Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:26:50 EDT From: Bentedcol@aol.com Subject: Last Resort Chapter 9 The following story contains sex between young boys. If this kind of material offends you, please do not read. If this material is illegal to read in your area, then read at your own risk. I will not be held accountable or responsible for your actions. Like wise, if you are under the age of 18, do not read. If you do, don't blame me if you get caught. You have been warned. This story is completely fiction and no characters are real. This story is also copy righted. Now that stuff is out of the way, let's take away the seriousness and continue on with our story. Enjoy!!! The Last Resort Chapter 9 "Beep, beep, beep," went the alarm on Billy's watch, but Billy didn't so much as in stir. He was oblivious to what was happening in the conscious world. "Beep, beep, beep," continued the watch. Billy just laid there, with a little bit of drool running out of the corner of his mouth. The beeping stopped. Billy found himself walking down a dark corridor. His stomach muscles were tightening and his palms were beginning to sweat. He heard a slapping noise coming from behind an old wooden door. After each slap, there was a high pitch cry. One that only a child could deliver. He came to the door and cracked it open just a hair, leaving a gap in it, big enough so he could see what was happening. On the other side of the room were two boys. They were both naked. Their bare backs were facing Billy. They were slouched a bit, but the rope that tied their hands together above their heads, kept them perched upright. Billy couldn't tell if these boys were the same ones from his previous dreams or if they were the boys in the mirror. Or was it the boy in the lake? A dark, silhouette figure stepped between the boys and Billy. He raised his hand and swung down. Billy jumped as he heard the lashing of the wet raw hide come down on the boy's naked buttocks. The figure's hand rose again and came back down sharply. Billy began crying. He was crying for the boys. He wanted to go in there and help the boys, but he was too scared too. What should he do? The figure then stepped out of Billy's view. The boys were no longer trying to stand on their own. The only thing keeping them from collapsing on the ground was the ropes holding them up. Their backs and buttocks were raw and bleeding. The boy on the left turned his head and looked helplessly at Billy. Billy stood straight up in his bed, wide awake. He looked at his watch and it was 2:37. He quickly looked over at Andrew's bed and he was crying in his sleep. Then he quickly woke up with a jerk. "Andrew?" "You didn't wake me, why?" said Andrew in a mad tone. "I never heard my alarm. What did you dream?" "I dreamt that I was watching these two boys hanging from ropes getting whipped by a shadow. After the shadow was done, one of the boys twisted a bit and I saw his face." "Whose face was it?" asked Billy anxiously. "It was mine," said Andrew very quietly like trying to not to hear it himself. "I had the same dream." "You saw me then?" "No, I saw my face," said Billy. Andrew got up and started feeling his back and buttocks. He was looking for sores like he received the other night. His skin was smooth and unwounded. The wounds that he got the other night miraculously were pretty much healed by now. He didn't know how they could heal so quickly, but they did. "What are you doing?" asked Billy. "Last time I dreamt that I was getting whipped, I had cuts to prove it. But this time I don't." Billy quickly checked himself and he too was free of wounds. "Andrew, did you recognize where you were in your dream?" "No, you?" "I think we were in those underground tunnels," said Billy. "I know what you are thinking. I am NOT going back down there. No way, no how." "Will you guys be quiet, I am trying to sleep here," moaned Jason as he rolled over to his other side and threw his pillow over his head. "We'll discuss this in the morning. Now let's see if we can get back to sleep," said Billy. Both boys laid in their cots wide awake. Neither of them could fall back to sleep. They stirred and wrestled, but the Sandman wouldn't come. Finally at 6:00 Billy got fed up lying there, so he got up and went to go relieve himself. Andrew rolled over, trying to pretend he was asleep. With everyone still in the house asleep, he didn't want Billy to suggest that they go back to those tunnels, like they did the other day. Andrew decided to get up himself. He threw on some clothes and went downstairs. Billy wasn't there. However the five grown ups were sitting around the table, drinking coffee and eating toast. "Morning son," said Dan. "Morning," replied Andrew. "Andrew, can I get you something to eat?" asked Louise. "No thank you." "I talked to your mother today. She is flying in this afternoon. Janie and Louise will pick her up, while I am at the hospital with Trevor. You want to go with them or with me?" "After they pick up mom are they going to the hospital?" "Probably. Your mother was quite upset