Bats, thousands and thousands of bats. They clung to the ceiling, apparently not noticing the sudden brightness.
"Oh..."
"Snap?" Ashley offered, getting ready to 'hit the deck' at any second.
"Ow! Dammit I stubbed my toe!" Jessica barked, we all froze. The bats didn't notice again, what are they, deaf?
"Phew." Tashi sighed in relief. A gust of wind blew by and slammed the screen door against the doorframe. That made them move.
Screams filled the air again as Ashley hit the deck and the others started swinging. The bats screeched, dodging their uncoordinated movements with ease. Soon the air was bat free and the three girls looked wearily around.
"I think I for one had enough surprises today." Tashi said miserably, her brown hair coming out from her ponytail.
The others nodded in agreement, and using an amazing amount of courage went into the next room. To their shock it was a library, no bats here...just dusty. Jess blinked before sneezing loudly, Carrie threw her hands up in the air and made a squeaky 'Ee!' noise.
"Carries excited because of the books." Ashley said dully, Tashi sneezed loudly.
"I can tell." Jessica said sighing, the thunder boomed outside making the women jump.
"Hey, look." Ashley pointed her flashlight at a desk, shining over a cobweb and dust covered desk. On it was a piece of paper, crumpled and old but curious looking.
"Looks like a piece of scrap." Tashi said walking over to it, Carrie trotted over and frowned as she peered at it too.
"What language is that?" She said shocked, Jess came over to investigate followed immediately by Ashley.
"Go roast moa... what's that mean?" she frowned. A long silence filled the air as the girls tried to figure it out.
"It's sounds like Go Roast Mo." Tashi giggled. "Only it's Go Roast Moa."
"Go roast moa.... Sounds weird."
"Ya, hey. Go roast moa, hee hee. Go roast moi." Jessica started laughing.
"It's french?"Ashley gasped in horror, she didn't mind french but she swore the last day of french class never to speak it again.
"No, I don't think so. She's being sarcastic."
"Oh... right."
Their flashlights suddenly flickered, the air dropping to a cold chill. Thunder boomed loudly and with it receding rumbles their flashlights went out. An awkward moment for the four, as they stood motionless in the dark waiting to be able to see again.
A weird croak came from the roof, the girls shuddered but didn't say anything. Hoping it was just there imagination that was doing it to them. Stupid imagination...Lightning lit up the room, they immediately wished they couldn't see anything again.
A girl clung to the ceiling, well at least it looked like a girl. Black hair dangled down past her face hiding most of it from view, her 'dress' was a grayish white by the looks of it, with rips and tears coving it. That was all they saw, then all was dark again. Nobody blamed their imagination this time, three let out an ear piercing scream. The fourth stood motionless.
"Wasn't that...?" Jessica said slowly.
"THE GRUDGE?" Shrieked Tashi. A couple of irritated clicks filled the air and then silence.
"Hey, you need conditioner." Jessica said, apparently completely at ease with the creepy ghost girl. She reached out and touched her head, smiling as she felt calm.
"WHAT?" A couple happy clicks and the room lit up again. The girl stood silently in front of Jessica, tilting her head as Jess patted her head gently.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Shrieked Carrie, Jess ignored them but the Grudge noticed. She turned in a creepy fashion before narrowing her eyes in their direction, apparently she didn't like them either.
"RUN FOR IT!" With that the three 'sane' females charged into the kitchen. Slamming the door shut they listened, expecting for Jessica's pained screams any minute. Hearing nothing they glanced around, lightning lit up the room again and it was then that they noticed another man standing by the door.
"Who in the...?"
"HANNIBAL!" Carrie cheered. "HE'LL SAVE US!"
"HE'LL EAT US!" Tashi barked.
"Oh, wouldn't you be a tasty treat?" Cackled a raspy voice. The sound of knives clinking against counters reached their ears, it was from behind them....
"That's..." Ashley said slowly turning around. No way in hell, just no way.
"FREDDY!"
"Oh hell! Not you too!" wailed Ashley, but Tashi was too happy to notice her dismay, she stood there grinning at Freddy. Their flashlights lit up revealing the burnt man and the cannibal standing on other sides of the room. The front door was blocked by Hannibal, while the window was blocked by Mr. Crispy. There was only one way out from this madness! She turned to the backdoor, the only one not blocked by crazy people.
She was going to charge but she noticed something floating around against the black of the thunderstorm. A hockey mask? What the hell is a hockey mask doing floating six feet from the floor? She stared at it a bit longer before backing up slowly, if there were already three horror characters in the house then what would stop one more?
"What's wrong princess? See the boogie man?" Freddy cackled. The hair on the back of her neck raised as his voice sounded close to his ear, she jerked around to see him grinning madly at her. Ashley glared as she scowled at him, he snicked before looking up then suddenly freezing.
"Damn, I thought I got rid of your dumb ass!" Freddy snapped, clearly not pleased with whatever her back was facing now. She slowly turned, along with Tashi and an overly happy Carrie to see a six-foot seven man in a hockey mask staring at them through the back door.
