Shadows of the past

The rain fell on the pizzeria the night was just starting to set in. the building was old it had been almost a year since it was shut down. Michael however he didn’t care about the rain or the fact that it was already midnight he needed to enter that pizzeria no matter what although he may not admit he was terrified with the thought of entering that place again, it had just been 5 year since it was shut down due to the mysterious reports of some kids that had gone missing in the restaurant it still gave him the creeps to think about that.

 he took a deep breath and entered the pizzeria he opened his back pack and took out a flashlight taking a deep breath he filled himself up with courage and entered the abandoned building the roof leaked with rain water as Michael went deeper in the pizzeria after a few minutes he stared to feel as if he was not alone as if he was being watched he also heard voices echoes of things he remembered and that he rather would rather forget “come on Michael it will be fun” a voice echoed deep in Michael’s thought’s as he heard it he started to remember some memories when he was younger and he and his friends always played in the pizzeria but that was until the incident.   

quickly Michael snapped out of the memory and entered the manager’s office he opened his bag once again and took out a letter from his father it said “son I know you have many questions but I promise that al the answers lie in here 22,03,18” Michael searched the office and as he did he remembered when he stayed late helping his father in the pizzeria and also how in one of those occasion’s he heard someone screaming in the basement  as a lighting struck outside Michael again snapped out of the memory and continue searching and he found it the safe, he typed the numbers his father gave him in the letter 22,03,18 as the safe opened Michael felt a cold breeze in his neck as if something was breathing in his neck he quickly turned around and saw nothing “perhaps I’m being paranoid” he said to himself he turned back to the safe and it was empty there was nothing in it except for a small envelope he grabbed and opened it in there there was a small voice recorder with a paper attached to it that said play me and a small golden key he took both and pressed the play button on the recorder Michael ” hey kid I know you want answers right now and you will get them but you might have to do something you don’t like you see that key that you have on your hand right now yhea that’s the key to the basement now I know you haven’t gone down there since the incident but I promise you down there are the answers you seek son”.

 a feeling of dreed consumed Michael the idea of going down there after the incident was unthinkable but his curiosity got the better of him he armed himself with courage but as he grabbed the door he heard voices once more “heeeeeelp Michael help us please” “Alex is that you I’m coming buddy” he tried to ignore the memory’s that began to flood him about the dreadful night of the incident as he opened the door he remembered the cries from his friends the door opens and before him lies the stairs to the basement as he pointed his flashlight down he pressed the play button on the recorder again and another message from his father started playing “I know things where never the same after that night you went down there but you never where to go down there but don’t worry soon ill make things right son you’ll play with your friends again”,

as the message ended Michael reached the basement he was shacking that dreadful place brought him a thousand bad memories of the night he last saw his friends another memory came to his mind “Alex,Rachel,Barry where are you guys this isn’t funny ahhhhhhhhhhhh”,“ Michael son come here you shouldn’t be down here” his father said as he took Michael upstairs and locked the door behind him and told him “ never go down there again son” Michael was going mad he cried out in desperation “ stopppp what are you hiding damn it “,” he was hiding us Michael “ as he heard a voice coming from the dark corners of the basement a horrible feeling of dread consumed him entirely as he recognized that voice he may have not have heard it in a long time but for him it was clear as day “¿Rachel?” “ yes Michael it’s been to long but we are still here” Michael was terrified but had to ask “ ¿we? “, “hello buddy it’s us “he heard two more voices behind him a long with a terrifying sound of a door closing as Michael turned he looked in horror as he saw a nightmarish sight the voices he heard came from animal suits that were approaching him and a horrible memory came to mind “nooo please I hate those animal suits there scary “, “I will never understand why you are always scared of those suits “.

 he remembered those horrible animal suits he always hated them when he was a kid as he pointed his flashlight to one of the suits he nearly puked as he saw blood coming out of the mouth and eyes Michael was speechless he ran for the door but the door didn’t open no matter how hard he tried and the recorder began to play the last message “I did this for you son now you and you’re friends can play forever I will put you all back together” he was crying in fear pure cold and unimaginable fear as he tried desperately to open the door he felt something grabbing him as he turned around he saw an empty animal suit and he now knew what was going to happen “, no guys please why are you doing this to me nooo please”,” you could not save us Michael but we forgive you now we will play forever we will put you back together”

Michael pleaded for them to stop but it was too late before he could notice he had been stuffed inside the empty animal suit as he tried to run for the door he felt the springs from the suit stabbed  him he started to feel his blood spill out every step he took another spring stabbed him the pain was unbearable as he felt to the ground in agonizing in pain he screamed for help but just like the night of the incident no one ever came to save him and Michael desperate cries for help browed in the sounds of lighting and rain outside.