and worried. She's gonna want to see her baby boy." "Can I stay here?" "I suppose you can, but you don't want to go see your brother?" "I saw him last night." Andrew then silently walked back upstairs. "Relax Dan. He's just doesn't like seeing his brother all bandaged up like that. He'll be alright here with Brad and me," assured Bob. Dan looked at his watch. "You about ready Bob?" "Yeah," he quickly swallowed his last gulp of coffee and the two men headed outside. "Brad, as soon as I drop Dan off at the hospital I will be back." "Can you stop at the hardware store in town and pick me up some more roofing nails. I don't think I got enough." "Sure thing," said Bob as he followed Dan outside. Andrew went into his room. He noticed Jason's cot was empty. He flopped on his cot and left out a yawn. He could feel sleep starting to over take him. Then Jason came in making all sorts of racket. "Morning Andrew," "You yelled at us last night for being loud and look at you this morning," "I yelled at you? Don't remember." Jason was just wearing his white briefs. He pulled out a set of clean clothes from his suitcase. He shed his briefs off and they joined his bare feet on the cold wooden floor. Andrew popped his head up a bit to see the white shiny smooth ass that Jason had. Andrew caught himself rubbing his lips with his tongue. Andrew wished Jason would turn around, so he could see his dick. Andrew noticed that Jason was scratching himself. "Andrew!!" yelled Billy as he stormed in the room. Jason jumped and quickly turning around, revealing his soft dick. "Damn it Billy, you scared the shit out of me," yelled Jason as he quickly put on a pair of clean underwear. "Andrew, are you awake?" said Billy ignoring Jason and going over Andrew's cot. Andrew sat up. "What is it?" Billy was out of breath. "I went down to the tunnel." "Why you do something stupid like that for?" "What tunnel?" "You know what those tunnels are?" "Haunted," said Andrew. "What are you guys talking about?' said Jason as he finished putting on his clothes. "The other day, Andrew and I found a trap door that lead to some tunnels under the Inn." "Why didn't' you guys tell me?" "Because strange things happen down there and you wouldn't have believed us if wet told you," said Andrew. "Let's now argue. I got thinking this morning while sitting on the pot. This Inn was part of the underground railroad." "Yeah, what of it?" asked Jason. "Don't you find it a little bit odd that they used this Inn as a confederate hospital too?" "I never gave it a thought. But yeah, why would the slaves chance being seen by the confederates?" asked Jason. "Think about it. The runaway slaves had the perfect hiding spot. Right under the rebs noses. Those tunnels were their way in and out of the inn. Some of the tunnels branches off and form little rooms. One even had a broken down table and chairs in it." "Did you find or hear anything else?" asked Andrew a little nervously. "No ghosts or screams if that what you mean." "Does the tunnels lead outside?" asked Jason. "I think at one time they did, but some of them caved in. But there is lots more to explore down there. It is bigger then we thought." "I'm not going back down there. No way," insisted Andrew. "Relax, you don't have to if you don't want too," assured Billy. "Billy!! Jason!!! Andrew!!!" yelled Brad from the bottom of the staircase. "Coming!!" replied the boys. They exited their rooms and went to see what Brad wanted. "The kids should be here in about 20 minutes. I am really going to need your help today, because Bob will be gone most of the morning, Janie, Louise and Dan will be gone most of the day. So if you guys can help me out with the local kids, I would appreciate it." "Sure thing Dad," said Billy. Right on cue, the bus pulled up. Deputy Wilson and Deputy Kane escorted the kids off the bus and put them in the rows. Brad said a few word to them. He then took the 20 kids with him up to the attic where they would pick up where they left off yesterday with the roof. Deputy Kane, Boomer, Cody, Ozone and Dizzy stayed behind. "Alright you four. You only have three rooms to clean out today. You boys been doing a good job. But since the truck isn't here this morning, Mr. McDowell has a new tasking for you. "What's that Deputy Kane?" asked Ozone. "You see those stone chimneys?" "Yeah," replied the boys. "They're crumbling and need replacing. Masonry is coming in next week to fix them. What Mr. McDowell needs you to is hike over there with some wheel barrows and collect big stones for the chimneys." All the boys moaned. They didn't like the idea of this hard labor. Especially since the day was turning into a very hot and humid day. "Where are we suppose to get these rocks?" asked Boomer, Deputy Kane pointed to the opposite side of where the trails lead to the lake. The Inn had the lake on one side and a field on the other. Of course a forest forms a small wall between the lake and Inn and the field and Inn. "Just where the woods and field meet, there is a stone wall. Mr. McDowell says the stones are just laying there for