XVI: Blackout

"I can't see a single thing!" shouted JD said reaching his arms out in the dark for anything. A moment ago, the lights in the house completely went out and everyone was now in the dark. They didn't know what happened, but they didn't like it.

"Well of course you can't see anything!" Sakura said in the dark, "It's a blackout! There is no need to panic at all people! I have…" All of a sudden, she felt someone grabbing at her.

"I'm touching something!" JD said in the dark, "It feels soft and squishy. I can't tell what it is!"

"That would be my…" Sakura said with a blush, "Forget it! Just let go perv!" JD let go quickly in embarrassment. He didn't know what he just did, but he didn't want to know at all.

"This is horrible!" Kero said in the dark, "I cannot see a single thing and now my video game is off now! I lost all my progress because I didn't save!"

"Screw your damn game!" shouted Madison angrily, "WE ARE TRAPPED IN THIS HELL OF DARKNESS AND ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS YOUR CRAPPY GAME?" Everyone was silent for a moment.

"Whoa," Eli said to Madison where ever she was, "I didn't know you could ever be that so hard and mean before!"

"Sorry," she said, "Since about almost all the time I'm so carefree and cheerful, I keep my rage and angry bottled up. Sometimes I got to release it or I'll explode. What happened was that I just released a bunch of angry that was trapped in me."

"You know," Dot said, "You just yelling now was the scariest thing I have ever seen before in my life! I'm not joking!"

"Sorry," Madison apologized again. There was a sound coming from downstairs then. It sounded like someone heavy walking on the floorboards.

"Someone's here," whispered Dot. Sakura reached around behind her and pulled out the flashlight next to her bed. She flipped it on and light poured into the room from the bulb.

"Thank God for the light!" Eli sighed looking around, "We need to find out what is in the house and somehow get the power back on!"

"Whatever comes first," Sakura added tossing JD and Madison a flashlight, "But we should split up here. Eli, Kero, and me will check the breaker outside while Dot, Madison and JD check on what is going on downstairs."

"But!" Madison, Dot, and JD said, but it was too late. Sakura had open her window in the room and dropped outside of it with Eli and Kero following her.

"This is crap," JD said flashing his light all around the room, "She forgot that none of us as anything to protect ourselves with here!" Everyone in the room sighed, but decided to go with it.

JD slowly opens the door and takes a look outside both ways. No one was in sight. JD steps out first with his flashlight, followed by Dot holding Madison's flashlight, and then Madison holding Sakura's baton from cheerleading practice. JD sees her holding it and rolled his eyes. "It may not be something huge!" Madison protested about the baton, "But it can used to protect us!"

"It's pretty dark out here," Eli said looking around, "The town must be out of power as well. Maybe it's nothing, just a problem with the town's power plant." It was true, the whole neighborhood and a 5 miles radius around the area was out of power.

"Maybe we should check it out just in case," Sakura said to him, "You never know if it really is a problem with something else. I say we hike to plant and see what is going on."

"But shouldn't we check to see what is in the house," Kero asked, "I don't think it is really a good idea to just leave those three in there without any help. Who knows what could be in there!"

"I don't sense any strong magical presence," Eli said looking at the house, "It is probably nothing. Maybe it's nothing and I'm a little too uneasy to tell or not if there is really anything."

"But let's get the power back on first in this town," Sakura said. With that, they took one last look at the house and headed off in the dark guided only by their flashlight.

Madison's Camera View

"Turn that stupid camera off!" JD said flashing his light at the camera's lens. The area burls and nothing came be seen, but can be heard. Dot and JD were right in front of the camera, while Madison holds it.

"But I want to record this!" Madison said to them, "This might be the only I ever get to tape anything since I never have my camera around! Also, stop flashing the light on the camera. I can't see anything!" The light vanishes and reveals JD and Dot still stand in front of the camera.

"Come on!" Dot said waving the baton she received from Madison, "The noise was downstairs! We got to check it out!"

"Fine," Madison states off camera. Soon, the teens in front start walking down the hallway. The vision of the scene starts to rumble as Madison walks along. All of a sudden, JD stops and puts his hand out for everyone to stop.

He turns his head all over looking for something. He then states, "Do you here that? The thing is moving again. It's somewhere close by!"

There is sound that can barely be heard by the camera, but it is there. It is a low creak. The camera focus all of a sudden starts to change fast moving all over trying to focus on where the sound is. "Where is it?" Dot said off screen, "I can hear, but I can't see it!"

