Kim sighed, the funeral was going on forever. She twitched restlessly. Ron
sat next to her on one side and her cousin Tori sat on the other. All three
sat cross legged on the floor and were dressed in all black. She heard Tori
mutter something and get up. Immediately, Kim and Ron followed her. Tori
was used to the strange customs. She kneeled down in front of the coffin
carrying her father, and Kim's uncle. Kim's dad stared at the coffin that
had contained his brother and tears filled his eyes. He looked away. Kim
glanced at Tori who got up putting one last hand on her father's coffin.
She walked over to Kim's parents "Thank you for coming," she said sadly.
"Next time I hope you can visit us under happier circumstances."
"Don't worry Tori," said Kim's mom placing a comforting hand on Tori's shoulder. "I'm very sorry about your father and grandfather. Do they know what it was?" Tori shook her head pieces of her brown hair fell out of her ponytail. Kim's mom nodded and look over to where Larry and his family were sitting. Tori's mom beckoned her over. Tori slipped something into Kim's hand and ran over.
"Why didn't you tell me you had another cousin?" Ron asked as he and Kim pulled away from the rest of the group. Kim shrugged and took out the piece of paper Tori had handed her. Ron looked at it with mild interest.
"The subject never came up. Plus, I haven't seen Tori in years and compared to how Larry turned out I'm surprised I recognized her." Kim said glancing over to where Tori was talking to her mom. Tori had long brown hair and deep blue eyes and she was about Kim's age. "I know she doesn't look that much like me." Kim said answering Ron's question before he had a chance to ask it. She opened the note Tori had given her and read it to Ron: "Kim and Ron, meet me outside quick. It's an emergency." She glanced up just in time to see Tori's brown hair disappear outside.
"This way!" Tori hissed. She slipped around the side of the funeral home into the back. There was a small door no one had noticed before. Tori slipped off her shoes and walked quietly through the grass. Ron and Kim exchanged confused glances and followed her. She walked over to the door. "Come on," she said putting her hand on the handle.
"Tori stop!" Kim said surprised by her cousin's strange behavior. Tori glanced at Kim amused. "I know it's been rough on you, loosing your dad and your grandfather on the same day, but think about what you're doing! You shouldn't go back here!" Tori smirked.
"Chill out Kim," she said calmly. "I'm allowed back here, duh." She opened the door revealing a dark room with stairs. She froze, "Do you hear something?" she asked. Kim and Ron paused and listened. "Sounds like footsteps." she said her voice suddenly quiet and shaky. Kim and Ron heard them they were indeed footsteps. Tori crouched down low and crept up the stairs.
"Tori you shouldn't go up there!" hissed Ron trying to play the brave hero. Kim knew better than to pretend Tori was a damsel in distress. Her cousin slipped up the stairs followed closely by Ron. "Hello is anyone up here?" Ron whispered. Tori shook her head and put a silencing finger to her lips. Ron nodded. He followed Tori until they reached an old door. She jiggled the handle and shook her head. "Here let me try," Ron offered he pulled with all his strength but the door remained locked. "It won't work, we need a key."
"Stand back," hissed Tori. She examined the door then ran jumped up and kicked it. It swung silently open. "Found a key,' she said mildly. "But it wasn't locked earlier, I remember because this is where my dad and grandpa's belongings are kept." They walked into the dark room.
"Maybe they closed it off for the funeral," Ron suggested shuddering at the alternative. "After all you wouldn't want anything to get stolen would you?" Ron asked. Tori shrugged and began looking through some of the stuff. "You think whoever was up here was trying to steal something?" he asked.
"Impossible," said Tori shaking her head. "It was locked when we came, how do you think they got away?" she asked shuffling through some pictures. She paused as she reached the last few she shuffled faster and faster. "And nothing seems to be stolen." she added seeing Ron's questioning look. She put down the pictures and continued her search.
"Wow, this is really creepy." Ron said looking around the dark room. Tori hadn't bothered to turn on a light. He looked around for any sign that Drakkin or Senor Senior Senior was behind this. The room was crowded but nothing gave any sign to having been searched through. "Maybe the window," Ron suggested. Those footsteps had belonged to someone and this was the only place they could have gone. Tori nodded and ran over to help him. They tugged on the window but it remained sealed.
"No one could have gone through here. This thing hasn't been opened in years." Tori said examining the window. "It's rusted shut." Ron shuddered again. Tori looked up from the window, "This keeps getting creepier and creepier doesn't it?" she asked reading Ron's mind. There was a strange noise from behind them. They whipped around only to find the room deserted. Tori walked into the middle of the room.
"Is someone there?" Ron asked shakily. Tori shook her head and knelt down picking something off the floor. She examined to closely then jumped back dropping it. Ron stared at her surprised, then he looked at the small rectangular object she had dropped.
"No, no!" gasped Tori backing away from the object as if she expected it to jump up and attack her. She raced behind Ron. "It was just a myth, a bedtime story to scare me, it's not real." she muttered to herself. "It can't be real!" she demanded. She gathered up what remained of her courage and handed picked up the object. "Take it!" she said shoving the object into Ron's hands.
"It's," Ron paused examining the object that had given Tori so much fear. "at tape?" he asked startled. In his hands was an unmarked video tape. Tori nodded here blue eyes wide with fear. Ron looked at the tape confused.
"Take it," she said again but this time her voice wavered. "Destroy it, get that thing away from here!" she ordered. Ron blinked in confusion. "And whatever you do," said Tori taking a deep breath. "Don't watch it!" Ron put the tape in his pocked causing his naked mole rat Rufus to move over. Tori raced out of the room after making sure the tape was put away.