the taking. So start humping them." "You want us to screw stones?" asked Dizzy sincerely. "No Mr. Edwards. I want you to bring the stones here and make a pile." "But you said you wanted us to hump them." "That's an old navy term. Humping something mean to lug something or haul is another good word that means the same." "Oh I get it," said Dizzy with a goofy laugh. "You want us to haul those stones," "That's right. Now get too work." "Come on guys, let's go screw some stones," joked Boomer. Each boy grabbed a wheel barrow. Jason, Andrew and Billy stepped on the porch to see the four boys walk by. "What they got you doing?" asked Billy. "Fucking rocks" said Boomer with a smile as he thrust his hips in between the wheel barrow handles. "Huh?" the boys on the porch said puzzled. "We have to go get rocks for the chimneys," said Ozone as he laughed at Boomer. "You want to help?" asked Dizzy. "I guess," said Billy as he joined the four at the wheel barrows. "Coming Andrew?" "Sure," Andrew joined them. "What about you Jason?" asked Ozone. "Nah, you go fuck the rocks all you want. I want to go see if I can go fuck Mindy Parker." Boomer laughed. "Good luck, but you're wasting your time," Deputy Kane came around the corner. "Stop lally gagging around. Get going," he ordered. Ozone, Boomer, Billy, Dizzy, Andrew and Cody spent the morning in the hot blazing sun, collecting rocks and bringing them back to the in. Sweat was just pouring down the boy's backs and neck. All the boys chatted among themselves, telling each other about their schools, talking about sports, and typical boy chatter. All, but Cody. He just kept to himself and worked alone, doing his best not to fall behind. As he worked though, he wrote a story with his imagination in his mind. This particular story was about an old sea captain during the Napoleon wars with an all boy crew. He imagined himself as the executive officer, a roll he knew he could never play in real life. By the time lunch time rolled around, all the boys except for Cody had taken their shirts off. There bare chests were covered with dirt and sweat. Each boy tried looking at the other boys' chest, without anyone noticing. Cody grabbed his bag lunch that he left on the bus. He went over to the pile of rocks and sat down and began eating. Ozone, Boomer and Dizzy took their lunches and went to the shaded area on the front porch. Andrew and Billy emerged from inside with their lunches. "I tell you, it has a mind of its own," said Boomer. "What does?" asked Dizzy. "Teddy does." "Who's Teddy?" "Look down and you will see," said Boomer as his eyes turned towards the tent in his pants. "You got a boner?" exclaimed Ozone. "It does that sometimes. I'd be thinking of nothing and all of sudden, boom, it gets hard. One time it happened, I was standing in front of the class, giving and oral book report. Boy that was embarrassing." "Wait a minute," said Ozone with a mouth full and putting his hand up in the stop motion. "You named your dick, Teddy?" "Yeah, so? Doesn't everyone name their dick?" defended Boomer. "No, you're the only one," Dizzy turned his head to Ozone. "That ain't true. You call my dick Max." Ozone shot Dizzy a warning glance. He couldn't believe Dizzy let out their secret like that. He hoped no one noticed. But he didn't hope strong enough. "Now you wait a minute," said Boomer with a big smile. "You called Dizzy's dick Max? What are you a cocksucker?" For the first time since the conversation started, he was speechless. He turned his eyes to the floor. He wanted to deny it, but he couldn't. "Look, we're all friends. Let's not embarrass anyone who come to conclusions," chimed in Billy. He didn't want anyone hurt or fighting, but he was curious himself. "Alright, Billy, but I have one question for Dizzy and Ozone. Did you guys suck each others cock?" "And what if we did," said Ozone getting some courage rounded up and trying to act cool and confident. "Then I want in on peace of the action," flat out sad Boomer. Andrew was about ready to take a drink when Boomer made that statement. He spit out his ice tea all over Dizzy. "Watch it, man." "Sorry," said Andrew. "What are you saying?" asked Ozone looking at Boomer. "The cat is out of the bag now. So I will just come out and say it. I would like to do some sexual stuff with you and Dizzy." Ozone quickly looked at Andrew and Billy. He wasn't sure what they must be thinking or what they would say to the adults. "Don't worry; you don't have to fear us. We won't say anything," assured Billy. "And how can we trust you or know you are telling the truth?" Billy thought for a second and then turned to Andrew. They smiled at each other. They did a quick look to make sure no one, other then Boomer, Ozone and Dizzy were looking, and then they gave each other a passionate deep kiss. Dizzy, Ozone and Boomer just sat there with their mouths wide open. This time all three of them had tents in their pants. After they broke the kiss, Billy said "Andrew and I did some things together too. We understand." "Cool," said Boomer. "Maybe the five of us can