Chapter 3
Locked In a blackout
Michelle went up the creeky basement stairs and went through the kitchen door to the microwave and punched in two minutes and a half then the "start" button. As the popcorn started popping, the doorbell rang. Michelle walked down the hall to the door and she stretched her arm out to grab the doorknob when she saw that it was missing. She couldn't open the door. She tried to push the door but it wouldn't budge. She also tried to grab the sides of the door and pull, but she couldn't get her fingers in the tiny space that mesured probably a few millimetres. She went to go check if anything had happened to the back door. But the doorknob was missing on the back door too! She started panicking at the thought that they wouldn't be able to get out of the house for two weeks.
"Cassie! Come up here quick!" Michelle yelled nervously at Cassie who was still in the basement.
"Why?" I asked curiously.
"Just come!" Michelle yelled back impatiently.
I rolled my eyes and started walking up the basement stairs. I looked up and saw Michelle at the foot of the stairs saying:
"The doorknobs for the front and back door are missing! We can't get out of this house for two weeks!" screamed Michelle.
"Oh my god" i said in shock as i went to the front door to see, "Well, we don't have to worry, we have a lot food...i hope...".
"What do you mean you hope?!" Michelle said wide-eyed.
"Let's just go check the fridge and see what we've got" i suggested trying to change the direction that things were going.
I walked up to the fridge and grasped on to the handle and jerked it open. There was a jar of pickles, half a cup of apple juice, three pieces of cherry pie and two energy drinks, including the snacks we brought to the basement.
"THAT'S ALL!?" Michelle screamed in anger, "WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!!!!"
Blackout.
Just then, the power turned off.
I went to the window and saw if the other houses still had power and they did, except for us.
"Come on" I said, motioning my hand for Michelle to follow me to the basement. Once we got there, I took the lamp and I climbed over a ton of boxes to geet to the fuse box. I had to pull very hard to get it open, but when I finally did, I put the lamp to see the fuses and saw that all the fuses were cut.
"Someone was in here, someone went downstairs and cut the fuses while we were upstairs, someone...is locked in this house with us." Michelle said with a horrified expression.