Arrow Rock
Arrow Rock, Kentucky; the quaint little city that is steadily on the grow. It has always been such a peaceful community that recently had been dubbed the title of a city since it had just attained it's 5,000 resident.
Many of the older residents knew about the past of Arrow Rock, but they kept silent of it, due to it's violent past. They knew bringing the subject back up would cause fights, protests, and prejudice back up into the city… or even worse.
"Mom! I'm going out for a little while!" A young teenage girl, decked out in a dark purple, tight, long-sleeved shirt with thumb holes on the end of the sleeves shouted while exiting her mangled bedroom.
"Okay, Lisa, just be home before ten; your father said he has some sort of big announcement once he gets home," Lisa's mom shouted from the kitchen, stirring up some stew.
"Sure thing, mother," Lisa continued down the stairs, passing a glance to her little, eight-year-old brother who had his tongue sticking out at her, as her hand glided onto the doorknob. "Damn! Forgot something!" Lisa quietly murmured as she crept back up the stairs and into her messy bedroom. Clothes began to fly about in the room as she began to rummage through everything, in search of something. "Ah ha! There you are!" Lisa smiled as she held up a large flashlight, turning it on in her eyes, blinding herself.
Her feet glided out of her bedroom, down the staircase, and finally leaving the house. Pacing down the sidewalk like a speed walker, she glanced at her watch to notice it was 7:35 P.M., which meant she didn't have too much time to go exploring.
"Hello!" "How are you?" "Nice weather we are having, eh?" She said casually to passer-bys on foot, but Lisa acted incredibly nervous, sheltering her nerves behind a fake smile towards the people.
RING! RING!
Lisa jumped at the sound, but soon slid her hand into her pocket, pulling out a sleek cell phone, "Hello?" She asked, but to no answer. "Uh… hello?"
"Seven days…" A hissing like voice responded, followed by static.
Lisa's eyes shot open in fear as the phone slid off of her ear and began to tremble. She slowly raised the phone back up, but noticed on the Caller ID that it said Eileane on it. "Ah you bitch! I swear, I can hurt you for that, Eileane!" Lisa yelled, partially laughing, followed by the giggles of Eileane on the other end.
"Haha, sorry girly, but I knew I just had to do that to you! Oh, and it worked like a charm I bet… you must've been shivering in your boots!"
Lisa shook her head as she smiled. "You know, you are truly a bitch! But I love you for that! Anyways… what's up?"
"Not much, just incredibly bored and wanted to scare youis that a car I heard? Are you on a street or something?" Lisa didn't respond. "Oh no! Lisa, you best not be going to where I think you're going! That place is like a death trap… don't go!"
"Too late, Eileane; I'm already in front by the fence… oh! And look at all those 'No Trespassing' and 'Condemned' signs! Pfft, they obviously don't think I will obey those, now do they?"
"Please Lisa… don't go in there. You know I get weird feelings about that place, so there must be something wrong with the place! Besides, remember that whole mysterious fire that killed everyone in the restaurant last year? I don't think that was an accident… someone… no! Something must've done it!" Eileane paused, sitting on the edge of her bed and biting down onto her lip. "You know Lisa, people care about you, and yet you continue to go and explore these extremely dangerous places. Do you like want to appear on the Arrow Rock Nightly News on the missing children report? Lisa, are you even listening to me?"
"Yeah, I heard what you said, but I'm not going back home. When I explore dark, creepy places, it like gives me a natural high. These places are like 100 safe! I'll be all right, Eileane, but thank you for caring," Lisa smiled, knowing that Eileane couldn't see her, but Eileane knew she was smiling, she could sense it. "I'll tell you all about the cool stuff that I find in there later tonight, and who knows, maybe you'll come with me tomorrow!" Lisa smiled, already knowing Eileane's response.
"Hell no! I am not stepping a foot in that danger zone! No way in hell!"
"Okay, I have to go now… bye!" Lisa closed up the phone, still hearing Eileane going on and on about not going into the place. She smiled as she slid the cell phone back into her pocket and climb through a small opening in the fence, leading into the parking lot. As soon as she passed through the fence, she felt and eerie chill surround her, and even though she could see people walking around in the bluish lit evening, she still felt alone.
