The kids left Sal's house with a mixed feelings.
"That was crazy" said Blink.
"That was dumb" said Kara.
"No shit" said Brittany, gripping her steering wheel angrily.
They were driving on a deserted road now, with only one gloomy looking house up ahead.
"Uh... Brittany where are you going" asked Blink.
"What are you talking about? I-" She noticed that the car was slowing down and when it reached the house, it stopped. The dial was on Empty.
"Fuck" she said banging the steering wheel.
"What happened? Why are we stopping?" asked Mush.
"Uhm...did the car stall?"
"No, it's on empty...and it's weird because I thought I filled up the tank this morning". Brittany looked through the rearview mirror and saw Jack getting out of his truck.
"What's wrong with Jack's truck?" asked Blink.
"No idea" said Brittany, putting the car in park and getting out.
"You okay? she asked Jack.
"I'm on empty...and it's weird because I swear I had a quarter of a tank left one minute ago..."
"Yeah same here" said Brittany, scratching her head.
"well, do you have any gas in your trunk or something?" asked Jack, remembering that he had been meaning to buy an extra gallon but never got around to it.
"Never get more than I need" she said.
"Damn" he said. "Guess were gonna have to call a tow truck "
"I will" said Race.
"Where the hell did you come from?" asked Brittany, startled.
"I was over there" said Race, pointing.
"...Ok?" said Brittany, taking out her cellphone. There was no service.
"What the hell"
Jack tried his cell phone, which had no service also.
"Any ones else work?" asked Jack.
No one could hear him through the windows so he opened the car door.
"Tanya? Does your cell work"
She shook her head no. The others muttered "no" and "what the hell"
"This is creepy" said Tanya.
Brittany ran to her car and asked the others about their cell phones. They all had the same response. "What the fuck!" Brittany yelled.
"This is wierd" said Blink.
"What are we going to do? We have no gas and none of our cellphones work"
"Why did you drive up this way?" asked Katie.
"I don't know?" Brittany leaned up against the car and sighed.
"Maybey that house has a phone in it we can use" suggested Jack.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!" Danielle yelled from the window. "THATS THE HAUNTED PLACE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT!"
"Not true" said Brittany.
"Old people probably live there" said Race, trying to make it seem less scary, but to tell the truth, the house was pretty creepy.
"I'm not going in" said Katie.
"Oh come on, I'll hold your hand if you get scared" said Race with a grin.
"Fine" said Katie.
"Let's all go" suggested Blink.
"Okay" said Brittany, reaching her hand out for Blink.
He took it and they started walking towards the house.
"Wait up" said Katie.The rest got out of the cars and paired up.
"This is gonna be interesting" said Laura.
"Stop touching my ass Mush!" yelled Kara.
"Just give into him" laughed Brittany.
"Shut up Brittany! This is a serious situation!" said Kara.
"I'll say" replied Mush.
"Okay" laughed Brittany "whatever"
"I'm getting a really bad vibe from this place" said Tanya, looking at the huge house wearily.
"Me too" said Katie "it's really cold"
"It'll be ok girls" said Race.
"Not when I feel like this" said Katie.
"Yeah...how about me and Katie wait with the cars" said Tanya, turning around.
"No we're all going" said Brittany, getting more freaked out the closer they got.
They were now at the door and were just kind of standing there.
"Whose first?" asked Tanya.
No one answered. "Oh I'll do it" said Jacquie, pushing everyone out of the way and banging on the door.
"You really think someone will answer?" asked Danielle.
The door swung open abruptly and Tanya screamed.
"The wind" Jack assured her.
Everyone looked at each other and then at Jack.
"What?" he gulped.
"Well.. let's uh.. go in I guess" said Blink.
They all piled in and looked around. The foyer was dark and musky, cobwebs handing overhead and the paint peeling from the walls.
"Hold my hand" Brittany whispered. He didn't need to be told twice, for he was a little creeped out as well.
"Where.. do.. we go?" asked Katie.
"Maybey we should see if someone is home...Kara?" said Jacquie.
"HELLOOOOOOO!" Kara's yell rang throughout the hall. No reply.
"Oh look at that, no one is home, looks like we gotta go..." said Tanya.
Then a phone rang a few rooms over. Jack looked at the rest of the group. "Should we answer it?"
"Um.. sure?" said Race sarcastically. No one moved. The phone continued to ring.
"Oh jeez" said Brittany.
