The Night (Chap 3)

There stood the man. Half of his face could only be seen as the other half hid behind his hood. His face had various scars. The only eye that was even visible seemed to pop out of his sockets. A grin or probably his usual overall look spread over his face. The man wore a long robe like dress. His hands were also covered with gloves. He held a lantern in one of his hands and a mini knife in the other hand.

He began speaking in his hoarse voice, "If I were you I would have left this place immediately."
"Pathetic!" Josh replied. "We came all this way for nothing!"
"Yeah he is right Old man!" added Jim.
"Perhaps, he is right guys we should go back home!" said Serena with a frightened voice.
"Serena we won't do that. We will go to our destination any way as possible. I have been waiting for this vacation so long." replied Josh angrily.
"Listen kid! I am telling you for your own good! Go away or it will be very bad for you guys here!" said the man.

Josh looked at his group once and turned his head as he started walking into the darkness.
"Follow me or do whatever you like peeps! I ain't got time for these nonsense!" Josh shouted out.
"Hey wait for me!" Amy shouted.

Soon after Jim followed her and Josh to the woods.
"Be wise Serena!" Jim shrieked out.

Serena sat there still trying to make out what to do. As she looked ahead through the front of the car window she noticed them vanish into the fog and darkness that lay ahead. Her deep thoughts were disturbed when she heard the hoarse voice. 

"Remember I told you so!" as much as Serena could understand, the voice came from the old man.

Serena jumped out off the car and started walking into the black pitched darkness.

"Hey guys!" Serena said lowly. "Guys you here?"

There in the fog her eyes caught attention of someone.

"Is that you Josh?" she asked.
No reply came from the direction.
"Haha Jim that's you right? Good try now come out." Serena said softly.
With the fog being dense the person was less visible to the eye. Serena walked up slowly to the person to get a better look.
"That's you Jim I just know it. You are just trying to scare me like always. I hate it a lot you know that!" said Serena taking in a gulp.

She stood there so close to the person. Still not sure who it was. Her hand slowly reached out towards the person.
"Jim?" she said sobly. "I am terrified Jim. Please help me!"

Serena's hand touched the person. She could feel the torn and tatched clothes. As she moved her hands her hands dug deep in some places as if there was no skin there. The person's body felt so cold so dead. "Jim... come....o..."

Even before Serena could have finished the sentence a tingling sensation ran through her body. She stood their silent with her hands and feet as if paralysed.

"Who..." that was the last word she spoke after which her body fell down up on the soft marshy ground with a bang. She laid there not being able to move her body an inch. She knew it was over for her.

The Night (Chap 2)

As Josh made the way towards the car front to check if something else went wrong he could clearly hear the bleating of the two who had not yet come to a conclusion.

Josh opened up the hood and inspected the engine with a hawk eye.
"Nope all seems to be okay here!" shouted out Josh. "Weird, then where did the fuel go?" Josh murmured to himself.
"You done Josh? This two won't stop fighting looks like"  Amy asked.

Josh stared straight into Amy's eyes. He looked awestruck. Something that was not usually associated with him. Not having a clue what to do Josh bent down to his knees to have a peek under the car.

"Wow..." Josh giggled. Finding the funny side of such a freakish incident.
It was then when he discovered that petrol was leaking out all this way. Strangely yet again this did not seem to be the case at the last station. The car looked fine, rather tip-top. How did it even happen. Well a question that Josh himself cannot answer.

"Hey guys! The fuel is all over. Guess we have to walk now. About 2 to 3 kilometres from here." Josh said gloomily.
"Was there a leak?"asked Jim curiously.
"How did you know Jim?" Josh replied dumbfounded.
"Um... I did see a man middle aged... well not a man... but looked... Um... like a man... I mean..." Jim stuttered.
"You mean what JIM?!!" Josh asked angrily.
"A man. I mean a man. Fiddling with your car. Did not know what he was doing. By the time I would have caught that thing... it ran away." Jim replied.
"Wow Jim you knew it all along. What are you scumbag? Are you even useful for anything? It's all because of you we are stuck in the middle of, God knows where." Serena exclaimed.
"Oh please shut up you drama queen. I am better than you!" Jim replied.
"Ohhh... you better take that back sweetie!" Serena said angrily.
"Or else what? You will call your boyfriend?" Jim replied laughing.
"Guys stop... okay? Please stop...! We need to start walking. The place will get colder by the night. Also we are left with no food in the car..."
"Yeah Serena ate most of the food. She even had my piece of custard tart!" Jim interrupted Josh.
Just as Serena jumped out off her seat to reply, Josh screamed angrily for the first time.
"Stay put you two! Sit down now! (Jim and Serena sat in their seats after that without uttering a single word). Listen to me carefully everyone. Take your belongings and let's start walking. We need to reach the place quickly. Last thing you want would be a ghost trying to kill you!"

As Josh finished his words a hoarse voice spoke up from behind. "No, not a ghost! But a killer. A mad killer. You might have just met him..."

A lantern glow spread through the dark night. There stood someone holding the lantern. Very little could be seen of him in the dark but it was not much later when the person started walking towards them and his face...

The Night

The cool air surrounded the horizon. Jim kept on breathing heavily.

"Hold on Jim. We will reach there quickly!" said Josh.

"It is just a cold, calm down. Nothing much!" Jim replied.

"Yeah! Told you not to have ice cream before the trip. You don't listen to us at all retard!" Serena cried. 

"Shut up Serena! That's why i tell you never bring her to trips Josh. She talks too much!" exclaimed Jim. 

"We would not have to stop at every gas station to take a hot cup of tea for you otherwise. You are the trouble here Jim!" shouted out Serena.

"Sure whatever, douche bag" whispered Jim.

"Seriously guys stop talking. Let Josh concentrate on his  driving. It is 3 at night and i find your arguments on cold, quiet pointless here!" shouted out Amy.

With the moon playing hide and seek and the fog covering up the whole area very little could be seen ahead. Josh drove the car with difficulty but he had driven on much horrific roads before, well that is what Josh says about himself. The Los Caracoles Pass, the Stelvio Pass even the Skippers Canyon Road, he is said to have conquered them all. So we were in professional hands hopefully...

"Are we going in the right direction Josh?" asked Serena.

"Josh knows what he is doing, so i believe it is better if you would let him drive" replied Jim.

"You don't need to be so rude you know Jim! I was just asking!" Serena said

"Don't start again you two!" Amy screamed.

The car braked suddenly, as Jim fell and hit the woodwork in front of him. 

"What happened Josh?" shouted Serena.

A moment of silence spread through the car. Josh looked amazed for once. Serena asked again but this time louder in tone. It was then Josh opened his mouth and squeaked, "We are out of fuel!"

"Now what? What will happen now? Oh no! my nightmares will come true! I will die in a forest in the middle of no where. No one will come to save me! What will happen to Tom? He will die without me! We had a Prom date after the trip!" Serena exclaimed.

"Lucky Tom at last he will find someone better in life!" giggled Jim

While those two got into a fist of their own with Amy being the silencer, there sat Josh in his driving seat trying to find out a possible solution to this weird problem. Why weird? Well because the last station they stopped which was about 4km away Josh had completely filled up his tank. Something was wrong. This was not suppose to happen.