I am not a believer nor a fan of horror stories. I set back a little step then stood up near the ghost buggy-train. "Please don't force me to ride on that buggy train again!" I said to Amber. Amber was my girlfriend. She love chemistry in general, though science is her only favorite subject since then. But if you ask her what is her favorite thing she wanted the most —This is what we call, we're doing right now!
"I'm suck of it!"
I don't understand why she is fond of this kind of entertainment. Personally, I don't see any entertainment that I could somehow enjoy it. But ahh...it is a total waste of time!
Even how many time we argue, her wishes always prevail, so it ends up like we're always disappointed to each other. I don't understand why she always wanted to go places where ghosts are the fundamental source of entertainments, kinda weird though , but I love her.
Amber's side kick— I mean her bestfriend Anathea, a short hair, energetic, and friendly being. Always support her desire to what trip she wanted to go on to. Anyway, Anathea is not alone, her boyfriend Lucas accompany her. So, she is busy right now, she can't entertain Amber's disappointment. "Mearko, what make you so long standing up there? This train will soon be full."
"Are you afraid of ghost?" Lucas said mockingly. His tone is quite irritating. And I hate people judge me by literal mean. I know we're just meet in time. So, I better not to argue with him, in fact I don't know him.
"What—?!!! Me... afraid of ghost? Shut up!" Then I ignore him. I stare at him a few second. Well, I haven't seen him before, but this guy seems formal and a bit fashionist. Well, look at his jacket, that brand was expensive.
"So, come here and set." Amber simply said.
"I am not afraid of those thing!" I said to Amber, but I actually intended to hear it to Lucas, but he just snob me.
"Okay... Enough murmuring... it's so annoying!" Amber speak again.
"Yeah, we better hold our breath... And see what's going on out there!!!!" Anathea was so excited. I admired her energy knowing that we were about to enter the horror castle.
'Hmp... you better not cry in the end.' I whispered in my head. The entrance is like a gate in cemetery. These pumpkin lanterns look weird but still not surprise. I'm tired of seeing those things again and again.
"Ugh!" I sighed. I am not interested in horror house ridings. 'But no choice!' "Okay!" I submit. Since I had no choice. I presume to set willingly.
I have no choice, whether I like it or not, I have to fill in my seat and stick with them. I don't have time to refuse. Maybe, this loyal subconscious mind willing to obey her whatever she wanted to. I sat so calmer, but facially serious, as if I came from unexpected battle— I lose.
Sometimes, I don't understand why we need this kind of place just to fit in our relationship, or why we're dating in a wrong place. There's alot of place just for two lovers, but our relationship kinda weird to think. I can't hug her romantically because a lot of disturbing ghosts, you know..., I can't holding her hand, because she's fighting with ghost. Or there's time, I want to kiss her but the ghost make her shock. What kind of date are we doing?
Yeah, since I enter relationship, I dislike all types of horror house in our place, I wish they never had existed anymore.
we always arguing...though , she is beautiful, there is no denying of that. She has a long hair with curly hairstyle. Wearing expensive Jade necklace. Speaking of that, her mother own Jewelry Shop in the city. So, she can afford expensive school. I know she wanted to be a chemical engineer.
My eyes, enrage to watch the banner "CASTLE GHOST" . Ghost? I sat more formally and stare at the word ghost. It funny to say that when I was a kid... People spook me with that word. It took me years to realize that ghosts aren't real.
Later, when the ride is full, the engine automatically operated. I felt the vibration. It sounds ready. I already wear seatbelt then.
"Hey, guys there is a smoke!" Anathea said."
"It's a Glycol" my girlfriend said. "Primarily Propylene Glycol...C3H8O2..and sometimes Diethylene Glycol C4H10O3. But, Propylene glycol is very common and considered safe."
"Oh... yeah I see... there is no irritation."
My eyes showing pokerface and steadily watching her emotionless. I see she is cute though I feel weird hearing chemistry in this situation. 'A walking encyclopedia!' in the castle ghost.
"What?" My girlfriend ask me. I keep staring at her. "Don't look at me like that!!"
"is it necessary to explain in scientific way? I mean, you can simply say...The smoke effects has no carbon dioxide, it just a haze smoke."
"Ow don't tell me, just because your doing military training, you hate complex terminologies, isn't it?"
"What?" I said. "I didn't say that!" I quickly reply."what I mean is—look at this place...is it chemistry lab?"
"So... What are pointing it out... That I'm weird?" She said. "What's wrong with my explanation on glycol thing... ?"
"I'm just advising you."
