Adolescent Innocence 3: The Ghost (4) Greendale Lake, behind the Frosteg house Shortly after Tess had gotten off the phone with Lee, her electricity was cut off. She panicked and ran outside as fast as she could. As she was nearing the closest street that belonged to her neighbors, a black van suddenly came upon her, going at least 60 mph. The van was plowing straight at her, then it took a sharp right. The door opened and Tess was snatched from behind and pulled into the van. Inside, she struggled but many hands held her down. That was the last thing she remembered before the butt of a rifle bashed into her head, knocking her unconscious. Now she was awake. What...where am I? she thought groggily. She was in some kind of pitch black room. There was a small lurching motion. She tried to pick her arms up but they were attached to her sides. She looked down and saw ropes attached to her arms. Her mouth was taped also. She brought her knees up to her chest and carried the ropes from behind her to in front of her. She slowly ripped the tape off. After that, she stood up and looked cautiously out of a small window. It was dark outside, the moon only giving off the tiniest bit of light. But that didn’t amuse Tess. What amused her was that she was on a lake. This must be some kind of boat or something. she thought. Someone had kidnapped her. The first person that popped into her mind was the “ ghost “ person. Tess now had to find a way out. As she quietly navigated her way through the dark room, she finally found a door. She opened it just a crack and looked out. Wet air hit her face, voices came from above. She would not make a move until she carefully thought things out. I wonder if they got Lee. she thought gravely. She found a butter knife in the drawer. Gotta start somewhere. she thought as she tried hacking her way through the ropes. 15 minutes later, outside Frosteg house I slowed to a stop right at the beginning of the driveway leading to the abandoned house of the cursed Frostegs. I walked in the woods, thinking. This was the place where I committed my first murder. I thought. After about 9 months now, I could still remember what I had done to Tyler in the name of the game. As I neared the house, I could see the enemy. They had two black vans, a black Escalade, and a motorcycle. There was also a yacht on the huge lake. My brother could be in one of two places, the boat or the house. Time to cause some trouble. I thought evilly as I climbed on the motorcycle, turned on the engine and shouted, “ COME AND GET ME! COME ON! “ Vrooooom! Vroooom! I revved the engine loudly. Then I took off as two dressed in black men emerged from the house, shooting wildly at me. Boat Tess could hear the sounds of a motorcycle, far off on the land. Tess, hacked and yanked and finally, the ropes were free! Noises caught her attention as a male voice from the top started mumbling words. She only heard fragments, but it sounded like this, “ Going inland to.... check on girl...... if alive.....overboard. “ Tess suddenly feared for the worse. She grabbed her ropes and ran behind the door. A small motorboat was now advancing for land. She heard footsteps coming closer to her position....closer...closer.. Click! The man walked in the room. Tess was behind him, holding her breath. “ Fucking girl. I don’t give a fuck about King Cobra. I better get my cut out of this shit. “ she heard him say. He bashed into a table. “ Shit! Where are the damn lights. He searched his fingers for a light switch about 2 feet from Tess’ position. The room was suddenly filled with light! He jumped when he saw Tess right beside him. “ What.... “ he said, but he was interrupted when Tess uttered a yell and jumped on him. Woods BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Whish, whirr, smack! The bullets sprayed all around me, hitting the trees and the ground with deadly accuracy, closing in on me. I raced at full speed, dodging the bullets and trying to find the opportunity to fire my own weapon back. I noticed that this was very hard alone while trying to avoid smashing into trees and branches. Vrooom, VROOOM! The truck accelerated until there was nothing between me and the van but about 12 feet. This was so stupid, I’m going to die. I said to myself with fear. BLAM!BLAM!BLAM! They were at it again. I suddenly got an idea. I raced to the edge of the woods, trying to remember where the ravine was. There was a ravine leading to the lake that was about a 60 foot drop. I raced full speed towards the ravine clearing. The truck did also. At the last minute, I accelerated to top speed and pulled away from the van. Right at the ravine, I slowed and jumped from the motorcycle. The