Mehg's AN: Hola Minna! This fic is brought to you by the letter 'M' for Mehgth, and the letters 'T', 'L', and 'P' for TLP. *smiles* I have crack donuts!!! Nothing can get me down!!! I hope you all enjoy this... well the two people who have responded... Arigato Meredith and Anon! You know it wouldn't hurt for the rest of you guys to send feedback either ne? *hint hint* And now my crack donuts await... Real quick! I have a secret for you all... baka's patience level... Read this and you'll know the truth:
The Lone Pig: *irritated* are you done yet?
Himeko Serenity: hey shut up! Himeko Serenity: about half way... *horrible French accent *an artist should never be hurried The Lone Pig: *sigh* The Lone Pig: are you done yet? The Lone Pig: now? The Lone Pig: I have to use the bathroom... Himeko Serenity: grrr... hope you fall in... The Lone Pig: *from inside plumbing* are you done yet? Himeko Serenity: you know there was a problem with snakes getting in the plumbing... pythons actually... I wouldn't be in there too long... The Lone Pig: *eyes widen*
TLP's AN: I had no such conversation with the woman above me... *sigh* that just didn't come out right *L* Anywhoozle, thanks to everyone. Elysia, 'Ropa, Patch, Mehg, Miri... you all put me in such a great mood, thanks!! But that goes for the rest of you as well ^_~ Thanks all, hope you enjoy... and what's up with just three replies to this story. C'mon minna, if feedback makes the world go 'round, the world just stopped spinning and we all fell off of it... let's do better this time, ne? *winks*
Urban Legend pt 1/?
Alternate PG
Criminologist: And so there stood the FBI, and the FBI stood there. The red-haired logical scientist, and the blasphemous conspiracy-developing funny-farm reject. There they stood -- the FBI.
The red-head flashed a badge at her. "FBI. I'm agent Scully, this is agent Mulder. Can we ask you a few questions?"
The agent known as Mulder flashed a toothy grin. All the females sighed. The males looked slightly disturbed and adjusted themselves.
The agents were invited in. Several candles were gathered and lit, lending an eerie glow to the room.
"There have been some... um... disappearances in the neighborhood since this storm began at approximately seven o' clock this evening. Agent Mulder..." Scully trailed off as she glanced over in Mulder's direction, who had a cocky grin pasted on his face as he glanced in Usagi's direction. Usagi melted. Mamoru looked slightly upset. Agent Scully continued. "...believes these disappearances to be connected to an old urban legend that has run around this neighborhood..."
"Urban legend, agent Mulder?" asked Motoki suspiciously. "You mean you think that old ghost story is actually true?"
"There are certain events that defy any logical explanation. The only means for which we may dismiss these events are to label them as flukes of nature. However, there exist other theories out there."
"What?" asked Yuuichiro. "Like aliens or monsters?"
Mulder chuckled. "That's part of it. I'm talking paranormal entities here. People or creatures, whatever you would like to call them, that somehow exist both here and on the ethereal plane at the same time."
"Ghosts?" gulped Minako, pushing away from Motoki and scooting closer to Mulder. Motoki folded his arms and pretended that it didn't bother him.
"Right again," said Mulder, pointing his finger and shooting it at Minako as if it were a gun. He flashed a grin and clicked his tongue. She melted. Motoki coughed noticably. Agent Mulder continued. "Ghost would be one way to describe them. I believe though, that they are so much more. Spirits, caught up in this plane, unable or unwilling to pass on to the next world would be more accurate of a description, in my opinion."
Mulder's cellular phone rang.
"Mulder," he answered in his suave, womanizing voice. "Your rate is going up? How much is it now? A dollar-seventy-five for the first minute? And how much for the others?... Ninety cents?! That's highway robbery there... but you know I'll keep coming back. How much is it for unlimited access for the month? Fifty-nine ninety-nine? Alright, you already have my credit card number, right? Good, good... let's just go with the month package then. Thanks Trixie, I'll talk to you later."
Scully looked embarrassed and turned away. All the males in the room were too busy trying to ignore Mulder to notice the conversation. All of the other females in the room were too busy eyeing Mulder like candy to notice.
