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CHAPTER 2

The House on Sorority Row

Two Hours Ago

In Gravity Falls on Sorority Row Ave, there is a Fraternity House which is mansion shaped but small enough to fit in with the suburbs. Two of its sides are curved which have sets of vertical windows framed. House has a crimson red color in places. It's three storied as there are rooms on the second floor and on the third an attic for storage. The front has a porch with steps, brick layered, a couple of lighted lamps on the edge of the rails and opposite sides. Roof above the front door. Trees outside have lights which are soft white lights. The front door has a green wreath hanging in front. The house itself has plenty of soft white lights hanging in plenty of places in the Fraternity House.

In the house there is girl with Blue Hair, and she is in her usual blue skirt and sleeveless dress shirt. She is placing the last of the cookies on a table. There is someone coming down the stairs and it's a boy with short brown hair, with a little scar that runs diagonally from his forehead to his left eyebrow. He's in ripped goth style black paints and is in a Graphic T-Shirt which is on a horror TV show called "Creature Features" where there are three people one whom is in a butler suit, dark skinned, bald and has a salt and pepper beard. Another on the far right is a young girl who is completely albino white, wearing a white Victorian style dress with black eyeliner and extremely long blond doll-like hair. And in the middle a person in a leather jacket, paints, boots, and has a look and hairstyle like rockers "Alice Cooper" or "Ozzy Osbourne". And on his left hand there is a silver ring which has a skull on it with its sockets that have two violet gems.

The Boy says, "Alright, I'm all set for the party."

The blue haired girl, she sees him, and she shakes her head with a smile and says, "You're really going to wear that to the party, Ryo?"

Ryo Urawa then has a small smile on his face and says, "Of course, Ami, my kind of style I like it."

Ami says, 'You know that T Shirt really doesn't go with Christmas tradition."

"I don't know, I mean these guys they do show Christmas horror films, and they have the best Christmas parties during that time."

Ryo then starts to point to one of the characters from the TV show which is the Butler.

"Livingston, he serves the goodies like bloody Mary eyeball punch."

Ryo then moves his finger to the pale white albino girl.

"Tangella, she provides the Christmas dancing music like a couple songs from the soundtrack to the film "Murder Rock."

Ryo then points to the man in all leather outfit.

"And of course our main host Vincent Van Dahl he provides the interviews with some of the party guests and also all the Christmas classic movie goodness like my personal favorite "Christmas Evil".

Ami, she smiles and has a little laugh, "Oh, Ryo, you and your friends all have strange ways in celebrating the holidays."

Ryo has a small smile and says, "And that is exactly why I do it."

"Well, let's do a final check as the party will begin real soon."

Both Ryo and Ami both get back to work in setting the last things up and doing a check. Ami, he looks at the place and in one part of the house which is big enough for dancing and socializing. There are tables with some food and drink set up, crackers, sausages and cheeses with different kinds of mustard dip. Crecent rolls wraps with miniature hot dogs and regular dogs and bratwurst with condiments. Slices of different kinds of pizzas and sandwiches. Pieces of turkey, roast beef, ham and steak. Different punches consisting of a mix of Lighting cola.

Ryo is at the DJ station in the dancing area, and he is checking some of the music selection on a roaster page from his phone. While with his other hand is looking at each of the vinal records that are on the stand and ready to be played. A few of the records are on three Italian horror films "Primal Rage", "Demons", and "Tenebrae".

Ami then comes to where Ryo is and sees the music selection. Ami has a small smile and says, "Interesting Christmas music selection."

Ryo looks at here and says, "What, these records are important for the holiday as the songs for the upbeat dancing, that counts for holiday cheer.

"That's great, but I'm wondering if you have anything for slow dancing, I do appreciate the energy those soundtracks provide which helps fight our current mental health crisis, but I do love music that soothes and calms my cranium."

"Well in all seriousness."

Ryo, he takes a few records which consist of two singers' "Bobby Caldwell" and "Chris Farren" and one band called "The Bee Gees"

Ami says, "Never knew you were into soft rock."

