Late Night Ghoul

Prologue

"Hey, dude, have you seen that new game that came out on steam?" Russ asked as he browsed through steam on his laptop, which was laying on his lap.

Me and Russ were sitting on my living room couch. Well, I was laying down and I had my feet on Russ' lap. Then Russ was slouching on the couch with the laptop on top of my ankles/lower legs. I was watching the news while he browse through the new games for a solo part in the stream for this upcoming Saturday.

And if you are wondering why Russ was here, it's because he's visiting me and staying here for about a month. Red was here to but she had gone to bed because she had a huge headache. But they haven't visited me in two years and it was nice having them over. Hey, I get lonely sometimes too!

I was so into the news, I almost didn't hear what Russ had said. "Hmm, what? Oh, um, no, I have not."

"Dude, it's that 'Whispering Willows' game. Ken has been playing it, he said he recommended it. So do you want to play it or I can play it?" Russ stated, excitement in his voice.

I thought for a minute. I never really heard of the game, but apparently Russ had an excite for it. So I had a feeling Russ really wanted to stream it.

"Ummmm, yeah. How about you stream it. I can tell you really want to play it so you can."

Russ smiled but it quickly faded when an report on the news grabbed our attention.

"In other news, four people were found dead at the Walmart on Wall Street and 3rd street..." the news lady said in a serious tone...well, they do that all the time, it's freaky.

"T-That's nearby," Russ stuttered as the news lady continued on.

"There were several bite marks and entrails and other organs pulled out of them. Police has confirmed that the saliva had belonged to ghouls..."

I sat up, almost knocking off Russ' laptop, which he caught just in time. What scared me that ghouls were near my house. And you can never know just when a ghoul will attack. They look human but when they hunger flesh, they turn into these...ravenous beasts and kill humans to eat. And that scares me.

Russ almost scared me to death when he suddenly broke the silence and my thoughts. "B-But wait, I thought ghouls can only survive on one body for about a month or two. How can four people be dead?"

"U-Um, well, there could of been more than one ghoul," I stated.

"But ghouls don't hunt in packs, they rather eat by themselves. I think we might be dealing with a binge ghoul."

"Binge what?"

"Binge ghoul. Meaning that they eat for pleasure. But also sometimes for hunger."

I was impressed by this. I never heard of a binge ghoul and Russ yet knows. Russ is just the master at knowing all these kind of things.

I got up and stretched. "YYYYYYYup. Let's just hope they don't come by here. If they do, I will get my fucking axe and chop them up like meat."

"Pfft, you'd probably scream and hide," Russ laughed, going back to slouching on the couch.

I didn't reply but just gave him my death stare. I don't wear my mask at home and especially not when I had guests over. But when I go out in public, I have to wear my mask or the government be all over me for 'being to dangerous to be around people' and they take me in and cage me up like a sick animal.*

I walked over into the kitchen. I opened up the fridge to grab something 'strong' but all I had was tea and water. Then there was Dr. Pepper but we weren't suppose to drink it because it was Red's and she get mad if we drank it.