Suddenly, the lightning flashed and Tina saw something on her peripheral view. There outside of the kitchen window stood a girl, the lightning flashed again and this time Tina looked to see if she was imagining it or not.
When the light helped her caught a glimpse of the figure, she sigh in relief. It was just Sue standing and smiling at her, Tina slowly walked towards her and stopped in front of the kitchen door. Something is odd and Tina felt this feeling of unease again, she looked at Sue who was just standing outside.
"Did you finish your game as well?" Tina asked.
Sue nodded slowly. "That's great, but uh...where is your base?" Tina asked.
Sue didn't mutter anything and just pointed at the garden while still looking at Tina.
"Ok...anyway, we ended the game so let us just turn on the lights. You should come inside now, you are getting wet there" Tina said and Sue nodded. She walked slowly like a living lifeless doll and stopped at the kitchen door.
Tina waited for her but a sudden realization struck her.
Was she pointing at the garden as her base? How come...that place has no television Tina thought and gasped.
She tried to reach for the kitchen door to lock it but was too late when the door opened and Sue was standing all wet while one of her hands was kept behind her.
"Uh...Sue, where is your...doll?" Tina asked affirming her realization.
Sue didn't answer and just walked closer to her, Tina calmed herself and backed away but she could feel her heart beat faster with each step Sue makes.
"Sue?" Tina asked with a tone of fear.
Sue smiled and continued walking towards Tina. "I already...throw it out since I won" she said in a whispering tone.
"Where?" Tina asked and continued backing away but stopped as soon as she realized she was cornered on the basement door.
Sue smiled and tilted her head, "What's the matter Tina...I thought you like this. Don't tell me you are afraid."
"I'm n-not, just tell me where did you throw your doll" Tina replied.
Sue stopped walking when she was just a meter in front of Tina, she then pointed out towards the pile of dead plants. "That's where I threw my doll...correction, it was you who throwed it there" Sue replied and the lightning flashed again letting Tina catch a glimpse of her glowing red eyes.
Tina gasped, "just who are you? Are you really Sue?"
Sue smiled and her voice suddenly changed that into multiple voices, "oh I think you know the answer to that question my dear Tina...afterall, you are one clever girl."
Tina then reached for her pocket but Sue saw it and smiled even more. "So my instincts were right...you are the original owners' daughter Stacy aren't you?! Just what are you and what did you do to this place?"
Sue laughed and her laughed echoed the whole place, "should I explain it to you or...should we just finish this off?"
"I am not afraid of you!" Tina shouted but Sue only laughed.
"Sure...convince yourself that way but we both know the truth. You are nothing but a scared girl, just like those kids who lived here. Before I killed them eventually that is, oh and I guess you know what happened to your precious Charles..."Sue explained and walked again towards Tina.
The latter diverted her footing and backed away from the basement door, "you liar! You lied to me and pretended to be my friend."
"Oh...not really, it was just you who thought I am a friend. Also I didn't lie on one thing, that is my name is Sue but you're also right that I am Stacy just physically that is" Sue explained.
"Physically? What nonsense are you saying?!" Tina asked.
Sue sigh, "I'm getting bored...let's just end it here. And by mean of end...I mean I will be taking your life!" her eyes then glowed and she lifted her hidden hand to reveal a knife.
"Goodbye Tina...forever!" Sue added and run towards Tina but the latter run off faster and went upstairs.
Tina run fast and pushed the vases sitting near the stairs as a distraction, the lights were still turned off so the whole mansion was still in pitch dark and only the lightning that flashed gives them light.
Sue laughed, "continue running my dear...hide well and be sure I won't find you or its goodbye."
Tina slowly went inside her room and went to her closet, she got the remaining bottle of salt water she kept and hid under her bed. Her television was still on but it showed black and white. As she heard footsteps walking and doors being opened one by one, Tina couldn't help but cover her mouth to keep herself quiet.
"Hide...well...Tina...but i...will...definitely see you" the noise on the television said and the footsteps stopped, Tina held her breath as soon as she saw the door on her room opened slowly.
A pair of foot walked inside all covered in mud and went towards the bathroom, Tina sigh in relief as she prayed that this nightmare would end soon.
"You are...not...in the bathroom...I wonder...where you...are" the television noise said and Sue went out of the bathroom, she then opened the closet and laughed.
"So this is your base...just like what she and the other kids did" Sue said as her voice played on the television.
She walked around the room but exited afterwards when she couldn't find Tina. As soon as the door closed, Tina sighed in relief again. But her moment of peace was broken when the door suddenly opened and Sue run towards her bed, she then opened the bedroom cover with a creepy smile.
"I found you!" Sue shouted and Tina screamed in fear, Sue stabbed the place where Tina was hiding but Tina escaped just in time before she was hit. She slowly backed away from the bed and walked towards her balcony.
Sue laughed, "I would be bored if the game would end this fast...so I will be nice and tell you everything I know before you die."
"I won't die!" Tina shouted as she took what she was hiding in her pocket and tightened her hold on it.
When Sue saw it, she laughed and laughed even more when she saw a bottle that Tina was holding on her other hand.
"You think a cutter and a bottle of water can save you?!" Sue asked and laughed some more.
