Post by angel on Jan 25, 2007 21:29:18 GMT 1
THE FORBIDDEN GAME 3 THE KILL CHAPTER THREE
They all looked at her she was my grandfathers housekeeper maybe she still takes care of the place maybe she as a key said darcey brilliant said marie and finally removed the crowbar we’ve got to find her phone number oh god if she still lives here there should be a phone at – at the I guess the dairy bar its that way I think it’s a long walk Bryan looked cagey Ill stay here and guard the bags OK Dee said Bryan she looked at him
You’ll come with us bry we might need you and I aint leaving you alone here you don’t know anyone and your safer with us darcey said yes – yes mother Ill come with you guys anyway you broke the last promise remember and tristian got me said Bryan marie looked at Bryan like his mother would he shut up and carried on walking with them all kian caught up with them Ive hide the bags in the bushes he said
They soon reached petro`s dairy bar like everything else they had passed on the way had an air of gentle going to seed darcey stepped into the metal blue and white phone booth outside and was relieved to find a phone book dangling from a chain she balanced it on her knee and thumbed pages yes! B.durash there cant be another durash in monessen its got to be her she stuck in a quarter and dialled before she realised she hadn’t planned what to say hel-lo the voice on the other end made the word sound almost like yellow
There was a faint accent earthy not as slow as a drawl hi – hi uh this is darcey Lexington said darcey this is Mrs durash she blurted how can I help you dear there was a pause that seemed very long then Mrs durash isn’t here right now this is her daughter in law said the lady but she does live there? Mrs durash and look okay do you happen to know if she’s the same Mrs durash that worked for Mr evenson? I am making a fool of myself darcey realised
Staring at the graffiti on the glass door another pause ye-e-es she’s the caretaker for the evenson house said the lady wonderful! Caretakers had to have keys darcey was so buoyed up that she forgot about making a fool of herself thankyou that’s great I mean it’ll be really great to talk to her do you know when she’ll be back? Said darcey she always goes over to her sons in charleroi on Saturday she’ll be back around seven call then said the lady OK thankyou bye
Seven p.m.? Bryan said bitterly when darcey repeated the conversation he flopped onto the splintered green bench against the dairy bar wall and we have to wait outside until then I’m not walking back until I get some ice cream he said in a moan Shane tutted at him come on bry she’s trying her best what else can she do eh? Said Shane Bryan looked at darcey buy me some ice cream to say sorry to me he said she went into her pocket and pulled out a five-dollar note Bryan jumped up
A bus roared up to the corner darcey stared at it absently as she thought nine hours to kill they’d be conspicuous in this little town they’d have to hide in her grandparents back yard or – something on the side of the bus came into focus joyland park roller coaster capital of the world.the poster was illustrated with roller coasters and merry-go-rounds the wooden bench seemed to drop away beneath darcey when she could breath again the bus was revving its engine’s to drive away darcey made her decision in an instant lets go!
Kian bounded up ready at once Bryan leaned his head against the wall and shut his eyes Marie said where? On the bus come on quick! Darcey ran up and grabbed the glass door before it closed do you go to joyland park? She shouted the driver looked at her and smiled clarion, duquesne, west Mifflin-west Mifflin’s joyland he said laconically right five please the other’s straggled up the steps to the bus the bus was almost empty and smelled like old tires they sat on the torn leather seats in the very back and marie looked at darcey
Now will you please explain where we’ve going? Marie demanded joyland park darcey said a little breathless why? Kian said cause they sell ice cream right Dee moaned Bryan darcey looked at them all straight in their eyes did you see that poster on the side of the bus? It was in my dream I had a dream on the plane while Bryan was dreaming about Mary and that poster was in it she said it might have been on your mind Dee you might of gone to joyland park a lot when you were a kid said marie
Darcey looked at Marie don’t try to humour me Marie I know what I saw in my dream maybe just maybe Mary isn’t dead? She said marie looked cold at darcey Bryan looked at darcey and marie but she was alive in my dream she talked just like her said Bryan darcey looked at Bryan uneasy what did she say? She was mad at us for leaving her she was scared he said darcey felt even more uneasy so you think maybe both dreams were connected or something? And that it was some kind of a message said Shane
I don’t know its so complicated and I don’t even know why anyone could possibly want to send us to an amusement park she could feel herself deflating never mind marie grinned wickedly you went with her instinct that cant be wrong and even if it wasn’t a message so what? It’s a amusement park good clean fun right guys said Marie id rather go to an ice cream parlour I want ice cream Bryan moaned out again Bryan slumped and jammed his knees against the battered metal seat in front of him and kill our money did I ever tell you about this amusement park nightmare I had when I was a kid-? All the other four voices chorused shut up bry and he shut up
It was a long rather lonely drive to West Mifflin Joyland Park seemed to be one of a few places still in business in a rundown and isolated area it was almost a surprise to find it out in the middle of nowhere Bryan made an inarticulate noise of awe as they filed of the bus good grief he said mildly it’s Noah ark that’s the fun house darcey said you go in the whale by the side there even in the bright sunshine she felt strange as they walked through the gates maybe because it’s changed she told herself this place really had changed
