Two Against Two Bonus:
Kevin VS. The Furnace
(Narrator's PoV:)
It's a cold Winter's night in the McCallister house. All is quiet, as everyone is asleep in his or her bed, all warm and cozy, and dreaming happy, peaceful thoughts; save for the youngest McCallister, who's tossing and turning, because Kevin is having the fight of his life with his worst nightmare: the dreaded furnace that resides in the basement…
(Kevin's PoV:)
(Dream World)
Why couldn't Mom send Megan, Linne, Jeff, or Buzz into the basement to look for the Christmas decorations? But, no, she sends me… She knows I hate coming down here. It's dark and smelly, and that furnace gives me the creeps. Sometimes, I get the feeling that furnace is possessed, because I hear it shout my name, which sends chills down my spine.
So, I begin searching for the decorations that Mom wants by looking through random boxes. My body suddenly freezes in terror, and the fear inside of me grows, as my eyes lay upon the scariest thing in whole World: the McCallister furnace, with its rusted pipes, those creepy valves, and that black grate that's currently glowing orange and red from the fire that's burning inside it.
"It's not scary!" I chant to myself, as I return to look for the decorations Mom wants.
I soil myself, as the scariest sound suddenly echoes throughout the whole basement, "KEVINNNN!" The basement door then slams shut. I turn around to see where the noise is coming from. I scream loudly and stomp up the stairs as quickly as I can to get out of the basement, and away from the furnace, that's now alive, only to find out that the door will not open. "KEVINNNN!" roars the furnace. I scream for Mom to help me, but to no avail. I brace my back against the door in fear, as the horrible monstrosity begins to shake violently. I scream again, as I witness the furnace pull the pipes out of the walls and shake them at me, as though it had arms. The gauges turn to eyes, and the grate opens like a mouth and blows fire, like an angry dragon. I run back downstairs to the opposite side of the basement, shaking in fear. I scream, when I see the furnace suddenly starting to move towards me, as though it were walking. "KEVINNNN! I'M COMING TO GET YOU!"
I duck to dodge the fire it tries to burn me with. The only way I'm getting out of here is to face my fear and fight the furnace. I suddenly see a box of Buzz's old things and I quickly dig through it to try and find a weapon.
"Yes!" I cheer, when I find Buzz's old BB pistol and some ammo. I load the BB gun and begin to fight back. "Come and get me, you filthy animal!" I cackle like Johnny from Angels with Filthy Souls, as I unload the BB gun into the furnace.
The furnace roars in pain, and I hear glass shattering, since I shoot one of its eyes. I duck for cover, when it blows fire at me. I aim for the other eye and take a few shots, but the shattering of glass tells me, and the furnace roaring tells me, that I've shot it out. I now aim at the grate and begin unloading everything I've got, while ducking from the fire it shoots at me. After what seems like forever, the BB knocks off the grate from the furnace, and it flies across room.
"NOOOOO! I WILL BE BACK TO GET YOU, KEVINNN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF ME!" I duck, as the furnace unleashes one last volley of fire, before it crashes onto the floor in pieces, making a loud booming sound…
(Kevin's PoV:)
(Real World)
I jolt awake, shaking and sweating. "What a horrible nightmare… No more cheese pizza, before bed…" I say to myself, as I lie back down in my bed and try to go to sleep again…
(Narrator's PoV:)
Kevin does go back to sleep that night and sleeps peacefully. The nightmare causes Kevin to stay out of the basement for a few weeks, as he becomes more fearful of the furnace. It's not until meeting Christine, the eldest sister he never knew, a few weeks later, after his parents left him home alone, that Kevin is really able to overcome his fear of the furnace…
END