Daydreams And Nightshade (DaN #1)

Chapter 9: Miss House

Lucius offered his coat to Miss House before they left, and as she didn't make any movement to accept it he just awkwardly placed it over her. Noah had been more than willing to stay behind and look after her with Damien as extra protection should something attack. Luna was then placed between Vincent and Lucius to make sure there were no surprise ambushes aimed at her as they walked.

She recalled how she'd found them ridiculous last time they'd been outside the house, but now she was grateful for the concern. Still, she felt safer with them even in that place than with that woman back there.

Vincent entered the entrance hall first with Luna close behind him, and Lucius removed one of his shoes and placed it against the door to prevent it from closing before entering as well.

"I'll try to get upstairs first. Hopefully I'll find what's causing this and you won't have to—" Vincent began, but interrupted himself. "Err, except... the stairs aren't broken anymore"

"They're... what?" Lucius asked and Luna drew a breath.

"Maybe... how about we just try not to be surprised by things anymore and just... move on until we find something?"

"Well, the stairs could be something," Vincent suggested, but Luna frowned.

"I don't know what that would be but... let's look upstairs first."

The upstairs consisted of a bigger room with two doors; One to the right and one on the wall in front of them. Luna began walking up to the one in front, but was interrupted by a 'whoah' and Vincent grabbing hold of her.

She then looked to the side and felt her mouth open.

"Whoah," she agreed.

The door was covered in flesh. Or made out of flesh. Either or, and it looked as though there were faces in it. Here and there eyes were poking out, darting around in place and veins spread like vines across the large frame.

Luna placed a hand over her mouth.

"I do believe that could be our something," Lucius whispered as they all backed away a step, and a look was exchanged between the three of them.

"I, uh... I suppose I'll... have a look?" Vincent said hesitantly, and sighed as Lucius nodded.

Luna made a disgusted face as Vincent slowly walked up and tried searching around for a form of doorknob. Finally, he seemed to settle for a nose-like lump in the frame of the whole thing and tried pulling it. His fingers couldn't quite grasp the soft flesh however, and he barely got it open a little before it seemed to suck its way back into the door opening.

"Ew..." Luna whispered.

Lucius nodded towards it.

"Did you see anything?"

"I don't... A little. I think it's a bedroom? I saw a bed at least and... I don't know, maybe someone in it?"

"This would be so much easier if that woman out there could talk to us," Luna muttered and began walking up to the door just as a creak was heard from the other direction. She'd barely turned her head towards the normal, wooden door before she let out a scream. Yet another face was staring at her, but this time it was one big face. A big face belonging to a proportionally big body.

"A—A... a giant!?" Luna squeaked, and Lucius and Vincent hastily turned their heads.

"A—What?" Lucius' voice was more exasperated than loud.

The giant face of a humanoid creature was peeking out the doorway in front of the stairs, and the trio only pondered a second over their options before retreating towards the flesh-covered door.