His skin was burnt badly. He was standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking at me. He went running past me into the room. I turned to watch him. He forced those things back inside and slammed the door. I grabbed Matss arm and began to pull him to the stairs." Matt come on lets get out of here." He fought against me." Matt come on!"

" I just want to see what happens."

" Who cares what happens, lets go!" He finally obeyed. We both ran up into the kitchen.

" What the hell was that?" I leaned onto the counter. Matt shut the door and locked it.

" Did you see them?" I looked at him wide-eyed.

" No I didnt see them, I only ran up the stairs for exercise. Of course I saw them!"

" Alright just keep it down, I dont want the whole house to know."

" Well what are we going to do? Im not going back down there." He looked at me sympathetically then put his head down.

" Im sorry but your going to have to. We cant freak everyone else out, they cant know."

" Well obviously they cant know or else they are going to put us in a mental hospital."

" Also they would have to deal with those things on their own." I looked at him frightened.

" Matt dont try and be a hero. We dont know what they are or what they can do."

" Well im not just going to leave my family and let them have them." The kitchen light flicked on. I looked over at the doorway to see Sara.

" What are you two doing, its 3 in the morning." I grabbed a cup from the cupboard quickly and handed it to Matt.

" Sorry, Sara we didnt mean to wake you. Matt and me just came up to get some water. I think im coming down with the flu."

She came over and felt my head." Well you feel fine."

" Ya well when I woke up she was in the bathroom puking her guts out."

" Then im curious as to what the heated discussion was about?" She looked between us.

" Oh it was nothing, im just really cranky at the moment and bitching about everything."

" Then if you were the one vomiting, why did you give the glass to Matt?"

I looked to Matt and came up with a good enough excuse." Cause before you came down he asked me to hand him a glass because he was thirsty."

" Then where is your glass?" She smiled at me.

" Are we playing 20 questions? Its in his hand, I rinsed it out and gave it to him."

" alright im done playing cop. Go back to bed. And if you dont argue down in your room."She walked backup the stairs, leaving the kitchen light on.

" Man your mom is so inquisitive."

" Nice try, thats a fancy way of saying my mom is nosy. And trust me she is."

" Amen to that." I grabbed the cup and placed it back in the cupboard." What are we going to do about the situation in the basement?"

" Sleep with the light on I guess."

" Like that will stop them."

Mat went over to the door and unlocked it. I stood where I was, just staring at him. He looked back over at me and urged me to go with him. I still stood there." Please, I dont want to go down there alone." I walked over to wher he was and clutched onto his arm. He opened he door slowly and I held my breath. It was pitch black down there.

" Didnt you leave the light on?"

" Yeah." We both stood frozen at the top step.

" I dont want to go down there." I looked at him fearful.

" Neither do I, but we have to."

" Atleast grab a flashlight. Either we`ll run into one of those things again, or fall and break something." He walked back into the kitchen, leaving me to stare into the dark.

I was alert and ready to run if something decided to pop up. Matt came back and turned it on. We started down the steps. As soon as we ot half way, the door upstairs closed. The sudden noise made me jump. What was worse, our flashlight was starting to flicker. I started to run down the stairs. The flashlight died, plunging us into darkness. I knew I was close to the light switch, so I used the wall to feel my way over to it. My finger brushed over it and I flicked it on. As soon as ight filled the room I went to look over at Matt. The burnt boy was standing right beside me, keeping Matt form my vision. I opened my mouth but was cut off by Matt." Dont scream, He wont hurt you." I listened to his ragged breathing.

He seemed to just stare at me. I was shaking as I looked at him. I saw a tear slide down his cheek." Is he... dead?"

" Yes but he wont hurt you, I thoguht he would hurt me but he never did." I was some what startled. He turned around and went back into the room.

" Come on, lets go to bed."

" Like we could get any sleep."

" Well we can atleast try." We crawled back into the bed, the light still on. even though I thought I wuold never get to sleep, I eventually did. Jonah came to me again, this time he showed me someones life. The life of a girl. She looked exactly like me.