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After tying up my hair, I placed on a wig to give the appearance of short, messy brown hair. Next I painted on black makeup around my eyes and put on the mask. Most of it was pure white except for the lips, around the eye holes, and eyebrows, which were completely black. Looking at myself I smiled behind the mask and grabbed the orange jacket. Slipping it on, I headed toward Red's control room.
Standing at the doorway, his back was too me, but he soon turned around and nearly gave out a scream. I giggled at his reaction.
He put his hand to his heart, "Oh Angel it's just you. Don't do that again you nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Hehe sorry Red, I just wanted to show you my costume. What do you think?"
He paused and looked me over, "Uh... It's creepy for sure but uh... Who are you? What are you?"
I rolled my eyes, "I'm Masky! He's an accomplice and/or enemy of Slenderman."
"Oh. Well I see why you wouldn't let me guess what you were going to be, something like this never crossed my mind."
I shrugged and told him I was heading out. He already knew my plans for the haunted house and approved as long as the girls don't get out of hand, especially Crazy. Along the way, I passed Nigel in the cage. He gave out a cry when he saw me while I just smiled and headed out.
Peeking outside, I slipped out in to the darkened secluded part of Central Park. I reached behind some bushes nearby and pulled out the ray Clemson stole for me when Blowhole first kidnapped me. Shooting myself seven times, each of the girls appeared, four of them had costumes, "You girls ready?"
They all nodded vigorously, eager to start with night, "Good. So everyone knows their doing?"
Fangirl gave me a thumbs up, "Everyone was given the perfect role for tonight."
"I have to say, your obsessions really came in handy Fangirl," Dark smirked, "Tonight will be the best Halloween yet!"
"Even I must admit, this will surely be quite an experience." Brainiac agreed.
"Just being inside will give everyone a real scare. I made sure of it myself," Artistic beamed.
"Great! Okay we got half an hour so all of you prepare and get into position!"
They scattered into a large house some feet away. Earlier we used one of Kowalski's gadgets to make it bigger, since it was a small sculpture that Artistic created. While they were busy getting ready I stayed outside and waited for everyone to show up.
Half an hour later
Making sure I had everything in the bag I brought along, I spotted the New Yorkers walking over. Private and Rico were just what they said they would be, Skipper was dressed as a zombie, and Kowalski looked like a mad scientist. The lemurs looked a bit crazy, Julien as an 80's dancer, Mort a fairy, and Maurice was a clown. From what I could see, Marlene had mussed her fur to give off her wild side look.
"Glad to see you guys finally made it!"
Skipper chuckled, "Are you kidding. We wouldn't miss out on a Halloween celebration."
Private looked over my costume, "Uh what are you dressed as?"
"Oh I'm Masky! Slenderman's accomplice/enemy."
"Interesting. So are we heading in?" Kowalski asked.
I shook my head and told them there were some other people showing up, "But you guys gotta promise not to argue with the others."
Marlene barely asked why when a floating platform descended a few feet away. On board was Blowhole as a an evil dictator, Cartoongirl as a witch, DBL with a vampire cape, Clemson with a kingly attire (of course), Hans as a mummy, Ocean as a ninja, and Savio with werewolf ears and fur. Instantly the penguins got into fighting positions. Skipper demanded to know why they were there.
"For your information Skipper," Blowhole started, "We were invited. What are you pen-goo-ins and friends doing here?"
"Angel invited us to come." Private replied.
"Guys I said no fighting!" I sighed, "Yes all of you were invited, but-"
All at once both sides began arguing with each other, mainly the penguins against the villains. I started taking deep breaths to calm myself down, being easily angered usually lead to me yelling. Close to losing it, I was able to at least stop them from fighting any longer, now they were just glaring at each other, "Ok. Everyone out here is going in at the same time, understand."
"And if we refuse?" Skipper asked, not turning his glare away.
"If you don't wanna go in then fine... But that means no surprise for you in the end."
The tension slowly disappeared as they all stopped glaring and thought about it. Ocean groaned, "Lets just go in already! I'd like to see how 'haunted' this house is."
"Um well it's not exactly like normal haunted houses with fake props and cheesy music. This one is much more terrifying. There are monsters walking around, only few areas provide light, and you never know what's around the corner. The gir-er uh workers are putting in everything they've got."
Ocean waved it off, "Meh. Still doesn't phase me, I don't get scared so easily."
Private, on the other hand, was shaking, "Um the monsters aren't real... Right?"
"Course they're not Pri. Like I said they're workers. Now the goal is to get through the house without getting caught and in order to do that you all have to listen to what I say."
"Why exactly do we need to listen to you?" Blowhole asked.
"Well think of it like as a... Survival mission. If you don't do what I say, then your game is over."
"Okay we got it," Cartoongirl said, "Lets head on in."
