PHASE ONE . . . SAMSON"Guys? Where are you?" Samson asked with rising fear. The sudden wind that blew into the room was gone and so were his friends."Guys?" Samson shouted even louder looking extremely worried. He ran to the door and tried to open it so he could get out of this place but the door was stuck shut. He struggled to open it, using all of his strength but the door wouldn't open. He began trying to break it open but still no luck.Suddenly, he heard a soft voice whisper his name. "Sam...Son" the eerie voice called out in a hushed tone."Who's there? Guys, is that you?" Samson asked after hearing the voice.There was no response and Samson could tell that he wasn't alone in here. Someone or something was watching him."I said, who's there?" Samson asked aggressively, trying to sound intimidating."Samson!" The voice called out again and he noticed a figure in the distance. The figure began moving towards him while calling his name."Samson!" It said with so much pain and

JENNIFER"Hey, assholes! What's up?" Jennifer wrote in her text and sent it to the group chat."Well look who finally decided to get out of bed, little miss sunshine." Peace wrote."Hey, unlike the rest of you, I need my beauty sleep." Jennifer texted back."Unlike the rest of us, you can sleep in for as long as you want because your parents are loaded." Nelly texted."Some people find luck, others are born with it." She wrote back."Tell them, Babe!" Darryl, the final member of the group and Jennifer's boyfriend said in a text."Morning handsome. Are we going to have some fun today?" She specified the question to Darryl."Of course, gumdrop. We should all meet at the rendezvous by nine and all head to school together." Darryl wrote back."Sure" - Peace"Alright, see you guys there" - Samson"Let's do it" - Nelly"Let me make myself all pretty for you and then I'll meet you there Babe." - Jennifer wrote to Darryl."Sounds good babe. See you soon." "Wait! You forgot to send me a morni

"Students! I know you're all eager to begin the holidays so I'll keep this short." The principal said on the PA system."The year has been long, and we've all had our ups and downs but I'm glad to see how it all turned. The Brimwood Supernovas, our senior soccer team lifted the state championship title just a few months back. Timothy Sherwood represented Brimwood in the Inter-State School spelling bee and brought back home the gold. Mr and Mrs Goldberg, in their generosity, solely funded the availability of the new cafeteria menu, providing the students and faculty with healthier and more delicious meals and the one accomplishment I'm most proud of, the remodeling of the teacher's restroom. With all that being said, it has indeed been a very productive school year and I'm so sad to see it come to an end. See you all in the summer. This is Principal Bradley, wishing you all a very merry Christmas."With the announcements over, the entire student body burst out of their classes in celeb

Samson and Nelly were the only ones awake while the others were still unconscious. Samson went to the door to try and get it open while Nelly watched over their friends. They were all breathing heavily and sweating in their sleep so Nelly used his jacket as a fan to cool them off. "I don't understand how this door got stuck and why it refuses to open!" Samson complained and kicked the door in anger. "Whatever's messing with us doesn't want us to leave this place," Nelly said to Sam from where he sat. "Nothing is messing with us, Nelly. I already told you that we were all just probably exposed to some sort of chemical that made us have those hallucinations." Samson said. "And what chemical would that be? Joker gas? This place is haunted and you know it." Nelly said loudly to Samson. "This place isn't haunted, Nelly," Sam replied. Nelly's behaviour was starting to get on his nerves. "Yes, it is. Think about it, Sam! The door is locked shut and you can't open it, our phones have ab

A wise man once said that no matter how hard things get, how hopeless the situation is, how futile all your efforts seem, as long as you have hope in your heart, you can scale through every obstacle and overcome the greatest of setbacks. That is kind of what Christmas is all about. It's about scaling through the problems the year brought your way and celebrating your triumph at the end of it, knowing that life tried to knock you down but you stayed strong and got through it with the closest people in your life by your side. This is the true spirit of Christmas. But, unfortunately for Darryl, his year hadn't come to an end and he was still living through the horrors that came with it."Nelly? Nelly?" Darryl called out. He took out the flashlight and turned it on but the light was flickering on and off until it stayed off.A faceless figure lingered in the shadows watching him while he struggled with the flashlight. The figure had a mouth on its face but it had no eyes, nose, or ears.