person driving the van didn’t have the sight to see that I had jumped from the motorcycle, nor the knowledge to slow down. I rolled away as the van slammed into the motorcycle and both vehicles plummeted 60 feet waaaay down.... SMACK! The van slammed into the water. Then it started to sink down into the murky depths of the deep, cold, unforgiving lake. Boat Tess and the man struggled. She choked him with the rope while he pulled and jerked, trying to get free. Then, the man lifted Tess from behind him and slammed her on the glass table. BRASH! Tess was hurt, but not beat. The man grabbed her by the shoulders and started ramming her into the floor of broken glass. Bam! Bam! Bam! With each slam Tess felt the glass cutting itself into her skin. “ You bitch! You are going to fuckin’ die for this! “ he said. Tess saw the butter knife to her right. She struggled and reached for it, still getting slammed into the glass. A little bit more...then she got her grip on the knife and took aim. “ Ahhhh! “ he screamed as Tess jammed the butter knife in his side. He picked her up and they pushed and pulled each other across the room. The man hit something that started to beep, but Tess paid no attention to it. Slam! Now he had her against the wall, starting to choke her. He still yelled and screamed obscenities at her. She was starting to gasp and twist for air, but he wouldn’t release his grip. Only tighter... Then she saw the butter knife, still stuck in his ribcage. She took it out and with her remaining strength, she slammed the knife through his neck. His grip released and he started to choke and gargle on the blood. Then he fell down, dead. Tess sighed in relief. Then she started to notice her injuries. And the weird beeping noise. She searched for the source of the noise. It was located in a cabinet. She opened the cabinet and threw the contents from it. Then she saw IT. It looked like a digital alarm clock, but with many more wires exposed and a dozen packs of C4 attached to the clock. 25, 24, 23, 22. Tess then regained thinking ability. It seemed like slow motion as she ran to the upper deck of the yacht. 17, 16, 15, 14. She raced to the edge only to discover that she was about 15 feet from the water. 12, 11, 10. She took a big leap and plowed down. SPLASH! 8, 7, 6. The lake was immense! Like an ocean. She powered her way through the water, not caring where she was going. 5, 4, 3. She knew she was making progress, but it didn’t seem so. 2.....1. Tess dove under just in time. BOOOOOOOOM! A huge fireball arched it’s way up and spread like a wave. Debris rocketed down like asteroids. Tess could not find any more energy to go on. But she was determined not to be killed in the game by any means. So she swam on, regardless of her injuries or personal fatigue. Woods As I was walking back to the house, an enormous explosion frightened me. I ran to a clearing and saw that the yacht had exploded violently. It was about a third of a mile from the boat to the shore, if anyone was alive, they could have drowned. I was going to the shore when I saw a man pulling a motorboat up the hill, trying to hide it. While he was still pushing, I rushed him and we fell down to the sand by the lake. Whump! I snuck a punch in behind his head. He shoved me off of him and got up, dazed. I tried to get up but he kicked dirt in my face. I was blinded! Then...Smack! I was punched in the face. I fell down, now struggling to see. “ Ooof! “ I said as I was kicked in the chest. My air was fading. He stepped on my neck. I could only see the outline of his body, standing over mine. He pressed harder and started to laugh at me. I put my hand down to my back pocket. He laughed harder and pressed his foot harder at the same time. “ You aren’t so hard to kill! “ he said joyfully. With my last bit of air, I said, “ No, but I never die. “ I said defiantly as I pulled my gun out and shot him in the leg and chest. BLAM! BLAM! He stopped laughing. I got up. Now he was on the ground. I aimed the gun at him. “ Where is my brother and Tess? “ I said. He did nothing. “ WHERE ARE THEY? “ I said as I clicked the hammer. He tried to move, but couldn’t. “ Look, you are going to die if you don’t tell me. “ I said as I shook the gun. He smiled and said, “ Your brother is in the house. But the girl, she isn’t so lucky! “ he said as he laughed and pointed at the burning mess on the lake. Tess.....she must be out there. I thought sadly. He laughed more loudly now. The boat had started to roll back down the hill now. But it smashed into a tree stump and the motor was knocked free! “ Oh, shit..” I said as the motor flew violently through the air nearing our position. I ran to the left just