GHOST HOUSE

You slam the plank into the window with all your strength.

It bounces off like the window was made of putty. You stumble back from the rebound, falling on your ass and hitting your head on the ground.

VINCE

Mandy!

MANDY

I'm okay. I'm- That should've broken the window, though.

LIL

You're right! Instead it broke that plank you used!

You look towards the wood that had fallen out of your hands as you ate shit. Sure enough, it's in two pieces.

MANDY

What the fuck?

Vince crouches next to you on the ground as Lil and Miki inspect the window.

MIKI

Not even a scratch.

SOKU

Okay. Does the window open?

MIKI

Do you really think I'm too stupid to check if the window opens? It doesn't.

VINCE

Did you guys hear that?

The rest of the people fall quiet at Vince's hissed whisper.

After a beat, you hear it too - footsteps, somewhere in the hallway just outside the living room, where the party had just come from.

The five of you sit still and silent, staring at each other with round eyes and terrified expressions. The footsteps stop at the glass doors to the living room, which had drifted shut again after Miki walked back through them to that window. You can't quite see who it is through the glass, due to all the dust and dirt, but you can see their silhouette.

???

Hello?

An unfamiliar voice calls out, and none of you answer.

The handles on the door wiggle as somebody grabs them and, to your dismay, opens the doors to the living room.