"Well, thank you...If you have no good word to say...keep it all yours, and please stop pissing me off!"
"Hey guys... Stop quarrelling." Anathea interrupted our conversation. "The gate is about to open."
The gate slowly winding with a squeaky sound rumbling in my bones. Dark splashes in our eyes. Lights appeared one by one. Then the gate automatically shut down. *Hump!* I- am- not -surprised... practically, every horror house doing that same effects—So, no!
I hear the calamitous thunder effects, then a howling of werewolf, witches chanting. A lot of sound effects makes my mode chaotic.
"It is a total waste of time!" I said angrily.
"What are you saying?" My girlfriend replied. "Are you angry?"
"Hey two of you.. just come down, go with the flow... everyone here is enjoying." Anathea smiled. "Just be..."
"Yeah. and I am almost deafening!"
What on earth are they shouting for, those are just human who masked a horror costume. With a horrifying cosmetic artistry— Are they dumbed?
( Few Minutes ago)
"Mearko... can i—hold your hand?" She coldly hold my hand and her eyes blinking in fear, and I felt her shaking that moment. She was like a child who were abandoned in the middle of the dark forest. Her beautiful grayish eyes looking at me begging for help.
"What are you afraid of?" I said. "They're just fake!"
"You're acting weird though," she said. "You will regret this.
"What do you mean?" Her friend Anathea asked her. Anathea sat in the back set right next to us, with her boyfriend too, name, Lucas.
"Hmp...just forget it." She replied. "He disappointed me!"
"What?" I shortly asked. "Did I make something will get you off?
"You ruined my day, that's it!"
"Guys, here we come in the exciting part!" Anathea energetically cheering up. She hold tight on her boyfriend's shoulder like an octopus. "Zombies are coming here!!!!" "Sweetie, hug me!"
Ow how sweet... I look in my side and watching her. "Stop that!" She's irritated.
"I thought you were afraid of those zombies?" I said. "Do you need hug?"
"No thanks!" She ignored me. Now she's acting like weird. So I let her ignore me, maybe she's not happy right now.
The lights flickering dramatically, while a deep voice amplified playing a crazy line. Zombies agonizing in pain. They were many in each cage, moaning and stretching their hands. When the ride passes on each cage, the cage automatically open letting all zombies chasing us in an aggressive way. People were panicking, shouting intensely like they were seeing a real zombie. With a 3 meter gap, zombies dramatically speeding up maintaining the gap of 3 meters.
"Sweetie, look they're chasing us!!!!" Anathea was horrified. "We're too slow!" She panicked.
"Don't worry sweetie Pie, I'll protect you! Lucas answered.
Everyone is panicking except the two of us. We're out of the context. Zombies, panicking people, lovers... We—are both in a different world in that moment! However, the unexpected moment bring us back to the point of unexpected surprise.
"Why it stop?"
"W—what happened?"
"The light disappeared!!!"
"Ah~"
We thought it all part of the horror house ride. Zombies moaning disappeared too, leaving a silence and shock. Everyone grabs their phone and light up the surroundings. Horrifyingly, the zombies face were almost glued in our face. When Anathea turned on her phone up, she shouts loudly upon revealing the position of zombies with paled skin and blunted corneal suddenly appeared on her face.
"Zombieeeeeeee!!!!!!" Anathea wildly shouted impressing all zombies to react more dramatically. The aggressiveness of zombies create an intense commotion to the passengers, they attacked everyone by acting of grabbing passenger's hands. While the moment they were doing a typical zombie acting, I saw another two zombies as random lights spotted them coming, then hold my girlfriend's hands intentionally, causing pain to her wrists. Though, she might feel the pain, she ignored it as it just a play. She closed her eyes because she was afraid, resisting her hands to the zombies who were trying to grab her forcefully.
"Hey that's enough!!!" I shouted to the zombie, I still not know their unseen intention. But it didn't response. The lights still not appeared, I could barely see it what exactly they were, but the movement of their gesture or hands, I understand that it seemed a strength of a man. Another zombie came with a same intention. I heard the mumbling of a man "hurry!"
"Ouch!" My girlfriend react unexpectedly.
"Hey, what have you done—?" My girlfriend suddenly loss her consciousness. "Amber! Wake up!" I turned on my phone but someone grabbing and thrown it away. I realized it isn't a play... It is..a kidnapping!
I punched zombie on his face making him to daze backed but the other one was able to pick Amber's body after removing the seatbelt on her waist. He is strong enough to carry her on his shoulder, I loosened my seatbelt too as fast as I could just to stop him, but someone blocked me, forcing me to fight.
