Chapter 18: The Happiest Place on Earth
"We... truly doing this for real?" Benjamin muttered, stretching his neck to stare up at the looming structure before them.
Riley and the group stood before Nightwalker’s House of Horrors, a structure that was completely different from the colorful land of Megaland. The building stood out like a pimple in an otherwise happy face.
It was weathered, and there was rusted metal anywhere you looked. The fog machines did a good job pumping out thick clouds that crawled along the ground.
Benjamin and even his sister gulped at the same time as they stared at the fog touching their ankles.
"Y...Yo. I think someone touching my feet." Bella whispered.
"Why, you scared?" Hannah teased, nudging Bella with her elbow.
"The hell I am!" Bella clicked her tongue, crossing her arms tight against her chest. She was clearly scared, however, as her eyes darted nervously at the towering structure.
Benjamin was also trying his best to hide his fear, but his fingers twitched at his sides, and he kept swallowing hard. "I ain’t scared. Just... this don’t look sanitary."
Pauline, surprisingly enough, seemed excited. Her eyes almost sparkled as she gazed at the ominous building. There was even a smile playing on her lips as she whispered,
"I’ve... always wanted to go here. There were also haunted houses back in the country, but not like this."
As for Riley, well, he was just standing there. He did, however, have to move to the side as a group of teenagers burst through the exit, screaming, crying, hyperventilating. One of them was even crawling out.