Whispers crawl inside your head… you’re next
“Carterrrrr.” again with the whispering. I have goosebumps all over my body and the hair on my arms are standing on end.
“Guys, this is not fucking funny anymore. Help me.” I bang my fist at the door.
The lock clicks open and I run out of the storage like my ass is on fire.
“Very funny, fuck all of you.” I look around but no one’s there. I’m all alone except … someone is humming the same melody that stupid rhyme was sung to. “Come on guys, haha, you had your fun. You can come out now.”
The lights turn off and on again and there at the opposite wall stands the blond girl with her mask on. I gasp.
The lights go off again. “Carterrrr.”
This time the whisper comes somewhere from the right. I jerk my head in that direction. The light turns on again and the girlis there by the window. She tilts her head to the side and starts humming the melody.
“What do you want from me? Where is everyone.”
The lights go off again but now there are multiple voices, all reciting the rhyme.
One by one the lights go dead,
Whispers crawl inside your head… you’re next
I take a step back and my back meets the wall behind me. What the fuck is going on.
The voices keep getting closer and closer. I can feel the blood pumping through my veins.
Then it’s bright again and in front of me are three figures with blond hair and those damn masks. All of them chanting the words with a creepy voice.
Someone screams. Is there someone else here? Oh fuck, I’m the one screaming.
It’s dark again and I have no idea what to expect next. Maybe they’ll jump on me and turn me into a zombie or something. I should run. If they’re girls or even older women I can push them to the side and run out.
Just as I’m about to do that a male voice, somehow familiar, whispers in my ear: “You’re next.”
Fuck that, I’m done. I scream and run straight not thinking about who’s there. Fuck them, they can die if they’re not already.
The light turns on again and there behind the reception stand all of my friends, laughing they’re ass off.
The masks come off and all the girls high five my husband who comes out from the back hall.
It’s a prank? They pranked me? Tears sting my eyes and I can’t hold them any longer.
Chapter 5
Roman
Pete: Everything’s set.
Me: How is he?
Pete: Pissed.
Me: Oh, poor baby.
Pete: It’s weird to be mean to him but it will be so worth it.
Carter is a person who pranks everyone and it doesn’t matter if it’s fourth of July, Christmas or Valentine's Day. But on Halloween he turns EXTRA mode. He knows everyone’s weak points and hits them with sniper’s precision. But to scare him…no one achieved that in years.