in time. The motor hit the ground once and then the blades slammed into the laughing man. When I looked back I could see that they had clearly decapitated him. I turned around disgusted and felt like throwing up. Then, I heard something come from the shore. I aimed my gun in the direction and looked. “ Don’t shoot....it’s me. “ Tess said. I ran down and helped her up. “ Are you ok? “ I asked her. “ Not dead yet, so I guess so. “ she said. “ Glad you survived. We will talk later but they have my brother in the house. “ I said. She nodded and we ran past the headless enemy and the burning lake. Inside the house We had heard it all. The gunshots, the explosions, even the screams. Tess and Lee had to be dead. The plan was to explode the boat as soon as both Tess and Lee were on it. So far, Michelle had heard a successful explosion. She and King Cobra rejoiced and he gave her an additional credit card with the rest of her 500 grand on it. “ See, I told you that I could lead you to them. “ she said happily to King Cobra. He himself was also happy. “ Well, what are you going to do now? “ he asked Michelle. She shook her head. “ I don’t know. Maybe start my own illegal business. You might have some competition. “ she said to him. “ But what do we do with the kid? “ she said as she pointed to the tied up boy, now asleep. “ We have to kill him. He has seen our faces. “ King Cobra said without any remorse. He started up the steps to go get his silencer for his gun. “ Be right back. “ he said. Then..... Outside VROOOM! CRAASH! We plowed their Escalade into Garret’s house. “ Tess, stay hidden. “ I said as I ran inside the house. Garret’s house was very large. Many hiding places. As I neared the front room, I saw nothing. I walked upstairs slowly, gun raised. When I reached the top floor, I kicked open the door and rushed in the room, gun at the ready. No one. As I settled myself, someone hit me in the side of the head with brass knuckles. I howled in pain and was punched by a large Hispanic man. He was very strong. He slammed me in the walls. Whump! Whump! I pistol whipped him. Clack! He smashed my hand on a table and my gun flew away from me. “ You little shit! “ was all I heard as he threw me through one of the windows. CRASH! I flew out and banged myself against the roof before falling and hitting the ground. I couldn’t move for a while. One of my arms was also not moving. It was dislocated! I groaned and sucked in a load of air as I rammed shoulder against a tree. A sickening POP came and I now had control over my arm again, painfully though. Time for round 2. I thought as I prepared to go back in the house. Entrance Tess sat in the dark, wide closet located in the next room. She shivered and listened for Lee’s return. She heard a scuffling behind her and then, before she could react, a hooded figure drop kicked her in the chest, hard. Tess uttered a cry as she flew into the side of the van. The hooded figure grabbed her by the hair and pulled her up. Tess struggled, but couldn’t find the energy. Blap! She was punched in the face. Whump! She was kneed in the stomach. When Tess was bent over her enemies’ knee, the enemy brought their elbow down on the back of her neck violently. Tess hit the floor, coughing up blood. She was pulled back up again, not before grabbing a brick. When the attacker began to punch her again, Tess dodged and broke the brick over the enemies’ head. The person lost their balance and fell against the wall. Tess punched and kicked her enemy like a wild beast. When Tess started to think that she was getting the better of this fight, her opponent head butted her and then slapped her across the face with a gun. Whap! Tess was now on the ground. Staring at the hooded figure, preparing to die. As I ran into the room, looking for the Hispanic man, I heard a scuffle going on in the next room. When I ran in, there was Tess, on the floor. And a hooded figure with a gun in hand. “ Stop! “ said the person to me. That voice sounded strangely familiar. The person looked at the both of us. “ I am the one. I am the ghost! I know all about you two! Now you will feel my pain. The pain that was done to me! “ the person cackled wickedly. We both looked at her in fear and confusion. “ What? Don’t know me? WELL, DOES THE NAME MICHELLE HARRIS RING A BELL?! “ she said as she ripped off her hood. What me and Tess saw scared us. It scared us more than all the killing, the death, the nightmares. There standing in front of us, impossible as it sounds, was Michelle. We looked at her in awe for about a few seconds. She had changed. She was not the sweet person that we once knew. Not the fragile girl. She now was insane, with a heart of ice. “ It was me all along. I did all this! I am going to succeed where Garret and Cory and so many others have failed! There is only one winner of this game, ME! “ she said. “ I ran away. I couldn’t face any of you guys, not even my family. Then I see that you two have betrayed me and said that I was the killer!? I had to get my revenge. It’s the thing that has been driving me on all this time. You two are surely going to pay for all this. “ she said. I tried to reason. “ But Michelle, we had to. We didn’t want to go to jail. How could we know if you were going to change your mind? “ I said. “ Shut the fuck up! You said I was the killer. Don’t you have any respect? After all I did for you. “ she said. “ Look, no more. You go your way, we go ours. If you want us to turn ourselves in, then I will. I’m tired of living with this shit anyways. “ I said in grief. She shook her head. “ NO! No more escapes or leaving. This time there are no more survivors! I am already dead! Wanna know how I did it? I wasn’t going to kill myself. But then, Bruno walked in the room with a gun. I could have sworn that I killed him when I ran over him many times. But there he was with a gun. By the time he fired, I was long out of the house when it exploded. Because of my killing him, I was able to get my revenge on you two. I DID IT! I AM THE GHOST! NO ONE WINS! NO ONE WINS! “ she said as she raised her gun at me and pulled the trigger..... BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! I had closed my eyes, expecting the bullet to rip through me. But I felt nothing. When I opened my eyes, I saw Michelle lying on the floor, with 3 bullet holes in her chest and head. Her bullet had misfired and hit the wall near me. When looked to see who my savior was, I saw the Hispanic man. He lowered his smoking gun and looked at me and Tess. “ Bruno was my brother. That is why I helped her all this time. Because I thought you killed my brother. “ he said with grief. We sighed. Then he raised up, “ But that doesn’t help you two any! “ he said as he aimed his gun at us. Then...BLAAAM! BLAAAM! BLAAAM! The Hispanic man flew into the wall. Then I saw huge holes in his body. I looked over my shoulder surprised to see the very late, but reliable Agent Robertson over my shoulder. We found my brother who was shaken, but ok. We also told Agent Robertson everything. He said that there was too much evidence against us. This time we would have to go to jail. As we searched Michelle and the Hispanic man, we found 3 credit cards and some bank notes. We then came up with a very idiotic plan. It was sooo crazy and so stupid that maybe, MAYBE it could possibly work. 20 minutes later “ COME OUT! THIS IS THE POLICE! “ said the police chief through the blow horn. He turned to the more experienced person on the crime scene, Agent Robertson, and asked him, “ Are you sure that they will try to negotiate with you? I mean, we have snipers that we can put on the roof. One quick shot. “ he said. Agent Robertson looked stunned. “ Are you mad?! We have a hostage on our hands inside that house. We need to try to talk to them. Plus, news helicopters are everywhere. We don’t want a public execution! “ he said angrily as he jumped over the police tape and walked close to the entrance of the house. Lee exploded from the house, holding Jimmy hostage with a gun. Tess ran out in front of them, waving her own gun. “ Stay back! I’ll do it! DON’T PUSH ME! “ Lee yelled, pressing the gun to Jimmy’s neck. Agent Robertson tried to negotiate. He didn’t want any kind of harm done to young Jimmy. “ Listen, what will you gain if you kill him? For God’s sake man! He is your own brother! “ said the agent stupefied. Lee now turned the gun on the agent. “ I am NOT going to jail. I am never going to lose. No matter what it takes. “ he said with extreme anger. Agent Robertson, not even turning his back, said, “ No back up. No matter what happens. If I get shot, then I die a great FBI agent. BUT NO BACK UP DAMMIT! “ he said to the police. But then, young Jimmy fled from the arms of his insane brother and ran to the police. A sigh of relief came from the crowd. But Lee and Tess still had guns. Agent Robertson inched closer. “ It’s over. Now we can end...” But he couldn’t finish, because time he turned around, he was pistol whipped and was now in Jimmy’s place in Lee’s arms. He was now the hostage. “ STAY BACK UNLESS YOU WANT A DEAD COP ON YOUR HANDS! “ Tess yelled to the advancing police force. Agent Robertson looked scared, but he had a plan. “ I can handle this. Stay back. “ he said to the police. Helicopters circled like vultures, watching the showdown of the century. What happened next went in slow motion. In