Ariel wakes up the next morning. She decides to go to the library. There got to be something there can help. She also thinks about taking him to the doctors.
Chapter 3
Henry, one shot is all it takes.
Take a life. Let this nightmare end
Henry, take a life
He looks at the demon. He growls as he tackles it down, holding tight around the throat. He starts gripping tighter. He shouts at the demon, yelling at him as he chokes.
"Take your life...before you take someone else's..." The demon laughs. He disappears. Henry gasp when he sees Ariel, fighting for her life, in tears. She stares blankly as her life fades away. "Told you"
"NO NO NO ARIEL!" he shouts at the top of his lungs. "You will kill them, You will kill them, if you don't you will suffer!"
"NO NO..."he sees Leo and Raph, all in the ground, bleeding, dead. "NOOO!" He grips his head. He cries out in pain.
Henry wakes up gasping. He gets up. He has a big headache. He rubs his head, trying to smooth the pain. He looks around, he sees nothing but dark shadows everywhere. He shakes his head, trying to shake those shadows away. He goes downstairs to see his family eating. He smiles a bit, he tries to play it cool. He slowly walkes down, he looks at his kids. They give him a small smile. He sits down next to them. He can't think right now, he doesn't know what to say. The time goes by and the boys decide to play outside. He stays inside, staring into the wall. He sees nothing but red. He looks around, and stops when he sees Ariel. She is kneeling in front of him. Her eyes worried for him. He ignores her.
"Henry...tell me what's going on?" she says "Please..look at you. You are pale, your eyes..."
"I'm fine...leave me alone" he says sternly. No emotion is showing on him. Ariel shakes her head.
"NO...Henry. Talk to me...please..." she says "I can help you"
Henry throws his head back in laughter. He looks at the cieling, "Nothing can help me"
She grabs his shoulders, shaking him. He stands up, pushing her back. He shoves her to the floor.
"No one can help me. ONLY I can stop this!" He grabs his head, shouting in pain. "These voices! Are getting louder!"
"Henry...let me help you"
"ENOUGH!" He goes outside. He is pacing around the back. The world is spinning around him. He goes to his knees. He looks around, trying to find something to stop this. He sees an axe, and he picks it up. He places it under his neck, he stops. He tries to keep the axe away from his neck. Ariel shouts as she grabs the axe and throws it.
"Henry...please. Tell me what is going on?" she says
"I want these voices to stop" he says "I have to end this. I have to stop this"
He hears voices again, this time inside the house. He runs to it. He sees the demon. It's just standing there laughing at him. He keeps hearing voices, keeps feeling that heavy sense. The boys are drinking water, getting some rest before going outside again. They both stop when they see Henry. They stare at him in fear. There is something wrong, he looks different. He glares at Leo. He sees a shadow going over Leo. "Dad...you okay..." Leo questions, but to Henry, he sounded like a demon so he grabs Leo by the shoulder. He shoves him down.
"DAD!" Raph shouts as he goes to help Leo. Henry shoves him aside, making him hit the wall behind him. He takes his steps towards Leo.
"HENRY!" Ariel runs to Leo. She hugs him. Henry is glaring at him. She notices his eyes are different, they are not bright blues eyes that she loves. The eyes are now red. It's like, he hasn't been getting any sleep. Henry gets up to grabs Leo. Ariel tries to push him away. Leo gets lift up by the arm. He stares at him, like ready to hurt him. Ariel cries out as she pushes Henry, but he is too strong. The father grabs Ariel, and throws her across the room. "MOM!" the kids shout. Henry shouts as something loud sounds in his head. He let's go of Leo, dropping him. Leo scramble back, trying to get away. Henry looks around, he is seeing different ghost, demons. Henry reachs for one, he grabs it by the neck. "Leave me alone!" he whispers as he tightens his grip. Leo tries to kick him, claw him. He can't breath. "Dad..please...stop" he begs. His air, going away, his life, fading.
"LEO" Raph shouts as he kicks his dad on the back. He didn't budge. He tries again, the father takes his kids leg and shoves him back. Raph rolls over, he tries to get up, trying to save his brother.
