Strangeness in the Street

1. Strangeness in the Street • Emily Jackson • Kimberly Cook • Bailey Miller • Zach Burger Click here to begin your adventure

2. A shaft of soft sunlight shone on the dusty window sill. It is a unusually warm morning for a snowy January, in Flint Michigan of all places. You look out the rippling curtains to the street below. Again, you see that same smug face poking mischievously from behind the yellowing frame of your neighbor’s house. Your neighbor steps outside with her fancy coach purse, fur scarf, gold jewelry, and a Glen’s brown paper bag. She strolls down the street when the strange man steps out from the shadowy alley, black leather trench coat billowing out behind him…Stay on the safe side and cross your fingers that things go well? Do you choose to find out what all this business is about? if so,click here

3. You chose to see what is going on and you throw on your coat and walk out the door. You step out on the sidewalk and follow the creepy man who’s following your neighbor. You keep a safe distance from them. You follow him all the way to the other side of town, and you are wondering if he is aware that you are following him. He then puts his arm into the inside pocket of his long coat. He grabs a small object in his palm, with a strong grip. He pulls it to his eye line, as if aiming, possibly a weapon. Your heart starts to pump so hard it feels like its going to jump out. You yell “Heeeeeey!”, and he suddenly flips around, with his long coat flopping in the wind. You then realize, what you thought was a weapon, turned out to be a yellow apple. Click here to continue.

4. He jumps to the airport fence, climbing it like a monkey climbing a tree. You jump too, but not climbing nearly as fast you follow him onto a plane that is ready to fly. You hear a loud bang and the door shuts. The plane takes off and you’re almost thrown into your seat. You smell the gas from the engine and you cough lightly. You here a loud scream and you look back and you see the man is disabling the pilot. He turns the knob, powering auto-pilot. Flipping around suddenly you hurry and lunge behind a suitcase. As he turns around looking back at the dials. You notice some parachutes in the control room If you choose to grab a parachute and jump, click here If you choose to hide and hope for the best, click here

5. You choose to stay on the safe side. You are outside playing soccer, the ball missing the net as your mind floods with questions about that strange man and your neighbor. You haven’t seen your neighbor for days. What has happened? She had just disappeared. It pounds through your head and you keep remembering that rough face it swimming before your eyes. Then you freeze, terror rising as you get a glimpse of the same mysterious, smug expression just outside your white picket fence. Fists clinching, while chills run down your back. Click here to continue.

6. The next thing you know he disappears, a flash of wispy white hair flying behind the bumpy tree bark and you walk over to investigate. Slowly, you creep up to the fence, mind buzzing. Closer you crawl, until boom!Apair of thick hands throttles you from behind, choking your neck. You fly backwards into the bushes. A pair of fiery blue eyes melts you into a puddle, as wild white hair shot up from his scalp in all directions. His hot breath on your cheek, he spoke, spitting on your face. “Listen kid! You didn’t see anything” he whispered dragging you into the street. Yanking you by your wrists he throws you into the back of a shiny black car, stepping recklessly onto the gas pedal. You notice the creaky door swinging back and forth. If you choose to jump, click here If you choose to stay in the car, click here

7. You chose to hide so you dive under the seat and hope he didn’t see you. He turns around and says “I know ya in here an I ain’t gonna hurt ya so jus show ya self”. He takes a step forward “ya can’t hide from me”. Your heart is pounding so hard it hurts. You decide you can’t hide forever he will find you. You whisper to yourself “it’s now or never”. You step out from under the seat and walk up behind him and jab him and you both get into a tussle you get on top of his back. you quickly lose that position. He jabs you in the jugular vain and you cough you feel like crying when you think you have to be tough in order to beat this guy. You muster up all your strength and you jab him in the spine he barely felt it. You see some rope lying under the seat you get back on his back. You barely manage to tie up his hands. Click here to continue.

8. You put him in a seat, tie him up tightly and you wake up the pilot with someone’s stinky sock and you land safely at the air port were the F.B.I whisk away the man and it turns out he was an F.B.I most wanted. You walk to your house when your neighbor says “Come here! You saved my life and I want to reward you. Here’s one million dollars spend it wisely”. You walk inside and your mom asks you “what did you do all day?” You reply, “It’s a long story watch the news you will find out.” You walk up to your room and take a well disserved nap.

9. You choose to jump out the window. You take a deep breath. You sneak into the control room trying as quiet as you can otherwise the strange man will catch you. You grab a parachute, and head back toward the window. You flip the emergency switch and push the window outward. All of a sudden an alarm breaks out over the speakers and the door to the control room flips open with a loud bang, and the man is standing right there. You brace your self, thinking about the worst that could happen you put a lot of time and thought into this and then you realized what could happen, death. With this in mind you jump. Strong fingers hold on to your ankle, so hard you think about crying, and without noticing tears slid down cheek. Click here to continue.

10. You look back at whoever is grabbing you, and of course it is him. You study his face, those blue eyes staring endlessly at you, his long shaggy hair that ties into his beard . WAIT, you’ve seen that face before, it was on F.B.I.s most wanted said the criminal has escaped around the Flint Michigan area, and could be armed and dangerous. He defiantly is dangerous. You kick his hand, but he doesn’t flinch, it only makes him angrier. You see a button that says “eject” and you press it. A large inflatable slide swings out taking his arm with him. You fall endlessly remembering that you jumped out a window. This whole trip flashes before you. You realize that this whole time you hadn’t been scared, but now, you are shivering so scared it is unbelievable. Click here to continue.