Ashley fell silent, tranced with the giant who stood on the other side of the glass. She knew him the second she saw him.... Jason apparently decided to join the party.
She distinctly heard Freddy cursing at him, but she didn't hear exactly what he was saying. She was too shocked. Why wasn't she running? She was surrounded by killers, worse, creepy undeadkillers.
And yet, here she stood at complete ease. She looked at the giant who looked back, tilting his head in a curious gesture. Her body moved towards him, almost like it had a mind of its own. Terrified Ashley struggled to get control of her body, but to no avail.
She stopped directly in front of the door, standing a near couple feet from the curious zombie. She got control of her body again, but she couldn't move. She was terrified that if she made any sudden movement then he'd freak out and kill her.
Jason tilted his head the other way, his dark eyes showing no emotions. He wasn't holding the machete in his hand, but it was strapped sturdily to his leg, along with an hatchet attached to his hip.
"So, why are we here? Anybody got a clue?" Freddy asked, apparently getting bored with watching them. Tashi frowned before slowly shaking her head, the door to the other room opened and Ashley screeched. Immediately another crash followed and Jason slammed through the glass door and stood between her and Jess.
A screech echoed his angry roar and soon the Grudge girl stood between Jess and Jason. Jerking her head in an awkward and impossible angle she hissed at him, Jason growled back. They glared at each other venomously before backing up slowly, pushing Jess and Ashley farther apart.
"Um, I think I know how... That piece of paper? Maybe the words did it, like some weird voodoo thing." Tashi said thoughtfully.
"Oh, so we innocently read a piece of paper and now we're stuck with horror characters that aren't even supposed to even be real till who knows how long?" Ashley wailed again.
"I like cheese." Carrie piped up. The whole room went silent except for Jason's heavy breathing and the Grudge's threatening clicks.
"That has nothing to do with the matter." Freddy snapped, Jason tilted his head before turning to look at Carrie with a frown.
"Bah!" Carrie said with a slight scowl. Freddy glared at her and she scowled back.
"Cheese? Yes, it works good with meat. Especially when it has a bland flavour." Hannibal said calmly, the room went into an awkward silence.
"Well, what now?" Jess said slowly, eyeing Hannibal suspiciously.
"We could look it up on the internet. See if there's a spell of something." Tashi suggested.
"We have no power, the storm must have knocked down a powerline or something." Ashley pointed out.
"CHEESE!"
"Not now Carrie." Tashi said with a sigh.
"Cheese...."
"Oh now she's sulking." Ashley sighed before turning around and walking towards the door. Jason growled at her and she froze, did she make him angry? Turning she noticed he was curious again.
"What does he want?" Jessica said with a frown.
"Probably too stupid to realize she was going outside."
Jason glared angrily at Freddy, who scowled right back at him.
Of all the horrible murders, it just HAD to be those two. Ashley thought miserably.
"I'm just going to the van to grab some chow. There isn't anything bad out there." At least I don't think so... Jason growled lowly again before trudging after her, taking only two of his long steps to stand beside her.
"Hey dumb ass! She's trying to get away from you, as in try to NOT have you following her around like a stray dog. Not that you look much better than one." Jason glared at him again before gently nudging her towards the door. She walked awkwardly in front of him, watching him for any suspicious movements.
Soon returning with chips and a bag of random snacks she re-entered the house, behind her was Jason who carried a couple bags of pop and a large looking bag of what they guessed was good healthy food.
Putting them down on the floor the girls started to sort through them while the guys watched.
Lazy butts. Jessica snorted in their direction.
"Don't worry sweety, we're just enjoying the view." Freddy cackled again, and a potato was immediately thrown at his head. As a reflex he jerked his claw in front of his face and the potato immediately was shish-ca-bobbed
"Dammit!" he snapped as he jerked on the jammed veggie, attempting to dislodge it from his sharp fingers. Struggling with the one hand he grew frustrated, occasionally scowling at the giggling trio. A large hand suddenly grabbed his wrist and his arm was jerked up. Shocked he sneered at Jason that was currently looking at the potato curiously.
"Its a potato you dummy. Now let go!" Freddy struggled to make the zombie let go, but to no avail yet again. Resorting to kicking Freddy jerked his leg up and cracked Jason hard in the hip, another kick landed on his ribs.
Jason glared before picking him up higher and giving him long sharp shakes then stopping and growling threateningly. Blinking a couple times, Freddy tried to make the world stop moving while Jason continued to examine the gloved hand.
Finally deciding he took the claw gently in one hand and wiggled the potato, Freddy frowned as he watched. Then as if by magic the potato was gone. He wiggled his fingers and shook the claws sharply in an attempt to get the potato juices out of them.
Tashi grinned before stopping and frowned hard, apparently another thought in her head.
"Hey guys?"
They all looked at the frozen brunette.
"Where are they going to sleep?"
