The Portal in the Mirror

October 31, 2024, Ashland, Nebraska; Trillions of stars would be seen surrounding the moonlit night, and a slight cold breeze could be felt as street lights would light up the roads and surrounding areas with people asleep in their houses and apartments. A few cars would be seen driving around here and there, stopping occasionally at red lights. A gas station could be seen still open around midnight; inside there was an employee who could be seen stocking up candy, slowly taking his right hand, picking up a hand full of snickers, and neatly setting them up on a shelf.

A few moments would pass as he heard the chime of the door opening; he would give out a sigh as he put the rest of the snickers that were left in his hands back into the open box as he would stand up and walk over to the counter. He would see a woman inhaling and exhaling rapidly while holding the doors closed behind her. He would say in a concerned tone, "Miss? Are you ok?" She would look at him with a terrified expression on her face as she would say in a scared voice, "N...n..no...theres something... out there." He would look at her with a confused look on his face as he asks, "Do you need me to call the authorities, miss?" She would nod her head yes quickly as she ran over towards the counter and grabbed a pen. She would look around as if looking for someone as she asks hastily, "Do you have paper, sir?" He would go over to the office as he grabbed a piece of paper and walked back over to her. He would hand her the piece of paper as she grabbed it quickly from his hand as she started to write on it.

As she was writing, he would take out his cell phone and dial nine one one. An operator would answer, saying, "Nine one one, what's your emergency?" He would speak calmly as he told them his location and where he works, as he would then say, "There's a woman here in distress; it seems she may be in danger or something. Right now she's writing something on a piece of paper, not sure exactly what it says as she has it covered with her arm." The operator would then say calmly, "Thank you, and may I have your name, sir, please?" He would say, "Alex Remmy." The operator would then say, "Alright, Alex, we were sending you someone right now; please remain on the line with me until they get there. Can you tell me what she is doing right now, Alex?"

The woman would stop writing as she handed him the paper back; it read, "I have a gun; do not tell them who I am or what I look like. I disabled the security cameras before I came in here. Give me all your money quietly and quickly; if you value your life, you'll do what I say here. Hurry, you have 2 minutes or... bang." As he read this, he opened the cash register as quietly as possible and started handing her all the money in the cash register. As he would lie to the operator, saying, "She's still writing; I still can't see what she's writing," the operator would say, "That is fine; is she still in distress or is she a bit more calm? If she is, tell her we're on our way and everything will be ok."

He would say to the woman while giving the rest of the money from the cash register to her as he says to her, "Maam, I have help on the way; everything will be ok." He would be seen sweating but trying to stay calm as he had given the woman all of the money. She would take out a bag as she shoves all the money in it and runs out of the gas station and into a car and drives off; he would give out a sigh of relief. A few minutes passed as the authorities appeared on the site, and he then told them all what happened and gave them the paper she wrote on.

The authorities would say to Alex, "We've been trying to catch her for years, though we have no leads as of late. She always tends to have a different description of what she looks like; from what we have gathered, we seem to think she wears a realistic-looking mask to make her look different each time. But she tends to evade us every time; this is the twenty-fifth place she has hit within the last two weeks. We apologize for any inconvenience; we hope you have a wonderful rest of your night, sir," as they say that they get back into their vehicles and drive off. Alex stands there and gives out a sigh as he says to himself, "My boss is going to be pissed when he hears about this." He would then walk back over to the open box of different kinds of candy as he started to restock everything once more.

Morning would come as he is seen just standing at the counter as his manager Matthew comes in. Matthew was 45 years old with a trimmed-up beard as he would walk up to Alex as he says, "Morning Alex, quick question for you: I was watching the cameras last night and it went black for like ten minutes. Care to explain as to what happened within those ten minutes?" Alex would explain to Matthew all that happened last night, and Matthew would say, "I see. Well, I'm glad your safe. We have a new employee starting tonight; his name is Gary, so if you could please train him and show him the ropes, hopefully tonight will be better for you and safer." Alex would then say, "Ya, me too, and I will show him everything he needs to know," as he says that Alex clocks out and gets inside his car and drives off. Alex gets home; as he lived in a 1-bedroom apartment on the 2nd floor, he would walk up to his door and get out his keys and unlock the door. He opens the door and closes the door behind him; he would then give out a sigh as he tosses his keys on his dresser as he falls onto his bed.

Alex would lay there for a second as he remembered what all happened last night; it would replay in his head over and over again as he doesn't get any sleep at all. It was an hour before he had to go to work again. As he sat up on his bed and just stared at the wall in front of him, his bedroom was pitch black, as glowing red eyes could be seen staring down at him. Razor's sharp teeth would be seen as if smiling at him as Alex would see this; he would nearly jump out of his skin when he saw the teeth and eyes as he would scream.

