A/N: GAH! Sorry for the wait! I've been trying to get this part done but time just isn't on my side. Now, where's my little helper?
Kenny: *Hides behind a couch.*
Ashla: Ahh, there you are. Come on now. *Grabs Kenny and pulls him out.*
Kenny: I don't see why I'm here. What can I do?
Ashla: Emm... You and Dizzy can check for spelling mistakes ^^
Kenny: Ohh joy. ¬_¬;;
Ashla: Heehee. Anyways. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed the fic so far! You're the best ^^ and thanks for waiting for me too. On with the fic!
Halloween Horrors
Part Three
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"V-V-Voltaire?" Kai stuttered, stumbling back away from Max. "No way. It can't be."
"Ahh, but it is, my grandson. It truly is." Max laughed Voltaire's evil laugh, which caused shivers to run down everyone's spines.
Tyson picked up the courage to confront the possessed Max, standing between him and Kai. "What do you think you're doing?! Get out of our friend's head and just leave us alone!"
"Tyson, shush!" Ray covered Tyson's mouth and looked nervously at 'Voltaire'.
Max's expression turned cold, his white eyes narrowed in annoyance. "You pathetic fool. You have the nerve to defy me? You will regret that. You, my young friend, will suffer a painful death, as will your two friends here, and my current vessel. You're never going to leave this house alive. As for you, grandson," he said, his gaze focusing completely on Kai, "You will regret the day you ever turned against me. The day you tricked me into getting Black Dranzer, was the day you sealed your doom. Mark my words." He smirked upon seeing all three faces going pale.
Kai's breathing quickened and he could feel his heart thumping in his ears. 'Why me? Why did I have to be the grandson of that lunatic?' He swallowed a lump in his throat and stepped forward, pushing past Ray and Tyson. "How has this happened? Tell me! How are you able to control Max?" he demanded, hiding his fear as much as he could.
"Now, now Kai. I thought you were smart enough to figure that one out by yourself. I'm dead."
Tyson tore Ray's hand away from his mouth. "Then why aren't you in hell where you belong?!"
"Because I died with some unfinished business to do." Max looked to one side, into the dancing flames in the fireplace. "After the World Tournament, I took a plane to Japan. I was on my way back here to get ready for your arrival home, Kai. You were going to die that very day."
Ray and Tyson looked at Kai, who didn't move. He'd been trained too well in the abbey to show too much emotion, and right now his expression was nothing but cold.
Voltaire continued. "But we came upon some problems. Seems that somebody had interfered with the plane's engine and when we tried to fly through a snowstorm, it failed. The plane, obviously, crashed into a Russian mountain range and all perished. Because I was focused on completing my task, I refused to leave this world until I had it done. But I couldn't stay in the body that I had, as it was fatally damaged in the crash, I possessed different creatures and humans to make my way here. It would have taken me a few years to make my way here, but I hit upon a stroke of luck. That is where you come in, Granger." He looked straight at Tyson with an evil grin. "You held your little 'summoning', not knowing that you called my spirit straight into this house. I must actually thank you for doing that. So let me thank you, by taking your life!"
All three teens braced themselves as they watched Max reach for an iron poker beside the fireplace and face them. As soon as Max charged towards Tyson, Kai grabbed his wrist and kicked his legs from under him. He had him knocked to the floor and pinned down in less that three seconds.
"You fool Kai! Release me!" Voltaire made Max's body thrash about; trying to get free from underneath Kai's strong grip, but it was no use. 'You stupid boy, this vessel is of no use!' Voltaire thought.
"I don't think so! Tyson, get out of here!" Kai yelled at him. "You too Ray. Move it!"
"But Kai-" Tyson started but was cut off.
"No buts! Get moving now!"
"Wait. We mightn't need to run just yet," Ray said. "Look." He pointed at Max. The blond haired teen was lying motionless on the floor. His eyes were closed and his lips opened partly, breathing shaky breaths. "I think Max isn't possessed anymore."
"How can you be sure?" Tyson asked, kneeling down to look closer at Max. He poked Max's head and he groaned. "AH!" yelped Tyson and he leapt away.