Mulder hung up the phone and gave a quirky grin towards the ladies. He then laughed at their assorted boyfriend's glares. Scully just rolled her eyes. She was about to start talking when...
In a flash of light the power returned!
"Well guess we won't need these anymore." Makoto giggled and blew out the candle next to her. Everyone in turn did so as well.
The lights flickered and they died. "Oh holy hell. Mako-chan, honey I love you. But do you have to be such a lame-brain."
"Hellllooo Ammon! The lights turned back on we didn't need the candles. How was I supposed to know that they'd turn off again? Huh? Huh?" She asked tightening her fists.
Ammon being the weakling that he is; began begging for forgiveness. "Uh umm... I didn't... my mistake... I promise I'll be good. I'm at your mercy!"
Makoto grinned, "Good. Now sit down before you embarrass yourself."
"Too late." Someone muttered and the room erupted into laughter.
"I am quite sure that you all are having an amusing time but there is a crisis going on-" Scully began.
"Why? We just need to light the candles again..." Motoki flicked open his lighter and then was sprayed with wax as the candle flame flew out. "NANI! OH KAMI! IT- AHHHHHH!"
"Moki-chan! Moki-chan!" Minako's arms held air.
"Where did he go?" Rei ventured nervously. Yuuchiro tightened his arms on her and swallowed.
Ami whipped out her computer and furiously began typing the keys. "Well according to this Motoki wasn't- kami! That can't be true..."
"What? What?" Everyone asked.
"It says he was never here. There is no Furuhata Motoki."
Minako dazed. "C'mon Ami-chan my Moki-chan was here just a minute ago." She began wandering blindly around the room, until she bumped into a figure. "Moki-chan!" she cried happily throwing her arms around the figure.
"Umm... I'm not Moki-chan." Muldur said quietly. "Oh what the heck. Yes beautiful..."
Scully having enough grabbed Muldur and then glaring at everyone she started. "It seems we have an identity stealer. Muldur-" she blanched what did he think he was doing now?
Muldur had his cell-phone out and was listening to something with a silly grin on his face.
"Muldur! Please contain yourself for one moment!"
"Sure thing Scully. So what's up?"
Scully sighed then turned to Ami. "So that contraption says that there was no Furuhata Motoki?"
"Hai. Demo-that's not true. What- What is going on?"
"Don't worry, everything has a logical explanation. We just need to figure it out."
Minako had enough, "That's it I want my Moki-chan back now!"
"Matte! Minako-chan! Don't do it!"
Turning defiantly towards the group she lit the match. "See minna-", turning around she caught sight of something so hideous so horrible.
Criminologist: The young girl spotted something. Yes, she spotted something that made her heart stop. But then her heart started going. It started pumping a mile a minute. What diabolical evil did Minako see?
"Usagi-chan. If you ever leave this picture of Three Lights on the floor again-" Minako didn't' have time to finish, because just then they heard an eerie sound coming from the attic.
"What was that?" Rei asked, eyes shifting nervously on everyone's faces.
"Mamo-chan this is just what happened in your story... I'm scared."
Mamoru embraced Usagi and held her, "Shhh... Usako there's no reason to be scared." He finished with a gulp.
"Well, perhaps the answer lies in the attic then..." offered Agent Scully.
The rest of the company stood.
Mulder had a suggestion. "We need light."
"Um... I have a couple of flashlights in the basement..." suggested Usagi. "Why doesn't Mamo-chan go down and get them for us?"
"NO!" shouted Mamoru. "That's one of the rules! You never send one person to get something -- they won't come back. And NEVER split up. Oh, and single file is bad!"
Everyone stared at Mamoru.
Mamoru shrugged. "It's what happened in the story. Everytime they did any of those things, someone disappeared."
"Well then, I suppose we need to all stay together, ne Ammon?" said Makoto, squeezing in close to him. His face lit bright red and a trickle of blood came from his nose. "H-h-h-hai!"
"Alright then, we're the proffesionals, so we'll lead the way!" pronounced Scully. "Mulder will go in first... Mulder? Mulder? Hey, where'd Mulder go?"
