Jericho, California
On a dark, twisty road, with fog lingering close to the ground, two headlights appear in the distance. A small, dark blue car is driving along the road, it is the only car for miles.
In the car, a young man is sitting behind the wheel, speaking to someone on his phone. The radio of the car is on, and punk-rock music is blasting out of the speakers.
"Amy, I can't come over tonight" the man says to the girl on the other side of the phone. "Because I have work in the morning, that's why" he continues laughingly. "Okay, I miss it, my dad's gonna have my ass" he explains. The radio of the car begins releasing static noises and the man snaps out of the conversation he is having with the girl. He looks to the right of the road ahead of him, and in the distance, standing under a tall tree, he sees a woman. The woman is dressed in a long white dress, and she is twirling around.
"Hey, uh, Amy, let me call you back" he says before hanging up the phone. He puts his phone down and he slows down his car as he approaches the woman. The radio of the car is no longer playing music, there is just white noise. He taps the radio in an attempt to get the music back, but after a few taps, the radio shuts down completely. By the time the radio turns off, he had stopped his car right in front of the girl.
"Car trouble or something?" he asks as he leans over to the passenger seat to look out the window. The woman stares back at him, not saying a word. She cradles her body back and forth.
"Take me home?" she whispers as she continues to watch the man in the car. The woman has long, smooth black hair that hangs graciously on her white dress. The man in the car leans over to the passenger side door and reaches for the handle. He opens the door and pushes it open.
"Sure, get in" he says. The woman walks towards the car, ever so slowly, picks up her long skirt, and gets in the car. She closes the door behind her, and lays back in the seat. She is staring at the ceiling of the car, and the man looks at her curiously.
"So, where do you live?" he asks. The woman sighs seductively in her seat.
"At the end of Rickenridge Road" she answers, still watching the ceiling. The man nods and looks at the road in front of them. It is dark outside, the fog getting thicker.
"You coming from a Halloween party or something?" the man asks as he looks over at the girl. He eyes drift towards her chest, and stop at her cleavage. The dress she is wearing is revealing her chest, making it difficult for the man to take his eyes away. He laughs and looks away, embarrassed by what he was doing.
"You know, a girl like you really shouldn't be alone out here" he says, turning his head back at the girl. The girl slowly turns her head to look at the man, and when their eyes meet, the man giggles nervously. As they are staring into each other's eyes, the woman grabs a hold of her skirt, and begins to pull her skirt up, revealing her right thigh. The young man's eyes dart towards her legs and he smiles nervously.
"But I'm with you" woman whispers. The man turns to look out the window, thinking about his girlfriend and that what is happening is not right. The woman extends her arm and reaches for his chin, turning his face towards her. He follows her orders and turns to look at her. She takes her hand away from his chin and moves seductively in her seat.
"Do you think I'm pretty?" she asks while looking deep into the man's eyes. The man begins to nod, his eyes drifting towards her chest.
"Uh-huh" he says, the woman's beauty making him speechless.
"Will you come home with me?" the woman questions, her question a quiet whisper. She looks pleadingly at the man in the driver seat. The questions makes the man even more nervous and he is struggling to find the words to respond.
"Um…Hell yeah" he finally utters, a smile growing on his face. He turns to look at the road ahead of him as he turns the key in the ignition and sets the car into drive.
In the middle of nowhere, at the end of a dirt road, a field reveals itself. There is one lonely house standing at the far end of the field, and the car slows down as it approaches the house. The house is abandoned, with a broken down fence around it, and its windows and doors torn down. The house looks as if it is about to fall apart any second.
In the passenger seat, the woman looks out her window and at the house. The look in her eyes is of pure pain as her eyes wander to the second floor of the house.
"Come on, you don't live here" the man says as he looks at the house, letting the exterior of the house in.
"I can never go home" the woman says, pain in her voice. She looks at the house with sadness.
"What are you talking about?" the man says, moving forward in his seat to get a better look at the house. "Who even lives here? Huh, where do you live?" he says as he turns towards the woman. He looks over to the passenger seat, but the seat is empty. He looks at the back seat, but the beautiful woman is gone. He takes a hold of the door handle, opens the door, and gets out.
"Good…Joke's over, okay?" he says as he closes the door. What he cannot see is that on the front window, on the passenger side, there is a print of a hand, pressed against the window from the inside. It moves slowly as it fades away. The man walks to the front of the car and looks around in an attempt to find the mysterious woman.
"You want me to leave?" he asks. There is no woman to be seen, and the headlights of the car are lighting up the front door of the house. Everything else is pitch black. He begins to walk towards the house, one step at a time, while looking the house up and down, freaked out by its exterior.
"Hello?" he asks. "Hello?" he continues as he approaches the door. He makes an attempt to look inside the house, but is vision is impaired by the lack of light. He sees an old sofa in the middle of the room, but not much else.
"Aaahhhh!" he screams as a bat comes flying out of the door and into his face. He falls backwards into the terrace out of fear. He quickly gets back on to his feet before running back to his car and get in. He turns the car on, turns it around, and speeds off.
As he is driving, he turns around to look back at the house. He is breathing heavily as he tries to calm down. He looks up in the rear view mirror and screams at the sight of the girl in the back seat. Out of fear, he hits the pedal and the car takes off at an even higher speed. Unable to control his car, he drives onto the road leading to a bridge. He does not have time to stop for the sign blocking the entrance to the bridge, and drives straight through it. The car continues to move, and the man is able to bring it to a stop in the middle of the bridge. The engine still running, screams are coming from the car. The car begins to shake, and even more screams, screams out of fear and pain are coming from the car. The screams continue before everything goes quiet and the car stops shaking. Blood spatters everywhere on the inside of the car, covering the windows.