Chapter 10 - Dr. Frankenstein

Inside the house, everything was very dark and quiet. A fireplace housed a dying fire, lonely tables and chairs had white sheets covering them, and in the corner, there was a mysterious door. Becca wondered where that door would lead. "Hello?" she called. There was no answer. The girl and her friends stepped inside. "Anyone home?" called Sci Fi. The open door suddenly closed behind everyone!
"What was that?!" cried Horror in alarm.
"I don't know!" said Mystery, "But whoever closed the door can't be far away from here!"

Just then, the mysterious door in the corner of the room opened! "Who's there?" called Becca, holding Sheila close to her chest. "Only I, the master of this house," was the answer. In walked a man holding a lit candle. He was a tall, pale-skinned man with dark hair and hazel eyes. He was wearing a white lab coat over a white shirt, black pants and black shoes. "Oh," said Fantasy, "Excuse us, mister…"
"Doctor," said the man, "Dr. Victor Frankenstein."
"Well, sir," said Sci Fi, "We did ring your doorbell."
"We're sorry for intruding," said Becca.
"It's all my fault!" confessed Horror, "I was trying to help them find the other side of the house!"
"The other side?" said Dr. Frankenstein, "Follow me to my laboratory. I need a little help with an experiment."
"Experiment?" repeated Becca, sounding a bit worried.
"This is something I've never shown anyone, but you and your friends may have a glimpse of what will be soon – life after death!"

Meanwhile, Horror was hearing some laughing up in the roof. He searched under a rug, and then he looked at a broken mirror, where he saw many eyes! "AAAAAAAHHH!" he cried, "Not again!" Becca shushed him and told him to relax. Dr. Frankenstein then asked Becca to hold out her finger. "Why?" the girl asked.
"I need a blood sample," replied the doctor.
"But I'm not eighteen yet," Becca protested. But the doctor picked up a sharp needle and struck the girl's index finger with it. Becca let out a yelp as five drops of her blood fell into a petri dish. "Perfect!" said Dr. Frankenstein, "At last we are ready!" He added Becca's blood to something on a table that was covered by a long white sheet. Next, he put two cables under the sheet on one end of the table; Becca and Sheila both had a bad feeling about this. At last, Dr. Frankenstein commanded, "Pull the switch!"

Outside, a thunderstorm was starting just as Becca and her friends looked around for a switch; eventually, Horror found a large switch attached to the wall. "I think he means this one, Master!" Becca ran over to the large switch and, with all her might, pulled it down to the bottom. "Now stand back!" Dr. Frankenstein commanded. Everyone did as they were told.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning hit the rod on the roof outside! The electricity from the bolt carried down through the rod, and then it went through a special wire attached to the rod, where it travelled down to Dr. Frankenstein's experiment. The doctor laughed wildly and madly while Becca and her friends stood back in awe. Then, something began to move under the sheets! "It's alive!" whispered Dr. Frankenstein. An ugly green hand from a corpse started to move out from the sheets!
"IT'S ALIVE!" cried Dr. Frankenstein. The creature under sheets began to moan as it slowly sat up. "I don't like the looks of this!" said Becca, who was now full of fear! The white sheet came off the table, and there, on the table sat what looked like a green skinned man with bolts in his neck, tattered clothing, and stitches covering his body!
"What is this?" Sci Fi asked Dr. Frankenstein.
"May I present – life after death!" announced the doctor.

Becca then realized that this creature was the infamous monster that would eventually turn against its creator! "RUN!" she yelled to her friends. The girl and the animals tried running back to the door where they came in, but when they got there, they found that it was locked! The creature let out a snarl, then a growl, and then, it slowly made its way toward its master…