Man In The Blue Box

• Johan Joshi, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2016

Bang! I jump out of my comfy bed.’What was that?’ I wonder to myself. I walk swiftly to get the torch. But then I see a horrific sight in front of me half of my house had been blown up. I realise how lucky I was then. I grab the torch and get outside and hear this eerie sound through the wind. Then I spot a bright glow out of the trees. As I push my way inside of the trees I spot a man wearing clothes that look like they are from the 1950s.He was sitting on a police box from when mum and dad were kids. I threaten him saying “why did you try to blow me up and my house?” He looked at me and said “It was a very big accident.” My face turned red and I was full of anger. Then shouted right at him “I will call the police.” He wasn’t listening to me at all then he clicked a button and then a bright light shone and then we were gone.
It was really hard to open my eyes then I stood up and opened my eyes.”Where am I?” I asked tiredly. I looked up and saw a sign saying ‘The Guardian’. I looked around me and I was in a large ship and it was full of buttons.Then I saw the same man running down the stairs. I asked him “what are you doing to me?” He replied “I need help to save earth from an astroid. Will you help me no questions okay?” I agreed if he would take me home. He threw a piece of metal at me and instantly turned into a advanced spacesuit and gave me a bomb and a grapple hook. “In space really,” I asked. He nodded forwards and told me to use the jetpack to get to the astroid. I jumped out and the astroid was in my sight it was going slowly and it got faster and faster. I landed and the man was right behind me then I planted the bomb in the hole and then I aimed the grapple hook at the ship but then I got hit by a rock and then blacked out.
I woke up back in bed. ‘Was that a dream?’ I thought even though it was amazing. I find a note on the side of my bed saying thank you. I went outside and the house was fixed too. I wonder who was that man in the blue box?