Ryo says, "Some of their songs, believe it or not I find soothing, in fact one of those songs actually picked me up in a really bad time in my life."

Ami, she has a nod as she knows exactly what he was talking about and then Ryo continues as he has a Bee Gees record in his hand. "As for them, I mainly got into them because of one of my favorite films "Companion".

Ami, she has a smile on her face and says, "Your strangeness never ceases to amaze me."

Ryo has a smile and says, "Nor does yours."

Ami was a little surprised by the comment but then gave a small nod. Ryo he then turns his phone off and he comes down from the DJ area and comes to her and says, "Well we still have a lot of time to burn before the party."

Ami says, "Any ideas in what to do till then?"

Ryo has a smile, "I know a time-honored tradition."

Both Ryo and Ami are then in the living room, sitting on a couch with both a drink of Lightning Cola and small ham and cheese sandwich on their plate. In front of the TV, they are watching an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" Santa Claus episode. Both are watching a scene seeing Santa shooting a rocket to the demon's butt.

Ami says, 'How a film like this was ever made is something that defies logic."

Ryo Urawa says, "Well look on the bright side at least it made one of the great episodes for the show, at least for me anyway."

Ami shakes her head and then she looks at Ryo and says, 'What confounds me the most is why I let myself watch these things with you."

"Actually, I ask myself that question sometimes, but then I just stop and enjoy it for its wonderful badness for even crap can be an art."

Ami shakes her head and says, "One thing both you and your friend Adam have in common is you both operate on a strange set of logic I still can't comprehend."

Ryo then suddenly sees both Ami's hands they slide onto his shoulders. Ryo is more taken aback by this as he sees her have those eyes full of driven desire and mischievousness.

Ami says, "And that is a mystery I intend to solve."

Ryo has a small smile on his face and says with a bit of mischievousness, "And I will fight to the end to keep it a mystery."

Ami then comes close and then suddenly both their lips come together, and both are snoging deeply and sensually, Ami even more which surprises Ryo more despite his psychic ability even though he can't foresee the surprises she has in store for him, which makes him even more grateful for the limitations.

But then suddenly he feels a sharp pain in his head almost like that of the blade of a knife. Ryo grasps his head of the pain, Ami sees the pain he's in which is that of grave concern and she says, "Ryo, what's wrong."

Ryo's then no longer feels the pain and then looks at Ami and says, "There is danger among us and it very close."

Suddenly both Ami and Ryo heard some sounds of heavy footsteps that work their way down quickly. Suddenly the steps stop, both Ami and Ryo they stand up and Ryo says, "From what I hear the steps go different directions, but I can't' be sure where."

Ryo looks at Ami and says, 'Call for our friends."

Ryo then looks in the area and Ami says, "Ryo, wait don't go."

Ryo looks at Ami and says, "Don't worry my ability will be able to detect danger, and stay in here, call our friends for help, transform, and get away if things go wrong."

"Things are already going wrong."

Ryo then takes Ami's hand and then puts his other hand over it to reassure her things will be fine, he then goes out of the area despite Ami still feeling uncertain and unsettled, Ryo right now feels even more so from his current actions.

Ryo goes to one of the other living rooms in the house where he last heard one of the footsteps. Ryo is checking things out form the room with the Christmas tree and several decorations. Ryo, he looks around with his retractable baton in hand. He then hears a noise, and he looks around and he turns to the couch, and he looks in that direction, Ryo has a look of uncertainty as he's sure he heard something that way.

Ryo then is about to turn in a different direction but then he looks back in his previous direction and he looks a lot more carefully and as he looks again; he sees the shadow on the couch, and it looks rather odd. But then Ryo looks down and sees this shadow is not connected to anything in the room.

Suddenly the shadow moves and then Ryo feels two big strong unseen hands tackling his chest and he falls downright next to the fireplace which is dying down a bit. As Ryo falls, he loses his retractable baton. From the light of the fading fire, it is revealed slowly as he sees what looks like tan scaly skin, but also a head that is bald shaped. It's body is skinny almost skeletal, it doesn't have a mouth but on its head, there are eyes that are almond shaped and black pearl.