Ariel shouts as she hit Henry with a frying pan. He goes down, knocked out cold. She cries out as she goes to her knees. She closes her eyes, trying to hold back her tears. "Henry..." she crawls to him, her tears now blurry her vision. She checks his head. She sighs in relief to feel him still breathing. She cries out more, and she starts balling. Leo gasp trying to catch his breath. He starts coughing. Ariel gets up quickly to help him. She taps his back, helping him, she tells him to breathe slowly. She lifts his head, checking his neck. "You okay..." she whispers
"Yeah...I'm okay.." he says. He sniffles as he shakes his head. He feels his throat. "I'm good"
Ariel hugs him. She looks at Henry, and sees Raph kneeling next to him.
"Is dad okay?" Raph says
"No, he is not. I have a feeling...that...something...umm"
"Posses him?" Leo says
"What...?"
"Mom...Did you notice. Dad's eyes, his behavior, it's not him..." Leo says "I think he is posses...we have to do something"
"But what..." Ariel says. She pace around thinking. She sees a rope. "Tie him up before he..." Ariel gets drag by her foot. She cries as Henry starts shouting at her. He shouts to leave him alone. He rises his fist, ready to punch her. Leo jumps to tackle him off her. He rolls around and slams Leo down to the ground. His eyes look ready to kill. He doesn't see his son, he sees the same demon, laughing at him. He raise his hand to punch him. Ariel hits him again at the head. She cries as he hits the ground. Her eyes widen, he is bleeding, he is bleeding. She starts panting, she can't breathe, she killed him, she killed him. "NONO...honey...No I'm sorry"
"Mom...he is okay. He is still breathing..." Raph says as he checks his pulse. She nods, a little releif going through her. Leo gets the rope. Raph and Ariel sits him down on the chair, and they tie him up. She lifts his head, and she kisses his temple.
"I'll be back..." she says "I'm going to find out...there is something about this place"
"What do we do when he wakes up?" Raph says.
"Um...I don't know" she whispers. "We can't hit him again, we can hurt him" Ariel says. "Just...leave him be...don't let anything happen to him"
She goes to the truck and off she goes. She drives fast to the little town. She searches for something. She sees a library. She goes in, and ask about the house down the raod. The liberian gives her a look. "Wait...you are the one that rented that haunted place?"
"What...?" she says
"Well...I should say curse..oh the name is Richard..."he says as he lends a hand.
"Hi Richard...I'm, Ariel." She says.
"So...how is it going up in that spooky house?" he says as he goes to get some books. She follows him.
"Not good" she whispers
"Someone...got posses...?"
"My...husband" she whipes the tears. "Please tell me...what happen there. Or why is it curse?"
"It started a long, long, long time ago. A family use to live there. A young lady working, and giving it her all. But one day she falls in love. So she meets someone, goes with him, and even is about to get married. But sadly, the day before the wedding, he was caught cheating on her. She got so angry"
He stops to take a breath. "She, tells her parents. They, of course get mad as well. The father wanted to hurt the man, wanted to give a piece of his mind. But he couldn't. He said to forget about him, to have some time to heal. The mother, was the one that was angry. come down here. They rented books about curse, dark magic, you know all that stuff" He shakes his head "They did a chant. And they curse the man that cheated on her. he didn't know that she knew. They went along with the wedding. So he lived at the house, that's when they curse it...as they did a strong storm happen, and it was said that the bad spirites, demons all gather around the house, cursing it"
Ariel listens carefully. That can exlpain why Henry keeps yelling at them to shut up. He is hearing demons, souls, voices all this time.
"What was the chant...or the curse.?"
"Any man who shall set foot in this house, will never leave again. None deserve to be alive for they bring heartbreak but sadly the curse was way different. The man sets out to kill, the demons wanted their souls."
"What...?" she says
"Yes. Any man who goes in, gets posses and then...he kills"
"NO"
"Yes..." Richard says "It's revenge.
Ariel gasps.
"How long have ya'll been there?" He says
"It's been...three...days" she says.
"Oh my...you need to get our of there...before he..umm"
"No. I won't let it happen" she says "Tell me more..."