The new employee named Gary would arrive on his first day at work expecting to see Alex there. Gary would say questioningly around, "Hello? Im Gary, I'm new here; I am looking for Alex." He would wait for a few moments as there was no response. Gary would look around, not seeing anyone there, as he would take out his phone and call Mathew. Mathew would answer the phone, saying, "This is Mathew speaking." Gary would then say, "Yes, this is Gary, so... I'm here, but I don't see the guy named Alex here. Is he running late or something?" Matthew would then say, "He's never late; I'll call you back in a minute; I'll give him a call and see where he's at." As he says, he would hang up as he tries to call Alex; it would go to voicemail as he would leave a message saying, "Hey Alex, this is Matthew; I was just wondering if you were doing okay." Give me a call back, thank you." As he says that he would hang up as Matthew's phone would ring, he would look at the caller ID as it says Alex.

He would answer his phone as he says, "Alex, are you doing okay? You were supposed to be training Gary tonight." As he says that, there was a bit of silence as, out of nowhere, a bloodcurdling scream could be heard as the phone call ended abruptly. Matthew would jump from the sudden scream as he dialed 911; 10 minutes would pass as he got a call from the sheriff as he said, "Is this Matthew Reinhart?" Matthew would say, "Yes, this is him."

The sheriff would then say, "This is Sheriff P. Wallace; I understand that you had made the call, so we have some bad news. It seems Alex has passed away; does he have any family members we can get ahold of, Matthew?" Matthew would have chills run down his spine as he would say, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Ummm... yes, his sister Tracy, her phone number is." He would tell the sheriff her phone number as the sheriff would say, "Thank you; I apologize for the late call. Have a good night, sir." Matthew would then say, "You too..." as he says that he would hang up, as he would say to himself, "I guess I'll go into work tonight... and train Gary..." as he says that he would get dressed and head to the gas station.

He would arrive at the gas station as he got out of his vehicle and closed his door. He would use his key to turn on the alarm on his vehicle, as it would beep twice. He would walk into the gas station, seeing Gary standing there, as he would say to him, "I apologize, Gary; it seems Alex is no longer with us. I'll be training you tonight; I hope that will be ok." Gary would say, "I'm sorry to hear that, and yeah, that's fine; I kind of had to have a customer come in not too long ago. I told them I was new here and I couldn't open the cash register, so they understood and left to a different gas station." Matthew would say, "That's fine. Now let's get you started with working the cash register, and we'll go from there. Sound good?" Gary would nod his up and down as Matthew would start to train him on the register.

Sheriff Walace would be at the scene as Alex's body parts would be seen scattered all over the floor, walls, and ceiling. Alex's blood was literally everywhere, as everything from the ceiling down was drenched in his blood. Alex's spine was sticking out from the floor as his mangled head was stuck on top of his spine, his eyeballs were missing, his tongue and inside his mouth were removed, as well as his nose being ripped off. His brain was removed as well. There were 3 black candles set inside, as 2 of them were inside where his eye sockets were and the other one inside where his tongue used to be. His arms were on the ground on each end of the room, and his legs were dangling from the ceiling. His small intestines were inside his closet, and his big intestines were on his bed; his kidneys were torn in half and just thrown wherever; and his lungs were shriveled up like a prune pounded inside one of the walls. His split was inside where the ceiling fan lightbulb would be.

The sheriff, seeing this, would almost throw up from the site, and an investigation team would be seen taking samples from the gorey scene. The sheriff would then call Alex's sister Tracy as he leaves the room and tell her that her brother has passed away and was brutally murdered by someone. After he had told her that, he would apologize to her and wish the best for her and the rest of Alex's family as he hangs up and re-enters the room, as he would say to himself, "Whoever did this is sick and twisted." As he says that, he would walk outside of and into the hall as he stands there, keeping the do not enter tape strip in tact, making sure no one steps foot near the room. Matthew would say, "You got this for a bit, Gary? I need to stock up inventory and take count." Gary would nod his head yes as he stood there waiting for a customer to come in.

Matthew would walk to the back as he grabs a box full of chips and walks back and starts to stock up the shelf with lays, fritos, and doritos. A man would walk in as he walked over to the energy drink area and grabbed a few monsters. He would see Mathew as he asked, "Hey Mathew, wheres Alex today? He's always here at night." Matthew would look up as he has a sad look on his face as he says, "Alex is no longer with us anymore; he passed away about three hours ago." The man would look down as he says, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences to his family."

As the man says that he would pay for his monsters and walk out of the store, Matthew would finish up stocking up the chips as he breaks down the empty box and walks outside to throw away the box in the recycling bin. He would walk back into the store as he would go into his office and get on the computer to do his inventory check. Gary would stand there as he took out his phone and started to text one of his friends. The door would chime open as no one was there, and Gary would look up to see the door had opened up by itself as he wondered why it opened. He would look over to Mathew as he asked, "Hey Mathew, does the door usually open by itself?" Matthew would look over to Gary, confused, saying, "Not that I'm aware of; first time it's done that. Would you mind closing it? Usually it just closes on its own, but for some reason it's just open." Gary would nod his head yes as he walks over to the door and peaks his head outside to look around; seeing that there was no one or nothing around, he would close the door and walk back over behind the counter.

