A/N: The next few chapters ahead are going to be kind of freaky…this one, may not be…who knows, it's your opinions I need! I have no idea what a power generator box looks like!!!

Chapter Three: Backlash

"We have to find the power generator. Will have to split up…" Before he could finish his sentence Gabriella cut in.

"Split…split up?!" She was hyperventilating now. Her cheeks, if you could see them, were burning red and sweat beads were starting to form on the bridge of her nose.

"Don't worry Gabriella…I'll stay right by your side…I promise," Troy informed her, tightening the grip he had around her waist. Her body tensioned but she had to admit she did feel a little bit better.

"Okay, there are seven floors including the attic and basement, so, I guess it's Troy and Gabriella, Zeke and Sharpay, Martha and me, Chad and Taylor, Arvin and Lisa (drama committee member and pom-pom zombie) Nick, Joe, and Kevin (band), and Kelsi and Jason. Wait! Where are Kelsi and Jason?"

"Oh…we saw them go off somewhere before the lights went out," Gabriella murmured avoiding making any eye contact with Taylor, who was watching her out of the corner of her eye. Chad wrapped his arms around Taylor's waist and rested his chin on the top of her head, messaging her shoulders.

Martha and Zeke burst out with laughter, almost bouncing off of the walls, as if they were chipmunks on caffeine.

"You've…" Martha gasped through gulps of breath, "got to be kidding me. Kelsi…and…and Jason? Basketball, brainless Jason?"

"The very same one who stuck a quarter up his nose in the eighth grade as a bet for money to buy milk?" Zeke asked, no believing his ears.

"So what if he did it?" Taylor asked defensively.

"The milk only cost twenty cents, Taylor, seriously, how dumb can people be?" Martha said, sounding like a question but not meant to be answered.

"Anyway…uh, Arvin and Lisa can take the basement," Ryan said, pointing in the direction of the stairs leading down into utter darkness. The two reluctantly went, heads sagging low, flashlights in hand, "Zeke, Shar, can take the first and second floor; Chad, Taylor, the fourth floor; Gabriella, Troy, take the third floor; Nick, Kevin, Joe, stay here incase Jason and Kelsi come back give them a flashlight and tell them to check the attic." The three hotties nodded and went back to fiddling with their instruments, "If any of you see them, give them your extra flashlight and tell them to check the attic. Okay."

"Yeah." They all mumbled grumpily.

"Let's go on a little scavenger hunt now," Ryan joked as they all exited the room.

Sharpay and Zeke

"I didn't get to tell you how good you were on stage Sharpay." Zeke began, obliviously trying to start a conversation.

"How…sweet," She mumbled as they walked down the only hallway on the first floor. The walls were only two doors apart, so there was not a lot of walking space.

"No, really Sharpay, you have an unbelievable amount of talent."

Drip

"I mean you are the most talented girl at our school," Zeke continued, since Sharpay did not stop him, "You're also very pretty."

Drip

"I mean…" Sharpay shushed him before he could finish by placing her hand over his mouth so that they could listen to the quite.

Drip…Drip…Drip…Drip…Drip…

"What is that?" Zeke asked as she removed her hand from his mouth.

"I don't know, but it came from over here," Sharpay whispered, tiptoeing in the direction of the door at the end of the hall, Zeke following at her heels.

"Tell me again, why we're going in the direction of the creepy noise?" Zeke hissed, most likely upset. His shoulders were slumped over and he tried to keep his big feet from making to loud of a footstep. It was, useless.

Drip…Drip…Drip…

"Don't be such a baby," she whispered as they came to the frame of the door. Sharpay placed her shaking hand on the cold brass knob and slowly turned it. The door opened with an even creepier creaking sound.

Dust covered filth was all Sharpay first saw when she stepped into the room. Then she heard the sound again.

Drip…Drip…Drip…

Sharpay side stepped a small vanity mirror and made her way to the bathtub. She slowly pulled back the curtain to reveal…nothing. There was no dripping sound. No nothing, just a dirt layered tub.

"Anything?" Zeke asked from the doorframe, not even bothering to come check himself. In reply Sharpay shook her head and closed the bath curtain.

"Baby," She mocked him as she took a step from the bathtub.

Drip…Drip…Drip…

Moist drops began to trickle down on Sharpay's forehead.

"What the…" She looked up and saw that the ceiling was dripping, "There must be a leak upstairs. Are there any towels in here?"

"Umm…" Zeke looked around the room and found a small rag on the dirt infested sink counter and tossed it over to Sharpay, "Here"

"What, you're not going to come in?"

"No, thank you." Was all he said as Sharpay cleaned her face.

Sharpay turned away from him and pulled back the bath curtain and threw the rag in the tub. Dusting off her hands she said, "Okay baby Zeke we can go now."

She got no reply and turned to the doorframe where Zeke had been standing. He wasn't there.

"Zeke?" She called stepping out into the hallway, as she took a step forward her heel broke onto something she stepped on, "Urgh, my shoe!" She pulled off her pumps and searched the ground for what she had stepped on. A flashlight? Zeke's flashlight!

Arvin and Lisa

Lisa had an anaconda squeeze on Arvin's arm as they made their way through the basement floor. A slight breeze passed by, blowing Lisa's red mane all around. Weird.

"So where do y-you think the gene-generator is?" Lisa stammered, letting go of his arm.

"Well," Arvin moved the rim of his glasses further up the bridge of his nose, "Usually, they're in the basement or outside under or behind the house."

"Well, why didn't you say that before, then maybe we wouldn't be stuck down here!" She lashed out at him with her freshly manicured nails.

"I didn't say anything because this is an old house and it's possible the generator could be somewhere else."

Lisa looked around the large basement, "Maybe not," she flashed her flashlight over a few feet away from them, at a rusted over metal box.

"You know what, that could just be it!" Arvin said running over to the box and opened it, "This is weird."

"What?" Lisa said with a jumpy tone.

"Almost every single wire here is crossed, it would take days to fix this." Arvin groaned stepping back, "We should just go back upstairs." Turning around he saw that Lisa had disappeared into darkness.

"Lisa?" Arvin called, flashing his flashlight all around the basement floor.

Lisa (being dragged)

Lisa felt the tug of the blade as she was dragged up the stairs and out of the basement. Her head hit every step as she was pulled up. The jagged blade was caught in her back and she could feel the sharp tugs here and there with every step taken. She left a trail of blood behind her, as it poured out of her body.

Her capturer came to a halt at the end of the hall on the first floor. As they entered Lisa recognized a sink and toilet. They were in a bathroom. That is where she would die. How tragic?

He lugged her onto his shoulder then threw her into a bathtub and began to run the water. He didn't even stay to watch her die. He just left her and…the running water.

What happened to Zeke? Is Lisa going to die? Where are Kelsi and Jason? And, what about the rest of the HSM cast? Read more to find out…

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