Another Horror by Ghakha

Kenneth was pacing in his room, an eye on the clock. An eye on the window. An eye everywhere. An eye on more places than he had eyes to spare. He had emailed his friends about meeting at the local highschool. They planned to break in, have a halloween party, and get out before someone notices them.

Little did he know what the night held.

Outside were the shouts and cheers of drunken, costume clad, idiots. Some pirates, and some vampires, some just plain idiotic people. The idea annoyed the hell out of Kenneth, but it gave him an excuse to get out of the house and do something with some friends. Even if that something was illegal.

He walked over to the bath room and turned on the light. It hurt his eyes the moment it came on and the fact the entire bathroom was white tile did not help. Black tiles would have been easier. He looked into the mirror above the sink and staring back at him was a seventeen year old kid with long-ish brown hair and blue eyes. His forehead was covered in spots and he sighed. He looked at his tooth that he had chipped the previous night by standing on a rogue skateboard and falling, leading to his face and the hard pavement being introduced to each other rather quickly.
Hey, even the mona lisa's fallin' apart. he thought before turning off the light and heading down stairs. He walked into the kitchen and opened a cuboard, withdrew a bottle of imported rice wine and shoved it in a plastic bag. He imported a lot of things from Japan, and many people called him obsessed. But he simply replied with 'I'm not obsessed, just wildly fascinated.' and most things from Japan did fascinate him. Especially the women. Of course, he could only tell that to -- oh who was he kidding he was open about it. Most girls just called him a pervert but hey, it happens.

Kenneth walked to the door and turned the kitchen light off, then made his way to the main door of the house. He took a black jacket off of the coat hanger and put it on. Checking he had his keys -- which he did -- he left into the cold outside wind. He hated the cold, but despised the summer moreso. If he had to freeze to avoid hayfever, then so be it.
He made his way down the street past the houses of his neighbors, most of which were asleep by now save for those who had children, and continued down the street. Within ten minutes he was in town, and it was busy like usual. People in costumes getting drunk, people in costumes about to get drunk, people in costumes throwing up because they're drunk and drunk people trying hard to convince the police that they are not drunk.
Kenneth took a sharp right and entered a video store, knowing exactly who would be working at this time. He walked up to the desk and saw a tall, thin man with bushy hair and a small goatee. This man was Gregory phelps. A local idiot, and stoner, but funny and a nice guy to chill with all the same.
"Yo, man." Gregory said with a dazed smile on his face as if he had spent the past few hours being fed morphine,
"Money. You owe me, man." Said Kenneth smiling,
"oh... Dude... Heavy. Hold on, man." Said Gregory as he reached into the depths of his pockets and placed it's contents on the desk. A peice of fluff, an eraser, a paper clip, a penny, but not money, "Oh... Ok, hold on." He said dozily again as he reached into the other pocket and found his wallet. His wallet consisted of nothing but an elastic band holding his money and driver's lisence together. He took the money and handed it all to Kenneth before smiling and getting his random items back into his pocket.
Kenneth waved and walked out, took a right and continued walking. Six minutes later and he was there. Outside the high school. Pretty nice during the day, pretty sinister during the night. He half expected a thunderbolt to come blasting down and an organ to play some cheesy theme that implied horrors were lurking in the dark. He looked at his watch, a digital one that lit with a dim blue light,
10: 57 PM

Jolene Tierney walked into her bedroom and threw down the mask that she had been wearing. It was just a black and green Mardi Gras mask, that only covered her eyes and the bridge of her nose. She saw that she had an email and leaned over her computer to look at it. It was from Kenneth, with what sounded like a great idea. A party in the school? That would be something to remember.

She pulled her black leather pants off, then her black skin tight tank top, leaving her in just her bra and panties. That would have been fine, except Joshua walked in, wanting to know how everything went with his friend. He gave a horrified scream and turned away. As the youngest child and only daughter, her family thought that she was still a child. The reminder that she had indeed grown up seemed to traumatize the oldest of the tribe.

"Get out!" She yelled when he didn't leave. She wasn't ashamed of her body, but it was her brother, there was nothing stranger or more awkward. Joshua quickly left, saying 'sorry' again and again.

Sticking her head in her closet, she looked around for something to wear, but found nothing that she would actually be comfortable in. After maybe five minutes, she was dressed in a spaghetti strapped tank top that showed off her midriff and the navel piercing she had done a year before. It was a bar with a silver bar on top and a red rose underneath. It was her favorite. Her pants were a pair of jeans that hugged low on her hips, showing the top of her black thong, and soon enough it would show all of the garment. They were loose down her legs, just the way she liked them, and showed just a peak of her wink converse.

