Armed with flashlights, garlic, and each with a flask, Jonny, Hadji, Jessie, Race, Dr. Quest, and Dr. Schwab started toward the castle.
Jonny saw his opportunity and said out of nowhere to Jessie, "BOO!"
Jessie screamed and nearly jumped 20 feet into the air! When she came down, she said, "Jonny! That was NOT funny!"
Jonny AND Hadji started snickering.
"That's enough, boys," Dr. Quest said.
"Okay, Dad," Jonny said.
The attraction was closed right now, so no one was there. But it was unlocked, like somehow someone KNEW they were coming!
"Jonny," Jessie said. "If you scare me one more time, I'll KILL you!"
Jonny snickered. He was a master of scaring Jessie. Sometimes, he felt bad after doing it. I said, SOMEtimes...
Since they were in the castle, everything echoed, including Jessie's warning to Jonny.
"I suggest we stay together," Bill said.
"Good idea," Dr. Quest said. "Kids, stay together."
"Yes, sir," Jonny said.
"Wonderful," Jessie said. "That's foolish! We'll just be more food for Dracula..."
"Cool it, Jessie," Race said. "There's no such thing as a vampire. You've been reading too much 'Twilight'."
"Yeah, Jess," Jonny said. "He'll probably just spit you out!"
"At least I won't be a living-dead zombie," Jessie shot back.
"I suggest we keep quiet, " Schwab said. "And we start upstairs."
"Okay, Bill," Benton said.
"Hey, Dad," Jonny asked. "Can Hadji and I start down here?"
"I think we should stay altogether," said Dr. Quest. "You can get lost easily in here."
Suddenly, the door slammed shut!
Oh, man, thought Jonny, we'll be trapped in here! It's probably just an amusement trick…I'm not amused…
They turned on their flashlights. They walked up the stairs. Jessie was shaking.
Hadji saw her and asked her, "Are you okay, Jessie?"
"S-sure, Hadji. W-why shouldn't I?"
"You're shaking," he informed her.
"N-no I'm not."
"Sure, Jessie," Jonny said.
Suddenly, they heard thunder and saw lightning outside.
"That's funny," Bill said. "I thought for sure that it was sunny out."
They heard a sudden sound of an organ, playing a terrifying tune. "Velcome, foolish mortals," a voice said, echoing through the castle.
"I am afraid," Hadji said, "That we are not alone..."
"I feel like we're going on the haunted mansion ride at Disneyland," Jonny said.
All of a sudden, their flashlights went out!
"DRACULA!" Jessie screamed.
She AND Jonny ran down the stairs three at a time, and reached the foyer in which they came in and tried the door but it was locked and even both of them couldn't open it!
Jessie screamed even more, right in Jonny's ear, but he was so busy with the door, he didn't notice. It felt like Dracula was breathing right on Jonny's neck, and Jonny's neck hair stood on end! Jessie was too busy screaming to notice Jonny was scared, too.
"Jonny! Jessie!" They heard Dr. Quest say. "There's no one here but us."
Hadji started down the stairs, followed by Race, Dr. Quest, and Bill Schwab, cautiously.
The tune stopped.
"What, may I ask, was that?" asked Hadji.
"What do you make of it, Race?" Dr. Quest asked him.
"I don't know," Race answered.
"Whatever it was," Bill said, "it's gone now..."
"I wasn't scared," Jonny stated, "just a little shaken."
They continued on, with some torches they found hanging on the walls.
Race, Bill, and Hadji (since he was the oldest of the teens) each had one.
"I feel like someone is watching us," Jonny said.
"Me, too," Jessie said.
Bill noticed something on the floor, and bent down to look at it. There was a pull ring and he pulled it.
Suddenly, a trap door in the wall that Jonny was leaning on to rest opened and Jonny and Jesse fell though it! "What the-?" Jonny said, before disappearing.
"Jonny?" Hadji said. "Jessie?"
They were nowhere to be seen!
Oh, no...Hadji thought.
"Where are we?" Jessie asked Jonny.
"Beats me..." Jonny answered.
It looked like they landed in some room. But what kind of room, Jonny couldn't tell; he didn't have a flashlight or torch, which was just great... "Great!" Jonny said. "How are we supposed to get out of here?!"
