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Chapter 8

On the drive to the hotel alone, Andrew and Jake passed by five construction sites and saw a total of twenty-three scorch marks burned into roads, buildings, and sidewalks. There was also the occasional street sign that appeared to be bent or snapped and three more actual sightings of ghosts in the city.

The second sighting, like the first, Andrew had missed. Jake had been half in a panic, and half bewildered how his friend kept missing the bizarre sight of ghosts roaming around the city streets. He claimed that the second, or technically third, ghost he had seen was a bigger fellow in purple striped pajamas. According to Jake the ghost had actually been trying to interact with the people walking by on the sidewalk, keyword being trying. Apparently most people, excluding a child or two, simply ignored the ghost and either walked right past, or crossed the street and walked a different way to avoid possibly slipping on the ice that coated the cement near the supernatural being.

Bottom line, it was another insanely weird experience for Jake. With the two separate, yet very similar situations in mind, he had begun putting things together and realizing just how accustomed the citizens of Amity Park were to seeing and being around ghosts. It was almost like it had gotten to the point that some of the citizens didn't even notice when they just strolled right past these otherworldly beings. Perhaps those few specific ghosts just always hung out around those places and people had learned over time to not even worry about them? He hadn't a clue, really. It was definitely high on the list of strangest sights though, that much he was sure of.

Some of the viewers at that point had begun to tip towards TheConspiracyGal's theory. Her ideas definitely had some thought put into them, and could almost actually make sense in some odd, twisted way. It definitely didn't help that Jake kept claiming he saw ghosts around town, while Andrew, who was still manning the camera, somehow managed to miss every one. It was hard for any of the viewers to be completely free of doubt at that time, except of course, TechnoGeek90 and anyone else who may have been watching that either lived in Amity or had visited the city at some point.

It was the third sighting that Andrew had finally both seen and got on camera. They had taken a side road, at that point they were out of the main part of the city, and almost to where their hotel was. Unlike the previous ghosts, this one hadn't been a regular person, or at least resembled one, no, this ghost was different.

They had come to a stop at a light. The road going perpendicular was a busy one, with cars constantly speeding past with few breaks. The little road that the guys were on, however, was empty. They were the only car trying to cross the busy road at the time.

Something moved along the sidewalk just across the street from them, and Jake was quick to point it out to Andrew that time. Andrew was instantly thrilled and pointed the livestream camera towards whatever it was they were seeing. Something was slithering along the gray cement, but they had no clue what exactly it was until it partially solidified a couple moments later.

Nearby shadows condensed and swarmed together to form an almost physical form. The boys, and everyone else who was watching from home, watched the form as it grew and twisted into what could almost be identified as a human shape. The shadow sprouted two arms, a head, and glowing green eyes that were angled down at them.

The guys were frozen still, just watching the shadow creature.

"Holy shit, dude. Is this like what you saw before?" Andrew asked, part of him fascinated by what he was seeing, the other part of him fearful that the thing would suddenly show up in the backseat of the car and kill them both brutally, just like on TV.

"N-no. This one's different," Jake replied, fully engaged in the three-way staring contest they unfortunately seemed to be in. "Should- should we being turning around something?"

"It's a one-way street."

Their voices were flat and nearly void of emotion. The comments had been madness from the moment the ghost came into view on the camera.

hownottoliveyourlife: HOLY FUCKING SHIT THATS AWESOME. IM DEFINITELY GONNA VISIT THERE ONCE I CAN CONVINCE MY FRIENDS

Thatoneangstyteen679: whoa

TheConspiracyGal: Guys, c'mon. It's obviously FAKE. There's no such thing as ghosts.

TechnoGeek90: wtf? Shadow? AFK BRB

TriciaZale: Aaaaahhhhh don't let it get you! I can't live without your pretty faces in my life D:

NerdyBoy314: TheConspiracyGal I'll give you some credit, you made some good arguments, raised some good points, but I really don't think you're right anymore. Do you see that thing? They can't be faking it, this is LIVE footage!

bacon123adj: lmao u boys r ded meat

The shadow-ghost-creature-thing then slithered its way up the traffic light post across the street from them and melted into and through the red light.

After about a minute, Jake finally asked, "is it gone?" to which Andrew simply shrugged and nodded.

"Guess so" he said before realizing something again, "Man, this is a really long light."

Jake's eyes widened a bit as he realized that to and saw that they had been sitting at the same red light for three minutes by then.

They ended up stopped at that red light for a total of sixteen minutes and thirty-seven seconds.

It seemed that particular traffic light had just broken and was stuck on red. Cars continued crossing the other way nonstop it seemed until there was eventually a small break, and Jake decided to just go.

"Well. That was some shit luck."

"Dude. Ghosts are real."

The third and final sighting of the drive had actually been after they had finally found their hotel, a plain and simple place with three stories. The guys had just gotten their suitcases out of the back of the rental car and were headed towards the lobby when they heard a bark and a little growl from behind.

They both turned to see a surprisingly small dog standing there looking at them. Now, if it had been a regular dog, there wouldn't have been any issues, however, there were issues because that dog was definitely not a normal dog. That is, as long as the definition of a normal dog didn't include green fur, creepy red eyes, and a supernatural aura.

At that point the boys were already internally panicking. Should they just ignore the ghost dog and keep walking? It had worked for people with the other ghosts that Jake had seen, why couldn't that be the case there as well?

Then, however, the rather small ghost dog became a rather large ghost dog, and that was the final straw for both boys. They bolted.

iliveforthememes2489: RUN FORREST RUUUUNNNN!

Thatoneangstyteen679: well, you've all witnessed it here. How these two idiotic human beings decided to get killed at the hands of a giant mutant rabid ghost dog.

Clothing, toothbrushes, clean socks and underwear be dammed, they left the suitcases behind and made a break for the door to the lobby. Obviously, they didn't have much experience with ghosts themselves, so the thought that the ghost dog wouldn't actually be stopped by the door simply didn't occur to them.

With a false sense of safety, they threw open the lobby door and ran inside. The only person there was an elderly man at the front desk, who looked at the two terrified young guys in amusement.

Jake and Andrew stood in the lobby of the hotel, with wide eyes and looking disheveled. The old man at the front desk picked something up and walked calmly around the counter, towards the boys.

Not a moment later the giant ghost dog burst right through the door and the walls. Jake and Andrew nearly jumped out of their skins, but the old man just sauntered over in front of them. The ghost dog immediately stopped and sat, looking at the elder human.

"Hiya boy. Did you chase the guests again? Did you boy?"

The dog barked once. The old man suddenly held up a squeaky toy for the ghost dog to see, who upon laying eyes on it, immediately turned back small again, and barked once more for good measure.

The old man went over to the front door, opened it up, and threw the squeaky toy as far as possible. "Go on Cujo! Get your squeaky!"

The ghost dog did as was told and ran through the wall outside towards the squeaky toy.

Jake and Andrew were in shock as the old man made his way back behind the front desk again. "Checking in lads?"

"Uh...y-yeah. What...?" Andrew replied and asked, pointing outside and looking very confused to say the least.

"Oh, that's just Cujo. Don't you mind him, he's harmless, really."

"H-har-harmless?" Jake stuttered, trying to get his brain functioning again.

"Oh yeah," the old man said, "he can act all big an scary if he wants ta, but he really couldn't hurt a fly. He was gettin' to be a nuisance around town to some folks, but I'd had soft spot for 'im. Cujo stays around here a lotta the time now."

Andrew raised his eyebrows, "I didn't know dogs could become ghosts."

"They sure can. There's quite a lotta ghost animals that come around town" the old man informed them. He lowered his voice slightly, "I was told Cujo used to be one of those guard dogs over at Axion Labs, but had to be put down when they ended the program. Sad, really."

The boys both nodded before they heard a noise behind them and turned around. Cujo was back and throwing his squeaky toy around the hotel lobby.

"So, how many nights will you boys be staying?"

AN: Sorry about the wait! Hopefully the chapter was worth it.

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