You're stuck in a house that's on fire... what does 4 do?
The house in front of me was pretty old and- not so sound cliché or anything- pretty haunted looking. I glanced back at Sam and Tucker, who had been the ones to dare me to go in since Danny was out of town for the day and we had no ghosts to catch. I gulped, taking in the house again when I turned back around. Taking a deep breath, I walked in.
There was an eerie silence as I walked along the empty corridors. I jumped a bit at the soft creeeak that sounded from the rickety floorboards beneath me, and shuddered from the cool wind emitting from the broken windows. I wrapped my loose sweater tighter around me and continued on.
I made it to the living room- the place Sam and Tucker told me I could stop- and sighed with relief. "Okay, I'm out," I said softly, glancing warily and the flimsy drapes swaying with the wind.
But as I headed back towards the front door, I noticed it was getting unusually hot for the cold night. The second I turned around, my eyes widened.
"FIRE!" I shouted loudly, running towards the door and away from the bright red flames. "FIRE!"
There were screams from outside of the house, but I didn't pay attention. I ran outside, only to trip and fall over the curb on the street. I looked back towards the house… which wasn't on fire.
"Wait… what?" I said out loud. I heard a few snickers and looked over to see Sam and Tucker laughing quietly. "What's so funny?" I asked, getting up and brushing off my jeans. Tucker simply pointed towards the front door of the house.
I turned again and watched as Maddie Fenton herself walked out of there. "Kids!" she said excitedly, coming towards us. "Oh, you must have heard this was the new test site for our new weapon!" She proudly displayed a sleek metal gun with the words "Fenton" running across the side. "The Fenton Flamethrower! It's specially designed flames only hurts ghosts!" By now, Sam and Tucker were laughing loudly. I also noticed how Tucker's PDA seemed to be angled directly at me… as if he was videotaping something…
Slowly, I put the pieces together. New Fenton weapon… me getting dared to go in the house… videotaping… I glared at my two friends.
"You don't even know how much I hate you right now." I said in a huff, walking away from them while trying to ignore the laughter behind me.
