The Friday morning was like any other morning for Andy. Wake up, get ready for school, meet up with his friends for a little, go to classes and die a little inside. When lunch time came however things took an unexpected turn. The young man was sitting with his friends when one of them, Sam Sharp, came up with an idea.
"We should go to a haunted house tonight." Sam said.
Her sudden suggestion caught the attention of everyone at the table. Andy and George were in the middle of eating when they heard proposal, with the former's pasta falling off the fork and back on the plate while the latter was biting into a sandwich. Noticing that her suggestion was random, the blonde rocker decided to explain it.
"I was sitting here thinking about what to talk about when I remembered seeing a poster for a haunted house called Chimera Manor, and I was wondering if you guy's would want to go through it."
The group thought about it for a moment. During this time Sam was mentally praying that they would consider her idea. Eventually Ruth was the one to speak up.
"Well it is October and I've been wanting to go to a haunted house for a while so you can count me in!" Ruth said happily.
"I'm in too." Luna spoke. "I have a little sister who pops up and scares me and my family all the time. I can handle this."
"Great!" Sam replied. Then she turned to Andy. "How about you, Andy? You game for this?"
The boy was in an internal deadlock. While he has seen his fair share of horror movies those movies were much older and didn't have that much scare factor to them. On the other hand he didn't want to disappoint his friends.
"I...uh…." Andy began to sputter. "I mean….I'm not busy but..."
"Oh crap!" George suddenly said and then turned to Andy. "Andy my man, I forgot to return your biology notebook! Lets go to my locker and get it real quick."
The young man agreed and the two left the table. However after getting out of the girl's eyesight George stopped and turned to his friend. Andy looked at the brunette with a puzzled look.
"Andy," George said in a hushed voice. "please go to the haunted house tonight! Don't leave me hanging, man!" the young man begged.
"Wai-what?" the black haired boy responded.
"Look I'm gonna tell you secret." the brunette said. "I can't handle scary stuff, bro. Like blood and gore is not biggie but when there's people popping out and shouting or some guy comes out swinging a chainsaw or if someone looks really freaky it just...ugh!" he shivered.
"I'm not really the one you should rely on dude. I'm not a fan of this stuff either." Andy said. "Besides if you get scared by that stuff why are you going?"
"Ruth is going and...I don't want her to think I'm chicken." George admitted. "I just need someone to has my back you know?"
Andy just stared at his friend for a while, processing everything that was said. He get where George was coming from because he too didn't want to disappoint the others. However he too wasn't brave when it came to haunted houses. Still had it been the other way around George would've gladly aided Andy and seeing that the brunette directly asked Andy in person to help him out it would be in bad taste to decline.
"I'll go." Andy answered.
George's face lit up once he heard the answer. "YES! Thank you Andy! You're the best wingman anyone could ever have! Lets go back to the girls."
As the two went back to the cafeteria, Andy began to feel anxious about what the night had in store. Regardless of how he felt he was willing to see the night through.
It was 7pm when Andy was dropped off at the front of Chimera Manor. The sun had already set and the moon was high in the night sky. A setting perfect for this night of horror. There were two gates, an entrance with a ticket booth and an exit. The entrance gate had a long line leading to the entrance door of the Chimera house. Andy had noticed George standing to the side of the attraction, looking down on the ground.
Andy walked to his friend to accompany him. "Hey George."
"Oooh!" George jolted when he heard the black haired boy's voice.
Andy also jumped at the brunette's reaction. Already the two boy's were getting their fair share of freights. The duo took a few seconds to collect themselves.
"Sorry Andy." George said. "Nerves are a bit shot."
"I-its fine, dude." the young man replied. "I'm here now."
"Yes...yes." the brunette stammered. "H-hey you're wearing the jacket, man!" he then said after noticing the blue denim jacket he picked out for his friend.
"Yeah I thought I should wear it for moral support." the youth said.
George's stress dissolved a bit. Soon his dynamic personality came back."A wingman with style. I can't ask for anything better than that!"
As the two talked the other's began to arrive. Once they all met up the went to buy their tickets at the entrance gate and went to the end of the line. The line was fairly long so the teens figured it'd take a while till it was their turn. At first Andy was calm and talkative but as the line shortened he became more nervous and quiet.
"Man I can't wait to see what's in this place!" Sam said.
"We still have a ways to go." Luna said. "If only I could play some tunes to kill the time."
