Hellraiser: Time to Play

By: Preston DeBoer

Chapter 1

Elizabeth Merchant studied the present that her brother, John Merchant, had given her for her birthday. It was a small cube shaped puzzle box. Her brother said that over history the Merchants had opened up the portals of hell many times and usually payed with there lives. Elizabeth never had believed in the legend of her family history. Partly because she thought it was to imaginative to be true, but mostly because of fear. If she believed that then it meant that hell was real and if hell was real then pain thriving demons were real. She decided that since she didn''t believe in the legend that she would fiddle with the ominous box.

She picked up the box and pressed a circular button into the box. Then she rotated her fingers ever so gently around a circular etching. The box flung out of her hand as if it was rocket propelled. Hooks on chains flew into the wall. Then the wall started to bleed open. The blood pooled up on the floor and once the wall was big enough, a tall demon stepped out.

"" It can''t be"", Elizabeth managed to croak.

"" Liz, finally we meet. While the men in your family were very fun to torture and kill. The women were extremely exquisite at suffering. There screams still make me shudder to this day."" The man took another few steps forward as he spoke. He had an unusually deep voice.

"" You''re Pinhead. It just can''t be. You can''t be real."", Elizabeth was shuddering in fear.

"" Oh, I can assure you, I''m very real indeed. Oh, I can smell your fear already. I wish you could experience the pleasure it gives me."", Pinhead walked over to the wall and looked into it. "" Allow me to introduce you to my dark friends."" As he finished his sentence other demons came out including one of Elizabeth''s least favorite, Angelique.

"" What do you want?"", Elizabeth asked still shaking.

"" Your brother."", Angelique said. "" He''s the only one who can destroy us and we wouldn''t want that now would we?""

"" The hell we wouldn''t"", Elizabeth said with a burst of courage.

"" Pinhead, may I have the honor of taking her to her torture cell?"", Angelique asked eagerly. "" I''ll make sure to make it worth your while"".

"" Yes, my dark princess. Go and take her there now. I''ll be down eventually. I think it''s rather refreshing to be up here considering how long we have waited."", Pinhead finished his sentence and grabbed Elizabeth.

"" Let me go you freak. Let me go. Get your fucking hands off me."", Elizabeth was trying to sound convincing through all her tears but found it much to hard.

Angelique grabbed Elizabeth by the hair and dragged her to the now open wall. When she was inside the wall she took out a spike and rammed it in to Elizabeth''s head. She kept pushing it in and pulling it out just enough so that Elizabeth would live and feel the pain. Her screams announced her arrival into hell. Elizabeth didn''t know that she would be suffering much more later.

To Be Continued...