Nobody knows what's happening between Amber and me during that blackout. They all have their own moments fighting with zombies too. I heard Anathea screaming, but I realized the more critical situation was , the more I lost a chance to save Amber. No one knows she was abducted by masked zombies except for me — I don't want to escape the sight, in any chance.
I tried to chase the kidnappers...blinding with no lights there, bumped many times to unknown object on my way. But, surprisingly the kidnappers were not even once bumped on anything along the way. Maybe they wore special gear in the dark, that's the only thing I answered to myself. I struggled to follow them though, thanks to the red light emitting on their gear, like a LED dot. I could follow them through and through.
"Someone is following us!" The man said to the man who carry Amber's body. The guy who lifted Amber was tall, I could estimate him around 6.2 or 5.9 with bulky chest. While his comrade, estimated to be 5.4 or 5.3, I guessed.
"What!!? Did Cannor has no match to that guy?" Angrily said. "Then, stop him!!!" His voice have deeper tone, husky and strong baritone.
"Okay." But this one, a 5.4 guy was a bit unpleasant to hear.
So, I ready myself to counter the guy. I saw them like a silhouette in my view. Then, making me prepared for his possible attack. I studied his movements, he seemed to wallop a punch. *Ahem.*
Yeah—speaking of that --- I workout in the gym every Saturday with my friends. My biceps are strong enough to knock down normal people with skinny body like him.
I read his movement with no fear to hurt me, as do I... I won't give you mercy! Eat this punch! *Waack!*
"Bullshit!" He angered. I saw him touching his lip. And I know there's blood on it. Well, who's face won't be wounded on my strike punch. I'm sure he is angry... With that punch!
He attacked on me again without analysing the situation, like he is a typical drankard who loves pain.
Me— Hmp I won't let any finger touch my skin. Oh—I love Action!!!! Yes. It is. This fist of mine, built to punch bad guy! Hoo Hoo!!!! Oyeaaa!!!!whoooop! *Toink!!!
"Shit, you're dead meat!" He took a knife on his pocket." Ow, interesting.... I never try to learn self defense before but oh~~~ the video! That's right!! Something like this or this or....whaaa....??? I forgot!!!!! I just saw that video tutorial last month ago... How come I skip to learn that? Any way... Let see what I can do. Well maybe it will be a heaven sake—if I survive.
"Woah... Come down, You bald!" I teased him. Well, definitely I can't see him exactly because it was dark, I only relied to the light ahead of us, as exist point. It was a silhouette mode!
"What did you call me??? Argh! I will kill you!" His voice now was rough and unfriendly but I still heard the pitch.
Well, this one is sort of ..." Pretty- pretty cool!"
He swung his knife almost hit my shirt. As a quick response, I grab his hand twisting his shoulder momentarily drag him down and kick him on his face. "Sleep well!"
Oh, I did it! That video still in tact in my memory. Such a smart move. One point to myself— Oh no... My Amber!
I ran fast as fast as I could, just to look forward for Amber's rescue but I never came on time. She's gone! The kidnapper had escaped on my sight. I almost lost hope thinking that she won't be saved from kidnapper's hand. My head bent down as a way of regret, and heartbreaking. However, as I stood up and my ear lean on the surroundings my hearing perimeter ranged the unknown chaotic noise, I hear them but not clearly, so I walk steadily to search the source of the noise. Then, I come up with door. I stop. I sense behind the door, the chaos were formed. Dangers might be a Pandora's Box in that door. — I heard a noise... Something like agonizing in pain. A man begging for mercy! But still, I couldn't see what really happening there, there's still big wooden door infront of me blocking the scene. For the sake of Amber, I must going to take a risk—I must know! So, I never hesitate to open the door, but then, when I open the door a shocking gun shot kill a man who sat on the ground near on the black vehicle van. My eyes witnessing the death of kidnappers, freezing myself instinctly. Then, the killer stood up wearing black Jean, with high stiletto. Her sexy body covering with black jacket too. When I try to look her face, she's about to wear helmet , so I never had a chance to see her face. But I could describe her appearance, she has a straight long hair. But amazingly, she did not even try to point me a gun. Maybe , she know I am not one of the kidnappers? Then she walks gracefully to her motorcycle, a high level motorcycle— I guess.
When she engine her motorcycle she give a sweet message by saying "She is lucky" then she ride on speedily. She mean that my girlfriend is lucky, but I don't know maybe she is referring to me as Amber's boyfriend. Or she's lucky because kidnapperd did not succeed to kidnap her.