"This would be perfect time to help Andy with his lessons. Ruth added. "What do you think?"
"Huh? Oh..y-yeah." Andy said shortly. He was out of it due to being close to entering the haunted house.
"You good dude?" the purple rocker asked.
"Yup! Never better!" the boy answered.
Luna wasn't entirely convinced at her friend's claim, noticing how quiet he had been after being so vocal. But she shrugged and decided to not push the subject any further. George on the other hand knew what the deal was and decided to ease the boy's nerves down a bit.
Without drawing the attention of the girls, George leaned towards Andy "Hey man I know you're getting antsy but remember we're in this as a team." he whispered.
"Sorry." the black haired boy whispered back.
"Don't sweat it bro." the energetic boy replied. "We can get through this. We are the awesome duo man! We-"
A loud, ear piercing scream came from within the haunted house. The scream made the group of teens jump. From the doors a man came out in a full sprint as if he truly was in a life or death situation. Once everything simmered down the girls were laughing off the scare, trying to calm down. Andy and George on the other hand were silent and remained so.
After a while the teens were just a few minutes away from entering the doors of Chimera Manor. Andy's hands were sweating as if he'd put them under a running faucet. George was trying to stay still but was shaking like a leaf. Eventually he stopped shaking when Ruth grabbed his arm.
"Georgie you won't mind if I grab on to you if I get scared?" she asked sweetly.
"N-n-no! I w-won't mind." the brunette answered, trying to muster up some courage.
"Awww" Luna and Sam simultaneously said, touched by the scene they saw. George's face went red and he looked down on the ground shyly. Then the two girls turned to Andy, who was smiling at the same scene, with inquisitive eyes.
"What about you Andy?" Sam asked. "You mind if we happen to latch onto you at random?"
"Um...I guess not." the boy answered, not really knowing how to answer.
"A true gentlemen you are bro." Luna said. "But you don't have to worry about me. I can handle this with no problem."
"What makes you say that Lunes?" the blonde rocker asked.
"You and Andy have met my sister Lucy. Need I say more?"
"Touche" Sam replied.
After that it was the teens turn to venture the haunted house. The doors of Chimera Manor opened up all by themselves already giving off an ominous vibe. Past the entrance, the teens turned to the right into a hallway full of pictures with blood splatters on the walls. As they walked through the hall a pair of hands pop out of one of the picture frames and a gruff voice shouted. The teens all jumped and yelled in fright. Ruth clutched on to George with an iron grip while the latter was struggling to remain still and not show any fear.
"Hoo man!" Sam said trying to laugh the scare off. "Should've expected that."
"Andy," Luna said. "Give me your hand. Don't want to lose you in here you know."
Andy nodded at his friend's request. "O-ok." he said quietly and grabbed Luna's hand.
At the end of the hall there was a staircase that led upwards. Once they made their way up stairs, the group entered a room at the left side of the second floor. It was a bedroom with bloody hand prints, holes that were punched in and polaroid pictures of horrified faces. A bald man in overalls stood next to a bed bludgeoning something that was underneath the covers with a ball peen hammer. He stopped and looked over to the teens. His face was covered with blood and had a wild look on his eyes.
"Mmmm." he said licking his lips. "You kids look delicious! How about we have some fun?"
The teens stayed quiet. They didn't know whether they should answer or not say nothing.
"WELL?" the man shouted. "WHAT DO YA SAY!?"
At this point Andy felt his hand getting squeezed tightly by the purple rocker. Sam could only make weak chuckles. Ruth still held onto George and George was stiff as a board.
"FINE! BE THAT WAY!" the man angrily roared. "GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I GET YA!" he threatened and then waved his hammer wildly.
Without any hesitation the teens quickly moved through the other door way. It lead to another bedroom, lit up in blue. There a dark messy haired woman in a nightgown was on her knees, sobbing profusely on the floor. Still crying she looks at the teens but then her cries cut short. She then points at Sam with a shaky hand.
"My baby! Oh look how big you are!" the woman said
"Is she talking to me or..." Sam asked her friends
"Let me get your father!" she said then went to a closet and dragged out what looked like the upper part of a man's torso. As she hauled the guts of the torso fell out. She then dropped the torso, went down on the floor and began eating the entrails of her 'husband'.
Ruth and Luna both turned away covering their mouths. The other three just couldn't look away at the sight.
