Chapter eight

For just one moment right as Bam entered the garage the power came back on. It was a very short moment though; just long enough for Bam to spot where Novak was. The power flickered back out right when a bright beam of lightening moved across the sky. The loud boom of the thunder crashed right as Bam made a mad dash over towards where Novak lay.

"Bam!"

"Calm the fuck down."

Bam had to blindly reach for Novak, lightly grabbing part of his arm. He then felt his way toward the ropes that bound Novak's arms together and held them tied above his head. He then griped one rope the best that he could and made an attempt to untie it. In his attempt he only wound up causing the rope to become tighter.

"Ow! Fucker. I thought you were supposed to be helping me not making things worse for me."

"Would ya shut up and let me untie you?"

"Well you're doing the opposite of untying the rope."

"Shut. Up."

Bam continued to try untying the rope around Novak's wrists with not luck. He then leaned forward and gripped the rope in between his teeth and tried to undo the knot that way instead. This technique did have some impact on undoing the knot until finally it had come loose from Novak's wrist.

"Ok there's one. I just wish I was able to see what I was doing."

"Ok well do you think you could hurry it up, Bam?"

"I'd like to see you try this. Now please shut the fuck up."

It didn't take very long after the first rope came undone off that Bam managed to get the other ropes off as well. He helped Novak up and then the two of them started to make their blind way back into the house.

"Nov please tell me you know where Missy is."

"I did know once but I have no clue where she is now. She could be in the same place or they could have taken her somewhere else by now."

"God damn. Wait, they? Who the fuck is 'They'?"

"You don't want to know. But these people are capable some fucked up shit. Who knows what else they could be doing to Missy right now. Or what else they could have done to me if you hadn't of found me when you did."

"Ok I don't want to ask. Right now we have to try to find Missy. Where was the last place that she was?"

"We were with them in the hobbit hole."

"Alright. So we probably should stick together then. Missy and I split up and then she came up missing. Or taken again. Or whatever. The point is we should stick together this time in order to find Missy."

"I hope you know what you're doing, Bam."

"So do I."

Once the two of them were in the lounge Bam found a couple candles and handed one of them to Novak before lighting them. They both looked around the room to make sure they were alone and safe for the time being. They searched the room for any traces of these intruders or even Missy but they couldn't find anything. After confirming that they were alone, except for maybe a ghost or two that was hiding from them, they sat down to try to come up with a plan to find these people and get Missy back.

However their planning consisted mainly of Bam and Novak getting spooked every once in a while by what they assumed were the ghosts, and a couple times by the two cats that were roaming around through the dark house. The only real talking that the two of them did was when one of them would mention that they wished that the power would come back on, or one of them inquiring what a certain sound was.

One of the cats that had wandered into the room where they were got scared when loud thunder shook the house from the outside. The cat jumped up in the air and landed unexpectedly in Bam's lap, causing his candle to go out. Bam shoved the cat off of his lap and searched in his pockets for the lighter he used to light the candles. When he had his candle lit again he turned to say something to Novak, only to discover that he wasn't there next to him.

Bam let out a little sigh of frustration "Novak! Where did you go?!"

At first there was no answer so Bam called out for Novak again. This time Novak replied, saying that he left to go to the bathroom. Bam rubbed his eyes and shook his head. He leaned his head back against the back of the couch and closed his eyes. He sat there trying to think about what to do. He had closed his eyes for what he assumed to be about a minute, and with the power out and only dim candle light around him, he was unable to tell what time it was or how much time had actually gone by.

"Novak?"

Bam sat up and listened for Novak to answer. When Novak didn't answer Bam stood up and picked up a candle and decided to look for him.

"What the fuck is taking him so long? He went into the bathroom like a God damn week ago." He muttered to himself.

He went towards the bathroom and thought he felt something move past him. Shaking the chilling feeling that someone or something was near by him he continued on down the hallway toward the bathroom. When he reached the bathroom door he raised his hand to knock but then a note taped to the door caught his attention. He held the candle up to the note and strained his eyes to read it.

i'Don't worry Bam. We're coming for you next.'/i

Kevin grabbed Missy by the arms and yanked her up off of the floor. He practically dragged her, while she kicked and hit him and struggled to get away from him, and he shoved her down into the chair where Novak once sat. She let out a scream once he finally pulled the hood off of her head. To shut her up he reached out and backhanded her hard across the face.

"You shut the fuck up!"

Missy shook and started crying as she looked at him. After Kevin and Trent had been torturing her on the floor for a while she had very little fight in her. She was too scared and hurt to really do anything to stand up for herself.

The door opened bringing in the cold wind and rain, as well as Trent and the girl. Missy looked over and saw that they weren't alone. They stood on either side, holding firmly onto his arms, of Novak. Novak struggled to get away from them but the more he struggled the more they tightened their grip on his arms.

"Let the fuck go of me you fuckers!"

"Novak!" Missy shouted from across the room

"Missy? Oh God Missy are you alright?"

Trent hit him in the face "Stop that now! No communicating with your friend!"

Kevin looked up as Trent and the girl were bringing Novak over to where he and Missy were.

"Why'd you bring him back?" Kevin asked

"It seems that his little buddy Bammy Boy managed to untie him and take him back inside the house." Trent answered before hitting Novak on the back of the head

"It's actually better this way." Said the girl "Now that we have Novy again Bam will be determined to come out here to look for him and his precious Missy." She smirked with a laugh in her voice.

Kevin brought over another chair and sat it next to Missy's chair. Trent and the girl then brought Novak over and forced him to sit in the chair. The three of them then took some more rope and tied Missy and Novak up to the chairs.

"What are you going to do to us?" Missy pleaded through her non-stop tears

"What are you gonna do when Bam gets here?" Asked Novak

Trent reached over and smacked them both in the face as hard as he could with one blow. Missy and Novak looked up at him stunned and frightened.

"Don't fucking ask questions!" Trent yelled with a snarl

Lightening flashed outside, followed by a loud boom of thunder. The light came into the room from both the lightening and the moon outside. The light must have caught Trent's hand just right because it appeared to have a glow around it. Novak and Missy stared at Trent's hand and cowered a little. They didn't cower because they thought that he would strike them again. They cowered because in the light of the moon Trent's hand looked like the skin was gone from it, leaving nothing but bone. Trent leaned forward a little and his face got caught in the moonlight as well. It appeared as though most of his flesh was gone and his eyes had been sunken in and held within dark, empty sockets. Novak and Missy jumped in their seats and shrieked at the gruesome sight before them. Trent smirked and chuckled deeply in his throat as he stepped out of the light. Luckily for Missy and Novak the moon moved behind a dark storm cloud right at that moment. It seemed more and more like they were in a never-ending nightmare and they felt like they were trapped there with little hope of escaping.