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Top 10 Scary Halloween Stories # 2 - Vengeance guests stared. None of them could see the baseball bats. Anything she could use as a A ,5418:74, 38;< %<8:@ ghost. As Ishi drifted out of the door Kane weapon. But the huge, red-eyed wolf was suddenly between her and the toolshed, stalking followed, vowing she would haunt him no more. toward her. The cold wind pierced her skin as When the samurai warrior Kane first came to The ghost drifted along the cliff path she turned and fled around the side of the house. California from Tokyo, be brought his new with Kane running after her, shouting and She gasped as the white wolf howled and took wife, the beautiful Ishi. She was an ideal wife: cursing. Suddenly the ghost stopped at the off after her. She could hear the terrifying sound gentle, attentive, and a wonderful cook. Kane place where Kane had pushed her. She turned to of the creature’s pounding feet. was the envy of his new neighbors. But he was face Kane and started to grow, her crushed body Faster, faster, she commanded her legs, a proud man. When a wealthy family moved bloody and dirty, her eyeball swaying, her panting desperately against the fear choking her. into the neighborhood, Kane cast his eye upon shattered teething gleaming in the moonlight. She would run around the house and back down their lovely daughter, Aiko, and desired her. In “Vengeance!” she screamed and lunged the driveway, she thought with the clarity of his mind Ishi was second best. So Kane plotted at Kane. The samurai stepped backward, face sheer horror. She felt the wolf snap at her back to rid himself of his wife so he could woo and contorting in fear. His foot slipped suddenly on leg and felt the sting of teeth. She put on speed. win the fair Aiko. the loose earth, and he plunged backward over The wolf veered away from her On a stormy night on the way home the edge of the cliff, his body fatally smashing suddenly, and she felt a rush of hope. She from a great banquet, Kane pushed Ishi over the into the rocks far below. couldn’t hear the wolf now, couldn’t see it in the cliff and into the bay. No one heard her scream That same night a terrible storm beat cloud-darkened night. She kept running around though the howling wind. No one suspected against Kane’s house. Lightning hit the roof and the house, heading back toward the tool shed. foul play when Kane came rushing back to the the house burned to the ground. Neighbors To her intense relief, she heard the sound of a banquet hall, shouting for help because his poor claimed they could hear a voice in the wind car coming down the road in front of her house. wife had slipped and fallen over the cliff. saying one word, over and over: “Vengeance.” Her parents were back and would save her from Kane acted the part of the bereaved the wolf! husband to perfection. He gave Ishi a splendid # 1 - White Wolf Then her heart stopped in panic as she funeral. It wasn’t until he was alone in his turned the last corner and saw the shape of the house that Kane relaxed and drank to his A Texas Scary Story white wolf as it stood balanced on the porch success. railing right in front of her. It sprang upon Celia, Outside, the wind whipped against the She snapped awake out of a deep sleep, huge teeth tearing into her flesh and ripping out house, making the walls rattle and shake. A screaming aloud in terror. In her nightmare, a her throat. She fell under the weight of its body, stray breeze swept through the sleeping-room large white wolf had been chasing her around hot blood spilling all over the ground, and died with a whisper: “Vengeance. Vengeance.” and around the house, gaining on her with every seconds after she hit the ground. One minute Kane sat up and blinked as a dark figure step until it finally pounced on her and ripped later, her parent's car pulled into the driveway, stepped into the room. Its long tangled black out her throat. She lay shaking for hours, its headlights blinding the white wolf as it hair hung over the dirty, bloodstained kimono. unable to sleep after such a terrifying dream. pulled toward the house. Frightened, the wolf Its face was crushed and broken, with one But morning finally arrived, and the day backed away from its kill and then ran away. [] eyeball hanging from the socket. The ghost of was completely normal. Celia forgot all about Ishi reached out a broken hand toward her her dream, until the moment her parents More Halloween One husband, smiling through the shattered remains reminded her that they would be going out that of her teeth. “Vengeance,” she whispered, night to celebrate their anniversary. Celia turned Liners..... “Vengeance.” milk-white. In her dream, the white wolf had Kane screamed in terror, leapt out of the come to kill her while her parents were out Q - What is a vampire's least favorite meal? window, and ran to a neighbor’s house. celebrating their anniversary! She started A - Stake !! Mistaking his fear for grief the neighbors took shaking and begging them not to go. Her him in and insisted he stay with them during the parents were astonished at her behavior, and Q - What do vampires enjoy most about first weeks of his bereavement. finally shamed her into staying home alone that baseball? A month passed as Kane waited for night. A - The bats (and the double-headers) Ishi’s ghost to reappear, but she’d vanished. Fearfully, Celia locked herself into the Relieved, Kane decided it was safe to bring house as soon as her parents left, checking every Q - What kind of toothpaste do vampires buy? Aiko and her family to see his home. As he door and every window. She tried to laugh it off A - Ultra-Bite. escorted Aiko’s parents around the garden, he as she got into bed, and finally she shook off her felt a hand on his arm. Kane turned around and irrational fear and fell asleep. Q - What does a monster wear when it rains? found himself facing a beautiful Ishi, who Celia snapped awake suddenly, every A - His ghoul-oshes. kissed him and whispered in his ear: muscle tense. She heard the tinkling of falling “Vengeance.” Laughing, Ishi danced away, glass from a broken window, and the snuffling Q - How did the monster predict his future? waving to Aiko and her parents as she passed. sound of a snout pressed to the floor. It was the A - With a horror-scope. Aiko glared after her in jealous rage. sound of a hunting wolf. A werewolf. Real Fearing that Aiko might end the wolves did not break into houses when there Q - What did the monster do when he lost his betrothal, Kane pressed forward with his suit, was plenty of game outside. She could hear the hand? arranging for a grand engagement feast to prove click-clicking of the creature’s claws on the A - He went to a second hand store. his devotion. Friends, neighbors, and family wooden floor. The musky, foul smell of wet came to the banquet hall to laugh and toast over animal fur combined with the meaty breath of a Q - Why wouldn't the skeleton cross the road? food and wine. carnivore, drifted into the room. A - Because he didn't have any guts. Kane was very please with his success. She could hear the werewolf’s panting But when he looked across the hall, he saw the right outside her bedroom. Then her body was Q - What are a spook's two favorite rides at ghost of beautiful young Ishi walk into the room out of bed and she sped through the bathroom the fair? and stand demurely in the corner. He paused and down the back stairs. She heard a soft growl A - The roller ghoster and the merry ghoul mid-sentence and stared in horror as she and then the sound of animal feet pursuing her round. laughed and began to change. Her body twisted as she raced down the steps and tore open the and broke before Kane’s eyes, her face back door. A glance at the window beside her Q - What happened to the vampire who tried collapsing inward and bleeding, her black hair showed a reflection of the werewolf leaping to gain weight by eating more? tangling, her eyeball popping out of its socket. down the last few steps behind her. A - It didn't work... it was all in vein. “Vengeance,” she whispered. Celia’s feet screamed in protest as she “No! No!” Kane shouted. ran painfully across the sharp gravel driveway Q - What is a vampires favorite holiday? Around him, Akio, her parents, and the toward the tool shed with its shovels and A - Fangsgiving.