“Okay! Peter and Ray, the reason this room is different from the rest of the house is because of the history behind it. You see, back in the Victorian age one of the previous owners who was known as Billy Banks. He was a very rich but lonely man who had no partner or children or no friends. Anyway he would have this team of cleaners who would come up to this mansion every day and clean and then they would get paid and leave. Anyway one morning on July 4th, the cleaners came up to here and whilst on their normal cleaning round they found Mr.Billy Banks face down in a bowl of soup. He had been murdered, shot to be exactly, but the killers were never caught. This is the room where he was found that morning. Anyway whenever someone tries to paint this room or change it they say that they hear voices which tell them to leave the room and so they do and most of the time it is locked up but we have to show it in the tour.” Ian proceeded to tell Peter and Ray.
“So you would say it has a colourful history then?” Ray said sarcastically.
“Suppose you could say that!” Replied Ian half serious and half joking.
Ian could see that Peter was continually getting bored as the tour went on and he knew that he did not really want to be here. “As we come to the end of the tour…” Ian was sharply cut off with a quick blast of thunder that echoed through the long corridor they were standing in. Ray and Ian jumped, as Peter stayed motionless.
“Looks like a storm is brewing, we best be off; c’mon Ray!” Said Peter. Peter had a high girly type of voice which compared to Ray’s was not even noticeable.
The two men turned round and looked to the horizon and then Ray said. “ I will post the paperwork to you by the end of the week and we can then move in as soon as possible.”
“Okay!” Replied Ian.
As Peter and Ray turned round Ian was gone and so the two men made their way to their car and drove away.
As the days passed and everything was finalised, Peter and Ray started to move in along with their partners. The moving day came on the 4th of July, and as the two couples moved in so did the builders, electricians and plumbers. They were all told what to do and how to do it and where to put it and it was all a tight ship. “ Don’t cock up the wiring either because I want to watch that TV tonight!” Ray hollowed to an overweight electrician who just nodded unenthusiastically.
As the Ray turned round he was met by a tall dark haired woman with tanned skin who was wearing a red dress and had plenty of jewellery on her fingers, wrists and neck. She then kissed Ray on the lips and then continued to ask Ray. “ When will of this be done Ray?”
“Soon baby, soon! I don’t want one scratch on that bed Frankie that cost me more than your van and clothes put together!” Ray suddenly hollowed to removal guy.
With that interruption the woman walked off in a temper in the way as if she was a child who just got told she was not allowed a cookie.
After about eight hours of moving their possessions and fixing the water amongst many other things. They had successfully moved in to their new mansion. The only person was an electrician who was trying to do the electricity for that night so Ray could watch his TV. He was paying them overtime if they could have it up by tonight. As the night began the electricity was still not up and Ray and Peter were both getting frustrated. “Oi! I want that electricity up tonight not next week!” Peter hollowed.
Suddenly out of nowhere BANG! The two couples then turned to each other looking confused. They then started to hear screaming. Which seemed to be coming from the room where Billy Banks had been found Murdered. They started to run towards the source of the screams. They ran through the long winding corridors, which were dark until the lightning struck again, and they were lit up for a fraction of a second. They got to outside the room and the doors were closed, Peter and Ray looked at each other.
Ray moved forward and then began to open the door and then as if he had been thrown back Ray was thrown away from the door and he hit the wall with a thud. The door then opened slowly. Peter then entered followed by Ray and their wives. The room looked like it did before just dark gloomy and a wreck. Then Ray noticed that the window was open. “Damn electricians they left the window open!” Ray told the others.
He went over to the window and then looked out of the window and then looked down and he saw that the electrician was on the concrete and was dead or appeared to be dead. Ray then jerked back and then rubbed his face and then realised he had blood on his hands and now he had it on his face. He then used the rainwater to rub it off. “There is a dead guy outside and it looked like no accident!” Ray told the others.
Peter then looked out of the window and he jerked back and Peter and Ray looked at each other in shock. “Get out of here girls go back and use my mobile to ring for help!” Peter told the girls.
Then out of nowhere a weird figure appeared behind Ray. Peter then jumped and pushed Ray out of the way as they stood and looked at this Ghostly creature. It was half transparent and half there. It was a man that was wearing what appeared to be old Victorian clothes and was standing there just staring at Peter and Ray. It then proceeded to say. “ Get Out!” The he shouted again. “Get Out!”
“Why?” Peter replied.
“Fine have it your way!” The ghost then disappeared and the two brothers looked at each other.
It was like the ghost had just disappeared into thin air. Then as Ray and Peter started to walk out of the room the Ghost reappeared and then continued to say. “You would not leave and now you will pay!”
The ghost then continued to show Peter and Ray their wives. He had them in each of his hands. He then said, “You will pay for your stupidity!”
He then threw the wives to the floor and then as they ran towards Ray and Peter the ghost threw knives into the backs of each partner. The knife entered their backs as their bodies crashed to the floor and blood started to spill out of their backs. The girls then looked up at their partners as blood started to pour out of their mouths. “NOOOOOO! You sick bastard how the hell could you do this? Punish us not them!” Ray Hollowed at the Ghost.
Peter was on the floor crying as he held his partner in his hands as her blood started pouring down Peter’s shirt. Ray then with a body full of rage and a mind out of control ran towards the ghost at full pelt with his arms flaring all over, ran towards the ghost. As he got nearer to the ghost he went for what seemed to be a rugby tackle. But as he went for contact the ghost disappeared and Ray crashed to the floor. He then got up and walked slowly over to his partner and then knelt next to her and just cried. “We have got to get out of here!” Ray said.
“I’m not leaving my baby girl we got to take them with us we cannot leave them this way!” Peter replied.
“Okay lets carry them but we got to go because otherwise we will be next!” Ray told Peter.
“C’mon then lets go!” As Peter went to lift his wife he collapsed and said. “I cannot do this! I’m going to join them!” Peter then pulled the knife out of his partners back and then stabbed himself in the heart as he muttered “ bye bye brothe…”
Ray then saw the ghost laughing behind him and started to run for the nearest exit. As he was running he was crying out and he kept stumbling. He finally got to the front door as the ghost appeared in front of him and then broke down in tears. The ghost then said top Ray. “I’m Billy Banks and your ancestors killed me and they were never caught and you have seen the damage I have created and now your next!”
“It was not my fault please jus………..”
It was morning as a car approached the mansion and as an old couple got out of it they said. “I can’t wait to see my sons beautiful mansion they have made me so proud!”
“They have dear they have!” Replied what looked like to be the dad.
They knocked on the door and then as they walked in the saw four crosses where Peter, Ray and their Partners were all sprawled on them like in a nativity play. They were cut open and bleeding everywhere. “Ahhhhhhhhh” The mum screamed.
As the front door closed and then Billy Banks appeared behind the mum and dad and he stabbed them and then laughed and turned to Ian, As If By Magic.
By Drew Welch.10TF.