"Uh not just yet, still waiting for two others."
Just then two girls came running up. One had black brown hair with glasses and the other with long brown hair and brown eyes.
"Are we late?" One of them asked.
"Nope you girls are just in time. Everyone meet Godspilla, " The girl with long hair waved, "And Starfire." The other smiled.
"Alright everyone's here," Skipper started," Can we get this over with already?"
"Alright alright keep your feathers on," I turned around and showed them the house behind me, "Well time to start this little adventure."
From behind I heard Kowalski, "How did we miss that?"
I chuckled and started walking.
Inside
An eerie vibe instantly settled on the group when they walked into the house. There was very little light so anything in front of them would barely be seen. The walls were white but the wooden floors creaked with each step. Besides the creaking and breathing, it was silent.
I pulled out a flashlight from my bag and signaled everyone to keep walking down a long hallway. To ease the nervousness, some started conversing. Cartoongirl, Ocean, DBL, Godspilla, and Starfire talked about how it wasn't even scary. Marlene was trying to calm down Private. I started feeling bad for what he might see, but only a little.
"So uh," I heard Clemson, "Nothing's just gonna pop out at us right?"
"Or sneak up from behind?" Cartoongirl asked.
I paused and thought about it, "As far I know, there shouldn't be."
We continued walking and I could tell everyone was starting to calm down, but the uneasiness was still lingering in the air. Even though the girls put everything together, I hadn't a clue what exactly they had on store for us. But I still had a good idea of what would happen.
Suddenly, I heard something and whispered, "Everyone quiet."
As they all quieted down, the noise grew clearer. It sounded like moaning and was getting closer. If not for one clear line, I wouldn't have been able to warn everyone in time, "Is that you, my love?"
"Press against the walls and don't make a sound."
"And why should we be listening to you? I am de king!" Julien questioned.
"You came for me!" Shoot.
"Just hurry and do it."
By now the moaning sounded just down the hall. We all looked down and saw a limping figure heading towards us. Everyone hesitantly pressed against the wall, fighting the urge to attack what was coming. Eventually, the figure was close enough to see. It was a girl. Her clothes were torn, but upon the upper chest was a large red X. Around the neck was a wheel-like object. Her hair was strewn, some strands hanging across the face and over where the eyes should be. Instead a bandage was tied across the eyes and what appeared to be blood streaming down the cheeks from underneath.
Once she was finally in front of us, she started moaning again, "Where did you go? Came back! Please came back!"
The girl continued walking past us and with a sad pleading tone, "Oh why did this happen? Please! Come back!"
Once she was out of sight, everyone let out a sigh of relief.
"What in Newton's name was that!?" Kowalski asked.
"What we'll find in here is based off of other horror-related topics. That one was based off of Alöis, one of the three suitors from Amnesia:Justine. Hm, I wonder if we'll find the other two as well."
"I really hope not," Hans stated, "What happened to them? Why did she look like... That?"
"It's not just Alöis. It's all three of them," We started moving on, "The story is that three suitors fell for the same girl. But there was more to her than her 'blinding' beauty. She was an insane woman, and tortured all three of them in her own sadistic way. Alöis was so in love with her, he would cut himself just to please her."
"That's sick." Godspilla commented.
"That's how crazy he is for her. Anyway, the girl took so much pleasure from torturing them, she went beyond it. So she hid them away into a dungeon and one-by-one took out there eyes, making them blind."
Private gulped.
"Then she left them to wander in the dungeon for the rest if their lives."
"This lady's a nut head!" Skipper remarked.
"She is. But now all three of them want to kill her for their own reasons. Alöis wants to kill her so that they may be together forever, whether she's alive or not."
"AAAHHHH!"
Jumping at the scream, we turned to see Savio struggling. I lifted the flashlight to see the girl holding his tail, "No stay! Don't leave again!"
It then pulled him away into the darkness with him screaming. Ocean pulled out her dagger, "Oh hell no. Monster or not this girl is going down! I'm coming babe!"
She started running in the same direction with Hans screaming for her, "Ocean stop! It's not real!"
But it was too late for darkness had consumed her and silence followed. After a minute only one thing was, "Hush now. It's alright. Now we'll be together, my love."
Immediately we ran toward the scene, but only found a large pool of blood and Ocean's dagger.
Fangirl: Dun dun duuuunn!
Childish: Eep! Don't do that Fangirl! You scared me!
Dark: I'm liking this already.
Brainiac: Um are you sure it was a good idea to-*mumbles the rest*
I'm just following my plan for this fic. Um sorry Ocean! I figured Savio would be the first to get caught since he's the longest and you would go after him so... Yeah.
Artistic: This isn't your ordinary haunted house. Some of you will die! Read the summary!
Don't tell them that! You'll give away the ending! Enjoy!