"Whatever...I'LL answer it" said Laura, pushing herself to the front of the group with Crutchy in tow.
"Laura.. I" said Jack as she disapeared into the next room.
The rest of the group followed her ." This place sucks" said Tanya, shivering a bit.
"Cold?" asked Jack.
"It's freezing in here!" she exclaimed, looking around to see if there were any windows open. All of them were shut.
"Here" said Jack, putting his arms around her.
"Hello?" They could hear Laura say in the other room.
"Who do you think it is?" asked Kara.
Katie shrugged as Laura said hello again into the reciever. "What the hell? The line is dead"
"That's so bizzare"
They heard Tanya then scream as something slammed back in the foyer. "Shit" They heard Jack say as they rushed back in there.
"What!" yelled Race.
"The wind blew the door shut and now it's stuck" he said, straining with all his might to open it.
"Fuck" said Race running to help.
Eventually all the boys had a turn at the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"Not good" said Blink.
"How the hell are we going to get out!" said Jacquie, now getting a little scared.
"Um..." said Specs "we just hafta find a way"
They looked around wearily. "WAIT!" Crutchy yelled.
"What!" said Laura.
"I remember seeing an escape ladder coming out of one of the second floor windows...we can just go out that"
"I'm not going upstairs" said Jacquie.
"We really don't have a choice" said Mush.
"Damn" said Specs.
"I don't care...just get me out of here" said Katie.
"Okay" said Jack "I'll go first"
"And we'll be right behind you" said Danielle. Jack rolled his eyes and wished at that a time like this that Spot was here, because he would have been right there with him. So the kids creeped up the stairs and creeped into tthe hallway.
"I feel like the Scooby Gang" said Mush. A couple of the kids giggled and Kara grabbed his hand with a laugh.
"Do you remember what side of the house it was on Crutchy?" asked Jack, who had lit his lighter on because it was so dark and non of the light switches worked.
"Left side I believe" said Crutchy uncertainly.There were 4 doors on either side of them. Jack grabbed the knob on the first door and gave it a twist. It didn't budge "hopefully thats not the door" he said.
"Imagine if we never got out of here..." said Specs.
"Shut up" said Brittany.
Jack walked up to the 2nd door and put his hand on the knob and retracted it right away. "EW it's sticky"
"Eww" said Tanya.
He whiped it on his costume quickly then made his way to the third door. Everyone else followed closely behind.
"I really don't like this place" said Katie.
"No one does" said Danielle, watching Jack twist the knob and open the door.
The room was musty and all the furniture covered with sheets.
The lone window in the corner flapped shut and open rhythmatically, revealing a little metal ladder descending to the ground below.
"Thank God" sighed Kara.
"Ladies first" said Race, holding the door for everyone.
"How sweet" said Katie.She, Laura, Danielle,Jacqie, Brittany,Tanya, and Kara went through the window one at a time and made it down to the ground slowely.
"That was soo bizarre" said Britttany.
"I know" said Jacquie. "It has been quite a day". The boys then began to descend down the ladder, Race being last.
As Race climed down, the ladder began to give way and something grabbed his costume...
"What's wrong!" Jack hollard up.
Race looked up to see the face of a really hideous monster-thing.
"Jeesusss!" he yelled letting go and falling to the ground.
The monster-thing still held onto his jacket and was clawing at them aimlessly through the window. Everyone screamed and ran down towards the cars.
"What is that!" yelled Race.
"Don't wanna find out!" Kara yelled, sprinting toward Jack's Bronco.
Behind them they heard an annoying cackling laughter.
Brittany and Jack unlocked their cars and everyone scrambled inside, locking the doors behind them.
"This is fucked up" breathed Blink.
"No shit!" Brittany gasped for breath.
"And none of our stupid cell phones work, so it's not like we can call for help or anything" said Kara.
"Yeah dudes, theres a payphone right over there..."
"Are you shitting me!" yelled Brittany.
"What?" asked Mush, confused.
"There's a phone?"
"Uh...yeah...duh"
"And you didn't tell us?" Blink looked at him.
"I thought you guys knew..."
"Uh... no" said Kara.
"MUSH YOUR SUCH AN IDIOT!" Brittany yelled, lunging at him.Blink pulled her off.
"Let it go Britt, Mush is gonna call the towing company RIGHT NOW" Blink said, glaring at him.
"I'm not getting out" he shaked his head.
"DO IT!" everyone yelled at him.
"FINE!" he said squeakishly and got out of the car.