Everyone looked around and everyone had to agree. Agent Mulder was nowhere in sight.
Criminologist: And thus the plot grows thicker. And thicker grows the plot. Like molasses, the plot becomes sticky. And like flour with molasses, it becomes thick. And thicker still becomes the plot.
Agent Mulder scurried through the kitchen, leading a very bewildered Minako by the hand.
"Agent Mulder? Where are we go--"
"Shh!" said Mulder, holding a finger up to his mouth. "We're going into the basement to get some flashlights." His grin said otherwise.
Mulder swung open the basement door. The steps lead down into an impossibly-thick darkness.
"Agent Mulder..." argued Minako. "Mamoru said we should all stay together."
"Mamoru doesn't know what he's talking about... believe me, I do this for a living..." whispered Mulder. "Besides, I'm much more a handsome devil than that guy is..."
"Handsome, maybe..." smiled Minako, pulling away from him. "Devil, definitely!"
Mulder frowned. No female had ever been able resist that line. And then a sound came from the basement. It started as a low growl and slowly became louder and louder. Mulder peered into the basement. A set of blood-red eyes stared up at him, unmoving, from the bottom of the stairs.
A scream, higher pitched than a woman in labor, split the air.
In the other room, the noise cut the silence like a knife. Everyone jumped.
"There's a logical explanation for this..." said Scully, smoothing back her hair.
Mamoru was already on his feet. "Everyone follow me. That came from the kitchen!" A whole host of frightened teenagers and one very suspicious FBI agent conglomerated into the kitchen. Yuuchiro remained in the living room, curled up in the fetal position and silently repeating "this is not happening" to himself while rocking back and forth.
Agent Mulder was sitting up against the floor on the other side kitchen, a look of absolute astonishment on his face. "Scully, I don't know what it is we're dealing with..."
"Where's Minako?" shouted Ami.
Mulder pointed to the stairs. "It started to come up... and I jumped out of the way and it grabbed her... she's down there..."
Mamoru ran for the stairs. "MINAKO!"
"I'm here..." she cried.
Mamoru ran down the stairs as quickly as he could, slipped half way, and flew down the remaining steps. "MAMO-CHAN!" screamed Usagi as he disappeared into the darkness. She jumped down after him, but found herself restrained as Scully grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back. Everyone stared in anguished silence for a few moments.
And then, a figure emerged from the dark basement. "Usagi, you're basement is flooded." Mamoru stepped up into the room, carrying a very flustered and wet Minako in his arms. The air in the room immediately lightened as the friends found themselves reunited.
Mamoru set Minako down in a chair. "I found the flashlights too. There's a drawer full of them downstairs, I'll have to go back and get them."
"Mamo-chan, don't leave me. Let's all go get them ne minna?" Usagi asked turning to the remaining group.
"Hai." They all agreed.
"Matte! Where's Yuuichiro?" Rei asked glancing from face to face. "I don't see him anywhere..."
"Oh no! Where did he go?"
Criminologist: And over in the living room, there was a boy blubbering like a baby. Yes, in the living room, the blubbering boy. Repeating over and over, "I want my okaa-san." Yes, a wussy I grant thee. But a doomed wussy.
As you'll soon see. *motions slicing finger over neck*
On cue a scream was heard. "GAAAHHHHHHH!!!"
"YUUCHIRO!" Rei vaulted into the living room. "OH NO AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" A deep resounding thud was heard, followed by a low snarl. And then, silence.
"REI-CHAN!" Usagi screamed.
Mamoru turned to his girlfriend. "Nothing can save them now. Gomen nasai Usako."
"I don't like this dark Ryo." Ami muttered.
"I know Ami. Let's go get those flashlights."
"Muldur will go first." Scully offered.
Muldur looked upset then consented and started down the staircase. Scully followed behind him, with Mamoru behind her, Usagi followed Mamoru with Ami behind her, Ryo behind Ami, Minako, Haruka and Michiru, Makoto, and Ammon in the rear.
"Hold up!" Mamoru shouted. "Did we not say no to single file?"
"Hai demo-"
"Well then we have to go double file. It's the only way to prevent any more of us from disappearing!"
