A Trip To The Zoo

I used to have a friend named Jackson. We were always the kind of kids who would do stupid things that would get us in trouble. One time when we were eight years old we wanted to go and enter this old zoo that had been abandoned for years but we never did. But when we reached eighteen, Jackson had everything planned for us to get in. I thought it was dumb to actually do it but he convinced me to go with him so I went. After we had gotten our things which were flashlights and cameras, we set off to check the place out. We drove the car into some place that had so many trees and left the car first had to get through the fence that they had made around it. Luckily Jackson brought bolt cutters and cut open the fence. We had sneaked through the back and had even rolled a bolder onto the wall. Jackson had brought bolt cutters and cut the barb wire. Once it was cut we climbed in. It was spooky. There was things turned over and plants that had overgrown. Everything looked like it had been left as if they had been fleeing from something. Jackson was happy and grabbed me so we could take a photo together. After that we went exploring. We went to every little shop and took pictures. As I I was checking one of them I saw something with glowing eyes sitting with the toys. I turned and saw nothing. We kept walking and saw old statues of a bear and a monkey. I wonder what had happened. Why did everyone leave in a hurry? Why is it abandoned? As we kept walking Jackson went into the main office where the security cameras were. Jackson began to move things when suddenly the monitor turned on. I looked through all the old recordings and found the last thing ever recorded before it was shutdown. It read June 23, 19**. The footage showed a room where the animals had been placed. I noticed that the animals were in some sort of clinic as they didn't look happy at all. The animals had begun to freak out. The lions scratching on the glass, birds banging on the glass, and gorillas also banging on the glass. But the glass on the gorillas room began to break and the other gorillas joined in and within those few seconds they had broke free began to charge at people that were working. They grabbed the people and began to throw them and rip them up. The other animals began to shatter all the glass and one by one they began to attack those who were in trying to run. All the animals had began to have glowing silver eyes and their mouths were dripping some green liquid. I pointed to the other camera and we watched. The footage showed someone running and pointing at people to get out of the zoo. People ran in a panic as they crowded all the exits. It also showed the guards shooting at the animals but it didn't have affect at all. The guards get grabbed and torn apart. Then all the cameras go black. We stood there shocked at what we had seen. I quickly activated all the cameras and what the cameras showed was a bunch of glowing eyes staring into the cameras. We saw in horror as one of the cameras slowly turned showing a gorilla getting inside the office and breaking open the doors. We turned the monitors off and got down. The door flung open and there were weird animal noises. We kept an eye on the cameras which showed which direction the gorilla was walking in the room. While it looked in one direction we went the other direction and made our way to the exit. But suddenly I kicked a metal object causing so much noise. Then we heard the gorilla make a noise and watched as it charged at us. We began to run and we saw other animals running towards us or flying towards us. The birds had sharp claws and began to scratch at us or peck us. We kept going but one of the gorillas had picked up something and launched it at Jackson. Jackson fell on the floor and wasn't moving. I didn't know what to do because the animals were getting closer and the way out was not figured out yet. I regret what I chose to do. I ran and left Jackson. I watched as the animals ran and began to tear at him and the screams of pain were so hard to hear. There was gargling noises and everything was quiet. I climbed up a cart onto a little shop and jumped onto the wall and climbed and fell down. I didn't turn back, I just kept running until I made it to the car. Once inside I started the engine and was about to speed off. I was backing up when suddenly something was dropped on the hood of the car. I screamed as I saw the head of Jackson staring at me. I sped down the path and watched as the head fell down smearing blood onto the window. I also looked behind me only to see that gorilla standing there watching me drive off. It's glowing eyes, bloodied face, and deformed body never left my mind.