Three friends in a silent nehiborhood on a dark rainy Thursday night watching jersey shore are having a calm night and enjoying the show. The sound of the thunder is becoming louder then the TV. “Turn up the volume I can barley hear it” josh said. “Alright fine” replied Jake. Jake grabs the remote and turns the volume up until he can no longer hear the rain and the thunder. 5 minutes later the thunder becomes outraged and booms louder then the TV. All of a sudden the power goes out. The 3 boys josh who is 16 Jake also 16 and Devon who has just turned 17 did not think anything about it. Looking across the street Devon notices that his neighbor’s porch lights are still on but ignores it. Thinking his power would come on soon. “The powers been out for a while now” says josh “don’t be a baby” Devon says.
All of a sudden a big thump was heard on the floor above “what the hell was that??” Jake says frightened “probably nothing” replies Devon. All having the same idea they decide to go up together and check it out. As they are slowly creeping up the stairs in the almost pure darkness they hear a slight breeze that sends a chill down their spine, looking around the room they can see nothing but the rectangular shapes of the door and the square and circular pictures that are hanging on the walls around them. “is that the window? Because if it is that is messed up because none of my windows were open” says josh. They walk further toward the breeze realizing that it’s coming from joshes little sister’s room. The door is slightly opened just enough to see the corner of the bed. Standing back from the door a couple of feet Jake kicks the door and it flies open and slams into the wall. Still not hearing anything except for the breeze and the storm that is still going on outside the 3 boys slowly line up and 1 by 1 as cautiously as they can walk into the room to investigate. Devon goes over toward the window and looks at it trying to figure out how it was open or if it was broken. “Hey guys the window isn’t broken somebody must have opened it and left” observes Devon. “No that can’t be right” Jake announces, “there’s wet boot prints on the floor over here”
“Let’s leave this room now and close the door and window”. Everyone agrees without hesitation.
They leave and dart right back down the stairs only to realize that why they were upstairs somebody came in through the front door soaking wet and it was not his parents because the door was still wide open like it happened only seconds ago. Devon walks over to the door calmly and closes it with a look of sarcastic fear. He looks at Jake and josh and shakes his head back and fourth in disappointment trying to keep a straight face. “Guys this is really bad” josh frightened said. “We just need to stick together” Jake replies trying to stay calm. “Ok the first thing we have to do is find a light source because the power is still out, follow me to the garage our circuit breaker is in there maybe I can reset it.” Says Devon. They creep through the house all thinking at least 1 person is in the house besides them. All looking over each others shoulders. They make it through the kitchen and enter the garage that is right next to the kitchen. Devon goes straight to the circuit breaker and opens it. “Someone is screwing with us guys because my circuit breaker was off the power didn’t just go out” “you mean like a friend or something?” asks josh “no like someone somehow got into my garage and turned of all my power.” They go back inside a little less fearful because the power is back on but still nervous because someone is in the house. In the kitchen about to turn the corner into the living room and all of a sudden a man about 6’3 wearing all black except for the bloody clown mask on his face pops out and jumps at the boys none of them as tall or as big as the unidentified man. Josh being in front instantly has a million thoughts running through his head. I’m going to die this huge man broke into my friend’s house. He’s probably willing to do anything to get away, or to get what he needs. Sweat begins to run down the side of his face, his heart begins to beat a million times a minute and at that moment he realizes that he is standing face to face with somebody who is twice his size. Left with only 2 options, stand there and see what happens, or run. Instantly the 3 boy’s race in the opposite direction stumbling over each others feet like a new born baby first starting to walk. Charging into the basement the 3 boys run in different directions scattering around the gigantic basement. Boxes scattered in every direction dust on every one of them, spider webs all throughout the rafters in the ceiling basement, and the floor entirely made of concrete freezing like walking on snow without shoes One by one finding different hiding places josh in the bathroom Devon in the closet and Jake behind the couch. The man that broke in is creeping step by step toward the stairs through the kitchen. He gets to the top of the stairs and looks down. Beginning to step down one creaky stair at a time until he finally reaches the concrete ground. The three boys not making a sound stay perfectly still not knowing what the man is going to do next. The clown turns its head and looks right at the closet, slowly turning his body he faces the closet and starts walking toward it at a fast pace. Putting his hand on the door handle the man taps the door three times, tap, tap, tap, rapid but soft so that Jake and josh could not hear it. Devon opens the door and whispers "hey dad Jake is behind the couch and josh is in the bathroom" without saying a word his dad runs to the bathroom and throws the door open josh falls to the ground and screams at the top of his lungs, Jake stands up and try's to sprint to the stairs but Devon's dad cuts him off and stands right in front of him looking directly in his eyes. Jake trembling in his feet looking right back at him remains motionless. All of a sudden Devon's dad lifts his hand and removes the clown mask. Josh watching from a distance yells "hey that's Devon's dad you guys planned that!!" Devon starts laughing uncontrollably “are you guy’s friken kidding me!" Jake outrages "that's not even cool". "It was Devon's idea" explains Devon's dad. "Screw you Devon!" The two other boys said at the same time. They all go upstairs into the kitchen. "Alright we'll since you guys made me crap my pants I'm going home." "I'll see you guys tomorrow at school" Jake says as he walks out the door. “yeah same here" says josh "we'll I didn't crap my pants but now I'm scared of your dad" they all laugh and josh walks out the door and goes home. Devon and his dad lift their hands up and give each other a high five then go to bed.