As soon as he got there, the door would open by itself again, as again no one was there. Frustrated, he would walk back over to the door and go to close it. This time the door wouldn't close no matter how hard he pulled on it. He would look over to Mathew as he says confused,"Umm... Mathew.. it seems the door is stuck and it's not closing at all." As he says that, Mathew would give out a sigh as he stands up and walks over to the door and starts to pull on it. Again, the door wouldn't budge, not even a centimeter. As he says confused,"That's odd; it seems it may have ceased or something. I'll call Maintenance in the morning. For now we'll just leave it open," as he says that he would walk back over to his office and sit back down to his computer and continue to do his inventory check.

Gary would walk back over behind the counter as he would continue to text his friend on his phone. A few minutes would pass as the door would slam shut, breaking the windows and making the glass shatter everywhere. When it had done that, both Gary and Matthew would jump from the loud noise as Gary's phone would fly out of his hand and land on the ground. Gary would curse under his breath as he picked up his phone from off the ground.

The screen had cracked from the impact, and as he would curse again, Matthew would stand up and walk over to the shattered glass that had gone everywhere, both inside and outside. He would then look at Gary as he says, "I have never had this happen before. Would you mind grabbing a broom and dustpan in the storage area? Just walk towards the end of the room, and it'll be on your left." Gary would walk to the end of the room and look to the left. As he opens the door to the small storage area where a broom and dustpan were sitting. He would grab both the broom and dustpan as he would close the door and walk back over to where the shattered glass was on the ground.

He would sweep up the glass from the inside, putting it all in a pile as he took the dustpan off of the broom. As he kneeled down and started scooping it up with the broom into the dustpan, he would stand back up, walk through the broken door, and throw away the shattered glass he had in his dustpan. He would walk back to the broken door as he stops outside of the door as he sweeps up the shattered glass from outside into a pile and do the same thing he had done the first time. When he had done that, he would walk through the broken door as he says to Matthew, "That scared the shit out of me, like for real." Matthew would say in a dissapointing way, "Well, it seems I'm going to need a new door now," as he says that he would walk back over to his office and get back on his computer. A few minutes would pass as he wraps up doing his inventory and goes to look for a new door.

Morning came as Matthew would find a new door as he takes out his phone and calls to order it to be shipped and installed. At this point, Matthew was quite tired, as he would tell Gary to go home as he would walk over to one of the fridges as he grabbed a venom. He would open it up and take a sip as he walked over behind the counter as he stood there waiting for customers to come in. He would set his venom down as he opened up the cash register as he took out the little amount of money that was in it as he started to count to see how much there was. He would bend down as he opened up the safe with a password and put the money in there as he would close it back up. Matthew would stand back up as he grabbed his venom and took another sip and set it back down.

A couple of women that looked to be around 25 or 26 years old would stop at the door looking at it as Matthew would say, "It's getting replaced in a week from today; just walk through the door as it doesn't open. Please give me a few minutes, and I'll be right back," as he says that he would walk over to his computer in his office and type out a message as he prints it out, as it would read, "Sorry for the inconvenience; our door had broken last night and is not able to open. Feel free to walk right in through the door, as a new door will be in next week. Thank you. management," he would grab some tape as he walks outside and put the sign on the window as he tapes it on there so it doesn't fly away. He would walk back inside through the door and back behind the counter again as he would grab his venom and take another sip and set it back down. The two women would walk through the door as they would start talking and giggling, walking over to the counter as one of them would say, "I need twenty-five on three, please." Her voice was soft yet kind as Matthew would activate the gas pump for 25 dollars as he put it in the cash register as he would say, "That'll be twenty-five dollars."

The woman would take out her wallet from her back pocket as she opened it up and took out her credit card. Matthew would say, "Rewards today?" The woman would say, "Not today, thank you." Matthew would then say, "Sounds good; it's ready whenever you're ready." As he says that, the woman would hover her card over the top of it as it would glow green up to 4 dots as it would make a beep sound. Matthew would then say with a forced happy gratitude, "Thank you and have a great rest of your morning." The two women would walk through the door back outside to their vehicle as the other woman would open the gas cap and take out the gas pump and insert it into their vehicle's gas tank. They would still be seen talking and giggling as they waited for their gas tank to fill up.

Matthew would grab his venom and take another sip of it as he sets it back down. He would walk over to his office as he would sit down in his chair and get on his computer and look at his emails on his Yahoo. He would scroll through a little bit as he would click on a few emails, reading them in his head as he continued to scroll through them. He would stop scrolling and click on an email that was sent from Alex; his skin would start to crawl as he saw it was from Alex as he hesitantly opened up the email. The email would read, "Hey Matthew, I'm taking a vacation as of today. I won't be back for a long while, so please don't worry about me; I'll be traveling to a different place. It's dark and spacious there, and also that venom you're drinking right now won't be your last one to be drinking. You better stay awake for the rest of your life; if you go to sleep, I might just slit your throat. The date of the email was the day after Alex was brutally murdered. Matthew would have chills down his entire spine as his face went pale. He would turn off his computer quickly as he would stand up from his chair and walk fast over to the counter as he would grab his venom and start chugging it down, emptying the can.

