Bloody Darkness

Steel Wires

Alice

The lights were turned off and we had to hide in a room, we didn't realize that Derek and Ethan were left behind along with Vanessa and her friend Katy.

Quietly we waited for the light to return, Drake still held my hand tightly to his, neither of us moved and only listened to our breathing agitated by fear at that moment I couldn't help to remember the day I met him.

It was my first day at school and I was chatting happily with my best friend Hanna when I saw him a couple of months later we started dating, Drake and his brother Derek always had a bad reputation at school but as long as we were together he showed to be a really good guy.

That he was with me in these moment of madness, comforted me, even though fear was seeping deep inside me, after a few minutes in the dark the lights came on just then we heard a loud scream, we hurry to see what was what happening when we saw this horrible scene, Mark's body was in the tub in a creepy way.

- Crap, it's Mark - Derek said.

I hugged Drake that embrace me tightly against his chest and we left the room shocked, I could see Drake gnashed his teeth with rage, Mark was one of his best friends and now he was dead.

We should use the time so we started walking, Harry went before us to guide us, Drake and I kept hugging two steps back, apparently we were on the second floor of the house, almost to the stairs when we look back and I realized that none of the boys was behind us, the lights failed again, we stopped at a door and we were completely dark.

-Drake - I said softly - the guys are gone.

-Not again! - Drake said with a note of fear on his voice - We must stay together.

-Drake, Alice come here. - Harry call us opening the door and entering the room. - We must wait for the light to return to continue.

-We have to go back for the others - I said

-I'm not leaving my brother and the others back - Drake shout.

-Fine, but we must do it fast - Harry said - We don't have much time.

Harry's attitude was strangely suspicious, he didn't seem scared despite everything we've seen so far, he seemed nervous, he had never behaved like that except once a few years ago when I came to this home for the first time, Drake, Derek and Ethan were playing video games and I had taken too much soda so I needed to go to the bathroom, Drake told me to climb the ladder and continue down the hall and I would find the bathroom but the house turned out to be too large and I end losing myself, I walk down a hallway and went back up another stairs when I hear a strange noise in a room, I approached to see what was and then Harry appeared before me, he looked nervous and he said that I have to go down immediately, and so I did.

At that moment the lights turned me out of my thoughts, my eyes landed on the back of the room and my face reflects horror of what I was seeing, my best friend was there, trapped in a pile of steel wires.

-HANNAH! - I shout running and approaching to her.

-Alice help me - she said with her face covered with tears.

I couldn't believe she was here, she wasn't supposed to come I got close to her to try to lower her down but when I grab one of the wires I cut, Drake and Harry rushed to help.

The same thing happened to them when they touched the wires, I began to despair, my best friend needed me and I had to do something. At that moment the lights flickered briefly and listened Hanna hit a gasped scream, when I could see her again she was covered in blood and limbs hung separated from her body in a unnatural way to the wire, I fell to my knees on the floor in front of her crying harder, Drake ran to me and hugged me in an attempt to comfort me, but I couldn't calm down, I just lost my best friend in a cruel way, I saw that Harry was standing there without fear for what was happening.

-You know who is doing all this-I acknowledging while my voice crack with tears - you know what is happening in this house and it has to do with what was in that room on the third floor.

Drake looked at me with surprise at what I had said and then turned to see Harry looking at me with frightened face, then nodded. I felt like Drake stood on my side and then I saw him holding Harry by the collar of his shirt.

-What the hell is going on here Harry? - Drake scream with reflected anger in his eyes - What was in that room?

It was a long minute when Harry finally said.

-Kraven, he is to blame for all this.

Drake and I looked with confusion written on our faces and then head back to Harry when he spoke again.

-I'll tell you the story, but you must listen attentively. - Harry said.