Wow. I haven't written this one in forever. If you guys are still reading this, thank you for staying with me for so long. I had my computer in the shop and just now got it back so I can start writing again! Yay! Alright and in this one, the POV will be in TAPS perspective for the investigation so no Devin. I know she's the main character but yeah. Just read on.
"We're here Josh. Wake up!" I yelled, taking one hand off the wheel for a second to punch my brother.
"God Dev! You don't need to hit me. I heard you!" he shouted angrily.
"Oops. My bad." I said sarcastically.
"Where are we going first? The hotel to check in or the house to investigate." he asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"The hotel obviously. You think anyone is going to be up to checking in at three in the morning?" I asked. We pulled into the hotel parking lot about ten minutes later.
"Alright guys. As usual, the producers are paying for this hotel so we'll go check in and get the room keys. You guys go ahead and start unpacking your stuff." Jay said as he and one of the producers went to check in.
I went to go grab one of my bags when my phone started to vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw that I had a text from Patrick.
where do we keep the spare grocery money? we're all out of food.
"Holy crap." I mumbled as I texted him back.
How are we out already! I just went to the grocery store last week!
I flipped my phone shut and went back to grabbing my stuff out of the Hummer. Jay came back with the room keys and we all took the roomies we had in Pennsylvania and went into our rooms.
"Hey Devin, where do you keep the spare grocery money?" Josh asked, coming into mine and Donna's room.
"Did Patrick text you?" I asked.
"Yeah. They're out of food and hungry." he replied.
"Who is 'they'?" I asked, taking my clothes out of my suitcase and putting them in the dresser at the front of the room.
"Him, Piers, and Lucas." he said.
"Tell Lucas and Piers that if they want food they can go home and eat their own food. Tell Patrick that the grocery money is in the cookie jar on top of the fridge." I said, not looking up from my clothes.
Josh left the room and I continued to unpack.
"Wow. You have a lot of people at your house." Donna said.
"Unwillingly. Somehow, one of them moved in with me and the others never leave. It's like they came over one day and never left." I replied.
"Hey guys. We're heading over to the house." Tango said, peeking his head in our room.
"Alrighty. Be out in a sec. Just let me hit the bathroom." I said as Donna made her way outside and I made my way to the bathroom.
I headed outside five minutes later to see everyone piling into one of two vans. I got in the van with Tango, Brian, and Steve while Josh went with Grant, Jason, and Donna.
"Why can't I just drive the Hummer over there? I never understand that." I said, putting on my seat belt.
"They don't want any random cars on the show. Just the TAPS vans." Steve explained for like the millionth time.
"Whatever." I said as I looked around the surrounding area.
"I used to have family that lived here. I haven't been back in forever." I murmured to myself.
"Wait. You've been here?" Brian asked, turning around in the front seat to face me.
"Yeah. My mom was from here. She's actually buried up in the cemetery on the outskirts of town. Her family is still around here. Granted I haven't seen them since the funeral but yeah, they're still here." I explained.
The van got silent and I could tell they didn't know what to say.
"Why does everyone go quiet at the mention of death?" I asked suddenly.
"Because it might be a touchy subject for some." Steve said.
"Well it's not for me so if I ever mention the death of my mother or father, you don't have to go into 'silent mode' every time." I replied.
"Alrighty then. How big is this place?" Brian asked.
"From what I remember, it's actually kind of big." I said, looking out the window and taking in the scenery.
We suddenly pulled into a driveway and I looked up to see one of the huge houses on Jefferson St. in the middle of the town.
"Alright. Let's get the camera crews set up and you guys can start unpacking some stuff from the vans." Jason said as he, Steve, and Grant made their way up to the house.
We all started grabbing bags and piling them on the ground behind the vans. I climbed into the back of the tech van to see if there was anything else to get out when I was suddenly ambushed by my brother, Brian, and Tango.
"What are you doing!" I screamed, trying to fend them off.
"You were never officially initiated." Brian said.
"What!" I asked, terribly confused.
"I had to wear that stupid tiara and look like an idiot and I was picked on forever so now it's your turn for something 10 times worse." Tango said, grinning slightly psychotically.
"What are you going to do?" I asked, slightly fearful.
"You'll see." Josh smirked.
20 Minutes Later/TAPS Point of View
"Alright we're ready to set up. Where's Devin?" Jason asked, suddenly realizing she wasn't there.
