"I can't believe you made me do this Annie." Jeff said grumpily whilst holding on to Annie's hand after getting out of his car.

"Oh be quiet Jeff. I think you look very cute." Annie said trying to persuade Jeff.

"Seriously Annie, it's one thing to be seen with you dressed as Belle, but for me to be in this absurd gorilla costume." Jeff scoffed looking down at his costume.

Annie couldn't help but giggle. "Jeff, you're not a gorilla you're the beast."

"Whatever, it's all the same crap to me. I wish you hadn't of talked me into this."

"You didn't have to use this as your costume Jeff, I just gave you the option."

"But you can be really persuasive when you want to, and you know that Annie." Jeff winked at her and Annie shyly looked away.

"Anyway, you can't change we just got to Pierce's house. Now, come on." Annie said letting go of Jeff's hand and running up to the front door of Pierce's home. Jeff sighed loudly. "I heard that." She said jokingly.

"You were meant to!" Jeff yelled from the car before chasing after Annie to catch her up. He came up behind her and tickled her playfully.

Annie giggled. "Jeff! Stop." His hands found her waist and they rested there while he leaned around and kissed Annie on the cheek.

"I still can't believe Pierce is throwing a Halloween party." Jeff said leaning from behind Annie to press the doorbell.

"Yeah me either, but I'm excited!" Annie said hopping around a bit.

The door suddenly swung open to reveal Pierce in a shirt and a sports jacket. Behind him was a crowd of people dancing, mingling and doing the regular party type things. Music was pouring out of the doorway.

"Hello Annie, glad you could make it!" Pierce exclaimed then turned his attention toward Jeff in his beast costume. "When did you get a monkey?"

"It's me Pierce." Jeff groaned.

"Oh well would you look at that." Pierce chuckled. "What do you think of my costume?" Pierce said gesturing to his attire.

"What are you supposed to be?" Jeff questioned.

"Well, I'm you!" Pierce said. Annie and Jeff exchanged looks of confusion. "Anyway, come on in and join the party!"

Jeff and Annie entered the house and began walking to the centre of the main room. They saw their fellow study group members sitting at the couches talking and walked over to them.

"Hello everybody." Annie said gleefully. The couple looked around at their friends observing each of their costumes. Shirley was a ladybug, Troy and Abed were Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets, and Britta was a police officer.

"Oh well if it isn't beauty and the best." Britta said taking a drink of her alcoholic beverage, something told Jeff that it wasn't her first one she'd had tonight.

"Oh Annie, you two look nice." Shirley chimed in.

"Ah, good choice of costume my friends." Abed announced.

"Aw! I wish I had thought of being a monkey!" Troy whined.

"I'm not a freaking monkey Troy!" Jeff corrected him. "I'm a beast. Now will someone excuse me while I go and get a drink that contains a large amount of alcohol." Jeff exited the group.

Annie quickly ran after Jeff who had taken his place beside the bar, which he was surprised but please to see that Pierce had one. Jeff gave a nod to the bartender and downed his beverage in one gulp.

"Jeff what's wrong?" Annie said running he hand down Jeff's arm.

"I don't know. It's just this is the first Halloween I have actually dressed up for since I was eight. I just don't like the attention I've been getting and the whole atmosphere of this holiday." Jeff said sounding slightly depressed then asked the bartender for another drink. Annie felt saddened by this.

"Oh Jeff, you could of just said so. We didn't have to come to this party, or even dress up like this." Annie said grabbing the hem of her dress.

"Look Annie." Jeff turned towards his girlfriend and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Even though what I said was true and I really and truly meant it, I put all of that aside tonight for one reason. And that's you."

Annie couldn't help but smile stupidly. "Aw, Je-" Annie was cut off my Jeff's lips crashing to hers in a passionate kiss. When they broke apart they both had big smiles on their faces and were keeping their eyes locked. Then all of a sudden the room went black all of the lights had gone out.

"Jeff! What's happening?" Annie exclaimed in a worried tone whilst grabbing onto Jeff's arm.

"I don't know looks like the power has gone out." Jeff then reached into his pocket and pulled out his blackberry to illuminate the small area around the two of them. All around them people had started to do the same and soon the room was filled with the glow of cell phone screens.

"Hello! My friends bring your attention towards me, not like it already wasn't" Pierce chuckled and appeared to be standing on top of the table in the centre of the room. "It looks as though my power has gone out, and you are all free to leave if you wish because I'm not sure we'll be getting it back any time soon."

Within a matter of five or so minutes crowds of people passed Jeff and Annie who still remained at their location beside the bar. The couple sees their four friends who they were talking with earlier approaching them and Pierce not far behind, all with their phone screens blaring in front of their faces.

"Oh so the six of you have decided to stay?" Pierce asked the group. They all replied with a form of yes.

"The party has barely started and I don't want to go home yet." Britta said.

"Well it seems rather odd as to why the power has mysteriously gone out, with their being no storm and all." Abed interjected.

"It is rather strange." Squeaked Shirley.

"Maybe it was a ghost." Troy said waving his arms in the air and accentuating the "o" in ghost.

"I bet it was one of those bastard kids from next door!" Pierce suggested.

"Pierce! I'm sure it was nothing." Annie said trying to stop everyone from saying any more of their suspicions.

"If it was just a normal power outage, the power would of most certainly have come back on my now. It has been off for a good fifteen minutes." Abed claimed.

"Aw guys, maybe this is like some awesome mystery we get to solve!" Troy exclaimed.

"Maybe Troy is right, after all weird things always happen to us on Halloween." Shirley mentioned.

"There is only one way to find out." Jeff said keeping his arm firmly around Annie's shoulders. "We'll have to try and solve the mystery." The seven of them all exchanged looks of worry and terror as to what could possibly happen to them tonight.