Time Warp Ghosts

Part 3: LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!!!

I look back, at the man as I hear the latch slide shut.

This can't be good. Maybe Mikey was right....

A thousand negative thoughts, all influence by my dear brother, flood my mind. The man walks past us and down the hall in front of us. He gestures for us to follow and says, "This way."

Mikey and I follow him.

"Are you having a party?" I hear Mikey ask tentatively. The man turns around and looks at us.

"Yes. You've chosen a very special night to show up. It's one of the master's events." I hear Mikey let out a small, "oh," next to me. My brother gives a small, nervous laugh and continues, "Well. Lucky him."

"you're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, WE'RE ALL LUCKY!"

Mikey and I both turn to the new voice. There's another person, slightly taller than the man in front of us, but they're also on the stairs, that could have something to do with it. They let out a loud laugh, which sounds more like a cackle, as they slide down the rest of the railing. I could have sworn the person was a man, but as the swing their leg over the stairway railing, I notice they're wearing tights and what appears to be a maid's outfit. Their brown hair sticks up everywhere. At least I think it's brown. It has a reddish tint..... This is just one extremely confusing being. They toss a feather duster at the man and the clock begins to chime loudly. I turn to face it and notice it's shaped like a coffin. The skeleton makes more sense.

The man walks over to the clock and runs the duster down it in a quick, slight motion. He swings open the front of the clock, the hinges screaming loudly in protest. Surely enough, there was a skeleton in it. I feel Mikey shrink into my side.

The man begins singing.

"It's astounding

Time is fleeting.

Madness takes its toll.

But listen closely-"

The other person interupts and sings,

"Not for very much longer..."

The man nods slightly and continues

"I've got to keep control.

I remember,

Doing the Time Warp!

Drinking, those moments when

The blackness would hit me"

The other person joins in again and they continue singing and dancing.

"And the void would be calling."

They run after us and Mikey and I run through a doorway, with a curtain draped over the frame.

We pass through a set of doors and burst into a banquet hall type room, full of people.

The entire group turns to look at us and begins singing.

"Let's do the Time Warp again.

Let's do the Time Warp again.

It's just a jump to the left,

And a step to the right,

Put your hands on your hips,

And pull your knees in tight,

But it's the pelvic thrust,

That really drives you insane.

Let's do the Time Warp again.