"Why don't you and your friends have some?" asked the woman.
"N-no thanks." Andy and George said.
At this point the teens all decided to leave and went to the room's exit. During that time the woman was trying to convince them to stay but was once again reduced to crying loudly. Past the door is a short hall way, presumably for people to take a little breather. At the left end of the hall is another room full of horrors. As they enter the room the teens notice that its a large bathroom littered with severed arms and legs. In a bath tub there was a body and at the sink a man dressed as a surgeon who was washing up.
"Damn that took too long." the man said. "That guy was certainly a fighter."
Immediately the body came to life, screaming at the top of its lungs and flailing about, scaring the teens. Simultaneously strobe lights began flashing.
"Wha- you're still alive!?" the man said "Screw it. I'm gonna start cutting!" he said grabbing a hack saw.
The surgeon went over the bathtub and began sawing the man's arm off. The severed arm then fell off making a thud on the floor.
"George can we go please?" Ruth asked to which the group agreed.
Once out of the room there was a staircase leading down to the first floor. A the base of the stair to the right, the teens went into a kitchen. Inside a was a woman in a chef outfit holding a chainsaw and on the table was a man bond to the table.
"Please let me go!" the man pleaded with no avail. He then saw the teens standing at the kitchen entrance. "Hey! You guys please get me out of here!"
Soon the chef started yanking at the starter rope of the chainsaw. Eventually she managed to start it and advanced towards her victim.
"W-WAIT! STOP PLEASE!" the man cried then turned to the group of youngsters. "WHY ARE YOU STANDING THERE!?" he screamed at them in anger.
When the woman got to the table she started to cut the man at the waist. Blood was spraying everywhere but nowhere near the teens. The victim was screaming at the top of his lungs attempting to escape but with no luck. George used to not have a problem with blood and gore but now he might start to hate it as well. Andy tried his best not to feel woozy and black out by pinching himself with his free hand.
"I think I'm gonna be sick." Luna said snapping the young man back to attention.
"We should move along!" Andy said trying to ease his friend's condition.
Rushing out of the kitchen, the teens entered the living room. Unlike the other rooms the living room seemed normal. No blood splatters, no unhinged people around or corpses. It just had some paintings and some furniture around it.
"G-guess were at the end." George said. "Hoo~ that was….something."
"That was scary." Ruth spoke, shivering. "I'm gonna have a hard time sleeping tonight."
"Same Ruthie. Hell that lady in the second room creeped me out." Sam added.
"I don't know Sam." Luna replied. "I think this last room made me a bit queasy. This place would be a wonderland for Luce."
Andy stayed silent while his friends talked. The hairs on the back of his head stood up. This felt too casual for a haunted house room. Eventually he felt his hand being released.
"Sorry if I squeezed too hard on your hand, dude." the purple rocker said.
"I-its fine." the boy replied. "At least we're done-"
Suddenly hands started bursting out of various areas of the room, making the teens jump and yell. The hands came from within the couch, picture frames, underneath the carpet and even from a bookcase. Then bloody clothed people started to come out of the mentioned areas armed with sickles, pitchforks and machetes. The topping on this was the chef coming out of the kitchen with her chainsaw revved up and began speed walking towards the group. Once the chef made her advance the teens all went running out of the haunted house exit, with the chef and other people chasing them.
The group of friends all ran until they went out of the exit gate. All of them were panting heavily, as if they finished a marathon. The night of horror was thankfully over for them all. After catching their breath the friends would begin to talk about their adventure.
"I knew there was something off about that last room." Andy said. "Man….I'm never doing this again." he chuckled.
George nodded. "I'm with you there buddy. Still we got through it. We the awesome duo!" the brunette then high fived his wingman.
"Is there something we're missing?" Sam asked.
"Nope. Just excited was all." the brunette answered.
"It was spooky but it sure was fun going through it with you all." Ruth spoke. She then turned to George with a smile on her face. "Thanks for sticking close to me, Georgie. You're my hero~" she finished then hugged the young man
"Uh...y-yeah. Any time Ruth." the brunette replied blushing.
Andy stood by along with Luna and Sam watching the two having a heartwarming moment. The boy then gave his friend a thumbs up of approval which made his friend smile. He then released a relieved sigh. It was a frightful night but in the end it all went well for him and George. He then looked at the stars in the sky and had one thought.
I'm glad to be here.