Mystery Kids: The Darkness Within

Part Three

Coraline was on the back of the motor-bike while Wybie continued to drive down the road. Even with the ride starting out smoothly, Wybie was now driving slowly. He wanted to make sure to not hydroplane off the road, as the rain was now pounding against the ground and creating puddles along the road.

Coraline shivered, feeling the water starting to drench her through her raincoat. She however fought back the slightly sick feeling forming in her body and wanted to stay focused on what was going on around her.

"Wybie, I think we should wait for the rain to stop..." Coraline managed, reluctant to hold back the shivers going through her. "We don't want to get in an accident.

Wybie glanced back at her after he slowed down to a stop.

"We might only be about three or four hours away." Wybie said.

"Well, it would be better to wait out the rain than getting in an accident..." Coraline reasoned.

"Where would we be able to stay? We barely have that much money..."

Coraline thought for a moment. She then turned and looked around, but could not really see anything that could be used.

"We could just wait until the rain lightens up I guess..." Coraline relented after a moment. "No use in almost getting killed by sliding off the road..."

Wybie nodded and they soon got off on the nearby dirt road, which had turned into mud by now and took refuge under an old wooden shack that had only three of four walls and the roof. Coraline finally shivered as she sat down on the relatively try ground, thanks to the way the walls have been angled away from the pounding rain. Wybie took out a thick blanket from his bag and draped it around her gently, which Coraline thanked him for with a gentle smile and they both relaxed in the shelter, hoping to wait out the storm.

Norman found himself in the same dark and grime covered room as the foul smell seemed to have gotten much stronger than he remembered. This time however, was different... He could see in the darkness of the room now, even without the need of a flashlight.

"Hello? Courtney? Neil?" Norman called out.

He carefully made his way through the dark corridor, being careful not to slip on the slick wetness on the floor. Norman winced at the splashing as it seemed to echo loudly. He finally stopped after a few moments.

The smell of blood and mold had begun to make him feel sick and he groaned, wincing at the foul and rotten smell of decaying flesh. The soft splash from behind him, caused Norman to twist back in surprise. When he couldn't place the noise, he turned back around and froze as he saw a pair of gleaming eyes staring back at him.

Behind the figure, Norman could spot the still and decapitated forms of a young boy and girl that looked to have been the same age. He stumbled back and fell onto the ground, wincing as he landed on his back. He quickly tried to scramble away from the figure, when the blob of darkness in front him began to move and seemed to manifest into the form of a teenager that had to obviously be older than he was. Norman went pale as he got a better look of the teen in front of him.

The face seemed to be so pale that it looked white and the eyes were wide open but didn't seem to have any ability to blink. Norman cowered away as he saw more of the teen mere inches from his face. The teen looked at him, his mouth seeming to have been gashed up to make him seem like he was always smiling...

"Sshhhhhh..." It whispers darkly, lifting up a bloody knife. "Go to sleeep..."

As the knife came down, Norman let out a blood curdling scream as he shot up into the sitting position. His scream echoed and caused the others around him to do the same. Courtney having been jarred out of her sleep, having only five hours of sleep once they had stopped at a rest area to sleep for a bit. Courtney snapped her head around and glared at her brother.

"What the h*ll is WRONG with you!?" She screamed angrily.

Norman looked around, seeing that they were all in the car.

"W-what hap-!" Norman coughed and breathed heavily. "W-where are we?" He asked, remembering that they had driven for at least ten hours now.

"We were all SLEEPING until YOU almost gave me a HEART-ATTACK.." Courtney growled.

Norman sighed.

"So how far are we?"

Courtney was about to retort a snarky reply but sighed.

"We've still got about sixteen miles from here..." Courtney said.

She then scowled.

"Dad is SO going to kill me for doing this... His going to kill us BOTH when he finds out about this..."

"We can explain later..." Norman said. "For now, we need to figure out how to get to Gravity Falls..."

"Well, it's pretty much morning now..."

Courtney replied. She stifled a yawn.

"I needed more sleep..." She finally said after a moment.

Norman looked over at a nearby sign that pointed to towards a road, surprised that even in the darkness he could see what it said.

"Courtney, there's a sign that says we're twenty miles out of Oregon..." He said. "So we're not too far now."

Courtney glanced at the sign and nodded.

"Yeah, we should start driving again..." She then wrinkled her nose. "They better have SHOWERS at that shop you kept talking about..."

"Don't worry, I'm sure they do..." Norman replied.

As they began to get things set up, they started on the road again, Courtney pulling her hair in a tight bun to keep it out of her face. As they started on the road, Norman sat quietly thinking about this newer vision... He couldn't shake the chills filling him body as he thought of that blank and sinister stare... The gashed up smile... And the last words he heard before waking up being the maniacal whispering words... 'Go to sleep'

A/N: I know a lot of you are probably not a fan of this specific CreepyPasta character.. But please don't leave mean comments :'( I'll try to add more soon.. I wanted to start it over because I feel like just fi xing the older story would just ruin everything.. Also, I will be only combining the shorter chapters and leaving the other ones alone.