Matthew would walk over to the alcohol section as he would grab a UV blue as he opens the lid, turning the cap quickly off as it lands on the ground. He would start to chug down the vodka as he drank half the bottle as he would shake his head trying to get that email he had read out of his mind. He would start to feel the warm sensation from the vodka as he would chug some more of it down; the amount of vodka left was only a quarter as his surroundings would start to spin slowly as if the world were spinning.

Matthew would start to lose his balance a little bit as he was now drunk; he would stumble all over the place, running into a few things as he made his way over behind the counter.

Matthew, being fully drunk now after only 5 minutes, would open the cash register as he took out the money and threw it all over the ground, all as he yelled drunkenly, "Fuck you, Alex! If your still alive, I will fucking kill you myself, you piece of shit! You won't get the chance to fucking kill me, as I will kill you first! I'll shove that knife up your ass than twist it around, and I would rather take it out and gut you like a fucking fish." Little did Matthew know that a customer was standing right there, having his back against a shelf, wondering what was going on.

Matthew would look at the man that had his back against the shelf as he would move irradically, yelling at the same time, "Alex, what the fuck are you doing here, huh?! You come here to slit my throat, you fucking asshole! I'm still awake, you fucker! You better not make a move or I'll fucking take this pen and shove it down your fucking throat!" The police would arrive on the scene as a woman had called them recently about what was happening. She would point at Matthew acting irradically and still yelling at the random guy. The police would take out their gun from their hip as they said, "Sir, do not move or we will shoot you." Matthew would look over at the police as he would start to yell at them.

The police would say, "Sir, we're going to need you to calm down; there is no Alex here. Put your hands behind your back and get down on your knees slowly." Matthew would spit at them as he would yell at them, "Alex, what the fuck! How are you in three different fucking places? You wanna shoot me now!? Fuck you, Alex!" as he yells that he would jump over the counter as one of the police officers would shoot Mathew in his chest six times as Mathew would look down at his chest as he would say almost breathlessly, "Fuck... you, Alex." as he says that he falls to the ground.

4 hours later he would open his eyes slowly as he looked around as he was in the hospital. A doctor would be seen walking in as the woman would say, "Hello there, Mathew, my name is Emily; do you know where your at, Mathew?" Matthew would say groggily, "How am I still alive?" Emily would say to Matthew, "Your lucky to be alive. A man saw you pass out on the ground at your job site and called for an ambulance. When you arrived here, your blood alcohol concentration was over 0.56, way above the count. You nearly died from drinking too much. Luckily, we were able to get you here to be able to help save your life before you lapsed into either a coma or well death. The police have a few questions for you once you have sobered up a bit more and feeling a bit better; until then, please relax and drink water," as she says that she would leave the room.

Matthew would see a cup to his right as it had water in it; his head was pounding as he would reach over to the cup and grab it as he would sip on the water slowly as he would say to himself, "Was that all a dream? Damnit, I don't remember anything after drinking that vodka. My head is killing me; I'm not drinking ever again," he would give out a sigh as he would sip on the water some more. He would set the cup down as he laid back his head, as his head was still kind of spinning. He would close his eyes for a second, as he would then throw up on the floor.

A nurse would come in as she would give out a sigh; she would put on some gloves as she grabbed a thing of paper towels as she would clean up the mess that Matthew had made on the ground. Once she had cleaned it up, she would walk out of the room as a couple of minutes would pass as Emily would come into the room, giving a knock before she entered. She would have the police follow behind her as she would say, "These police officers here have a few questions for you," as she says that she would leave the room as one of the police officers would have a notepad in his left hand with a pen in his right as he would ask Matthew, "Hello, my name is Officer Ryan, and this is my partner Officer Aaron, we would like to ask you just a couple of questions. How much alcohol did you consume, and for how long?"

Matthew would sit up slowly as his head was still pounding as he would say, "I don't remember much, but I know I worked through the entire night and through the morning. I had drank a venom, and then I grabbed some vodka and chugged it down. I don't remember how much of it I consumed. I apologize, officer," as he says that officer Ryan would write down what he said as he would then ask, "What made you want to consume alcohol while on the job?" Matthew would then say, "I was looking at my emails, as I am the manager of the store, and all of them are mainly just emails about when things will arrive, what products will be put on the shelves, stuff like that. There was an email inpeticular that sent chills down my spine and really scared me. It was an email from my once-employee Alex, who had passed away from a horrible circumstance. The email was sent a day after he had passed, which really scared me. If you wish, I can pull it up and show you the officer if that will help." officer Ryan would write down what he said as he says, "Please do whatever may help us get a better understanding as to what happened." Matthew would take out his phone and scroll through his email; he would then say, "It's not there!?"

