Sam is a 6 ‘3,” 22-year-old man with dark brown hair, which is graying from stress, and a long beard that hasn’t been shaved in months. He was asleep when a cold hand brushed against him; he woke up in a cold sweat. The sensation felt icy, unfamiliar, and mysterious. He looked around the dark hotel room as his eyes darted frantically. As Sam got up, the moonlight glared into the room, prompting him to look in the bathroom and check the shower curtain to ensure no one was in there.
Sam exited the room, the landline phone on the table started to ring. He cautiously walks up to the phone, filled with fright, and picks it up. As Sam picks it up, he hears a sound of breathing from the other line. Sam’s breath hyperventilates, prompting him to hang up the phone. As he backs away, the phone rings again, this time more rapidly. Sam can hear his heart beating in his chest; he almost thinks it might jump out of his throat. He picks up the phone and once again hears the caller’s heavy panting.. When the voice finally responds, he is petrified.
“You have 5 days left to live,” the voice says, then the dial tone is the only thing that can be heard.
Sam drops the phone and stumbles over to the bed; he turns on the light and picks it up to call his brother Kevin. When Kevin doesn’t answer, Sam slams his phone against the wall and then suddenly there is a creak from inside the closet. Sam slowly walks toward the closet and opens the door. Once he opens the door and the closet, and the hangers are rocking back and forth ever so slightly. When he goes to shut it, a man jumps out and grabs him and pins him down on the floor. The man has no face, and Sam tries to get out of his grip, but the man won’t let go. As Sam looks at the mysterious man, he grabs a knife out of his back pocket. Sam frantically starts to panic, and the man brings the knife up and quickly brings it down to his chest.
And there was a shriek.
Sam wakes up screaming, his chest heaving in fear. Sam finally takes a breath to calm himself down as he looks around the dark hotel room. The moonlight shines through the room, only to realize it’s a window. Sam feels a cool breeze and looks over only to recognize that the front door is open. His eyes widen with fear as there’s a noise once more, and he looks wide-eyed at the closet that was once shut and is now open. Sam’s eyes widen, and tears start to form, as a man steadily approaches…and all you can hear is a scream.
A blood-curdling scream…
Addison Fine is a 16-year-old who is in her junior year at Franklin Towne Charter High School. She is excited to create more stories in the future.