Halloween Night

Chapter 22

Austin stood by the wall his girlfriend had been dragged through just minutes ago. He looked it up and down, examining every part of it. There has to be some way to get through to the other side, he thought. Dallas and Cassidy were questioning Trish on what had happened to her.

"So how did you end up unconscious, anyway?" Dallas asked.

"Yeah, and where's freckles?" Cassidy added, referring to Dez. Trish started tearing up. "I...I don't know where he is. The last thing I remember was Dez and I getting chased by a ghost. We went different ways and got split up. I tried to find him again, but then I felt a sharp pain in my side. Someone stabbed me with a needle and injected me with something that made me fall unconscious. And that's the last thing I remember."

"So we've lost Ally and we've lost Dez." Dallas noted. "Maybe they-"

"Guys, if you don't mind could we maybe safe the chitchat for later? In case you haven't noticed, Ally and Dez are missing and who knows what could have happened to them. We have to find them, and fast. So could you make yourself's useful and help me find a way through this wall?" Austin said, cutting Dallas off. He didn't mean to sound rude, but at this point he really only cared about finding Ally and Dez.

Trish nodded and walked over to Austin, Dallas and Cassidy following behind. "So have you found anything that could be some sort of way to get through this wall?" Trish asked.

Austin sighed, frustrated. "No. I don't understand. How could they have just disappeared? This is the way they went, I know it." He started pounding on the wall with his fist. "There has" *bang* "to be" *bang* "a way through!" *bang*. All of a sudden the wall started to turn, bringing Austin, Trish, Cassidy and Dallas along with it. They found themselves on the other side of the wall.

"So apparently to open doors and walls around here all you have to do is knock three times. Like the Mummy did back in the concrete room." Dallas noted. Austin however, wasn't listening. He thought he could hear something in the distance.

"Guys, be quiet for a second." He said. "Do you hear that?" They looked around, trying to hear what Austin was hearing.

He knows he heard it that time. It sounded like screaming.

Ally's screaming.

He ran off in the direction he heard it coming from before his friends could even question him. He started screaming her name, trying to find out where she was hidden. He came to a wooden door. He pressed his ear up to it, and he could hear her screams coming from within the room. He banged the wall three times, hoping it would open like the wall did.

But nothing happened.

"Ally!" He yelled, as her screams got louder. He thought he could hear her say his name, though it was muffled.

He had to get in there. She was in trouble and he knew she needed him. He didn't take a second thought before he rammed into the door. It didn't fall. He backed up further, and ran into the door once more. It fell to the ground and he ran into the room. What he saw was pure horror.

Someone had chained his Ally to a wall. He ran to her side, and pulled the rag out of her mouth.

"Ally! Thank God I found you! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" He asked, while looking her over.

"Austin, I'm okay, but I'm not going to be if we don't get out of here!" She said.

'What are you talking about?" He asked, confused. "Look!"'she nodded her head over to the wall that was slowly approaching them.

"Oh, shit!" He yelled. "Alright, we have to get you down, and fast! Is there a spare key anywhere?"

"No. I didn't see one." She whimpered. "You have-you have to go, Austin. It's no use. That wall is going to squish us within a matter of minutes. Get out of here while you still can." She said. She knew there was no way to get her down, and she couldn't stand the thought of him dying because of her.

He started tearing up, and he shook his head furiously. "No. No Ally, don't do that. I promised you I would get you out of this. Get us out of this. I already lost you once, I'm not letting it happen again."

She nodded her head, knowing there was no way to change his mind. "Austin you have to look for something to break the chain. It's the only way." She said.

He looked around the room, spotting nothing that would help him get through that chain. "Alright I have to leave the room. But I promise you, I'll be right back. Everything's going to be okay." He grabbed her face and kissed her passionately.

He ran out of the room. "I'll just wait here then." She said, smiling sadly. The wall was getting dangerously close, and she feared he wouldn't make it back in time.

"Please hurry, Austin. Please." She whispered.