I groaned, slamming my hand on my alarm clock to make it stop ringing. I turned to my side in my bed, hoping to get a little more sleep.
"Sammy." I groaned, pulling my blanket over my head when I heard my cousin, Rose's voice. I heard my door open, "Sam, wake up. It's 7:30."
"Five more minutes," I muttered.
She let out a sigh before my blanket was pulled away from my head, I opened my eyes a little and Rose smiled a little at me, "Wake up, sleepy head. We have work to go to."
"Oh come on," I whined as she dropped my blanket over my head.
She giggled as I heard her walking out of my room, leaving the door open. "Wake up."
I let out a sigh, pulling my blanket off, "I'm up. I'm up," I said and got up from my bed before starting to get ready for my work.
My name is Samantha Forbes Tyler. But I prefer Sam instead. My parents were Neal and Katy Forbes and they both passed away when I was a baby so I didn't knew them. But I did heard about them a lot from my granny and from my Mom's sister, Aunt Jackie. I lived with my granny until I was six years old and then she passed away from old age. Luckily, instead going to orphanage, Aunt Jackie and Uncle Pete took me in.
"I'm going," Rose called. "See you later."
"Bye," I called before I heard the front door closing. I walked out of my bedroom, dressed and I walked to the kitchen to see Aunt Jackie talking in the phone.
"Okay, sweetie. See you tonight," Aunt Jackie said before hanging up. She looked up to see me walking in and smiled, "Morning, sweetheart."
"Morning, Aunt Jackie," I said. "Where's Uncle Pete?"
"He left early to work today," She replied as I grabbed my bag.
"Okay. I'll be off to work," I said before giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Wait, take this," Aunt Jackie said, putting a bag inside my bag. "Don't forget to eat."
I smirked, "I never do that."
She gave me a look, "Don't try to fool me, young lady."
I smiled, shaking my head. "Thank you," I said before giving her another kiss on the cheek and then walking out of the door, "Bye."
"Have a good day," She called. I walked out of the building and took the bus.
... ...
I spend most of the time at work, the sun was starting to go down and my work was about to be done. My phone rang and I pulled it out of my pocket to see it was Uncle Pete. I smiled as I answered, "Hey, Uncle."
"Hey, kiddo," He said. "You about to finish work?"
"I'm almost done," I replied.
"You want me to pick you up?" He asked.
I shook my head, "No, it cool. I'll go on the bus, you should head home," I replied.
This is a customer announcement. The store will be closing in five minutes. Thank you
"You heard that?" I said with a smirk.
"Yeah," He said, letting out a laugh. "See you soon."
"Okay, bye," I said.
"Bye," He said before hanging up. I placed my phone back into my pocket before heading to the back to grab my bag.
I headed to the main doors with some of the staff but then the guard shook a clear plastic bag in front of me. It was for Wilson. I sighed, taking the bag and walked back to the elevator to head down to the basement.
I waited until the elevator stop at the floor and then it opened so I stepped outside. The floor was quiet and I looked left and right. "Wilson?" I called, my voice echoed in the hall. "Hey Wilson, I've got the lottery money." I walked up to Wilson's door and started knocking on it. "Wilson, are you there? I can't stay long they're closing the shop."
I waited a moment before knocking again, "Wilson, hello? Come on." I suddenly heard something behind me so I turned my head to the direction. "Hello, Wilson, it's Sam," I said and started walking down the hall. "Hello? Wilson?" I walked up to the next door and opened it, stepping into the other room.
When I stepped in, I turned on the lights and saw all the mannequins at each side. "Wilson?" I called again and walked down the room and called once again, "Wilson?"
Then, I heard something closed behind me so I turned around to see the door I walked in from was closed. I rushed to the closed door and tried to open it but it was locked. There was a banging sound and I turned my head. "Is that someone here?" I shouted. I slowly began walking away from the door. "Who is there?"
I heard a squeaking sound and turned around to see a mannequin was moving. It looked at me and it started walking towards me. "Yeah, you got me. Ha ha, very funny," I said as I started backing away as the mannequin kept walking toward me.
"Yeah, I've got the joke. Who's idea was this? Is it Derek's? Is it? Derek, is this you?" I asked. More mannequins began walking towards me and I kept backing up until I reached a wall. I shook my head, frowning as they kept coming.
Just as a mannequin began raising it's hand, I felt someone grab my hand. I looked over and saw a man, "Run." With that he dragged me through the basement as the mannequins began following us.
We reached an elevator just as a mannequin reached it's hand out. The man had started tugging on the mannequins arm which then was pulled off of the mannequin and the elevator doors closed. "You pulled his arm off," I pointed out in disbelief.