get together and have an orgy or something," "That would be fucken awesome," said Ozone. The boys quickly changed the subject as the kids who were working on the room, slowly filtered down from the roof and onto the porch to go get their lunches. After lunch, the boys continued to bust their asses, hauling rocks from the stone wall to the inn. Their muscles were beginning to speak to them. The hot heat was draining them of their energy. They were drinking plenty of water, but they were still exhausted. The sweat had made their pants and underwear drenched. Cody finished filling his wheel barrel up just as the other boys returned. He headed off back to the end by himself. "Hey Cody, Deputy Kane said that can be your last load. You don't have to return," said Billy. Cody nodded and disappeared down the trail. "Alright guys, I think we need to make pack not to tell anyone what we discussed today at lunch," Boomer. "Relax Boomer. We won't say a thing," said Ozone. "I want to make sure of it." "And what do you have in mind?" asked Andrew. "We all get naked and lay on the ground in a circle. We then connect the circle with our mouths and dicks," "You want to do a 69?" asked Dizzy. "Well yeah sort of. But instead of two of us, there will be five of us joined. So what do you say?" "What happens if someone comes?" asked Andrew. "I am planning on all five of us cumming," said Boomer with a devilish grin. "That's not what I met," "I know, but no one came out here all day and you know Cody won't come back. So are you guys in?" "Who's doing who?" asked Billy. "If it is alright with you, I would love to suck Dizzy's cock and have you, Billy suck mine." "Can I suck you Billy?" asked Ozone. "Sure, I guess." "So that leaves Andrew sucking off Ozone and Dizzy returning the favor to Andrew." All the boys had knots in their stomachs. They wanted to do this, but were scared as well. But that is what made it exciting. Each boy dropped their shorts and pants off, as well as their underwear, revealing their already hard cocks. The boys laid on the ground next to the boy they would be giving head to, or be getting head from. Boomer looked at Dizzy and then without further ado, he gently grabbed onto Dizzy's 4 « inch dick and took it into his mouth. Dizzy left out a groan. Dizzy closed his eyes and took Andrew in his mouth. By this time, Ozone had already been sucking on Billy and Billy's mouth Covered Boomer's hard 5 ¬ inch tool. Some slurping noises were heard, and someone would stop occasionally to tell the person sucking them to watch out for their teeth. Boomer ran his tongue through the slit on Dizzy's cock head. He could taste the precum. As he slowly began to bob his head up and down, his eyes popped out of his head. Billy was not only sucking his dick, but gently slid a finger up his ass. He almost blew is load right there and then. Andrew only had Ozone's balls in his mouth. He was swishing them around and then licking them once they popped out. He ran his tongue up Ozone's hard, pulsating cock, and plowed up some of the precum off the tip of Ozone's cock. He eyed over at Billy and saw that Billy had a finger in Boomer. So Andrew decided to do the same. He took the precum on the tip of his tongue and coated his finger with it. He then pulled Ozone's white ass cheeks apart and slid his finger up it. Ozone immediately tighten up his ass. He wasn't expecting this peasant surprise. He then scooted down a little, to get more of the finger up his ass. Ozone decided to follow suit. He let Billy's dick fall out of his mouth. He twisted a bit, causing his own dick to fall out of Andrew's mouth. But Andrew quickly recovered it. He spread Billy's ass cheeks and started licking the precious rosebud. He stuck his tongue inside and started to tongue fuck Billy in the ass. He then moistened the hole with his saliva and covered his finger in it as well. He slid it up Billy's tight, virgin ass. He moved it around inside, stretching it out a little. He left his finger in and took Billy's dripping dick back into his mouth. Dizzy could feel his balls tighten. The indescribable feeling started to run through his balls and cock. He began to moan as he pumped Andrew's dick with his mouth harder and harder. The more intense the feeling became, the harder Dizzy sucked and the louder he moaned. Dizzy started to thrust and buck his hips a little to match Boomer's head movements. He knew it wasn't going to be long. Then that electric sensation swept through his body and he could feel his cock swell and explode into Boomer's mouth. Boomer was caught off guard and cough, but he kept sucking and swallowing the tasty treasure. But tasting Dizzy's cum, sent Boomer over the edge. He rammed his dick deep into Billy's mouth and released his swimmers into the darken oral cavity. And the Domino effect continued. Billy's body trembled and shook as Ozone began sucking the escaping boy seed out of Billy's swollen, red cock. Ozone smiled to himself as he tasted the wonderful taste of a boy. Then his cock erupted into Andrew's mouth. Andrew made a slurping