The Night of the Halloween

Pumpkins stood in front of all houses lit with a lamp of knowledge. Children ran from home to home, searching for the sweetest innovation of mankind. Jack and his friends were among them. Going from house to house and requesting for sweets they went happily. 

After going from Anne’s house, the group got tired. “Where else can we go”, Jack asked, “I have only 25 sweets”. “How many do you want” Anne asked? “30" " Let’s not revisit the houses. There is a mansion a kilometer up from here.”, suggested Anne. “So let’s go there”. Saying this, the group of children went towards the giant mansion.

It was a huge Gothic mansion showing its huge fangs and staring at them with huge open eyes. The children taking a deep breath entered the open door of the mansion and were swallowed by it.

“Where is my son Jack?” wondered Edward, ”It’s 3:00 am. I haven’t seen him since 1. I’ll search for him.” Saying so, he went into all the houses of the town and all said they had seen him but the time he was seen last was at 12:30 am by Amy, who herself could not find her daughter. “So they must have left the town, but if they were here last, where could they go? The Mansion? It is about a kilometer from here, isn’t it?" Edward asked. “Yes, I think”, replied Amy anxiously. “So let’s go!” Saying so, they walked towards the Gothic mansion. 

They stood in front of the huge mansion, standing tall and brave beside the sunken cemetery. Taking a deep breath, both these people entered the dead mansion. It was dark with a little tinge of light, shining on cobwebs and ripped curtains. The spooky squealing of rats tensed the worried parents. They passed through the hall. They opened the creaking doors, and they saw a photo. There was a majestic photo of a lady dressed in blood red clothes and grey green eyes. In front of the photo was a broken rocking chair staring at them. 

Edward walked forward and sat on the chair. “We don’t have enough time. Get up. Let’s move”, urged Amy. “There is Andrew, Jack’s best friend lying dead.” Edward said, pointing above Amy. She went forward and looked up, only to see a blood red face stuck to the wall. Amy’s face shook with horror and astonishment as a gun shot was heard. Amy looked back only to see Edward dead with blood pouring down from his head. “Who is here” shouted Amy terrified. 

The humming voice of a little girl was heard and Anne appeared out of thin air. “Are you happy, Mom?” she asked. “Why should I be?”, Amy asked. “He tried to kill Daddy”, roared Anne, burning immensely with anger. “But your daddy is dead, my dear”, said Amy. “No, he isn’t” Anne said. A gunshot was heard again and this time the target was Anne. Amy shouted with immense fear, as she saw her daughter falling on the ground dead, with a pool of blood erupting from her back.

 “ You tried to kill me!” shouted a terrific voice, full of anger. A thin man appeared, white haired, wearing ragged clothes. “Not only did you cheat on me but you also tried to kill me and my family", he shouted.

But what did you do!” shouted Amy bravely, “You killed my brother, my sister and my mother. I needed to take my revenge."

"But I don't understand how you took your revenge before your brother died. Wasn’t Anne his daughter? Did you not kill your sister, because she witnessed your acts and did you not kill your brother, fearing your crime will be discovered? Tell me you LIAR! Yes or No!” roared the man, making a fearful face before he rained 10 bullets on Amy. 

The mad man relaxed and drank a glass of water and then forcefully threw the glass on the floor shouting “Jack, my boy, please come here, for my greatest enemies are dead.” 

The excited little boy jumped up asking, “So, now can I see my mother?” “Yes! Please wait for a while because Edward’s wife is coming from NYC. Meanwhile let’s have a walk”, he said and both of them left the house only to discover police and news reporters surrounding the mansion. 

The police saw the insane man and shouted, “Hands up!”. “Who called you here?” shouted the man. “I”, said a female voice, ”the loving wife of whom you killed today.” “Edward’s wife. But why?” said the man, in a state of shock!

“Jack was born out of wedlock, out of an experiment. Never did I love you. You had used me to kill my own mother. The night of 21st July, you killed her as she did not allow me to marry you. I would have never travelled at night, particularly not in such a deserted area, if you had not asked me to. You had used me to kill my mother so, for that I used you to kill all my enemies, Anne and Edward. A fair revenge”, said she. 

“But why are Edward and Anne your enemies?” he asked. “Because Edward foolishly donated my mother’s house to the ‘poor’ Amy for the education of Anne, when you ‘died’. He donated to a murderer, against my orders.” she shouted before snatching a gun from the police officer and shooting Jack and herself. 

The police officer laughed.” All this game, with so much death and destruction, just for the sake of revenge?” he exclaimed sarcastically, before shouting “Arrest this zombie!”. 

Meanwhile, the police officer walked back towards his vehicle, lamenting over the fact that these clever people chose to use their intellect in a destructive manner. Had they used this cleverness with a bonafide intention, perhaps, the world would have been significantly benefited!!