CHAPTER 2: STAY ALIVE
AN: I'm a gore-hound so there will probably be a lot of gruesome deaths later on. I also put myself in this story and I wanna see who can guess which one is me (not my actually name though. Muhahahahaha) If anyone can come up with a better name for this story please help me cuz I think it sucks. Now that I'm done rambling onto the fic.
Ryan sat at his computer playing Halo. The clock flashed: 11:00 a.m. and he'd been there all night, even after Sharpay told him to go to sleep at 3:00 am. Casey had been a little late getting online, but he made it. Casey's roommate is Troy and he probably hogged the computer. Ryan had been getting killed before Casey joined in. Ryan and Casey were talking with headsets.
"So, Sharpay up yet?" Casey asked.
"I don't think so. Watch your back!" Ryan said, as a grunt snuck up behind Casey.
"Thanks. Troy ain't up yet either." Casey said.
"I don't think we got a wink of sleep." Ryan said.
"No, I don't think so either. You know, when Sharpay finds out you didn't sleep last night, she'll kill you and/or get Troy to kill me." Casey said.
"Probably."
"Probably?"
"OK. She will."
"Damn it! AHHH!" Casey yelled suddenly, making Ryan jump.
"What?" Ryan asked.
"I just got killed. Then Troy's dumbass sneaks up on me." Casey said.
"Oh."
"Troy, cool it, man. It's just Ryan." Casey said.
"Ask him if we can get the gang over there and play some games tonight." Ryan said.
"Ryan, we could only convince Alex, Jason and Chad. The girls don't like video games. Besides, Troy's probably doing something with Gabriella." Casey said the last part in a mocking tone.
"OW!" Ryan heard Troy say "Shut up!"
"So, I'll talk to you later. Troy wants me to beat his ass in Mortal Kombat." Casey said. "Hey-hey-hey. Watch the hair!"
"All right. See you later." Ryan said. He turned of his Xbox and went into the living room. Just as he did someone knocked on the door. Ryan walked over and opened it. Gabriella, Taylor, and Kelsi were standing there.
"Is Sharpay ready to go?" Gabriella asked.
"Uh… I don't think she's outta bed yet." Ryan said.
"What? Don't tell me she forgot." Taylor exclaimed.
"Forgot what?" Ryan asked.
"We were going on an all day shopping spree today." Kelsi said.
"Oh, since you guys are here. Casey and I might have a little get together at his place and I wanted to know if you guys wanted to come." Ryan said.
"You're gonna be playing games aren't you?" Gabriella asked.
"Probably." Ryan rubbed the back of his neck.
"As long as we don't have to play." Taylor said.
"No, you don't have to play unless you want to, of course. Anyway, go ahead and barge in on Sharpay." Ryan said, stepping aside. "Just don't tell her I let you." Gabriella, Taylor, and Kelsi walked towards Sharpay's room. Ryan plopped down on the couch. The phone rang. What's with the busy day? Ryan thought.
"Hello" he said.
"Ryan, uh…" Troy was on the other end.
"Troy, what's up."
"We just got a call from Alex's mom. He's dead." Troy said.
"What? When? How?" Ryan stuttered.
"Yesterday, the balcony apparently broke while he was leaning on it and he fell. Hit his head on a lamp." Troy said. "Funeral's tomorrow. His mom wants it over with, quick."
"I'll be there. The girls are all over here so I'll tell them."
"We're having small party over here in his honor after the funeral. I'ma call the others."
"Later man." Ryan said, hanging up. He hung his head.
"Ryan, you wanna come?" Kelsi asked, as the girls, including Sharpay, walked back in.
Ryan merely shook his head.
"Ry, you ok?" Sharpay asked.
"Alex is… dead." Ryan said, standing up.
"What?!"
"Yeah. He fell over his balcony yesterday. Landed on his head." Ryan said.
"Oh my God." Gabriella gasped.
"Troy said that their gonna have a party in his honor after the funeral tomorrow." Ryan said.
"We'll be at both." Kelsi said for the group.
THE NEXT DAY
The funeral went well the next day, if a funeral can go well. The group sat in the middle of the row of chairs. Ryan noticed a girl with a camera taking pictures earlier, but lost her. He was now leaning against a tree watching his friends talk amongst the other guests. Someone tapped on his shoulder. He turned around and was greeted by a flash. The girl held up a camera.
"Did you just take a picture of me?" Ryan asked, lamely.
"Yeah. Everyone here seems sad, but your one who isn't crying." She said.
"I'm Ryan. Ryan Evans." Ryan said, extending his hand.
"Kira McKnight." She said, shaking his hand.
"So, what're you doing here?" Ryan asked.
"Alex was my cousin. I didn't know him all that well, but I was coming up her to see him for a family reunion." Kira said. "Incoming." She nodded. Alex's little sister was walking up to him with a black bag with the Nintendo logo on it.
"Hey Evy." Ryan said hugging her. "I'm sorry."
"Thanks. Um… here." Evy said, handing him the bag.