Shrugging off the feeling, she pushed herself onward, stepping onto the sidewalk that surrounded the massive business center, and began her adventure in the run down, mildly corrupt, but heavily deserted business center.
"Looks like I wasn't the first person here," Lisa muttered to herself while walking past broken windows and bricked walls full of graffiti.
She stepped through one of the broken windows, entering into the first building, a small rehabilitation center. It still had most of its equipment, just mainly toppled over by punky teenagers, more or less. As she stood to her feet, brushing off little glass fragments on her sleeve, she reached for the light switch, but it wouldn't turn on; the power must've been cut when it became condemned.
"I don't understand… why would anyone leave such expensive equipment here? They could've easily taken it with them when they moved out," Lisa spoke to herself, passing by a large water tank used for relaxation of the muscles, but the water was now moldy and green, not even able to see through it.
As Lisa entered into the hallway, she took out her flashlight. It was moderately light in the building, but wasn't enough to make Lisa comfortable inside. With a gentle click, the flashlight shined on into a darkened room with no windows, showing a little chiropractic table in the middle, along with some ultra-sound devices.
"Oh, this place isn't even that creepy… I am bored!" Lisa shouted as she crawled out the back of the building, standing in a parking lot that is surrounded by all of the other buildings from all around. With a catch out of her peripheral, she faintly noticed something run into the back entrance of the Ladies' Fitness Center. So, out of curiosity, she crept over, silently tip-toeing over the downed branches and broken glass in the parking lot until she got to the fully broken down, sliding, glass door, looking into the main machine section of the fitness center; no one was in sight.
"Hehello? Is anyone in here?" She asked while slowly walking in, passing by all the fitness machines and weights that were scattered around the ground. Slight giggles came from the side hall. "Little ones, are you lost or something? Do you need help finding your parents?"
The giggling continued as Lisa cautiously walked over to the bend of the hall, entering it and seeing a little child run around the other bend, continuing to giggle. "Uh… I am not in any mood to be playing games. If you are lost, than just tell me!" She shouted in a blind rage, and then heard the giggles turn into cries of fear and sorrow. "Oh, I'm sorry! I wasn't meaning to be mean, but I… I just don't know how to act around children… really!" Her foot went around the last bend, only to see the only door at the end slowly swing open, still hearing the cries from the little child.
Pushing one foot in front of her, she walked towards the room, flashlight at hand, and as she entered, the room was completely empty, except for the thrown about filing cabinets and papers. "Uh… little kid?"
RING! RING!
"Oh shit!" Lisa screamed, being completely caught off guard by the deafening ring. She shook her head and smiled at herself, being so easily frightened. "Hello? Hello? Eileane! This isn't funny anymore!"
Suddenly, the phone was filled with weird mumbling from a deep voice, nearly inhuman, "Eileane, shut the fuck up!" Lisa screamed again, looking at the Caller ID to read it to find 'Unlisted' on it.
"Get out! GET OUT! GO AWAY!" A raspy voice screamed with an inhuman tone to it on the phone, sending chills down Lisa's back and all the way up into her throat. The soon began to tone the familiar beeping noise and then went silent.
Without any hesitation, Lisa kicked her feet up, running at an extreme speed through the door, down the winding hallway and into the equipment room, finally passing through the room and out of the Ladies' Fitness Center, bursting out into the dim light of the lowering sun, and through the parking lot.
As she made her way back to the front, she heard a little girl screaming for help from inside a building. "Please lady, help me! Help me! Ahh!" The little girl screamed in horror as she looked at something that wasn't visible to Lisa, before running off and disappearing.
Lisa stopped, thinking if she should go back and try to help whatever was wrong with the ghost… but her brain took over, sending her feet through the hole in the fence and back down the street, all the way back to her home.
"Lisa, wait honey!" Her mom called out, stopping her from continuing up the stairs. "Your daddy has to make his announcement now!" She smiled, walking into the living room and sitting down next to her husband; Lisa soon followed, completely exasperated.