Chapter 13-Cheyenne
"Jeanette," Alvin said as he went to comfort his terrified friend, "d-don't worry…w-we'll figure something out." He hugged her comfortingly.
"B-but," she responded, "I-I don't wanna figure something out! I-I don't wanna spend another n-night in this…this…awful place!"
"There, there, Jeanette," Alvin said patting her on the back, "I know how ya feel, b-but we can't just give up our vacation to some….some…ghost! We gotta show this ghost who the tough ones are!" Jeanette sniffed.
"H-how are we gonna do that?" she asked.
"By staying here no matter what! This is our vacation!" Alvin replied courageously.
"I was afraid you'd say that," Jeanette said straitening up a bit. "Okay, I'll do it, but no longer than the amount of time we're supposed to stay here." Alvin nodded.
"I know," he said, "I don't plan to stay longer than that anyway." Jeanette still had a really bad feeling about all this. It just seemed dangerous. But still, she felt that Alvin had a point that they couldn't give up just like that. "So what are we gonna do about the body?" Jeanette sighed.
"I guess the only thing we really can do is just tell Dave and Ms. Miller and let them handle it," she said, "it's probably best that we don't take this into our own hands." Alvin shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay, whatever you say," Alvin said, "you're smarter than me anyways." Jeanette blushed at Alvin's compliment, then giggled.
"How come you'd never admit that to Simon?" she asked playfully.
"Because Simon isn't smarter than me," Alvin replied with a grin. Jeanette laughed playfully.
"I don't know about that Alvin," she said in a very playful tone. At first, Alvin was irritated, but then noticed the unusual playful grin on her face and realized she didn't mean it in cruel way.
An hour later, Dave, Ms. Miller, and the other children came in the front door. Alvin and Jeanette rushed up to them.
"U-uh, Dave," Alvin said hesitantly, "W-we need to show you something." Dave immediately knew something was wrong.
"Oh no," he said, "a-alright, I'm coming." Alvin led Dave to the dead body in the hallway. Dave gasped.
"Alvin!" he cried, "What happened?! Where did this come from?!"
"W-we don't know," Alvin replied, "we just opened up the closet to play a game, and she rolled out onto the floor."
"I-Is she alright?! Is she even alive?!" Dave cried, kneeling down beside the body.
"N-no, Dave," Jeanette said shyly, "sh-she's not breathing…I-I checked."
"Oh," Alvin added, "and apparently, her name's Carrie Smithfield, and she's a fugitive."
"Alvin!" Dave cried with surprise, "How do you know all that?!"
"W-we saw it on the news," Alvin replied nervously, "the police are searching for her right now." Dave hopped up and ran to the phone to call the police. As soon as he began to dial the number, not realizing that the power was out, the phone exploded without any warning. Dave jumped back before it could cause any serious damage.
"What the h---?!" he cried.
"David!" Ms. Miller cried, "are you alright, dear?!"
"Yeah," Dave replied, "I just burned my hand a little." Theodore's eyes got really wide.
"D-Dave," he said nervously, "w-who's that lady be-behind you?!" Dave turned around quickly and saw the same woman that Alvin, Jeanette, and Simon had seen.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Everyone screamed with fear. Dave slowly backed away.
"Wh-Who are you?!" he cried. The woman didn't answer. She just stood there glaring at Dave. She walked over to the dead body lying on the floor in the hallway. She picked it up by it's hair.
"C-C-Carrie," she said, "WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHYYYYY????!!!!" She sounded furious. She swung the body around several times and slammed it against the wall furiously, and left a nasty bloodstain on the wall. Then she walked up to Dave, Ms. Miller, and the kids. Dave stood in front protectively.
"P-please…" he said trying to sound brave, "tell us who you are!" She stopped and glared angrily at him for what seemed like forever.
"Ch-Ch-Cheyenne!" she finally cried.
"What do you want from us?!" Alvin cried.
"Alvin," Dave said in a hushing tone, "ssshhh."
"I want…REVENGE!!" Cheyenne screamed and then disappeared.
"R-revenge?" Theodore said after she was gone, "w-w-why does she want revenge?" Everyone was horrified and puzzled. Alvin gasped.
"Jeanette," he said, "didn't the news reporter say that Carrie was charged with drunk driving and murder?"
"Yeah," Jeanette replied, "I-I'm pretty sure." Everyone gasped.
"She must have murdered Cheyenne!" Simon cried, "B-but how?"
"Now do you believe us?" Alvin asked Dave and Ms. Miller. They both nodded.
"Now what are we going to do about the body?" Ms. Miller asked.
"Well apparently, Cheyenne wants us to leave it alone," Dave said, "so that's just what we're gonna do."
"What do you mean?" Brittney asked.
"We're staying somewhere else," Dave replied sternly.
Of course its not over!! Alvin isn't gonna give up that easy!! lol. I like reviews!!