Chapter 2 : Cold Presence

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Today is Monday. Yesterday was a very good day because I finally told Jean Smith that I love her. We made unconditional love all day yesterday. Anyway, she was at work and I was just coming out of my house to go on a short expedition to the lake where the police officers discovered Mary Lynn's corpse. I couldn't discontinue my independent paranormal investigation because of doubts. I know there was something unearthly that wanted me to find out what happened to Tom Hallen and Mary Lynn. The lake wasn't too far away from where I lived so I was going to ride my bicycle. I like my bicycle and how handy it was in certain situations. I had my video camera, phone, and a loaded rifle. I guess I feel safer with my rifle. Sometimes bears attack people at the lake or on their way to the lake so I was making sure I was prepared for a potential attack. I despise bears because they killed my cousin Johnson when he was ten years old. A bear mauled him to death and that was the end of him. I will never forget that horrifying moment. It was horrible. Do you know what was strange? The footage I recorded in Mary Lynn and Tom Hallen’s house didn’t have any sign of apparitions which was strange.

I went on the bicycle and started pedaling on the path that led to the lake. On my way there, I saw Melisha Anderson. She was nineteen years old. Soon she was going to be twenty. She and I were good friends. She loved to ride her bicycle early in the mornings and do stunts. She was a bit of a daredevil. She was a pleasant girl but her mother didn’t have any money to send her to college but that didn't stop her from doing what she loved which was riding. She recently got fired from a bar she was working at because the boss smacked her booty and was trying to be intimate with her. She stabbed him with an icepick in self-defense. She had a slight hatred for men according to her inconsolable experience with some of them. 

"Hi Mattew, good morning. Where are you going with a rifle? What's going on?"

"Nothing. I am just going to the lake. I have to be careful because there are bears there. I just want to be safe that's all."

"I heard that some police officers found Mary Lynn's body near the lake. That poor lady died horribly. She was such a nice old lady."

"Yeah, she was nice. Anyway, I have to go now."

"Can I come? Please, just let me come with you. I promise I won't do anything stupid." Melisha replied. I have decided to let Melisha come with me—I didn't have much of a choice I guess. We started pedaling along the path as we proceeded to where Mary Lynn’s corpse was discovered. We were riding side-by-side.

"So, what exactly are you up to Mattew?" Melisha asked curiously.

"I am just going to the lake."

"I don't think so. You are going because you want to find out what happened to Mary Lynn aren't you?"

"Well, you figured it out. You are very smart aren't you?"

"Yeah, I got that from you. I have been seeing some weird things lately that are hard to explain. The day before Tom Hallen died he came to my mom's house. He kept looking behind him as if something was following him. I had a strange feeling like something was watching me. I couldn’t see it but I could feel it. Anyway, I heard Tom Hallen telling my mom that he woke up with a lot of scratch marks on his back and arms. I think that was strange. The part that had me thinking was when Tom Hallen said and I quote, ‘She is dead. She is after me.’ I started thinking. What if Mary Lynn died the day before he died and whatever that was after him was in the form of his dead wife. Does that sound strange?"

"It actually makes a lot of sense. Let's stop and talk for a while." I said to Melisha. All this time she had the missing clues that I have been looking for. Now, the mystery was making sense. Tom went to Melisha mother's house seeking help but she couldn't help him because she didn't understand what was happening to him. I guessed Mary Lynn died the day before Tom Hallen died which was last week Wednesday and he died on Thursday. I saw Mary Lynn's spirit in the house. She was trying to tell me something before the dark spirit intervened. Probably the dark entity was responsible for Tom Hallen's death and Mary Lynn’s death. I could only speculate. I needed to prove that my speculations were right. 

Melisha sat on some dried grasses while staring at me. I felt awkward. I didn't know why she was staring at me. Probably she has a crush on me but I don't want her.

"Melisha, you said you have been seeing some strange things, right?"

"Yeah, I have"

"What have you been seeing?"

