Halloween Night

Chapter 6

"That useless fucking nerd! I can't fucking believe him!" Regina stomped along in the dark of the forest, holding her phone up and letting its light illuminate the immediate area. "Dragging his slut friends to the party with us, getting us lost, then "I'm going to get out and take a look, it'll feel good to stretch my legs," she whined in an unflattering imitation of her boyfriend's voice, "And now we're all screwed! Wandering out in fuck knows where, with wolves howling, and inbred hilljacks just waiting to rape us to death! Fucking idiot!"

She was so breaking up with him. He never really deserved her anyway, he didn't have nearly enough money and he didn't know anyone important, so he was nice, so what? He was just a useless fucking nerd in the end. Well, not totally useless. He'd take her anywhere she wanted and God, did he ever know how to fuck and eat pussy! That was the good thing about dating a geek; they worked so hard for it!

But this was the last straw. She'd tolerated that stuck-up bitch Sarah as one of his friends before they met, but then Sarah had let to airhead Ally and that simpering cow Sheena. She knew the porky little bitch wanted her man. Well, she could have him after this. If she didn't get eaten by a wolf or turned into some hilljack's shotgun bride, that is. Regina smirked at that thought, a bit of a spring back in her step. Yes, she'd break up with Greg after this, but not right away. She'd squeeze for what she could, really make him bend over backwards to make it up to her, and then dump him.

She'd just follow this little road whatever to a real road or town, get signal back, and call a friend to pick her up. Then maybe tomorrow she'd call the cops or something to go after the others. They deserved a night in cold, wet, bumfuck nowhere for jerking her around, getting her lost, and making her miss the party. She'd so been going to hook up with Riley too; it would have been awesome but instead, this had to happen.

Maybe they could all get eaten by wolves. Fuck that asshole and his bitch friends. It wasn't like he'd found her or come after her or anything either. He watched all that boring wilderness shit and where was he? Lost like the rest of them.

After running from the clearing, she'd come across a much clearer and broader path lower on down the ridge. It was dirt but it was still mostly clear and looked like it had at least once been well used. It even looked like there used to be tracks for a train or something at one time, though it must have been a small train. She had been walking along the remains of the wooden ties the rails had rested on for what felt like forever, when suddenly the forest on both sides faded away and a vast blackness loomed up ahead.

Regina lifted her phone up higher, though the silvery moonlight provided enough light to see. "What the fuck is that?" Ahead of her, the path she was on clearly leading to it was the side of the ridge, a steep slope, and at its base was an opening framed with thick wooden timbers and the remnants of a brief canopy extending from the side of the slope over it. "It's a...a tunnel." No wonder they were lost! They must be on the wrong side of the ridge. "Looks creepy..." But she'd heard there were tunnels for the old mines that went through the ridges and mountains around here. That meant it went through, so it'd be shorter to go through it than to walk around all night. So she should use it to get to the other side and back closer to town.

But it really, really looked creepy.

Maybe she should go the back the other way the road thingy lead. That'd be a smart move too, right? But that could take hours! This would cut right through the mountain! Regina sighed and shook her head, "I am not staying out here one minute longer than I have to." God, she was going to make Greg regret this so much. It was all because of him that she had to go into this ugly tunnel!

She walked under the faintly creaking wood of the canopy that covered the entrance to the old mine and paused again. Oh, oh, this was so creepy! Just go. Just do it and get it over with; like going down on her math TA. Or her history TA. Regina turned her phone over to thumb through to the flashlight app Greg had made her get and open it. About time the damn thing was useful and didn't just take up memory. Regina walked into the old mine and under the earth, shining the short beam of light that came from the phone ahead of her.