The 0 Channel

The 0 Channel
I sat there, nothing more than darkness invaded my space and mind. My father sat on the black sofa glancing at the TV. My mother was taking longer to get ready than usual. I didn't understand why I couldn't go. My mother at this point was slowly packing her handbag. She got it a few days ago and wouldn't let go of it. To summarize I had to stay home while my whole family got to go to a party. Gradually I started to think about all the mischievous advantages, getting to eat all the Kit-Kats and putting music on as loud as I want. I was more of a gothic type of boy. I enjoyed heavy metal music and skateboarding.

My dad hated the way I dressed, and hated my personality even more. I was moody and I always had dark side to me. I walked up calmly to the enormous kitchen. It was like the kitchen was hypnotizing me to come. It was luring me further and further, like it had glowing eyes. With this in mind I just had to go get a coke. "Ok, we're going. Sebastian, don't open the door for anyone and behave" My mother ordered me fiercely. I nodded back in the angry mood and dull face. My sister gave a tempting evil smile; I hated her as much as I hate rap music. After a short time they left the house.

I jumped quickly on the warm sofa and gripped the remote control with my right hand. It was very sweaty and yet cold. I paused for a minute thinking about what I should watch. I didn't have a clue. So I just skimmed through the channel list, drinking my coke at the same time. I came across an unusual channel. I checked the channel name and it said 'The 0 Channel'. Not knowing what it was, I curiously went on it. At first there was no signal, but I checked the antenna and it was fine. I checked it once again. It now started working and slowly the picture was fading in. It was black and white. Therefore I just switched back to the channel list. To my shock, every single channel was deleted.

At first I thought it was an error. But it wasn't. Every channel was removed. How could this happen? Every channel was gone except for Channel 0. I clicked on channel 0 again. It was still black and white and it showing a girl on a wooden chair. The chair looked old, very old. The girl had tape around her mouth and was crying in pain. I gulped in sheer terror. What was this all about? I kept watching. It was though someone was recording this and was holding a camera which had bad quality. In the background the cameraman was laughing. His laugh reminded me of terrible things. The camera panned out and in front of it was now a knife about 20 centimeters long. The knife was held on the girl's throat. I would guess that she was no older than 14. I gasped in absolute horror and switched the TV off.

I sighed in relief. I turned around and took a sip of my coke. A second later, the TV switched itself on. Now I was really scared. I tried turning it off but no. It didn't work. It showed the girl again. It was as though they were in an attic. I could see buckets and knives everywhere. Paint was also splattered across the peach color walls. The girl was crying harder. The knife was penetrating deeper into the skin but didn't cut. I had to do something and out of my sheer horror and panic, I grabbed a glass vase and threw it at the TV, shattering it. Finally I realized it was over. Thereafter I went upstairs to calm myself down. However, as I walked up the stairs I heard a crying voice. It was tender and in pain. I followed it and in my total shock it lead me to our own attic. I stupidly climbed up and banged open the door, only to see a girl on a chair.