11. You fall forever until you are close to smacking the cement. You remember the parachute on your back, and you pull the string. The string breaks and it floats away. You fall into a tree, then flop onto the cement sidewalk. It feels as if being shot several in the back. Many people race around you asking millions of questions. You open your mouth, trying to tell them you need help, but no words come out. You lay there for hours, but finally you realize it is time. Slowly you close your eyes and drift away.

12. You chose to jump out of the car. As the door is swinging carelessly back and forth you wonder what will happen but you do it anyway. You hit the ground scraping your hands and knees. You start running away from the car. He stops the car and jumps out starting to run after you. You feel like you can’t run any more, feeling as if you’re going to pass out. Sweat is pouring from your face. The guy stops running and walks back toward his car as you jump in a bush you don’t realize he was still watching you. As you think you lost him there he is looking into the bush. You are in you stop full of fear as he tries to grab you again. You feel his heavy breath on your neck. From him running after you feeling as scared as ever that he will find you. Click here to continue.

13. So you move nonchalantly toward the nearest house not wanting him to see you. You take a deep breath. He corners you grabbing you again, pulling you back to his car. This time he blindfolds you and puts hand cuffs on you. You don’t know where you are going. Its been at least a 15 minutes in the car. Then you choose to speak up, where are you taking me and why? “Be quiet, ‘kid its not your concern!” But you know it is plenty your concern. You know its somewhere you have not been before because the smell is different. Its a not so familiar smell. It smells of clams and sea water. I t kind of reminds you of the lake about an hour out; maybe that’s wear he may have taken you. Click here to continue.

14. By the time he gets out of the car you are gone. You walk into the local market looking for people you know. No one is there. It is almost empty which is unusual. It is packed most of the time you decide to walk to your grandma‘s house which is a block away. You are looking for any one but no one is around. When you get to your grandma’s house, she is not there. All of a sudden you hear bushes moving and you think it is just the wind. You go back to your business. A man just pops out and grabs you. He calls the man that has been following your neighbor that is the guy that kidnapped you. He comes and picks you and the guy up and takes you back to the lake. Click here to continue.

15. He calls someone telling them that you are there and they take you out of the car and to an abandoned water tower. When you walk in and every one you know and love jumps out and yells, “Surprise!” It turns out that they have been planning this for months. The strange man is actually your mom’s boyfriend and you have not met him before but have talked to him. It was your surprise birthday party. You have been wondering why all this weird stuff has been happening and now you know why. You are so glad that this is over and was not for real.

16. The door swung open lazily, tempting your feet to leap onto the paved road to freedom. However, your mind was too fatally curious. You choose to stay in the speeding car. Your limbs scrunch onto a tight ball in the plastic back seat. Where was he going? Up front, your buff driver grunts intently, swerving the car into the middle of the deserted road. How long would it be until someone found you? Or, more importantly, what would your “friend” do with you? The cab was brimming with the choking aroma of smoke. The newly built model gleamed in the heating sun, only to be engulfed in blackness as the wheels glided into the back alley. Click here to continue.

17. You could feel the car bumping along, it shaking your already fearful heart. Suddenly the new vehicle slowed, frozen in the dark alley. The man turns around and you jump back, leaping from the thick hands stretched out at your throat. He chuckles maliciously before growling, “Kid, you stay here, or else.” With that he bounces up, slamming the car door behind him as he swiftly trots through the maze of filthy garbage cans. Your ears hear a soft plop in the front seat. As the strange man disappears from sight your back straightens and you peer onto the black leather seat, only to see a torn leather wallet sleeping mischievously in the padded chair. Feebly your fingers pick it up, tingling. Click here to continue.

18. Smoothly you open the worn, tan leather, letting your eyes scan the outdated credit cards and crinkled dollar bills. Until a curious object catches your eye. Merrily starring up at you is a smiling figure of the man, gray hairs already creeping up on his scalp. Breathlessly, you gasp intently, “Now I’ve got you.” Your hands slowly ease the car door open and squatting down, you pad to the dirt alley, heart dancing in your stomach. Finally you leap into the street, racing at full speed, franticly looking over your shoulder for the swaying overcoat trotting in your footsteps. Unfortunately, your troubles would soon be racing alongside you. From behind, you hear a furious yell. “Hey Kid!” Click here to continue.

19. You whizz down the street, praying for your legs to use every ounce of speed they have. Finally your destination comes into view, drawing nearer as your brain pleaded in strain. Around the block you fly, crashing into the plain building. “Police! Police!” you shriek, running into the front desk. You fling the wallet on the counter gasping, “Strange man chasing me”! The blue uniformed man choked on his coffee bounding to the door. Only a second later the rough man was led in trying wriggle free. He shoots you an enraged look as if his every wish is to strangle your neck once more .The police man laughed giddily, holding the man in place as he turns to you. Click here to continue.

20. “Thanks a lot kid! We’ve been trying to catch him for days! Unfortunately, he’s become one of the recent criminals here.” He sighed. Then he continued, “Well, had better call your ma son.” Leading the squirming man out of sight he called “I’ll be right back!” You feel your muscles relax in relief, as you stood waiting for his return. Your heart beats faster, tensing in expectation after the recent excitement still running through your veins. “Wow.” Was the only word that entered your mind .What a thrill! What a chase! What a relief.