware of the man's voice yelling from outside the cabin.

She realised it was this man's voice outside yelling, that had woken her up.

She took a moment to listen to him.

"IS ANYONE ELSE IN THERE!?" The voice screamed.

Jenny was finally awake enough to realise this man's voice had an Australian accent, and was actually calling out to her inside.

With her vision still blurry from being half asleep, she scanned the cabin to locate Sue and Mikey, to which she couldn't.

"IS THERE ANYONE ELSE INSIDE!?" The voice continued to scream..

"Yes..." she coughed, clearing her throat.

"Yes I am!" She replied to man's voice

The man outside paused.

"ARE YOU HURT!?" He asked with a clear concern in his voice.

"No!" She replied.

So confused by what was happening, she took another scan around the cabin.

This time, her eyes could clearly see the blood stains all through the cabin, which were not there when they arrived yesterday afternoon in the daylight. Her stomach suddenly churned violently.

"Oh my god!!!" She whimpered.

She covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from screaming.

After hearing her reaction to her gory surroundings, the male's voice outside continued:

"LISTEN! YOU ARE OK! BUT YOU HAVE TO DO AS I SAY, RIGHT NOW!!" The man's voice seemed to be pleading with her, with a sense of dire seriousness.

"CAN YOU DO THAT!?" The man begged.

Jenny was incredibly confused and scared about what was happening, and what she was meant to do.

She figured this man's voice seemed to be worried about her and appeared to want to help her. And on the other hand, if she stays in the cabin, will she endure what ever happened to her sister Sue, and Mikey.

"Yea...YES I CAN.." she whimpered back.

"OK GOOD!" Shouted the man in response.

"I NEED YOU TO OPEN THE FRONT DOOR, AND WAIT THERE FOR MY NEXT INSTRUCTION. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ME ONCE YOU OPEN THE DOOR, BUT I NEED YOU TO JUST WAIT THERE! CAN YOU DO THAT!?" The man's voice asked, full of desperation.

"Yess...." she replied, so terrified the words barely leaving her mouth.

While holding her mouth closed to prevent herself from screaming, she slowly tip toed across the blood stained wooden floor boards.

As she got closer to the front door, she noticed a heavy flow of blood dripping down the outside of the dusty old windows.

She moaned uncontrollably at the macabre sight, tightening both hands over her mouth to muffle her cries.

"JUST KEEP MOVING DARLIN, YOU CAN DO IT!" The man's voice yelled.

Jenny got to the front door. She took her hand from her mouth and shakily moved it towards the old rusty handle, fumbling and bumping it when she grabbed it.

"OK, NOW SLOOOOOWLY OPEN THE DOOR!! YOU WILL SEE ME AT MY TRUCK. REMEMBER, JUST WAIT THERE FOR MY NEXT INSTRUCTION, OK!?" The man's voice seemed like it wasn't that far away from the outside of the door.

"Ok.." Jenny replied reluctantly.

She took a breath, and exhaled.

She slowly turned the old door handle, until the rusty mechanism unlatched.

She ever so slowly pushed the old creaky door open.

As it slowly swung open, it gradually revealed the old man with the Australian accent, standing on the other side of his truck. He was very rugged looking, almost hermit like. He had a big bushy grey beard, and two piercing blue eyes that were intently staring at Jenny with tremendous concern.

The man had a shotgun, propped up by his hand with his elbow on the roof of his truck, taking aim at the cabin.

It took Jenny a second to realise it wasn't pointed directly at her, but up towards the Cabins roof.

Jenny slowly started to raise her gaze upwards. She noticed the blood was leaking off of the bottom edges of the roof, and actually coming from what ever this man had in his aim.

"DONT LOOK UP!" He screamed.

Jenny's crying intensified.

"Aggggghh sorrry..." she sobbed uncontrollably.

"YA DOING GOOD!" The man yelled.

Jenny continued to sob.

"NOW, I NEED YOU, TO JUST WALK TOWARDS ME, VEEEERRRY SLOOOOOOWLLYYY"

Jenny's crying elevated to the point of no sound, shaking her head.

"YES, YOU CAN DO THIS. IM RIGHT HERE. JUST WALK TO ME VERY SLOWLY!" The man instructed.

Jenny took a series of deep breaths to try and gain control of herself.

She looked into the man's piercing blue eyes. She nodded to him.

He nodded back.

"THATS IT. NIIIIICE AND SLOOOOW!"

Jenny nodded again, as she began taking small steps, emerging from the cabins doorway and down the small flight of rickety old wooden stairs.

As she passed under the bottom edge of the roof, she collected some droplets of the blood that was dripping down, on her face.

She tightened her eyes momentarily and slowly exhaled, trying her best not to let it affect her.

"YA DOING GOOD!" He encouraged.

"JUST A LITTLE FURTHER!".

Jenny was now very aware that whoever, or whatever was happening on the roof, she would now be completely in their view.

The man was able to read this thought process on her face.

"WHAT EVER YOU DO, DONT LOOK UP!" The man sternly demanded.

These words from the man did not help her fear or desire to know or ascertain exactly what kind of danger she was in.

She stopped in her tracks. Halfway between the cabin and the Man's Truck.

"KEEP COMING!" He screamed.

Jenny stared at the intensity in the man's eyes.

What is going on? she thought. What kind of danger am I in? Am I about to die? What is on the roof? Did it kill my sister and Mikey? Why can't I look up?

These perplexing questions flying through Jenny's head like Jumbo Jets, were driven and exasperated by her crippling fear.

"DONT LOOK UP! KEEP COMING TO ME!" Screamed the man in desperation, as he read Jenny's face.

But her fear had gotten the better of her..

She swung around, and looked up to the top of the roof.

She could barely make out the sound of the man screaming to her in the background.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Moaned the muffled scream.

What Jenny saw standing on that roof, is almost indescribable..

There, on top of the cabin's roof, stood a huge blood soaked hideous, hairy creature.

In its gigantic human-like hands, it held up the two half eaten bodies of her sister Sue, and Mikey, by the hair on their heads.

It was chewing a piece of their flesh, in it's gaping wide mouth.

Jenny completely Froze.

Before she could hear the man's shotgun firing softly in the background, Jenny heard a whisper coming from the top of the cabin's roof.

"jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeheheheheheneyy" it called.

The last thought Jenny had, was if the whisper was coming from her Sister's mouth, or the creature's....



THE END