Chapter 8: BACK TO THE PRESENT
Claire was worried as she checked the time in her phone.
Why weren't they back yet? Had something happened?
She stands up from her bed and walks out of her ward to go stand outside the hospital checking for Steph, Dylan , Jason and Anne .
" Where are they?"
She sees a teenager standing outside with hos legs crossed.
She walked towards him" Excuse me , have you seen two boys and a girl passing by ? " She asked.
Thomas shook his head "your friend back yet?"
Confusion washed over Claire " do you know me ?"
Thomas nodded his head " yes, I brought you to this hospital. I stayed at the hotel too"
Claire's eyes widened" really?"
Thomas nodded his head"Yes"
A nurse came out to meet Claire"Miss, you need to take your medication now "
Claire nodded her head and turned to Thomas" are you coming in too?"
Thomas nodded his head and walked into the hospital.
Claire brought out her phone to call Anne and then realized that she hadn't called her parents since.
She brought out her phone to call her parents and on the second ring ,the connection started breaking and statistics could be heard.
" What is wrong with this ?" Claire asked tapping her phone .
" What's wrong?" Thomas asked .
" The phone is weird" Claire said putting the phone in his ears and Thomas eyes widened.
" It's here "
"What is ?"
" The ghost "
Claire scoffed " ghost ? Hey, are you serious right now ?"
The hospital door was slammed close by a huge force and everyone started screaming ASA black ghost made it's presence known smiling like it'd just won the lottery.
Meanwhile back at the hotel, everywhere was red.
That's was all Arnold could see.
" Who the hell are you man , go away" Dylan whimpered as he shifted back against the wall.
" Anne ! Anne are you in there !" Jason called out.
Hearing her name , Anne squirmed and made muffled screams.
The black ghost who had been hovering around her had left and she made attempts to free her hands from the rope.
"YOU KILLED MY FRACA!!" Arnold roared as he made an attempt to rush towards Dylan and Jason but Stephanie held his leg.
" Run away " she whispered with tears in her eyes looking from Dylan to Jason" run away!!!!"
Dylan had got up and ran outside while Jason had ran upstairs.
Angry, Arnold turned around to face Stephanie and stepped on her.
He kicked her and screamed. How dare she get in his way of his revenge??
He got an axe and bashed her head in. Screams filled the hotel but no one bothered coming out.
Those who knew how things were in this hotel an were still alive would rather save themselves than save others.
So stepping out from their rooms to save someone was a risk that they couldn't afford.
And one of those people was the woman in the second floor room 27 who had a small 5 years old son who grumbled" mother, I'm hungry"
Shaking, she replied" this is an hotel. We don't eat until it's time. Hold on just a little longer, huh?"
She carrier him and placed him up on the bed" let's sleep now. By the time you wake up mom will get you something delicious, is that taken?"
Calvin, her 5 years old son nodded his head and closed his eyes .
But for a short while. When he confirmed that his mother has slept off, he came out of her grips and silently opened the door, walked out and closed it back.
He tiptoed down the stairs to the first floor and looked around for some snacks.
When he found some ,he smiled and took it and made his way upstairs once more but then halted as he saw a body at the front door.
He slowly made his way towards the body and a torn apart Stephanie came to view.
Calvin was shocked and when he turned around he saw Arnold with an axe and blood splattered over his face who smiled as he said" Boo"
Calvin screamed on the top of his lungs as the axe came in contact with his head.
With a Mother's instinct Emily, Calvin's mother jolted up and looked around for her son" Calvin, where are you?"
Reality started to dawn on her , when she realized that he wasn't in the room and that meant only one thing.
He was outside. Where that creepy hotel owner was.
Her room door was broken down and Calvin's head was thrown at her.
She screamed as tears rolled down her cheeks.
" I thought you would like to see him " Arnold said and turned around to head up to look the second of the two boys who had ran into the hotel when he halted and faced Emily.
He titled his head "That's weird. How are you still alive ?"
He walked into her room with the axe over his shoulder as a screaming and shivering Emily backed up against the wall in tears and the room door closed.
Back at the hospital, all hell broke loose as the black ghost made it's presence known.
Claire and Thomas had ran to the nearest room and hid under a bed.
"Why is there a ghost here?" Claire asked frightened.
"Are you asking me ?am I it's friend?"
"But you said it was here. You were sure"
"It's from that hotel. Anyways, let's keep quiet so it doesn't find us "
Meanwhile at Claire's, her mom tried to call her back.
"Isn't she picking up ?" Her Dad asked
"It's saying no signal. Ohwait a minute" Claire's mother smiled "It's going through"
At the hospital, Claire's phone rang out loud.
Thomas looked at her shocked " Hey, do you want to get us killed?!"
Claire quickly turned off her phone "Are you happy?"she sneered at Thomas.
Thomas looked away from her and on looking forward, he saw the black ghost lying on the floor whilst smiling broadly and making eye contact with him.
" Boo" it said and Thomas and Claire screamed.
The ghost grabbed Thomas and pulled him out from under the bed " I knew he should had let you go "
It threw him across the room and looked around for Claire.
It saw her running for the main door and rushed over and grabbed her by the collar raising her up in the air.
Claire struggled but it was to no avail.
" Hey,ghost!" An old woman shouted at the ghost and throwing a cross necklace at it "leave her alone "
This of course provoked it. It threw Claire across the room and rushed towards the old lady, grabbed her head and hit it against a nail on the wall .
Once . Twice. Thrice.
The whole patients, nurses and doctors all screamed.
Never had they seen such a vicious sight.
When the ghost looked around for Claire, it didn't see her again .
She had flee leaving Thomas and the entire hospital behind her.
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