Author's Note:
All right... it's getting near the end here kiddies...
Near the end of both my sanity (what few crumbs I have left) and the second series of my beloved Thir13en Ghosts fic...
I think I'm gonna cry...
*Stops chattering to wipe away the tears and obnoxiously blow her nose*
Okay, I'm better... On with the sappiness, and maybe a little gore if you're all good little freaks!
P.S. Go rent Ghost Ship, its made by the same peeps that made Thir13en Ghosts (by that I mean Silver, Adler, Zemerickis, and Beck... not to mention my beloved KNB EXF Inc.) and all I have to say about it is... Steve Beck finally did a good job with a Dark Castle flick!!!
Not That Thir13en Ghosts was bad... just not enough gore, Shannon Elizabeth being mauled to death, or Matthew Lillard's charrie actually getting to make it outa the film with a pulse! But I'm not bitter or anything... not anymore...
*Cackles evilly then begins to cough violently*
Eww... hairball...
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"You got about 10 minutes till the ectoplasmic shit hits the fan!" Kalina informed them as she slid back the glass, throwing her satchel over her shoulder.
"Alright, come on Evy..." Dennis muttered with distraction as he carefully observed the empty hallways before them.
"Uh... maybe Evy should go to the basement with me..." Kalina staggered to say as she looked the other three over nervously.
"Why?" Dennis asked, turning his attention away from the halls to Kalina.
"Well..." she thought hard for an explanation. "One psychic per Oretzia..." she uttered back, Dennis only paused for a moment to think.
"Okay..." He responded half heartedly, looking over at Evelyn who shook her head disputingly.
"No." She whispered miserably as she stared up at him, her arms folded across her shoulders tightly.
"Look, it'll be okay..." he assured her as he wiped away the dried tears on her pale cheeks. "I wouldn't lie to you, not now." He sincerely reassured as he held her.
Serena only stood inside the library, silent as she watched their affection for each other, slowly she felt the cold chill of loneliness and despair tugging at her invisibly.
"Come on!" Kalina then demanded, breaking the silence between them.
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Dennis and Serena crept down the hallway, glancing around cautiously as they headed towards the main room in the center of the first floor.
Kalina jumped down through the floor back into the basement, laying her last burning flare on the glass floor as she helped Evelyn down through the ceiling.
"Can I ask you a really stupid question that has been plaguing me for the past ten minutes?" Dennis mumbled to Serena as they tiptoed around the corner.
"Sure, why not?" she answered with dismay from behind him.
"What happened to your glasses?" he asked her while looking around the corner vigilantly.
"What?" Serena questioned back in confusion.
"Remember? When me and Evy left you in the basement you had your own viewers... then when you tried to stop the Jackal from clawing me Evy had to throw you her glasses, you didn't have any remember?" he babbled to her nervously as he fidgeted down the hallway.
"I, uh..." Serena muttered as she tried to remember how she lost her viewers in the basement. "I... I dropped them downstairs..." she said with detachment.
"How?" Dennis asked just as distracted as before.
"We're trapped in the middle of a fucking hell machine and all you can think to do is bug me about how I lost my glasses after being scared half to death by the ghost of my dead fiancé in the basement!?!" Serena shouted back quickly in anger and frustration.
"What!" Dennis shrieked back in shock and confusion, trying to make sense of what she had just rambled to him.
Serena fell silent as tears began to well up in her eyes.
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"There it is up ahead!" Evy noted with relief as she walked ahead of Kalina towards the spinning contraption that was barely visible through the many pieces of glass.
She then came to a complete stop in the middle of the dimly lit corridor. Kalina glanced in the direction of where Evelyn's horrified expression led, what she saw made her gasp.
"Is that the lawyer?" Evy asked palely, Kalina only looked away, back towards their destination.
"Come on." Kalina uttered as she gave Evy a slight push forward, the two then continued down the hallway.
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"Why don't cha run that one by me one more time a little slower?" Dennis said in confusion to the woman behind him.
Serena only wiped away the few tears that remained on her cheeks silently.
Dennis was now facing her, for a moment he had actually forgotten where he was.
"At least tell me what happened... did he say anything?" he asked again more compassionately, realizing he wasn't going to get a response out of her.
"I don't know..." she muttered jadedly. "Something about how I couldn't give up, that the future needed me and her... I mean who the hell is 'her' anyway?" she began to babble. "GOD! Henry was always like that! Never saying anything until it was too late... it's that whole 'English manner' thing!" she exclaimed angrily through her sadness.
"I can see that..." Dennis answered quietly.
