"Okay, ready?" Lisa asked, pulling open the hole in the fence, letting Ben crawl through. She watched as Eileane shook her head.
"No way in hell am I going in there!" Eileane backed up, stepping near to the now empty street, since the rush hour traffic had died down.
Lisa walked up to Eileane, stepping into the bright glow of the moon right down onto her pale white face, reflecting into Eileane's eyes. "Come on… please Eileane, I promise, nothing will happen to you," she grasped hold of Eileane's hand and pulled her gently through the fence.
With a sighing breath, Eileane went through, "Why do I always let them talk me into things that I know I will regret later…?"
"Wow!" Lisa exclaimed as she entered into the performing stage area of the theatre that was right across from the rehabilitation center. "This place… it is… is so truly amazing!" Her fingers glided down a pillar that had intricate carvings into it. "Such beautiful architecture, love was definitely put into building this place."
"Well, it does help that it is the oldest building in this business center and nearly the oldest building in all of Arrow Rock," Ben said, grinning as he stood up upon the stage.
"Wow, thank you for the insightful information," Eileane snidely spoke.
Ben ignored Eileane and started to spout out some Shakespeare on the stage, trying to be a first class performer. Lisa got into the act and helped him with some Romeo and Juliet.
"Juliet? Juliet! What hath happened to thee? Hath thy cold hand of death touched you… with poison? Damn this glass, damn this cursed glass!" Ben tossed a water bottle to his side as he bent down to kiss Lisa.
"Erm hurm?" Eileane interrupted, crossing her arms and tapping her foot. "Getting too much into character, eh Benny?"
Ben's face turned red as he stepped off of Lisa and then helping her to her feet; she also was blushing. Suddenly, a burst of bright lights erupted onto the stage, blinding the three teens. They tried to look up into the booth, but the lights were causing their vision to be distorted.
"Ahh!" Ben screamed as his body disappeared into blackness through a trap door.
Lisa and Eileane ran over, screaming for his name, but the door suddenly closed with no one touching it. They jumped back and shrieked, just as the curtain came crashing down, separating the two girls. The curtain firmly tied itself to the ground and the walls, making it impossible to get through.
"Eileane, hurry, get out of the building now! Get help or something!" Lisa cried out from behind the curtain.
"But, what about you?" Eileane asked, wrinkling her forehead as she heard doors beginning to close behind her.
"Just go!" Lisa responded, followed by Eileane's flip-flops flapping up the aisles and out the door, hopefully making it safely to the street. She then turned around, peering throughout the whole backstage looking for any source to the pit. Then, with the glance of the room, she saw a spiral staircase leading down into complete and total darkness. "It's all right Lisa, you can do it…" she whispered to herself, flashing her flashlight on.
Her foot reached the bottom and she could faintly hear the sound of water dripping somewhere. Her light flashed upon the walls and they were made out of concrete blocks, followed by a thick coating of white paint; reminded her of some insane asylum
"Ow… ouch!" The noise of Ben hissing was close, and became even closer until her flashlight flashed upon the sat-up body of Ben whom was rubbing at his ankle.
"Is it broken?" She asked as she knelt down next to him, clamping down on his ankle.
"Ahhh! No, but now it might be!" Ben screamed in pain as Lisa smirked, throwing his foot down.
"Come on you big baby, we have to get out of here," Lisa said, helping Ben to his feet and beginning to walk, letting him lean up against her. As they walked, he couldn't stop staring into her eyes and smiling, and she also glanced a couple of times, smiling too.
"Ahh!" Lisa screamed as she was inches from running down a little girl. She caught her breath and laughed. "Little girl, what are you doing in here… wait a second! You are that little ghost, aren't you?"
"Yes," she replied, letting a little English accent break through, "I am. You must save us all! Set us free, please! Follow me," the little girl ran off down the hall and went right through a door that Lisa once passed earlier.
Ben gave her a worried look, but let her continue on. She grasped the handle and could feel an evil presence all around her. Just as she twisted the handle, a shadowy figure appeared down the hall and began to run at a high pace, slipping through the darkness and setting chase to Ben and Lisa.
"RUN!" Ben screamed as he kicked his feet from underneath him, not carrying about his ankle, pulling Lisa beside him. Screeching and horrific words being mumbled were audible in every direction of the darkened hall.
"Get out! Get out! GET OUT!" A scrambled voice, sounding to have multiple tones all at once, screamed, letting the hall echo it out to the humans as they ran up the stairs and mysteriously, the curtain was raised once again. They ran through the emergency exit door which led to a bright hallway with only one door at the end.
"Please, set us free!" The little girl reappeared through a wall, looking frightened and worried as she stopped in front of the teens. "Go through the door and pass through the darkness, there you will bring peace to us all!" The little girl said just as she gasped, running away through the wall again just as the shadowy figured appeared from the opposite wall, moaning and groaning after her.
"Now is our cue to leave!" Ben shouted, grabbing her clothes and pulling her.
"But, what about the whole door and saving them? There is obviously something haunting her and who knows if there are more ghosts! We have to go and save them!"
Ben pushed through the door, fully dragging Lisa until she finally, willingly walked alongside of him to the fence. "Not tonight, Lisa. Tomorrow night shall be better, cause then we could get a group of people to come"
"And that chick who is all into the undead stuff and such! Uh… Jacqui I think her name is. Yeah, we'll get her to like drive away the evil spirits! This will be awesome!" Lisa grinned, running out of the fence, leaving Ben limping out alone. Eileane, scared senseless, stood outside the fence and helped Ben out as they all began to go home, still shaken up about the whole situation.