Ryo then he is reaching for one of the fireplace tools either a poker or shovel. The creature sees this and then with its left-hand backhand slaps the holder away from Ryo's reach. The creature then turns its hand and slaps Ryo hard in the face backhanded. Ryo with a little blood coming from his right nostril from the slap from a hand that felt like being hit with a set of branches.

Ryo has a face of fury and says, "Big fraking mistake."

On Ryo's left hand there is a silver ring which has a skull. The eyes of the skull suddenly glow with dark purple light. As it glows so does his whole left arm and then Ryo suddenly can pull his left arm up feeling no wight pushing it down. Ryo then delivers with his left arm frees and then swings it delivering a left hook. The fist connects and then the creature then flies as if hit by a speeding truck and the creature slams on one of the walls. Ryo, he gets up and then the dark purple light from his ring glows more brightly which covers the whole room.

Meanwhile, Ami is on her cell phone and is trying to call each of her friends in town, but she unfortunately can't get though. She then looks at her phone and it just says, "No Service." Ami then puts it away but then suddenly she hears an inhuman sound, and she is looking around the room left and right. Everything looks normal as usual but then suddenly she then looks back and sees something in front of her, an image distortion. It gives her a creepy feeling as if someone is looking right in front of her. Suddenly she sees this distortion charge at her, Ami does an immediate side roll and then she takes out her Sailor Pen and she transforms into Sailor Mercury. After she changes suddenly the image distortion then takes shape and despite seeing inhuman monsters before, it never lessened her terror as she's never seen one quite like this as it's the same monster as the one Ryo is currently fighting.

In the other room the light dissipates and then Ryo is in what is a purple body suit that covers him, including most of his head except for his face. But on his face, he has what looks like a black mask with his eyes to see through. He has black boots and a black gun belt that holds two magnums. One of the belt buckles there is a skull symbol. Ryo then with his ring and it glows once more, and Ryo turns it, and it discharges another flash of purple light. As it does the light it blinds the creature temporarily, the creature is staggered from this. Ryo then runs to the room Ami/Sailor Mercury is in.

Meanwhile, Sailor Mercury she is fully transformed, and she sees the creature and then unleashes her "Bubble Spray". The spray comes toward the creature, but it does no good as it then runs toward a wall. Mercury struggles but then suddenly the creature with its almond shaped eyes changes to red then glows and a small light beam starts to come down toward Sailor Mercury. Sailor Mercury feels something is being drained, then is staggering a little and then suddenly faints. The creature continues its diabolical work but then suddenly, there are a few discharges from one pistol. Ryo/Phantom has his magnum in his left hand. The bullets don't penetrate the creature's skin, but they do make an impact on its body and after one more shot the creature then drops to the floor, knocked out from the fast hard impact of the bullets.

Ryo/Phantom he sees the state Mercury is in, then picks her up from the floor. He looks back at the creature he knocked down with his magnums but sees it's gone. The Phantom knows this creature is trying to trick him, so Phantom then closes his eyes for a moment, and he is using his ears but also his psychic ability. The Phantom suddenly opens his eyes and then the Phantom then looks up to the ceiling and then produces some sort of sonic boom from his mind. The Dover Demon is then suddenly exposed and brings both its hands to its head pained by the sonic blast Phantom produced from his mind. The creature then drops down to the floor, as it does Sailor Mercury begins to stir, and she awakened. The Phantom then puts her down on her feet but still helps her run as they hear the other creature make an inhuman roar that covers the entire sorority house, and it won't be long till it covers distance.

The Phantom, along with Sailor Mercury, both go to the garage. Sailor Mercury, she pushes the garage door open and as it's opening both Ryo and her immediately get into a vehicle. The vehicle is a jeep which is orange, hood with a fire design on two sides. There is a machine gun mounted on top and on the back, there is what looks like a beer keg, but it is really a mounted backside bomb.

Phantom wastes no time in starting the jeep up and they just blast out of the garage at top speed to get as much distance from these creatures as possible, driving toward one destination in mind for help.