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"Let's be honest . How many of you have ACTUALLY seen STUFF?" asked John . "Stuff ? Stuff as in...?" questioned Ray . "I mean paranormal stuff...you know 'the beyond the ordinary' and 'totally gonna freak the shit out of sceptics' thingy". Seriously John? I mean we'll be having a STAR-studded dark night up ahead that was going to DELIVER me . I'm not implying that he disturbed my peace of mind . I'm saying HE DID . That's not all . Phillip jumped in (as if it weren't already worse) and went "Yooo....ma buddies . I've seen 'em . Get this : This one got too close...and I walloped it . A jab and a right hook . It didn't even look back ." Everyone looked at him . Even Maya who was leading the pack . She beckoned to Phillip to zip it and just walk . She was right . We had to get to the rest house and soon too .
Walking through all that dense undergrowth made me realize we were in nature's heart . All the creatures that I could encounter....and supernatural stuff . 'Atleast I'll have Phillip by my side' I thought , smiled and waded through all the jungle . Well.....not exactly 'wade'.
The thing is...there was this 'haunted mansion' included in our trip . And this was something that Maya came up with at camp . It was supposed to be a secret between Maya and Ray . They were really so good at keeping it that EVERYONE was told only after reaching the actual thing . Should've known something was up when Ray brought that eerie topic up . It was pretty old . I'm sure no one's been in it for atleast 30 years . Legend has it that it was a house of the extremists – the sadistical and merciless types until they were wiped out by the government . "Underneath that house....there is a bunker – their torutre chamber , if you will" said Maya beckoning to the ruined mansion covered by creepers and moss "The natives here have sighted paranormal things . At night , they'd hear all weird sounds....like that of a crying baby , a screaming man...." when I interjected "That's enough...let's get it over with ." hesitantly . Now they would not stop taunting me for being a coward .
Flying shit to incessant plethora of screams – I think I'll pass . Although one would never believe Phillip's tales , I chose to.....atleast , in hopes that no entity would never come close to such a man - given the way HE haunts everyone . So I stuck with him.....throughout the walk . He couldn't help but touch EVERYTHING in that place .
What scared me the most is when he was touching the walls.......it ACTUALLY creaked at one point . Wood? A door? I really didn't want to know . No sooner did I hear that than that MAN OPENED IT ! What a display of MAN I've NEVER seen ! Did he even know that the house was haunted ? I swore to kill him first thing in the night . The stench was repelling but actually provoked me to enter the room with him . Many skeletons....some wrapped in body bags and some just lying there on the floor . There was another one on the chair – with its neck and arms tied to the metal . "The bunker was underground...right ? I mean......could this be it..?" I asked Phillip . He paid no heed to my question and was examining the long dead man on the chair . He was absorbed in it .
I turned back and went for the door when something just passed by my side and went behind me . The fear seized me . The shadow grew larger and the thing began to wrap it arms around me . My chest felt heavier for sure and I found it difficult to breathe . It was almost as if something was coming out from below , behind me...from the void , like outta thin air . I just screamed – Like never before and was panting .
Phillip rebuked "Why did you scream...? You're disturbing me . One moment I'm here checking out all the torture machine this guy's been on and the next thing you know – You're screaming as if you saw his ghost or something!" . "Ddddo-don't tell me you didn't see it.....don't you dare.." I stammered . "Okay.....I won't" smiled Phillip . Seriously.....he was joking? He could have picked any moment to joke...but then? I threw whatever was within hands reach and ran out the room in search of the party . But to my DELIGHT , they weren't around .
My hands went for the tour map in the pocket . Empty . That's how I felt then . Now I started to hear things......like someone calling out my name . A vase just rolled out from another room . I didn't even want to peek . I called for Phillip . Guessing that he was engrossed in 'examining' that corpse....I went back into the room UNWILLINGLY . He was nowhere to be found . Was he too a figment of my imagination? My knees just gave in and I prayed the Lord were by my side , fending off everything . The noise from the room started to get louder .
THUD! THUD! SCREECH! THUD! SHATTER!
I figured I had to move if I were to live . My mind ran at high speeds . I crawled towards the door and soon got up too . I might have been scared but it dawned upon me that I was to fight this thing . I could hear convo in the kitchen . The place was pretty big . So...it was totally alright for me to fathom the possibility of the party not having heard any of my screams . As I plodded to the kitchen..I was getting better . NOT one person . Almost as if something was luring me...into the unknown . I heard something shatter back in the hall . Besides.....I just wanted to get out of the place . That meant I had to go through the hall...which I did . The doors started to shut close one after the other and every time , I managed to get through them . Except for the last one . I got to the one door close to freedom and I'm not able to get through it . It left me hopeless and I started to cry .
"Is that you Saul?". "Jjj-john....is that you?"I said when he opened the door ." The party realized you guys were left behind...so yeah . I came back to get you guys . I've seen some crazy stuff here that made fear you had something to do with it . You ran so fast that I couldn't even make out it was you . I'm sorry I closed the door though..." he said when I latched onto him like a parasite crying a river . But I was puzzled . Guys? That's when Phillip came out of the room with the noises with something in his hand . "Look what I found ! It's a tribal bracelet ! A torture device to be more specific......I figured there would be one close by seeing the wounds on the guy back in the torture room" . Would he be needing one to torture anyone....I thought .
"Let's go......please . This place gives me the chills"
