Pigmey - Pt. 2

It had been an hour since Amy had gone upstairs.  She had come back saying something about a small statue, but Kate had not seen anything like it inside of this house as far as she could remember.  In fact, it didn't sound familiar to her at all in any house of anywhere for as long as she could remember.1

Oh, well.  It didn't much matter because Amy was asking her a question and waiting for a reply.2

"What?" Kate asked.3

Smiling, Amy repeated herself, "I said, 'Would you like me to make you something?'"4

"Oh, sure.  Thanks."5

"Well what would you like, Kate?"6

"Oh, well....I don't really care.  Whatever you want."7

Amy found this to be odd because normally Kate was always full of life and excited about everything.  And although Amy didn't say anything to Kate, she decided to keep an eye on her for the rest of the night, in case she was sick or something.8

Kate was distracted.  She didn't know why she was distracted, she only knew that she was.  It probably had something to do with that statue Amy had mentioned.  But this was silly.  She had never come across such a statue.  And even if she had, statues weren't real.  They were just there for looking at.  Still...9

Kate decided to forget it and go about the rest of the evening like nothing had happened.10

And that was exactly what Amy and Kate did, until another noise came from above that scared Amy and terrified Kate.11

"What was that?" Kate asked anxiously.12

"I don't know, Kate." Amy replied.  "It sounds like a scratching sound."13

Kate had crowded as close to Amy as she could.  But, it was no good.  The noise was soft, yet quite demanding.  Finally, Amy started to move to the hallway.14

"What are you doing?  Please don't leave me," Kate begged Amy.15

"I'm just going to see what it is, that's all."16

"But you won't come back if you go up there."17

Amy kneeled down next to Kate, took one of her hands, and said, "Look, I just want to go see what is making that sound.  I'll go up and be back down in less then two minutes.  I promise.  I won't let anything happen to you, no matter what happens.  Okay?"18

"Alright.  Please be quite."19

And with that, Amy walked out of the kitchen and disappeared into the hallway.  Kate walked over to the tatableand sat down facing the entrance to the kitchen that Amy had used.  She knew what to do if she heard a scream.  She would run to the phone as fast as she could and dial the number Mommy and Daddy had taught her in situations like this: 911.  She would tell them the address, and that she needed help right away.  Then they would say that help was on the way and that everything would be al-20

At that prpreciseoment, the electricity it the house flickered and then went out.21

Kate screamed and screamed until she was sure that she would faint from exaughstion of the screaming.  But she didn't faint.  Instead, Amy was there, hugging her and reassuring her that it was alright and that everything would be okay.22

Five minutes later, with the help of a few glowing candles, Amy was drying Kate's tears.23

"I want to leave." Kate moaned.24

"We can't just leave."25

"But we must."26

Amy looked into Kate's face, and asked, "Why?"27

"If we don't we'll die."  And with that last statement, Kate began to sob uncontrollablly and Amy looked to the ceceilingas if looking through it.28

"Okay.  We'll go look upstairs together and then if we get really scared, we can go."29

And with that, Amy took Kate by the hand, they each grabbed a candle, and headed for the hallway.30

To Be Continued31