The House That Wept

Chapter 10

We creep down the hall checking every corner and door carefully. As much as I hate to admit it, I am trembling.

"I hate this place." Caleb grumbles. I hear him shuffling behind me.

"Me to...." I agree whiteout looking back at him. I hear a grunt and whirl around. There's nothing there. I sigh and turn back around.

"Wait..." I mutter to myself. "Caleb!" I exclaim whirling back around. He was behind me! "No, no no!" I scream. Olivia and Dexter run to my side. I shake my head furiously. They both look around and there face morphs into one of despair.

"How?" Dexter questions.

"I should stayed in the back! But no, he insisted!" I yelled, "Caleb!" I scream down the hall, but I get no response. Tears form in my eyes. I wipe them and look up. Dexter suddenly grabs my wrist, as well as Olivia's and drags us after him.

"We're getting out," he growls, "now!" I look over at Olivia, who has tears in her eyes and give her a small smile. She smiles back.

"It's ok." I say, "Everything will be ok in the end." She gulps. I could even believe my own words. I had no hope at this point.

What seemed like an eternity later we reached the door that we came in through. Olivia gasped and hugged me tightly. I shook her off and marched towards the door. I tried to use the door handle but nothing happened.

"Plan B." I stated grinning. I backed up a bit and took a running start towards the door. I bashed it with my shoulder but it stayed strong.

"Hannah?!" Olivia and Dexter reply, concern and confusion evident in their voices.

"Plan C then." I shrug. I back away again and take a running start but then jump and do a flying kick towards the door. I bounce off and land roughly on the ground. I storm to the door and start punching at it.

"Hannah, don't!" Olivia yells. I look back at her. Tears stream down her face and she falls to her knees, putting her face on her hands. "We're stuck!" She screams. I look to Dexter, he's looking at the ground, tears in his eyes. Then I hear a noise behind me. I whirl around in time to see Claire. In her hand, a knife plunging towards my stomach.

"Hannah!" I hear Olivia and Dexter cry. I feel a sharp pain and curse silently to myself. I look from the knife to her face and gasp. Her eyes are gone. Empty sockets, blood pouring from them. I scream, paralyzed by the pain. She let's go of the knife and smiles at me. Her head cocks to the side and she grins.

"That might be fatal." She giggles as she runs away. I scoff.

"Oh really, fatal you say?" I retort, before I fall to the ground. I hit the ground and gasp. It hurts so much. I can feel myself fading. So this game s what dying feels like.

Olivia's POV

I watch her hit the ground as I run over to her. Dexter reaches her first and cradles her in his arms. Immediately tears for in his eyes.

"No!" He yells. I fall down on the opposite side of her. I try to speak but nothing comes out. Tears threaten to fall down my face. I don't resist. Neither does Dexter.

"Ow!" Hannah mutters. I gasp. She coughs up blood and groans. "I'm sorry." She cries. A single tear falls down her face, but more follow. This makes me cry harder. "I love you both." She smirks.

"I love you too!" I scream.

"I love you too," Dexter yells, "Don't you dare leave me!" I look at him. Tears flow down his face. I grab Hannah's hand with mine and hold it to my chest.

"Stay in with us.." I whisper, knowing that my wish can't come true now. She takes on last breath and then she becomes still. Dexter screams and hugs her tightly to his chest.

All of a sudden his scream stops. He looks at me, eyes wide. He holds his chest and falls forward. Lying on the ground, Hannah still in his arms. I scream. Claire is standing at the top of the stairs. Where she was when we met her. She's changed a lot since then. Her dress is bloodied, as well as her gloves and face. He beautiful eyes gone and hair in a tangled mess.

"You monster!!!" I scream. I stand up and walk to the bottom of the stairs. My face is a blur of tears. "Why!?!?" I scream. "Why!!!!???" I fall to the ground. And lie down, defeated.

AN: Do you like how I killed three characters. I'm sure you are all very not upset with me. Anyway, IMPORTANT! This story is going to have many endings. Please comment and vote. I love reading comments! Love you all!!! 💕