Post by sparacus on Jan 14, 2013 14:46:12 GMT -5
OK folks, Hallloween approaches when ghosts and ghouls abound. Read this story in the witching hour by candlelight............. if you dare.....
"DEADLY NIGHTSHADE"
Ben was lounging languidly on his sofa in his exclusive Harrods silk dressing gown. Luigi brought him coffee and croissants on a silver tray:
"Would you like anything else Mr Chatham?" Luigi asked, as Ben's mobile started to ring.
"No thankyou Luigi (patting Luigi's bottom), just answer that damn thing for me. I've got a bit of a headache."
Luigi picked up the mobile and answered it:
"Hello..... er who shall I say is calling?.... Miss Ryan?... hey whats the matter.... oh no, where are you? Miss Ryan? ... you there Miss Ryan....."
"What the hell does she want Luigi?" Ben asks.
"The phone has gone dead. I'm worried sir. She said that she was surrounded by zombies and then the phone cut off".
Ben laughs:
"She's obviously drunk Luigi. Katie can knock them back like a trooper when she goes clubbing. Then she throws herself at some man. Pathetic really". As Ben speaks Kyle enters the room:
"Ere Katie ain't bin clubbin', she's on a case. She went down to Somerset with Paul Farraday and Corinne Shaw like. To investigate reports of strange deaths. Some place called Wilton Russett."
As Kyle speaks, Ben's door buzzer goes. Luigi answers it:
"This is really weird. Theres no one here only this stuff". Kyle has a look:
"Bleedin' ell. Someone's left a dead bird 'ere an a letter like." Ben reluctantly gets up and has a look:
"This is disgusting. It looks like a dead raven. *Picking up a sprig of some plant* And this Kyle looks like Belladonna".
"Bella what?"
"Belladonna Kyle. Do keep up. Otherwise known as Deadly Nightshade. The druids believed that placing a sprig of Belladonna next to someone's door invited demons to attack and kill them . This is a threat Kyle. Especially since today is Halloween."
"Ow do you know all this stuff Ben?"
"For one thing I am educated Kyle and in addition my mother has an interest in folklore, specifically the folklore of Wiltshire. I am now concerned that this is connected to Katie's case and that she is in real danger. There is no time to lose; we go to Somerset."
A few hours later, Ben, Kyle and Luigi are driving into Wilton Russett as the autumn night draws in and the darkness falls. There is a dank mist all around and the musty smell of fallen leaves.
"Ere the place looks deserted Ben" Kyle observes. There are several lanes of cottages and large rural houses with carefully tended gardens. At the end of one is a large church. As they drive down the lane there is a piercing scream from within the church. They stop the car and rush towards the church door. Entering the building they see a candle burning on the altar and next to it the body of a naked woman with her throat ripped out. Blood is oozing down the side of the altar:
"I think we need to call for backup" Ben exclaims, however as he does so, two figures emerge from behind the altar. They are young men with gouged out eyes and greying flesh, one carrying a meat cleaver and the other a large kitchen knife.
"¤¤¤¤ me.... zombies!" Kyle shouts. They run out of the church but as they do so Kyle lets out a scream. Ben and Luigi turn round to see a blood drenched Kyle with the cleaver buried in his head. Kyle falls down dead and they turn and run towards the car, however they reel back in horror as they see a semi-decomposed figure sitting in the driving seat and holding up a sickle. Turning, they run towards a large house at the end of the lane with its front door ajar. Running inside they slam the door shut. However, turning round Ben lets out a gasp. There on the sofa is the corpse of Katie Ryan, her dead eyes staring into space and large stab wounds on her body. They rush back out of the house only to see a group of zombies walking down the lane towards them. One of them rushes forward and grabs Luigi and stabs him repeatedly with a large knife. Luigi's lifeless body slumps down. Ben manages to run out of their way and throws himself over a barbed wire fence into some woods. However he sees a large, dark figure in front of him, wearing a cloak. The figure steps forward and opens his mouth, revealing long fangs. Ben runs back out of the woods ond over the fence only to find himself surrounded by the zombies. They close in on Ben from all sides and one of them raises a meat cleaver over Ben's head...................
........................ And then they all start laughing and rip off their face masks. It is the Operation Delta team, Paul, Corinne, Keith Smith, Shakey Jake, and the others. The 'vampire' emerges from the woods and pulls off his false fangs and teeth to reveal Adam Wooten. Katie, Kyle and Luigi all get up and run towards them laughing.
"Whaaat the hell is going on?" Ben exclaims, shaking.
"We thought we'd lay on the best, scariest surprise Halloween party ever for you Ben" Katie shouts.
"Ok, people, lets get the Party going!" Corinne shouts. The lights go on in the nearby pub and Barry Tuck emerges from the doorway:
"Right you ¤¤¤¤¤... the barbies are lit. Come an get the booze!!!!!!"
.......THE END.