ktmay96
October 11th, 2010, 04:48 PM
So, this story isn't really mine. My friend came up with it and wrote it, but this is my version. I just used her ideas and wrote it in my own words. So its all hers, but in my personal style.
The cold October air wrapped around us, the icy fingers of the wind sneaking beneath our jackets. I watched the thin wispy clouds of my breath swirl into the dark night as we sat on the roof in light of the full moon.
From the shadows emerged several figures, accompanied by a laugh that chilled my blood. Funny how Halloween can make that familiar laugh seem so evil, hysterical. The heavy, steady footsteps. Odd, how such a small person can make such noise.
“I’m so bored!” Mikayla said, laughing her eerie laugh.
“Same!” Lexxi and Maddi agreed.
“What should we do?” Asked Katie, sitting next to me.
“Well there’s this party…” Mikayla suggested. “Its in the empty warehouse on Main.”
“I think I heard about that one!” Katie said, “Hailey weren’t you thinking about going?”
“Yeah, its Halloween themed and all. It starts at nine tonight,” Hailey explained.
“We should go! Would your parents let us Megan?” Maddi asked.
“Ha! Yeah right! But we could sneak out,” I replied, smiling cunningly, my heart pounding at the thought.
“Awesome,” Mikayla said, grinning.
As the minutes ticked by to nine, we planned it out. We were going to go downstairs at about eight thirty, and “watch a movie”, with black clothes added to everyone’s sleepover bag. Then the typical “pillows under the blanket” thing. My parents would probably suspect why we were sleeping, but they weren’t going check under each blanket.
As eight thirty got closer, we were all jittery and excited. Then, it was time.
“Mom, we’re going to go watch a movie downstairs, ‘kay?” I yelled up the stairs.
“Alright honey!” She replied.
I smiled. How easy this was! We went downstairs and set everything up, playing the movie. Then at eight forty-five, we opened the window, and headed out into the night.
When we were far enough away from the house, our giggles finally burst from pursed lips, freed at last.
“Its so cold!” Hailey whined, but smiled in excited still.
“So what? This party is going the be insane.” Maddi said.
“I feel like such a rebel,” Lexxi giggled.
“I know! I just hope my parents don’t go downstairs,” I said.
“I don’t think so, Megs. Anyway we’re prepared, plus we’re only going for like an hour.” Katie said.
“Guys! There!” Mikayla said. We all shrieked a bit, and picked up the pace as the warehouse came into sight. When we reached it, we pried open the old door, and entered the dark building.
The door swung shut behind us, enclosing us in near absolute darkness, the warehouse barely lit by the moon casting soft light through the high window. A few of us let out a soft shrieks, and we all clutched at one another to avoid becoming lost. I heard Katie’s heavy footsteps on the outer edge of the group. They became softer and softer, before fading away completely.
“Mik?” I said.
There was no reply.
“Mikayla!?” I yelled.
“What?” Katie asked, scared.
“Where’s Mikayla?” I said, terrified.
“Mik! Mikayla!” We all screamed her name.
“Its all right!” I finally heard her voice call out, hard to hear because of a muffled thudding I assumed were her footsteps. “I found food!”
Then there was this bang, followed by a scream, a shrill wail of pure agony that echoed off the old walls and in my ears. Then another bang, and the screaming was silenced sharply. An eerie laugh, sadistic and chilling, took its place. Chilling, and strangely familiar.
Chaos ensued. We our screams pierced the air, terror spread like disease through our group. We all ran, grabbing at one another, trying to find and pull others to safety. I clawed at the air, and found someone’s arm. I ran, dragging them behind me. I spotted some stairs in the shadowy dimness, and raced towards them. I scrambled up them desperately, dragging whoever I had in my grip At the top of the stairs, there was a door. I twisted the knob and wrenched it open and ran inside before slamming it behind me. I turned to lock the door and saw who I took with me. It was Katie. She stood, terrified, staring at me. I tore my gaze from hers and locked the door, putting a chair under the knob for extra security. Then, we dove under a desk, hiding from sight of the window.
We sat under there, praying that whatever evil was lurking in the darkness wouldn’t find us, that the rest of our friends were safe.
But one by one, we heard them die.
We heard the bangs, the shrieks.
One.
Two.
There were two left, but who were they?
Suddenly there was series of bangs on the door. Katie started to scream, but I stifled it.
“Shh!” I hissed, covering her mouth with my hand. Her wide eyes stared back at me, and she nodded.
“Help! Help!” Maddi’s voice called from behind the door. “Oh please, please help me! It’s coming!” She begged, tears filling her voice. The sound pulled at my heart, the pure terror I could hear in the pleas, the desperation. And in the pauses, I heard the heavy footsteps advancing up the stairs. I leaped up and yanked the chair from underneath the doorknob. But as I went to unlock it, there was loud bang, to dangerously close. Then dark blood splattered against the window, and I heard the dull thud of a body hitting the floor.
