The club was illuminated by a red light and customers flooded the place dancing to the hip-hop song that was booming in the air. Some people were dancing alone while some were dancing in pairs. On stage, other gays and lesbians were moving their bodies seductively in bras and panties.
Meanwhile, Lucinda was sitting in a corner, having a bottle of froth on her table. She was thrilled by the way the club was spilled with customers dancing and popping up champagne joyfully. With a smile, she gulped the drink while moving her body to the rhythm of the music.
Wrapping his arms around his girlfriend, and kissing her passionately, Reece noticed she was trying to pull away. "What's wrong, baby?" With his lips pressing against hers, he asked.
"I'm pressed," Kelsey said.
"Really," Reece replied.
"Yeah," Kelsey replied, looking around.
"Comm'n baby," Reece tightened his arms around her. "You can manage that, can't you?"
He continued kissing until she jerked away from him. "I'm pressed, Reece. Don't you get it!"
While Kelsey was walking off amidst the crowd, Reece lit a cigarette and continued dancing, still watching her. "Don't get lost, Kelsey!" He let out and puffed out the smoke through his mouth and nostrils.
Kelsey didn't know the way to the washroom and she felt lost in the crowd. She turned back and realized she had gone far since she couldn't find Reece.
"Are you lost?" Someone touched her shoulder.
Upon hearing that voice, she fidgeted, turned at once, and found a lady standing right in front of her in a long black gown, and her face was almost obscure as it was enveloped by full hair. Carried away by the lady's look, Kelsey could hardly speak. She tightened her lips and…
"It's obvious you ain't comfortable," The lady said. "Are you pressed or something?"
"Sure", Kelsey said at once. She'd been pressed even before coming here with Reece. And her bladder was about to explode.
The lady smiled and beckoned her to follow.
Still wondering who the lady was, she walked behind her, feeling the pressure in her bladder while goosebumps began to form on her arms.
From a distance, the lady pointed at the passage that led to the washroom. " There."
With her hands between her thighs, Kelsey nodded impatiently and hurriedly turned the door knob. She walked swiftly through the bright passage, passing the large mirror on the wall, and as she was about to open the washroom door, the passage door creaked and banged itself so that she couldn't hear the music drifting in anymore. Then the passage became so quiet.
With a racing heartbeat, she entered the restroom. When she was done, she turned on the faucet and washed her hands.
Just in a few seconds, she heard whimpers behind her, and turned back at once, listening attentively. Listening for a few seconds but hearing nothing, she turned to the faucet, continued to wash her hands, and looked in the mirror.
What the!
Her brow raised and her heart was about to jump out of her mouth when she saw someone standing behind her. She looked exactly like that lady who had directed her a few minutes ago. What! "H…How did you get your fucking ass here?"
Initially, Kelsey was full of vigor until she saw profuse blood sliding down the lady's eyes. Astounded by that, she turned to be sure but didn't see anyone behind her. Then, she looked in the mirror and found the lady there again.
What the hell is going on?
But when she turned again, there was a gloomy gigantic shadow on the wall with stretched fingers. She gasped, taking a few steps backward as the fingers started gliding toward her. It was too weird and horrifying, having only its fingers hovering over her and its gloomy body remaining in one place.
Kelsey was so shocked, she could hardly breathe. Her heart was smacking violently against her chest and was about to erupt from her mouth. Her bewildered eyes watched in terror as the fingers crept toward her, then her pupils rolled to the door.
Before she could attain the doorknob, the gloomy fingers had already gotten to her trembling feet and spread themselves like a black, sticky liquid substance around her.
Petrified, she stumbled a few steps on the damp floor until she hit her body against the faucet, which means there was no possibility of escape. This feeling drove cold into her body.
"Who the hell are you!" Kelsey yelled. "What the hell do you wanna do to me?"
…
"I'm Reece, ma'am."
"Hey, Reece," Lucinda said to the tall, slender guy with long hair, though she couldn't see his face clearly because of the flickering illumination. "Need something?"
He looked around briefly and said, "Yeah. My girlfriend. She's gone to the restroom and it's taking too long."
Meanwhile, a bloody hand had erupted from the mirror, squeezing her neck so hard that her eyeballs were popping out of their sockets while she was suffocating. The tears that had already welled up slid down her eyes while veins stripped all over her face as she struggled to breathe.
"It's nothing," Lucinda said. "Maybe she's washing up, you know."
"Washing up." He echoed Lucinda, dialing Kelsey's number.
"Just relax," She said. "She'll be back."
Kelsey's phone chimed in her pocket.
"Leave me alone!" Her voice quavered as she felt herself running out of strength. "Please…" She whimpered.
Feeling weak, her right hand dropped. Then, with her last strength, she sluggishly pulled the phone from her pocket. But before she could take the call, the phone suddenly fell off her trembling hands, shattering against the damp tile.
"Why the f*ck is she not taking my calls?" Reece grumbled. "Where's the f*cking restroom, ma'am?"
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Kelsey bit the strong bloody hand, and at once, the hands withdrew but didn't go back into the mirror. Now that she had the chance, she managed to grasp the doorknob and took a deep breath. She pulled the knob and the door creaked open.
She was about to leap out of the restroom when that sticky substance molded into a damp hand and yanked her so hard that she fell, banging her lips against the damp floor, and sharp pain crept through her nerves and lingered in her chest, aching, inflicting tears in her eyes.
Despite the pain, she pulled her leg until the sticky hand let go of her, peeling off the skin around her ankle. She groaned in pain and pushed forward. Sobbing while bleeding profusely on her lips, she leaped to her feet and walked swiftly as possible, still feeling the strength of the bloody hand that had strangled her neck a few minutes ago.
Upon hearing a sound from behind, she turned and saw that lady in black again, standing a few distances away, gritting her teeth. She hastened her footsteps…and the lady started coming swiftly. In tears, she struggled to walk fast while sharp pain was soaring in her stomach and her peeled ankle.
She looked forward to the door and turned back. The lady was already…close and was stretching her hands. Alarmed by this, she tried harder, pushing forward, and grasped the passage doorknob. Petrified, with a racing heartbeat she trembled and was tempted to look back again.
Overwhelmed by pressure her hands trembled as she turned the knob from left to right continually but the door didn't open. She was startled when she lowered her gaze and saw the long black gown twirling behind her. Then Kelsey began to bang on the door, screaming, while the light began to flicker.
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"Kelsey?" Reece called out as he got to the passage door and wanted to turn the knob.
"No! Reece! Reece!" Kelsey cried from a few distances. "Don't…don't open it…
He turned at once and saw Kelsey who was looking so restless. " Kelsey?" He was surprised.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" She screamed. "This club is fucking haunted!"
Before he could speak, Kelsey was already running amid the crowd who felt she was crazy, but he had no other option than to follow her even though he was confused.
**
She'd already gotten into the car before Reece got in and glared at her. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
"Move the car, Reece!" She panicked. "Please do…I was attacked. She almost killed me."
"She…who?" He raised an eyebrow. But he noticed she was bleeding on her lips. Wiping the blood off her lips, he said, "What the fuck happened to you?"
Kelsey narrated what had happened to her and he couldn't help the shock. "Who's she?"
She turned back and saw the lady in black again, standing at the entrance of the club, glaring at them. What! "She's right there!" Kelsey pointed out. "Move the car, Reece, move!"
Reece wasn't seeing anyone. He was so confused. He slid the key in, started the car engine, and sped up into the dark. He couldn't stop to wonder about what Kelsey had told him and glanced at her occasionally.
A few minutes later, he looked in the mirror inside the car and saw a gloomy figure sitting in the back seat.
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