"Mamo-chan... I don't think we can."
"The stairway's too narrow idiot," Mulder added.
Meanwhile at the end of the line a nervous sweating individual carefully assessed the situation. 'If I'm the last one in line. Then I would be the next one snagged so if...' Feeling a tiny tap on his shoulder he turned around and was greeted with... thin air? He sighed. "It's my nerves... just my nerves..." He hesitated momentarily to catch his breath and felt his heart racing in his chest. BUMP! Ammon swung around. 'What was that?'
Nobody was in sight. Had they all continued down the stairs, unaware of the fact they had left him behind?
"Matte min--" was all he managed before collapsing. His head hit each stair in succession as he was dragged from the stairs and out through the kitchen.
Makoto reached behind her to grab hold of Ammon's hand and felt something cold and slimy... "Ammon?" Makoto whispered as she turned. Her scream fell unfinished as she slipped into unconcious. 'IT' sighed. Dragging two heavy people up the stairs is not fun.
Meanwhile, Haruka sensed something was not right with the wind and turned around. "Yamete Minna! Makoto and Ammon are gone!"
"Nani?"
"Oh no 'IT' got them!" Someone screamed. They bounded down the stairs at a run until they splashed into the basement.
"Oh it's cold..." Usagi shivered. Muldur walked over to her and draped his trench coat around her shoulders. "Arigato Detective Muldur." Usagi smiled gratefully.
"Sure babe." Muldur said giving her a cocky grin.
Furious, Mamoru knocked it off and then pulled off his green blazer and buttoned it under her chin. "Arigato Mamo-chan." She said puzzled.
"Let's go get those flashlights all right." Scully said and started wading in towards the drawer chest at the other side of the basement.
Minako suddenly turned and slapped Haruka, who was walking behind her. "Ecchi! Don't touch me like that! I thought I made it perfectly clear that I do NOT 'lean that way'!"
Haruka looked shocked. "I didn't touch y--"
"Eeeeeekkk!" shrieked Usagi. "Something just touched my leg!"
Mamoru looked angry and raised a fist at Mulder. "Hands off my girlfriend!"
"Sorry friend, I'm not the culprit in this case..."
"Ack! I just felt it too..." said Agent Scully.
Agent Mulder ran for a shelf and climbed on to it as he yelled. "Everyone get out of the water!"
The Lone Pig: *irritated* are you done yet?
Himeko Serenity: hey shut up! Himeko Serenity: about half way... *horrible French accent *an artist should never be hurried The Lone Pig: *sigh* The Lone Pig: are you done yet? The Lone Pig: now? The Lone Pig: I have to use the bathroom... Himeko Serenity: grrr... hope you fall in... The Lone Pig: *from inside plumbing* are you done yet? Himeko Serenity: you know there was a problem with snakes getting in the plumbing... pythons actually... I wouldn't be in there too long... The Lone Pig: *eyes widen*
TLP's AN: I had no such conversation with the woman above me... *sigh* that just didn't come out right *L* Anywhoozle, thanks to everyone. Elysia, 'Ropa, Patch, Mehg, Miri... you all put me in such a great mood, thanks!! But that goes for the rest of you as well ^_~ Thanks all, hope you enjoy... and what's up with just three replies to this story. C'mon minna, if feedback makes the world go 'round, the world just stopped spinning and we all fell off of it... let's do better this time, ne? *winks*
Urban Legend pt 1/?
Alternate PG
Criminologist: And so there stood the FBI, and the FBI stood there. The red-haired logical scientist, and the blasphemous conspiracy-developing funny-farm reject. There they stood -- the FBI.
The red-head flashed a badge at her. "FBI. I'm agent Scully, this is agent Mulder. Can we ask you a few questions?"
The agent known as Mulder flashed a toothy grin. All the females sighed. The males looked slightly disturbed and adjusted themselves.
The agents were invited in. Several candles were gathered and lit, lending an eerie glow to the room.
"There have been some... um... disappearances in the neighborhood since this storm began at approximately seven o' clock this evening. Agent Mulder..." Scully trailed off as she glanced over in Mulder's direction, who had a cocky grin pasted on his face as he glanced in Usagi's direction. Usagi melted. Mamoru looked slightly upset. Agent Scully continued. "...believes these disappearances to be connected to an old urban legend that has run around this neighborhood..."