"Maybe, there's a switch or something," Jessie suggested.
"Start lookin'," Jonny said.
They got up and started feeling the wall for the switch or fuse box or something. Suddenly, the lights came on.
"Found it," Jessie said.
"Slammin'!" Jonny said.
They looked around, and realized that they were in a torture chamber!
"Yikes!" Jessie said.
"Double Yikes!" Jonny said.
"It's just part of the tour..." Jessie said, trying not to sound scared.
"Who's there?" A voice said.
"Show yourself," said another.
"If you're a good guy," a third said, "get us outta here!"
Jonny and Jessie looked at each other. Jessie said the first thing that came to her mind, "Ghosts!"
Jonny thought differently, and looked around at a table that you might be strapped to be electrified, and saw three teens about his age chained to the wall!
"What the-?" He thought out loud.
"Who are you?" Jessie asked them.
"My name's Skip. Skip Chase," one of them, a boy, said.
"I'm Morgan," said another, a girl.
"Name's Taylor. Who are you?" The third said.
"I'm Jessie," Jessie said, "This is Jonny."
"How'd you get here?" Skip asked. Skip had brown hair and eyes, and seemed to be the oldest.
"Don't know...You?" Jonny asked.
"Sure thing," Morgan said. She had brown hair tied back into a braid and hazel eyes. "Dracula brought us here."
Jessie covered her mouth in fright, gasping.
"Yeah right," Jonny said, "Drak's not real. And he didn't bring me and Jess here."
"You wanna bet?" Taylor said. He had brown hair and green eyes. "I bet he's watchin' us right now!"
"Speakin' of Drac, you mind getting us outta here?" Skip said.
"Sure thing," Jonny said, "if I can find the keys, and we can jet."
"They're over there, Jonny," Morgan said, pointing with her finger.
"Slammin'!" Jonny reached and picked them up. Then he unlocked them one at a time.
"Great!" Taylor said. "Now let's bust this joint!"
They all raced for the doorway...But there stood a figure in their way... They slid to a stop. The figure reached out and grabbed Morgan! Morgan screamed her head off! Talk about bloody murder!
"Let her go!" Jonny and Skip said, and then looked at each other.
The figure stepped into the dim light, and Jessie screamed. It was Dracula!
"Oh, SNAP, crackle and POP Rice Krispies…" Taylor said.
"Let her go, or-or I'll-I'll," Jonny said, shaking a little, "I'll show you some crazy Judo moves!"
Dracula just stood there, and then ignored Jonny. He was gonna bite Morgan's neck!
"Let her go you big pushover!" Jessie bravely said, and started hitting him!
Dracula pushed her hard away, and she flew across the room into the wall!
"JESSIE!" Jonny yelled. "Alright, you asked for it!" Jonny reached for Dracula's arm and pulled it outward. He heard a KRACK and Dracula screamed. He dropped Morgan who ran away.
"RUN!" Jonny yelled after them. They ran through the door that Dracula appeared, and ran faster than they ever did!
But, unfortunately, Dracula caught up to Jonny, and reached for him! "I vant your blood!" Dracula announced.
"Not in a million years!" Jonny reached behind him and took ahold of Dracula's arm and tossed him over his shoulder, in a super-second Judo move!
Dracula was tossed over and landed with a THUD on the floor!
"Run for it, guys!"
"You don't havta say that again!" Taylor said.
When they were sure that Drac wasn't behind them, they all collapsed on the floor.
"Whew!" Skip said. "That was close!"
"Yeah," Taylor said, "That was some tight moves, Jonny!"
"Thanks," Jonny said.
"Ouch!" Jessie said. "That guy was tough..."
"I've beaten guys twice his size AND biceps..." Jonny said.
"Whatever," Jessie said. Then turned to Morgan, "You okay?"
"Yeah, sure," Morgan said. "Thanks to Jonny."
"It was nothin', Morgan," Jonny replied.
Jessie thought she saw a twinkle in Morgan's eyes when she said, 'Jonny'...
"Let's just get away from vamps," Taylor said, trying to be humorous, despite the situation. He made it rhyme with 'gramps'