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Nine
Inch Nails
Pulling
into the drive way a small, elderly woman approaches the parked car
with a smile on her face. The approaching couple has no idea what
they are walking into. With the windows rolled down, the radio is
blasting a popular Nin Inch Nails song at full volume screaming, "I
want to fuck you like an animal..." This is the first impression
of strangers coming to haul away her washer and dryer. The
unsuspecting couple have no idea they have arrived with the elderly
woman's theme song. This is the beginning of their nightmare.
Chase turns the
music down, pushes his sunglasses up on top of his blond head, and
turns towards the lady and says, "Hello. Mrs Marble?"
Leaning on the
open window of the car, the smirk turned into a smile which lit up
her face. Looking at the couple in the car, she sees the perfect six
foot blond hair blue-green eyes of the Leonardo Dicaparo wanna be.
She was distracted for a split second, thinking about the events to
come. Mrs Marble answers with a thin arm pointing towards fire-red
headed beauty, "Yes. You must be Mr Chase Bond. This beautiful
creature sitting beside you must be Mrs Bond. I am glad you are
here, please come in."
Mrs Marble walks
back to the front door with Chase and Cindy following behind her. As
they walk through the door everything about the house is very neat
and organized. Not a thing is out of place. Cindy looks at Chase,
as Mrs Marble leads them through the house and says under her
breathe, "This place feels like a museum."
Chase looks back
at Cindy and replies, "Behave yourself. We are only here for the
washer and dryer." They both laugh at each other.
Mrs Marble says,
"Please come in. I do remember being in love as you two are at
your age. The washer and dryer are downstairs. Now it may be a
little difficult to get them up the stairs, they are an old model. I
have been here at least fifty years. Thank you so much for also
agreeing to take the firewood I have cluttering the place up."
Chase responds
with his hand held out for a hand shake, "My name is Chad and this
is my wife Cindy. I am sure we can figure out a way to get them out
of here. We are quite resourceful at times. The fire wood you just
mentioned, Mrs Marble I need to clarify something. That is not what
I said."
Mrs Marble puts
her hand out to accept the hand shake and says, "Ok dearie. I just
thought you would like to help an old lady out is all," Mrs Marble
says with a disappointed look she leads Chase and Cindy to the
basement. Following her to the top of the stairs, Cindy thought she
heard a noise. Looking around her surroundings, she realized that
there was nothing there it could have been. Mrs Marble made it to
the bottom of the stairs without hearing the noise, or she just
wanted us to believe. Chase and Cindy were about half way down the
stairs. Grabbing Chase's right arm, she whispers in his ear, "Did
you hear that?"
Chase stops and
puts a stray strand of hair behind her ear and says, "Hear what?"
Looking frantic
at Chad, she says, "That creepy noise. It sounded like scratching
in the walls."
Chase looks Cindy
in the eye and touches the side of her face. He says, "Babe, I
didn't hear a thing. It was probably the wind."
"OK. I hope
you are right."
Chase and Cindy
continue down the stairs and they hear, "The dryer is here in front
of the stairs and the washer machine is here right beside it."
"Excellent.
Mrs Marble. Cindy, come and help me here." He looks up and
notices Cindy standing at the bottom of the stairs with a look fear
on her face, "Cindy...are you ok?"
The scene in the
basement is quite creepy. There are random pieces of wooden boards
with nails sticking out at least nine inches or more leaning against
the back wall. More random nails sticking out of the walls at least
nine inches or more too. Cindy looks frozen like a statue in place
at the bottom of the stairs. She looks at Chase and says in an unsure
voice, "Ahh, yeah. Coming." There it is, more distinct this
time. The scratching down the walls. Cindy asks, "Mrs Marble,
what is that noise?"
"That is
probably Fluffy my cat. She loves scratching all my stuff. I should
go check on her I will be right back."
Cindy and Chase
wait until Mrs Marble leaves the basement. Cindy turns to Chase,
"This is the weirdest place you have ever taken me too. What do
you think those sticks of wood with the nails sticking out of them
are used for?"
Chase walks over
to one of them and as he picks it up says, "I have no idea. This
is definitely creepy."
The scratching
started again. Cindy walked over to the wall where she thought the
noise was coming from and checked the walls. Looking at the wooden
walls she came across a hole. She turned to Chase and said, "Chase,
come check this out?" Cindy put her eye up to the peep hole and
looked in. The eyeball staring back at her caused her to feel her
fear to the max. She froze in terror and was just able to mouth
Chases's name without a sound.
"Babe, what is
it?"
Chase walks over
to the wall where the hole is. He puts his eye up to the hole to
look inside. Something grabbed him and smashed him against the wall.
All Cindy saw was the blood pouring from Chase. She ran over to him
attempting to pull him away from the wall and was unsuccessful.
Covered in Chase's blood she let out a scream. "Mrs Marble!
Help us!"
Coming back down
the stairs dragging a piece of wood with nails randomly sticking out
of it, Mrs Marble calls out as she descends the stairs, "You have
found Brutus. It is a shame that it has come to this. No one is
going to help you, dearie. I want to show you something." Mrs
Marble walks toward Cindy with the piece of wood raised in the air
over her head.
Cindy backs up
pleading, "Please Mrs Marble. Do not do this." When she hits
the wall with her back, Mrs Marble swings the piece of wood attaching
Cindy to the wall by her shirt. Realizing what is happening Cindy
panics with fear and wild eyes, she screams, "Why are you doing
this?"
In a practical
voice Mrs Marble responds, "My Brutus has to eat. He loves young
girls like you Cindy."
Mrs Marble walks
over to where the eye hole is in the wall and pushes a hidden button
to reveal a door. The being walking out of the wall did not look
human. He had an enlarged head with the left eye twice the size of
the right eye. Each hand was missing two fingers each. He walked
with a hunch back limp towards Cindy. Frantically, she tried to pull
her shirt free and she was having a hard time. Cindy says to
herself, "Damn fashion and this layering shit. If I was wearing
one shirt I would be free by now."
Approaching his
prey, Brutus licked Cindy's face and down her body. When he was
satisfied that this is his meal for the night, he leaped. His teeth
sank into her neck, ripping her flesh in chunks so he could chew each
piece. Once he tried a variety of areas on her body, he went for his
favourite spot. Slashing her chest open he felt around until he
found her heart. Holding it up in his hands in a joyous achievement
he squeezed the blood into his mouth which is his daily ritual.
Excitedly, he put the whole delicate organ in his mouth and chewed to
his delight.
Mrs Marble says
to Brutus, " I am glad you are enjoying my gift, Brutus. I will
leave you to your meal."
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