"Urban legend, agent Mulder?" asked Motoki suspiciously. "You mean you think that old ghost story is actually true?"
"There are certain events that defy any logical explanation. The only means for which we may dismiss these events are to label them as flukes of nature. However, there exist other theories out there."
"What?" asked Yuuichiro. "Like aliens or monsters?"
Mulder chuckled. "That's part of it. I'm talking paranormal entities here. People or creatures, whatever you would like to call them, that somehow exist both here and on the ethereal plane at the same time."
"Ghosts?" gulped Minako, pushing away from Motoki and scooting closer to Mulder. Motoki folded his arms and pretended that it didn't bother him.
"Right again," said Mulder, pointing his finger and shooting it at Minako as if it were a gun. He flashed a grin and clicked his tongue. She melted. Motoki coughed noticably. Agent Mulder continued. "Ghost would be one way to describe them. I believe though, that they are so much more. Spirits, caught up in this plane, unable or unwilling to pass on to the next world would be more accurate of a description, in my opinion."
Mulder's cellular phone rang.
"Mulder," he answered in his suave, womanizing voice. "Your rate is going up? How much is it now? A dollar-seventy-five for the first minute? And how much for the others?... Ninety cents?! That's highway robbery there... but you know I'll keep coming back. How much is it for unlimited access for the month? Fifty-nine ninety-nine? Alright, you already have my credit card number, right? Good, good... let's just go with the month package then. Thanks Trixie, I'll talk to you later."
Scully looked embarrassed and turned away. All the males in the room were too busy trying to ignore Mulder to notice the conversation. All of the other females in the room were too busy eyeing Mulder like candy to notice.
Mulder hung up the phone and gave a quirky grin towards the ladies. He then laughed at their assorted boyfriend's glares. Scully just rolled her eyes. She was about to start talking when...
In a flash of light the power returned!
"Well guess we won't need these anymore." Makoto giggled and blew out the candle next to her. Everyone in turn did so as well.
The lights flickered and they died. "Oh holy hell. Mako-chan, honey I love you. But do you have to be such a lame-brain."
"Hellllooo Ammon! The lights turned back on we didn't need the candles. How was I supposed to know that they'd turn off again? Huh? Huh?" She asked tightening her fists.
Ammon being the weakling that he is; began begging for forgiveness. "Uh umm... I didn't... my mistake... I promise I'll be good. I'm at your mercy!"
Makoto grinned, "Good. Now sit down before you embarrass yourself."
"Too late." Someone muttered and the room erupted into laughter.
"I am quite sure that you all are having an amusing time but there is a crisis going on-" Scully began.
"Why? We just need to light the candles again..." Motoki flicked open his lighter and then was sprayed with wax as the candle flame flew out. "NANI! OH KAMI! IT- AHHHHHH!"
"Moki-chan! Moki-chan!" Minako's arms held air.
"Where did he go?" Rei ventured nervously. Yuuchiro tightened his arms on her and swallowed.
Ami whipped out her computer and furiously began typing the keys. "Well according to this Motoki wasn't- kami! That can't be true..."
"What? What?" Everyone asked.
"It says he was never here. There is no Furuhata Motoki."
Minako dazed. "C'mon Ami-chan my Moki-chan was here just a minute ago." She began wandering blindly around the room, until she bumped into a figure. "Moki-chan!" she cried happily throwing her arms around the figure.
"Umm... I'm not Moki-chan." Muldur said quietly. "Oh what the heck. Yes beautiful..."
Scully having enough grabbed Muldur and then glaring at everyone she started. "It seems we have an identity stealer. Muldur-" she blanched what did he think he was doing now?
Muldur had his cell-phone out and was listening to something with a silly grin on his face.
"Muldur! Please contain yourself for one moment!"
"Sure thing Scully. So what's up?"
Scully sighed then turned to Ami. "So that contraption says that there was no Furuhata Motoki?"
"Hai. Demo-that's not true. What- What is going on?"