"She wasn't feeling good?" Josh said, almost as if he were asking if that was a good enough excuse.
"Her initiation?" Jason asked boredly.
All three boys smirked and nodded.
"Why did you wait so long? And how come I wasn't informed? You know I love this kind of thing." Steve said, slightly disappointed.
"We wanted it to be a complete surprise." Brian said.
"Well where is she? What did you do to her?" Grant asked.
"You'll find out. Unfortunately, she won't be joining us on this investigation" Tango said.
Jason thought about this for a minute, decided there was no stopping the initiation, that it would happen eventually and let it go.
"Alright, get everything set up." he said, turning around and walking back into the house.
Everything was eventually set up, taking forever for the fact that Josh kept the wrong cameras in the wrong places. They sent him for a burger run for punishment, realizing this was a mistake when he came back with 200 hamburgers from McDonald's and no drinks. They next sent Steve to get the right amount of burgers from Hardees, along with drinks. The four less mature boys, and the family's 17 year old son Kevin, ended up having a hamburger fight with the McDonald's 200. It was a glorious fight, Steve and Josh winning the title of most hamburgers thrown in less than a minute, tying only because Steve was pelted with a burger to the face from Kevin at the last second.
"Alrighty, now that we're done eating and throwing food, how about we get this investigation underway?" Jason asked, slightly annoyed but highly amused at the same time.
Everyone grabbed their respective equipment, got with their respective partners, not even sparing a second thought to the girl who was apparently too tied up at the moment to join in the investigation.
"Jesus Christ!" Steve screamed, jumping away from the window.
"What? What is it?" Josh asked, running over to the window.
"A huge freaking spider." Steve said, shuddering.
"Dude. You got me all excited for nothing." Josh mumbled, walking back over to the bed and lying down.
"Sorry. It was just right my face and scared the hell out of me." he said, sitting in the arm chair in the corner of the room.
They sat for a few minutes in complete silence, trying to take in everything about the room. The thing people didn't see on the TV show was the boredom that the boys went through for several hours of just sitting on the bed or in a chair and waiting for something to happen. It was like waiting for Christmas to come in July or waiting for bread to mold.
"Do you want to do some EVPs?" Steve whispered.
"We just did EVPs like ten minutes ago." Josh replied.
"Josh, that was like an hour ago." Steve replied.
"Still, we've already got them for this room. Let's go on to another one." Josh said, standing up and stretching.
They both walked towards the door and as soon as Josh put his hand on the door knob, Jason's voice rang across the walkie talkies.
"Hey guys. It's getting kinda late. I think it's time to pack up."
"So much for EVPs." Steve said as they walked down the hall to the stairwell.
It had been a long night, so Steve was surprised when Josh went into Dave and Brian's room to hang out for a little while. He looked at the clock on the bedside table and saw that it read 3:30 A.M. He kicked off his shoes and was about to crawl into bed without changing into his pajamas or even bothering to take off his hat when he heard a knocking sound. Standing up again, he listened closely for any sound to give away the position of where the knocking sound was coming from. He heard the noise again, this time sounding really close. It sounded like it was coming from the closet. Steve slowly walked towards the closet, the ghost hunter in him trying to figure out if it was paranormal or not. Reaching the door, the knocking got louder, startling him and making him jump. Tentatively he reached out for the door handle, turning it slowly and jerking it open quickly. The knocking noise was suddenly very apparent when Devin fell out and on to the floor, completely tied up and squirming around.
"Holy crap." Steve said as he bent down to untie her.
"What the hell!" she screamed as he removed the tape from her mouth.
"Sh! Quiet down! People are trying to sleep!" Steve whispered as he untied her hands and her feet.
"I've been in there for a VERY LONG time. I think I deserve to shout a little!" Devin said, her voice raising several octaves.
"It's 3:30 in the morning. You can't just go around shouting." Steve replied, standing up and pulling Devin to her feet.
"They left me tied up in a closet for like 7 hours! What do expect me to do!" she cried loudly.
"Pee." he replied.
"What?" Devin asked, thoroughly confused.
"Pee. If I would have been locked in the closet for seven hours, I'd have to pee." Steve replied, shrugging his shoulders.
"You know, now that you mention it, I do kinda have to pee." Devin said as she walked to the bathroom.