"Well...it's been happening for years. Couples go, but only one returns, or they get ouf of here as fast as they can"
"How do you know all this?"
"Oh...they all came here. Wondering, asking if it's haunted. After many times, I say yes. It is haunted"
Ariel shakes her head. "So..we have to get out of here..." she says "And never come back"
"Yes..but i feel like the curse is going to follow him now that he is posses" Richard says
"How do we stop it...does it say anywhere on the books..." She says "Normally we have to destroy an object right..maybe destroy the house"
"It will get worse sadly" he says
"How do we stop this curse"
"You can beat the curse yourself...but you have to be strong" Richard says "He needs to be the one to defeat it"
"He can...and he will"Ariel says "I have to help him"
"Just be careful" he says
She hears her cellphone. She picks it up. "MOM! It's Dad...He escape"
"I have to go" She hangs up and she dashes to the house.
Henry growls as he wakes up, His head in hurting like hell. He cries out when he hears a ringing sound. He tries to grabs his head, but he hands, tied up. He shouts as he tries to escape. He looks around, his eyes blood red now. He cries out, he wants this noise to stop. He struggles again but stops when he hears voices.
"Dad...hey...calm down" Leo says. He kneels in front of him. "Dad...can you hear me"
Henry hiss at him. He charges to him, but the ropes hold him down. He cries out, his head, it's hurting.
"Dad..." Raph whispers. He looks at the other one. He cries out when the ringing sound comes.
end it...end your suffering. One shot...is all it take
He shakes his head. He can't let this win. He looks at the two demons in front of him. He charges, but falls over with the chair. He hits his head on impact. He cries out. He starts coughing out blood. "DAD!' The boys go to help him up. He keeps coughing, gasping for air. He cries out in pain.
"What do we do..." Raph says, getting scared
"I don't know" Leo says. "We..um.."
"Leo...let...me go" Henry tries to say. "Please...I have to...get away from you two...I dont' want to hurt you, they are telling me to kill everyone" Henry tries to fight it, but its best for him to end it, he will kill himself, so his family will live on.
"Dad..." Leo kneels in front of him "We are getting help. Hang in there"
He closes his eyes shut, and he opens them. His eyes are red. He rips the ropes. He stands up tall. He swings his hand, landing a punch on Leo. He stumbles to the floor.
"NO..." Raph shouts but stops when his dad glares at him. He shoves him out of the way.
"These voices...I want them gone." He shouts. He grabs a knife. He place it on his neck. Raph shouts as he kicks his father knee, bring him down. Leo goes to get the knife out of his hand.
"Raph...call mom" he says. He gets thrown across the room. He looks at his hand, he manage to get the knife.
"MOM...It's DAD. He escape"
Raph and Leo running around the room. They are trying to stop him from hurting himself. Both kids are waiting for their mom. He hopes she gets here fast. Henry is pacing around the place, keeps throwing things out of the way. He finds the knife. He brings it to his stomach. The kids tackle him down, and hold him down.
"Dad...please...snap out of it" Leo cries.
Ariel burst in. She sees the kids holding their dad down. He throws the boys off.
"I want this to end. My head...it hurts!' He gets his knife to his throat.
"NOOOO" Ariel tackles him down. She straddles him, holding his face with her hands. "Henry...please. Don't let this curse take over you. You have a family. You have kids, who love you very, very, very, much. You have me, you have me by your side" She cries. He keeps growling at her. Shouting to leave him. To be quiet. "My sweetspark. I saw your eyes...and you made me smile..." she starts to sing "For a little while...I was falling in love" She caress his face.
"You will not have him" the demon yells at her. Henry is no longer, it's a demon. "He is losing his mind."
"You leave him alone! You hear. ALONE!" she shouts "He is stronger than you! His heart is strong! Come back to me baby!"
"He will not win"
"I will make you suffer! If you don't leave us alone. If you kill him Not even THE DEVIL can save you!" she glares at the demon "You hear me. I will end YOU!"
The demon growls. She slaps it. "Now give me back my husband!"
