The Verdogoth Killer

It was a few weeks ago. I had just turned 17 and my first act of "growing up" was taking my sister Luna to her friend's birthday party. It was house on the top of the hill, all by itself. It was a 5 mile drive up a hollow. I focused mostly on drving, hearing Luna joke about how i'd crash us. When we finally go there, Luna was more than thrilled, "It's the only house on the whole road and you still missed it!". She calmed down and quickly went to join the other kids while I just sit around and tried to keep myself occupied without looking weird. Sooner or later the kids came out and started playing in the yard, one of the parents approached me. "Hi, You're Luna's older brother right?". I looked up. "Yeah, that's me". I tried to sound calm and collected but probally just sounded nervous. "the kids are wanting to walk up the hiking trail to the old mine building, could you keep an eye on them and watch for snakes? Your mother said you were real responsible.". I agreed. It's the perfect way to pass the time. So the lady announced that the kids could go. Luna was exicted but that faded when she saw i'd be leading them.



The kids got ready while I got my canteen and hiking shades from the car. I hike a lot more than I should. 5-10 minutes later everyone was ready. We started down the trail. The place looked just like your average forest but something didn't sound right. There was six kids talking, the forest was green in the summer time, the sounds of our feet crushing leaves, that's it. There were no bird churping. There were no animals anywhere. Odd. The thought process was interupted when I felt something spray the back of my head. Luna had sprayed me with a squirt gun she had kept from when they were playing. "Hey!" I shouted, followed by lots of laughter, Luna was standing there hiding the squirt gun behind her back. "You're supposed to be watching us, not staring out into the open! What you do if something happened to us?". I mockingly chuckled "Nothing's going to happen, it's just a hiking trail." She grinned "Now!'. Suddenly all the kids scattered in random directions. I grabbed hold of a red headed girl but she squirmed free and ran. In seconds, they were gone. Great. So much for responiable. I began walking straight ahead. They must have planned this. If I can find one, I can learn what they're doing. I keep walking, listening for other footsteps. I kept listening to silence then I heard something moving. As I turned, to my shock it was a tall figure. Before I could get a look at it's face, I was struck by blunt object. Everything went black.In what seemed like a split second. I slowly awoke. A few hours went by. It was almost dark. I couldn't focus, my head was killing me. I got up, the figure was gone. I'm suprised nobody's came looking for us. I contiued the path for seemed like hours. The sound I heard besides my footsteps were the beating of my heart. Finally I reached the end of the path. There was a school bus sitting there with another path behind it. I thought we were supposed to go to a mine. This must not be it. The bus was torn. The door was missing, replaced by a rebel flag. I approached it carefully. The figure that attacked me could be around here. Who was it anyway?



I moved the flag and went it. It had the sickest smell I could have imagined. It was all but pitch black inside the bus. The seats were all took out minus the driver's seat. There were dressers and tables on both sides. I felt the dresser closer to me and felt a knife. There were several. There were six beds, There was a candle on the foot of each bed. Out of them only two was lit. I got closer to the beds. What I saw next changed me. Luna and the red head from earlier were tied to the two beds in the center. Each was wearing an old white dress covered in dirt and stains. They were out cold. I looked at the other beds to find a girl on the furthest bed to the left and a boy on the furthest right. I walked over to the boy. He was dressed in an old suit. As I went to see if he was awake, my foot brushed against some. As I went to investigate it, that foul smell overcame me again. I felt the object in question. It was a jar. I felt inside to feel something wet. Disgusted I threw my hand back. I examined it in front of the candle light.it was blood? Blood! I looked over to the boy to see that he was stabbed. Repulsed I threw up in the floor. I walked back to the dresser and got one of the knives. It felt heavier than the average knife. I went to Luna and carefully began to cut her free. I had to make sure that I didn't accidenlty cut her. It was a lot harder than movies. I cut and cut but I didn't seem to be getting anywhere.Then I heard footsteps. I had to hide. I ran to one of the tables but tripped. I heard a soft moan, Luna had woken up. I wanted to help her but the sound was getting closer. I crawled under the table. Then I saw it. A pair of black boots. It walked over to the driver's side. I heard a flicking noise and the lights in the back of the bus came on. I couldn't believe it had lights. The attacker walked closer to the beds. I got a first glance. It was a person dressed in a long black coat wearing a mask. The mask was a cross between a jester and a skull. Luna let out a scream. "You're awake?" The killer said in a deep voice. "W-w-why are you doing this?!". The sound of Luna's voice breaks my heart. "It's none of your concern. It has to be done." The masked man gets a knife of the dresser and walks closer to Luna. I can't let this happen to her. "Since you 're awake, I'll start with her.". There's jars beside each bed. He's draing the blood of his victims! "Please don't. I-I-I beg you!". The mask turns towards her. "Then where are the other two cihldren? I prepared six beds, there must be six drained.". Luna begins weeping. I take my chance and slowly crawl out from under the table. "I dont know! I swear to god!". The masked man marches towards her and grabs her by the hair. "You lie! You planned to seperate. You saved me a lenghty trip taking you from your homes, where are they?". Seeing him this close to my sister made me lose it. I rose up. I searched for the knife I was using but I must have dropped it. "Fine, then her blood is on your hands" the mask said in a rash angry voice. He turned to the red hed and raised the knife. I quickly grabbed another one off the dresser. The sound alerted him. I attempted to quickly stab him. But he swung his knife and cut me through the chest. "Brother!". The killer quickly stabbed the red head in the chest and moved towards me. I heard Luna scream something but I couldn't make it out. All I saw was the horrifying face glaring at me.I tried to move my body but I had lost all strength. The killer was up above me. "How dare you disgrace my ritual with your presence!" He raised his knife and I closed my eye. Then I heard a wail. I couldn't understand what happened at first. Then I saw it. While he was moving towards me. Luna had freed herself and grabbed the first knife. When he raised his knife, she stabbed him in the side. I watched as the mask slowly tilted towards her. Acting on instinct, I rose and stabbed the killer in the back. I tried to pull the kinfe out but it swungs it's arm and hit me, knocking me to the side. It quickly ran out of the bus. I tried to embrace my sister but I couldn't help it. I blacked out.



When I awoke. I was in the hospital. I learned that children were being abducted all over the state. At first, Luna and I's stories weren't believed. Then the doctor's said the blade that cut me was likely over a hundrend years old. Futhermore, the dress Luna was wearing was made in the late 1800's. Since the iccident, I've gotten over it mostly. Luna hasn't been the same. She's been a mess. She blames herself for what happened. She's become a mute. She rarely speaks unless she needs something. I stay in the same room as her. She can't sleep alone.

The bus nor the bodies were ever found. The only footprints at the scene were mine. The kill had dissapeared like a thief in the night.