Note: Raab/Dunn ship is implied in this chapter.

Chapter five

Raab shivered a little and rubbed his arms as he thought about the stories that Ehrynn, Bam and Novak shared with them. He began to pace across the floor of his bedroom in a bout of nervousness and worry. Dunn crossed his path and stopped him by placing his hands on Raab's arms.

"Please, you're making me nervous." Dunn pleaded sternly
"I can't help it. What they said out there…" He finished with a shudder
Dunn looked him in the eyes "Chris, there's nothing to worry about."
"I know! I'm not worried about it. It's just… creepy."
"Yeah I know." He let go of Raab and let out a shudder of his own "But you're driving me crazy watching you pace this room like that." He said as he sat on the un-made bed
Raab nodded his head and then looked over at the bed with a grin "I thought I made that bed this morning."
Dunn looked at the messed up sheet and blanket and smirked "Well it seems to have gotten messed up again. You need to stop messing it up so much, Chris."
"Me? It's not all my fault, you know."
"Yeah I know… too well." He stood up again and went over to him "Come one, let's go downstairs before they start thinking we're up here having a repeat of this morning."
Raab grinned with a slight laugh as he and Dunn headed out of the room and back downstairs.

Once they made it downstairs they saw Dico and Novak staring out the window. The two of them stood still, their eyes fixed on the sight outside in the driveway. There was a faint sound of mournful crying in the wind, which led the four men to believe that it was the cry of the banshee. The crying in the wind was haunting, and it was what had drawn Dico and Novak over to the window in the first place.

"What's out there?" Raab asked
Dico looked over his shoulder, moving a little away from Novak, and looked at Raab and Dunn "Come look."
"It's weird…" Novak added

Raab and Dunn came up to the window and looked out towards the driveway. Parked in the driveway was an eerie sight all in black. It appeared to be a ghostly carriage of some sort, real old fashioned and made of painted black wood. The back of the carriage was actually a large wooden black coffin that appeared to be centuries old. A black horse, just as ghostly looking as the carriage, was in front of the carriage with the leather reigns attached to it. It stomped its front foot onto the ground a couple times and turned it's head back towards its master sitting in the front of the carriage. Seated up in front, wearing old and partially tattered black clothing was a headless man holding the reign in his hands and a leather riding whip resting by his side.

Dunn and Raab's eyes bulged at the sight and stepped away from the window. Raab let out a small gasp and looked at the other three men in fear.

"Wh-what's that?" He asked
"Well how should we know?" Replied Dico

Ehrynn and Bam entered the room and saw them standing fearfully by the window.

"What's the matter?" Bam asked
Novak looked at the two of them and pointed to the window "There's something out there."

Ehrynn and Bam went up to the window and looked out. Ehrynn let out a gasp and stood back away from the window, shaking. Bam went up to her and placed an arm around her shoulders to calm her.

"It's ok…" He said softly "There's nothing to be afraid of…"
She looked at him with narrowed eyebrows "Like hell there isn't!" She looked at all of them and then at the window "That's the death coach… which can only mean one thing… it's come for the deceased…"
"But no one's dead." Novak said
"No… not yet any way…"

Ehrynn walked over to the couch and sat down, still shaking with fear. Bam turned towards the door and walked up to it as if to answer it for someone. Ehrynn looked up at him.

"Bam what are you doing?" She asked as she stood up
"I… I don't really know."

Bam put his hand on the handle of the door and went to open it. Ehrynn went up to him and put her hands on him to pull him away from the door right as he opened it. She quickly closed the door and pushed Bam away. Immediately after she closed the door there was a metallic "thud" and a "clang" as something outside hit the door.

"What was that?" Bam asked

Ehrynn stood back, letting him open the door again, knowing that she couldn't stop him this time. Bam opened the door and looked down. On the ground in front of the door was a gold basin that was stained red on the inside. Some of the red liquid, that was inside of the basin, had splashed out of the basin and spilled onto the ground and all over the door. Bam looked from the basin to the red liquid running down the outer side of the door, in bewilderment.

"Is that blood?"
"Aye…" Ehrynn nodded
"Where'd if come from?"
Ehrynn sighed "If you open the door when the death coach is outside, a basin of blood is thrown in your face. I closed the door like I did so you wouldn't get hit by the blood."
"Oh… thanks I guess…" He said uneasily as he stepped away from the door and turned to her "What's this all about?"
"It's getting closer."
"What is?" He paused as it suddenly occurred to him "You mean?"
She nodded "Aye… my death…"