Chapter 2
Adie woke up and looked around. Neo was asleep in one chair, his head on the book he had been reading earlier. She looked over to the other chair and saw Zac sleeping. His head was back and he was snoring loudly. She smiled then looked around the room. She had thought that someone was scratching against the wall but couldn't seem to find the source.
Adie stood up and looked around. She reached down towards where she had her flashlight and turned it on, shining it around. She couldn't see anything even though her light was on. It was like a black sheet was put in front of the light. The room grew colder and darker and she was soon shivering and couldn't see anything. She reached down and grabbed her chair, sliding down into it.
She closed her eyes and felt for Neo and Zac. She felt Neo's arm and grabbed onto it. She could feel him stir and new he was awake when he grabbed her arm. She felt for Zac but couldn't find him. She breathed sharply and froze. He was gone. She couldn't move.
"What's wrong?" she heard Neo ask.
"Zac's not in his chair." She whispered. "He's not in his chair! He's gone!" she said louder. She heard Neo's chair move backwards and felt him stand up. He pulled her up with him.
"My flashlight…it isn't working!" he said.
"Neither did mine." She said.
"We have to leave this room. Don't worry. We'll find Zac sooner or later." Neo said as he led her around the room. He felt the wall and found his stuff. He picked it up and put his bag over his shoulder. Grabbing his crossbow, he led Adie out of the room and into the hallway. Their flashlights turned on suddenly, shining into the hallway. They looked at each other.
"We should stay as close together as we can" Neo said, raising his crossbow. Adie nodded. They held onto each other as they headed out towards the front door.
"Where are we going to look first?" Adie whispered. Neo shrugged.
"Do you want to go up or down?" he asked. "Or outside?" he added quickly.
"Um…we can start outside I guess…" she said. Neo nodded in agreement and they both stepped up to the door. Neo opened it and they walked out onto the large stone front porch. They left the door wide open incase they needed to get back inside. They walked down the stairs and stepped onto the lawn. They hadn't gone more then a few feet, when they heard the front door slam shut.
Adie turned and froze. A man was standing at the window inside of the house. He stared at her and smiled. He held something up. It was moving and it didn't take Adie very long to realize that he was holding Zac by the hair.
"No!" she cried as she ran to the house. She slammed into the door, forcing all her weight into it. Neo ran up behind her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"They have Zac!" she said as she pounded on the door, thrusting herself at it again. Neo just gave her a strange look.
"You didn't see them? How you could you not have seen them?!" she cried. "They were standing right there at the window! A man was holding Zac by the hair and was smiling at me!" she said horrified. Neo watched her for a moment then tried to open the door. It was locked.
"We have to get in!" she cried.
"I know but the door is locked! We'll have to try another way." Neo said. "I think there's a cellar door out back or on the side or something." He said after a moment. Adie looked at him.
"Let's go find it!" she said grabbing his arm and pulling him off the porch. They walked around the house towards the back, looking for whatever might lead to the cellar or basement of the huge house. They had walked almost all the way around.
"What's that?" Adie asked suddenly as she pointed to a small mostly concealed wooden door. It had no lock on it, and looked rotted for years of abandonment. They went over to the hatch. Neo ran his hand along the surface.