1 Chapter-1

"What do you expect? Me to become a superhero and save ourselves!" said James frustrated and angry.

"Huh! Never thought you were such a bozo", said Janice rolling her eyes.

"Well what shall we do? We can't just sit around hoping that somebody will find us.'' By now James was scared that he will die an untimely death.

"Hmm, that is right; we can't just hope that it will leave the house.''

"We first have to make dash to the main door while we still can, if not we will be stuck in this basement till it finds us"

"All right, let's go'' said Janice while holding a book. By now James understood what the book meant for he knew Janice better than anyone. Janice turns to the basement door and gives a nod to James, as he nods back. As Janice turned the door knob James was ready to make a dash, his feet set as he started to recollect everything his High-school Track coach said. About his feet, about his breathing and most importantly his goal. The door knob turns and the door opens to give way to stares, as James was about to make a dash for it Janice holds his hand and gives him a stern look.

"Sorry" whispered James with a poignant look on his face.

Janice gave a watch-me gesture with her hand and slowly escalated the stairs. James followed. At the last stair she threw the book into the hall and waited for the creature to come and inspect. As it came Janice ran towards the front door followed by James, it turned to see them escaping and ran for them, but to its disappointment James made it out just in the nick of time.

As both of them came out, both of them knew that their attempt was a one in a million fluke and were lucky to come out of the house alive. They both saw each other under the moon light and Janice caressed James face with her touch and saw James face, broad and dark, long curved nose and deep brown eyes and a big black beard which didn't show his mouth clearly, and scars and wounds he got by staying inside the house. James hugged Janice and looked at her fair, round face with jet black eyes and a nose with the perfect width and curve to compliment her red lips and long hair. Both of them couldn't see each other clearly but the moonlight provided just enough light to see them…just enough.

As they made their way home and tried to forget this ever happened when they saw a peculiar man dressed in a black suit with a hat on and stick with him. His face was painted with white face paint and stuck a blue clown nose and smiling unnaturally; what made even scarier is the fact that his eyes seemed empty, hollow in fact as if hiding a dark secret. As the couple tried to ignore him, he kept on gazing at them this time contort his smile even more, in such a way that the ends of his lips touched his eyes. Scared they run to their home and see a number 13 on their door. They paid no heed to it as their house number was thirteen. They enter their house freshen up and go to sleep.

As they drift off, James notices a shadow moving closer to him. James ignores it as he thought light was playing a trick on him and dozes off. Suddenly he wakes up to Janice being pulled from the bed. Scared he grabs hold of her by catching her hands, when he notices that his wife was not as beautiful as she was before. Her eyes blood red in colour and her lips black and nose disfigured and her whole body in dark grey colour. All of a sudden Janice opens her eyes and with a vapid voice says "Leave me James, they promised to take better care of me than you do, they said this madness would end if you would also come with me. Come with me James….come with me….come with me". Sobbing "No…no" said James. Now howling she said "I said come with me, or else!'' suddenly changing her voice Janice said "Please come, why won't you.'' With that Janice was dragged away from him in to the darkness surrounding and slowly engulfing him. As he repeatedly heard the voice of Janice saying "Come with me James…come with me''.

James suddenly woke up to see a silhouette sitting bedside at his feet, humming the tune of The Blue Danube. It was moving slightly ever so closely to him almost moving distances unnoticeable. James tried to move his arms or legs but couldn't and was immobile, he tried to scream but even he couldn't hear himself. It slowly moved to him till it came close to his face when it suddenly jumped on him, when he saw its face, he was the man James and Janice saw while they were coming from the house only this time his smile was even creepy as the ends of his lips touched his hair almost making him seem bloodcurdling.

The creepy face put his mouth to James' ear and whispered "sweet dreams" as he jumped and went away into the darkness giggling mockingly.