"I have been seeing dark human-like figures moving around and mist-like things. Recently, I have seen a man in my backyard with black eyes staring at me. When I looked at the same spot where he was he wasn't there. I am seeing strange things. Maybe I am not getting enough sleep. Maybe I am just having strange hallucinations." She said doubtfully. Melisha told me that she wanted me to take a picture of her seated on the ground. I took three pictures of her and when I was checking them I saw Mary Lynn reaching for Melisha's head. She had no eyes. I was scared. I showed Melisha the pictures and she saw Mary Lynn. I wasn't the only one seeing things. I didn't know what was going on. Melisha started freaking out. Who wouldn't freak out? She mounted her bicycle and then I went on mine. My muscles were numb as I experienced consternation. That was when it happened, an invisible entity pulled Melisha off her bicycle by one of her legs. I grabbed her arms and tried to pull her from the arms of death that hid in plain sight. Mary Lynn appeared beside me. She was naked. Many carved symbols were on her body.

"You can see us. Don't go to the lake. Turn back. She's coming." Mary Lynn screamed in a demonic deep voice. Together Melisha and I mounted our bicycles and pedaled as fast as we could to elude the shadows of the woods.

We were getting closer to my house. I could feel an evil presence chasing Melisha and me. The bushes rattled and some of the trees fell behind us. The screeching sounds of a demonic beast scratched our ears. We didn't look back. I told Melisha no matter what happened don't look back. My camera started taking random pictures by itself. It was snapping pictures continually and I wasn't doing it. Melisha and I were in a nightmare and we weren't sleeping.

After ten minutes, we reached into my yard and whatever that was chasing us stopped at the gate and went back. It was as if there was a protective barrier in my yard. Something was protecting us. We evaded the wrath of the unseen demon and lived to tell the tale. I didn't think that we would survive. Melisha hugged me and started crying as she was terrified.

"We almost didn't make it out alive. There is something definitely wrong with this place. My mom is not going to be home until 10:00 pm because she is working late. That is what she said. I don't believe her thought." Melisha said.

"Do you want me to take you home?"

"I don't think it's safe. That thing is still out there and your home is the only thing that is protecting us. My bigger brother is home so he will take care of the house until mom gets back. I will stay here with you if that's okay."

"I don't think you have a choice," I replied. Bam! I big piece of tree branch dropped beside us almost crushing us. The entity threw it at us. Melisha and I ran inside the house. A thick fog waited at my gate. This was too much for us. I closed all the windows and locked all the doors so nothing couldn’t come in. The sun was greeting the land with its radiance but the thick fog was getting angry and occluding the sunlight. The uncommon fog seemed to be an entity from another world.

"Whatever that thing is, it's afraid of you Mattew. I can't believe this is really happening." Melisha remarked.

"Melisha," I saw blood dribbling down her legs, "You are bleeding."

"What," she looked at the blood, "Oh my God! I am not on my period so why am I bleeding like this?"

"The bathroom is over so help yourself."

"I am not going inside alone you are coming with me."

"But I don't want to go inside with you. That's your mess, not mind."

"Mattew, I don't feel so good," Melisha said and fainted. Seriously, now I have to clean her up. Jean bought a pack of panties two weeks ago so I will just take one out and put it on Melisha. After ten minutes, I finished cleaning her. The bleeding stopped and then I put clean clothes on her. I put her on the sofa, washed her bloody clothes, and dried them in the dryer. I cooked salmon and fried fresh sliced potatoes for both of us. I sliced the potatoes, seasoned them, and then fried them crispy and nice. Orange juice was going to be the beverage. Melisha slept for two hours. The pungent smell of the food woke her from her sleep. She and I were famished. We satisfied her tummies by eating.

"The food was delicious. Thank you very much. Am I still bleeding?"

"No, It stopped when I touched you. I think you are okay now. How are you feeling?"

"I am feeling much better. Whose clothes am I wearing?"

"You are wearing my clothes but the underwear is new that you are wearing."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, my girlfriend bought a pack of panties two weeks ago and left it here. She wasn’t my girlfriend then but now that she is my girlfriend that makes her my girlfriend then, I think. I am confusing myself. The point is, she is my girlfriend."

"Are you talking about Jean?"

