I finally make it to my parents and to no surprise my dads outside grilling. “Hey son nice to see you, how was your trip?” shouts my father with a gaint smile on his face. “It was long and excruciating. I thought I would never get here” I told him while grabbing my luggage out of my car. Looking around I noticed my mom wasn’t here to welcome me. She was the person I thought would be hugging me and saying how she misses me. “ Hey dad? Where is mom at? Is she inside cooking something?” I asked patently waiting for some help. “No, she’s out getting some things for dinner. She should be back soon” says my dad. “Okay I’m going to take my things to the guest room and lay down for a minute. I’m exhausted from that drive” I told him already half way inside the house. “Okay. I’ll send your mom up if you fall asleep” he said.

Laying down on the bed I could feel my whole body relaxing. I haven’t laid in bed for so long. I should probably put my things away before my mom gets home. It took about ten minutes to put my things away so I just decided to lay back down. I closed my eyes just to rest for a second. I felt like I could sleep for a whole day, but I can’t unfortunately. Work only gave me a week off so I better make the most of it. As I lay there I can feel my self slowly falling asleep. My eyes are feeling heavier and heavier like someone’s adding weights on them. “I’ll just take a little nap before my mom gets home” I thought to my self. Just for a little...

I suddenly wake up from this terrible feeling. It’s like the feeling you get when you think someone’s watching you sleep. I look around and it’s pitch black. “I’m sure they would have woken me up before night” I exclamed out loud. I check the time on my phone and it says 3:00pm. At the point I’m confused cause it’s pitch black out. I open the windows to get a better look and all I can see is nothingness. “What the hell” I said to myself. I tried to turn the light on and there was nothing. So I used my flash light. “ DAD, hey what’s going on”. I yelled from the guest room. I waited for an answer but nothing happened. “Hello anyone there” I shouted again and waited but still nothing.

I started to make my way around the house to investigate on what’s happening. Since apparently no one was home or they just can’t hear me. I went straight to my parents room to see if perhaps they decided to take a nap themselves, but unfortunately no one was in there. I decided to check the other room, but still not anyone in sight. “HELLOO” I shouted at the top of my lungs. To no surprise there was not a single answer back. “What is going on here. It’s not like them to ignore me” I thought to myself, confused about the whole situation. I made it half way down the stairs before I heard a loud bang. It sounded like a pan hitting the floor. “Hello, is that you mom” I said softly. I was starting to get a little creeped out. Then there is as another loud bang coming from the kitchen. “Is everything okay down there. It’s pitch black and you both aren’t answering me”. No answer once again. “HELLO, what are you both doing this isn’t funny at all” I shouted with anger. I decided to just go see for myself what was going on. I walked down stairs through the living room. I looked around to see if I could spot someone trying to jump out and scare me. As I got closer my stomach began to twist. There was a strong smell of iron in the air. “Dad. Mom. What’s that smell?” I asked with a crack in my voice. My stomach started to twist more and more. My sense of danger was telling me to run, but why run? “What is there to be scared of? Why is there no answers from anyone? Where are my parents” I thought to my self. Questions rolling around my head. The twisting from my stomach made me sick. I finally get to the kitchen and there I seen my dad. He seemed to be kneeling down by something. “Hey dad..what are you doing? Why didn’t you answer” I cut myself off when the smell of iron and stench filled the air”...