She looks him in the eyes "My love. Henry, come back to me. Come back to me" She sings again "I saw your eyes...and you touched my mind, although it took a while...i was falling in love" She sings "I saw your eyes, and you made me cry, and for a little while...I was falling in love" She cracks her voice of the last part. "i was...falling in love"
"Ar-Ariel..." he groans.
"Yes...I'm right here" She see his eyes, one is blue, the other is red. "Please baby. We need you. We are here waiting for you"
"Ariel...My...my sweetpark" he whispers "My sweetspark"
He shouts, the black shadows scatter around the house. Disappearing from sight. He passes out.
"No...no...Henry. Please. wake up. Please wake up" she cries "No, come on"
He gasps, and looks around. "Where-where am i?"
"You're back" Ariel hugs him tight. He groans when she bumps his head.
"OH...that hurts" he says "The voices...it's gone"
Ariel kisses him "Thank goodness"
He leans back and looks at his kids. "Leo...Raph.." They both take a step back, wondering what to do. He lends out a hand "It's me guys. Your dad" Leo and Raph run to him. They hug him tight. He gives the hug back. He leans back. "I'm sorry...for hurting you. I didn't mean too...I"
"It's okay dad." Leo says "it's all okay"
Henry smiles as he hugs his family again. "I'm glad it's over"
"It's not over yet." Ariel says "Let's get out of here"
The all nod in agreement. The family quickly gather their belongings. Once it's all pack, they go up and ready to go. Henry drives off. Ariel looks out the window, she sees Richard smiling waving at them. She waves back. She sits back. She sees Henry's head, it' still bleeding. He shouldn't be drving.
"Pull over.." she says "At at that little store there, we might find something for your head and after that I'm driving"
Henry nods. Good thing, he feels like he is going to pass out. She grabs a towel from the bag. She starts cleaning his blood. She cares for him, healing him. She wraps his head, and kisses him.
"Go to the back. So you can sleep well" she says "Leo..come to the front. Raph...take care of your dad"
Henry lays down, bring his head on Raph's nap. He places his hand on his shoulder. Ariel sets course to home. She is not looking back. She speeds off. The drive is long, she keeps looking at the mirror. She is still worried about Henry. He is sleeping peacefully now. She shakes her head.
"Mom...what did you learn about the house"
"Well...it was curse" she says "But...I have a feeling...I think I know...who is behind this"
"Who...?" he says
"My parents" she says as she tightens the steering wheel. Leo is about to say something but he decides to leave it. His mom is getting angry. You can see it in her eyes. He looks back at his dad. He starts getting angry too. Why would they want to hurt him? His dad is the best guy. He looks ahead at the road. Ariel is trying to calm, wondering what to do. She needs to see her parents. She needs to ask them, if they knew about this curse. She is wondering why, they sent her to that place. She should've known. She should've look up the place. She should've went deeper into the place. She did look it up, but didn't look up if it was haunted. She doesn't even remember if it said it was haunted. She grips the wheel tighter.
Henry coughs, trying to breathe. He leans to the side. Raph rubs his back, and gives him water. Henry feels really weak, he doesn't have strength for this. He coughs again, he is burning up. He shivers, and shakes from the cold. Raph tries to use one of his shirt to cover him. Ariel sees a resting area and parks in. Raph gets off, and Ariel takes his place. She gasp, his eyes, are getting red. "No..NO...I thought he broke the curse" He cries out in pain as he close his eyes shut. She hugs him tight. "No...don't take him. Don't take him!...take me instead" she says "Take me instead!" He starts shaking, his eyes rolling to the back of his side. "NO. Leave him alone. Take me instead" Ariel kisses him, he holds still. She feels something heavy swirling around them. She feels like she is burning. She cries out in pain, the shadows scattering out, disappearing. Henry passes out, while Ariel stares at the roof. She starts coughing, but manage to control it. She blinks a few times, wondering what happen. She looks at Henry. His breathing is normal, his temperature feels normal. She sighs in relief "Thank goodness..." She gets off "Let's go home" The kids get back on, and she drives.
Ariel is knocking at her parents door. She is fuming. She is beyond angry. She can't hold this anger. She is going to shout and cuss at them. She wants to know why? Why did they do this to her. She bangs on the door now, "OPEN UP!"
more to come
