Hereditary

VII

Red Oak street was deserted.. There was nothing there except an old barn and a house on the verge of crumbling down. I parked my car on the side of the road and entered the house. The door made a long and loud sound before detaching itself from the wall and falling to the ground. Oh lord.. I carefully walked in, scared to break the rotten wood beneath me. I searched for anything anywhere in this empty room that must've been a living room a long time ago. Nothing. I made my way to the kitchen and the floor under me broke. I was caught in surprise when it happened and I hit the floor on my back. I grunt in pain before coughing because of the cloud of dust in this room. Thank god I didn't banged my head. I stand up with difficulty and analyzed the room that I fell in. It's clearly a basement that looks like a dungeon. It has rocked walls, it was dark and it was humid there.

I checked in the room if there was anything related to Alexa or my brother. I looked under and over the things this room had. Nothing! Damn it Alexa! I tugged the root of my hair and sighed. What did she wanted me to look at? I bend my head backwards and look at the ceiling. There was something craved on the ceiling. I take an old chair that was laying in a corner to get a closer look at the writing.

39.3210° N, 111.0937° W

Well this could've been a better. I have no idea what those coordinates are and I'm stuck in a basement slash dungeon.

"Thanks Alexa, next time be more precise please." I mumbled to myself.

Now I needed to go back upstairs, but how? There were no stairs. I guess I had to go back where I came in. I brought the chair to where I fell and climb on it. As I was about to grab the upper floor, the chair broke and I fell on my ass. I sighed in pain and go grab a table. I was so pissed! First I almost died, second I fell in a hole, then I found coordinates that I can't decode and I fell on my ass because of an old chair.. The table better not break! I carefully climb on it, I grabbed the same spot as before and I pulled myself up. I ran outside before I fall in another hole and get stuck forever in it.

...

I was back in the hotel packing my things when I suddenly felt like I was being watched. I'm being paranoid, I was alone in my hotel room and it was in the middle of the day. Nothing to be scared about. Still.. I checked the bathroom and the windows just to be sure that I was all alone, and I was. The feeling went away as soon as I left the hotel room.

...

It's been a week since the vampire case, I miss their company a lot. I feel lonely in my car listening to Bob Seger.. or Queen.. or AC DC.. Or any group rock. I called my uncle asking him to figure out what are the coordinates that Alexa gave me. I also called Ally, my best friend who turns out to be my sister. We're not related, but she was always with me since I can remember so she's like my big sister.

"So what's up?" I ask her while I take a left turn.

"Nothing much just checking if your brother is in the states that I'm in." She says.

"Which one?"

"Georgia, I'm sorry Stel. It doesn't look like he's been there." She sadly announces and I sigh.

"It's okay." I tell her.

"We'll find him, I promise."

"I hope." I say parking my car on the side of the road.

"Where are you heading?" She asks probably because she heard my car through the phone.