The fun house was the same but a lot of other things were different the old train ride roller coaster was gone and there was amine ride called the pit in its place there was a new metal coaster called steel demon and a new water ride the kind where you slosh around in a giant inner tubes the biggest shock was the new arcade it was full of shinning video games holograms virtual reality darcey missed the old penny arcade which had been dark and somewhat spooky filled with machines darcey breathed in the smell of popcorn, corn dogs, candy floss, and ice cream
Bryan looked at her and smiled at her like a little boy he linked her arm OK bry you can have your ice cream now come on said darcey I don’t see why Mary would want us to come here said marie darcey and Bryan smelt up in the air they reached the parlour Bryan jumped up and down when the big bowl of ice cream was put in front of him he leaned over the table and kissed darcey thank you Dee I love you so much she looked at him now bry are you gonna stop moaning after this we all need to be clear minded in here OK she said he nodded as he sthingyed a massive sthingyful into his mouth
After they had eaten their food they went on the roller coaster screaming darceys loose hair blowing like a banner the steel demon was good but everyone agreed they liked the creaking clattering old wooden coaster best scarier marie said with relish could break any minute it feels like marie screamed darcey was thinking of the first time they all went to an amusement park in England when mark hugged her tightly on the roller coaster it made her home sick for mark that she had to hold her eyes wide open and blinking willing the tears back where they belonged
The fun house was really scary the barrel shaped brick wall revolved around them until nobody could walk straight the floor shifted and swayed Bryan threaten to sue or throw up c`mere darcey said gleefully beckoning Shane closer behind a glass wall a red figure was vaguely visible as darcey stepped up to look the scene went dark she leaned forward her nose almost against the glass and with a terrible yelling sound the figure swooped straight towards her it rode down a wire actually striking the glass darcey leaped back with a shriek
Good clean fun marie said chuckling as darcey leaned against the wall all the other’s were in the same place as darcey by now darcey made a fist but just then something about the red figure caught her eye it was a red devil with horns and split hooves and a tail but its eyes were blue a blue that shone eerily under the black lights and just before it was drawn back up the wire it winked at her darceys little finger started to tingle after that things in the park seemed to be wrong the barker for the ring toss game seemed to have an old gleam in his eye even Leo the paper eating lion seemed vaguely sinister
To be continued in chapter four…
They all looked at her she was my grandfathers housekeeper maybe she still takes care of the place maybe she as a key said darcey brilliant said marie and finally removed the crowbar we’ve got to find her phone number oh god if she still lives here there should be a phone at – at the I guess the dairy bar its that way I think it’s a long walk Bryan looked cagey Ill stay here and guard the bags OK Dee said Bryan she looked at him
You’ll come with us bry we might need you and I aint leaving you alone here you don’t know anyone and your safer with us darcey said yes – yes mother Ill come with you guys anyway you broke the last promise remember and tristian got me said Bryan marie looked at Bryan like his mother would he shut up and carried on walking with them all kian caught up with them Ive hide the bags in the bushes he said
They soon reached petro`s dairy bar like everything else they had passed on the way had an air of gentle going to seed darcey stepped into the metal blue and white phone booth outside and was relieved to find a phone book dangling from a chain she balanced it on her knee and thumbed pages yes! B.durash there cant be another durash in monessen its got to be her she stuck in a quarter and dialled before she realised she hadn’t planned what to say hel-lo the voice on the other end made the word sound almost like yellow
There was a faint accent earthy not as slow as a drawl hi – hi uh this is darcey Lexington said darcey this is Mrs durash she blurted how can I help you dear there was a pause that seemed very long then Mrs durash isn’t here right now this is her daughter in law said the lady but she does live there? Mrs durash and look okay do you happen to know if she’s the same Mrs durash that worked for Mr evenson? I am making a fool of myself darcey realised
Staring at the graffiti on the glass door another pause ye-e-es she’s the caretaker for the evenson house said the lady wonderful! Caretakers had to have keys darcey was so buoyed up that she forgot about making a fool of herself thankyou that’s great I mean it’ll be really great to talk to her do you know when she’ll be back? Said darcey she always goes over to her sons in charleroi on Saturday she’ll be back around seven call then said the lady OK thankyou bye
Seven p.m.? Bryan said bitterly when darcey repeated the conversation he flopped onto the splintered green bench against the dairy bar wall and we have to wait outside until then I’m not walking back until I get some ice cream he said in a moan Shane tutted at him come on bry she’s trying her best what else can she do eh? Said Shane Bryan looked at darcey buy me some ice cream to say sorry to me he said she went into her pocket and pulled out a five-dollar note Bryan jumped up
A bus roared up to the corner darcey stared at it absently as she thought nine hours to kill they’d be conspicuous in this little town they’d have to hide in her grandparents back yard or – something on the side of the bus came into focus joyland park roller coaster capital of the world.the poster was illustrated with roller coasters and merry-go-rounds the wooden bench seemed to drop away beneath darcey when she could breath again the bus was revving its engine’s to drive away darcey made her decision in an instant lets go!