"This is Alex's. You sure you don't want it?" Ryan asked, taking it. He looked inside to see a lot of video games.
"Mom and Dad won't let me play those kinds of video games and they were gonna trash them so. I got to go." Evy said.
"Oh. Ok. Take care." Ryan said, hugging her again. She walked off. He put the bag's strap over his shoulder and turned to Kira.
"So, how long are you staying here?" Ryan asked.
"I'm not sure, really." Kira said.
"Well, why don't you come to this party with me after this is all over. It's in Alex's honor." Ryan said.
Kira hesitated. "Ok sure."
"Come on and I'll introduce you to my friends." Ryan said, leading her to the group.
"Hey Ryan. Whose your friend?" Chad asked.
"Guys this is Kira, she's Alex's cousin. I invited her to the party Kira, this is Chad, Taylor, Jason, Kelsi, Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay and… where's Casey?" Ryan stopped his introductions.
"He went to set things up." Troy said.
"What's in the bag?" Jason asked.
"Just some video games Evy gave to me." Ryan said.
"Anything good?" Troy asked.
"I don't know." Ryan shrugged. "I haven't looked."
"You guys can look once we get there, now let's go." Sharpay said.
"Alright let's go." Troy said.
15 MINUTES LATER
When the group arrived at Troy and Casey's, Casey had about 11 TV's stacked in front of the two couches, and chairs.
"Casey this is Kira." Ryan said.
"What's up, mama." Casey said, nodding.
"What's up. I gotta pee." She whispered in Ryan's ear.
"It's straight down the hall and the second door on the right." Ryan said.
"Thanks." Kira said, walking down the hall.
"That girls got body karate going on." Casey said. "Don't fuck this one up Ryan."
"Casey, shut up!" Sharpay said, fiercely.
He raised his hands innocently.
"Now, let's see what's in this bag." Troy said, looking in the bag. "Resident Evil, The Punisher, God of War, God of War II… Stay Alive?"
"Never heard of that. Let's do that." Jason said.
"Ugh. You boys with your video games." Taylor groaned.
"Are you girls sure you don't wanna play?" Casey asked.
"I'd rather stick pens in my eyes." Sharpay said.
"Wouldn't that be painfully uncomfortable?" Casey said.
"Shut up!"
"What can it hurt?" Gabriella asked.
"Allright. If I don't like it I'm quitting." Taylor said.
"Don't worry. I got your back." Chad said.
"And I got yours." Troy said, swinging his arm around Gabriella.
"I'm not playing." Sharpay said, defiantly.
No one dared to argue with her because they knew better.
They all took their seats and Casey started the game.
"Hey." Kira said, taking a picture. She laughed and sat beside Ryan.
"You gonna play?" Ryan asked.
"I don't know how to play." Kira said.
"We don't either. Don't worry, I'll help you." Ryan said.
Casey rolled his eyes and got a slap on the arm from Sharpay. The games logo started showing. Bellman Games. Then the title.
The TV screens showed a diary. It opened to. At the top of the page was a sentence: The Prayer of Elizabeth. Under it was a prayer of some kind.
"This things real stubborn. Can't skip this part." Ryan said.
"Maybe your supposed to read it." Gabriella suggested.
"No way. That's not supposed to come out till… well let's just say a long time." Jason said.
"'Come to me clouds'." Ryan said. As he said the words, the words disappeared. "Whoa."
"What is this a séance?" Casey said sarcastically.
"All right. Everyone say this." Troy said.
"Come to me clouds,
May you rise as an evil storm,
born to rip them open,
Let the cover of night bear witness,
And destroy those who resist,
So they shall harm me not,
Let the blood of many cleanse me,
Preserving beauty eternal,
I pray you"
The words left. A bunch of characters appeared on the screens. Everyone started editing theirs to look like them as much as they could, which they were only missing minor details.
"Welcome. If your listening to this then you've made a grave mistake. You spoke the words and soon you will die for it. At this very moment, the evil of this place courses through your veins. You have been marked for death. Your choice has brought you here to Gerouge Plantation. 200 years ago Countess Elizabeth Bathory opened Gerouge as a finishing school for young…" The voice said.
"I've heard of Bathory before." Casey said. "She was known as the Blood Countess. She killed a lot of girls in these sick-fucked up ways. Like-"
"Hey, we don't need the visuals." Kelsi said.
"Sorry."
"What happened to those girls was so depraved that all accounts were stricken from public record. The evil of Gerouge has been reborn. Your salvation lies beyond the gates of this plantation. Your only chance is this: uncover the horrible truth about Gerouge Plantation and stop the evil. But in order to do that you must stay alive." the voice continued narrating. The characters were in a plantation of some kind. It was dark with a lot of trees and graves.
"Ok, I'm getting creeped out." Taylor said.
A/N: I'm going to be talking like the group is actually moving around in this graveyard, place, WHATEVER! Except when they talk.
Chad walked forward a little.
"Where the hell you goin bro?" Troy asked.
"Figuring this thing out." Chad said.
Their controllers started vibrating.
"Whoa!"
