Halloween Night

Chapter 12

Austin pulled Ally with him over to Ethan. Ethan was pointing to a line, "the light in here is so dim, I thought this was a crack, but look at it. It's a trap door."

Austin inspected it closely, "how do we open it?"

Kira tapped Ally's shoulder as Austin and Ethan looked at the possible exit.

"Here is some water." She handed her a bottle, "just to wet your throat."

Ally nodded gratefully, "Thank you. You don't have to-"

"It would be a shame to lose a voice like yours." Kira cut her off, "anyway, we have to stick together." She gave her a small smile.

Ally nodded and sipped at the water, "yeah, I guess we do." Ally agreed, "thanks."

Ally turned her attention to Austin, and Kira made her way into the nook under Ethan's arm. He guarded her protectively. I guess they had gotten together after Austin broke up with Kira, Ally thought.

"So...you're thinking we can kick it inwards?" Dallas asked.

"I think we should try pulling it up." Ethan notes.

"How would we get it up?" Austin asked.

Dez giggled, "that's what she said." Everyone looked at him incredulously, and Trish nudged him in the ribs. "S-sorry." He said quietly, looking down.

"What about the knife?" Dallas asks, "we can wedge it in there and get our hands under it."

"I don't like the idea of that." Austin states, "if we lose the knife we loose our only weapon."

There are 10 of us." Cassidy notes, "we don't need weapons, we have numbers."

"Yeah, unless they have guns." Austin spits back, "and who knows how many of them there are. What if the whole house is in on this?"

Ally whimpers and Austin brings her closer to his chest.

"Conspiracy theories aside," Ethan interjects, "we can try to push it through and if it doesn't work, I vote the knife idea."

"Fine." Dallas agrees, and Austin turns to Ally, wiping his fingers over her wet tears.

"Okay, you and Kira need to go stand with the girls." Austin instructs. "We're going to try and get this door open."

Ally nods.