Night had fallen over the town of Canton ,Ohio. The crickets where chirping in the cool night air, and everything seemed peaceful, but that was not the case for two young boys who where approaching a construction yard that had a sign that read, "Danger keep out!" on a sign that hung from the front gate.

"I'm telling you we really shouldn't be here." 11 year old Keith Jeffrey warned his friend, 11 year old Jacob Morrison.

"You're the one who threw the football over my head and over the fence, we want the ball back, we climb over the fence and into the construction yard." Jacob said with a dismissive tone as he climbed over the fence and stepped into the abandoned construction yard.

"I know but, this place was shut down for a reason; the whole ground is unstable. Remember the news? Workers fell into some kind of sinkhole. I don't know about you, but falling into sinkholes is not high on my bucket list." Keith said as he carefully climbed over the fence after his best friend.

"You scare to easily! Besides, that's my only football and I really want it back." Jacob said as he pulled a flashlight out of his left pocket and began looking around for his lost football.

"If you insist, Jake," Keith said with a sight as he pulled out his own flashlight and began looking around the yard for the missing football. The yard was filled with heavy machinery that the construction company had yet to remove. The place was supposed to have been a small restaurant, but after the discovery of weak ground the whole project had been abandoned. Now a place that was once filled with the buzz of machines and workers had become a silent scar on the land. The two boys continued searching for a few minutes before Keith spotted the football laying next to a bulldozer.

"Jake I got it," Keith said with a smile on his face as he ran over to the football and bent down to pick it up. But just as he picked up the football, the ground began to crumble beneath his feet. Keith leaped back, scrambling away from the new hole, but it continued to expand.

"Jake help!" Keith yelled as he tried to crawl away from the still growing hole. Keith suddenly lost his grip on the slippery dirt and he felt himself sliding into the hole, just as he closed his eyes and prepare for the fall, he heard a scuffle and he felt a hand grab his. Opening his eyes he saw Jake holding unto his hand, using all his strength to save his best friend from falling into the hole.

"I got you, just hold on!" Jake shouted as he leaned backwards, pulling his friend out of the hole. They both collapsed on the ground a few feet away from the pit, watching with wide eyes as it's expansion slowed and stopped.

"You just saved my life, thanks Jake." Keith gasped a he tried to overcome the shock of the experience.

"Your like a brother to me, I'll be there whenever you need me." Jake said as he gave his best friend a small pat on the back.

"Sorry I lost the football, Jake." Keith apologized.

"I can get a new one," Jake reassured his best friend as he gave him a small pat on the back. Suddenly the football that had just fallen into the hole soared up through the hole and landed at the boys feet.

"What the?" Jake whispered as he and Keith got up and slowly walked to the edge of the hole. Jake shown his flashlight down the hole and tried to see what had thrown the football back up. Suddenly with a mechanical roar, a metal hand the size of Jake's torso reached up out of the pit and grabbed him by the waist. Jake barely had a second to realize what was happening before the hand pulled him back into the hole. The last thing Keith saw of his best friend was Jake's face as he let out a terrified scream, before disappearing from sight.

Keith stood stunned for a few seconds at the hole that his best friend had been pulled into.

"Jake?" Keith said in a whisper as he slowly walked towards the hole, despite every fiber in his body telling him that he should run away. He got up to the edge of the hole and was about toe shine his flashlight down the hole when two red circles lit up the pitch black hole, peering at him like eyes.

Keith screamed at the top of his lungs and ran away at full speed, he looked behind him expecting to see something chasing him, but he saw nothing, the construction sight seemed almost peaceful.

Suddenly the ground in front of him exploded as something huge heaved itself above ground. The thing towered over him, and gleamed like metal in the light of his flashlight. Panting with exertion and terror, Keith turned to run in a different direction, but the monsters giant metal hand snapped out with blinding speed and closed around him.

The metal thing raised Keith up to its eye level, glaring at him with the harsh red lights that served as its eyes. Keith struggled helplessly, battering at the things hand with his fists. But it didn't do any good. Something under the ground shifted, and the metal monster sank back into the new hole that it had created, taking its new hostage with it