Dylan's Revenge

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Riker POV

"TURN IT OFF!" Riley screamed, only inches from my ear.

I grabbed the remote and paused the movie as fast as I possibly could.

"What is it!?" I asked, confused.

"I heard something..."

"Where?"

"In the basement."

"So?"

"Go down there and make sure everything's ok."

"I'm not going down there!"

"Why not!?"

"Because it's a basement!"

"Riker, you need to!"

Riley got up, went to her room, and came back with a baseball bat.

"Here."

"Why was that in your room?"

"Just in case. Now go down in the basement!"

I really didn't want to, but after everything today, I figured the basement situation had to be better than everything else I had been through today. I took the bat from Riley, and slowly walked over to the door.

"Go!"

"Shhh!"

I opened the door, turned on the light, and slowly started walking down the stairs. There wasn't much down there. And I didn't see anyone.

"RIKER!"

I sprinted back up the stairs.

"WHAT!?" I shouted.

"Someone just drove by! No one ever drives by at this time of night!"

I sighed. She's just paranoid...

"Riley, I'm sure it was just one of your neighbors."

"Was there anyone down there?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

Riley pulled me back over to the couch. We got back under the blankets again, and unpaused the movie.

"Am I driving you nuts?" Riley whispered to me.

I paused the movie.

"What?"

"Am I driving you nuts?"

"No. Why?"

"Because I feel bad that I'm acting like a crazy person!"

"You're not driving me nuts."

"Well I'm driving myself nuts! I can't relax! Everything is floating around in my brain!"

"Riley, did you take your pills tonight?"

"No..."

"Riley."

"I forgot! Honest!"

"Go take them."

Riley walked into the kitchen behind me. When she didn't come back for a few minutes, I went in to look for her. She was staring out the window.

"Riley?"

"He's out there, I can feel it!"

"Riley, come here. He's not out there. He's gone."