The Red Night
Suspense/horror
Chapter 1
Adrian Miller had never been to the woods. His weekends were spent either with his father, up in Ohio or working double shifts at the local arcades. His girlfriend Tina decided it would be nice for them to view the wildlife and enjoy the sights of the forest.
Adrian was born to a family of 4. having never had any experience with Women, he shied away from them, until Tina took interest and they became more social. too bad she was the queen of nagging. at 5'4 and 200 pounds of raw muscle, Adrian looked like Superman but he felt like Aquaman, borderline useless.
His father, Max Miller, was a logger, married to the job since he first got it in '83. his first house was made from coal, or so Adrian thought at the time. it turns out the house had been haphazardly constructed from rolled steel and off the shelf parts. that was damn near coal in Adrian's mind.
"Don't be such a wuss" Tina said, as Adrian slowly got out of the car. they had been driving for 3 hours and Adrian had gotten carsick. He vomited, wiped his mouth and left.
The crisp Autumn breeze could be felt. it was somewhat chilly but felt nice as an escape from the summer heat.
"So, shall we find a lodge for the night?" asked Adrian. Tina looked at him puzzled, her face hiding an aura of disbelief. "we've been cooped up in the car for 3 hours, just got out to this Beautiful sight and you want to go indoors? i'll never understand men" said Tina. Adrian playfully shoved her and they kissed.
"But still, it is somewhat chilly" said Tina, as she huddled up to Adrian. they walked down the trail and found a cabin. "Seems decent enough" said Tina. "check your cell, we don't want to be stranded, you know, like in every other horror movie out there" said Adrian, with a laugh.
Adrian was well aware of the horror cliches used in films. as such, he knew all the signs.
evil woods, friendly neighbors hiding a secret, a hidden colony, stuff like that.
it bothered him that, for all her talk, Tina could not defend herself. he took her to a gun range, helped her to aim and fire, but she refused. "pacifists, gays and the sexually active die first" said Adrian, obviously referencing the Scream series.
Something moved in the trees. Adrian turned around and fired an arrow into it.
"Jesus! Fuck my leg!" came a familiar voice
"Richie? what are you doing here?" asked Adrian.
Richie was Adrian's friend from high school. they met in robotics class and had a shared love of sick pranks. "remember when you superglued Arnold's asscheeks together?" said Richie.
Adrian remembered all to well what had happened. Arnold was the school Jock and had tormented them to no end. at their Wits end, Richie and Adrian waited until dark, then snuck into his dorm and superglued his hands to his ass. then hid his underwear and jeans in the girls dorm. those were fun times.
"yeah, but i'm past that. sorry about the leg, we're up here for a month, dad went to Minnesota for the weekend" said Adrian.
"Babe, it's freezing... and my bladder is screaming bloody murder" said Tina.
Adrian told her to find a tree and she ran off, about to burst.
"ah, the wonder of mira-lax" said Adrian. Richie cracked up and fell to the ground laughing.
Tina could be heard screaming. "My insides are on fire! what did you do you asshole?" she screamed. Richie only laughed harder. they headed inside as Tina's insides turned to lava.
"IT BURNS!" she screamed.
Adrian returned with some toilet paper, covered ever so gently in itching powder.
An hour later, Tina started complaining that she was itching.
4 hours later, her vagina was beet red and she was mad as hell.
"WHAT THE HELL?" she demanded, after Richie had left.
Adrian apologized and she sat down. "i don't have any bars" said Tina.
Adrian immediately stockpiled food, ammo and meds, tried to contact the sheriff and when that failed, placed bear traps all around the house.
tired, he fell asleep