XV: Lost in the Dark
"Almost there," said a teenager playing a video game, "I just got to survive these guys and I win!" The teenager was Kyle Quiten and he was playing Silent Hill 2 the video game, based off true events. He was at the point where he had to survive the battle against the Two Pyramid Heads and he would be able to move on.
"KYLE QUITEN!" shouted his mom opening the door to his room, "WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING UP!" It was a really good point, it was around 1 am and he was still playing his video game.
"Um mom!" he said surprised pausing the game, "What are you doing up?"
"I heard you still playing your stupid video game!" his mom said annoyed, "I want to stop your playing and get your ass to bed right now or so help me I'll sell your stupid Playstation 2!"
"Whoa!" he said turning the game, "Take it easy mom! I just turned the game off! You don't need to worry anymore ok?" He mom gave him a hard look and slammed the door.
"Stupid mom," Kyle said jumping into bed and pulling the covers over his body, "I was so close to beating those monsters, but now I have to get back to work on them in the morning. That is if my mom lets me play with my game." He closes his eyes, but he cannot fall asleep because he is still thinking about the game and how close he was.
Meanwhile, there was a low scratching noise coming from his closet. He opened one eye and looked at the closet to see it inch a little bit open. "It's probably nothing important," he thought to himself, "Probably just something leaning against the door."
He closed his eye once again and started to count sheep in hopes of falling asleep. No luck in that attempt. Still, the door began to inch open even more. A huge body like figure walked out of the closet. The figure was pale white and was wearing an off-white blood-soaked robe. On top of its head was a huge pyramid helmet and was dragging a large, long knife behind him.
The figure slowly made his made towards the bed. Each step he took, the floorboards seemed to creek or crack. With each little step, the teen tossed and turned. Then finally, he opened his eyes and looked at the beast near him.
"So?" Madison asked Sakura excitedly, "What did you think of the Xbox 360 I got you?" Another week as past and April was coming closer to a close. Madison was finally allowed back outside and she went to Sakura's home right away. There, she found Sakura, JD, and Kero in Sakura's room playing Dead or Alive 4.
"It rocks!" Kero interrupted, "I can't believe your mom's company works with Microsoft and that your mom managed to get an exclusive copy of the Xbox 360, along with this game too!"
"I know!" she said with a huge smile, "My Microsoft wanted to test the system and some games to see if they'll do well once released. Just remember not to tell anyone the secret."
"Secret?" JD asked after he finally O.K.ing Kero's and Sakura's character once they were talking to Madison, "What secret?"
"The game system isn't being released until the end of 2005!" Madison explained to him, "And then that game isn't being released until early 2006!"
"2005 is 2 years away?!" JD said shocked, "And 2006 is 3 years away! That's nuts!"
"Just remember it is a secret!" Madison said with a bigger smile.
"Everyone!" Dot said bursting into the room, "You wouldn't believe it! Turn to channel 24 now!" JD turned off the system and turned onto the regular TV.
He then switched onto the channel and looked on the screen. It was a news reporter saying, "… and the police are still baffled by this strange murder. Now let's go to the first officer on the scene. Sir, please tell us what you found when you got there."
"When I first enter the room," the officer explained to the reporter, "I couldn't believe the amount of blood in the scene. It was splashed clear across the walls, the dark huge pool on the floor, and the splatter on the ceiling."
"So?" Sakura asked Dot with shock, "This sounds horrible, but what does it have to do with any supernatural beings?"
"Then the weirdest thing was the body itself," the officer said shaking, "It was cut clean in half with no indentions to say it took more then one chop to cut the person in half. It was one huge slash in half. In fact, it even sliced the bed in half too."
"Ah!" JD said holding his stomach, "I think this does sound like something out of the ordinary, but it is making me sick!"
"I guess we better take a look into this situation," Dot said feeling sick herself, "But how do we get into the crime scene? It's not like they'll let 5 teenagers inside!"
"Leave that to Sakura!" Madison said with a nervous smile because she wasn't feeling good about the situation as well.
"I don't know of any creatures that can make a clean slice like that," Eli said to Sakura and the others, "Sorry, but nothing rings a bell for me." The other frowned at that remark. They were all outside the crime scene. There were tons of newspaper and television reporters in front of crime scene tape trying to ask any officer about what happened. Neighbors and others were watching from front the side or on the other side of the street.
"That's ok," Sakura said with a long sigh, "We just need to get in there and take a look around."
"You still haven't explained to me your bullet proof plan," JD said folding his arms, "How are we supposed to get inside?" Sakura pulled out a card with the word Time written on it and her wand.
"I'll be using this," Sakura said holding her card and wand, "This will pause time long enough for all of you to rush in and take a look around the room. Be quick about it, I don't know how long I'll be able to stop time for you." She then active the card and the world itself seem to freeze in motion.
"Since when can she do this?" Dot asked Madison shocked looking around the area, "This is amazing!"
"She is a pretty amazing girl isn't she?" Madison said with a smile.