The officers would look at each other as they would say, "What do you mean it's not there? Are you sure it wasn't just in your head and you thought it was there but it really wasn't?" Matthew would look confused as he scrolls through it, as he doesn't see the email from Alex anywhere, as he would rather say, "Well, the email had said, and I quote Hey Matthew, I'm taking a vacation as of today. I won't be back for a long while, so please don't worry about me; I'll be traveling to a different place. It's dark and spacious there, and also that venom you're drinking right now won't be your last one to be drinking. You better stay awake for the rest of your life. If you go to sleep, I might just slit your throat. Than he put hahahaha at the end of it, so I didn't just imagine it in my head officer."

The officers would look at each other again as officer Ryan would then say, "We have one last question for you: do you normally drink on a regular basis?" Matthew would then say, "No, I don't ever drink; I used to be a very heavy drinker and was an alcoholic ten years ago, but I quit drinking all together five years ago." Officer Ryan would write down what he said, then say, "Thank you for your time, and we will let you rest. Have a good rest of your night, sir," as he says that both officers would leave the room.

A few minutes later passes as Emily knocks on the door and walks in the room. She would say to Matthew, "I have some paper work for you to fill out, and then we'll do some scans to your head to make sure you didn't fracture your skull or anything, and then after that we will check for any abnormalities in your blood, and then we will get you on your way. Sound good to you, Mathew?" Matthew would nod his head yes as Emily left the room. The same nurse that came in to clean up his mess on the floor would come in as she would say in a rude way, "Alright, Matthew, get up and I'll take you to go get some X-rays of your head." He would stand up as he would rather pass out on the ground.

The nurse would run over to a system where she would hit the code blue button, and 5 other nurses as well as 3 doctors, including Emily, would run to the room as they checked his vitals. They would talk amongst themselves as 5 of them would pick him up gently, keeping him stabilized as they set him down on the bed gently as they hooked him up to an IV. They also hooked him up to the heart monitor as they checked his blood pressure.

After about 20 minutes, he would wake up as he looked around. Matthew would see a bunch of nurses and doctors surrounding him as he would say weakly, "What happened?" Emily would place her hand on his chest gently as she says, "Please don't move right now; we don't know what happened to you, Matthew, but we took a few samples of your blood and we will help you in a wheelchair to go do an MRI on you as of right now," as she says that 5 other nurses would pick him up gently as one nurse would come in with a wheelchair as they would sit him down on the wheelchair gently.

The nurse who brought in the wheel chair would wheel him to the MRI lab, and Emily and another doctor would be stationed behind the glass as five of the nurses would gently pick him up from the wheel chair and lay him down on the table as they helped position him as one of them put headphones over his ears as they all left the lab. Emily would press down on the intercom as she says softly, "Just relax for me, ok, Matthew. This will take about thirty minutes, so please do not move as we do this." As she says that, she takes her hand off of the intercom as the machine would turn on as the inside would start to spin faster and faster, and the table would move inwards slowly as it would stop down to where his legs were still sticking outside of the machine. Emily would press the button down to the intercom as she would say, "Alright Mathew, please stay still and do not move for me, ok. Let me know if you're having trouble with a small space. We are starting now, Mathew. This will take thirty minutes, ok."

Matthew wouldn't say anything as he doesn't move a muscle; 30 minutes would pass as the table slowly came out of the slowly stopping machine as it would stop completely. 5 nurses would come into the lab as another one brought the wheelchair behind them, and the nurses would pick him up gently as they sat him down on the wheelchair. The one nurse would wheel him back to his room as the other 5 nurses followed behind. When he got into the room, the 5 nurses would pick him up gently once again as they laid him down on the bed gently.

After an hour had passed, it was already morning. As Emily would knock on the door and enter the room, she would say to Matthew, "So I have good news and bad news. Good news: there is nothing wrong with your brain activity as it looks very healthy and stable. The bad news is that we found a tumor on the brain stem on your left side, as it has metastatized and has engulfed nearly forty percent of your entire left side of your brain. I would say you have about two weeks up to a month to live, Matthew. Do you have any friends or family you wish to see? We can keep you here, but if you wish to go home, your chances of living would drop drastically. I'll give you some time to think about it," as she says that Matthew would say, "No, I don't have any friends or family at all; I'll just go back home and live the rest of whatever life I have left," as he says that Emily would say, "I see, very well, we will bring you your belongings and we will discharge you right after. I wish you the best of luck, Mathew, and again, I apologize," as she says that she would leave the room as a couple of minutes would pass as a nurse would come in with his clothes and other belongings he had on him as she walks out of the room. Matthew would get dressed slowly as he would rather look down, remembering his life growing up and how his mother and father would always treat him with love, respect, and care up until they too died of cancer.

