CHAPTER 4

(By Kar-zid)

As Jack opened the door he gasped. It was an incredible sight. It looked more like a gigantic mansion instead of a fancy hotel. He walked up to the receptionist desk and rang the bell.

A woman walked up to the other side of the desk and asked, "Hello sir, have you got a reservation?"

"Yes, my name is Jack Tarrass" Jack replied glancing at the last patrons leaving the hotel.

"Ah, here you are," she responded picking up a key from the desk." Here's your room number and the key, Daniela here will show you around," the receptionist finished in a cheery voice.

Jack turned to look where the receptionist was pointing and saw a woman. She waved at him then motioned her hand for him to follow. Jack walked up to her and she led him away.

"I hope you don't mind but will there be any other people staying here besides you and me?" He asked.

"Another girl was supposed to be here, but cancelled at the last minute, but there is a paranormal investigator here to check on the strange happenings of not too long ago. You remember Jack Torrance?"

"Yeah, I remember him," he replied.

"What's your name by the way?" Danny asked.

"Jack Tarrass," he responded.

They were now just outside the doors to the kitchen. Daniela stopped opening the door, at the mention of his name, and stared at him for a second before shaking her head.
"I'm Daniela, but most people call me Danny," she introduced herself.

They walked through the swinging doors and into the biggest kitchen Jack had ever seen. It appeared bigger than his entire house. Danny and Jack walked over to a big freezer-like door and Danny opened it. Inside was a walk-in pantry as far as the eye could see.

"Everything in this place is so big," Jack said astonished. "Yeah it is, it may be a bit strange at first but you'll get used to it," Danny reassured him.

They walked back into the kitchen then over to another large freezer-like door. This time inside was a freezer which was enormous as well. Danny showed Jack around the whole hotel. When they reached room 237 Jack had a strange urge to go inside.

But when he asked Danny immediately said", "No! No one is aloud in there, and no one should want to go in there either. That place is evil." She shuddered then they moved along.

They stopped at room 149, which was Jack's room. Jack opened the door and stepped inside. His room was very luxurious. Jack and Danny said their goodbyes and Danny left. Jack sat down at a desk in his room and looked at the typewriter in front of him, and then he started to type.

Downstairs a man had just arrived, his name was John Mathews and he was the paranormal investigator. By this time everyone, but the three staying, had left the hotel.

Danny was sitting behind the front desk", you must be the investigator. Welcome! Our other caretaker is already in his room, you will probably meet him later. I'm Daniela, but please call me Danny."

"I'm John Mathews; I'll start my investigation by going up to room 237 thank you," he said holding his hand out for the key.

"No, no, no, you can't go in that room! It's strictly forbidden!" Danny cried.

"How am I supposed to do my job if I can't visit the most haunted room?" John inquired.

Danny thought this over for a second, and then gave in. She grabbed a key from the wall behind her and threw it to John. She explained where to go just before he left. Danny sighed when John had gotten into the elevator.

She leaned her head back, put her legs onto the table and closed her eyes. A few seconds later she opened her eyes and in front of her were 2 little girls. They looked at her, then at each other, and then at her again. A blink later they were gone.

Danny stared around for a minute. A vision of the same building she was in now flickered into her head. It was inside and a black man wearing winter clothes, to keep him warm, was walking down the hall calling to see if anyone was there. All of a sudden a man jumped from behind a pillar and swung an axe right at him. The axe became buried inside the man's chest by the maniac. Danny screamed for a second and the vision disappeared. Jack came out of the elevator a second later with a worried expression on his face.

"What's the matter Danny?" He said while cocking his head to the side.

Danny was about to speak but then she saw the glint in Jack's eyes; it was the same glint as that murderer in her vision had in his very own eyes. Then she remembered Miranda's warning.

"No, nothing's wrong, I just cut myself, that's all," Danny responded quickly.

She began staring at a small letter opening knife. Jack started to move closer to her with that glint still in his eye.

Danny quickly said, "I've got to go check on John, the investigator," she said and sprinted from the room.

Jack watched her leave with a sick smile on his face. Jack threw his head back in mad laughter for a while which scared Danny, even though she was already on the second floor. Jack walked over to the desk and looked around. He picked up the small knife and twisted it over his fingers.

"A knife, a knife, my kingdom for a knife!" Jack whispered in a malevolent voice.