Author's Note:

Okay... first off, yes... I am trying to rewrite the movie Thir13en Ghosts! Only in my version... no Arthur, no Kathy, Bobby, not even a Maggie! Sorry... this is just how I envision it!

So... there's the plot... all's left is the crap in-between... so please, enjoy!

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Evelyn glanced around the large glass room, it was covered in expensive antiques and books... then there was that self... shelves actually, all by themselves on that one clear wall... there were three shelves, each with four objects aligned on them. As she walked closer to them, Evy saw a flash of violent images, so fast she couldn't catch them... but it was all she needed, slowly she backed away from the wall.

"So, if you would please read these over... then we can get to the signing!" Ben said eagerly, opening his briefcase and laying the papers on the large table in the middle of the library.

Dennis reached across the table and picked up the papers, he then put on his black-framed glasses and began to read the documents.

Meanwhile... down the hall, two doors to the right, Serena slowly crept down the glass staircase, into the basement. She slowly walked down the dark hallway, glancing back and forth at the glass walls that surrounded her.

"Okay... if I was money... where would I be?" she asked herself quietly as she pondered.

Serena then heard a faint 'ting' sound of something metal hitting the glass, she looked around paranoid... no one was there.

"Hello?" she questioned... the only answer was the echo of her own voice. "Stupid EctoBar glass!" she cussed under her breath as she continued to creep down the hall.

Suddenly, her paranoia began to eat at her, Serena sighed as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of the clear spectral viewers, she slipped them onto her face. As she glanced around, noticing the spells on the floors that were now illuminated, Serena began to feel worried, she walked further down the dark hallway... then she heard the sound again.

Serena turned her head to the right, she froze as she peered through the glass... she gasped at what was staring back... the Jackal gazed back at her through the glass, and his rusted cage. Serena slowly stepped away from the glass as the Jackal growled at her. When she turned around, the mutilated Angry Princess looked back at her through her cube, Serena then let out a blood-wrenching scream as she took off running for the staircase, she had to get out of the basement!

"I still don't get this, why would Cyrus give this place to us?" Dennis questioned as he held the papers.

"Maybe he really did loose his mind after all!" Evy commented as she walked around the library.

"Please, Mr. Rafkin, sign!" the lawyer insisted, holding out the pen.

Dennis sighed, he reached across the table and took the pen from Ben Moss, he leaned his tall frame over the chairs, putting the documents on the table to sign them.

"Dennis!!! Evelyn!!!" he heard someone scream frantically, Dennis leaned up curiously.

Serena came running through the library doorway, sweat pouring down her face, she was wearing the viewers.

"What happened?" Evy asked concerned.

"Th-the base-basement!" Serena gasped out of breath.

"What about it?" Dennis asked confused.

"Its full of ghosts!!!" she shrieked.

"What!?!" Evy exclaimed.

The lawyer glanced at them... he was even more nervous than he had been earlier.

Dennis walked over to her, Serena slipped off the viewers as she paused to catch her breath.

"Why would Cyrus keep ghosts in his basement?" Evy asked.

"Cuz he's fucked up! That's why!" Serena wheezed.

Dennis moved towards her, as soon has got within a few feet of her, he moaned in pain.

"Ahhh!" he shrilled, falling to the floor in agony.

Serena bent down, she reached over and touched him, forgetting how much it hurt him in the excitement of the moment. Dennis convulsed in pain... images flashed before his eyes...

The glass doors were sliding, ancient scrolls were being unrolled, flashes of Henry, the Jackal clawing, an old book being opened... and yet more glass, being moved, engraved, even flashes of the viewers being constructed...

Evy ran to Dennis' side, she put her hand on his forehead, slowly she helped him up off the floor, Serena fell back in shock.

"Are you okay?" Evy asked him worried, Dennis nodded. "How's your head?" she asked.

"Not good." He answered, rubbing the back of his head. "Where's the suit?" he asked them as he looked over towards the table... the lawyer was gone.

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"Idiots!" Ben scoffed as he walked down the staircase into the basement.

He removed a pair of the clear viewers from the jacket pocket of his suit, Ben put them on as he confidently strolled down the dark hallway. The Torn Prince stood by his beloved fallen car, tapping the bat in his hand as he watched Ben closely through the glass.

"What're you staring at?" Ben asked the ghost in a cocky manner, the spirit just glared back at him.

The First Born Son held up his tomahawk at the passing man.

"Hey kiddo! Thinks I'm gonna duck!" Ben commented as he passed the cube.

The Angry Princess twirled her damp hair as she watched the lawyer approach her cube.

"Hey, nice tits!" he mocked, the Angry Princess beat at the wall in anger. "Whoa! Gees, you! What's amatter honey, bad representation?" Ben sarcastically implied, the ghost peered at him evilly as she held up her knife.

The lawyer came to two large glass doors, he reached down and pressed a small switch by the floor... the doors slid open. The large mechanical beast's rings spun slowly around its frame, the golden pendulum swung back and forth perpetually. Ben walked past the machine, he went straight for the large black suitcase that rested on three levers by the desk... he smiled as he picked it up. As he sat the case in the chair by the desk, the second ring on the floor above him began to spin slowly, Ben opened the case, taking out one of the many stacks of one hundred dollar bills that rested in it.

"Not bad for an hourly wage!" he sighed as he glanced over the money, he then put the stack back in the case and closed it.

The doors upstairs to the front entrance slowly began to move, sliding along the glass block floor... they slid shut, locking as they came together.

Ben grabbed the case and headed for the doorway, trying to leave as quickly as possible now that he had what he came for.

The metal plates began to move, they slid back and forth, up and down as they covered the glass, shielding the view of outside. Dennis, Evelyn, and Serena looked at each other baffled as the walls around them began to move.

"Its time to leave!" Dennis muttered as he looked around paranoid.

"I'd say so!" Serena stated as she rushed to the doorway.

All over the house the plates and walls slid back and forth, like a living jigsaw puzzle.

Ben glanced around confused as he tried to find his way out of the basement. The second ring on the first floor came to a halt, aligning itself with the symbol on the other rings... at the same time the white handled lever with the same symbol flipped up... the glass door to the Angry Princess' containment cube slid open.

Ben looked around in curiosity as the walls moved, the Angry Princess stepped out of her cube, she slowly walked in front of him, raising her knife... Ben almost froze in fear.

"Hey, I-uh..." Ben paused as he slowly crept backwards, away from the angry ghost that was moving towards him. "I was just kidding, before... little lawyer humor..." he moved back as he tried to talk his way out of danger.

As Ben stepped back two pieces of glass quickly slammed together, right through the man, severing him. The ghost moved slowly towards him, the lawyer was still standing upright, staring at the spirit... slowly the two halves of his body slid down the glass, exposing the back half of the man's insides. The Angry Princess watched pleased as the man's split body fell to the floor, then she heard the sounds of footsteps above her, she slowly turned and disappeared.