SuperNatural Paradox

Volume 2 Chapter 5: Return to the House

Mrs. Rento lifted her head off the floor after waking up. "Where am I?" she looked around to see that she was in the basement.

"Don't be afraid." A voice said and giving a laugh after.

"Whose there? What do you want?" she scooted herself against the corner of the room. "Wha-What is that?" She shivered in fear from what was hiding in the shadows in the far corner of the room.

"SHIN!" Surina yelled out when she reached him. "Do you have any idea where you are going?" She asked.

"No. But I have to find them before it is too late and you're not going to stop me."

"I'm not here to stop you." said Surina. She held her hands behind her back and looked in a different direction with her eyes.

"You're not?"

"No. I'm here to help you. And, I have a guess where they might be."

Mrs. Rento took a deep breath and stood up and slowly walked over towards what she was looking at. It appeared to be a body. "Oh my, goodness." she said as she covered her mouth.

"Where do you think they are?" Shin asked.

"The basement. The exact opposite of where you were being kept." Surina answered and slowly started to turn a different direction to begin walking.

"The basement? Are you sure?"

Surina stopped and turned back to Shin. "I'm positive. I can smell blood there. Can't you smell it?"

"Blood? No. I didn't know you can smell such a thing. You must have really good nose to be able to smell something like that."

"Yes. I most certainly do." She said like she was in a daze. "Now, if we want to get there we must hurry before it becomes too late."

Mrs. Rento stood over the body. "It's… it's… my husband." She said. "What happened to him?" His stomach was completely torn open. The organs within his body were gone; the only things that remain were his skin and bones. Mrs. Rento fell to the floor and pushed herself against the fall trying to keep her-self from crying. "What… did this to you?" She asked. "What could do such a horrible thing?" She began to hear a strange giggling off in a different corner.

"You're next." The voice said. "I'm so hungry." Mrs. Rento began to scream for help.

"Wait for me!" Shin yelled out chasing after Surina. "Huh? What's wrong?" he asked when he got caught up to Surina.

"Look." She pointed.

"That fool!" Madam told herself as she walked down the side walk. "I guess it couldn't be helped. I predicted this would happen way back when I told his fortune. That little punk is really asking for it, messing with Mary without any thought." Madam stopped in front of her house. "Oh well. I guess I have no choice but to help the little pest."

Surina stared at the set of stairs. "It's just like before." She said. The stairs were completely covered in nails.

"Like, before?" Shin asked. "Did this happen before?"

"Yes, when we were searching for you. Except last time we were in Mary's dimension. This time it doesn't look like we are." Surina looked around for a mirror.

"We don't have time for this!" yelled Shin. "We got to go now! Do you know of any way to get across this?" Shin began to panic.

"A mirror… that's the only way to get back to the other dimension, but I don't see one anywhere. Do you know where the closest mirror is?" Surina asked.

"Yes! It's this way!" Shin took off to a direction.

"Wait for me!" Surina chased after him. "When did we enter this dimension this time?" Surina thought to herself. "Maybe… OF COURSE! when we first entered this house. That would make perfect sense." Surina stopped in front of the mirror Shin was standing at.

"This is it." He said.

Mrs. Rento sat there silently in the corner. "How did this happen?" Mrs. Rento asked herself. "My husband's dead, the door's locked, and how am I going to explain this to Shin when he finds out? Shin… I almost forgot. I wonder what happened to him." She stood up getting even more worried. "What if the same thing is happening to him? No… I'm sure he's upstairs in his room doing whatever it is that he does. It won't be long before Shin starts to look for me and everything will be fine." She told herself trying to stay positive.

"Hahahaha!" Mrs. Rento heard.

"Is someone there?" She asked. No one answered back. The complete silence gave chills up her spine. "Who, who is there? Come out! This isn't funny anymore." Mrs. Rento began to give herself courage to see whose there. "If you don't stop this now I'll call the police." Still no one answered.

"This is the same mirror that leads towards the attic." Surina said.

"Of course. It's the only mirror that we have that's big enough for us to get through without going into a bathroom."

"How did you know about going into bathrooms?" Surina asked.

"Because everyone knows that it's too dangerous to go into bathrooms with Bloody Marry. That's common sense."

"And of course I'm the only one that doesn't know these things." She mumbled to herself.

"I hope this works." Shin said before he started to take off towards the mirror.

"Wait Shin!" Surina yelled stopping Shin from running through the mirror.

"What is it?"