My eyes mesmerize to watch her driving her motorcycle, like she's modeling the motorcycle in my eyes. If that so, I will not hesitate to buy. I didn't expect someone like her a real woman doing thing in heroic deeds. Her body is like an angel, but she's deadly-woman. I still thinking of her...
But, reality snap in front of me, feeling guilt— I forgot that my girlfriend still laying unconsciously on the van. 'Amber!'
I quickly run on to her checking her palm beat and nose air breathing. Luckily, she still alive, though she is sleeping. "Amber... Amber..."
I grab her away from the crime scene. I heard an incoming car. So, we hide immediately, I try to find out but I can't clearly see them in a whole scope..I saw a luxurious car stop near in the kidnapper's van. A man more likely 30 years old step forward to the dead man. Many bodyguards are following him, maybe he is the boss or a master of the gang.
"Are all dead ?" The man simply ask.
"Yes. Sir, except to this man."
"He is still breathing."
"Tell, who did it ?" He reluctantly ask.
"I-i don't know." He quickly shoot him with a silencer gun. "Useless!" He blasted.
"Everyone, clean all the mess!" The bodyguard said. " Sir, you can go back to the car."
"We have failed to bring the new subject to my lord.... Her anger is like a bite of hell!" He pick a call. So, I know it, he is not a boss, I really thought he is the one. Well look at them how they securely guarding that man, he is more like a president. I assume he is the grand prince or a son?
"My lord, we have a problem...the operation has been interrupted—we don't know who the hell that. Don't worry we will fix it. Of course... I know it is our responsibility, but unfortunately... We didn't expect this unexpected tragedy. They are all dead."
"Let's go everyone!" He said.
"Wait a minute!" He stop as he sense something nearby. He look at the door. "I think I was hallucinating. Let's go."
"Oh thank God, he never inspect behind the door. " Now I can relax and breath. I hear them driving away. Amber still unconscious, I guess the sleeping drug injected on her is too strong. I carry her on my back to the safe place, with visible light and people. There, I saw Anathea running toward us with her boyfriend.
"Mearko?" She said. "Mearko, where have you been? We are so worried, we searched Amber and you after the blackout, we thought both of you were kidnapped by those zombies."
"You knew it?" I shocked, How did she knew it? Is it possible she noticed those bad guys doing evil thing with Amber?
"Well, obviously we were attacked by those zombies,right? I really thought they will eat me alive... Or taken away to my beloved Lucas, but no way— Lucas there, fight back and saved me from those terrifying Zombies." She giggled. "He is my knight and shining armor!" She wriggling ticklishly. Ow~ I expect too much.
"Did zombies tell you to hide from us?" Lucas said. "Then, if that is true... Not funny at all... We're worried." And this one too. *sigh"
"Yeah!" Anathea added.
"I'm sorry... But, it is a long story, during that blackout."
"What? Long—?" She burst. She hold her breath. 'Here we go again!'
"Don't tell me, your doing mystery, huh!?? I mean chemistry—" She said. "Oh, I'm so jealous!" She blushed.
"What are you talking about?" I said coldly. We were indeed encountered uh—" I suddenly hold my tongue, confused and undecided, if I tell the incidence, no evidences will prove that there is a kidnapping attempt or they might think I made up stories as an excuse.
"What...? Tell us...go on." Anathea impatiently said.
"Seriously?" Lucas said. "Are we going to wait longer until it erupt like volcano... for that unthinkable stories or excuses?
"Nothing." I shortly said.
"What!!?" Anathea beaten me up with her shocking reaction. "What do you mean...nothing?"she added. "I'm sure Amber will answer me correctly."
"It's already late... We better go in a—." I said, but she interrupted me, it suppose to be... 'In a hospital.'
"No... I should asks Amber what happened there!" She insisted. "Amber, wake up!" She's trying to wake her up, but nothing's happens.
"What did you do to her? Why she is not waking up?"
"Nothing— she just loss her consciousness during the black out. Ah~maybe over fear?" I reason out. "I try to find a clinic, but I can't find any clinic here. We must go in the hospital." I just make a strong excuse to stop them from questioning me.
"Yeah...We should!" She panicked.
"I'll Drive the car!" Lucas said. "Mearko bring her to the car."
"Amber's body is cold!" Anathea touched Amber's body from neck, hand , and face. "Is she going to die... She's barely breathing!" She was worried.
"There's a hospital nearby in this place... We will take 30 minutes." Lucas searching hospital through his Google map. "Let's go."
—Cut✋ Direct next scene na ba? 😆