As Matthew left the doctor's office after being discharged, he would walk the streets, as he only lived for 1 more week after, dying from a brain aneurism. 2 girls named Carla, who was 24 years old, and Megan, who was 25 years old, would be seen walking the streets around 11:30 pm, as they were walking, stumbling a little bit due to alcohol in their system. Carla would say, "Like, o.m., Megan, that boy Lance was so fucking annoying at that party tonight. Like for real, all he did tonight was try to get with me in bed, like... ewwwww." Megan would laugh a little bit as she would say, "Carla, Lance needs a muzzle and a leash on him; everyone knows that." She would give out a little giggle as well as Megan. They would continue walking as they would stop to look around for a second as Megan would say, "How about we go grab something to eat at a gas station? I'm sure there is a gas station still open around this time." Carla would say, "Giirrrrll, it's literally 11:35 at night; by the time we get to a gas station, it will be around midnight, like for a real girl. I'm sure the only gas station still open would be Casey's."

Megan would then say, "Ya, your right, then let's just stop by Casey's and get us something to eat there. It's literally just three blocks away, and I'm sure they might still have pizza or something that we can eat." Carla would shrug her shoulders as she agreed with her best friend; both of them would start to walk again on the sidewalk as they got to Casey's.

They would open up the door as it chimed as Gary would greet them. They would both walk past him and go over to the area where there was pizza slowly moving around inside the warmer. Megan would open it up as it clicked open as she grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza as she asked Carla, "You want pepperoni as well, bestie?" Carla would nod her head yes as Megan grabbed another pepperoni pizza and handed Carla her slice as she closed the warmer door as it clicked shut.

Both Carla and Megan make their way to the counter, as Gary would say, "Were you able to find everything alright this evening?" Both Carla and Megan, at the same time in sync, would say yes as Gary would push some buttons on the cash register and say, "That will be three dollars and forty-five cents. Are we paying with cash or card today?"

Megan would hold her slice of pizza in her left hand as she takes her right hand and reaches into her back right pocket to take out her wallet, as she would rather set her slice of pizza down on the counter. She would unfold her wallet as she would take a 5-dollar bill out and hand it to him without saying anything to him. She would fold her wallet back up and put it back in her right back pocket as Gary would take the 5-dollar bill from her and open up the cash register, putting it in there as he would take out a dollar bill and then take out 2 quarters and a nickel, as he would say in a tired voice, "Your change is one dollar and fifty-five cents; you ladies have a good rest of your night,as he says that he would hand Megan her change"as she would stuff the dollar bill, 2 quarters, and the nickel in her right pocket as she would grab her slice of pizza. Both Carla and Megan would walk out of the gas station together as they started walking over to the sidewalk next to the street. As Megan would take a bite of her piece of pizza as well as Carla doing the same, 5 minutes would pass as they were nearing a little neighborhood that was quiet.

The lights were off in the houses except for 1 or 2 of them. A city light would be seen flickering off and on in the distance in front of them as they continued walking on the sidewalk. Around the flickering light, a mist-like fog would be seen creeping upwards, making the brightness a bit more dimmer and a bit harder to see. When the mist-like fog rolled in, both Carla and Megan would be surrounded by it, as they could hardly see about 5 feet in front of them.

The temperature would drop drastically from a cool 55 degrees down to 45 degrees in a matter of seconds as they would start to shiver a little bit. They would breathe into their hands as you could see their breath. Megan would look over to Carla as she says, "Why did it get so cold all of a sudden, and where did this fog come from?" Carla would then say, "I don't know, but let's hurry and get to your place before we freeze to death out here," as she says that Megan would nod her head in agreement as they started to walk faster, holding onto their own arms and rubbing their hands against their arms.

A shadowy silhouette would appear out of thin air where the flickering street light would be seen. The shadowy silhouette would have glowing red eyes as it watched them walk faster. A few seconds would pass as the shadowy silhouette would vanish as Megan would look over to barely see her house as she says, "Can't wait to get inside my house so we can be in the warmth," as she says that both Carla and Megan would arrive at the front porch of Megan's house. It was a dark brown house that had a glass screen door, as she would take her right hand and reach for the handle as she pushed down on it and pulled on it.

Carla would hold the glass screen door open with her left hand as Megan would reach into her left pocket and pull out her house key as she inserts it into the bottom lock and turns it to the left as she would take it out and insert the key into the dead bolt lock as she would turn it to the left once again. She would take out the key from the dead bolt lock as she places her key back into her left pocket as she would take her right hand and place it onto the knob of her door as she twists it to the right and pushes on it as the door opens up inwards into the house. Megan would walk inside her house as Carla would walk in from behind her as the glass screen door closed behind her. Carla would then turn around as she closed the door, locking the dead bolt in place.

