Soul Catcher

The car stopped in front of the huge house, Lizzy got out of it and laughed optimistically. The mansion was abandoned, the vague quality of the dark blue color of its walls, window frames, and yellowish-toned door that were previously white, allowing it to be creepy at first glance, thought Rave, Lizzy's best friend. The rest of the young people got out of the car, Jully as calm as always, enjoying the wind that gently blew her long skirt, she put her chameleon on her blonde, curly hair. - At first glance, I think it looks... - Meh. -Rave said looking at the house in a rather discouraged manner, finishing Jully's sentence. Pol hugs Lizzy, he planted a huge kiss on her cheek while holding her hips, he didn't sense anything strange in the house, just like Lizzy, he was convinced that they were just going to explore the place to disprove the rumors that The house dragged souls with it. Jool, a hippie with his head almost always in the clouds thanks to much of his daily routine, smoking weed, had lit a cigarette to keep himself relaxed in the murky and tense environment, Stevie, on the other hand, with his hands in his pockets. and quite unsure he observed the place surrounded by plants, some so beautiful that they seemed unreal and those that were near the house were all withered, the house did not give him a good impression either. When they entered, things did not improve, there was broken glass on the floor, the wood in many areas of the house was moldy, it smelled musty from the recent rains, and the stairs creaked. Jully was the first to go up to the second floor by the noisy wooden stairs, on the walls there are silverfish and termites consuming what is not very stable in the house, the cockroaches were hanging around the damaged and dirty wallpaper, Lizzy and Jully, not very insect lovers, they could feel the hairs on their skin stand up, in a chill that ran through their entire body, causing a slight arch in their back. Rave pouts to the bathtub, where it seemed like she had intruded into the privacy of a small centipede she was encountering. Stevie was the last to enter the house due to his cowardice, he did not realize that the door was locked, he closed it and ran upstairs, captured by a childish fear and in search of the others so as not to be left alone, unaware of what he had done. Jool was behind Pol, who opened the refrigerator with some difficulty thanks to how rusty it was, also responsible for the disgusting stench it gave off, like “s**t” as Pol might put it, maybe “decomposing corpse” as Rave would describe it. The refrigerator was the home of the worms that were devouring every last bit of food leftovers they could, they lay black, deformed and rough from having been kept there for so long, the insects wriggled to be able to move among the putrid mushrooms, more cockroaches came out and the lizards grabbed them by the legs to bite them fiercely by the head, expelling a disgusting thick green liquid, they chewed as it was for them... a delicacy and with this they ensured quick deaths to their prey in what their nerves still had. They allowed movement, a somewhat desperate one accompanied by acute delirium. At this, Pol made a gesture to express his displeasure, a situation that did not seem to matter much to Jool, who, along with Jully, seemed the most calm in the face of the unpleasant appearance of the place. - This place is horribly disgusting, I don't know how I let you guys drag me here, this isn't even fun, it's just an old, abandoned house, full of bugs and mold, Pol. -Rave mentioned complaining, as he went down the stairs in a bad way. win. - Come on Rave, don't you want to keep watching? -Pol said jokingly, turning to look at her, still with his hand on the door of the old refrigerator. Lizzy, Jully and Stevie went down the stairs right behind Rave, Pol and Jool approached, forming a circle between the five of them. - Let's better go, there's nothing here. -Lizzy proposed. So much insistence made Pol give in to the idea of staying, he rolled his eyes and sighing with annoyance, he turned around to approach the doorknob, but when he just turned it weakly, he didn't respond, he tried again, struggling a little. more, then try even harder. - What are you doing? Let's go. -Rave commented annoyed. - Yes, that's what I'm trying to do, Rave. -Pol responded, in a tone that did not hide his exhaustion from the complaints. He gritted his teeth, cursing silently. He looked at his hands, already red from fighting against the rusty object. He wiped his pants and put his hands on the knob. , this time with the intention of breaking it. - Pol, is everything okay? Something happens? -Lizzy asked. Stevie begins to get nervous, unlike Jool who just shares one of his cigarettes with Jully. - Damn, why is it so hard to open if it's already so f*****g rusty? The