Kian bounded up ready at once Bryan leaned his head against the wall and shut his eyes Marie said where? On the bus come on quick! Darcey ran up and grabbed the glass door before it closed do you go to joyland park? She shouted the driver looked at her and smiled clarion, duquesne, west Mifflin-west Mifflin’s joyland he said laconically right five please the other’s straggled up the steps to the bus the bus was almost empty and smelled like old tires they sat on the torn leather seats in the very back and marie looked at darcey
Now will you please explain where we’ve going? Marie demanded joyland park darcey said a little breathless why? Kian said cause they sell ice cream right Dee moaned Bryan darcey looked at them all straight in their eyes did you see that poster on the side of the bus? It was in my dream I had a dream on the plane while Bryan was dreaming about Mary and that poster was in it she said it might have been on your mind Dee you might of gone to joyland park a lot when you were a kid said marie
Darcey looked at Marie don’t try to humour me Marie I know what I saw in my dream maybe just maybe Mary isn’t dead? She said marie looked cold at darcey Bryan looked at darcey and marie but she was alive in my dream she talked just like her said Bryan darcey looked at Bryan uneasy what did she say? She was mad at us for leaving her she was scared he said darcey felt even more uneasy so you think maybe both dreams were connected or something? And that it was some kind of a message said Shane
I don’t know its so complicated and I don’t even know why anyone could possibly want to send us to an amusement park she could feel herself deflating never mind marie grinned wickedly you went with her instinct that cant be wrong and even if it wasn’t a message so what? It’s a amusement park good clean fun right guys said Marie id rather go to an ice cream parlour I want ice cream Bryan moaned out again Bryan slumped and jammed his knees against the battered metal seat in front of him and kill our money did I ever tell you about this amusement park nightmare I had when I was a kid-? All the other four voices chorused shut up bry and he shut up
It was a long rather lonely drive to West Mifflin Joyland Park seemed to be one of a few places still in business in a rundown and isolated area it was almost a surprise to find it out in the middle of nowhere Bryan made an inarticulate noise of awe as they filed of the bus good grief he said mildly it’s Noah ark that’s the fun house darcey said you go in the whale by the side there even in the bright sunshine she felt strange as they walked through the gates maybe because it’s changed she told herself this place really had changed
The fun house was the same but a lot of other things were different the old train ride roller coaster was gone and there was amine ride called the pit in its place there was a new metal coaster called steel demon and a new water ride the kind where you slosh around in a giant inner tubes the biggest shock was the new arcade it was full of shinning video games holograms virtual reality darcey missed the old penny arcade which had been dark and somewhat spooky filled with machines darcey breathed in the smell of popcorn, corn dogs, candy floss, and ice cream
Bryan looked at her and smiled at her like a little boy he linked her arm OK bry you can have your ice cream now come on said darcey I don’t see why Mary would want us to come here said marie darcey and Bryan smelt up in the air they reached the parlour Bryan jumped up and down when the big bowl of ice cream was put in front of him he leaned over the table and kissed darcey thank you Dee I love you so much she looked at him now bry are you gonna stop moaning after this we all need to be clear minded in here OK she said he nodded as he sthingyed a massive sthingyful into his mouth
After they had eaten their food they went on the roller coaster screaming darceys loose hair blowing like a banner the steel demon was good but everyone agreed they liked the creaking clattering old wooden coaster best scarier marie said with relish could break any minute it feels like marie screamed darcey was thinking of the first time they all went to an amusement park in England when mark hugged her tightly on the roller coaster it made her home sick for mark that she had to hold her eyes wide open and blinking willing the tears back where they belonged
The fun house was really scary the barrel shaped brick wall revolved around them until nobody could walk straight the floor shifted and swayed Bryan threaten to sue or throw up c`mere darcey said gleefully beckoning Shane closer behind a glass wall a red figure was vaguely visible as darcey stepped up to look the scene went dark she leaned forward her nose almost against the glass and with a terrible yelling sound the figure swooped straight towards her it rode down a wire actually striking the glass darcey leaped back with a shriek
Good clean fun marie said chuckling as darcey leaned against the wall all the other’s were in the same place as darcey by now darcey made a fist but just then something about the red figure caught her eye it was a red devil with horns and split hooves and a tail but its eyes were blue a blue that shone eerily under the black lights and just before it was drawn back up the wire it winked at her darceys little finger started to tingle after that things in the park seemed to be wrong the barker for the ring toss game seemed to have an old gleam in his eye even Leo the paper eating lion seemed vaguely sinister
To be continued in chapter four…