Reggie slept fitfully. Images of Freddy Krueger kept popping into her mind causing her to wake up in a cold sweat. She hated horror movies. They scared her to death, but she would never admit that to Otto. To make things worse, she kept thinking about the story Otto had told them about the masked maniac from Crystal Lake. She didn't really want to believe it, but now that she was alone in the dark she wandered if it was really true. She closed her eyes and started to doze off again.
Downstairs, Otto was almost ready to carry out his plan. "More ketchup Squid!"
"I've already dumped like half a bottle on me! I still think this is a bad idea."
"You got the camera bro?" Otto asked Twister.
"Got it right here Ottoman."
"Let's do it!" Otto said. They went upstairs where Otto told Sam to slouch by the wall in the hallway. Twister switched on his camera and hid around the corner. When everyone was ready, Otto kicked the wall making a loud thump.
Reggie awoke when she heard noises coming from the hallway. She figured that it was Otto getting ready for bed. He was so noisy. She rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. Seconds later she heard another loud thump just outside of her room. "What is his problem?" she wondered aloud as she pushed back the covers to get out of bed. She was going to go yell at him for being so loud.
Without turning on the lights, she walked out into the hallway. She turned toward the bathroom and was surprised to see that the lights were off. Otto's door was open, but there were no lights coming his room, or anywhere else. A shiver ran down her spine, but she quickly tried to shake it off, feeling ridiculous.
"Otto?" She called out softly to the darkness, shocked to hear the trembling in her own voice. "Dad?" Another loud thump came from down the hall. She walked into Otto's room and switched on the light only to find it the way he'd left it that morning. "Otto?" She called out again, louder this time. 'Maybe they're still watching the movie' she thought and walked toward the stairs.
The light coming from Otto's room didn't reach all the way to the head of the stairs. Just as she got to the railing, she felt her leg brush against something soft and warm on the floor. She shrieked and jumped back, fumbling around for the hall light. She finally found it, but when it came on she immediately wished that she'd left it off.
There was Sam slouched against the wall, covered in blood. She couldn't believe her own eyes. Briefly she thought that she was still in bed asleep and this was a nightmare. She screamed and knelt down next to him. "NO! Sammy! Sammy! Get up! Oh my god! Otto! Dad! Someone please help me!"
The bathroom door slowly creaked open to answer her calls. She cried out in terror when a figure clad in all black, except for the hockey mask that covered his face, walked out and stomped strait toward her. He was holding a huge knife by his side that was dripping blood.
"NOOO!" Reggie screamed. She tried to get to her feet, but lost her balance and fell next to Sam's lifeless body. Tears welled up in her eyes as the figure got closer. He raised the knife high above his head.
She pressed her back up against the wall then felt something slick oozing between her fingers. She screamed again when she looked down at her hand and saw that it was resting in a pool of Sam's blood, which was oddly cold. "No! Please! Don't kill me!" She begged as the tears ran down her cheeks.
Just as the masked killer was about to plunge the knife into her chest, his hand froze in mid-air. Reggie stared in amazement, wondering what he was going to do next. She couldn't believe it when he started laughing.
Otto pushed the mask back to reveal his face, then fell on the floor laughing hysterically. Twister came around the corner and gave him a high five. "BUST!" they yelled as they continued to laugh at her. Reggie looked at Sam, who had opened his eyes and sat up. He tried to avoid her gaze, feeling bad that they'd put her through this.
"Please don't kill me!" Otto mocked.
"That was killer bro! And I got it all on Twister Vision!" Twister grinned and waved the camera in the air.
"You all are so dead!" Reggie shouted angrily. She couldn't believe that Otto could do something so cruel to her. It was pretty low even for his standards.
"Nah, you're the one who was almost dead Reg." Otto smugly licked a bit of the ketchup off the end of the knife. He and Twister started laughing again.
She got up and stormed into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"I think we really pissed her off." Twister said when they finally stopped laughing.
"Oh well, she'll get over it." Otto chuckled
2B Continued….