James POV
After a few seconds, the screaming died down.
"What the bloody hell is going on!?" Screamed Bruce
"Powers probably gone down, nothing to worry about mate" Rat said reassuringly.
"This reminds of a scene in Final Destination 3" I said.
"Isn't that the film where there was sudden darkness and some people escaped only to be brutally murdered the same as the others that didn't escape?" Bethany said without pausing.
"What!?" Exclaimed Bruce.
His voice seemed a lot higher in pitch then it originally was,
It was kinda amusing.
"No not Final Destination 3, more like the Bogeyman 3.
You know, Lights go off, someone thinks something bad is going to happen and BAM! (Bruce jumped) Something bad does happen as the bogeyman appears and your dead" Lauren said.
Poor Bruce just whimpered.
"Aww, guys come one, lay off Bruce" Kerry said.
"I'm Fine!" He said indigently.
"Just...don't like surprises".
"Neither do I mate" I said.
"The amount of times, lights have gone off and ice has been poured down my back...you wouldn't believe"
Someone in the corner laughed.
"I remember we were in Malaysia, for Basic Training. And you went up to bed, so me and the others snuck up on you, turned of your lights and poured ice down your back"
"Or the time we were on that mission with Dave, about the murdered hippie and we ended up having a massive water fight with pillows and popcorn. Y'know, I lost one of my socks while fighting, and I still don't know where it is"
That came from Kerry and Lauren in the corner.
They must have still been on my bed.
"We're still in darkness. So unless you guys wanna sit here like bloody vamps, I suggest we find a none electricity requiring light source" I suggested.
Kerry Laughed.
I could recognize that laugh anywhere.
"Well, look whose using big words" She giggled.
I heard some shuffling, and glanced over to Bruce.
He was sitting with his arms wrapped around his legs.
Well...at least he wasn't rocking...
"Ooooowwwww!" Howled Rat.
"Oh crap! I'm sorry! So, Sorry Rat!" Kerry said, I'm presuming she stood on the poor blokes toe.
I heard more shuffling and saw the outline of something moving in front of me.
"Kerry, please tell me what you are doing on the floor?"
"Looking"
"For...?"
"Her phone Dumb ass, you can use the light" Lauren said.
At this I heard a bit more shuffling from people reaching into their pockets.
There was no point in me pulling out my phone.
It was currently battery low and somewhere lost in my bed.
"Well...actually, I was quite thirsty..." Kerry said as a few spots of light filled the room.
"But, um...never mind" she trailed off.
I felt a hand on my knee.
"You need help getting up?" I asked, reaching out my arms.
"No, I'm good" she said before slipping.
I caught her between her arms and hauled her up, only for her to fall into my lap.
"Woops" She giggled.
"Looks like the beer's taken hold" Gabrielle said.
She was sharing a phone with Lauren and Bethany (both of which were trying to stifle a laugh).
"Not that he minds it" Bethany added.
It was meant to be silent, but I heard it.
And I'm pretty sure everyone else did.
There was a knock on the door cutting through the building tension.
"I'll get it" Rat said, hopping his way towards the door.
There in front of him stood a Grey shirt with a torch.
"Hi. Any of you guys have hair gel?" She asked.
"Err...why exactly?" He asked
"For her" She said, reaching to her left and pulling a red shirt into view.
We screamed.
She had a torch held under her chin which maximized the ghoulish look she had on her face.
She was dead white with red lipstick and dark eyeliner rimmed eyes.
Not to mention she had clumpy red stuff clinging to her hair which was dripping down her jaw line.
And her hair.
Red, backcombed and sticking up in gravity defying spikes.
She grinned at us.
"Brilliant! If we manage to scare the black shirts imagine what the grays would do!"
The grey shirt gave a short shrill laugh before "So...Do you?"
"No" Lauren replied standing up and (watching her footing) making her way to the door.
"Hello!? This is James Adams' room, of course he has Gel!" The Grey shit yelled, stamping her foot.
"Yeah well, he doesn't want to give it to you in this exact moment so stop acting like a spoilt brat and get out before the lights come on and we track you down tomorrow morning to drag your sorry ass into the dojo!" Kerry yelled from the sofa.
The girl gave a dramatic sigh "Fine and F.Y.I the lights aren't coming on for a very long time. Meryl and Zara said so themselves." They were about to turn away before Lauren called "Hey!"
"What now?" The Grey shirt asked impatiently.
"I think I'll take this" Lauren said grabbing the torch out of her hand
"Wha-"
"Oh, you've got another! We only have our phones!" Lauren snapped, slamming the door in their face.
"Nice" Bethany sniggered.
"Can't stand girls like that, anyway...then there was light" Lauren said and with a click the room filled with light.
"Well, it's a lot better then our phones but please move it away from my eyes" I moaned.
"Sorry" She grinned.
The next few minutes we just sat in silence.
Lauren was making shadow puppets, and what little noise there was came from some kids out in the hall.
Kerry was lying down on the coach, her feet resting on my left thigh. A minute ago she was jiggling them up and down, but she had stopped and I wandered if she was asleep.
Bruce had seemed a lot more relaxed than before and had managed to unclench his arms from around his legs.
And the others were just lying about.
There wasn't much you could do without any electricity.
All of a sudden a Blood curling scream came from down the hall.
Rat, on impulse, opened the door and ran out to see what was going on.
It might have been kids messing around, but either way, Bruce was taking no chances.
He screamed and made a beeline for the coach, jumping on Kerry's stomach.
"Holy Shit Bruce!" She gasped, clutching her stomach as her body shot upright.
Bad move.
Her long jet black hair had been covering her face, and she looked like the girl out of the ring.
This was then made worse by Lauren shining the torch on her to see what the fuss was about.
Bruce screamed and leapt of Kerry's stomach and nearly into my lap.
"Jesus, mate calm down!" I said, but he wasn't having any of it.
He held unto my arm for dear life and I swear I was loosing blood-circulation.
"This isn't good" I heard Rat say from the threshold,
"The girls that were here, they scared the boys down the hall proper bad and now the boys are planning of ways how to freak the girls out" he said shaking his head.
With Bruce furiously clutching my arm and a war about to erupt, with me caught in the middle, this was going to be a long night...
Anyway, what do you think?
I wanted someone to freak out and for some reason I chose Bruce!
Pictures, of the hair, make-up + girl from the ring on my profile (: