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Authors: R.L. Stine
Tags: General, Paranormal, Juvenile Fiction, American, Young Adult Fiction, Children's stories, Horror & Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Horror stories
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You could play yourself. Then the pressure would be off, and—"
"No!" Kody interrupted shrilly. "No! No way! I know Persia is dying to take my part away from me. But Fm playing Cally, Bo. Fm playing the part. It—it's very important to me."
"Okay. Okay." He backed off. "I'm just trying to understand you, Kody." His expression hardened. "You still haven't explained why you're down here. I explained why I'm here. I was checking to make sure these explosives were stored properly. But I still haven't heard why—"
"It's because of my sister!" Kody blurted out.
Bo's mouth dropped open. He started to say something, but changed his mind and waited for Kody to continue.
"Cally called to me," Kody told him. "Outside. I heard her voice. She told me to follow her. She led me
into the house. I mean, her voice led me. And— and—"
Kody stopped. "You don't believe what I'm saying, right? You think Fm totally messed up."
Bo shook his head. "Go with it," he said enthusiastically. "I like it. Maybe we can add it to the script. You know. The scene when you come home after Cally's funeral. Go on, Kody. Go with it."
"I'm not making it up!" Kody screamed, feeling herself lose control. "It's real, Bo! It's not part of the movie!"
She heard the soft scuttling, the scratching sounds again.
Closer this time. And in front of her. Somewhere in front of her.
"Finish the explanation," Bo insisted. "The voice led you down here and—"
They both saw the dark form leap off the top of the crate.
A fat gray rat.
Kody saw its red eyes first. Then its pointed teeth.
Before she could raise her hands to protect herself, she heard its shrill hiss—as it leaped for her throat.
Chapter 18
Kody uttered a loud shriek and stumbled backward.
The rat, its teeth bared, sailed at her.
Missed.
Hit the hard floor with a disgusting plop.
Momentarily stunned, it gazed up hungrily at Kody. Its long, pink tail twitched back and forth over the floor.
It pulled itself to its feet.
And before the rat could leap again, Kody kicked out at it.
Her wet sneaker caught the rat in the belly.
It let out a startled shriek as it went flying into the wooden crate. Then it dropped heavily to the floor
and scuttled away, its nails scratching over the concrete.
"Ohhh." Kody uttered a sigh of relief. Her heart thudded loudly in her chest. She could still feel the heavy rat against the toe of her sneaker, still hear the soft plop the ugly creature made as it hit the floor.
She shut her eyes, trying to fight down the waves of nausea that rose from her stomach. And felt Bo's arm go around her shoulders.
"Come on," he whispered, guiding her to the stairs. "Let's get out of here."
Gratefully, Kody let him lead her out of the basement.
"I hired that guy to get rid of the rats," Bo muttered unhappily. "I thought he knew what he was doing. But I guess the job was too much for him."
Kody's legs trembled as she made her way up the steep, narrow stairs.
I've got to get out of this house, she told herself I've got to get away from here. I've got to go someplace— safe.
"If one more disaster occurs on this picture . . ." Bo was saying. He shut the basement door tightly behind them. "This film is so important to me. If one more bad thing happens, I—I really don't know what I'll do!"
The ghost of Cally floated up from the basement in time to hear Bo's words. Cally laughed to herself, a scornful snicker.
"One more bad thing?" she wondered. "One more bad thing? That can be arranged."
Cally watched her sister and the movie director hurry out the front door. She floated to the window and stared out at them as they made their way down the rain-puddled driveway to his car.
"One more bad thing?" Cally repeated, watching them drive away. "No problem, guys." A cruel smile crossed Cally's once-pretty face. "How about tomorrow?"
Chapter 19
"Emie, you've double-checked everything?" Kody heard Bo ask the special effects person as she stepped into the attic,
"No!" Kody interrupted shrilly. "No! No way! I know Persia is dying to take my part away from me. But Fm playing Cally, Bo. Fm playing the part. It—it's very important to me."
"Okay. Okay." He backed off. "I'm just trying to understand you, Kody." His expression hardened. "You still haven't explained why you're down here. I explained why I'm here. I was checking to make sure these explosives were stored properly. But I still haven't heard why—"
"It's because of my sister!" Kody blurted out.
Bo's mouth dropped open. He started to say something, but changed his mind and waited for Kody to continue.
"Cally called to me," Kody told him. "Outside. I heard her voice. She told me to follow her. She led me
into the house. I mean, her voice led me. And— and—"
Kody stopped. "You don't believe what I'm saying, right? You think Fm totally messed up."
Bo shook his head. "Go with it," he said enthusiastically. "I like it. Maybe we can add it to the script. You know. The scene when you come home after Cally's funeral. Go on, Kody. Go with it."
"I'm not making it up!" Kody screamed, feeling herself lose control. "It's real, Bo! It's not part of the movie!"
She heard the soft scuttling, the scratching sounds again.
Closer this time. And in front of her. Somewhere in front of her.
"Finish the explanation," Bo insisted. "The voice led you down here and—"
They both saw the dark form leap off the top of the crate.
A fat gray rat.
Kody saw its red eyes first. Then its pointed teeth.
Before she could raise her hands to protect herself, she heard its shrill hiss—as it leaped for her throat.
Chapter 18
Kody uttered a loud shriek and stumbled backward.
The rat, its teeth bared, sailed at her.
Missed.
Hit the hard floor with a disgusting plop.
Momentarily stunned, it gazed up hungrily at Kody. Its long, pink tail twitched back and forth over the floor.
It pulled itself to its feet.
And before the rat could leap again, Kody kicked out at it.
Her wet sneaker caught the rat in the belly.
It let out a startled shriek as it went flying into the wooden crate. Then it dropped heavily to the floor
and scuttled away, its nails scratching over the concrete.
"Ohhh." Kody uttered a sigh of relief. Her heart thudded loudly in her chest. She could still feel the heavy rat against the toe of her sneaker, still hear the soft plop the ugly creature made as it hit the floor.
She shut her eyes, trying to fight down the waves of nausea that rose from her stomach. And felt Bo's arm go around her shoulders.
"Come on," he whispered, guiding her to the stairs. "Let's get out of here."
Gratefully, Kody let him lead her out of the basement.
"I hired that guy to get rid of the rats," Bo muttered unhappily. "I thought he knew what he was doing. But I guess the job was too much for him."
Kody's legs trembled as she made her way up the steep, narrow stairs.
I've got to get out of this house, she told herself I've got to get away from here. I've got to go someplace— safe.
"If one more disaster occurs on this picture . . ." Bo was saying. He shut the basement door tightly behind them. "This film is so important to me. If one more bad thing happens, I—I really don't know what I'll do!"
The ghost of Cally floated up from the basement in time to hear Bo's words. Cally laughed to herself, a scornful snicker.
"One more bad thing?" she wondered. "One more bad thing? That can be arranged."
Cally watched her sister and the movie director hurry out the front door. She floated to the window and stared out at them as they made their way down the rain-puddled driveway to his car.
"One more bad thing?" Cally repeated, watching them drive away. "No problem, guys." A cruel smile crossed Cally's once-pretty face. "How about tomorrow?"
Chapter 19
"Emie, you've double-checked everything?" Kody heard Bo ask the special effects person as she stepped into the attic,
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