Horrorland: Monsters Unleashed

Chapter #3 Doom Slide & Terror Tower

My friends and I stared at this skeleton, who had just introduced himself as Curly, Horrorland's Master of Scarémonies.

"Scarémonies?" I questioned the skeleton.

"Yes indeed! I'm in charge of all the events happening here in Horrorland! Shows, weddings, parties, you name it!" Curly replied.

"Weddings? People get married here?" Ryan asked.

"Sure do! We put on absolutely monstrous wedding ceremonies. The chapel is located in Vampire Village!" Curly nodded.

"Wow. Well, since you seem to be the go-to guy for everything Curly, tell us; what ride should we go on first?" I wondered, resting my arm on the skeleton's shoulder.

"Try the Doom Slide! It's a real scream!" Curly suggested, using his cane to point towards the attraction just down the path.

"Alright! Thanks Curly! Seya!" Kyle called as the four of us jogged towards the ride entrance.

"Have a scary day!" Curly waved.

I turned and waved back at Curly. He was an impressive contraption. An animatronic maybe? A robot? Whatever he was, he was awesome!

We entered the building that housed the Doom Slide now and began to climb up the massive amount of stairs leading up to the top. At the top of the steps were two Horrors and 10 different slide openings! There were 10 slides?!

The two Horrors turned to us.

"Pick any slide you like, but beware; if you pick the Doom Slide, you'll slide forever!" The first Horror warned.

"Pick with caution!" The second bellowed.

I scanned all 10 of my options. No slide looked any more sketchy than the next, so which one was the Doom Slide? Looking at my friends, I saw that Jen was thinking.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Why don't we go down in pairs?" She suggested.

"Why?" Kyle blurted.

"You know.....it might be more fun that way..." Jen defended nervously.

"I'm not going down in a pair!" Kyle grumbled. He clearly didn't understand that Jen was a little scared.

"I'll go down with you. Which slide number should we pick? Your choice." Ryan offered to Jen. This made her smile.

"Uuum.......number 10! My lucky number!" Jen cheered.

"10 it is then!" Ryan nodded.

As Jen and Ryan got set up for their pair slide, Kyle and I chose our own individual ones. I chose slide number 5 and Kyle chose number 1. The four of us sat at the top of the slides, waiting for the Horrors to tell us to go.

Then suddenly, the floor beneath me began to dip downwards, and before I had time to say anything, I was sliding....into pitch blackness! I could hear the simultaneous screams of my friends along with mine as I slid through the completely black tube.

Down, around in spirals, and down again I went through my slide. My screams eventually turned into laughs as I began to enjoy myself.

Down, around again, down, twists and turns, down and around some more. How long was this slide? I should've reached the bottom by now. It felt as if I had been sliding forever.

A sudden wave of fear came over me then. Sliding forever?! That's just like what the Horror had said! I gasped hard as I realized.

I had chosen the Doom Slide!