"Yeah," I responded. Well, at least Melisha was feeling better. I just remembered something. Earlier my camera was taking a lot of random pictures mysteriously so I wanted to see the pictures that were taken. Melisha and I checked the random photos. We couldn't believe what we were seeing. It was unbelievable. We saw a shadow behind a tree with red eyes. It was as if it was looking right at us. It was the same ghostly figure I saw at Tom Hallen's house. What have we gotten ourselves into? We were experiencing paranormal affairs that we could not explain. 

It was now night and Melisha and I were still in the house. The queer fog was still at my gate. Jean hasn't called me which was strange because she would always call to check if I was okay. I don't know how long the queer fog will stay at my gate but my premonition was hinting at something unpleasant. Melisha and I were in the bedroom. I made sure the door was locked so nothing couldn't come in. I had a bathroom in my room so that was good. We didn't have to go downstairs for anything. I had snacks, four bottles of water, chocolate, flashlights, lighter, a lamp, and my phone was fully charged. Melisha's phone just finished charging. She tried to call her mother but there was no reception.

"It's 8:00 pm and we still don't have any reception. It's like we are sitting ducks in this house. That entity out there doesn't want us to leave. I only hope we survive this nightmare."

"Yeah, me too," I responded. Melisha and I were both seated next to the bed on the mat. She wrapped herself in the white sheet I gave her. The room was chilled but I didn't feel that cold. All of a sudden, I had a strange feeling that a presence entered the house. I saw the shadow at my door then it moved. Melisha didn't see anything because she was busy trying to call her mother. There was no reception but she kept trying anyway. I was still confused by the unknown entity Mary Lynn called 'She.' SHE was the entity that wanted to kill us. I wonder if SHE is the dark figure with the red eyes. Who was this entity and why was it after both of us so badly? It knows we want to find answers but there is a bigger picture in the making here. The clues weren’t making any sense yet.

Abruptly, the bathroom door slowly opened by itself: Melisha embraced me tightly as she closed her eyes. She didn’t want to witness the paranormal activity that was happening. I wanted to see what was coming out of the bathroom. After the bathroom door opened the toilet flushed. I heard the sound of a cat. The cat came out of the toilet and walked towards Melisha and me. The cat was black and it had red glowing eyes—a demon it was. It stood three feet from where we were. It sat and stared at us. Melisha was trembling but I wasn't afraid of the demon cat. I stared right into its eyes. I know it wasn't a real cat. It couldn’t have been. A cat doesn’t walk upright like a man so confidently. It was a demon in the form of a cat. Maybe it had come to torment our souls and then send us in the eternal darkness of pain.

"What do you want from us?" I asked.

"She is waiting for you," the cat talked like a little girl, "she's going to get both of you eventually." The cat said then laughed in a deep voice.

"Who is she?"

"She is our mother. She takes care of us. You are like your father. You have the gift to see us." The cat said. It vomited a person's hand. The hand was old and withered. The hand grabbed my throat and tried to strangle me to death.

"Leave him alone," Melisha shouted.

"Shut up you cunt! Your soul is ours." The cat impolitely said while the hand continued to strangle me to death. I could feel my body getting cold. I held the hand, pulled it off my throat, threw it into the bathroom, and closed the door. The demon cat didn't even move. It just kept staring at Melisha.

"Oh Melisha, Melisha, are you scared of us? You have been a bad girl. Aren't you going to tell him that you have a big crush on him?" The cat uttered.

"Shut up! I am not afraid of you." Melisha yelled as the demon cat laughed. She punched the cat. I didn't know why she did that but she pissed it off. The cat leaped on her and started strangling her with its two front legs.

"Die you bi*ch, die! How dare you put your filthy hands on me you piece of filth." The demon cat said aggressively. I grabbed it, opened the window, threw it out, and closed the window quickly.

"This isn't over yet you cowards!" The demon cat shouted in a deep demonic voice. Melisha piddled on herself. She was petrified. I took my ax from underneath the bed, went into the bathroom, and chopped the demonic hand to pieces. Black blood was everywhere. I hope we survive this night in one piece.

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