door was in perfect condition before! Isn't there another door to exit through? -Rave complained again. Stevie begins to feel chills as the sky gets darker and darker, and at the same time, through the hallways of the second floor near the stairs, a tall woman walks, with a pale complexion with a slight bluish tint, her fine, soaked hair and a frown. Out of rage, he stops when he reaches the stairs, leaving wet footprints on the dirty carpet of the house. Stevie notices how someone is staring at him, deciding to turn around. The woman lets out an instant scream that is screechingly heartbreaking to his ears. The poor guy young man covers his bleeding ears, screaming in pain and falling to his knees to the ground, causing him to trip over an iron lever, but this does not stop him from continuing to shudder, scaring his friends so suddenly. - Steven! What the hell is wrong with you?! -Pol asked alarmed as he knelt next to him. His friends wondered how that calm and somewhat mysterious boy had become like this, what they didn't know was what only Stevie was able to see, that woman held his face without any affection, digging her long, filthy nails into his face. cheeks as he continued to scream until his face was deformed, the tissue falling away from the bones as easily as if it were melting, giving off a smell of rotting flesh that only he could smell, Stevie so vulnerable and scared without the ability to stop what was happening, He slowly felt how that young woman was infecting him with her moody feelings. Already possessed by the woman's screams that revealed her anger before him, he stands up with the rusty iron lever in his hand, looking like a furious animal with foam coming from its mouth and completely gray eyes. They backed away, Jool's mind drifting out of the clouds when Stevie slams the crowbar on the door, smashing the moldy wood to pieces. In shock, Jool grabs Jully, who didn't step back or react, just staring at a fixed wall. which was behind him, the one that connects the kitchen with the entrance. Jully remains still despite what was happening, to which Jool ends up pulling her, because Stevie hits that wall at the exact moment when he removes it, she was chasing a light with her eyes, which only her person was capable of perceiving, it was quite radiant like a lit lantern that hovered around the entire house, he could hear the children's laughter, but not around him, completely contrary to his reality. Jully smiled at the innocent laughter until it became distorted, turning into sobs followed by screams of pain, while Stevie had begun to scream. Jull could visualize how those little imps went from having a healthy body and happy faces, to frowning and slowly becoming malnourished, they scratched each other's skin to eat, the poor creatures' eyes were hollow and full of pain along with the rest of them. her expression. Jull felt her smile fading little by little. The children crawled with the strength that anger and affliction gave them, surrounding her more and more, their small grayish hands touched her, she could feel how one of them covered her eyes, showing her the truth through quite specific visions, which What would happen to each one…suffering. Jully's screams and hits with the crowbar echoed through all the walls of the big house, the whole situation was alarming. Pol, very determined, throws himself at Stevie, causing the old lever to fall from his hands. Rave once grabbed it, holding it tightly with both hands, and hit the door again and again with all his strength, until he managed to open it by pushing it towards him. sharply with her shoulder, she falls right on top of it and Lizzy helps her to her feet instantly. Pol and Stevie struggled until they realized they were crawling when they reached the dry grass. He held his friend's jacket by the jacket, shaking him. - ¡Steven! As he left the house, Stevie's irises began to turn their characteristic brown, he adjusted his glasses and looked everywhere without understanding. Pol felt relief and laid his head on her chest, loosening his grip on her clothes. - What the hell happened to you? -Pol questioned, sighing as he looked up, he noticed that her hands were shaking. Jool came out with Jully's arm resting on her shoulder, almost dragging her, her eyes, the protagonists of her horrified expression, and her half-open mouth, unable to speak without stammering. Everyone got into the car without knowing what else to do, Jully didn't speak and Steven still didn't understand what was happening, as if he hadn't been there. Jully could see from the car window, a woman was watching her from one of the windows of the mansion, she was wearing a white robe, her hair was wavy, very dark and unkempt, her large empty sockets were overshadowed by a small bright red, she smiled very sadistically, making Jull swallow dryly.