Mr M M McIntosh DipWCF

Signal

Riccardo screamed as he tumbled and crashed down the stairs. An Internet virus had pushed him. This virus was going all around town. The virus is caused by the signals, i.e. phones, radios and Internet. Wherever you go with any signal you will be caught by them and killed. They suck your soul away if you look them in the eyes and scream. They shadow you at first then when you're on your own they jump upon you.

Riccardo went home one day after school not knowing this virus was around. He was laid on his bed. There were sudden flashes and he felt like some one was watching him, he got up and looked out of the window, there was nothing there. Something knocked at the window, he turned around and looked out of it again and saw two people had died on the streets. Riccardo went to run out of his door to see if they were ok or dead, but he couldn't because the door wouldn't open. Riccardo could feel something or someone breathing down his neck. He was scared. He turned slowly around. It was like a shadow. He kept quiet. The virus was trying to look him in the face but he knew not to let it.

He kept his eyes on the floor; he grabbed the door handle, put the key in the lock and opened the door. Riccardo was running down the stairs when the virus pushed him. Picking himself up off the floor Riccardo ran as fast as he could towards his friend's house. When he got there he saw the door was open. He walked in; his friend was stood there looking at him. Ricardo's friend was called Ben. Ben told Riccardo he was dying. He told him to get rid of his phone, TV, computer and radio Riccardo asked what was wrong with him. Ben had a black mark on his shoulder that looked like it was spreading. He had been attacked by the virus. Ben told Riccardo he was going to the toilet to have a pee, but he wasn't, he went and hung his self with a computer cable. Riccardo waited for ten minutes. Then he went to the toilet and looked in, he saw Ben hanging there. Riccardo ran out of the house. He was running as fast as he could. Riccardo chucked his phone away; he was running to his girl friend Nichole, her brother was killed by the virus. Nicole was hiding in her room on her own where there were shadows appearing all over, then the virus grabbed her. She knew not to look into its eyes. She was scared. Then Riccardo burst through the door, grabbed her and ran out of the house.

Riccardo told Nicole to drop her phone so that the virus would disappear. They saw a car that had keys in the ignition and ran to it. Riccardo fell into the car headfirst. He had to teach himself how to drive; Nicole was helping him a bit because she was more experienced at driving. Nicole showed him how to start the car. They drove towards the countryside. They slept in the car overnight. They stopped about 40miles away from anywhere. Riccardo turned the engine off and went to get out of the car but instead he fell out of it, Nicole was laughing at him as she got out of the car. She walked around to him and splat she had stood in horse muck with new white shoes. They weren't happy. After awhile they set off towards the next town. They knew that there was no virus there because it hadn't been created there yet. It was all over the news so they knew not to use their phones, radios and computers. Riccardo and Nicole found a house to live in. They went to a nice comfy bed to sleep in all night and lived happily ever after.

Hold on a minute, what's that noise downstairs? Riccardo and Nichole woke up and went downstairs into the kitchen. "BOO," said Shaggy. Riccardo screamed like a girl, ran upstairs and hid under the bed. Nichole screamed when she saw Shaggy and Scooby Doo were there in their kitchen.

The End

By Rachel Dunn on the 27th August 2008