Hallow's Eve
Marty knew that she was getting too old for trick and treating but she had told herself that this year was the last time. The last memory that she had of her parents was trick or treating when she had been a little girl. She remembered how much fun they all had together and now all these years later, she couldn't let go of the childish tradition even if all of her friends had abandoned it for years.
Jason and Megan were already at the harvest celebration...they had gone ahead of her and told her to find them when she was done acting like a child. She told herself that she didn't need them to have a good time as long as she had her own treat that she had brought. She took a swig out of the canteen of vodka and placed it back into her purse before she stumbled to the next house.
She shivered as she carried her bag of candy to the Manning household. She had heard the rumors that focused around the Quarterback Todd Manning and his family. They said that he had a twin brother that was locked in the basement. They said that their uncle was insane, and abusive and that their mother was an evil scientist that ran experiments on the boy that they kept chained in the basement. She thought about bypassing this particular house like all the others kids were doing, but the fear that emanated from this house provided her with an extra thrill that she just couldn't resist.
Marty walked up the steps and knocked on the door. "Hello," she called out as the door creaked open.
The house was dark and there were cobwebs everywhere and it was hard to imagine that anybody even lived here. Curiosity got the best of her and she went into the house to find out if the rumors were true.
She crept down the basement stairs and saw him, a boy that looked like Todd, chained to the walls. She wondered if this was really Todd Manning or the infamous twin from all of the rumors.
"Todd, is that you?" she whispered in the darkness.
"You shouldn't be here. You need to leave before they see you," he warned as he looked into her eyes.
"Who are you?" Marty whispered.
"I'm Todd's brother Victor Lord JR.," he said.
"So the rumors are true," Marty gasped.
"You need to leave."
"I can't go without helping you," Marty said as she pulled on the chains.
"It's too late for me. Please leave before it's too late for you."
"It's already too late for her Victor," the man growled.
She peered in the darkness, but all she could see was his ominous shadow with two red eyes that seemed to glow in the darkness. They got closer and closer to her as she saw his shadow descending down the staircase.
She trembled as she looked around for anything to use as a weapon, but there was nothing. "Please, please don't hurt me," she gasped out.
He pulled on the string in front of her and blinding light streamed into the room.
"They just get prettier and prettier don't they," he said as he roughly grabbed her.