"Anyhow, I got freaked... threw down the glasses and ran, luckily I ended up finding the stairs and you... being mauled to death..." she added as Dennis nodded.
Serena thought to herself about what had happened, suddenly she began to chuckle.
"What?" Dennis questioned, looking around for whatever had made her laugh.
"I'm sorry..." she muttered through her laughter, which was much stronger now. "It's just... seeing you... on the floor... and nobody was there..." she then busted out into hysterical laughter.
"What!" Dennis stated in offense. "You found it funny that I was being ripped to shreds?"
"Only when I look back on it now." She commented as she struggled to regain her sanity.
"Well that just makes me feel a whole lot better!" he shrieked bleakly with sarcasm.
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"Hurry up, after seeing ol' Mr. Moss again I'm looking forward to leaving this death trap even more... if that's even possible." Evy said to Kalina nervously.
"Don't worry, you'll be leaving very soon." She said under her breath as she bent down to press the metallic button at her feet, suddenly the two glass doors slid open in front of them.
Kalina stood in awe at the sight of the mighty machine, twisting even more violently than before. The two women entered the room cautiously, Kalina clutching the Arcanum to her chest for dear life as Evelyn tiptoed behind her in fear.
"Here, take this." Kalina demanded as she handed Evy the flare before dashing over to the small desk that sat to their left.
"Only Cyrus would choose this room the fill out paperwork." Evy mumbled to herself as she stared at the desk.
She then distracted her attention away from Kalina, Evy glanced back at the open doorway behind her...
"Oh shit!" Evelyn gasped in horror at what she saw coming towards her, the nearly decapitated ghost of Cyrus Kriticos.
The ghost smirked evilly at the brunette who then threw the quicksilver flare at his feet, much to her surprise he only stepped over it calmly as if it were a twig.
"Kalina!" Evy cried to the woman for help.
Kalina's face then grew to resemble that of the dreaded phantom that now moved towards them slowly, his silver handled cane still clasped to his right hand as it was in life.
Evy slowly crept backwards as her heart raced at the mere sight of her former employer moving closer towards her. Kalina then removed her spectral viewers, the smirk etched on her crooked face as she glared at the ghost, she then viscously aimed the heavy leather bound book at the brunette in front of her's head.
"Ahh!" Evelyn managed to gasp as she fell to the ground unconscious.
All right... it's getting near the end here kiddies...
Near the end of both my sanity (what few crumbs I have left) and the second series of my beloved Thir13en Ghosts fic...
I think I'm gonna cry...
*Stops chattering to wipe away the tears and obnoxiously blow her nose*
Okay, I'm better... On with the sappiness, and maybe a little gore if you're all good little freaks!
P.S. Go rent Ghost Ship, its made by the same peeps that made Thir13en Ghosts (by that I mean Silver, Adler, Zemerickis, and Beck... not to mention my beloved KNB EXF Inc.) and all I have to say about it is... Steve Beck finally did a good job with a Dark Castle flick!!!
Not That Thir13en Ghosts was bad... just not enough gore, Shannon Elizabeth being mauled to death, or Matthew Lillard's charrie actually getting to make it outa the film with a pulse! But I'm not bitter or anything... not anymore...
*Cackles evilly then begins to cough violently*
Eww... hairball...
*
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*
"You got about 10 minutes till the ectoplasmic shit hits the fan!" Kalina informed them as she slid back the glass, throwing her satchel over her shoulder.
"Alright, come on Evy..." Dennis muttered with distraction as he carefully observed the empty hallways before them.
"Uh... maybe Evy should go to the basement with me..." Kalina staggered to say as she looked the other three over nervously.
"Why?" Dennis asked, turning his attention away from the halls to Kalina.
"Well..." she thought hard for an explanation. "One psychic per Oretzia..." she uttered back, Dennis only paused for a moment to think.
"Okay..." He responded half heartedly, looking over at Evelyn who shook her head disputingly.
"No." She whispered miserably as she stared up at him, her arms folded across her shoulders tightly.
"Look, it'll be okay..." he assured her as he wiped away the dried tears on her pale cheeks. "I wouldn't lie to you, not now." He sincerely reassured as he held her.
Serena only stood inside the library, silent as she watched their affection for each other, slowly she felt the cold chill of loneliness and despair tugging at her invisibly.
"Come on!" Kalina then demanded, breaking the silence between them.
*
*
*
Dennis and Serena crept down the hallway, glancing around cautiously as they headed towards the main room in the center of the first floor.
Kalina jumped down through the floor back into the basement, laying her last burning flare on the glass floor as she helped Evelyn down through the ceiling.
