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Author: Mario Cornelio

On a cold, rainy day Leon was packing up to go on a trip 
with his friend to London. As he was getting his things ready, 
he got a call from his friend, Chris. 
 
“Hello,” Leon answered. 
“Hey man, are you done with packing your stuff?” 
“Yeah, but there is one final thing I need to do.” Leon said “What’s that?” 
“Well my mom hasn’t been answering me for the past two 
days, so I think I’ma head to her house and check if she’s 
alright,” Leon said with a worried tone. “Well, alright.”  “Hey, maybe you can pick me up at my mom’s place, we can 
carpool together?” Leon said with an excited tone.  “Yeah, sure I can do that.” 
    “Ok, then. I guess I’ll see you then, Bye.” 
    “Bye.” 
    As Leon hung up the call and got the last of his things in his car, he got in and started making his way to his mom’s 
house. “Come on pick up,” Leon kept calling his mom over and 
over but no sign of her picking up. He finally made his way to 
his mom’s house and opened the door with his spare key. 
“Mom…..MOM!” Leon shouted, but he got nothing in response. Not a 
sound was made. He kept walking and opened the backyard door and 
found his mom sitting there looking at the flowers “Hey, Mom. 
I’ve called and texted you, even shouted your name,” Leon said 
with an aggressive tone. “S-s-s-sorry, I was b-b-busy.” It was normal for Leon’s mom 
to talk like that as she had suffered a brain injury after the 
crash which also caused the death of his father. “Look, just please answer your phone. You made me worried 
sick,” Leon said. “I’m s-s-sorry, how about I-I-I m-m-m-make us d-dinner?”  
”Sure, I mean I did tell Chris to pick me up here, so yeah, I can stay for dinner.” 
    “G-good. I’ll s-s-s-start m-m-making dinner.” 
    Leon sat in the living room as his mom was making some 
delicious chicken and rice which was Leon’s favorite. 
    “D-dinner is r-r-ready!”     “Oooo some chicken and rice, don’t mind if I dooo!” Leon 
exclaimed with excitement. As Leon and his mom ate dinner 
together his mom asked, 
    “S-s-so w-w-where are y-you and C-Chris going?” 
    “Oh, managed to buy tickets to London to go see the band 
Pantera that is touring there.” 
    “O-oh s-s-s-sounds n-n-nice.” Leon’s mom gave a big smile 
which gave Leon the creeps. 
    “I have never seen mom or even anyone smile that wide,” 
Leon had said in his mind and now that he was thinking about it, 
his mom’s face didn’t seem natural with wide eyes, a big grin, 
and a mole that she was missing. 
    “Excuse me, I need to use the bathroom,” Leon said while 
rushing upstairs. As he reached the bathroom next to his 
parents’ room, a foul smell hit him, and that smell was coming 
from his parents’ room. He entered their room and saw a swarm of 
flies around his parents’ closet. He opened the door to find a 
blanket, and he slowly reached out and lifted it. What he saw 
was absolutely horrific. His mother was covered in blood, torso 
open with her organs missing while some of her ribs were shot 
out of her back, her face was distorted with her eyes replaced 
by small eyes, teeth missing, and her mouth was put in a forced 
grin. Leon stepped back and turned to the hallway to see his 
mom, no, he meant that thing standing on the top of the stairs 
smiling wide with big blood shot eyes. It started to stretch its 
neck and twist its head upside down as it turned its body black 
and its limbs longer. Leon quickly closed the door and dialed 
911. 
    “911 what is your emergency?” 
    “Y-yes. I need help, there is some weird thing or 
c-creature outside my door. PLEASE SEND SOMEONE!” 
    “Sir, I need you to calm down and tell me where your 
location is.” 
    “Yes it’s uhh it’s 5856 147th-“ Leon stopped as the lights 
had turned off leaving him in the dark with his phone being the 
only light source. He turned his phone on and heard breathing. 
He slowly looked up and with his phone light he made out what 
looked like his mother’s face. 
    Leon was filled with fear as the creature said, “I l-love 
you s-s-son.” 
    Forty-five minutes later the police arrived and soon after 
that the detectives. Detective Hoffman said, “Alright, get out 
of the way, move it.” 
    Officer Dean responded, “Hey you can’t be here.” 
    “Calm down. I am Detective Hoffman and this is Detective 
Kramer,” and they both pulled out their badges. The detectives 
walked in and went up to Leon’s parents’ room. “Ah, man,” 
Detective Hoffman exclaimed while covering his nose. Leon was 
lying on the floor, his arms ripped, torso open like his 
mother’s but not all of his organs were gone, face distorted 
with his eyes missing, teeth gone, and a big smile from ear to 
ear. “Did you find any identification?” asked Hoffman. 
    “Yes, here,”answered Dean, as the police officer handed 
detective Hoffman Leon’s and his mother’s ID. 
    “A Mrs. Abigail Kennedy … and a mister Leon Kennedy, hmmm 
sounds familiar,” Hoffman said while looking at Kramer. 
    “Oh, we also found this,” Dean handed the detectives a 
phone, and it was left on text messages. 
    Hoffman asked, “Hey, wait, when did you guys arrive here?” 
    ”About thirty minutes ago.” 
    “Me and Kramer arrived five minutes later.” 
    “So…” questioned Dean. 
    “It seems mister Leon here replied to a message from Chris 
about forty minutes ago, saying “yeah I’ll be right down just 
let me finish using the bathroom.” 
    “So this means this Chris guy could be our suspect.” 
    “And he killed Leon,” Detective Hoffman said while looking 
at Leon’s body. 
 
    “Maaaan, are you excited to see Pantera and walk around London? I just can’t wait to get there,” Chris asked Leon with excitement. “To be honest, you look different, Bruh. Happier with that big ol’ smile. You alright?”      “Me, oh I’m just fine, everything is just fine.” As Leon 
gave a big grin.