Redcoats

Chapter 10

They were all in shock as they reentered the house, first Dave then Brandon. The police had come in and checked the area and found a spot where it was clear Dave had fallen into and then over the banister. His death was ruled a tragic accident, just like Brandon's.

The phones not working were explained away as a simple outage in the area caused but the truck swiping a phone box before it took the corner where it Killed Brandon. Before the ambulance left they were already working again. Mike took the responsibility of calling Dave's mother. After a brief phone call, he agreed to come and get her and take her to the hospital. Sarah and Jasmine rode with him while Sammy Simon Barbara and Tiff followed the ambulance to the hospital.

Once they all made it to the hospital and regrouped, Tiff and Simon chose to stay with Dave's mother while the others went to the cafeteria. Mike grabbed everybody a soda and sat with his arm around Sarah. They all sat quietly for a few minutes contemplating what had happened before anyone spoke.

"So you think we imagined the things we saw?" Sammy said, finally breaking the silence.

"No way, I know what I saw, and I know I was right about the symbols." Jasmine snapped, before taking a large swig from her drink.

Sarah looked at them, "I never saw anything, so I don't know what to say. After what happened with Dave Mike dropped me in the basement with you guys."

"I've always thought something was up with that place, it sounds like tonight you guys just really pissed it off. I mean once me and Barbara left I didn't really see anything else, did you Barb?"

Barbara sat quietly holding her drink staring at the door to the cafeteria kitchen. She didn't want to speak because she thought she'd sound crazy. Every once in a while the door would swing just a little bit and she could see through the window. On the other side she kept seeing her own face staring back grinning.

Mike poked her in the side to get her attention.

"Ow, asshole, what was that for?" she snapped swinging her hand at Mike. She returned her attention to the door but now it just sat wide open as a lady was mopping the floor in front of it.

"I was asking if you'd seen anything after we went to the station, I mean I know I saw something outside Sammy's but did you see anything else?" He asked.

Barbara looked nervously at the door then tried to push the face from her mind, "No I only saw the things when we were at Sammy's."

Sammy nodded his head, "So that's it then right, I mean it was just trying to scare us away, right?"

Mike looked across at him, eyes cold, "Doesn't matter what it was trying to do, Brandon got killed and Dave tripped and died, I'd say that's reason enough to never go back in there again."

Sammy hung his head solemnly and sat back in his chair. Sarah slugged Mike in the shoulder for being so callous and stood up. She reached out for Jasmine who was still upset.

"Come on girly, I don't think you want to be around him any more than I do right now."

Mike looked shocked as they walked off, "Now what did I do?"

He received no response as they left the room and made their way down the hall towards the waiting rooms. Sammy began walking around the Cafeteria looking at the different paintings and plaques on the walls. Each depicting a different moment in the history of Georgetown. He finally stopped in front of one that was a picture of a bunch of slaves in a graveyard.

"Guys get over here, now!" he hollered to Barbara and Mike.

They ran over to see what he was so excited about. He was pointing at the picture and the plaque beneath it. Mike looked at in and began to read out loud.

"This painting depicts a ceremony held by local slaves believing the ghost of dead soldiers were responsible for a slew of accidents in the 1830's. It's said the placed stones in the graveyard to keep the spirits at rest and as long as they were there the accidents would stop. The stones have been kept and maintained ever since as a part of Georgetown's History."

He looked at Sammy, "Dude have you ever heard any of this shit?"

Sammy shook his head, "No way man, and I thought I knew all the ghost stories in town."

Barbara had moved over to another painting from a much later period, "Guys this one says in the 1920 a stone got damaged the day before the Strand Murder at the graveyard, the police blamed the suspect they shot but some locals blamed dark spitits and replaced the stone the next day."

Mike grabbed her on both shoulders, "Did anybody mess with any of the stones while you were there?"

Barbara shook her head at first then remembered, "Brandon dug one up, and when he did that's when the screaming started."

Sammy looked at the two of them and then at the paintings, "Wait are you saying this might not be over?"

Mike sat down in the chair next to them and stared off, "Man I don't know I mean how the hell could that be real?"

As the sat confused, Simon came running into the cafeteria, "Thank god you guys are here, They just found Billy and Julia dead in Billy's garage."

Mike jumped to his feet, "The fuck do you mean dead"

Simon was shaking with fear, "Mike I was getting Dave's mom some coffee, when I heard the call over the officer's radio, it was Billy's address one girl decapitated and a male partially cut in half with a chainsaw, what the hell is going on?"

Sammy and Barbara slunk against the wall behind them, Mike slipped back into the chair, Simon made his way to them.

"We gotta get the girls and stay together.", Sammy said.

"This isn't over at all, we've gotta get that stone put back." Said Mike looking back at the painting.