روزی در سرزمین وحشت فصل 25

One Day at Horrorland - Chapter 25

A cold chill ran down my body.

I opened my mouth in a silent cry of shock and leaped to my feet.

Three out of five?

Did that mean that two of us were dead?

My chest still ached. My knees were trembling. I squinted into the dim light, searching desperately for the others.

Halfway across the room, I saw Luke and Clay. They were huddled together, walking as if in a daze toward the far wall.

“Hey!” I tried to call to them. But my voice came out a choked whisper.

Where were Mom and Dad?

Were they both killed by the monsters?

Three out of five. Three out of five.

“Nooooooooo!” I finally found my voice and let out a horrified wail that echoed off the walls.

“Excuse me. A slight mistake,” the deep voice boomed. “Make that five out of five survivors.” “Five out of five!” the HorrorLand MC exclaimed. “A new record. We’ve never had a perfect score before. Let’s give them a round of applause, everyone!” I took a deep breath and held it, trying to stop my trembling.

They’re okay! I thought happily. Mom and Dad are okay.

And then I saw them. They had their arms around Luke and Clay and were making their way toward me.

“We’re okay!” I cried, rushing to them, my arms outstretched. “We’re okay!” All five of us huddled in the center of the dark room, hugging each other and sobbing.

Dad’s arm was bleeding from a deep gash. One of the monsters had clawed him.

Aside from that, we were shaken but not hurt.

“Now what?” Luke asked in a trembling voice. “Are they going to let us go?” “They can’t get away with this,” Dad said angrily. “They can’t do this to people and get away with it. I don’t care if it is TV!” “Those monsters were real!” I exclaimed with a shudder. “It wasn’t a fake. They were really trying to kill us.” “How do we get out?” Luke demanded. “Will they let us out?”

We all started chattering at once, our voices high and frightened.

Suddenly, the ceiling lights flashed on, flooding the room with bright light. And the MC’s voice broke through our frightened conversation. “Let’s bring our winners out with a round of applause!” she announced cheerfully.

We all cried out as the floor began to tilt beneath us. I grabbed on to Dad, and we started to slide.

The floor tilted down like a sliding board. And we slid out of the room—and landed in the plaza outside.

Still feeling dazed, I jumped quickly to my feet as the HorrorLand MC hurried to greet us. The big crowd of Horrors behind her was clapping and cheering.

“You can’t do this to us!” I screeched.

I was so angry, I didn’t know what I was doing. I just totally freaked.

I leaped at the woman, grabbed the top of her mask, and started to pull it off with both hands.

“You can’t do this! You can’t!” I shrieked. “Let me see your face! Let me see who you really are!” Using all of my strength, I gave the mask a hard tug.

Then I screamed and let go as I realized the truth.