Instead of finding her brother again, the seventeen year old hurried out of the house, knowing that she wouldn't have long to get to the school. While she knew that others would be walking, that just wasn't an option for Jolene, who had a big fear of the dark. After checking under her red camaro, she got in and started then put the car into hear. It was only a few minute drive, but when she pulled up, she saw Kenneth already there.

"Hey." She said as she turned the car off and got out. She pulled her pants up and walked forward.

Kenneth's eyes lit up as Jolene got out of her car as if a new spark of energy shot up his spine and gave him a little energy boost,
"Jo!" He shouted, and jumped to her, hugging her with his signature death-hug. The kind of hug that was like a bear hug. The kind of hug that could squeeze the life out of the immortal. But of course, it was his hug and people knew him for it. His friends were used to the death grip that was his hugging but if passed to a normal person it would probably cause a few broken ribs.
"Glad you came. Hope the others come aswell. Do you always have to dress so....." He shook his head ignoring his male impulses and smiled, shivered and sniffed. He was sure his nose was running, and it was getting damn cold outside. His breath could be seen now.
He had known Jo for a while now, almost since he had moved to the country. She wasn't much like him, but they were friends none the less. All of his friends seemed to be opposites of each other. You know what they say, opposites attract. But then, they always say two wrongs don't make a right, which is allways followed by Kenneth putting a wise-ass smirk on and saying, 'Not always true, Maths they do make a positive..' but that usually led to people making a huff and telling him to shut up.
He smiled as he looked into Jo's eyes that reflected the moon. The reflection of the moon sat directly in the middle of her left eye, a Kodak moment. Shame he didn't have a camera. Luckily he had a photgraphic memory, though. He would remember this moment for a long time. At least, that's what he thought. That memory would be dropped when he learns what is about to happen within the walls of the school.

Jolene laughed and hugged him back, her arms moving around his neck, using him to balance herself. She loved the tight hugs, they were always very warm and comforting, somehow. When he released her, she let her hands linger on his shoulders to make sure that she had something there in the dark. If she didn't have her hands on him, it would be likely that she would start having an anxiety attack. But, when more people came she knew it would be easier.

"I dress comfortably." She told him, pouting slightly. To see him shiver reminded her that it was cold out. She sometimes didn't pay attention to the weather, well most of the time she didn't pay attention to the weather and always wore tanktops or tight t-shirts. She was always very friendly, and chose to move closer, pressing her side to his. People called her a tease, but she never really noticed. "Stupid cold." She muttered, smiling up at him.

She saw him looking into her eyes before and thought nothing of it. She had beautiful eyes, everyone looked into them.

The hum of the television was the first thing Nick heard when he awoke from his quick nap. The light from the television gave the rest of the room an eerie blue glow, including the young man that slept next to him. Nick was gentle to remove the arm wrapped around his waist, laying it back on the bed before removing himself as softly as possible. He quickly dressed in his worn blue jeans with the hole in the knee and thread-bare Hollister t-shirt. There was a soft breeze blowing in through the open window next to the bed, giving a slight shiver down his spine as he gathered his keys, wallet, and phone.

It didn't help to rest his mind that during his short nap, there were visions of gloom and despair receding in the depths of his mind. Nick wanted more than anything for the night to be over with, considering how this night in particular seemed to make his dreams and total conscious that much more close to total insanity. Perhaps a nice car ride to the lookout point would do him some good?

He had almost made a clean getaway, if it hadn't been for that damn footstool at the end of the bed. He looked back to see his latest 'friend' stir from his sleep. A look of disappointment quickly spread across his friend's face before return to his pillow and waving off the dude who was quickly cutting any ties they had made just a few hours ago.

With a click of the door, Nick was free of that miserable situation and into his car parked near the apartment. As he got in his car, a tone beeped on his cell phone telling him there was a new email to be read. He quickly skimmed the email, noting a potential party to be had at school. It could be a good distraction to the rest of the night, so he ditched his original plans and sped off towards the high school.

The tires screeched to a stop as he pulled up to the main doors of the school. As he got out, Nick quickly noticed a couple other friends had shown up. He nodded as he walked towards them,

"Hey guys."

Kaleb wandered the streets of his town. It was somewhat trashed from a little 'Halloween Celebration' that probably took place not even an hour ago. He laughed when he saw that they had drew some very..intresting..things on a jack o'lantern. An example would be a depiction of..lets just say, 'the male reproduction instrument'. Immature? Yes, but he remembered when he used to be stupid like that.

He used to dress up for every Halloween and go out partying like everyone else, but now..it all just seems a bit childish to him now..
I guess it would be because he's matured a little since then..
due to certain events.

