a/n: Disclaimer: I do not own any of the guys from BTR sadly. Remember the disclaimer.
My name is Rhuben, I am fifteen years old. I have an older brother named James Maslow who is seventeen. We live in a haunted house.
It all started last year.
-One year ago-
"Look what I found!" James yelled to Carlos, Kendall and Logan
James walked in with a Wigi Board. He ran over to his three best friends. He set it down on the table.
"Wanna have some fun?" James asked his friends
"Do it!" James' younger Latino friend said eager
James set the Wigi Board on the table. He began to ask questions. Nothing happened.
"This is boring" James said
"Yeah" Kendall agreed
"Let's ask one more question and video tape it over night to see if anything happens" Logan said
"Good idea" James said getting his camera
James set up his camera on a tripod before he and his friends went to his bedroom to play video games. They all sat down on bean bag chairs and played "Call of Duty".
-The next morning-
"James, James get up!" I yelled
"Rhuben, what are you doing?" he asked groggily
"Carlos, Kendall and Logan are up and they are freaked out about something" I said
"OH MY GOD!" James yelled excited, running down the stairs
"Jamie!" I yelled running after him
"What is on the video?" James yelled
"Watch!" Logan yelled
James watched the video. He sped it up and half way through, the Wigi Board is flung across the room. Nobody was there.
"Holy shit" James said
"James, what did you do?" I asked
"We used a Wigi Board last night, don't tell mom and dad" James added the last part quickly
"Why would I do that?" I asked
"Because you are my little sister. What do you want?" James asked
"We have another session tonight, this time, I watch." I said
"You guys up for another sleep over?" James asked
"If stuff like this happens, yeah!" Carlos said excited
"Alright" James said
-That night approximately 1 a.m.-
"Ready?" James asked all of us
"Let's do this" Kendall said
James set the Wigi Board on the table.
"Who is here?" he asked
"Are you angry?" Logan added
The Wigi Board started to move.
"Can you give us a sign?" I asked
The Wigi Board began to move. In scrawl handwriting the Wigi Board said "Rhuben". Just then I felt breathing down my neck. I froze. I screamed and ran into James' lap.
"Rhubes what's wrong?" he asked
"Breathing. I felt breathing on my neck." I said
"Let's put this thing away" James said grabbing it
"OW!" he yelled as he went to pick it up
"What's wrong?" Logan asked
"It burnt my hand" James said confused
We all looked at each other confused. I was scared and I didn't want to be there any longer. James picked up the Wigi Board with a pot holder and threw it in a dumpster outside.
"Can I stay in your room James?" I asked
"Cool with you guys?" James asked
"Yeah, of course" Kendall said
We walked up to James' room. I went into my room to change and grab my sleeping bag. My room was very cold. I got in and got out as quickly as possible. I ran through the hallway and into James' room. I slammed the door behind me.
"You ok Rhuben?" Carlos asked me
"Yeah, I'm fine" I said to the Latino who is only a year older than me
I put my sleeping bag between James and Carlos. Kendall was in James' bed because it was his turn. Logan was next to the bed. The two older boys snuggled up close to me so I wasn't scared. I flipped over to lie on my stomach.
-Four in the morning-
I woke up to Kendall screaming that he couldn't breathe. He was grabbing at his neck. Logan ran up to Kendall and grabbed him by the shoulders. He began to breathe again. As soon as he was ok the spirit moved on to me.
"Rhuben" It said, it was a guy.
Everyone stared at me. I suddenly felt pressure on my stomach. It turned in to a stabbing pain. I screamed out in agony. I was holding my stomach, flailing my legs and screaming a blood-curdling cry. James froze in shock. Tears ran down my face as I screamed. It hurt so badly! I felt like someone was stabbing me and turning the knife around in circles, back and forth. Carlos suddenly decided to act. He restrained my legs and tried to calm me down. He started saying things to me and pleading with the entity to stop. It eventually did stop, I cried as Carlos hugged me. James was still frozen in his spot. I lifted the bottom of my shirt to see if I was hurt. The word revenge was carved across my stomach in the entity's horrible scrawl.
"Rhubes…"James said coming out of his trance
"Why did you have to play with that thing?" I asked scared
We all huddled together scared. Kendall and I were in the middle of the circle. We all fell asleep in our circle. Luckily, there weren't any more disturbances throughout the night.
The morning sun shone through the window. It looked so peaceful. I woke up and the only other person awake was Logan. He sat on James' bed. I slowly stood up and got out of the circle to join him. He wrapped an arm around me. Logan is the same age as Carlos, a year older than me.
