Island of the Dead

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Sean, Brian, and Casper were dozing off when Bruce and Susie woke them up. Suddenly, the five of them heard a loud crash come from somewhere in the darkness. They grabbed their weapons, ready to defend themselves. The five teenagers slowly stood up, all of them facing the direction that the sound came from. Brian and Sean were the first ones to start walking off into the darkness, then Bruce, Susie, and Casper followed the two boys into the darkness in a hallway. All five of them walked in complete darkness then Susie bumped her knee into something hard. "Ow!" she whispered, wanting to not wake the others up.

"Are you okay?" Brian asked her. "Yeah, I'm okay." Susie answered. Sean ran his right hand along the side of the hallway, trying to find a door. Sure enough, his hand touched a door-handle so he twisted the door-handle and pushed the door open. The five of them stepped into the room and pinched their noses closed with their fingers. The room was an office. The office stunk like rotten flesh.

The five of them all walked farther into the office and that is when Sean saw five flashlights laying on a cabinet. He picked one of the flashlights up for himself then he picked up the other ones for the others. Sean handed Brian, Bruce, Susie, and Casper their flashlights. The four boys searched the office for more supplies while Susie stood in front of the door.

Suddenly, something yanked Susie back into the hallway. Just before she disappeared into the darkness, the flashlight fell out of her hand and she accidently pulled the shotgun's trigger and shot Sean in the right shoulder. The shot made Sean fly back against the wall. Susie set out a scream as she was being dragged down the hallway, across the ground on her back. She tried to grab something to hold on to but she couldn't get a good grip on anything. Brian, Bruce, and Casper all ran out of the room and they told Sean that they would come back and help him as soon as they got Susie and now they were all running after her.

Their flashlight beams were bobbing up and down the hallway. Bruce's flashlight beam landed on Susie, half of her was in the darkness and she was still screaming at the top of her lungs. "No! No! No! No!" Susie screamed loudly. . "Susie!" Bruce yelled as she slipped farther into the darkness. Bruce, Brian, and Casper all ran after Susie. They all could still hear her screams for help. Brian dived toward the floor, trying to reach for her. He felt Susie's hands and he held on to her hands but he felt her hands slip out of his hands. Suddenly, Susie's screams stopped as soon as they started.

Bruce, Brian, and Casper stopped in their tracks. Then all of the sudden, all three of the boys felt cold. They wrapped their arms around themselves. They felt like they were being watched. They stared into the darkness for a few seconds, and something burst out of the shadows. Three figures with bright red eyes came rushing out of the darkness, straight at the three boys. They all turned around and started to take off up the hallway into the darkness. The dark figures were a few feet behind them. Bruce tripped over something in the darkness, his flashlight sliding out of his hand.

Brian and Casper ran back to help Bruce up but he just told them to keep going without him. "GO, GO, GO!" Bruce just yelled at Brian and Casper. The other two boys took off running for their lives, neither of them dared to look back. They could both hear Bruce's final scream as the three figures dragged him off into the darkness. Then they heard the chomping and slurping sounds the bones and flesh made as the figures ate away at Bruce's flesh and bones.

Finally, the chomping and slurping sounds ended. Finally, Casper decided to look back and when he did look back, he screamed. The three dark figures were chasing after them but as the dark figures ran after the two frightened boys, more dark figures were pouring out of the darkness and joined the chase. Brian ran faster than Casper. "WAIT UP!" Casper screamed at Brian but he chose not to listen to him. Casper was getting way behind Brian. Sure enough, the dark figures got Casper too. Casper screamed at Brian to come back and help him as the dark figures pulled him off into the darkness. Brian didn't dare to look back.

All of the sudden, Brian started to see light. Where is that light coming from? Brian thought to himself. He kept on running until finally, he came running into a large room. He quickly turned around and slammed the door then he looked for something to block the door with. Brian spotted a small table next to the door. He went over to the table, put his hands on the edge, and pushed the table with all his strength. The table's legs scratched against the floor, creating an eerie sound.

Finally, he pushed the table up against the door. He backed away from the door very slowly, waiting to hear banging. Surely, there was banging on the door. The banging was soft at first but louder and harder. Brian kept on backing up away from the door. The wooden door gave way to a hole, pieces of wood flying everywhere. Brian could see a black arm reaching through the hole in the door.

He looked around the room and he was frightened at what he saw. In the right far corner of the room, there was another small table covered with a blanket, and on the blanket, there was a circle painted on it with blood, there were candles that were lit surrounding the circle. In the middle of the circle, there was a smaller circle, and in the smaller circle, there was a bowl. Brian went over to the table to get a better look. Then he screamed.

Inside the bowl there were small bones, a heart, a brain, and a liver. Brian felt like he was going to throw up. Just then, he had this feeling that he was being watched. So he spun around, but there was nothing there. He took a few steps forward then he let out a sigh then he turned back around, only to come face-to-face with one of the dark figures. The dark figure opened its mouth wide open as Brian screamed for mercy. The dark figure then launched itself at him, pushing him to the ground.

Brian struggled to sit up just as another dark figure appeared out of nowhere behind him. The dark figure behind him then sunk its sharp fangs into Brian's throat. Brian screamed at the top of his lungs, as the dark figure sunk its fangs deeper into his throat. Blood was oozing out of his throat and making its way down the side of his shirt. Blood went flying everywhere. Finally, Brian's screams came to an end. The dark figure dropped his lifeless body onto the ground.