noise as he swallowed every last bit of Ozone's cum. But before he could finish swallowing it, he released his load into Dizzy's awaiting mouth. Dizzy continued to suck him, until Andrew had to pull out, because the pleasure that was being given was too unbearable to stand. The boys eventually let the softening dicks slip out of their mouths. They stood up. Dizzy had some cum, dripping out of the corner of his mouth. Ozone was swishing his prize in his mouth, tasting every bit of it. The boys stood up one at a time, each with a glow. Even though a word wasn't spoken, they knew this wouldn't be the last time. Off in the distance, the boys could hear off in the distance, Bob's pick up truck drive down the long driveway. Bob was suppose to be back by noon, but was delayed. The boys quickly got dressed and loaded up their wheel barrels and headed back to the inn. "Bout time, what were you doing out there?" asked Deputy Kane. Boomer smiled. "Screwing rocks." Deputy Kane didn't' say a word. The boys dumped their loads on the pile. "Get on the bus; everyone is waiting on you guys," The boys said their goodbyes and climbed on the bus. Soon, a dust trail formed where the bus was once parked. That night close to bed time, the boys sat in their cots reading books and chatting among themselves. Andrew's Mom was in town, but she was staying at a hotel close to the hospital. Dan had returned and told Bob that he could do more electricians work, since his ex-wife would be with Trevor. But he would go to the hospital each night to see his son. "I'm bushed, I am going to bed," said Andrew as he crawled under his covers. "Me too. Lugging those rocks just tuckered me out," said Billy. "Should've worked on the roof with me. You wouldn't be so tired." "How did you make out with Mindy Parker?' "I didn't. But that is only strike one. I still have two more pitches." "Good luck," said Billy. He then rolled over and closed his eyes. "Billy, did you set your watch?" "Yeah, don't worry, I will hear it tonight." "Why are you setting your watch?" "We don't want to be asleep during a certain time. Now good night." Said Billy and soon he was sound asleep and Andrew shortly followed. Jason sat in his room. He looked at the sleeping boys. He turned the battery operated lantern around, so he could get a better look at them. He could feel his hormones racing through his body. That night he had with Billy was great. He would much rather had sex with a girl, especially Mindy, but since there was no one around right now, he would settle for Billy. Jason pushed the sheet down, showing that his member's head was popping out of his underwear to have a look see. Jason reached into his underwear and began stroking it. He closed his eyes and imagined that Mindy was stroking it for him. But then he heard something. He opened his eyes and there was Billy watching him. "Horny, are we?" asked Billy. "I thought you were asleep." Jason's dick started to lose its hardness. "I was, but then my bladder woke me up. I forgot to go pee." "After you pee, you wouldn't want to do something would you?" "Maybe," suggest Billy as he left the bedroom. Billy walked down the hall into the bathroom. He placed his flashlight upright, so it would light the bathroom good enough to see. He pulled out his dick and a golden stream came flowing out of it. Once he was done, he looked into the mirror. He put his hand on it, feeling the little chip that was missing from it. As Billy was feeling the nick, a shadow flickered across the wall. He looked up and saw it was only a moth flying around the source of the light. When he turned back his attention to the mirror, his image was replaced with an image of a decaying body of a young boy. The boy reached out and grabbed Billy's wrist. Billy went to scream, but something had taken his voice away from him. "Heed our warning," said the decaying boy. He then let go of Billy's wrist and pulled back into the mirror. As the hand disappeared into the mirror, it shattered once again, but this time into many fragmented tiny pieces. Billy could hear voices and footsteps running up the stairs and into the hall. The bathroom door flew open and there stood Bob holding a flashlight. "Billy? You okay? What happened?" Bob noticed the shattered mirror pieces. "I don't know. I just came in here to pee and it broke," said Billy. He didn't want to tell them the full story. "Come here honey, let me make sure you're not cut," said Janie. She looked over her son's body and saw no cuts. But something caught here attention. "How did you get this?" Billy looked to see what she was referring too. There was a black and blue mark forming on his wrist. The wrist that was grabbed by the decaying boy. "I don't know. Maybe it happened when I dropped some rocks on it today," lied Billy. "It doesn't look like to bruises caused by a rock falling on it. It looks like someone had grabbed onto you really tight. Is there something you're not telling me?" asked his concerned mother. "No mom, really. Now can I go back to bed? I am really tired?" His mom nodded. Billy pushed