He stopped and looked at his watch. 11:00 PM.

Kaleb started to run; he wouldn't want to be late for school!
....
He never thought he'd hear himself think that.
But this was for a good reason.
Him and his friends were going to break into the school..on Halloween..who knows what could happen? Thats why his curiosity was peaked..

A few moments later he found himself standing in front of his school, and a few of his friends a little farther ahead of him.

"Hey guys" He called after, running up to them. "I'm here"

Kenneth was busy wrapping his arms around Jo again when he noticed two others arrive at the school. Luckily, they were people he knew. Halloween in this town was notorious for being filled with violence.
"Nick!" He said as he pounced, arms tightly locked around his chest with a smile on his face. He let go, "Glad you came... Oh! Kaleb!" And soon after that (Roughly a picosecond) he hugged him too.
"We're just missing... Liola.....and Ian..." He had begun counting them off with his fingers, with a niggling doubt that he may have missed a name, "They'll see the cars. So, I think we should head in and start without them. They shouldn't be that long anyway, right?" He smiled and ran up the steps to the building, confident the others would follow.

He ran round the corner on the right and found a side door. The door was wooden and painted red. It had a window with a cage over it to stop people breaking the glass. The wood of the door was covered in graffiti and markings that the pupils had carved in.
"I don't know how to pick a lock so...." He thought and looked around. He saw a brick sitting idly on the ground as if waiting for him. He picked it up and threw it at the handle of the door. It broke into little red shards and had cracked the area around the metal of the handle. "Great!" He said with an evil little smile before stepping back and running to the door. He jumped and rammed his shoulder into the door. There was a loud crack and the door broke open. It swung violently into the hall and hit off the dark wall. The handle was still sitting in the door frame, with the lock holding it in place.
"Woo!" Shouted Kenneth

"Nice to see you guys..." Nick said hesitantly as he was bombarded by a bear hug from Kenneth. He knew that his friend was one to get overly affectionate when it came to his close circle of friends, and yet there was still that inner thought of things going horribly wrong if people were to find out... He pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind as he gave Jolene a quick hug and Kaleb a pat on the shoulder. He hoped this party would be just as fun as their other shindigs had been in the past. Even if they were small and intimate, Nick enjoyed being around friends who wouldn't judge him.

It was quite a jolt to get him out of his thoughts as he watched Kenneth decimate the side door into nothing. He wondered if this was the best way to make an entrance, maybe a pair of bolt cutters on a chain in the back would have been less painful? He let it go as he followed Kenneth into the building. The halls were close to pitch black, save the little light that now began to trickle in from the broken door. A shudder ran across his body as malevolent thoughts circulated in his mind. Something felt off for sure, perhaps too early to tell? He would let it go for now.

Jolene was kind of dazing off, she'd always loved accents and whenever Kenneth talked... Well, she got like that. Turning around, she saw that they were starting to leave her alone. "Wait!" She said, hurrying forward, reaching for one of them and grabbing a shirt. She didn't know or care who's it was, they all knew about her problem with the dark and crowded places, so she knew that they should be fine with her being close to them.

She didn't want to be alone as she followed them into the school, sticking close to whoever to was she grabbed.

Kaleb watched as Kenneth took a brick and smashed it against the door of the school. Kaleb smiled a bit. "Awesome, bro"
He walked into the school, stepping on the shattered pieces of glass on the ground from the door, Following Nick and Kenneth. He felt something tugging at his shirt. Jolene was hanging onto him as they went in. He laughed a little. "Hey it's ok, we're just having fun, it'll be ok" He tried to cheer her up.

“Huh, people are so stupid these days...”

Liolia sat on her bed, surfing through the wonderful world of the Internet. She was bored, as always, and decided to learn more 'interesting' things. Now, obviously she knew you could never trust the Internet, but she only did this for mere amusement. Not like anyone else was different. Even the most giving person was selfish, selfish because they want to please themselves for being so nice. It was simple to figure out, or maybe it was her observance. Hm, who knows?

She typed in some words, things like 'Appearance of a Ghost' or 'Unknown Death Cases'. Yes, she was interested in these type of things, but once again, it was for her amusement. She blinked, her eyes lazily moving to the corner of the screen as she saw a message pop up. She sighed, knowing exactly what it meant. So it was finally time.

She closed her laptop, jumping off her bed, not bothering to open the message. It was from Kenneth obviously, and today was Halloween too. She only wondered what the outcome would be though. She actually wanted to go out and try out some superstitions that connected with Halloween, but she guessed she could skip it for this year. Anyways, judging from the websites' appearance, it was probably a lie. She had to remind herself to go to the library for once.

