A/N: Up-date!!!

Who's Not Letting the Ghouls Out?

Chater Ten

Dash reached for the door knob and opened it. The girl's rushed past him inside. Dash looked at the girl running towards them, then spat, "Get away you freak!" He slammed the door shut.

Outside, the girl stopepd just in time to not crash into the door. Grinning, she whistled, sticking two fingers into her mouth. The whistle was sharp, but inside the room they couldn't hear. The girl looked around to her left.

From the left came someone who was dressed exactly the way she was except: there were veins and streams of something dark on her clothes and in her hand was an axe.

Then ragdoll girl then looked to her right. From that direction came someone else dressed like them. Except this girl carried no knife and her clothes were clean.

The one who had whistled grinned as the two other ragdoll-girls came to her and stopped. "Mission accomplished," she said, putting out a hand, palm facing the cieling. A type of accent from Georgia or the south littered her voice.

"Alright!" said the ragdoll-girl with the axe. She put the axe over his shoulder and extended a hand, low-fiving the other girl. The last girl, the one with clean clothes only smiled.

"Oh come, Trinity!" said the one who'd whistled. "Give me five!" She put her hand up towards the girl, who only looked at her.

"Jacky, if she don't want to high-five you, then she won't. Come on outside, we got some more money to collect," said the girl with the axe. Jacky, as the girl with the knife was called, grinned now.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to that alright!" she said and ran ahead of them two other girls.

Trinity and the other girl, who was named Serenity, walked along in slight silence. Then Serenity said, "So, what's up witchoo?" She blended the words 'with' and 'you' and the end of her sentence. She shrugged the axe up onto her shoulder as it had begun to slide down. She eyed the girl next to her curiously. "You're quiet. Somethin' wrong?"

Trinity stayed silent for a moment. "Got a baaaaaaaad feeling, Ser," she said. 'Ser' sounded a lot like 'Sair' or something. She shook her head as she spoke. Serenity looked at her sister and shrugged.

"Don't jinx anything, Trin. It's bad luck on a day like this. After all, tomorrow's All Hallow's Eve, ya know," she said.

"Did we lose them?" Paulina asked over the music in the background as Dash clsoed the door. Dash nodded.

"Yep, they won't come in here," he said. Then in a lower voice, "I hope..."

They turned around towards the crowd of students already inside the room. Dance music played and punch and chips and otehr Halloween themed snacks were being served. Everyone was dressed in costumes, their masks and clothing terrifying in some cases.

"At least we're in the safe," Paulina whispered, whimpering still. She sniffled and looked at Star. The blonde-haired girl stared at ehr hands, then tried once again to wipe off the red from her finger tips down her clothes. "It won't come off," she murmured to herself.

Paulina narrowed her eyes and grabbed hold of Star wrist. A strange smelled like tamarindo drifted into her nostrils. She sniffed Star's fingers. "Gel..." she murmured. She stared at Star, then looked at Dash. Both looked back at her, confused. "They set us up," she hissed. "Those three geeks set us up!"

"It was way too smart," Dash said.

"Maybe they are smarter than they look," Star said, astonished. It had all been so cleverly thought out. They were amazed.

"Time for pay-back," Paulina said. Dash nodded.

"How about we wait 'til after the dance?" Star asked quietly.

Paulina and Dash shared a glance and shrugged.

"Okay!"

E/ND: Short, yes. Next chapter's gonna lead into the plot all the way!

--Airamé Phantom