"Don't worry, everything has a logical explanation. We just need to figure it out."
Minako had enough, "That's it I want my Moki-chan back now!"
"Matte! Minako-chan! Don't do it!"
Turning defiantly towards the group she lit the match. "See minna-", turning around she caught sight of something so hideous so horrible.
Criminologist: The young girl spotted something. Yes, she spotted something that made her heart stop. But then her heart started going. It started pumping a mile a minute. What diabolical evil did Minako see?
"Usagi-chan. If you ever leave this picture of Three Lights on the floor again-" Minako didn't' have time to finish, because just then they heard an eerie sound coming from the attic.
"What was that?" Rei asked, eyes shifting nervously on everyone's faces.
"Mamo-chan this is just what happened in your story... I'm scared."
Mamoru embraced Usagi and held her, "Shhh... Usako there's no reason to be scared." He finished with a gulp.
"Well, perhaps the answer lies in the attic then..." offered Agent Scully.
The rest of the company stood.
Mulder had a suggestion. "We need light."
"Um... I have a couple of flashlights in the basement..." suggested Usagi. "Why doesn't Mamo-chan go down and get them for us?"
"NO!" shouted Mamoru. "That's one of the rules! You never send one person to get something -- they won't come back. And NEVER split up. Oh, and single file is bad!"
Everyone stared at Mamoru.
Mamoru shrugged. "It's what happened in the story. Everytime they did any of those things, someone disappeared."
"Well then, I suppose we need to all stay together, ne Ammon?" said Makoto, squeezing in close to him. His face lit bright red and a trickle of blood came from his nose. "H-h-h-hai!"
"Alright then, we're the proffesionals, so we'll lead the way!" pronounced Scully. "Mulder will go in first... Mulder? Mulder? Hey, where'd Mulder go?"
Everyone looked around and everyone had to agree. Agent Mulder was nowhere in sight.
Criminologist: And thus the plot grows thicker. And thicker grows the plot. Like molasses, the plot becomes sticky. And like flour with molasses, it becomes thick. And thicker still becomes the plot.
Agent Mulder scurried through the kitchen, leading a very bewildered Minako by the hand.
"Agent Mulder? Where are we go--"
"Shh!" said Mulder, holding a finger up to his mouth. "We're going into the basement to get some flashlights." His grin said otherwise.
Mulder swung open the basement door. The steps lead down into an impossibly-thick darkness.
"Agent Mulder..." argued Minako. "Mamoru said we should all stay together."
"Mamoru doesn't know what he's talking about... believe me, I do this for a living..." whispered Mulder. "Besides, I'm much more a handsome devil than that guy is..."
"Handsome, maybe..." smiled Minako, pulling away from him. "Devil, definitely!"
Mulder frowned. No female had ever been able resist that line. And then a sound came from the basement. It started as a low growl and slowly became louder and louder. Mulder peered into the basement. A set of blood-red eyes stared up at him, unmoving, from the bottom of the stairs.
A scream, higher pitched than a woman in labor, split the air.
In the other room, the noise cut the silence like a knife. Everyone jumped.
"There's a logical explanation for this..." said Scully, smoothing back her hair.
Mamoru was already on his feet. "Everyone follow me. That came from the kitchen!" A whole host of frightened teenagers and one very suspicious FBI agent conglomerated into the kitchen. Yuuchiro remained in the living room, curled up in the fetal position and silently repeating "this is not happening" to himself while rocking back and forth.
Agent Mulder was sitting up against the floor on the other side kitchen, a look of absolute astonishment on his face. "Scully, I don't know what it is we're dealing with..."
"Where's Minako?" shouted Ami.
Mulder pointed to the stairs. "It started to come up... and I jumped out of the way and it grabbed her... she's down there..."
Mamoru ran for the stairs. "MINAKO!"
"I'm here..." she cried.
Mamoru ran down the stairs as quickly as he could, slipped half way, and flew down the remaining steps. "MAMO-CHAN!" screamed Usagi as he disappeared into the darkness. She jumped down after him, but found herself restrained as Scully grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back. Everyone stared in anguished silence for a few moments.
