~Disclaimer: I don't own Dark Oracle~
"Lance, it's getting late and I don't want to be out long in this storm." Cally complained. They were at Gamerz Cave, which was open late for Halloween. Lance looked out the window to notice the wind blowing harshly.
"What's wrong, the storm scaring you?" Vern, who was looking at the old comics in the store. Cally and Lance both glared at him. Though Vern and Lance had somewhat of a truce after he helped free Lance after he was trapped in the mirror, they were always teasing each other.
"Fine, we'll stay." Cally replied. "I don't care." Sage had the day off and was going on a day-trip with her family. After a few moments, where Cally became increasingly bored, she walked towards the door.
"I'm going home, you can stay if you want." Cally said as she walked towards the door. She opened it, as thunder hit a nearby tree causing it to fall right in front of the game shop. Cally screamed and slammed the door.
"Are you okay?" Lance asked, rushing towards her, Doyle looked concerned, as Vern did for a second, however he quickly feigned disinterest.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Cally breathed out. Doyle cautiously inspected the large tree blocking the entrance.
"It's unsafe to go out in this, I'll get some blankets from the back of the store." He replied. The thunder roared ominously. When Doyle entered with the blankets, his next move was to call the city so they can remove the tree, however, the phones were dead.
"Well, we'll have to wait until morning to call." He sighed.
"I'm not waiting around." Vern scoffed as he tried to climb over the tree, however thunder hit nearby causing him to fall back, into the shop.
"I told you it wasn't safe." Doyle lectured, helping Vern up.
"Whatever." Vern muttered.
"I'm sure the storm won't last long." Cally replied. The lights suddenly went out.
"I guess we should have seen that coming, I'll get some candles from the back." Doyle sighed.
"So, should we tell scary stories to pass the time?" Lance suggested.
"Really, you think you can tell better scary stories than me?" Vern taunted.
"I know I can." Lance challanged.
"I'm in to, I mean, there's not much else to do." Cally replied. Doyle came in carrying an armful of candles.
"Don't light any yet, we're about to tell scary stories and it would be way better in complete darkness." Vern suggested.
"Do you want to join?" Lance offered.
"Alright." Doyle replied. He sat down, but before anyone could start, a candle lit up, though no one was near it. Everyone jumped back. Vern approached the candle. He picked up an object, a comic.
"It's back." He breathed out, showing the cover of the cursed comic, Dark Oracle.
"No." Cally sighed in disbelief.
"What does it say?" Doyle asked, trying to keep his voice as steady as possible. Vern opened the comic as the others looked over his shoulder. It shown the puppet master creating a storm over gamerz cave with a speech bubble saying.
"I have them right where I want them." Vern, Doyle, Lance and Cally all looked at the storm, that they realized was created to trap them.
"We're under some kind of siege." Lance sighed.
"What should we do?" Cally asked.
"For now, we have to brace ourselves for whatever the Puppet Master has panned for us." Doyle replied. The candle went out, leaving them in complete darkness.
~There will be more~