"Must mean we're close to something." Kira guessed.
"Or somethings close to us." Ryan said.
A young girl who looked like a zombie slowly walked to them. Another one came from the other side.
"Pull your weapon dude."
"Somebody wanna do something. Casey?"
"I got her." Casey said walking beside Chad. He pulled out his two shotguns, Chad pulled his crossbow.
"How do you kill her if she's already dead?" Gabriella asked.
"You don't. You rekill them." Casey said. The two zombie-girls screeched. Casey and Chad fired. Casey's zombie lost her head.
Chad's zombie lost her legs.
"When fear cripples you, when death's shadow surrounds you, drop a rose. It will help you stay alive.
"So, it just let's us escape from the monsters we can't beat?" Sharpay asked.
"Yeah. Basically."
"The games fun, but it moves at a snails pace." Casey said.
"Left. Go left, go left, go left. LEFT! Dammit you noob!" Casey cursed. Jason and Kelsi walked in front of him shooting the zombies, along with his help.
"You eat my nails and you eat my nails." Jason said, laughing.
"Go round the mausoleum guys. Sweet Jesus, these dead bitches are coming out in droves. Kelsi, Jason that's it right in front of you. Do not close the door guys. Don't close the doors. NO! Oh my God!"
Jason and Kelsi were now in an underground chamber.
Meanwhile Ryan, Kira, Gabriella, and Troy were in the Bathory house.
"What's that?" Kira asked.
"What's what?" Ryan asked.
"In that wardrobe."
"Nice eye." Ryan asked, opening it.
"Thanks."
"Congrats, Kira, you popped your cherry." Casey chuckled.
In the wardrobe, their was stairs leading up to a room. A painting of a woman was hanging on the wall, it was inscribed 'Countess Elizabeth Bathory'. Under that was the diary from the beginning of the game. Ryan picked it up.
Back to Jason and Kelsi.
"Why are you in dose tunnels? There isn't any action down there." Casey said.
"Plus the doors are locked." Chad put in.
"Well, they're open and we're exploring, tearin shit up." Jason said.
"My controller is vibrating like crazy." Kelsi said.
"Better drop a rose." Taylor said.
"Now I'm outta roses." Jason said.
"Me too." Kelsi said.
The room they went in now was a torture room. Blood on the walls. There was tub filled with blood and an unmoving zombie in it.
"Oh my God." Kelsi gasped.
"How are you guys even playing that?" Sharpay said, who never picked up the controller. "That is some messed up shit."
"You should see what Elizabeth Bathory actually did." Casey said.
"No visiuals." Kelsi said.
Jason lowered his rifle. Suddenly a woman ran out of nowhere and stabbed him in the head with shears.
"Damn it!" Jason said, as his screen flashed game over.
Kelsi raised her pistol and fired. The woman laughed. She threw the shears and hit Kelsi's neck. Her screen flashed: game over.
"Wasn't that the woman from the painting?" Kelsi asked.
"Yeah."
"I'm feeling like we should call it a night." Gabriella said.
"Yeah. Some of us have to get to work." Ryan said.
"Yeah." Everyone agreed.
"Thanks for coming over guys." Troy said.
"To Alex." Casey said, raising his controller.
"To Alex." The group said, raising their controllers.
They walked out of the apartment, excluding Troy and Casey, and walked to their cars. Kelsi and Jason got into his car.
"Jason, can you stay with me tonight?" Kelsi asked.
"The game get you scared?" Jason asked.
"No. Well yes." Kelsi admitted. "Please?"
"Ok. You don't have to beg me." Jason said.
They drove to Kelsi's house. They walked in and Jason sat down on the couch. The couch was red because that was Kelsi's favorite color.
"I've got to go to the bathroom." Kelsi said, walking to the bathroom. After she finished, she went to the kitchen.
"Jason, do you want a drink?" Kelsi called. Silence.
"Jason? Stop playing around, it's not funny."
She put down the glass and walked to the living room. Jason lying on the couch, facedown.
"Jason." Kelsi said, shaking her boyfriend lightly. She rolled him over. A wide gash was in the middle of his forehead. Blood rolled down his face, into his still opened eyes, his mouth was opened slightly.
"OH MY GOD!!" Kelsi screamed, tears threating to come out. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Gabi's cell number (which was on speed dial).
"Hello."
"Gabi, I think I'm in trouble." Kelsi said, nervously.
"Kelsi, whats wrong?" Gabriella asked.
"Jason's dead."
"What? How?"
"I don't know. I just left for a few minutes and I came back and he was dead!" Kelsi said, crying hysterically. "I think whoever did it is still here."
"Well, get outta there!" Gabriella said. "I'll call the cops!"
"Tell them to hurry! I don't--" Kelsi stopped when she saw a woman dressed in red. "Gabi I--AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Kelsi? Kelsi?? Oh my God!"
This chapter was supposed to be short but I couldn't stop writing… err… typing. I wasn't planning on putting the game in until the third chap but OH WELL! Whatcha think? Good, bad, awful, great, R&R.