Frightful Flash Fiction

Happy Easter

It was Easter, and usually I spend it with my parents. But sadly they both passed away last year. Luckily my neighbor was nice enough to invite me over for Easter. Now, where I live, most people don't really go out for Easter, which is sad. Some people still go to church, but a lot just stay home. And it's not even by choice. It's because of the Easter Killer. Every Easter, people are found dead with certain organs being removed. There was this one guy who managed to escape, he told police officers that the man was wearing a bloody bunny mask. The only other description the guy could give was that he was white. Because of this killer, the police recommend people to stay home, but not everyone listens, and people keep dying. Since my parents lived in Ireland, I would go visit them there, so I wouldn't have to worry. Although, I'm not spending it alone, I'm only going next door, so I don't think that really counts as going out. It was 6pm and I went to my neighbors house. He opened the door and let me in. My neighbor was a tall man with short brown hair. He told me about his Easter traditions. Every early morning, he'd go to church, than he'd stay home for the rest of the day. Dinner was always the same, honey braised lamb shanks and pineapple fried rice. I told him about my Easter and we continued to talk until dinner was ready. The food was actually quite good. He brought out dessert, which seemed to be a store bought cake. Before I even had dessert I had to use the bathroom. I asked him where the bathroom was and he told me which door. I walked down the hallway, but had one issue. I couldn't remember if it was the second door on the left or right. I took a guess and went right. I opened the door to this room with a bunch of shelves. The second I opened the door this foul smell filled my nose. Obviously this was the wrong room, but I was curious, so I walked inside. On all the shelves were the same thing. These golden ornate eggs. They were beautifully crafted, each and every one of them. It really weirded me out. I picked one up to look at it and noticed if you turned the top the right way, they'd open. So I turned the top off to see if there was anything inside. Seeing what was in there grossed me out so much, I almost threw up the food I had eaten. In the golden egg was five severed toes. I quickly closed the egg and turned around to leave, but standing by the exit was my neighbor, except this time, he had a bloody bunny mask on. I stood there staring at him unable to speak. And although I couldn't talk, he sure was able to. "You know, every year passed and you always left. I thought about killing you before Easter, but that would of ruined the tradition. You always went to see your parents, so I could never really target you." I grabbed one of the eggs and threw it at him. He grabbed it before it could hit him and threw it back, knocking me onto the floor. He walked up to me and pulled a knife out. As he got closer I could see his bunny mask better. It seemed to be sewn together using animal fur and what looked like human skin. He raised his arm with a knife in his hand and went to stab me. Everything kind of goes black after that. But it's not all bad, at least I can spend Easter with my parents again.