"Wouldn't it make more sense to take the mirror over to the basement in case we somehow end up back into this dimension?"

"That'll take too much time! I need to hurry before it's too late!" Shin ran forward and through the mirror.

"Grrrr! That stubborn attitude of his!" She looked over at the stairs. "Uh-huh. There are nails here to. We are in that dimension all right."

"Hahahaha!" Surina heard someone laughing.

"Whose there? Is it… you Mary?" Surina asked. No one answered her. When Surina turned her head towards the mirror the mirror shattered into pieces. "Damn! Now what?" Surina asked herself.

"That was close. Huh?" Shin looked at the shattered mirror. "That's odd, did Surina not make it through in time? Oh well. She can find another way through. My parents are the ones in serious trouble right now." Shin took off running.

"Now what do I do?" Surina stood there thinking. "It looks like I don't have much of an option but to go through the bathroom mirror." She quickly ran to the bathroom, when she arrived she stopped to catch her breath for a second. "Ok, now to go." She quickly ran in and the door shut on her back realizing that the door had been fixed from her breaking it earlier.

"Bloody Mary!" the voice began to say.

"I don't think so Mary!" Surina lifted up her leg. "You're not going to win this time." She kicked the door down with one strike this time and opened up a free passage to back outside. "Now I'm not trapped and can leave whenever I want."

"Bloody Mary!"

"Oh shutup!" she said as she grabbed the bathroom mirror and walked out.

"Who are you?" Mrs. Rento looked up towards the shadows. Something started to move closer and closer, and very slowly to her. Mrs. Rento's fear grew as she could start making out the figure's features. She was completely pale with lots of scars all over her body. Bloody spots all over her, and the eye lids were completely missing. She limped, struggling to move her left foot with her. Her smile showed she was insane. "Who, no, what are you?" Mrs. Rento asked. Mary did not answer her.

"No, it can't be!" Shin dropped to the floor in front of the basement stairs. "The stairs… are still covered in nails. Did… did I come back to the same dimension? No… it can't be." Shin punched the floor. "Why!? Why is this happening to me?" Shin started to cry. "All I wanted to do is become a vampire. Is that too hard to ask!? Instead… my parents are going to die and it's all because of me. I, I can't lose anyone else. First Naomi, then Tykato and now my parents, it's too much."

"You're finally getting it." A voice said from behind. "You finally understand the consequences of your actions." Shin turned around to the speaker.

"Su-Surina…?" He looked at her. "Please… help me. I need help to save my parents."

"I knew you did. That's why I brought this." Surina held up the mirror.

"Whe-where did you get that? The mirror shattered earlier."

"The bathroom." Surina said.

"The bathroom? You risked going in there to help me out?"

"Please! Things like Mary don't scare me. I've seen things way worse than that." Surina said being all mighty. "But," her voice changed back to soft. "I didn't do it because out of pity, I did it because I actually like you. Now…" Surina walked over towards the wall and hanged up the mirror. "Shall we go?" Surina smiled at him and held out her hand.

"Uh-huh…" Shin grabbed her hand and stood up then walked over to her. "Thank you… Surina." Shin said giving her a big hug. "You have no idea how much this means to me."

"Don't worry, I already had an idea. Now let's go."

"Right." He said before stepping through the mirror.

"I'm right behind you Shin." Surina followed from behind.

Mary was five feet away from Mrs. Rento. "S-stay away from ME!" She screamed. Mary didn't listen. She continued forward giving her the evil insane look she's been keeping. "No! Get away from me!" She screamed again.

"Mom!" Shin yelled out. He stood right across the room where the door was. Mary stopped to look back at him.

"Shin!" Mrs. Rento stood there shocked and scared. "You shouldn't have come!" his mother yelled out. "Go now while you still have a chance!" Mary turned around and started to walk towards Shin. "Shin! Go now! Run away!" Shin stood there.

"No! I came here to help you! And that's what I'm going to do!" Shin yelled out.

"Shin…" Surina stood there beginning to blush and not knowing what to do next. "He's really cute when he's like this." She mumbled to herself

"It's my fault… THAT THIS IS HAPPENING! SO COME AFTER ME MARY!" Shin yelled out. Mary crept closer and closer towards him.

"Ma…" Mary began to mumble as she limped closer to Shin.

"If I can summon you here…" he began to yell. "I sure hell can unsummon you!" Shin's necklace began to glow. "So get ready Mary! I'm not afraid of you!"