one quick succession, Agent Robertson knocked the gun from Lee’s hand and pulled his back up weapon out from his ankle holster. Lee didn’t even see it coming. BLAM! BLAM! Agent Robertson shot Lee twice in the chest. Lee fell dead. Tess was horrified by the mayhem and ran towards Agent Robertson. The experienced agent simply rolled and jumped while shooting. BLAM! Tess was now looking at the bullet hole that had pierced her side. She stumbled, and then fell to the ground. Game Over. Maximum security prison, North Georgia Daniel Frosteg watched a special episode of Dateline that night. More strange events were uncovered in the North Florida murders. Supposedly, the two survivors, Lee Williams and Tess Andrews, were actually key players in the serial killers. An alliance between them and Michelle Harris was startling. Strangely enough, even though Michelle was thought to be dead for over 3 weeks, her body was found in a house in Portersville where Tess and Lee had a bloody confrontation with major criminal, Santiago Fernandez, the King Cobra, and his men. More and more bodies were retrieved from Greendale Lake and the ravines east of the lake. After a planned attack on the Williams’ household, Lee kidnapped his younger brother and hid him in the house. Terrible acts of violence occurred and it left over 5 people dead. Police experts still don’t know how Michelle’s body was found inside the house. In the end, in a last act of violence, Lee and Tess held Lee’s brother hostage. After a while, an agent, who’s name is being disclosed, tried to negotiate with the killers. They gave up the boy, but the agent was now held hostage. In an act of bravery and pure guts the agent shot down the killers. He is now being honored by his agency with a parade. Foul play was suggested but, this turns out to be one of the most confusing acts of violence America has ever seen. Daniel laughed. So, the little bitch couldn’t take the heat? Well, at least she did what she said, even if she is dead. he thought. A loud slam made him turn around. Standing in the medical ward was Tank. He looked very angry. “ You thought you could get away. I don’t want you anymore. I’m gonna kill you. “ he said as he ran and grabbed Daniel and threw him onto the table. The nurses screamed and pressed the buttons for security. But they didn’t come quick enough. Daniel tried his best to get up but Tank was way too powerful. The last thing Daniel felt was pain as Tank cut him to pieces with a manmade shank from the prison grounds. The world’s evilest organized crime operator was now dead, upon a dirty prison, his life going to waste like his blood, which was now spilling all over the floor. A week later, Costa Rica The beautiful sunsets, the lovely beaches, Lee could get used to living here. Inside the large penthouse which was his and Tess’ home, they loved the luxury and the freedom from their lives. No more pain, no more death, no more lying. Just paradise. Their plan worked perfectly. Not a single flaw. The plan was, when the police arrived, to pretend that they were taking Jimmy hostage. While Agent Robertson tried to negotiate, Jimmy was told to run away. A perfectly staged fight started, in which Robertson “ killed “ Lee and Tess. What everyone didn’t know was that Robertson supplied them with kevlar bulletproof vests. They were then to play dead until their bodies were incinerated. Two borrowed bodies were the only ones burned while a disguised Lee and Tess flew to Miami and then to Costa Rica. How did they get the money for such a feat? Well the bank notes stated that Michelle had a fake I.D. card and birth certificate. The bank notes stated that she also had $1,000,000 dollars on 3 different credit cards, which were in her coat pocket. Lee and Tess escaped and were now living in Costa Rica, while watching America talk about them. A great idea indeed. But something was missing. The love of family. Something touched Lee on his back. He turned around to see Tess. “ You ok? “ she said. “ Yeah. Just thinking if I should do it. What do you think? “ he said to Tess. She looked dumbfounded. “ Your parents are cool. They will understand. “ she said reassuringly. Lee nodded and punched the calling card number and then his parents number. After a few rings someone picked up. “ Hello? “ came a grief stricken voice. His father. Lee took a deep breath and replied, “ Hi Dad! “ . The End for now................ Authors note: Thank you for reading. Please note that this story took a lot of time, thought, and effort. The least you could give me would be a review. I don’t care if it is a negative review, but a REVIEW. Thanks again.
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