Once inside, Megan walks over toward the thermostat and raises the temperature up to 79 degrees. As you could hear the heater kick on as it starts to blow out hot air throughout the entire house, Megan would walk over to the couch as she sat down on her couch, placing her hands on her arms and rubbing them together as she would say, "It got a bit chilly outside pretty quickly, didn't it, bestie?" Carla would then reply back to her, saying, "Giiirrrllll, ya, it did; kind of weird it would get cold that fast, anyway, were inside here where it's warm, that's what matters the most," as she says that she would walk over and sit down next to Megan on the couch as she would grab the remote and turn on the TV. What is seen on the TV screen would be the weatherman on Channel 6 News, as the weatherman would say, "Temperatures right now are currently fifty degrees, as it will start to drop down to as low as forty-three degrees. Starting tomorrow, temperatures will get as high as forty-nine degrees, so it would be a good idea to have something warm on tomorrow." Back to you..." He would be cut off as Carla changed the channel; a black-and-white movie would be seen playing on the TV as Carla would say, "I'm going to go use the restroom and then grab something to drink from your fridge; you want anything to drink?" Megan would shake her head slowly as she fixated herself on the movie playing on the 75-inch TV.

Carla would stand up as she walked to the bathroom upstairs, meanwhile Megan was still watching the movie as a shadowy silhouette would appear behind her like a mist as a shadowy hand would wrap around her mouth as she would squeal inside her mouth as the shadowy silhouette would make both her vanish along with itself like a mist. Carla would come back down the stairs as she would go straight to the kitchen; she would get over to the fridge as she opened the door as she looked around inside.

Carla would find a can of Mountain Dew as she took her right hand and grabbed it as she closed the fridge door. A hand would reach out around her mouth with a rag covering both her nose and mouth as she passed out.

Around 6 hours later, Carla would open her eyes, slowly waking up as she wouldn't be able to move her arms or legs. Both her wrists and ankles were tied up to a chair with thick duct tape she was sitting in. As her mouth was duct taped, she would look around, starting to panic and making noises as she wasn't able to talk. Carla was in a room where there were no lights turned on; after a few seconds, a light would turn on from across her as her best friend Megan was in the same situation as she was in. Megan was still passed out with her head hanging low while tied to a chair as well. Carla would try to say something but couldn't speak as she had duct tape over her mouth as she was just making noises instead.

After a few seconds passed, Megan would start to wake up as she tilted her head up to see Carla, as she didn't have duct tape over her mouth. Megan would start to panic as she would say to Carla in a scared manner, "Wh... what is going on, Carla? Why are we tied up to these chairs?" Carla could only give out mumbles and noises as Megan would look around and yell out, "WHO IS DOING THIS!? WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH US!?" There would be no answer as another light would turn on by a metal door that was closed.

The metal door would open slowly as someone with a skull mask would be seen; they would be seen wearing all black and black gloves to cover up their skin. The masked person would tilt their head to the right as they would close the metal door behind them, and while their head was still tilted to the right, they would make their way over to Megan as they would stop about 3 feet away from where Megan was tied up. Megan would spit at the masked person and say in a distasteful demeanor, "Fuck you, what do you want with us?"

The masked person would tilt their head back upwards as they would take their right hand and clench it into a fist; they would walk in front of Megan as they would take their right fist that was clenched as they would punch her on the left side of her cheek. When Megan got punched, her head would lean over to her right as her long black hair would cover her face, and a couple drops of blood would land on the ground as she would be seen shaking with fear. Carla, seeing that Megan was punched in the face, would start to shake from fear as well; she would then start to try to escape from being tied up with duct tape, but to no avail.

Megan would lift her head back up as her hair was in her face; blood could be seen dripping slowly down on her clothes. The masked person would take his right hand and would try to get her hair out of her face before Megan would shake her head to get away from their hand. The masked person would stop for a second as he would then take his right hand and grab a handful of her hair from on top as he would jerk her head back to stop her from moving her head.

Megan would start to sob as the masked person would take his left hand and get the hair out of her face. You could see some blood that had dripped down from the left side of her mouth as her left cheek was also bruised. The masked person would take his left hand and stroke it across her right cheek as Megan would continue to sob as tears could be seen going down her cheeks.

The masked person would let go of her hair forcefully as they would walk over to a dark area. As they would stop and bend over, you could hear clanking of something as they would stand back up. The masked person would walk into the light as you could see a knife in his right hand. He would walk over to Megan again as he stops in front of her as she would stop sobbing. The masked person would take the knife and start to cut her shirt off; when they cut the shirt off, they would start to cut off the bra straps.

Carla would watch in horror as she would try to scream at the masked person but come out as mumbles once again. The masked person would then take the knife and stab her in the right shoulder as blood would trickle down her arm. When they had done that, Megan would scream in agony as it went into her flesh, and the masked person would then twist and turn the knife back and forth while it was still inside her right shoulder.

As they did that, Megan would continue to scream in agony and pain, and the masked person would take the knife out of her shoulder as they would take their left hand and rub her breasts from her left to her right breast. Megan would start to cry as she was in pain as the blood from her exposed mutilated shoulder would drip down her arm and onto the floor. The masked person would then squat down as they would be down to where Megan's legs were. The masked person would take the knife that was in their right hand as they cut off her pants while using their left hand to hold onto the pants; once they had done that, they would remove the cut pants from underneath her as they would drop it onto the ground next to them. The masked person would then grab ahold of her underwear as they would cut off her underwear as he pulled it out from underneath her as he tosses it behind themselves. They would then take the knife that was in their right hand and stab Megan in her left inner thigh as she was completely exposed to them now.