"Don't worry buddy," said Ron picking up the pictures Tori had been looking at earlier. "I'll give these to Kim so she can give them back to Tori." Ron said putting the pictures in his pocked too. "But I think this video would bee cool, after all I need a good horror movie and Block Buddy is way to expensive." Rufus nodded eagerly.
"Yeah, watch tape. Throw party!" he agreed. And with that they left.
"Don't worry Tori," said Kim's mom placing a comforting hand on Tori's shoulder. "I'm very sorry about your father and grandfather. Do they know what it was?" Tori shook her head pieces of her brown hair fell out of her ponytail. Kim's mom nodded and look over to where Larry and his family were sitting. Tori's mom beckoned her over. Tori slipped something into Kim's hand and ran over.
"Why didn't you tell me you had another cousin?" Ron asked as he and Kim pulled away from the rest of the group. Kim shrugged and took out the piece of paper Tori had handed her. Ron looked at it with mild interest.
"The subject never came up. Plus, I haven't seen Tori in years and compared to how Larry turned out I'm surprised I recognized her." Kim said glancing over to where Tori was talking to her mom. Tori had long brown hair and deep blue eyes and she was about Kim's age. "I know she doesn't look that much like me." Kim said answering Ron's question before he had a chance to ask it. She opened the note Tori had given her and read it to Ron: "Kim and Ron, meet me outside quick. It's an emergency." She glanced up just in time to see Tori's brown hair disappear outside.
"This way!" Tori hissed. She slipped around the side of the funeral home into the back. There was a small door no one had noticed before. Tori slipped off her shoes and walked quietly through the grass. Ron and Kim exchanged confused glances and followed her. She walked over to the door. "Come on," she said putting her hand on the handle.
"Tori stop!" Kim said surprised by her cousin's strange behavior. Tori glanced at Kim amused. "I know it's been rough on you, loosing your dad and your grandfather on the same day, but think about what you're doing! You shouldn't go back here!" Tori smirked.
"Chill out Kim," she said calmly. "I'm allowed back here, duh." She opened the door revealing a dark room with stairs. She froze, "Do you hear something?" she asked. Kim and Ron paused and listened. "Sounds like footsteps." she said her voice suddenly quiet and shaky. Kim and Ron heard them they were indeed footsteps. Tori crouched down low and crept up the stairs.
"Tori you shouldn't go up there!" hissed Ron trying to play the brave hero. Kim knew better than to pretend Tori was a damsel in distress. Her cousin slipped up the stairs followed closely by Ron. "Hello is anyone up here?" Ron whispered. Tori shook her head and put a silencing finger to her lips. Ron nodded. He followed Tori until they reached an old door. She jiggled the handle and shook her head. "Here let me try," Ron offered he pulled with all his strength but the door remained locked. "It won't work, we need a key."
"Stand back," hissed Tori. She examined the door then ran jumped up and kicked it. It swung silently open. "Found a key,' she said mildly. "But it wasn't locked earlier, I remember because this is where my dad and grandpa's belongings are kept." They walked into the dark room.
"Maybe they closed it off for the funeral," Ron suggested shuddering at the alternative. "After all you wouldn't want anything to get stolen would you?" Ron asked. Tori shrugged and began looking through some of the stuff. "You think whoever was up here was trying to steal something?" he asked.
"Impossible," said Tori shaking her head. "It was locked when we came, how do you think they got away?" she asked shuffling through some pictures. She paused as she reached the last few she shuffled faster and faster. "And nothing seems to be stolen." she added seeing Ron's questioning look. She put down the pictures and continued her search.
"Wow, this is really creepy." Ron said looking around the dark room. Tori hadn't bothered to turn on a light. He looked around for any sign that Drakkin or Senor Senior Senior was behind this. The room was crowded but nothing gave any sign to having been searched through. "Maybe the window," Ron suggested. Those footsteps had belonged to someone and this was the only place they could have gone. Tori nodded and ran over to help him. They tugged on the window but it remained sealed.
"No one could have gone through here. This thing hasn't been opened in years." Tori said examining the window. "It's rusted shut." Ron shuddered again. Tori looked up from the window, "This keeps getting creepier and creepier doesn't it?" she asked reading Ron's mind. There was a strange noise from behind them. They whipped around only to find the room deserted. Tori walked into the middle of the room.
"Is someone there?" Ron asked shakily. Tori shook her head and knelt down picking something off the floor. She examined to closely then jumped back dropping it. Ron stared at her surprised, then he looked at the small rectangular object she had dropped.
"No, no!" gasped Tori backing away from the object as if she expected it to jump up and attack her. She raced behind Ron. "It was just a myth, a bedtime story to scare me, it's not real." she muttered to herself. "It can't be real!" she demanded. She gathered up what remained of her courage and handed picked up the object. "Take it!" she said shoving the object into Ron's hands.
"It's," Ron paused examining the object that had given Tori so much fear. "at tape?" he asked startled. In his hands was an unmarked video tape. Tori nodded here blue eyes wide with fear. Ron looked at the tape confused.
"Take it," she said again but this time her voice wavered. "Destroy it, get that thing away from here!" she ordered. Ron blinked in confusion. "And whatever you do," said Tori taking a deep breath. "Don't watch it!" Ron put the tape in his pocked causing his naked mole rat Rufus to move over. Tori raced out of the room after making sure the tape was put away.
"Don't worry buddy," said Ron picking up the pictures Tori had been looking at earlier. "I'll give these to Kim so she can give them back to Tori." Ron said putting the pictures in his pocked too. "But I think this video would bee cool, after all I need a good horror movie and Block Buddy is way to expensive." Rufus nodded eagerly.
"Yeah, watch tape. Throw party!" he agreed. And with that they left.