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"Come on Shirley, these tours are completely safe. The paranormal
police monitor these places for any violent ghosts and shut down any
tours with even a hick up on it's record." Glenn pleads to his
girlfriend to go on the haunted prison tour with him.
Shirley argues out of fear more than stubbornness, "But Tiffany's
friend's cousin went to a tour in New York state and his son got
possessed by an evil spirit. Besides, we're supposed to be going to
the party tonight, it's Halloween."
"That's why tonight is perfect for this, we'll still have plenty
of time to make it to the party, I promise. Plus I'm sure they were
able to exorcise the boy. They've only just sanctioned these things
because they're totally safe, come on babe."
Shirley never could say no to Glenn, that's how he he convinced her
to lose her virginity with him, also to have the ensuing abortion,
all without her parents' knowledge. Tonight is no different as they
are soon walking through the observation deck of the electrocution
room. Beyond the glass is a ghost sitting in the chair pretending to
be shocked. With a lackluster response from the passing spectators,
the ghost jumps from the chair, and using the majority of his
strength, bangs his solidified hands on the glass. This causes most
everyone to scream, including Glenn, who thus far has been trying to
be the tough guy.
The couple was grouped with a family of four; the youngest of which,
a ten year old boy, hasn't stopped crying since they walked in. "But
daddy, what if the ghost man gets me?"
Trying to sooth his son, the father, explains, "The security
people here have EMF meters. Do you remember what that stands for?"
Following a shake of the boy's head, the father explains,
"Electromagnetic field, it's how they can see where all the
ghosts are, and they have a pulse that stops all the ghosts. What
that means, is you don't have o be afraid. Remember, you wanted to
come here."
Glenn whispers into Shirley's ear, "Yea, so maybe the little
brat could shut the hell up now." Apparently, he wasn't as
quiet as he intended, because the boy's mother shoots Glenn a dirty
look.
Embarrassed enough for the both of them, Shirley grabs hold of Glenn's
arm as he begins to move ahead with the rest of the group. Mistaking
her intentions, Glenn assumes she wants privacy for the two.
Once again, unable to say no to her boyfriend, Shirley allows Glenn
to lead her to a room off the tour path. After several moments of
heavy petting, Shirley looks around and realizes that the room was
once an inmate holding cell. This startles her and coupled with the
distant moaning of a ghost, she stops the foreplay entirely. "Glenn,
maybe we should catch up to the group, I hear a ghost nearby."
She pleads to no avail.
"Oh babe, don't you know? Ghosts can't be heard, those are just
speakers they use to scare us." However, what Glenn is unaware
of, is that not all the scares on the tour come from ghosts.
Sticking with the theme of the night, the tour staff have added
actors dressed in classic horror movie costumes. Bursting in the
cell is a large masked man wielding a bladeless chainsaw and screams,
“Trick or treat, i’m here for your meat!“
The scare tactic fails so miserably that even Shirley was unimpressed.
Glenn mimics her emotions by asking, “Was that really supposed to
be scary? Go get a real job buddy.“
“Whatever punk, get back with the rest of your tour group and I
won’t have you kicked out.“ The actor sits on the bed before
removing his mask and lighting up an illegal unfiltered cigarette.
“What an asshole, you believe that guy, Shirley?“ Glenn
mindlessly asks as the two pass through the medical room of the
prison, filled with ‘bloody‘ instruments.
“Glenn, we should hurry up, this place is creeping me out, and I
still hear something and don’t tell me its a speaker. I know what I
hear“
Snapping out of his mindless stare at the medical equipment, Glenn
answers, “You’re right, but I think it’s the group behind us.
Maybe we should keep moving.“
***
Shirley comes running out of the prison screaming with tears flooding
from her eyes, and blood splattered all about her face. When the
paranormal police officer reaches her, she calms enough to explain,
“It killed him. My boyfriend and I got separated from the group
after the prison cells and in the medical wing something stabbed him
in...“ Unable to finish her thoughts Shirley un-intelligently sobs
the rest of the sentence.
The officer takes action, directing the tour manager to sound the
evacuation alarm as he enters himself, armed with an EMP gun.
After rounding up and accounting for all spirits, the paranormal
police takes Shirley to the hospital so she can undergo tests to
verify if she needs an exorcism or not. During the tests, Officer
Brennan is approached by the actor that interrupted the couple’s
privacy, “Excuse me officer, I work on the tour and saw the couple.
They had snuck off to a cell to mess around, and the guy might have
been a tool, but she was really into him. I didn't get a chance to
talk to you earlier, but I hope this helps her. Patting the actor on
his shoulder, the officer thanks him before sending him on his way.
“Hello officer, I’m Dr Cosy, and after passing the CAT scan and
holy water tests, Father Teag and I believe an exorcism is
unnecessary for the patient Shirley McKenzie.“
“Thank you Doctor, Father.“ Brennan says with a nod to the
clergyman. He begins to turn away before he stops and asks, “Excuse
me, but what about the EMF scan?“
The doctor answers, "It came back inconclusive." Seeing the
uneasiness grow on the officer’s face, he further explains,
“However, this is a common occurrence when the subject was recently
interacting with spirits as is the case with the ghost tour.“
Not completely at ease, the officer asks Dr.Cosy, “I’d like to
speak with her nonetheless, where is she?“
Dr Cosy nervously answers, “I was under the impression that she was
free to go after our tests... She was discharged fifteen minutes
ago.“
Outside the hospital, Shirley enters and awaiting car lacking the
stress and fear she wore when arriving to the hospital. “Looks like
everything went according to plan babe.“ She leans across the
center console and gear shift to kiss her boyfriend on the cheek.
“You’re a genius Jordy“
Settling back in his seat, the actor from the tour smiles more to
himself, “Yea, I am.“
Enjoy this horror-iest of holidays, I know I will.
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