The Figure

One day, there was a man who was named John Deliabourne. He was a teenager at around his 20s, he has an older brother named Leo Deliabourne, a Mother Mrs. Deliabourne, and a father Mr. Deliabourne. His Father has passed away when he was still 14 Years old. He lives in an apartment with his brother.

He is a busy man , a busy employed man. Everyday if he needs to think he will always go out at midnight alone to think with no fear. But one night when he was walking and thinking at the road which is unusual for people to be in it, he saw a figure of a man standing in the middle of the road. Then, a car ran over the figure.  John went to check out the body, but the body was gone and no signs of  blood or a car, he thought it was only a hallucination because its so late and he’s not a sleep yet. He then started walking again. Not a little longer John once again see the figure but this time it was under a lamp post with flickering lights. He then shouted, “WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME”? The figure stayed silent and just SMILED scarily. The man was frightened so he ran as fast as he can to a nearby park which still has guards in it to be safe. He again see the figure near the woods behind a tree but he didn’t make contact with it this time. So he just calls the police to investigate about it and so he dialed 911 tell them what happened and went home. In the mean time the police arrived and went to investigate the woods. The officers decided to split up to find the figure. Not long later one of the officers was reported  to be lost and all of  his communication systems are offline. The police decided to abort the investigation due to not wanting to lose another officer. The police then dialed John about the incident and John was frightened about it.

The next day, John was called to the police office to ask him the details about this “Figure”. John said that the figure was tall, has a wide smile, and unhuman like more like a spirit. The police thanked him about the information and showed John the picture of the lost officer. 

John then went home to dial his mother too see if she is alright. He told his mother about the incident and his mother was shocked and in disbelief. Because John’s father died because of unknown causes and his father’s last words are, “Beware of the figure that lurks in the darkness, it wants something from our family which is vengeance”. John was in shock and so was his mother. They both didn’t know why the figure wants vengeance but they are figuring something up. In the mean time John is now going to his mother’s house to stay over to be safe for the night. Fast forward in nighttime when they were getting ready to go to bed there was a knock on the door and they try to see who it was, so they went upstairs to see.

Once they were upstairs, they opened the window curtains and saw it was a police officer who resembled the lost police officer John saw in the picture. They immediately went downstairs and opened the door but there was  no one there. They were confused on where the police man was. John and his mother went to their rooms lying on the bed. At 2 am John’s mother heard a voice at the closet and she went to check it out. John’s mother opened the closet to see nothing there but when she turned around she saw the figure and screamed as loud as she can, John heard the scream and went to his mom’s room and only to see a writing with chalk on the wall which reads, ”BASEMENT”. 

John rushed to the basement to see the dead body of the officer and the figure standing next too his mother who was tied up and was unconscious . John Yelled, “Why do you seek vengeance”? The figure then said in a distorted voice, ”Because your family had me killed a long time ago, I was your great grandfather’s best friend back then, we were very close but one night there was an armed robber who asked for money and wanted to shoot one of us at that time there were me, your great grandfather, and his son. He chose me to be shot and so I was shot and left there to die because he wanted to protect his son. And now I am  going to do the exact same thing which is you or your mother”. 

John was confused and the figure which is now known as Samuel gives the scary and the familiar smile. John decided to think about his decision but he then remembered what his brother Leo told him about spirits that they get stronger through the fear of people . John then built up his courage and when he does that the figure got weaker until the state that it can be physically harmed. John then takes a wooden plank and bashes it to the figure over and over again until its dead but spirits cant die and so the figure took both of their lives and can finally move on. 

THE END

BY Marcelino Roskan