Soon the camera is staring into the complete darkness. Nothing is in sight, but everyone is still talking behind the camera. "I can't hear anything!" Madison, "Did whatever stop moving now? It sounded so close by us!"

All of a sudden, the camera changes back behind it only to hit by a blinding light making everything unable to see. Dot screams and JD yells somewhere in the blinding light. "What the hell is that?!" he yells.

The camera switches back to behind it and focuses on where the light is shining. It sees a small deformed boy holding a large pair of gardening clippers at the end of the light beam. Madison screams as well. The light from disappears as footprints in the back start running away from the scene.

All of a sudden, the camera falls to the ground bring down the scene of the room to the ground. There are more footsteps now running away from the camera and scene. As soon as the scene reaches the bottom, the camera instantly burls breaking out into electronic fuzz.

A few moments later, the scene of the hallway returns. But the scene is now crooked and on its right side. There is no sound, but there is a beam of light shining into the area as if someone dropped a flashlight. Then the light begins to dim and soon the whole area plunges into darkness.

Then a little bit later, another light flashes into the area. Soon the camera scene changes as someone picks up the camera. There is heavy panting from the person, but that's the only sound from him or her. Soon the picture begins to rumble a little pick as the person runs down the hall.

The picture is now on a door and the camera holder opens it. As soon as the scene changes to the room, there is the sound of the door closing and locking. There is a bed in the room and the scene changes to move under the bed.

The camera moves around focusing on the person. It is revealed to be Dot who looks extremely scared. "Well," she said to the camera, "I might be dieing. I'm not sure if the thing is following me, my boyfriend or Madison now, but I'm too scared to find out for myself."

She starts to shiver and then she gulps, "Well… if I'm to die, I will leave a video message. To whoever finds this video, if my boyfriend is alive, tell him I love him deeply. To my family, you must be upset with my choice in being with him. To say the most, I hardly give a damn about your thoughts about him being to caring."

She sighs, "But I do love you all. Please remember me for someone you love. Remember me, Do…" There is a smashing noise in the background. She gasps and the scene disappears. The video tape has run out of tape.

"You know," Sakura said to Dot after the video tape ended, "The tape ran out right there. So what happened anyways?" After the power came back on, Sakura, Kero, and Eli came back to the house to find things in chaos.

JD was found unconscious in the living room apparently caused when he crashed into the couch, flipped over it, and hit his head hard on the floor. Madison had locked herself in basement and said she was sleeping when Sakura got there. Dot, on the other hand, was frozen in place on the bedroom floor of Sakura's dad's room. None of them could talk about last night, because they stated they either don't remember or it is too horrifying to talk about.

"Come on!" Eli asked JD again, "What happened?"

"I keep telling you," JD said with a frown, "I can't remember a single thing at all! That blow to the head must have knocked the information out of my head. So I can't help you. The video didn't help me remember in anything."

"Then the only two that would know would be…" Kero said looking at Madison and Dot, "Would be you two." Everyone now looked at both girls. Madison was biting down on her lip and Dot's right eye was twitching.

"Can…. Can…." Madison stammered, "Can't… Cannot say… Too horrifying. Cannot say…. No more."

"Mon…" Dot twitched, "Monst… m… mon…. monster. Horrifying monster." JD, Sakura, Eli, and Kero looked among each other and shook their heads. There is no way they would be getting any answer from either of the girls.

Author Notice: Sorry about the late update, but be happy I updated at all! Also, I tried doing something knew. I had part of the story seen from Madison's camera point of view. If you think it was good, tell me and I'll possibly do this in a future chapter.

Also time to announce something important! It's the Top 5 Stories of the Month! These are following October winners:

1. The Titan Chronicles, Episode III: Thresholding By: CidGregor

2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass By: bobsnormal

3. ReiShine By: Digital Skitty

4. Calvin At Camp By: Blue Paratroopa

5. Minds Within A Mind By: BigFics2

This month I'm looking any Love Hina or Super Smash Bros. stories. Find your favorite ones and then tell me about them. I'll give a look into them.

In the next chapter… you know, I haven't really thought about it. Perhaps I'll take a break from the monsters and bring in a brand new character and reshow some one from before.

Next to Come: XVII: A New Starting

Date: 11/9/06

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