CHAPTER 1

ROCK - PAPER - SCISSORS

(The Christmas Horror)🤡

Written by: @ Ola Mi & @ Oye Heritage

Chapter 1

*SOMEWHERE IN NEW ORLEANS*

A teen boy could be seen getting down from a car in front of a mansion. He walked to the back of the car whose booth was opened already and dragged out a bag before closing the booth.

He dragged the bag to the door and pushed it opened. He was probably expecting to meet someone because a confused look settled on his face when he was met with a silent sitting room.

"Guys!" Hey yelled out. "I'm back!" He added as he dropped the heavy bag on the couch nearest to him and began walking forward.

Suddenly, the lights switched off and fear gripped him immediately. He began walking slowly, looking carefully into the dark as he located the switch, his hands scrambling on the wall.

He was still on it when the lights switched back on and he jumped from his spot immediately, screaming loudly.

"The f*ck" He heard a loud laughter behind him and he immediately stood up only to come face to face with a teenager of his age.

"Sylvester, what the f*ck, were you playing tricks on me?" He demanded with a killer look and the boy named Sylvester laughed again.

"Damn! I knew it, Bobby. You are not strong. Such a scared cat"

"Are you kidding me right now? What rights do you have to play a prank on me in my own house" Bobby glared.

"Your house? Or your parents house?"

Bobby was instantly reminded of his parents who were out of town, those two really doesn't care about him and left him all alone in the big mansion to go on a business trip. To crown it all, it's even Christmas season, a moment which they were supposed to spend time with their son but all they think about is business and money. He and his friends had decided to spend the holiday together in the mansion, so thankfully, he won't be alone. He immediately took his mind off the thoughts running through his mind and faced Sylvester.

"Whatever…where are Sheila and Mike anyways? Don't tell me those two love birds are still in bed. It's their turn to cook today" Bobby asked.

"Calm down boy, we can just order" A girl said as she same in.

"Order? What are you talking about? It was I and Sylvester who cooked yesterday and we didn't complain, it's your turn now so no excuses" Bobby rolled eyes as he fell on the couch.

"You mean the poison you guys cooked? Just admit it, you miss my food, I know I'm the best cook in the world anyway" Sheila smirked as she flaunts her hair and unexpectedly, Bobby and Sylvester bursted into a fit on laughter, tears coming out of their eyes.

"What's funny?" She asked confusedly.

"Nothing…we'd just order okay? I'm too young to die of poison and I also don't want you to go to jail" Bobby chuckled as he grabbed his phone.

"Hey! What do you mean?" Sheila frowned.

"Nothing girl"

*****

Bobby came out of his room when he heard a knock at the door. He walked to the sitting room and saw Mike, another friend of his who had came to spend the holiday with him.

Mike was standing at the door facing a girl who was obviously dressed a delivery girl and had a package in her hand.

"Hey Mike don't tell me you're flirting with that delivery girl else I'm gonna call Sheila out right now" He said as he approached them.

The delivery girl looked at him and gave him a weird look as she handed the delivery over to Mike and asked him to sign after which she went away.

Mike shut the door close and faced Bobby. "What really is your problem you pest?"

"Was just kidding dude,

Actually, My problem is.... right now, i need to subscribe to Netflix, but I'm kinda broke" Bobby said with a tired look

Mike smirked and replied "Are you joking right now? Netflix?"

"Yeah... You know it's CHRISTMAS time, I don't want to miss any of those interesting movies that will be out this Christmas"

"Oh.. well, as it is, we're all broke, so you've got no choice than to tune your channel to BBC NEWS and chill" Mike said with a grin

"It's not funny" said Bobby, sucking his teeth

"I never said it was...." Mike said, laughing and paused suddenly

"By the way, where's Sheila?"

Bobby, who was only concerned about how he would subscribe to Netflix didn't even react to what Mike asked, he just buried his head in the thought of how he would get money to subscribe.

Mike, who couldn't stand Sheila's absence anymore, went in to look for her. Surprisingly, he saw her in the study room.

The room was for Bobby's dad. He was a history teacher before he quit teaching. So he had tons of books in that room. And he also goes there anytime he feels down and bored.

Sheila was sitting on the chair there, and reading a big history book.

She didn't even notice when Mike came in. He had to tap her. It was like she lost consciousness. After calling her name severally, Mike was scared and he tapped her. It was then she jerked like someone lost far in thought.

"Hey, what's the matter with you?" Mike asked her gently

"Uh... Nothing, i just saw something in this book and I got glued to it"

"Are you sure you're fine?" Mike asked again

"Of course, i am." Sheila replied with a smile and stood up "Let's go make dinner"

"Yeah sure" Mike said and followed her out of the room.

***

"Hey, i saw something in this history book.." Sheila said to Bobby while they were having dinner

"Oh, what's that?"

"It's a game. Usually called ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS according to the book, and is an old game which was first played here in LOUISIANA by a Chinese man who came to get informations for the documentary he was working on in 1920"

"Woah!" Sylvester commented amidst awe and surprise

"Wow i have never heard of it" Bobby said, as he was also surprised "But Why is it no longer in vogue?"

"Well, according to what i read here, it's only not in Vogue in this country (Louisana). Something happened here in New Orleans fifty years ago. Whenever the game is played, a spirit suddenly appears and begins to cause chaos.