Maddi… I thought sorrowfully. Then whatever it was that killed her started to bang on the door. I jumped back, and frantically looked around for an escape. Katie still lay cowering under the desk. And behind her, our salvation. A door, a back entrance. An escape. I press my fingers to my lips and pointed at the door behind her. She nodded and crawled towards it. I followed, moving as quickly and quietly as possible.
The monster behind the door continued to bang, and I knew it was going to get in soon. I wrenched open the back door, and looked down. A fire escape led down from where we stood. We raced down as quickly as we could, and ran towards the gas station we could sit lit in the distance, never looking back.
When we reached it, we raced inside.
“Please,” we said, “How can we get to the roof?” The cashier looked at us in a scrutinizing way, but pointed to a door at the back. Probably just thought we were a couple of crazy kids.
We opened the door and raced up the stairs. We got to the roof, and flattened ourselves against the cold concrete. Our breathing was heavy, our hearts pounding.
“How long do you think we have to stay up here?” Katie asked.
“I don’t know.” I said sadly.
“We have to do something. Call 911,” she begged.
“Wait, what about the other person?”
“What other person?”
“Didn’t you hear the bangs and screams?”
“Yeah,”
“There were two. Then… Maddi,” I forced my self to say her name, trying to keep the horrifying pictures from returning.
“And…?” She said.
“There were five of us. You’re with me. That leaves four. There were only three killed.” And Katie gasped.
“Whose left?” She asked.
“That would be me.” A voice said, familiar. The eerie laugh followed. And suddenly, it was all clear.
“Mikayla?!” Katie and I shrieked at the same time.
She stood in front of us, illuminated by the gas stations sign and the full moon. She was covered in blood, and her eyes held a look of insanity. She was smiling so sadistically, I could barely recognize her.
“You—” I choked on my words. I closed my eyes and tried again, “You did this? You killed everyone?”
“Oh, come one Ash! It was just a little Halloween thrill!” She replied.
“You killed your friends!”
“Just a sacrifice for some fun,” she smiled, “It was like a game. The best game yet. And you two made it the most exciting.”
She closed the distance between us with a few of her heavy steps.
“And now, for the end. Time to pick the winner,” she said as she pressed a gun to my head. Katie could only stare in horror.
“Thanks for the fun night.” Mik grinned evilly as the moon shone down, the October chill encircling us.
The cold October air wrapped around us, the icy fingers of the wind sneaking beneath our jackets. I watched the thin wispy clouds of my breath swirl into the dark night as we sat on the roof in light of the full moon.
From the shadows emerged several figures, accompanied by a laugh that chilled my blood. Funny how Halloween can make that familiar laugh seem so evil, hysterical. The heavy, steady footsteps. Odd, how such a small person can make such noise.
“I’m so bored!” Mikayla said, laughing her eerie laugh.
“Same!” Lexxi and Maddi agreed.
“What should we do?” Asked Katie, sitting next to me.
“Well there’s this party…” Mikayla suggested. “Its in the empty warehouse on Main.”
“I think I heard about that one!” Katie said, “Hailey weren’t you thinking about going?”
“Yeah, its Halloween themed and all. It starts at nine tonight,” Hailey explained.
“We should go! Would your parents let us Megan?” Maddi asked.
“Ha! Yeah right! But we could sneak out,” I replied, smiling cunningly, my heart pounding at the thought.
“Awesome,” Mikayla said, grinning.
As the minutes ticked by to nine, we planned it out. We were going to go downstairs at about eight thirty, and “watch a movie”, with black clothes added to everyone’s sleepover bag. Then the typical “pillows under the blanket” thing. My parents would probably suspect why we were sleeping, but they weren’t going check under each blanket.
As eight thirty got closer, we were all jittery and excited. Then, it was time.
“Mom, we’re going to go watch a movie downstairs, ‘kay?” I yelled up the stairs.
“Alright honey!” She replied.
I smiled. How easy this was! We went downstairs and set everything up, playing the movie. Then at eight forty-five, we opened the window, and headed out into the night.
When we were far enough away from the house, our giggles finally burst from pursed lips, freed at last.
“Its so cold!” Hailey whined, but smiled in excited still.
“So what? This party is going the be insane.” Maddi said.
“I feel like such a rebel,” Lexxi giggled.
“I know! I just hope my parents don’t go downstairs,” I said.
“I don’t think so, Megs. Anyway we’re prepared, plus we’re only going for like an hour.” Katie said.
“Guys! There!” Mikayla said. We all shrieked a bit, and picked up the pace as the warehouse came into sight. When we reached it, we pried open the old door, and entered the dark building.