"What an idiot! Just like those kids I played with...they were nothing but brainless kids who played in order to have fun but cry and scream when they are about to die. Oh but I gotta say, you are a bit higher than them Tina...you are smart and...you made this game much more fun. Back to what you were asking, indeed...this body once belonged to Stacy Lee but I owe this now because she failed" Sue explained.
"Failed at what? And what happened to the other kids?" Tina asked.
Sue smiled and the lightning flashed again, "the kids were all killed after I used their body to trick a new kid to play with me. Their lifeless bodies were buried on these mansion grounds and the bodies of their precious parents were placed and burned to the furnace...just like what I would do to your beloved Charles."
"Why you!" Tina shouted and Sue snorted as she played with the knife.
"What? You are angry because I killed Charles? Didn't he advise you to leave this house? Even his father said it to you right? But what did you do? You ignored it...so he just paid the price. About Stacy, she was the one who called me here because she was bored and got nothing to do...she searched this game through the computer and played it not knowing the consequence but she failed to find me...her doll and instead I found her first which led to where I am now...and I think, that you would end up the same!" Sue said.
"I won't let you! Didn't you say the game would end after 2 hours? So guess what...you've got an hour left" Tina replied confidently.
Sue sigh, "oh dear...did I say that? I guess I did because you don't want to make the spirit you called become stronger. When the game passed 2 hours the spirit gets stronger my dear Tina and the only way to end the game is killing that spirit's body...get it?"
Tina gasped, "you tricked me!"
"Sure...I did, I planned this game after all. Even the spirit on your doll was all planned by me...Now, be a good girl and let me kill you so we can end this game" Sue said and prepared to stabbed Tina but the latter shook her head and jumped off the balcony.
Sue was surprised for a bit and walked to see if Tina survived the fall, surely she did but she was in a lot of pain.
Sue smiled, "what an idiot...she just made her end easier."
Sue walked out of the room and went to the garden, Tina on the other hand crawled off the lawn and went to get the ripped doll on the pile of dead plants. It was just in time when Sue stood on the kitchen door and Tina held the ripped doll.
"Make one move and I will pour salt water in this doll" Tina shouted.
If my analyzation is right then pouring salt water on her doll would kill her off! Tina thought and smiled triumphantly.
Sue's expression changed that into fear, "no...no don't that!" She shouted and tried to reach the doll but Tina smiled and poured salt water on it.
"See you in hell!" Tina shouted.
Sue stopped walking towards Tina afterwards and suddenly fell on the ground. Tina breath in relief and throwed the doll on the pile again, "Game over bitch."
She walked inside the house and turned on the lights but the power switch didn't work, "Huh?" she asked in confusion but shrugged it off and went to her room.
She saw that her television was still in static but she didn't mind it, she smiled and was about to turn it off when it made a noise.
"It's not yet over...Tina" The red haired girl gasped and rushed to look at the garden, her face paled when she saw that Stacy/Sue's body wasn't there. Suddenly the door in her room opened, the lightning flashed and the floor creaked with every footsteps that was made.
"Looking for me?" Sue asked and Tina slowly turned around with her eyes wide open.
The very next day, the sun shined bright at the cloudless sky. The road was still wet from the heavy rain that poured last night but aside from that, business and work continued on the small town. A car arrived at the ebony mansion and Mr and Mrs Sy stepped out of it holding their souvenirs.
"I guess we gotta have a lot of work to do here dear...I wonder if Tina is still asleep?" Mrs Sy asked as she walked on the muddy ground.
Mr Sy laughed, "I guess she is. Let us just prepare her favourite food and I will plant this beautiful pot of roses here on the garden...it will be right on time when she wakes up and find out what we brought to her."
"You're right. Anyway...why don't you burn that pile after we eat our breakfast dear?" Mrs Sy suggested pointing at the dead plants and Mr Sy agreed.
The clock chimed as soon as it striked 6 in the morning, the Sy couple had just finished preparing everything for their beloved daughter when Tina woke up and came downstairs.
"Thank goodness you're now awake, just in time for a wonderful breakfast!" Mrs Sy exclaimed.
Tina was rubbing her green eyes when she groggily looked at her mother, "Mom? Dad? You're back!" she shouted and hugged the two of them.
"Yes sweetie and we prepared your favourite food for you, sorry for leaving you alone here yesterday...so where is that friend of yours? We want to him" Mr Sy asked and Tina frowned.
"It seems he was busy yesterday so I slept here all alone," Tina answered.
"Really? Well why don't we eat our breakfast then clean this house as a family? Your father will burn the pile outside so if you have any garbage at your room just bring it outside sweetie" Mrs Sy said.
Tina smiled and nodded. The three ate their breakfast and they talked for an hour while laughing at the stories Mr and Mrs Sy shared. After they finished eating, Mr Sy was outside busy burning the pile of dead plants when Tina came out and placed a bag of garbage on it.
"Good heavens, you got quite a garbage there sweetie. I will go get a drink so why don't you guard the fire so it won't die?" Mr Sy instructed and Tina nodded with a smile.
As soon as her father went inside, Tina looked at the fire and throwed the teddy bear she was hiding.
"Told you...you can't win. Looks like it is my win again," Tina murmured to herself and smiled a bit as her green eyes glowed into red.
To be continued...