Terror at the Talent Show by Marcus Emerson

Author:Marcus Emerson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2016-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

Several minutes later, Gavin and I were digging around the backstage of the cafeteria. It was spooky how often I’d been back there since I started at this school. It was almost like evil grew from somewhere around there.

Gavin scanned the floor, searching for anything that would be useful. I pushed my hands in my pockets as I hobbled down the narrow passage. There was so much junk and boxes filled with random things that it was almost impossible to walk freely.

I stepped over the thick braided rope with the hot-pink and green threads that I saw the other day. The rope ran down the narrow corridor and out into the cafeteria. Apparently it was still attached to the scaffolding.

‘We’re never gonna find anything back here,’ I said, pushing the rope aside with my foot.

‘You don’t know that,’ Gavin replied. ‘The worst thing you can do is not help.’

‘I’m helping!’ I said defensively. ‘Who said I wasn’t helping?’

‘You’re standin’ around pouting!’ Gavin said. ‘Make yourself useful and look for something, anything, that doesn’t belong!’

‘This place is filled with random junk!’ I said. ‘Nothing belongs back here!’

‘Then look for something that sticks out more than normal,’ Gavin said, but stopped instantly. ‘Did you hear that?’

I stopped in my tracks. ‘Hear what?’

A faint tapping answered my question. Clickety clickety clickety.

‘What was that?’ I asked.

Gavin shrugged his shoulders. ‘I’unno,’ he grunted.

Clickety clickety clickety.

‘There it is again!’ Gavin said.

Clickety clickety clickety.

‘It’s getting closer,’ I whispered, afraid.

Clickety clickety clickety clickety clickety clickety.

I stumbled backwards as the tapping sounds got closer and closer. The clicks were maddening and loud inside my head. It sounded like a monster tapping its claws on the floor.

And then came the sound that made me snap.

Squaaaaaaaaawk!

I didn’t stop to see what it was. I turned to run down the hall but stumbled over the boxes behind me. Several props from the drama club spilled to the floor, including all kinds of hockey masks. There must’ve been a dozen of them on the floor beside me.

I slid the masks around with my feet. The kid Gavin and I chased after must’ve got his mask from this box, which would make perfect sense since the scooters were stolen from the drama club too.

I looked back to see if Gavin noticed the masks, but I saw that he was already sprinting away in the other direction.

Squaaaaaaaaawk!

My heart skipped a beat, remembering that a monster was after me. Pushing the hockey masks away from me, I rolled back to my feet and moved down the narrow passage. The tapping sounds were getting louder and sounded as if they were right behind me.

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