It took them more than two years before they could find a way to get rid of that spirit, but this book says, they didn't kill the spirit. So there is a high probability that it will reappear" Sheila explained

"Woah! This is damn scary" Bobby said, with an expression that clearly showed that he was scared

"I always knew you're so fragile, just like a girl, Your father didn't train you to be manly enough" Sylvester said and chuckled.

On hearing this, Bobby stood up in fury and was about to hit him when Mike stopped him

"Hey, stop. You're about to prove him right by doing that" He said "just overlook it,okay?"

"Yeah" Bobby said calmly and sat down

"Whatever" Sylvester said casually

No one else spoke a word after he said that. After the prolonged silence that lasted for about three to five minutes, Sylvester, who was already becoming uncomfortable, finally spoke

"Is this about what i said earlier?"

"Okay I'm sorry Bob, i really am"

Sheila sighed and also spoke "Never knew you could actually beg"

"Just forgive him" Mike whispered to Bob's ear

"Alright, it's fine" Bobby said and grinned.

"Okay, now that everything is sorted out, can we continue the conversation?"

"You couldn't at least wait some minutes, sylvester. You're so unbelievably Impossible" Sheila said disgustedly

"Oh... My bad" Sylvester said in a subtle voice

"We can actually continue" Bobby said

"Okay" said Sheila "As i was saying, this book says the spirit was once a man. And his grave is still somewhere in New Orleans"

"Oh my! This is freaking me out" Mike said amidst fear

"You know what's on my mind?" Sylvester aked "I don't really believe any of these. They sound so unreal... What the f*ck are spirits?"

"You think so?" SHEILA ASKED

"Yeah. These things are just being imagined by someone. They are not true"

Sylvester managed to convince them all that it's just fiction. Ghosts or spirits do not exist -- That he made them to believe.

"Besides, We are christians, we have no need to be scared". Sylvester said

Yet again, the room was silent for a while.

"Let's play the game" Sylvester suddenly said

"What?! Are you kidding?" Mike asked

"Nope. Mike, are you also scared?"

"Not that. But..."

"But what Mike. It's just a game. Just like these games we do play, it doesn't hurt" Sylvester told Mike

"Right.

So how is it played?"

"Uhm... According to the book. That Chinese man who played it first, usually played it with a partner. So it involves two or more people. Usually two." Sheila explained

"Oh..."

"Yeah... So, once they said ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS, the both of them would use their hands to demonstrate the object they chose, like this.." she said and showed them the picture from the book.

"Ohh.... I get." Sylvester said.

Sheila gave them the book to read one after the other. And they learnt and understood the game perfectly. So, they sat down round the table and began the game.

As soon as they started,

Bobby in his mind was not still comfortable. He still felt that something was not right about the whole thing.. As they were playing the game, his eyes was just around the house, checking to see whether something was coming or not. He kept looking around.

But later on, about One hour later, when he saw that nothing happened, he also relaxed and felt, Sylvester was right after all.

"I really love this new game. It's fun." Sheila stated.

"ROCK - PAPER - SCISSORS"

"Bobby when did your voice become deep?" Sheila asked

"Me... Why?" Bobby asked confusedly

"Weren't you the one that said ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS, now?" Sheila asked again

"Nope, did you hear anything?"

"Yeah, i heard it, and thought it was you who spoke" Sheila said. "Maybe I'm imagining thing, let's carry on"

After some minutes Sheila began to hear some muffled coherent words and speeches in her head. She held her head so firmly and began to scream

Mike and Sylvester hurriedly grabbed her

"Hey, what's wrong?" They asked in confusion

After a while, she suddenly calmed down. And she began to laugh.

All of a sudden, she stripped herself naked and began to twist her body and moved towards Sylvester. She began to touch him seductively.

They were all confused. Most especially Mike and Bobby. They were taken aback by that sudden behavior.

"Sheila... Are you fine?" Sylvester asked in a low voice

"Yes my love, it's just that I desperately want to be fucked right now. I'm so horny babe"

"What the hell!" Sylvester yelled and pushed her away.

Then suddenly she began to cry. She hurriedly went into the kitchen and began to tear herself up with knife and fork.

The boys rushed in there and grabbed her quick. They tied her up and held her down.

Then a man's voice came from no where, but Sheila's mouth was moving as if she was the one talking. The Voice was very incoherent and loud.

"Hey boys, how dare you tie me up like this?"

"Do you wanna die?"

Bobby was scared to death that very minute. So were the rest. They were damn scared and were already shaking. They couldn't fathom what was going on.

Just when they were thinking of what to do, a knock came on the door.

" What do we do now?" Bobby asked as he paced up and down, thinking of what to do

"Let's hide her" Sylvester suggested

"But where?" Bobby asked

"Probably in your parents' room, since they're not coming back until the new year"

"I think that's a better idea. Let's do this" Mike said and they all carried her and took her into Bobby's parents' room.

"Okay Bob... Now Take a deep breath, and gently go get the door" Mike said calmly.

Then Bobby went to open the door.

"Coming please, who is it?"

"Hey Bob, it's I,

Mommy is back...."

Bob was shocked. So were the other two.

"Shit!"