Stretching, she grabbed her hat and put on a hoodie, zipping it half way up. She ran her fingers through her short hair once, and put on her hat as it snuggly fit. Hey, now all she needed was a chainsaw and she would be ready for Halloween. Slipping on her sneakers, she walked out the door, shutting the lights off as she went. “Mom, Dad, I'm going to the Halloween party...” She yelled to her parents, grabbing the doorknob and stepping out. Well, it's not like she would tell them the real reason. “Oh, wait a moment! I need you here for a sec!” Her mom yelled from the kitchen as she hurried to Liolia. She just raised an eyebrow at this, wondering what in the world she would want at a time like this. “Alright hun, I have to get your measurements for some clothes. You don't want to be left out at the family reunion now do you?” Her mom said happily, grinning ear to ear.

Liolia's face twisted in horror, knowing well enough that this wasn't going to end well. “Mom, I need to go....This isn't the time right now....” She muttered, slowly backing away. But, being a mother and knowing her daughter very well, she grabbed onto her arm as she led her to a room. “Come on now! It'll only take a few moments!” She said, having a strong hold on her. She really wondered how she was so strong though. Liolia's feet skidded on the floor, trying to stop but failing miserably. She guessed she should just get this over with. “....Fine”

“Alright Sweety, have fun!” “I'll try....” Liolia muttered under her breath, slamming the door shut behind her. She was glad she grabbed her hat, at least it covered her cherry red face. She hated being measured, it was awkward. Even with a mother. Sighing, she watched as people were happily walking along the streets, trick or treating. Well, most of them were tricking. Actually, all of them were drunk, she didn't know if that was tricking or treating. Probably treating for them and tricking for others. Oh well. She blinked, looking down at her cell phone. It read 10:50. Well, no use trying to hurry. Obviously she would be late.

She didn't bother driving her car, she wasn't in for it. Even if she used to car, it made no difference in time. Anyways, why would want to miss people beating each other up? Once again, great entertainment. She smirked, her hat covering most of her face. She sort of blended in with the surroundings, that was good for her. At least she won't be picking a fight with anyone today. She looked up, seeing a few cars parked by the school. Well, she definitely knew she was late now. Maybe it was good to have drove here instead. Ah well, what goes is what goes. All she needed to do now is find her dear friends. But, she had no need to search all over.

She heard a loud crack and a few other minor noises. Well, she knew where they were. She walked over to the side of the building, poking her head through a hole in the wall. Actually, there was supposed to be a door there, someone must have destroyed it. She stared at the damaged door blankly before looking up, seeing the gang there. “That was loud....”

Jolene laughed softly at Kaleb and relinquished her grip. She was with friends, nothing was happened, she was sure. "Well, you know how I am with the dark.." She said quietly, smiling sweetly at him. She hurried up to walk next to the people and looked around.

The school was kind of creepy at night, with no one there. She sighed softly and looked around more. There was her locker, but it was hard to imagine walking over and standing there for periods of time. Not in the dark. She saw her homeroom up ahead and again, found it strange. But, she didn't say anything, just thought about the foreboding feeling.

The hall was a dark tunnel, only illuminated by the light of the streets that barely dripped into the linoleum. Kenneth's footsteps seemed a billion times louder. Everything was so quiet, and a school was never quiet. It was an odd sensation, like seeing a dead animal for the first time. The building truely died at night.

Kenneth took a left at some large double doors and stood in the biggest room. The gym hall. A basketball court mainly with the bleachers stacked up at one side, a few out ready for sitting on though. He looked lift and slapped the light switch. The white lights shot on like a quiet thunderbolt, with a dull humming in the background that was perhaps a generator or the school 'warming up' as teachers used to tell the younger kids.
"Alright, I guess we can use the court." Kenneth shouted back into the hall as his friends neared closer and eventually arrived at the doors. He saw a basketball laying idle in the far left corner of the court. He was sure that wasn't there when he turned the lights on -- minds playing tricks on him, he thought -- but regardless he took his jacket off, threw it over onto the bleachers that reminded him of church pews and picked up the rubber orange.
He began happily bouncing the ball and running around the court, scoring hoops and trying to bring a little bit of life to the room.

As Kaleb walked through the halls along with his friends, he was already having fun..in an eerie way..the school seemed so quiet and pitch black, but it was so strange to him that by day it was completely different. He was intruged..in an odd way. They all came to a stop at the gym.

"Alright, I guess we can use the court." Kenneth yelled to them.

