Danger by Jordan Smith
The students were tasked to write about DANGER. Jordan writes about a clown whose painted-on smile hides a mask of menace.
I’m sitting in an old diner eating a burger and fries with a drink. I’ve never gotten food here before, but I’m really enjoying it. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a figure in black and white. It looked like the figure was staring at me from across the diner. I didn’t want to show that I was uncomfortable, so I ignored the staring and finished my food.
I put my money on the counter and left. I started feeling tired after eating so I decided to go home. On my way home, I passed by the figure in black and white again. I started to get really creeped out because this was the second time I saw this person. I turned around to see if he was following me and he was waving at me with a huge smile on his face.
I felt chills when I saw the figure waving at me. I’ve never felt this sense of danger before. My heart started beating at a rapid pace and my lungs ached. I started running because I felt like I needed to get away from this situation as soon as possible. I kept running until I couldn’t anymore. Coincidentally, I stopped just a few blocks away from my house.
I get inside and lock all of my doors and windows. I got settled and turned on my TV to watch a movie. Maybe if I distract myself from this weird experience then it will turn out fine. Suddenly, the power went out in my house. The breaker is in my basement to turn it back on. I take a deep breath to calm my nerves and go down the basement steps. I can’t see anything so I end up running into something.
The thing I bumped into feels like a human figure. I feel a tight grip on my neck and I’m forced to sit on a chair. I tried to get up, but I couldn’t. When I wake up, I see the figure that was in black and white again. I looked a little closer and it was a clown. He had a long nose with a small black dot on the end, black and white makeup, a small black top hat, and a very large smile with yellow teeth.
He stepped aside to show me a slideshow presentation that he made. It said that his name was Art The Clown and that I was his next victim. After his presentation, he pulled out a large trash bag and began to dig through it. He pops a confetti cannon and bits of black and white paper covers me and the floor. He then comically digs through the bag again and pulls out a specially crafted weapon. He waved to me like he did before and raised the weapon over his shoulder with that same smile on his face. The weapon came down and my vision went red.