The door swung shut behind us, enclosing us in near absolute darkness, the warehouse barely lit by the moon casting soft light through the high window. A few of us let out a soft shrieks, and we all clutched at one another to avoid becoming lost. I heard Katie’s heavy footsteps on the outer edge of the group. They became softer and softer, before fading away completely.
“Mik?” I said.
There was no reply.
“Mikayla!?” I yelled.
“What?” Katie asked, scared.
“Where’s Mikayla?” I said, terrified.
“Mik! Mikayla!” We all screamed her name.
“Its all right!” I finally heard her voice call out, hard to hear because of a muffled thudding I assumed were her footsteps. “I found food!”
Then there was this bang, followed by a scream, a shrill wail of pure agony that echoed off the old walls and in my ears. Then another bang, and the screaming was silenced sharply. An eerie laugh, sadistic and chilling, took its place. Chilling, and strangely familiar.
Chaos ensued. We our screams pierced the air, terror spread like disease through our group. We all ran, grabbing at one another, trying to find and pull others to safety. I clawed at the air, and found someone’s arm. I ran, dragging them behind me. I spotted some stairs in the shadowy dimness, and raced towards them. I scrambled up them desperately, dragging whoever I had in my grip At the top of the stairs, there was a door. I twisted the knob and wrenched it open and ran inside before slamming it behind me. I turned to lock the door and saw who I took with me. It was Katie. She stood, terrified, staring at me. I tore my gaze from hers and locked the door, putting a chair under the knob for extra security. Then, we dove under a desk, hiding from sight of the window.
We sat under there, praying that whatever evil was lurking in the darkness wouldn’t find us, that the rest of our friends were safe.
But one by one, we heard them die.
We heard the bangs, the shrieks.
One.
Two.
There were two left, but who were they?
Suddenly there was series of bangs on the door. Katie started to scream, but I stifled it.
“Shh!” I hissed, covering her mouth with my hand. Her wide eyes stared back at me, and she nodded.
“Help! Help!” Maddi’s voice called from behind the door. “Oh please, please help me! It’s coming!” She begged, tears filling her voice. The sound pulled at my heart, the pure terror I could hear in the pleas, the desperation. And in the pauses, I heard the heavy footsteps advancing up the stairs. I leaped up and yanked the chair from underneath the doorknob. But as I went to unlock it, there was loud bang, to dangerously close. Then dark blood splattered against the window, and I heard the dull thud of a body hitting the floor.
Maddi… I thought sorrowfully. Then whatever it was that killed her started to bang on the door. I jumped back, and frantically looked around for an escape. Katie still lay cowering under the desk. And behind her, our salvation. A door, a back entrance. An escape. I press my fingers to my lips and pointed at the door behind her. She nodded and crawled towards it. I followed, moving as quickly and quietly as possible.
The monster behind the door continued to bang, and I knew it was going to get in soon. I wrenched open the back door, and looked down. A fire escape led down from where we stood. We raced down as quickly as we could, and ran towards the gas station we could sit lit in the distance, never looking back.
When we reached it, we raced inside.
“Please,” we said, “How can we get to the roof?” The cashier looked at us in a scrutinizing way, but pointed to a door at the back. Probably just thought we were a couple of crazy kids.
We opened the door and raced up the stairs. We got to the roof, and flattened ourselves against the cold concrete. Our breathing was heavy, our hearts pounding.
“How long do you think we have to stay up here?” Katie asked.
“I don’t know.” I said sadly.
“We have to do something. Call 911,” she begged.
“Wait, what about the other person?”
“What other person?”
“Didn’t you hear the bangs and screams?”
“Yeah,”
“There were two. Then… Maddi,” I forced my self to say her name, trying to keep the horrifying pictures from returning.
“And…?” She said.
“There were five of us. You’re with me. That leaves four. There were only three killed.” And Katie gasped.
“Whose left?” She asked.
“That would be me.” A voice said, familiar. The eerie laugh followed. And suddenly, it was all clear.
“Mikayla?!” Katie and I shrieked at the same time.
She stood in front of us, illuminated by the gas stations sign and the full moon. She was covered in blood, and her eyes held a look of insanity. She was smiling so sadistically, I could barely recognize her.
“You—” I choked on my words. I closed my eyes and tried again, “You did this? You killed everyone?”
“Oh, come one Ash! It was just a little Halloween thrill!” She replied.
“You killed your friends!”
“Just a sacrifice for some fun,” she smiled, “It was like a game. The best game yet. And you two made it the most exciting.”
She closed the distance between us with a few of her heavy steps.
“And now, for the end. Time to pick the winner,” she said as she pressed a gun to my head. Katie could only stare in horror.
“Thanks for the fun night.” Mik grinned evilly as the moon shone down, the October chill encircling us.