Frightmares 2 by Michael Dahl

Author:Michael Dahl [Michael Dahl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2016-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

SECTION 3

DON’T BLINK

THE ELEVATOR GAME

It was after school, and Leo and Sam were riding the city bus home. Their families lived in apartments downtown, so they didn’t take the regular school buses like everyone else did. The city bus was always crowded, and it stopped at every block. By the time the boys got home, it was usually dark.

“Have you heard of the elevator game?” Sam asked.

“Is that the one with the spooky lady?” asked Leo.

“Yeah,” said Sam. He lowered his voice. “They say a woman fell down an elevator shaft and died. Her ghost is all bloody, and she haunts anyone who rides in an elevator.”

“Anyone?” said Leo.

“Anyone who follows the three rules of the game,” replied Sam. He had read about them on the Internet.

“Rule number one, you have to use the elevator after people go home from work,” he said. “Rule number two, you have to pick a building that has at least fourteen floors. And then —”

“Why fourteen?” asked Leo.

“Because the fourteenth floor is actually the thirteenth,” said Sam. “Lots of buildings don’t count the thirteenth floor because the number thirteen is bad luck. Instead, the floor numbers go from twelve to fourteen.”

“Have you done it?” asked Leo.

Sam stared at his friend. Then he looked out the bus window and stared at the tall office buildings that lined the street. Some of the windows were still brightly lit, but others were already dark. “Not yet,” said Sam. “But I know some kids who did it. Do you remember Raymond Garcia from Mr. Barker’s class? His family had to move away because Raymond saw the ghost. His hair turned white, and he couldn’t speak. Now he’s in a hospital all the time.”

Leo looked at Sam, but the other boy wouldn’t look him in the eye. Just a story, thought Leo. If that Raymond kid couldn’t talk, how did they know what happened to him?

“So which building did Raymond go to?” asked Leo.

“The Graver,” said Sam.

The bus wheezed to a stop at a busy street corner. More passengers got on.

“Hey, this is 8th Street,” said Leo. “I gotta go.” Leo grabbed his backpack, jumped up from the seat, and swung out the side door.

“Wait!” said Sam. “I didn’t tell you about rule number three —”

Leo was already outside when Sam finished talking. He waved at Sam’s pale face in the window. Sam’s eyes were big and he was mouthing some words. Don’t look at . . .

“What?” Leo asked. He cupped his hand to his ear.

The bus roared and pulled away. What did Sam say? Leo asked himself. Don’t look at her? Don’t look at who?

On the sidewalk, a flood of gloomy workers surrounded Leo. He had never seen so many. The murmuring crowd shoved him first one way, then another.

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