Max groaned again and slowly opened his eyes. "What? Where am I?"
Kai, who now believed that Max was all right, got off of him and stepped away and, just in case, took the poker with him and held it tight.
Max pushed himself up onto his knees and looked around the room with his bright blue eyes. "Tyson? Ray? Kai? What's going on?" he asked, totally lost as to what had just happened.
"You don't remember?" Tyson asked, still keeping his distance.
"Remember what? What's going on?" Max was starting to get scared again and he looked himself over. Nothing missing. Nothing cut. Just... nothing. What had he missed?
"Max," Ray started. "You were possessed by Voltaire's spirit."
"What?!" Max gasped. "You joking, right?" He looked from Tyson's face to Ray's. Turning around, he saw Kai holding the poker and his eyes widened. "You're not!" Max raised his hands up and stared at them. "What did I do? Did I hurt anyone?"
"No, Kai stopped you before you did. Don't you remember anything?" Ray asked, risking taking a step closer to Max, but stopped when he caught Kai shaking his head.
Max was still staring at his hands. "The last thing I remember was feeling dizzy and light headed. I was stumbling around by the fire, then nothing. Everything after that is black." Tears welled up in Max's eyes. He covered his face with his hands and sobbed into them. "I want to go home! I want out of here! For this nightmare to end," he sobbed, his voice muffled by his hands.
Ray looked over to Kai, who nodded and lowered the poker he had been holding. Ray went over and knelt beside Max, placing a hand on his shoulder. "It's alright Max. We're here, and we will try our best to make sure nothing happens to you." Even as Ray spoke to Max, Tyson and Kai kept close watch. Voltaire could take over any second for all they knew and try to kill Ray.
Max took his hands from his face and looked at Ray. "Really?"
Ray smiled and nodded. "You bet. Now, dry those eyes and let's start looking for a way out, alright?"
Max nodded and wiped his eyes on the back of his sleeve and sniffled. "Thanks guys." With some help from Ray, Max got to his feet.
"Now what?" Tyson looked to Kai for an answer. "You know this place better than any of us. Is there another way out?"
Kai was silent, staring at the flames as he thought. 'Voltaire was after me, so this is half my fault. If only I hadn't invited them around, they would be safe at home in their beds right now.' He narrowed his eyes. 'No Kai, stop thinking about that. They need you now and if you loose it, who's going to help them?'
"Kai?"
"Yes," he answered.
"Yes what?"
"Yes there is another way out of the mansion, a good few in fact." He looked away from the fire. "But I don't think you'll like them."
"Kai, I'm up for anything at this stage if it gets us out of here."
"I'm with Ray on that," Tyson agreed and Max nodded.
"Alright. There's the basement, the back door though the kitchen or the fire escape-"
"The fire escape sounds good!"
"Which starts in the attic," Kai finished.
"Just great! Wonderful! Was this place built for ghosts?" Tyson threw his hands in the air in expatriation. Just then lightning flashed outside and there was an explosion, and the lights went out. "Ohh this is just what we needed!"
Kai turned around and went to a window. He looked out and sighed. "Great, the lightning hit the wires outside."
"Don't you have a backup or something?" Max asked, now having a reason to fear the dark. The fire was now their only source of light.
"That was the backup. The electricity went out about an hour ago, but you didn't notice." Kai told them, moving away from the window and back to the middle of the room.
"How come?"
"The lights dimmed by themselves for about two seconds and then the generator kicked in."
"What now?" Tyson asked once more.
"Would you please stop asking that?! I'm trying to figure that out!" Kai snapped, glaring at Tyson.
"Well soooorry." Tyson crossed his arms and sat down on the arm of the couch.
"Alright, we're going to have to get some light for now." Kai went over to a dresser and pulled open a drawer. He took out a flashlight and switched it on. Poking around in the drawer a little more, he took out a few wicks and handed them to the other three.
"What are we supposed to do with these? Eat them?" Tyson nibbled on the end of his. "Yuck! They taste like wax!" He paused. "Ehh, not like I would know what wax tasted like or anything. Heh, heh."
"Tyson you moron. They're for lighting the candles around this room." Kai rolled his eyes and lit his wick from the fire, as did Ray and Max.
