Chapter 2 are you scared yet?

The present

Ben, Gwen and the rest of the gang have finished eating supper a while ago and everyone has gone to bed. Well, almost everyone. Ben and Gwen were sharing a gust room (even though they were against it) but had two separate beds. They were staring into each other green eyes from their beds in complete silence. It was so thick you can almost feel like it and their eyes seemed to be glowing in the mostly dark room like a cat's eyes. Finally Ben broke the silence

"Ready to go?" he asked

Gwen nodded slightly hesitatingly and they both got out of bed

Ben saw that his cousin was slightly nervous and he said to her

"You know, if you back out you will still be my chicken cousin…" he smiled stupidly. Gwen just gave him a light push

"Ha, ha… very funny doofus... let's go" they put on their jackets to protect them from the increasing cold outside and snuck out the door to John's house unnoticed.

The weather outside was much colder than they first imagined and they were sorry they didn't bring a coat from home. It was windy and it made their cheeks hurt and turn red because of the cold. Each time they took a breath their chest was filled with cold stinging air and when they exhaled a cloud of steam appeared in front of them

"Shouldn't we go back Ben? It looks like it's about to rain" said Gwen as they both looked up at the sky

"Then we'd better find shelter. I can see the wooden shack up ahead"

"I don't wanna take shelter in there…" said Gwen sacredly

"So that means you really are a chi…"

"Alright, alright I'll do it. Just stop calling me that"

"Whatever you say chicken Gwen" said Ben with an amused voice

They finally reached the abandoned house. Just as they stood under the small roof at the door stop it started to rain

"Looks like I was right about the whole shelter thing" said Ben

"We'd better get inside"

Gwen nodded nervously as Ben opened the door. He had to put some effort into it because the wind was struggling to keep the door closed. Once they were inside the old house they saw it was mostly dark and dusty except for a few lit candles which were not blown out because of the wind coming in through the broken windows for some reason. Suddenly the door slammed shot behind them and Gwen gasped in fear

"Don't be such a wimp Gwen" said Ben as he tried to open the door and leave since they completed their dare. But unfortunately the door won't open

"Come on you stupid door… open!" yelled Ben in frustration

"Wait a minute Ben. Do you mean to say that we're stuck here?" his cousin asked in fear

"We won't be stuck for long after I get some help from an old friend of ours" he said and kicked the door one more time and it made a sound that could make both of their hearts stop. It was a sound of cracking wood and the whole piece that supports the door knob and lock fell off on the other side of the door and was blown a few feet away out of their reach because of the wind

"Now what do you do?" asked Gwen

"Now we get some help from… Gah!" yelled Ben in fear as he saw a clown show up. Actually it wasn't a clown it was a few of them. And they seemed to be zombies

"Clowns! /zombies!" yelled Ben and Gwen at the same time. They were both afraid of zombies but Ben was afraid of clowns too which made things more difficult for him to deal with. Ben reached for the Omnitrix but before he could activate it a zombie clown picked him up by the neck and he hissed into his face

"Who sent you here? Why do you disturb us?"

"We're sorry. It's just we had a dare that we would come in here and leave. But the door is stuck if you could just help us open the door we will leave and get out of your way"

The clown smiled and said

"I don't think so. Do you know what I would dare to do to you right now?"

Ben couldn't answer because he was in a lack of breath. The clown continued talking

"I shall dare to kill you" he said as he was about so slam Ben to the floor but before he could do it

Gwen yelled

"Not if can help it!" she give the clown a round kick to the face and he let go of Ben. He bent down slightly and then was split in two and fell down to the ground and disintegrated once he hit the ground. After seeing this the other clowns fled in fear as they jumped out the windows while getting a few cuts from the glass that was left on the frame. Ben was sitting on the ground rubbing his neck and catching his breath. Gwen kneeled down beside him and said

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Thanks for that"

"Don't mention it. Looks like this house really is cursed. You think those were the people who lived here?" asked Gwen

"I don't know and I don't wanna know" said Ben

"Okay. Now come on. We have to find a way out of here…" said Gwen and right after she finished saying that there was a huge thunder clap outside which made Gwen shriek in fear as she grabbed Ben in a hug.

"Aw… is Gwenny afraid of a little thunder?.." teased Ben

"I am not afraid I just had to make sure you didn't bolt. Being the coward that you are" she replied

Once she realized what she had done she immediately released and they were both very embarrassed and their faces were very red

"You are such a dweeb Gwen Tennyson. Hugging your stupid cousin like that. It was just a bit of thunder. I can handle it. Can I?..." she asked herself that question with some hesitation

"Oh man he probably thinks I'm some stupid cowered now… all I did was making a fool out of myself… great…" she thought to herself

"Why did she hug me like that? Is she really that afraid of thunder? It's just a sound. There's nothing to be afraid of here… so why was she acting like this?"

"Girls…" he thought to himself

"Come on Gwen, Let's see if we can climb out the windows" said Ben and got up but Gwen grabbed his arm and said

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. I saw them from the rust bucket. There's some broken glass left on the window frame. If we climb out we could get badly cut."

Ben shrugged

"Fine. I'll use the Omnitrix" he reached for his hand once again but before he can press on the dial, a strong draft of wind came in through the windows and blew out the candles providing the little amount of light that there was in the shack

To be continued…

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