And then, a figure emerged from the dark basement. "Usagi, you're basement is flooded." Mamoru stepped up into the room, carrying a very flustered and wet Minako in his arms. The air in the room immediately lightened as the friends found themselves reunited.
Mamoru set Minako down in a chair. "I found the flashlights too. There's a drawer full of them downstairs, I'll have to go back and get them."
"Mamo-chan, don't leave me. Let's all go get them ne minna?" Usagi asked turning to the remaining group.
"Hai." They all agreed.
"Matte! Where's Yuuichiro?" Rei asked glancing from face to face. "I don't see him anywhere..."
"Oh no! Where did he go?"
Criminologist: And over in the living room, there was a boy blubbering like a baby. Yes, in the living room, the blubbering boy. Repeating over and over, "I want my okaa-san." Yes, a wussy I grant thee. But a doomed wussy.
As you'll soon see. *motions slicing finger over neck*
On cue a scream was heard. "GAAAHHHHHHH!!!"
"YUUCHIRO!" Rei vaulted into the living room. "OH NO AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" A deep resounding thud was heard, followed by a low snarl. And then, silence.
"REI-CHAN!" Usagi screamed.
Mamoru turned to his girlfriend. "Nothing can save them now. Gomen nasai Usako."
"I don't like this dark Ryo." Ami muttered.
"I know Ami. Let's go get those flashlights."
"Muldur will go first." Scully offered.
Muldur looked upset then consented and started down the staircase. Scully followed behind him, with Mamoru behind her, Usagi followed Mamoru with Ami behind her, Ryo behind Ami, Minako, Haruka and Michiru, Makoto, and Ammon in the rear.
"Hold up!" Mamoru shouted. "Did we not say no to single file?"
"Hai demo-"
"Well then we have to go double file. It's the only way to prevent any more of us from disappearing!"
"Mamo-chan... I don't think we can."
"The stairway's too narrow idiot," Mulder added.
Meanwhile at the end of the line a nervous sweating individual carefully assessed the situation. 'If I'm the last one in line. Then I would be the next one snagged so if...' Feeling a tiny tap on his shoulder he turned around and was greeted with... thin air? He sighed. "It's my nerves... just my nerves..." He hesitated momentarily to catch his breath and felt his heart racing in his chest. BUMP! Ammon swung around. 'What was that?'
Nobody was in sight. Had they all continued down the stairs, unaware of the fact they had left him behind?
"Matte min--" was all he managed before collapsing. His head hit each stair in succession as he was dragged from the stairs and out through the kitchen.
Makoto reached behind her to grab hold of Ammon's hand and felt something cold and slimy... "Ammon?" Makoto whispered as she turned. Her scream fell unfinished as she slipped into unconcious. 'IT' sighed. Dragging two heavy people up the stairs is not fun.
Meanwhile, Haruka sensed something was not right with the wind and turned around. "Yamete Minna! Makoto and Ammon are gone!"
"Nani?"
"Oh no 'IT' got them!" Someone screamed. They bounded down the stairs at a run until they splashed into the basement.
"Oh it's cold..." Usagi shivered. Muldur walked over to her and draped his trench coat around her shoulders. "Arigato Detective Muldur." Usagi smiled gratefully.
"Sure babe." Muldur said giving her a cocky grin.
Furious, Mamoru knocked it off and then pulled off his green blazer and buttoned it under her chin. "Arigato Mamo-chan." She said puzzled.
"Let's go get those flashlights all right." Scully said and started wading in towards the drawer chest at the other side of the basement.
Minako suddenly turned and slapped Haruka, who was walking behind her. "Ecchi! Don't touch me like that! I thought I made it perfectly clear that I do NOT 'lean that way'!"
Haruka looked shocked. "I didn't touch y--"
"Eeeeeekkk!" shrieked Usagi. "Something just touched my leg!"
Mamoru looked angry and raised a fist at Mulder. "Hands off my girlfriend!"
"Sorry friend, I'm not the culprit in this case..."
"Ack! I just felt it too..." said Agent Scully.
Agent Mulder ran for a shelf and climbed on to it as he yelled. "Everyone get out of the water!"