"How's your stomach?" he asked
I touched it and winced. "It hurts" I said
"Can I see it?" he asked
I pulled up my shirt to reveal the word revenge in bloody swollen scratches. Logan looked at it with horror. I laid down on my brother's bed.
"We should probably clean that" Logan said
"Ok" I said quietly
"Stay here" Logan said getting up
I watched Logan leave. While he was gone Kendall woke up. Kendall is the same age as James, two years older than me. He sat down next to where I was lying and looked at my stomach. My shirt was still raised. I winced as he touched it.
"It hurts?" he asked
"Yeah" I said
"Where's Logan?" he asked suddenly worried
"He went to get stuff to clean this" I said pointing to my stomach
"Ok" he said "Wait, can I take a picture of it?" he asked
"Yeah, I guess" I said slowly
"We may need proof in case something happens" Kendall said
"That makes sense" I said
Kendall took a picture with his phone and with James' camera. Logan then came back with supplies. He put some alcohol on some gauze and wiped it across my stomach. Tears escaped my eyes as he did so. The alcohol stung on my open wounds. I winced and silently cried as Logan and Kendall cleaned my stomach. After it was all cleaned up, Logan taped a large piece of gauze over the area so it would heal.
"Thanks guys" I said wiping away my tears
"I didn't want it to get infected" Logan said
"I'm scared" I whispered
"We are too" Kendall said
"Are you ok?" I asked Kendall
"Oh, yeah I'm fine" he said rubbing his neck
"You have a bruise, right… there" I said pointing to the center of his throat
"That probably happens when you get choked" he said swallowing
We sat there and talked to fill the frightening silence. We waited until James and Carlos woke up. When they did wake up, James came over and sat with us. He brought me into his lap. He asked how I was. I grabbed James' camera from off the bed. I went through the pictures and showed James the picture Kendall took of my stomach.
"Oh my God" James said
"It hurts Jamie" I whispered
"I am so sorry" he said with a worried expression
"How could you have known?" I asked
"I-I didn't think" he started
"Jamie, relax" I said
"We have to tell mom and dad" James said
"No shit" I said
"You swear?" Kendall asked
"When necessary" I said
"Alright then" Logan said
We all went down stairs very slowly and carefully. We walked around the house in our group. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. We didn't want to stay there any longer. I walked up to my room with James and he waited outside the door for me to change. The guys all went into James' room to change. I waited outside the door by myself. I was shaking and scared. When Kendall came out first, I hugged him. He hugged me back tightly.
"We're leaving Rhuben, don't worry" he whispered
"Where are we going?" I asked
"We are just leaving" he said
"Ok" I said
We walked out the door and walked down the road towards Logan's house. My parents are out of town for their jobs so they know nothing of what has happened. When we walked inside Logan's house, I got less tense. I sat down on the couch with one leg tucked under the other. James and Logan sat on either sides of me. I felt safer here. James then called our parents to explain what happened. Our mom reacted badly, our dad wished he was there to see it. Mom then called a priest to get the entity out of the house but he wouldn't be there for a while. We have to live in that place with that thing until the priest decides to show up at our house.
"We have to live with that thing?" I asked
"I guess we do Rhubes" James said
"Can I stay in your room then?" I asked sheepishly
"Absolutely" James replied
"Thank you Jamie" I said
"You may need to comfort me" he said chuckling
I laughed a little but stopped when my stomach started to hurt. I lightly placed my hand on my stomach. James looked at me with worried eyes.
"James, stop worrying about me" I said
We hung out at Logan's until we were forced to go home. James and I walked home extra slowly. We wanted to stay away as long as possible. I know James is scared, but so am I! I'm the more vulnerable person here!
James and I slept on the same bed because neither of us wanted to sleep alone. I closed the door and we crawled into bed. We both faced inward and held each other tightly.
We were awaken in the middle of the night when the door was forced open. We both froze. James was pulled off of the bed by his collar. He was shoved to the floor. He was being restrained, he couldn't move. He struggled and squirmed.
"JAMES!" I yelled
"Rhuben" there's that guy again
"What is your name?" I asked… no answer
"Could you please release my brother?" I asked. James flew up from the ground
"Who are you?" I asked "Why are you so interested in me?"
"Rhuben, Rhuben, I always win, Rhuben" he said
a/n: what does he mean? You will find out soon, I promise!
Jenna