his way through the adults and saw that Jason was there too. He had come out of the bedroom to see what all the commotion was. Billy went back into his room and laid down. He left out a yawn, but there was no way he could get back to sleep with the image embedded in his mind. Jason came walking in. "You okay?" "Yeah, I'll be fine." "What happened?" "Mirror broke." "I know that, but how?" "Beats me, it just broke." "Mirrors don't just break." "If I told you, you wouldn't believe me anyway." "Let me guess, a ghost did it?" mocked Jason. "And if I told you it did?" "You're right, I wouldn't believe you. I suppose you're not up to any action now?" "You suppose right. Good night Jason," said Billy as he rolled over onto his side, putting his back towards Jason to shut him out. Jason took a deep breath. He reached into his underwear and began stroking again. He quickly did it and soon, he had cum all over his smooth belly. It was a quick jack off, but he had to release himself, other wise he wouldn't be able to get to sleep. He took his sock and cleaned himself up. Then he pulled the pillow over his head and went to sleep. Boomer sat at the computer looking at some boy sites. An instant message popped up. It was from Ozone. "Boomer, you there?" "Yeah," typed in Boomer. "Can I ask you something?" "What?" "Today when we were sealing the pack, did you feel like we were being watched?" "No, I was too into it. Why did you?" "I just had this eerie feeling that someone or something was watching us. Dizzy said he noticed the feeling when he pulled up his pants." "You two are just nuts. I g2g, mom's calling. See ya tomorrow." Boomer signed off and went to see what his mom wanted. Ozone turned off his monitor and walked out of his mom's bedroom. Something wasn't sitting right with him. He felt like he was being watched this afternoon. Was it Deputy Kane getting his jollies off of young boys? Was it Cody? But the eerie thing was it didn't feel like someone was watching them, but something. Connor finally dismissed the feeling and went to bed. Andrew woke up suddenly. He heard something beating against the window. His heart sunk. What was it? He turned on his flashlight and shined it towards Jason and Billy. Both of them were sleeping. Then he realized that the wind was howling and the tapping at the window was rain. He got up and looked out the window. Sure enough, another storm had moved in while he was sleeping. Lightning flickered, lighting up the outside as if it was day, then it was replaced by darkness. Then the lightning flickered once again. Andrew's eyes grew when he saw a reflection of a boy with blood running down his face. He had tears in his eyes and horror as well. The image disappeared when the lightning paused. Then seconds later, the lightning flashed again. There was that image again. It began to reach out for Andrew, but Andrew stepped backwards, tripping on a suitcase and falling on the floor at the same time, something flew into the window, causing it to shatter. Andrew screamed. Both Billy and Jason woke up. Billy feared he didn't hear his alarm again. But it was only a little before two. Jason got up and saw the broken window. He poked his head outside in the storm and looked down. He saw a black bird, having spasms on the ground. "Bird flew in the window," said Jason. Billy helped Andrew up. He looked at Billy and without speaking a word; Billy knew more then just a bird hitting the window. "I'll go get my dad. Maybe we can board it up or something" said Jason as he disappeared into the hall. Andrew and Billy clung each other has a loud boom shook the house. They crept to the broken window and peered out. During the lightning flashes, they saw something. It looked like a person carrying a garbage bag under each arm. The boys jumped as Bob and Jason returned. They looked out the window again, but the person was gone. Bob told the boys to help each other move their cots into the next room. After they were nestled into their new room Jason didn't take long to fall asleep. Billy looked at his watch. "It's 2:35," whispered Billy to Andrew. Andrew, who was sitting up in his bed, pulled his sheets up close to him as if he was hiding behind it. Both boys jumped as another loud boom echoed through the old manor. "Billy?" "Yeah?" "Can we move our cots together, so we can hold each other? I'm scared." Billy stood up and pushed his cot next to Andrews. The two boys cuddled up to each other and put their arms around each other to protect one another. Billy looked at his watch and it was past 2:37. They missed the dream time. The next morning, the sun was shining bright again. The storm had passed over. Bob, Brad, Jason, Billy and Andrew went to the outside of the boy's room. At the bottom of their window was a dead bird. "It's a raven," said Brad. To Be Continued... I have to say, that his chapter is much better then chapter 8. I know chapter 8 was weak and I apologize for it. I hope this chapter made up for it. Please email me at bentedcol@aol.com and tell me what you think. I hope you are enjoying it. -Ben