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“That zombie?” Gunner screeched. His fear was growing.
“Not a zombie, but someone who wanted to show us what had happened to them. Think about it. If you were strapped down day and night, you’d not be able to walk properly. That’s why it was shuffling,” Casey explained.
“So you’re telling me we saw a real-life ghost?” Rock said in disbelief.
“I think so, and it was trying to warn us,” Casey continued.
“About what?” Pyro asked.
“That!” Artemis squealed as a black mass gathered above them. It dropped over them lightning-fast, and Gunner felt suffocated.
“Move away!” Gunner bellowed and darted out from the mass. To his relief, the rest of his team and the cameramen also appeared.
“Centre of the net now!” Rock yelled. He lifted Tati and carried her to the centre.
“Rock! Put me down!” Tati squealed. As soon as he did, she leapt on Pyro’s back and clung to him like a monkey.
“Tati!” Pyro grumbled. “Let me fuckin’ breathe!”
“Hey, big guy, if that thing wants to eat us, it’s going to take out the guys first. Which means we have time to escape,” Tati argued.
Gunner snorted as Pyro opened his mouth to argue and then closed it. Tati wasn’t far wrong.
“Do we make a dash for the door?” Casey asked as the dark mass seemed to dip in and out of the laser net.
“Shouldn’t we find out what it is?” Artemis questioned.
“It’s fuckin’ evil. What else do we need to know?” Rock demanded, his head on a swivel.
“But is it a demon, ghost, or haunting spirit?” Casey sought.
“Who the hell cares?” Gunner retorted as he kept his gun ready by his side.
“Can’t believe you shot a ghost,” Tati snickered from Pyro’s back.
“Oh, shut up!” Gunner replied.
A low moan and cold wind drifted through the dining room. Everyone’s hair stood up on the back of their neck. Heads twisting one way and another, they started edging towards the exit. Nobody had to say anything. The moan had given them the chills.
As they crossed the centre of the room, everything went dark: the laser net, the lights, the cameras, even the torches. Loud exclamations rose in the air as everyone began bumbling about.
“Stay still!” Gunner roared. “Reach out, see if you can grab hold of someone!”
“I have Pyro!” Tati cried.
Pyro offered a long-suffering sigh.
“I’m grabbing someone’s hand, and I pinched it,” Artemis stated. Rock let out a bellow. “I have Rock!” she said, sounding far too pleased with herself.
“I grabbed a boob!” Casey exclaimed.
“Girl, if you wanted to check my boobs, just ask,” Ali-kat retorted.
Casey giggled despite the situation.
One by one, they found each other and formed a line.
“Whoever is grabbing my ass, better stop,” one of the camera guys said.
