Denahi:
My phone alarm starts to beep, I start by turn it off and then I get up to the window. I look outside and I can tell that today will be a dark and rainy day. Suddenly I see the van coming, Sitka and Rosario are back. I go downstairs to open them up the door, I rush myself outside the door and I take my sister in my arms.
-Ay baboso!-she says laughing with a bit of pain-My wound still fresh, you know that?
-Sorry I was just excited to see you.
-Thanks, and how are your wounds healing?
-Pretty well.
-Kenai?-ask Sitka and Rosario at the same time.
-I think he'll be on his bed the hole day.
A thunder is heard on the sky, so we all enter to the house, Sitka is the one who closes the door. I'ts 07:30am, Sitka and I have to be ready for work. We try to help Rosario climb the stairs but she responds:
-Hey I'm not handicapped, you know?
-Rosario-Sitka-You just have been stabbed.
-So? You teached me never give up whatever it happends-she tells him smiling.
And it's true, Sitka has always been our role model. We admire him as we love him, specialy Rosario. As Kenai and I, even if doesn't look like, are confidents, those two never hide things from each other.
-Come on, work's calling.
Is she crazy or what?!
-Sis-I say-we love that attitude of perseverance you have, but Sitka is right. And...I don't use to say this...pero tas como pendeja.
-Óyeme grosero!
-Denahi is right Rosario, even the doctor said that you have to rest if you want that your wound heals.
My sister sights knowing we're right, I shouldn't go working neither but my wounds arent that serious. Even if my chest hurts, I can handdle it, so we start to climb upstairs to our rooms. I remarc that Kenai and Koda are full asleep, we can hear Kenai snoring from his room, suddenly Saya gets out from Rosario's room, she's so happy to see her back.
-Hey beauty, you missed me?
Later
Sitka gives me a ride to work, he's quite worried about us because of yesterday, plus is gonna be a rainy day. I enter to the library and I see Tadashi on the reception.
-Hey!
-Hi-he answers-ready for today?
-Yeah, although I think we're gonna be almost empty because of the rain.
-You're not wrong, and Rosario?
I just keep quiet, but...he has to know. He's our workmate anyway. I look at him cold and then I lift my shirt.
-Jesus man! What happened to you?!-he says at the same time he comes to my side.
-Yesterday, I took a walk with my two little brothers when some gangsters attacked us, they beat Kenai and me. Then Chayo appeared and...she saved us but...one of them stabbed her.
-What?
-Don't worry she's fine, hopefully the wound wasn't deep. That's why she stayed home today.
Then something comes to my mind.
-Tadashi can I ask you something?
-Sure.
-For how long have you lived here?
-Since I was born, why?
-Can you tell me what you know about 999 Salem's avenue?
I don't like the look of Tadashi.
-Why do you ask?
-We just moved there.
His look becomes worse, he looks around him and then send me to Mrs Yilmaz office.
-It won't be long, okay?
Then he knocks the door.
-Come in.
Tadashi opens the door.
-Mrs Yilmaz there's almost no body. Can we go to the third floor? For some research.
-Sure.
-Thanks. Oh, I almost forgot, Rosario had a little accident yesterday, so she didn't come today?
-What happened to her? Is she fine?
-Yeah she's fine- I answer- but she has to rest.
With this say, Tadashi and I get to the third floor, he starts to search on one section.
-Here-he says showing a notebook.
-What is this?-I ask him taking the notebook.
-This journal belonged to Sarah Spenser. The penultimate member of the last family that moved on that house in 1980, forty years ago.
-And?
-Nobody survived.
-What?
Tadashi and I take a sit, this is going to be important.
-In this journal Sarah had written the horrific experience that she and her family lived two months later of the moving. I already read it, look.
Then Tadashi shows me a page, when he starts to read it my skin crawls because she had the same nightmare than Kenai.
-But that's not the worst, with all of them there's six steps:
1. Nightmares, one night the whole family had dreamed about their darkest fear and they wake up screaming at 03:00am. But no one hears the others.
2. Mark, the oldest member of the family is marked by the spirit of a little girl. At first it will be a hand, like a burn, but then it will change by this symbol:
I look with horror Tadashi's drawing, it's the same that Sitka has on his wrist.
-What's the third step?
-3. Dark smoke that makes the fear become true, no matter what you do, the fear becomes always true.
-The gang that attacked us yesterday.
-What?
-Sitka's biggest fear is not be able to protect us...or save us. The fourth step.
-4. The name of the victim written on a wall with blood. It won't be the official name but a quote that describes it the most.
5. The way to die. The victim barfs an object that represents the way he's going to die. And the last step is...
-Death.
Ya tu mirada con la mía están saciándose Tu piel rozando con mi piel y sofocándose Y en la noche me imagino devorándote Atrapándote, provocándote Ya tu mirada con la mía están saciándose Tu piel rozando con mi piel y sofocándose Y en la noche me imagino devorándote Atrapándote, provocándote
-Rosario.
I pick up my phone and answer the call:
-Hey sis, how you doing?
-Put the camera on
-Why?
-Now.
I pass then from call to video call.
-Okay what's up?
-Look- she says turning the camera and gets to Sitka's room. On the wall something is being written on...blood: L-E-A-D-E-R, LEADER.
-Denahi please tell me you saw that- Rosario, judging by her voice she's quite afraid.
-Sis stay there, this might be the fourth step?-I tell Tadashi showing the screen of my phone.
He looks at the screen with horror, then makes me a question:
-Who's the leader in your family?
-My big brother, Sitka.
-Denahi I think Koda is with someone, I'm going to check out.
Through the screen we see that Rosario is getting to Koda's room, it seems he's playing with someone. My sister opens slowly the door and we see that Koda is playing a hand's game...with a little girl.
-Koda?
At the moment my sister calls him, Koda turns around and the little girl disappears.
-Did you saw that?-Tadashi
-Yes.
Before I can talk to my sister the signal dies, damn it!
I'll try to call her again, let's see, contacts, Twin-wolf.
Come on Rosario pick up, come on.
-Denahi?
-Rosario?
-You saw that?
-Rosario listen to me, you have to get out of there.
-Hello?
-Rosario? Can you hear me? Rosario? Rosa-
The signal dies again.
Shit!
-What happened?-Tadashi
I sigh and then speak:
-I think the story is repeating itself.
-What?
I start to tell Tadashi our story, since the accident 'till yesterday. Judging by his look, he can't even believe it. I think we're gonna need help.