"Can I ask you a really stupid question that has been plaguing me for the past ten minutes?" Dennis mumbled to Serena as they tiptoed around the corner.
"Sure, why not?" she answered with dismay from behind him.
"What happened to your glasses?" he asked her while looking around the corner vigilantly.
"What?" Serena questioned back in confusion.
"Remember? When me and Evy left you in the basement you had your own viewers... then when you tried to stop the Jackal from clawing me Evy had to throw you her glasses, you didn't have any remember?" he babbled to her nervously as he fidgeted down the hallway.
"I, uh..." Serena muttered as she tried to remember how she lost her viewers in the basement. "I... I dropped them downstairs..." she said with detachment.
"How?" Dennis asked just as distracted as before.
"We're trapped in the middle of a fucking hell machine and all you can think to do is bug me about how I lost my glasses after being scared half to death by the ghost of my dead fiancé in the basement!?!" Serena shouted back quickly in anger and frustration.
"What!" Dennis shrieked back in shock and confusion, trying to make sense of what she had just rambled to him.
Serena fell silent as tears began to well up in her eyes.
*
*
*
"There it is up ahead!" Evy noted with relief as she walked ahead of Kalina towards the spinning contraption that was barely visible through the many pieces of glass.
She then came to a complete stop in the middle of the dimly lit corridor. Kalina glanced in the direction of where Evelyn's horrified expression led, what she saw made her gasp.
"Is that the lawyer?" Evy asked palely, Kalina only looked away, back towards their destination.
"Come on." Kalina uttered as she gave Evy a slight push forward, the two then continued down the hallway.
*
*
*
"Why don't cha run that one by me one more time a little slower?" Dennis said in confusion to the woman behind him.
Serena only wiped away the few tears that remained on her cheeks silently.
Dennis was now facing her, for a moment he had actually forgotten where he was.
"At least tell me what happened... did he say anything?" he asked again more compassionately, realizing he wasn't going to get a response out of her.
"I don't know..." she muttered jadedly. "Something about how I couldn't give up, that the future needed me and her... I mean who the hell is 'her' anyway?" she began to babble. "GOD! Henry was always like that! Never saying anything until it was too late... it's that whole 'English manner' thing!" she exclaimed angrily through her sadness.
"I can see that..." Dennis answered quietly.
"Anyhow, I got freaked... threw down the glasses and ran, luckily I ended up finding the stairs and you... being mauled to death..." she added as Dennis nodded.
Serena thought to herself about what had happened, suddenly she began to chuckle.
"What?" Dennis questioned, looking around for whatever had made her laugh.
"I'm sorry..." she muttered through her laughter, which was much stronger now. "It's just... seeing you... on the floor... and nobody was there..." she then busted out into hysterical laughter.
"What!" Dennis stated in offense. "You found it funny that I was being ripped to shreds?"
"Only when I look back on it now." She commented as she struggled to regain her sanity.
"Well that just makes me feel a whole lot better!" he shrieked bleakly with sarcasm.
*
*
*
"Hurry up, after seeing ol' Mr. Moss again I'm looking forward to leaving this death trap even more... if that's even possible." Evy said to Kalina nervously.
"Don't worry, you'll be leaving very soon." She said under her breath as she bent down to press the metallic button at her feet, suddenly the two glass doors slid open in front of them.
Kalina stood in awe at the sight of the mighty machine, twisting even more violently than before. The two women entered the room cautiously, Kalina clutching the Arcanum to her chest for dear life as Evelyn tiptoed behind her in fear.
"Here, take this." Kalina demanded as she handed Evy the flare before dashing over to the small desk that sat to their left.
"Only Cyrus would choose this room the fill out paperwork." Evy mumbled to herself as she stared at the desk.
She then distracted her attention away from Kalina, Evy glanced back at the open doorway behind her...
"Oh shit!" Evelyn gasped in horror at what she saw coming towards her, the nearly decapitated ghost of Cyrus Kriticos.
The ghost smirked evilly at the brunette who then threw the quicksilver flare at his feet, much to her surprise he only stepped over it calmly as if it were a twig.
"Kalina!" Evy cried to the woman for help.
Kalina's face then grew to resemble that of the dreaded phantom that now moved towards them slowly, his silver handled cane still clasped to his right hand as it was in life.
Evy slowly crept backwards as her heart raced at the mere sight of her former employer moving closer towards her. Kalina then removed her spectral viewers, the smirk etched on her crooked face as she glared at the ghost, she then viscously aimed the heavy leather bound book at the brunette in front of her's head.
"Ahh!" Evelyn managed to gasp as she fell to the ground unconscious.
