"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Maria Lopez screamed these words as she charged up the hill towards the dark house, voice barely audible over the booming thunder and the howling wind. As the thorny weeds tore her white Capris and she was drenched with rain, she looked back wildly to see the dark figure about three hundred feet behind her. Fortunately, it didn't seem to be gaining.
She had been at the bar on the road near the base of hill, drinking an Angry Orchard when the guy had sauntered up behind her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Angry Orchard, huh?" the guy had said airily. "You look like more of a Red Stripe girl." Maria had rolled her eyes and smiled, realizing he was probably just another fuckboy. But when she had turned around and seen his muscled frame, nice jeans and polo shirt, and his dark hair, she was interested. "Wanna go to that corner table and talk?" Maria had giggled like a little girl and had let him lead her over to the corner, under the ELIVS IS DEAD sign in red neon. "Hey! How about two Red Stripes over here for me and this lovely lady!" he had called to the bartender. Jake the bartender, a fat, bald man with a gray mustache, had scowled and went over to the cooler. "What's your name?" she had asked dreamily. "You don't need to know that just yet..." he had whispered, and put a finger up to her lips. She laughed again and they drank more. And more. And more.
By the fourth one, she had begun to feel lightheaded. She swayed in her seat and leaned her head against the wall. "I don't feel so good..." she murmured. Her eyes had fluttered half-open, and she felt him heaving her up. "C'mon, let's get you out of here." He whispered in her ear. He paid Jake and started half-dragging her across the parking lot. "Hey..." she said softly as they passed her red Explorer. "That's my car..." she had looked up and seen the huge hill rising across the street, with the huge mansion that sat upon it.
The guy had opened the door of the bed of a black pickup and had thrown her in it. She moaned, her senses starting to come back to her. She had heard the jangles and zips as the guy had taken off his jeans and underwear. Then he had put his mouth to her ear and whispered, "My name is Mathias." And then she heard the zips and jangles as he started taking off her belt. "What... what are you doing?" she moaned. Her vision went out of focus, then went back into a clear picture. The guy had her belt off and was actively pulling down her pants! "HEY!" she shrieked. The guy had looked up, surprised, then had gotten Maria's foot on his stomach.
Screaming, he had tumbled off the bed and she heard a sinister cracking noise. She quickly got up on her knees, pulled her pants up, put the belt on, and was searching for her other flat when he rose, demon-like from under the bed door. He had a gash on his forehead, which was leaking blood that ran in rivers down his face. "We're not done yet..." he mumbled, smiling. Screaming, Maria kicked him in the mouth, and he had fallen back out of sight. She found her other flat, jammed it on, and leapt out of the bed of the truck, barely escaping his outstretched hand.
She was halfway across the parking lot when she looked back and saw Mathias, blood leaking out of his mouth, with his pants and shoes on and a switchblade in his hand. "I'll kill you for that, BITCH!" he yelled, and started chasing after her. In her panic, she had not run back towards the bar, but up the hill across the street.
So that's where she was now, running up the hill towards the house to escape Mathias. She charged up the hill, and looked back to see he was steadily gaining on her. This seemed to give her a boost of energy, and she burst out of the weeds onto the front lawn. She stopped and looked up. The two story front door towered above her, an ornately carved oak with brass knockers. She heard him breaking weeds and slashing them with the knife behind her and looked up at the house again. The lighting cracked behind it sinisterly. Without much of an option, she ran up the front steps and threw open the door, which sprang out almost eagerly. She shut it behind her and found herself in a dark entrance hall.
Maria could hear him outside. So she pulled open the first door she saw and found herself in...