Saturday, March 16, 2019

10:00 a.m.

Kylie woke up. The events she had been through yesterday had left her exhausted, making it easier to fall asleep. Looking at the bandages wrapped around her right hand, it appeared that the worst was over. The blood stain on them had started to turn brown.

After doing her morning routine, she went downstairs to make herself some waffles. She deserved some after the shit she had seen.

Her mother came into the kitchen. "Kylie... I still don't know what to say."

"I know what you mean," replied Kylie.

"Could it be... him?" Susan asked.

The "him" Susan was referring to was George Kole, a man who inexplicably murdered three teenagers in what would become the Berry household back in 1988. He then shot himself in the secret hallway in the basement. Investigators found the four bodies after extensive searching. The discovery of Kole's body happened by sheer luck; if one of the investigators had not slipped and revealed the passageway, the teenagers' killer would have never appeared.

Thirty years later, his undead form materialized in the underground hallway and caused the game to appear on the computer. He was defeated when Kylie threw the machine onto the ground, cracking it in two.

"It couldn't be... he burned to a crisp in front of Danny and I," remembered Kylie. It was all coming back so fast.

"Then who is it?" asked Susan.

Kylie then took a deep breath and declared, "I'm going to have to look at the computer downstairs. Maybe it can help."

"NO, you are NOT," Susan answered indignantly. "We will get help. Do not worry."

"What kind of 'help' are you referring to? Last time I got some help, the 'help' died!" Kylie shouted. She was now starting to cry. Jason Porter, Kylie's ex-boyfriend, had figured out what was going on in the house as well as its history. "I need to figure this out and alone. I don't want any of you in danger. I can't stand seeing all of you like this."

"Neither can I," Susan stated, also crying. The two then hugged each other, remaining like that for five minutes.