When the masked person stabbed her in her inner thigh, she would give out a bloodcurdling scream as they would twist and turn the knife while still inside her inner thigh. They would then remove the knife from her inner thigh as Megan's head would turn off to the right with her hair in front of her face as she would start to cry once more.

Blood would be trickling down onto the chair she was sitting in as it would drip onto the ground under the chair; the mutilated stab wound on her left inner thigh would be seen squirting out blood everywhere on the chair and on her right thigh and stomach. The masked person would take their left hand as they would take their pointing finger and insert it into her vagina. Megan would start to squirm and try to escape but wasn't able to. As the masked person had their finger inserted into her vagina, they would take it out as they would Take their entire fist and insert it. Megan would start to scream in pain and grasp onto the end of the arms of the chair tightly.

Megan would continue crying as the masked person would start to go deeper and deeper as their entire arm was engulfed inside her. Megan would clench her teeth together tightly as she was in too much pain to even say anything at this point. The masked person would then take his right hand and stab Megan in the middle of her chest while his left arm was still inside her. Megan would start to inhale and exhale excessively, trying to catch her breath if she could. She would start to have trouble breathing as the masked person would take the knife out of her chest as well as his left arm from inside her, ripping out her clitoris at the same time. The masked person would then take the knife in his right hand and slash her throat open.

Blood would be seen squirting from out of her throat as Megan would start to gurgle and spit up blood from out of her mouth as the masked person would put the knife down on the ground. Once they had set it down on the ground, they would stand up as they got closer to Megan as they would grab ahold of Megan's chin with their right hand. With their left hand, they would place it on her left shoulder. As they would take their right hand and pull upwards, a ripping sound would be heard as Megan's head would fly off and hit the wall behind her lifeless body.

When Carla saw her best friend's head get ripped off and hit the wall, she would scream behind the duct tape over her mouth as she would start to cry. She would shake her head a few times as the masked person would turn around to face Carla's direction. While Megan's clitoris was still in their left hand, the masked person would walk over to Carla as they would take their right hand and rip off the duct tape from off of her mouth.

Carla would then say, while still crying, "Please, don't kill me." The masked person would take their right hand and grab ahold of her mouth, forcing it open as they would take their left hand and forcefully shove Megan's bloody clitoris into Carla's mouth.

The masked person would take the duct tape that they had ripped off of her and put it back over Carl's mouth. When her mouth got duct taped again, she would start to gag as she would litterally throw up inside her mouth. Carla would start to choke on her own vomit as some of it would start to ooze out from a crack where the duct tape was weak; it would drip down her chin as she would start to lose consciousness, drowning in her own vomit slowly. Carla's head would slowly go downwards as she wasn't able to breathe.

After 3 minutes passed, Carla would be seen with her head down, dead from asphyxiation. The masked person would take their right hand and take off their mask as it was Gary from the gas station; he would then say to the two dead women, "A pretty girl and a slut, I'm tired of you bitches coming into the store being annoying as fuck. Every fucking night I have to listen to you two chatter away, giggling all the time and making fun of me behind my back. I swear, I hope you both got what you deserved, though that pretty girl was nice to play with. Maybe I should have put my dick inside that bitches pussy first before killing her; oh well, too late now; fuck the both of you; rot in hell," as he says that he would start to make his way towards the door.

When Gary got to the door, he would grab ahold of the door knob with his right hand as he opened it. He would look back one more time before turning his head back as he stood there frozen in fear. He would let go of the doorknob as he would start to back up slowly, dropping his mask in the process as he would ask in fear, "Wait? Who are you? What are you?" as he says that 8 very long, sharp childlike talons would reach out to grab ahold of his body, and 2 of each of these hands would grab ahold of each wrist and ankle as he was lifted up off the ground.

Gary would try to escape, flailing around trying to get free, but to no avail. He would give out a bloodcurdling scream as both his arms and legs were ripped off of his body. His blood would splatter all over the walls, ceiling, the ground, and the 2 lifeless girls who he had just killed, as the rest of his body would fall to the ground. You could hear crunching noises as if someone or something was eating, as you would see 2 even longer, sharp adult-like talons grab ahold of his head as it drags his body off into the darkness as you could hear crunching sounds once again. When the crunching noises stopped, the skeletal remains of his body and skull would be tossed into the light as all the blood, muscle tendons, and tissue would be wiped clean off of them, as well as the used to be legs and arms that would land on top of the used to be body and head as it was piled into one.

3 days later, sirens would be heard off in the distance as the police would break down the metal door; they would have their weapons drawn as they turned on their flashlights and walked into the blackened room. They would see the remains of both the girls as they were infested with maggots and a rotten decaying smell, as there'd be some bone exposed with one missing its head and the other with its head down. When they saw this, they would cover their noses from the smell as one of them said, "Well, we found the two missing girls."