Nolan St.Aubin

 It was a cold and windy night in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do but wait, wait for what might happen or what might not happen. A group of kids sitting alongside each other whispering in fear with what just happened a few minutes prior causing the electricity to go out in the small cabin they are vacationing at. All they heard was a humungous bang followed by complete darkness. Confused with what to do at this moment they begin to plot a plan. It doesn’t help that’s it just got dark out and the moon is nonexistence on this cool September night, which causes the group looking for the flashpoint to struggle. After ten minutes which seemed like hours to these kids the quote unquote leader of the group Jake found the flashlight which was tightly jammed in the messy duffle bag he had packed. Turning it on and looking at everyone face to face asking them what they should do. They all respond by telling Jake to go outside to see if he could figure out what happened.

Once Jake goes outside the cabin to see why the power has gone out, he notices it wasn’t storming out, and there was no sign of any tampering to the electric box. At least the group had enough batteries to last them until their ride picks them up in two days he thought to himself. The realization had set in that they won’t be able to cook, or get the cabin warm without power and fear followed. Knowing these next couple days are going to be tough they decided to stick up for each other and realize they are all in this together and decided the preeminent thing to do was go to bed and see if the power would be back on when they woke up.

While sleeping in the middle of the night Jake is woken up by gaudy roar and he is the only one to hear and it tells him something he already knows. It tells him that there is nothing to do but wait for what might happen or what might not happen. He goes back to bed confused and plans on telling the group about the experience when they all wake up.

The sun comes up and everyone awakes from a deep sleep, some even forget about what happened the night before. They go throughout their day like a normal one still without power though, it seems as if the power never turned off they were having so much fun. It was just a relaxing day and all they had to do was make it through one more cold night. It’s an hour away from sunset and Jake finally tells the group about his experience from the night before. The group didn’t even believe him and they were actually making fun of him the remainder of the time the sun was up.

The final night begins and the spirits of everyone is high they are actually excited to get back to their own beds tomorrow. Everyone is in the cabin since it’s starting to get cold out and because they hear noises when they are outside. They converse to one another about what noises they exactly are hearing outside in the distance. The group agrees that the best way to describe this noise was a gaudy roar, at that instant Jake tells the group that’s what he heard last night and he isn’t kidding. The group gets serious at this point knowing something is out in the darkness that told them to wait for what might happen and they have no idea now of what might happen. At this moment ear piercing growls from the woods are heard by all the people at the cabin once again and the roars are getting closer by the minute. They prepare themselves the best way they can in the dark. Jake gathers up old broken pieces of wood ready to attack this unknown beast. This creature is getting closer and closer the noise is the worst noise you can imagine something unexplainable. Jake dashes to the nearest window knowing this beast is close maybe close enough to see. As he slowly pulls back the curtain he can’t believe what he has just seen then boom! Silence follows the huge boom and shortly after that so does the electricity. The group can’t believe what they see, their leader laying on the floor. Flashlight laying on the floor right next to him shining on his face. The group notices that Jake is unable to move or talk. They don’t know what to do without their leader he has been there for them throughout all the hard times in the woods.