The Night Awaits

Chapter 14 (Dark Magic and A Twisted Fate)

"Who has been useful and who has not?" Gazel asked. "I don't know, I mean Bertrand, Nashira, and Nadhira have been quite useful. Jihad passed away very early. Phillip might be helpful if he would shut up about dying for one minute," Keiona answered and Rafa nodded in agreement. After a short time of discussions, they made their minds on who to bring back. "Everyone has the person in their mind?" Rafa asked. "Yup." Gazel and Keiona jinxed. They then strung the harp three times and golden sparkles began flying around. "There's a knock!" Maximus yelled. He opened the entrance to the lounge and they saw Bertrand, Phillip, and Nashira back again.

Keiona's Confessional: They don't look like the person we had in mind. Bertrand has a huge hole in his stomach, Nashira's body was vertically stitched, and Phillip has a button for eyes with a stitched mouth, creepily smiling. What is happening?

"Uh, hello?" Gazel checked their consciousness. The three undead friends are just standing there, smiling. "I think this is the part where we run." Rafa blurted. Everyone ran in fear as each one of them chases a guest.

Rafa's Confessional: Apparently we're very bad at following each other. Every single time something chases us, we always get split up.

"Yo, Bert, chill!" Gazel shouted as he was being chased by the undead Bertrand. He then hid behind a statue in the Greek Exhibit. He regained some energy to run but was shocked to see that Bertrand was near the same statue he was hiding. The two began circling the statue before Gazel made a run past the Greek Exhibit door and locked it. "Rafa? Keiona?" he whispered loudly, not wanting to get caught. He saw Rafa in the yard running from Phillip so he jumped and waved to get his attention. Then, Rafa ran upstairs, where Gazel is and hid around in the lounge. "Where's Keiona?" Rafa asked quietly to Gazel. "Yes, because I always know where she is," Gazel answered in sarcasm. Not long after, they hear a high pitched scream coming from afar. They peeked to see if Phillip was gone, which he was. "You get the zombies attention and I'll find Keiona. We'll meet back here, kapeesh?" Rafa commanded. Gazel went the opposite way of Rafa and screamed to get their attention. Rafa found Keiona hiding below a table in the Mayan Exhibit. He carried The Heiress back to the lounge after noticing that she sprained her ankle. He laid Keiona onto the sofa to rest as he ripped part of his sleeves to wrap it around her foot. "I managed to lock them at the Greek Exhibit." Gazel panted in between words. "But it seems like I interrupted something. I beg my pardon." he joked.

Gazel's Confessional: I love being third-wheeled

"So do we have to keep running from them or what? We just summoned a demon version of our friends." Keiona wondered. Rafa noticed that there was another clue behind the note that comes with the Harp of Lazarus. "The souls of the undead are hallucinated with dark magic that filled their emotions with all the seven deadly sins. To cleanse their soul, you must make a ring of fire and trap them inside it before playing the harp three more times." he read the note. Gazel immediately took all the candles in the room and making a circle with it. "I'll get our corrupted friends. Keiona, you play the harp once they're inside the ring, okay?" Rafa commanded. He left the lounge and slowly opened the Greek Exhibit's door before scampering back to the lounge. "Now!" he yelled as he jumped across the ring and the undead stepped in the ring. A bolt of huge red lightning struck onto their friends and smoke infiltrated the room. "What?" Bertrand confused. Keiona took out her fan and swipes all the smokes off. They hugged their friends but they're still confused. "How? What?" Phillip repeated.

Nashira's Confessional: I am very confused as to what is happening. All I remember was me getting sliced and diced by a spinning thing and now I'm here.

"You're back!" Keiona shouted in excitement. "Can anyone here explain how are we alive again?!" Bertrand gushed. "Well, we had the choice to bring 3 of our friends back, and we picked you guys! You're welcome." Keiona explained. "What about my sister? You didn't bring her back?" Nashira asked. "I'm sorry but we couldn't. It says only one person per death challenge and you both died at the same time." Rafa lamented. "So you brought us to the place where we all can die again?" Phillip ungratefully asked.