"Ohh. I knew that! I was only... kidding around." Tyson sighed and lit his wick. The four of them went around the room and lit all the candles they could find. By the time they were finished, the room looked like something from the middle ages.
"Ohh this is comforting," Ray muttered, looking around the room.
"Well it's better than being in the dark," said Tyson as he blew out his wick.
Max shuffled from one foot to the other, something that made it look like he was swaying again. Tyson, Kai and Ray put up their guard straight away.
"Max? You alright?"
Max looked up, blushing. "Emm, I need to use the bathroom."
Tyson fell to the floor. "What?!"
"I'm sorry! But I really need to go."
"Down the hall there, fifth door on the left." Kai pointed to a far door.
"Could somebody come with me? I don't want to go on my own." Max looked down at the floor.
Ray looked at the other two and, seeing them not moving, he shook his head and turned to Max. "I'll go with you."
"Catch."
Ray turned around and grabbed the flashlight as Kai tossed it to him. "Thanks Kai. Come on Max." The two of them left the room, leaving Kai and Tyson on their own in the candle lit room.
Tyson sighed and tried to make light of the situation. "You know Kai, if we swung the other way, this would be the perfect romantic setting, no?" he joked.
"You dork." Kai spun around on his heels and went towards the fire.
Tyson scowled at his back. "I was only joking! Geez!" Tyson crossed his arms. "Like anyone would go for you anyway."
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Max stood in front of the toilet and undid the button and zip on his pants. He sighed as he relived himself.
Ray stood outside the door with his arms crossed and leaning against the wall in darkness. He'd given the flashlight to Max. He looked up and down the hallway, a very faint light coming from the door of the main room, where they'd spent most of the evening. From what he could see, the hallway was lined with different portraits. Of who, Ray didn't want to know right then. He sighed and leaned his head back against the wall, closing his eyes. 'This is one whacked house.'
His eyes snapped open and he looked around, feeling a sudden cold rush past him. He shivered and his heart started to beat faster. 'I don't like this.' Ray turned to the door and knocked. "Max? You finished yet?"
"Yeah. Just a second." Ray heard the toilet flushing and stepped away from the door, looking up and down the hallway.
'Come on Max.'
The bathroom door opened and Max came out with the flashlight in hand. "Now I feel better."
"That's good. Now come on and let's get back." Ray started down the hallway quickly, Max having to jog a few steps to catch up with him.
"What's the rush? Is there something wrong?" Max looked nervously around him.
"Ehh, no. Just the sooner we get back to Kai and Tyson the better. They've probably torn each other's heads off by now," Ray joked, but stopped when Max did.
"Please don't say that."
"I'm sorry Max. I didn't mean it." Ray frowned. Max was really shaken by all of this.
Max sighed and nodded. "I know, it's just that I don't want to hear that right now, because with everything that's going on..."
"I understand. Sorry. I won't say anything like that again."
Max smiled and they continued back to the room. Max went in first and Ray paused at the door, looking down they dark hallway again. A strong, cold wind blew towards him.
"What the?" Ray narrowed his eyes. 'Hey, maybe there's a window open!' He was about to start down the hallway when he stopped. 'No. It's a trick.' He turned and went into the main room, shutting the door behind him.
Down at the other end of the hallway, the wind blew in through an opened window. An evil laughter rang out. "You had your chance, but you didn't take it," Voltaire's voice echoed, followed by another evil laugh as the window slammed shut. "Soon, my revenge will be complete."
To be continued...
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Kenny: Please! I don't want to help you in anymore of this! Here! Take Dizzy and do your own spell check! I'm out of here! *Runs away.*
Ashla: Ohh poo him anyway. Like he was any help in the first place. Sorry that nothing much happened in this chapter. It's working out longer than I first thought. Thanks for reading peeps! Please review and I'll see you on the next instalment of 'Halloween Horrors'!
Dizzy: But Halloween is long over.
Ashla: Shush you. I'm just over my dead line. Heehee. Get it? Dead?
Dizzy: .... 0.0
Ashla: Ohh never mind. See you later peeps!
~Ashla~
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