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Short stories: Eerie tales

by Kristopher Galeano

"What's going to happen to me… are they going to kill me or just play mind tricks on me?" I was running as fast as I could. "Are they watching me?" I thought to my self. "I think I managed to get away from them. I think I'm going to stop and catch my breath." Who are they you maybe wondering, well let me explain what has happened. I had concocted a plan, no a game. Johnny was the first to lose. Then came Luis, Danny, Eric, Cassie, Madison and Alex… or so I had thought. You see Eric, Cassie, Madison and Alex were still stuck in the GT. Eric used all his force, he kicked and punched. He had managed to break the door. As he was about to run out, the girls pushed him and ran out before him. By the time Eric was going to get out it was too late. "BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!" the car exploded. There Eric laid bleeding profoundly. The girls were going to go back to find him, but changed their minds and left him to die. They ran to the abandoned workshop and stayed. They started to devise a plan to slaughter me. They were beginning to pursue me, taking pictures of my every move. I had thought that I had seen them but ignored it cause I thought they were dead. So they continued to hunt me down. It is kind of ironic though. At first I was the hunter but now I'm the hunted. So I went on with my live as normal. But then started noticing some strange stuff. Like I was throwing away an old year book and the next day it was on my bed. On the exact page where Cassie, Madison and Alex were. But they were colored on as if they were no longer here. Everything was starting to freak me out. I couldn't go to sleep without the light off anymore. I was to scared someone was going to kill me while I was asleep. The next day I went outside to go get the mail, when all I can remember was smelling a weird substance of which I can now assume it was chloroform. When I finally woke up I started to look around and I started to recognize my surroundings, I was back at the old abandoned workshop. "HOLY CRAP!" I screamed. "How did I… Who did… HOW DID I GET HERE!" I shouted in confusion. I looked around and I saw 3 shadows and then at that moment I knew what had been happening. I had tried to get up but I was in to much pain. They had wrapped me in the exact same barbwire that had killed Johnny. "AHHHHHH" I yelled "Why are you doing this to me?" The voices said "One simple reason… REVENGE!" They came out of the shadows. "There they were the 3 little demons who have been tormenting me" I thought. " After you left us to die in that car Eric let us free from the car… unfortunately he died" they said. "So what are u going to do… KILL ME!" I shouted " You don't have the guts." I told them. " And your about to not have them either!" they whispered. I just noticed that in front of me was a cube with spikes all around. There was also one behind me. I just didn't care anymore. After what I had done I thought I deserved it. So I just waited for the pain to come. "BOOOMM!" What had happened I don't know because I was unconscious. Apparently something hit me in the back of my head. I woke up and I was in the woods. Being chased by the Triggerman Trio. I ran and ran. I looked around and saw a harp, at that point I was thinking I was delusional. I mean really what is a harp going to be doing in the middle of the forest, by a stream. I looked around and saw a boy and saw that he was looking at me. So it's true he thought, it's really true. "You really are alive Kris." said the boy. "Who the heck are you?" I told him. "I was sent by Eric… don't you recognize me?" he said. "Well my eyes are a little hazy but they're coming back to me." I said. "Can you see me now?" he asked curiously. "Is that you Anthony?" I asked. "Yeah it is… ok now lets take you back to Eric." he said surely. By the time I got to see Eric I was back to normal. He said "How have you been killer?" I said "Well lets see… I killed 7 people but apparently 4 survived." He whispered "Why did you try to do it to me most of all?" "You were supposed to get out before them and let them die, so we could have finally finished the game!" I screamed at him. "Well they tried to fill me and the left me there to die… but I still had a little bit in me." he tried explaining " What are you talking about?" I asked. "I spied on them while you were continuing living your life… I stayed in the basement listening to their every scheme, just so you wouldn't get killed!" he scolded at me. "What?" I said puzzled. "Who do you think saved you from being killed by that machine?" he said. "Ummm…" I said. "I did, Anthony here was my on the move spy type person." he said. "Well what do we do now?" I asked. "We finish what we started!" he said determinedly. So we went back to the workshop. Then we lit a few matches and set the place on fire. We stayed and watched the whole workshop collapsed and burn down to the ground. Making sure this time we got them for good… RIGHT?

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