First of all, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE! =D
And it's the perfect time of year to start THIS fic, for it's creepy, crazy, candy-related themes have inspired me to start this story! I hope you enjoy it!
Somewhere in Louisiana, an old ferry-boat sailed down the river, surrounded by a thin fog. Steering the vessel was a man with auburn-red hair and a mustache, wearing a black sweater and gray jeans and brown boots. Next to him stood a woman with the same colored hair and a small mole on her right cheek, and she wore a black sleeveless T-shirt, tight brown pants, and black knee-high boots.
"This is the spot, Clive. Turn here," The woman said to the man, her voice sounding French.
"Yes, Silvia." The man, Clive, said as he steered the boat down a narrow river that went through the swampy forest. The fog increased, hiding the boat completely save for a lone, yellow light that helped guide it through the darkness.
Silvia looked over the edge, her eyes squinting as she tried to look through the fog. She then spotted a house-shaped silhouette through the fog, and turned to Clive. "Here's our stop."
Clive stopped the boat, right beside a small pier that he didn't see in the fog, but thankfully hadn't hit. Instead, the boat was in perfect place in front of it, and they both climbed off. The fog cleared, giving them a good view of an old, abandoned house that stood deep within the swamp.
Although, it wasn't exactly abandoned.
"Did you remember to bring the keys, Clive?" Silvia asked, looking up at the house.
"Oui, Silvia," Clive replied, pulling a set of keys out of his pocket.
They walked up to the house, unlocking the door and stepping inside. The interior looked as foreboding as the outside: cobwebs in the corners, dust all along the furniture and stairs, a few broken floorboards along with a hole in the ceiling, and a musty smell lingered in the air. A couple bats flew overhead and a rat scurried across the floor, but the man and woman didn't seem at-all disturbed.
They walked across the room, watching their steps so not to fall through the broken floorboards, and stepped down a flight of stairs that lead to a different room…
Unlike the rest of the house, this room had a cement floor, stone walls, and seemed to have been used for there was no sign of dirt or grime anywhere… rather, there were strange machines with sheets covering them, along with a few cages and trapping equipment. Silvia walked over to a particular machine, pulling the sheet off and revealing two steel cubicles with glass doors, both attached to an electronic system of switches and buttons. Clive, in the meantime, walked over to a glass tank that held a frog and a lizard. He took out the amphibian and reptile, placing each of them into a cubicle. Silvia then threw the switch.
*BZZZT!*
There was a flash of light emitting from the cubicles, along with a bit of smoke. Silvia pulled the switch again, turning off the machine, and stood back grinning as the doors opened…
And two hideous creatures stepped out. The first one was the frog, but he was the size of a grown man, his torso resembling that of a body-builders while his arms and legs remained the same. The lizard turned out just the same, only his body was scrawny.
"Now that we've mutated them, they'll be able to help us with our plans," Silvia chuckled.
"I must admit, sister, your plan of transforming ordinary creatures into mutants in our control was brilliant," Clive complimented.
Silvia turned to the lizard-mutant and frog-mutant. "Go out into the swamp and set these traps," she told them. "We'll need them to capture more animals." The two mutants obeyed, walking out of the room. "Soon, Clive, we'll have enough animals for our little business…"
"And with those two mutants on our side, no one will dare to interfere," Clive added.
The two twisted siblings cackled with delight, knowing that- as long as there were monsters to keep everyone out of the swamp- their plan would be a success.
A/N: …Yeah, I don't think so. ;)
Review, please? Don't flame unless you want a mutant roaming your neighborhood.