Man, taking out some zombies really takes it out of you. Not to mention, theirs blood and flesh all over the place. What a freaking mess this is. Anyway, here's the next chapter in this series.

Chapter 4: the book of Curse

Me and Chris went in the next room. It was dark expect for the bit of light coming from the window. We walked on and we came across a room with a birdcage, a chandelier, some chairs and portraits on the walls. I walked towards the birdcage and found a handgun magazine.

"Chris, look what I found." I said, showing Chris the magazine.

"You better take it. I have plenty of ammo on me." Chris said

I nodded and I put the magazine in my pocket. I saw that Chris was looking at another dead body. "I'm guessing that he's dead too?" I asked.

"Yeah." Chris answered. He looked around the room. "What the hell happened in this mansion?"

"I don't know. But it can't be good. We better stay sharp."

Chris nodded and we headed up the staircase leading to another door. We went through and found ourselves in another hallway of sorts. There was a door just ahead of us and we went through it. When we entered, I looked to my right to see a suit of armor holding a shield. I took a closer look at the shield to find an inscription on the shield which said.

"Death is only the beginning."

I have a bad feeling about this. I thought. Me and Chris went up the stairs until I came across another suit of armor. This one was holding a shield with spikes sticking out of it. I didn't even want to go near that so we proceeded further down the hallway. We then found a key on a pedestal. I bent down to take it when I suddenly found another inscription which said.

"May whoever take this emblem find piece in death."

"I don't think this is a good idea." I said getting up. "We better keep moving."

"Yeah, I agree. I hate to imagine what would happen if we took that key." Chris said and we went further down till we came to another door. I turned the knob but it was locked too. Chris took a look at the lock. It was engraved with a helmet.

"Probably another kind of key, I think." I said.

"Well, there's nothing else in here. We better head back the way we came." Chris said.

I nodded and we head back to the hallway. We then took a left to where we first came in here. There was another door on the right. I try to open it. But to no avail. "It must be locked from the other side." I said.

I turned to see a zombie standing there. I gasped and fell on the floor as it was walking slowly toward me. I backed away as I was trying to find my handgun. I found it and I fired two shots at it. But it wasn't stopping. I was now backed into a corner. I then started aiming for its head. Suddenly, a shot went right through its skull, blowing its head off, bits of flesh and blood spattering everywhere.

I got up from the corner to find Chris holding his handgun to where the zombie was. "Thanks for that." I said.

"Don't mention it." said Chris and we went down through a row of handles with spikes on top of them. At the end we found two angel statues on both sides. I spotted something on the left statue and went to take a look at it. It was a golden arrow. I took it out of the statues grasp and examine it. The tip of the arrow was green. I put my hand on the tip of the arrow and it felt like it could be removed. I took the arrowhead off and looked at it.

"This could be useful for something." I said and put it in my pocket. I and Chris kept moving when I spotted another handgun magazine on the bottom of a mirror. I picked it up and put it in my pocket. Then we came to two doors, one in front of us, the other on the right. Chris went to the front door and tried to open it. "This one's locked too." He said. I went to the other door and lucky for us it was unlocked.

We went through and we above the dining room. We then saw a zombie on the other side. I raised my handgun and prepared to fire when Chris put it down saying "we need to be careful how much ammo we use. Sometimes, running can be an optical tactic."

I nodded and put the handgun away. We decided to head for the double doors on the left. Then, I spotted a dagger near a window. I grabbed it, thinking that it could be a use defense weapon, and made my way toward the doors.

We were at the top of the hall that we just came in. I looked at Chris "so, where to now?"

"Let's try these doors and see if any of them open." He said.

I nodded and headed for the nearest door. Chris went the other way. I went down the staircase and looked to my left. At first, it didn't look like a door, just a picture of some tombstone. Then, looking at it closer, I saw a handle on the picture. I pulled the handle and it opened.

"Chris, I found one that opens!" I shouted. Chris waved and ran to me. We both went through and the darkness outside greeted us. We slowly went down the stone steps and walked to some broken tombstones. There were no names on them. Me and Chris looked to our left to see a path a little way from here. We both walked on and some parts of the bars between us were broken. I walked through the bars to take a look around. I looked down to see a box of some sort. I bent down to take a closer look. I opened the box to find some shotgun shells inside.

These would be helpful. If only we had a shotgun. I thought. Shotguns were my favorite weapons. They always helped me out of any situation. I pocketed the shells and ran back to Chris, who was examining a stone platting with an angel holding an arrow.

"You see that?" he said, pointing at the top right corner. There was a hole that looks like an arrowhead. "I think something should fit in there."

I dug through my pockets and took out the green arrowhead. I placed it in the opening and a piece of stone was moving back, revealing a hidden stairway down to who knows where. Me and Chris went down. When we reached the bottom, we saw cogwheels and chains moving around like it was operating something. I looked to my left to see four stone faced statues. One had no eyes, one had no nose, one had no mouth and the last one had no eyes, nose or mouth.

I turned around to see Chris looking up at coffin hanging from four chains. "What the hell is that doing in here?" I asked.

"I don't know." Said Chris. "But, I don't want to think about what could be inside of it."

"I agree." I said. Chris then walked to other side of the room and found a pedestal with a book sticking out. Chris took the book out and began to examine it. It was titled "book of curse." Then, Chris found a key on the back of the book. He took it out and then the book opened Chris read it out loud.

The four masks.

A mask that speaks no evil-

A mask that smells no evil-

A mask that sees no evil-

A mask that cannot speak, smell, or see evil-

When all four fall into place.

Evil will awaken.

"What does it mean?" Chris said.

"I think it has something to do with those stone faces I saw." I said

"Well, either way, there's nothing else to do here for now." Chris said.

"Right. Now that we have a key, we should be able to explore more parts of the mansion."

"Alright then, let's go." Chris said and we made our way back to the mansion.

That's it for now. Hope you all enjoyed it. please leave a review for me. now, if you'll excuse me, I have to clean up this mess those zombies left behind.