The+Cemetery

It was getting late, almost time for John to go to work. He works at the cemetery as a nightgaurd to protect it at night. Since nobody wants their stones stolen or broken he has to watch the cemetery like a hawk. Peopletry to do that every so often. Nobody knows why people want to steal it, but they do it anyways. Its time for him to go to work, so he will reluctantly.

Its now dark, he has been working for a couple of hours now. Suddenly, he heard a noise. He is used to hearing these noises, people try to scare him all the time. It used to happen every night he came to work, because he was new to the job. But this didnt sound like the regular, branches crunching and howls that people usually make. It sounded like a stone cracking. He thought somebody was trying to steal one of the head stones. He looked around and moved very carefully. He didnt see or hear anything.

He wasnt to worried until he saw a shadow out of the corner of his eye. It started to run, he didnt see anyone but the shadow. Then the shadow dissapeared, he thought he lost and didnt catch the burglar. But then he heard a branch snap. He turned around as quickly as he could and shined his flashlight everywhere he could. The sounds grew closer and louder.

"Who's there?" he asked, " I know somebody is out there!"

He started heading towards the exit. The noises sounded like somebody was running towards him. He started to jog then it turned into a sprint. He was almost to the exit when he trips. He started sliding in the grass when he slammed into a headstone. When he looked up and started reading the stone. When he finished reading it he was in shock. The stone had his name on it. He turned around and saw a man standing there with a scared look on his face. The man was wearing the same uniform as he usually wore to work. Finally he found out what was going on. This man took his job when he past. And he was the one scaring the man making the man run after him. He wasnt there at all, he was dead.