Run

"Mum, stay back!"

Taking his mum's arm, Kaleb yanked her backwards before sliding a dagger out of his pocket.

Beads of sweat flushed down his face as he approached the tent, pointing the dagger outwards with each step he took. His whole body trembled while trying to maintain a solid grip on his dagger.

Gradually approaching him from behind, his mum whispered, "Kaleb, don't go."

Whoosh!

They both flinched backwards, quivering when their eyes fell upon a mysterious figure clad in a Ninja's outfit. Frozen, they could only watch as the figure approached them, dried leaves rustling from behind him.

Soon enough, the air became filled by their loud shrieks when the corpses of Kayla and her dad appeared beside the stranger in the poof of a dark smoke.

Kaleb averted to his gaze to his mum as she fell on her knees, tears pouring from her eyes while she continued sobbing.

"Who are you?", he cried.

"Why did you kill them?"

"What do you want from us?!"

Goosebumps carpeted his whole skin whe