The Road To Peril

• Harvey Fox, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2022

Spladoum! The entire building exploded. I felt the skin ripping from my bone. “Aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhh,” I shreaked.
Then the drool of the monster fell on my arm, but I didn't care what happened, I just had to run.
Once I got away I realised that my exposed bone arm had stopped hurting. It felt normal, like my arm was just bone.
All I knew was that I had to get back to Peril. The problem was I had no transport and then I saw it, the garage where the car was.
Rrrrrrrrr the car's engine roared to life, as it zoomed along the highway.
The road ahead exploded in front of me. I hit the brakes before I went into the crater...