Bushi

Thunder roared, lightning flashed in the distance. The splashing of water could be heard throughout the woods. The pounding of her heart beat could be heard in her ears. Heavy breathing and panting as she veered closer to what looked like a house in the distance. The pace of her running increased as she grew closer to the object she saw what was the front gate left wide open.

She ran past the gate and ran up the porch steps. Coming to a halt there was glass all over the porch. Looking through the broken window she saw the living room was in disarray. One of the floor lamps was hanging out of the window. A chair was tipped over, the coffee table was shattered. The young woman opened up the front door.

Stepping inside slowly keeping her back against the hallway wall as she moved past the living room entryway about to head up the flight of stairs. All of a sudden she heard a loud shriek throughout the entire house. Dead stopped in her tracks she turned to the living room and stood there for a few minutes.

Turning towards the staircase once again a loud shriek echoed throughout the entire house. This time she turned towards the living room and could kind of make out where the noise was coming from. The young woman took a few steps through the living room when all of a sudden a gust of wind came blowing through the broken window. Slightly losing her balance the young woman caught herself on the wall. Moving towards a hallway on the other side of the living room the young woman stopped just before to look behind her.

She saw nothing but felt as if something or someone was watching her. As she turned around she heard a loud thud and bang then it went quiet. Frozen in place the entire atmosphere changed to a cold dark heavy feeling. It felt as if something was sucking the air out of the room. She turned and moved down the hallway quickly when all of a sudden her legs went up in the air and she was laying flat on her back.

The air was knocked out of her. Trying to grasp for air the young woman moved and there was something cold and wet all down her back and in her hair. The flash of lightning was so bright when she was looking down at herself she saw red. There was red on her hands on her arm. She scrambled to get out of the hallway when her foot slipped and she landed face first in the puddle.

At a second try she managed to crawl out of the hallway and to the middle of the room. Looking around she saw counters and made her way towards them. Lightning flashing through the windows she could slightly make out she was in the kitchen. After taking few minutes to collect herself she began searching the area.

Opening a draw and shuffling things around till she came to a draw near the kitchen sink. Having found what she was looking for she turned on the flashlight and pointed it to the hallway she just came out of. There was a puddle of red. Having realized what she had fallen in she turned to the sink. She became nauseous and lightheaded. She couldn’t hold it back and she began to heave and throw up.

After a few heaves her body had stopped the motion and she was able to straighten herself and collect herself. Wiping the excess fluid from her lips she turned to the hallway once again to see that there was a streak of blood leading from the hallway through the kitchen to a door. The door was cracked slightly.

The house was dead silent when all of a sudden the young woman heard a muffled moan coming from behind the door. The young woman moved towards the door keeping her back up against the counters. As she slid along the counters she reached inside a drawer pulling out a knife.

Shining the light towards the door she couldn't see anything. As she veered closer to the door she could still hear the muffled noises but they were fading away slowly. Keeping her back to the counters she moved closer to the partly opened door.

As she moved closer her light from the flashlight began to mess up. Smacking the flashlight on her hand the sound of a squeaking door caught attention. She looked up and saw the door ajar. Her heart sank to the bottom of her stomach. As her heart raced what felt like 10 times faster she kept telling herself ‘ come on Ren’.

Finally getting the courage to move. The young woman scooted closer to the open door. This time making it to the door she shined the light around to find a light switch. To no avail she couldn't find one. Finally the light shined on the ceiling and where a light was supposed to be sat a broken light bulb and a string to the fixture. As she stepped down to the first step a loud shriek filled her ears and echoed the entire room she was entering. Startled she froze for a few seconds. Attempting to move down the stairs she could hear moaning and heavy breathing. As she stepped down off of the last step she moved her flashlight around. Looking to her right all she seen was old furniture and boxes. To her left she heard some movement.

Out scared her and she jumped and turned quickly. Seeing nothing at first she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Opening her eyes she saw feet sticking out of a stack of boxes that had been knocked over.

Standing in place she waited to see if whomever was behind the boxes would make a sound. Hearing a moan come from that direction she darted towards the person. To her amazement it was her mother lying on that cold concrete floor in a pool of blood. The young woman knelt down to check her mother.

As she moved to check for a pulse her hand was grabbed by the woman and all she heard was “Get out”. Looking at the woman in confusion the young woman leaned in closer and asked “What did you say?” the woman on the floor pulled the girl in closer and whispered in her ear “Rrr...Ren… Get out” choking on the blood in her mouth. “It's a trap”.