"Just get moving!" Sakura said holding her wand upward touching the card, "I don't know how long I can keep this up!" The other teens nodded and headed on inside.
After they were inside, in the room and looking over the crime scene, JD said "Now this is totally disgusting!" The body was gone but the blood remained. The blood was splattered everywhere.
"Hmm…" Madison said hugging herself around her stomach, "I feel sick. Could you guys do this by yourself?"
"Yah could ya?" asked Dot swaying back and forth, "I feel faint and queasy at the same time. That is a lethal combination for myself!"
"Sure," Eli said looking around the area, "Just don't puke in here ok?" Both girls nodded and ran out of the scene.
"So what first?" Eli asked as he now turned to JD.
"First all," he said, "Can you sense any presence here Eli?"
"I do," he replied, "But not a strong one. The creature has left the area a while back. Perhaps it left after killing the teen. Nothing else I can pick up."
"Too bad," JD said pulling out his digital camera and started taking photos, "I might as well get some snap shots of the area. You never know if we'll need them."
Eli nodded and walked around a bit as JD snapped photos. Eli came up to the closet door and looked at it. He could feel a huge presence from it. He stepped inside and looked. Nothing out of the ordinary, but he knew the creature was here.
"Hey!" JD said to Eli, "Take a look at these things!" He motion him to look at the floor were he was standing. There were huge footprints.
"The creature was for sure standing right there waiting for his victim," Eli said trying to understand the scene.
"Look at too!" JD said pointing a large huge slash in the floorboards that led right up to the bed, "I bet you anything that slash mark in the floor came from whatever killed that teen."
"Right," Eli continued as JD kept taking photos, "So the thing dragged whatever along the floorboard and then came over to the teen and put whatever down on him and split that kid in two!"
"Let's get out of here," JD said finishing up, "We better not keep Sakura waiting or she'll be pissed." Eli nodded and both teens rushed out.
Later that night while Tory was out of the house, everyone met at Sakura's house to discuss what was going on. They were all in Sakura's room while Kero was playing Silent Hill 2 on the Playstation 2 after he change consoles. "So," JD said to everyone, "This will be our first meeting of the G.R.O.S.S. Club, also known as Get Rid Of Slimy monsterS."
"I feel like we are violating a copyright law," Dot said to JD in response to that, "But we should stop wasting our time coming up with a name for this organization. We wasted an hour already."
"So," JD said interrupting her, "Anyways, let's get down to our first subject. Have any of you have any new sightings of the Thunderbird?"
"Nope," Madison said shrugging her shoulders, "There aren't any new signs, articles, or reports that might link to the bird. It is almost like it has gone off the radar!"
"Perhaps it did," Sakura said, "But remember, these things can take human form. We don't even know if it is human now and is walking in this town unnoticed!"
"I been walking around for awhile all over this town," Eli stated, "But I haven't felt anything weird. It either isn't in town or it can hide its magic presence while in human form."
"Ok," JD said nodding and then turning Madison, "As a pointed leader…"
"Who the hell pointed you leader?" asked Kero while he was playing the game.
"Because I am the one with the college degree in this group and that a lot smarts that can help in planning the mission," he stated and then he looked back at Madison, "You'll be in charge of research of the Thunderbird. You'll be looking for new articles or anything that seems at all close to the bird itself."
"OK!" she said with a big nod and smile.
"Now," JD said looking over the photos, "We still have to figure out what this latest creature is."
"What do you think it is?" Sakura asked him.
"Whatever it is," JD said looking over the photos he had printed off, "This thing is huge! It has some kind of sharp long weapon that can cut a person in half and even a bed in a single slice. Not to mention this monster heavy."
"How about that thing?" asked Kero motioning everyone to look on the TV screen as he played, "It's called Pyramid Head and carries a large butcher sword that can really do some damage."
"Uh…" Dot moaned as she watched Kero's character in the game try to avoid Pyramid Head and its long knife, "That thing gives me the creeps!"
"Kero," JD said rolling his eyes, "That is just a fictional monster in a video game. It doesn't exist!"
"But the game is based off true events," Kero said pausing the game and handing the game box over to JD to see, "Do you see it? It states on the back side, based off true events!"
"Yeah," Eli said butting in, "But still…" All of a sudden, the lights began to flicker and then the whole room went dark.
They all stood there in the dark for a few minutes before Dot said, "Ah crap! What is going on now?" No one knew, but they knew for sure that something was now in the house along with them.
Author Notice: Sorry about the late update. I had hard time trying to write this chapter, but I managed to get it done though. I hope it was worth your wait.
Well, I been having problem with my alert system. I'm not getting anyone's updates or reviews alerts sent to my email. That could be a problem if it also cannot pick up any private PMs to me. So if you got anything to say to me, you might want to wait until I alert that this problem is over for me.
In the next chapter, everyone is trapped in the dark with no clue of what is going on. Unknown to any of them, the rest of the town has plunged into a blackout as well. Does it have to do with any of the creatures or is this a normal problem?
Next to Come: XVI: Blackout
Date: 10/24/06
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