Cherub: Black Out
Chapter 1: Surprises
Nathan was woken by the sound of the garage door slamming, he turned over to look at his clock. It was one o'clock in the morning.
"Who could be up at this time" Nathan said to himself. Suddenly a spark of fear shot through his body, what if someone had broken in? He quickly ran to his Dads room only to find the bed empty and not slept in. Panic engulfed his body. Where was his Dad? Why was the garage door slammed? And most importantly who was downstairs?
He slowly crept downstairs being careful not to walk on the creaky steps, his heart pounding so hard he thought it was going to burst from his chest. He entered the kitchen, all the lights were off and it was pitch black. Nathan reached to flip the light switch on but then a wave of common sense hit him and he stopped, of course a light would alert the person in garage to his presence how could he be so stupid, so he felt his way to the garage side door. He was about to open the door when he heard voices on the other side; it was his Dad talking on his mobile.
"Yes everything went as planned, when they wake up in the morning they'll find a surprise waiting for them." A few moments of silence passed as the person on the phone responded.
"No, no one saw us everything went smoothly" Nathan wondered what his Dad was talking about but at least he knew it was his Dad slamming the garage door.
"The Police won't find anything after those things go off" Nathan's Dad chuckled. Police. Alarms were going off in Nathan's head; dealings with the police were never good he learnt that from his mother. Nathan had completely forgotten where he was and before he had time to move the door he was leaning against swung open knocking him to the floor. His Dad came through the door with a look of shock and anger on his face.
"Nathan what are you doing up at his time!" Nathan's Dad shouted angrily.
"I heard the garage door and thought someone was breaking in" Nathan said with a shaky voice, he had never heard his Dad so angry.
"Well it was me I… felt like some fresh air" Nathan's Dad said his voice mellowing out.
"In the car? And who was it you were talking to?" Nathan replied
"Stop asking questions and get back to bed before I really lose my temper" Nathan's Dad said his voice becoming agitated again. Nathan who could hear the anger in his father's voice decided not to carry on and returned to his bedroom. He left his door slightly ajar and continued to listen to his father downstairs. He listened for about half an hour until he heard his father coming up the stairs at which point he closed his door and jumped into bed quickly pulling the covers over him. He heard his father open his door and check on him, his father then went to his own bedroom and shut the door.
Nathan lay thinking about everything that had happened that night and was concerned about what his Dad was doing; he daren't go downstairs to look around now he would have to wait till morning so with all this on his mind he drifted into an uneasy sleep.