Kaleb walked through the door. Kenneth began to bounce the ball, scoring hoops with it. Kaleb wasn't much of a sports guy, but once in a while he'd play some kind of activity.

"So.."
He walked to the middle of the gym.
"What now?"

Those cold shivers only seemed to grow stronger as the Nick entered the gym behind Kaleb. He had to squint a bit in order to adjust his eyes to the blinding light that now surged across the court. He watched Kenneth make the rounds of the court with a basketball, but decided it not necessary to participate since it would just make him look like the dumb jock everyone assumed of him. Instead he chose to break into the coach's office, the door being at the other end of the court. A little wiggle of the handle and a quick shimmy of a credit card in the slot by the lock got him easy access to the office.

A flick of the switch revealed an overly cliched version of a coach's office, random sports gear strewn about with a manly mess across the desk. Nick could care less though, as his focus was on the small foot locker in the corner of the room. The contents were what he was seeking, a good fifth of rum and a bottle of Jack Daniels. Nick quickly snatched these up along with a couple cups and a two liter of soda from the mini fridge under the desk. Before leaving, he turning on the radio that rang out over the gym's speakers in a low tone. A set from Led Zeppelin played overhead as Nick brought the goodies to his friends.

"Who's up for some rum and cokes?"

Ian was late as usual arriving only in time to see the last of the group go in, he got out of his car shutting the door silently and seeing this as the perfect opportunity to scare them out of there wits. He quietly went in after them, tiptoeing a good 5 feet behind them at all times, he did his best to silence the chuckling that threatened to burst from his lips. He walked quietly and waited until they entered the gym and cut the lights on and he hid behind the doors to the gym. He stood there and waited on somebody to do something stupid, 'it shouldn't take that long' he assured himself.

Smiling upon hearing Nick offer everyone rum and cokes, he stood up from his crouched position behind the door so that now the shaped of his head could be seen through the small frosted window in the door. "What do you kids think your doing? Your not allowed on school property after hours." He called out attempting to make his voice a booming loud gruff sound. He tried to hold his composure and refrain from busting out into laughter, if only he could see there faces right then.

Liolia looked around the gym, hating that she was back in school. And she was thinking she needed to run away from school, and now look here, she's back. She sighed, staring at nothing as she waited for everyone to pull their pranks. She only came for the enjoyment and creativity, of course she would not take part of this. Well, maybe, if she felt like it of course. She slowly turned her head to the coach's office, hearing some music being played. Smirking, she leaned on the side of the wall, alert if there was a janitor or someone in this building. If they were caught, it would be the end of them.

She blinked, looking up as the lights suddenly turned off. Power shortage...? She wondered. It wasn't like she was going to freak out or anything, she was almost always emotionless. She heard a gruff voice from somewhere, and that was probably someone working here. She didn't care though, she could get out of a simple situation like this. Run, duh. But, something about that voice seemed a little....Off. It didn't seem like anger, more like another emotion. A grin flickered on her lips as she shook her head, pulling her hat down slightly. This would be interesting.

Kenneth snuck up within the shadows as led zeppelin blared their mighty rock throughout the halls. Interesting that a powercut only turned off these specific lights, and with a revealing feel, the switch had gone up.
wise ass./ he thought to himself with a chesire cat grin upon his young face.
He straightened himself up and flicked the light switch. It didn't turn back on. The music stopped and the room fell silent.
"Ah crap, the power really did cut this time. Anyone wanna escort me to the breaker?" He said aloud as he kept flicking the lightswitch, hoping for power. But none came.

Ian straightened up when the power went out, what the heck. He was supposed to be the one scaring them not the other way around. He felt around for the door knob to the gym door and opened it slipping inside "Guys, it me Ian" he called out looking around as if that would help him find them. He could here Kenneth's voice, and surprising it was comforting to know the group had not moved to a different location before the lights went out. "I'll go with you to the breaker." He offered ready to get some lights back on, the darkness didn't scare him but something didn't fill right and the school was certainly a little spooky with all the lights off at 11 o clock at night.

Liolia raised an eyebrow, wondering what in the world happened. She was sure that it was only the light switch, not the whole electricity. Maybe it was a power shortage... She really wondered about that though. Wasn't this school supposed to be good with everything? Including electricity. She sighed, wondering what in the world happened. Probably some rat was chewing on one of the wires. Yeah, that's how it usually went.

“I'll come too, just to see..” She said to them, walking up to the door. Who knows? Maybe there really is a ghost in this school. Ha, that would be the day. It was an hour before mid night, the time when all the spooky things came out to haunt people. Well, that's what she knew. To make it weirder, it was a full moon. Hey, maybe it was a werewolf that chewed on the wire.