Chapter 2: Going Out To Dine

The guests arrived safely to Shipwreck Island.

"So, where's this Owen?" Ryan Parker asked, clapping his hands.

That's the question they were all silently asking themselves. They were in the old-fashioned '20s house and waiting for any sign from their host.

"Here's a note." Rita picked up a slip of paper from the coffee table in the living room.

The note read;

Hello guys! There's been a slight change of plans, so I won't be at the house until tomorrow morning. In the mean time, help yourself! There're a couple of pizzas in the fridge, and some wine and beer in the parlor, if you want. Just make yourself at home and pick a room. Again, sorry for the change of plans.

Owen

"Well, that settles things. I guess we can start unpacking." Said the doctor.

And so they did.

Prof. Nathaniel Perry was unpacking in his room he had chosen. While he was packing away a shirt in his dresser, he noticed a plaque on the wall. It read:

May we remember the poor victims of Shipwreck Island. Let them forever rest in peace. August 8-11, 1939.

It continued on to ten strangers' names Prof. Perry had never heard off. Weird, he thought. What ten victims? What happened on those days in 1939? Whatever it was, didn't concern him. He went right on packing, without another glance at the plaque, or at the taprestry by it….

Around seven-thirty, the guests started eating dinner. It was very delicious, and while eating the conversation was about general pleasant things, until Evelynne Tresscott asked Vanessa Newton a question.

"Don't I know you somewhere?"

Vanessa almost choked on her soda. "Excuse me?"

"Didn't we go to school together, high school or college?"

"I'm not sure. What was your name again?" Please don't let her remember me, she prayed silently.

"Evelynne Tresscott, but everyone called me Eva. You went to Saint Peter's, didn't you? Weren't you my roommate?"

Great, she remembers me. Vanessa answered, "Oh, right. I completely forgot, I'm so sorry. My mind has been so forgetful lately."

"Oh, it's fine. It was a while ago anyway, and I probably look different now than I was in college." It was true. Evelynne looked thinner and paler than Vanessa remembered. Her naturally blond hair had been dyed brown. She was wearing heavy eyeliner and black eye shadow. She looks completely different, like a ghost. If I hadn't recognized that name, I wouldn't have known it was her.

"Well, that's an interesting coincidence." remarked Samantha Stewart.

"Do you want to know something even more interesting?" Dr. Carson Cooper leaned forward in his chair. "I'm a doctor, in case you didn't know, and two of my patients are Evelynne and Ms. Rita Gonzalez."

"Really?" Ryan Parker looked at Rita who was sitting next to him. She nodded.

"It is a popular office, and Eva and Ms. Gonzalez do live close to it." The doctor added.

"Huh. I wonder if anyone else here knows anyone, because I sure don't." Damien Morse gave a little chuckle.

"I don't either." Said the professor quickly. Perhaps too quickly, if anyone else noticed.

As the dinner ended a chilling voice was projected throughout the room. This voice would affect the lives off all the ten visitors on Shipwreck Island.