"Invasion" By Ricky M

         As the day was ending for most people, things started to get quite at the store. Hi, my name is Thomas, and I work at the register for McDonalds. Over the years of working here, I’ve noticed that thing don’t seem as they normally do. Every day I am more convinced that there is someone else besides me, Jeff and Pete that work for the night shift. We start work at 8pm and end at 5am. As things get quite, we begin to here creaks in the floor, footsteps, and the worst one, glass shattering. It was late June 13, a Friday when it happened. Once the big hand reached for 10, that is when things started to get spooky, as normal. But this time, it wasn’t as normal. Who ever it was, if it’s a who, was much more aggressive this night. It started with loud footsteps that sounded like they were coming from the boss’s office; leading to sounds of a feint cry. “This place is clearly haunted”, said Pete. “This place ain’t haunted, pipe down will you”, said Jeff with his dialect. Jeff has always seemed to be the more aggressive one out of all of us, but not tonight. As the hours went by, things started to get a bit more crazy. At one point there was a screech that caught all of us off guard. When it got to 1am, a loud bang went off in the back where the storage is. We all shot up and went to where we heard the bang. And what we found was incredible. Whatever it was manage to break a hole through the metal cabinet and popped some of the hamburger bags. We were stunned, our hairs sticking up from our necks. We decided to leave; but after we got packed we heard as loud scream coming from the attic. I never wanted to inspect the attic before. When I got hired, I always heard stories that came from the attic. Now, I’m going to go up there to inspect. We got a ladder and pulled down the attic door. Then we were at a standoff. We never chose who was going up there first; so we did rock, paper, and scissors to battle it out. “Ready” I said. “One… two… three!” We all through our hands in together at once. Of course, with my luck I was beat and I had to lead. As I approached the attic, my hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Scared as I was, I convinced myself to face it and find out what was making the noise. And just when I poke my head in the attic….

            It’s been three months since the incident at the store. Nothing we have ever expected to be up there. The store was shut down and was put straight to investigation. I still remember what I saw. Something that no man can ever see. The evilness… start, of the invasion…