"Yes," The man said and he tossed the arm to me and I caught it quickly. "Plastic."
I shook my head and looked at him, "Very clever. Nice trick. Who were they, students? Is this a student thing or what?" I asked.
"Why would they be students?" The man asked with a frown.
"I-I don't know," I replied.
"Well, you said it. Why students?" He asked.
"Well, um, to get that many people dressed up and being silly, they got to be students," I explained.
The man looked at me, "That makes sense. Well done."
"Thanks," I said.
"They're not students," He said.
"Whoever they are, when Wilson finds them, he's going to call the police," I informed.
"Who's Wilson?" He asked.
"Chief electrician," I stated.
"Wilson's dead," He said before the elevator's door opened and he walked out.
I looked at him walking away with my jaw dropped and I followed him, "That's not funny. That's sick."
"Hold on. Mind your eyes," He said as he pushed me back. There was a noise and then a tiny explosion.
"Who are you? Who are they?" I asked. I started to follow the man again, "I asked who are they?"
"They're made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. They're being controlled by a relay device in the roof, which would be a great big problem if I didn't have this," The man explained. He held up something that I didn't recognize. "So, I'm going to go up there and blow them up, and I might well die in the process, but don't worry about me. No, you go home. Go on. Go and have your lovely beans on toast. Don't tell anyone about this, because if you do, you'll get them killed." He pushed me out of the room and closed the door. I stared at it before he opened it again. "I'm the Doctor, by the way. What's your name?"
I hesitated, "Sam."
"Nice to meet you, Sam," He said with a smile. "Run for your life." With that said, he closed the door again.
I started running along the sidewalk, keeping in looking back as I did. I waited for some cars to pass by before crossing the street. I looked back at the building before seeing it explode. I stared in shock before turning around and running back home with the mannequin's arm.
As soon as I got home, I was attacked by a tight hug which I returned. "Thank god," Rose said before we pulled away. "Are you okay? What happened? Your shop is in the telly."
"I'm fine," I assured. "Really." Uncle Pete rushed over and hugged me.
"Mum, she's here!" Rose called.
"Are you okay? Why didn't you answered your phone?" Uncle Pete asked as we broke the hug.
Aunt Jackie rushed over, "Oh thank god," She said as she pulled me into a tight hug.
"Wait, is it already on the news?" I asked before we pulled away.
"Yes," Rose said before grabbing my hand and pulling me with her to the living room. I sat down on the couch with Uncle Pete as we watched the news.
"How did the explosion happened?" Uncle Pete asked.
"I-I don't know," I muttered and let out a sigh. "I was out when it happened."
"Thank god for that," Aunt Jackie breathed out, sitting beside me.
"I'll go get you a cup of tea," Rose said before walking out of the living room and into the kitchen.
Uncle Pete looked at me with concern, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," I replied, nodding a little. "I mean, I'm a little shaking up but . . . I'm fine."
"There was a body found," Aunt Jackie said as she got up. "A man name Wilson."
I let out a sigh, shaking my head and bit my lower lip as I looked down, "He was a good man." Rose walked back in and handed me the cup of tea as Uncle Pete got up and Rose sat beside me.
There was a knock on the front door before it opened wide and then closed. "Hey, where's she?" It was my best friend and Rose's boyfriend, Mickey Smith. He looked at me, "I've been phoning your mobile. You could've been dead. It's on the news and everything." He sat on my other side, "I can't believe that your shop went up. Are you okay?"
"I'm all right, honestly, I'm fine," I assured as Aunt Jackie walked to her bedroom.
"What happened?" Mickey asked.
"I don't know," I replied.
"What was it though? What caused it?" He asked.
"I wasn't in the shop. I was outside. I didn't see anything," I said.
"What're you drinking, tea? Nah, nah," Mickey said as he took the tea from me and put it down on the table. "That's no good, that's no good. You're in shock. You need something stronger. Now, come on, you deserve a proper drink. We're going down the pub, you, Rose and me. My treat. How about it?"
"Is there a match on?" I asked.
"No, I'm just thinking about my best friend," Mickey said.
"There's a match on, ain't there," Rose said and we both looked at Uncle Pete.
He nodded a little, shrugging, "There is a match on." With that he walked out.
We smirked, looking back at Mickey, "That's not the point, but we could catch the last five minutes," Mickey said.
"Go on, then," I said. Mickey hesitated and he looked at Rose.
She smiled at him and nodded, "Go, she's be fine."
I nodded, giving him a smile, "Go. Get rid of that." I showed him the arm of the mannequin.
"Bye," Mickey said and kiss Rose's lips.
"Bye," Rose said as he grabbed the arm.
He gave me a quick hug, "Bye, Sammy," He said.
"Bye," I said before he walked out.