*Third's Pov*

Jake rushed inside the Motel ignoring the Lady at the reception desk and went upstairs to the third floor in a flock of panic. He quickly went inside the room he and siblings were assigned too then quickly unlocked it using the key he had.

He then slammed the door once he got back inside. He started panting in exhaustion from all the running. His brother flinched and looked at him with fearful eyes but that wasn't his concern at the moment.

Melody: Hey Bro...Any Luck.

Jake: Yep. Most of it was bad.

Melody: Huh? What do you mean?

Jake: Do...Do you guys remember when we first got here? The motel had a dog tied to a leash nearby.

Tommy gave a look of confusion while Melody seemed deep in thought.

Tommy: I...don't remember seeing a doggy.

Melody: Hmmm...

Jake: What about you?

Melody: Come to think of it. I think I did saw a glance of a Great Dane before we checked into the motel but I guess it slipped my mind. Why do you ask...?

Jake: I...think I just saw a dog get killed.

Melody's eyes went wide while Jake saw the fearful look in Tommy's eyes again.

Tommy: W-What?

Melody: Please tell me you're joking.

Jake: Does it look like I am?!!

Melody:.....

Tommy: I-Is he...?

Melody felt her stomach dropped a little seeing the earnest look on her older brother's eyes.

Usually, he been lying or looking for an excuse to play games with other people to mess with their minds.

But seeing him act this way...

Melody: No way. You're serious aren't you...?

Tommy: *Whimpers* S-So a doggy was killed...Who killed it?

Jake: I-I don't know.

Melody: *Frown* What do you mean you don't know?!

Jake: I don't know okay! It just happened so quickly! I think...another animal killed it.

Melody: What...kind of animal would be able to kill a big dog like that?

Tommy: Maybe...another big dog.

Jake: Maybe. But I don't think that's the case. Plus, that's not all. Have you guys noticed something is up with the people here...?

Melody: You mean like how they were staring at us when we got here...Yeah...

Tommy: Along with the creepy old lady...

Jake: Then there's that innkeeper lady. Okay, let's keep our voices down. But hear me out. I think the dog belongs to her.

Melody: What makes you say that?

Jake: Well. Before I left I saw the dog from earlier tied to a leash. I asked her did the dog belonged to her but she said no. But that's when things got fishy...

Tommy: Fishy?

Melody: Go On...

Jake: When I was running back here. I found this.

Jake reached for his pocket and pulled out a red collar.

Melody: A dog collar? Okay, maybe so. But what if the dog belonged to someone else.

Jake: True. But look at this metal coin on the collar.

Melody and Tommy took a closer look.

On the metal coin, it said:

"Property Of Dusty Inn"

Tommy: Isn't that...the name of this inn?

Melody: Yeah...

Jake: See. I'm not bullshitting you guys. I believe this belonged to the dog from earlier. Strangest thing is, that lady claimed the dog was a stray. So it didn't had any owner, then how come the dog had a collar...?

Melody: So you think she's lying?

Jake: Most Likely...

Tommy: Why...Why would she do that?

Jake: IDK. I don't know what she hoped to gain for that.

Melody and Tommy both had a bad feeling about staying here at the motel. But sadly they couldn't go anywhere else because this motel seem like the only safe place to sleep.

Furthermore, what's the deal with the innkeeper lying to them about the dog? Why was she acting like the dog didn't belonged to her?

Why were people staring at them before they checked into the motel?

What truly happened to the dog? Who or what killed it?

Jake: (Just...what is going on with this town? Why are the people here behaving so strangely...?)

Ever since they first got here, all of them had a sinking feeling about this place but ignored the signals. Now, they all couldn't help but feel like something strange was going on in this town.

Whatever it is, they don't wanna find out.

Tommy: Jake...Do we really have to stay here?

Jake:......We'll just stay here for the week. I know none of us want to stay here. But we got no choice. Then we'll leave. I'm sure things won't be so bad here.

Melody:.....I hope you're right about that. Let's just eat and go to bed. It's getting late...

Tommy: Okay...

Jake: (Fuck it...Whatever that creature was...or what is going on here. We're not going to let it ruin our time here. We'll be fine...Yeah...)

Big Mistake...

.....

???: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

???: Tch! Shut This Little Bitch Up Already!

???: Hold her down!

???: No! Stop! Please!

???: Get her inside already!

???: HELP ME! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!

The screams continued within moments until they were blocked out followed by the sounds of a car driving away.

.....

NO ONE SAW OR HEARD A THING.

*Day 1*

It's been a day since the siblings have stayed in Dustville. None of them was really up and hopeful for another day in the town though because they weren't exactly feeling great after what happened the other day.

Jake:.....

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

All of the siblings looked up at the door. All of them gave befuddled and insignificant looks.

Tommy: Someone is at our door?

Jake:....Maybe it's the lady downstairs...

Melody: What does the receptionist want with us?

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Jake:....Let's find out.

Jake walked over to the door and checked the peephole expecting to see the receptionist lady downstairs. But instead...it was someone else...

Jake: Huh?

Melody: Whose there?

Tommy: Whose at the door...?

Jake ignored them and slowly opened the door. Behind the door was a young girl about Jake's age maybe a little older with a green jacket and black shirt. She wore blue jeans and brown sandles. She had slight tan skin, short blonde bob cut hair, and crystal blue eyes.

Jake: Umm? Hello?

The girl gave him a bright smile.

Girl: Hey there! I'm guessing you residing in this motel too huh? I'm overheard you guys talking from next door earlier.

Jake gave his siblings a strange look who shared the same mutual feeling before turning back to the girl.

Girl: But man. This motel is a dump! Like why don't they bother to clean up? Why is there only a receptionist lady here? Where is the cleaning crew? Kind of hard to focus on things if there's hardly anybody here if you know what I mean!

Melody: (Yikes. This girl is such a chatterbox.)

Tommy: (She's strange...)

Jake: Uhh... Yeah. Who are you again?

Tessa: Of course! I should introduce myself. You can call me Tessa~! So you're currently taking this room. I've been residing in this motel for two days now. It's great to see a new face here in motel! So that means I'm close to you. I live a few doors down! Whoo!

Tommy: Umm.....

Melody:.....

Jake: Okay...Nice to meet you Tessa. I'm Jake and these are my siblings.

Melody: Hi.....

Tommy: *Waves Shyly*...

Tessa: Hey there~!

Jake: So...what do you want?

Tessa: Oh right. I should've been said that before! I have an tenacity to ramble sometimes! Oopsey Daisy! Heh heh~! Anyway! I need your help I'm currently looking for my friend who went missing yesterday...