Separate ways

The group made it to the main lobby. All was quiet. No one seemed to be around. Dust an inch thick covered the front desk and cobwebs clung to the walls and ceiling like they owned the place. Mike went in search of the basement while Michelle looked for a good place on the ground floor to camp out. The rest of the group took the elevator up to their assigned floor.

"Please! Won't you reconsider this?" Chloe begged as she came close to tears. "There's something here. Something evil. I can sense it. It's watching us. I don't want to be left alone!"

"Maybe you should listen to her," Jasmine said. "I'm getting chills up my spine."

Regina was not in the mood for this. She wanted this webcast to be their best one yet. They would have sponsors! They would have money to burn! They might even end up with their own reality TV show. All of these things Regina thought were more important than what Jasmine or Chloe were sensing. As for her part, she could sense nothing. "Just stop it!" she yelled. "If both of you want to go on together, then do it. I'm going on alone like I planned. I'm not afraid of anything this place might throw at me because none of it will be real."

"Still in denial, huh?" Jasmine shot back. "There are forces at work in this world we don't understand. How do you explain all the UFO sightings and abductions? How do you explain voodoo, or black magic. White magic for that matter. How do you explain Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, or chupacabras? There are Demons and Angels, God and Satan. There is certainly good in this world, but there is more evil than good. My gram always used to tell me to watch for the signs of the end times. She said evil would be more present, and so would Demons. I believe her, and I believe we are at the end."

"I know how much you loved your gram growing up. I loved her too. But I need proof, and I haven't found any yet." Regina took a deep breath and sighed. "You two go on together. I'll go it alone. Just check out both the floors you were assigned to. That's all I ask. I don't think it'll hurt us that much to have two frightened people."

"We can do that," said Chloe.

"Alright then. My next stop is the fourth floor. Then you guys can do the other two floors."

Chloe suddenly kissed Regina full on the lips. "You're not such a pain in the ass after all. Just promise me you'll be careful up there."

"I will be. I owe you something for that kiss. And I always pay my debts, especially the sweet ones."

The elevator door opened when it reached the fourth floor. Regina stepped out and looked back at her two friends with a smile on he face as the door closed once again. She took another deep breath. "Well, this is it!" Suddenly her EVP recorder went off and her temperature gage dropped a few degrees. She stood there, frozen in place as invisible hands caressed the sides of her hips. "You give me baby!" an eerie voice spoke through the recorder. She wanted to scream, but the fright was too much to overcome. she could feel razor sharp claws against her skin. Her coat was ripped off of her. Then her tee shirt and bra. Last came her jeans and panties. They all lay at her feet in a heap of useless rags. "Please no!" she begged after finally finding her voice.

(Disclaimer: No clothes were ripped to shreds by invisible clawed hands during the writing of this chapter. The author wanted to make that perfectly clear.

"That's easy for you to say, Mr Disclaimer Guy! You're not the one standing here naked with only hiking boots on!" bellowed Regina. "Just look at this! Who's gonna pay for all of this? That was an LL Bean original! And I really loved my Foo Fighters Tee shirt!"

If it's any consolation, you are a very sexy young lady.

"That doesn't help!"

Oh well, you can't win them all.

Any similarities to events either real or fictional is purely coincidental. Stay tuned for our next exciting chapter when we might hear Regina say, "Please! Can't you go fuck someone else? Mike needs it really bad!" Until then, happy reading everyone!)