1It was Saturday night, Zack and Cody were absolutely tired despite not doing anything all day. They enjoyed the visit from their mom's doctor too. Their mother had already gone to bed, and Zack wanted to stay up watching scary movies. Cody objected of course, because he hated scary movies. He preferred romance and science fiction, but azck could care less.
They were sitting on the couch at 12:01 A.M. after finishing their game of go fish. Zack just found the right movie he borrowed from his friend at school, and were watching the beginning credits role by. The movie finally started, and Cody was already hiding under his blanket.
The screen showed the white outline of a human, walking through total black. Zack could tell he was going to like this movie, Cody could tell he wouldn't be able to fall asleep for a while.
A figure was in the elevator, going up to the twenty-third floor, to pay a visit to a specific suite. After exiting the small room, into the hallway, he stopped to straighten a painting. He continued walking and turned a corner. Walked on more, until he found the door he was looking for.
He held his ear close to the door, not hearing anything. He bent over to the floor and saw no light go through the small crack. He decided the occupants were asleep.
Maddie, down three streets to the right, the first house on the left, upstairs in her room, woke up from a nightmare. She could tell something was wrong at the Tipton. She looked over to the clock, 3:42 A.M.
She was unable to tell what it was exactly, not able to remember anything from a few seconds ago. It was creepy though. ZACK! She couldn't believe she had forgotten!
She ran from her room, down the stairs and out the door. She drove ferociously toward the hotel, and parked a few inches from the door. She ran to the door and used her key to unlock it. She rushed to the elevator and up to the 23rd floor.
The man was distraught with impatience towards the maid who had stopped him to ask a plethora of questions. He had lost over half an hour.
He walked over to the door once more and slid his passkey through the card reader. He slowly reached for the knob, and power went out. He wouldn't have gotten the door unlocked if that stupid maid would have continued with her questions.
He opened the door slowly, seeing nothing suspicious. And walked in.
Cody almost wet his pants when the power went out, even Zack hid under Cody's blanket next to his twin. They said not a thing and only uncovered themselves after a few minutes of sitting quietly. Longer and longer, they sat in silence, neither barely breathing.
He had walked in, and noticed the temperature wasn't anything out of the ordinary. A bad sign for his plan. He walked slowly to the air duct and was about to turn on the device at his belt. He saw movement across the room on the couch. There was someone there. There were two boys there.
He slowly walked to the door again, but one of the boys looked behind himself and was looking straight at the intruder. He panicked, as did the boy across the room. Then, the other twin turned around as well and both were staring in disbelief.
The power surged on for a few seconds, a loud static noise blasted from the TV accompanied by a flash of light. The twins quickly spun around and saw the TV come on and flip off within the same two seconds. The figure found his advantage and flew across the room to the kitchen and hid behind the island. He would be trapped here for a while, until the boys fell asleep.
Zack was in shock, and Cody fainted from the shock straight onto his foot, making him scream and jump up. He ran to his mother's bedroom and shut the door all in one quick sweep. Carey had awoken to this just in time for her son to land on her bed.
She reached for the flashlight kept next to her bed and shone it towards her son. It was Zack, surprisingly. He didn't get scared all that often. "Honey what's the matter?"
"Shhhh..." Zack said, "Whisper. There's a man out there in our suite. He was staring and Cody and me for a few seconds after the power went out and the power surged and the TV came on for a second which took it over the top for Cody so he fainted and landed on my foot which scared me so I took off into here and while running I looked to see if the man were coming after me and saw only a black lump where he used to be standing. Cody's still out there though."
A/N: Well, that's all for now folks. Hope you like this small twist. And remember, Maddie is still a couple hours away. Tomorrow I'll try to get the next chapter in but I may not since I'll be busy painting my room and working on my lit project. Let me know what you think.
