The Sunrise Mall never was a super nice place. Many of the stores were vacant. However, Shari liked to visit it with her friends. As a nice place to hang out with friends, it wasn't that bad.

On this particular evening, she was there to visit a pop-up Halloween store. Halloween was her favorite holiday, which was also only 2 weeks away. Her friends Beth and Madison tagged along.

The Halloween store was okay. All the decorations and costumes looked as if they were bought from a secondhand store. Shari eventually decided to buy a 'Sexy Witch' costume, and that was basically it. While it was underwhelming, she was with her friends; and that's what mattered.

The three of them realized that it was getting late, so they began to walk towards the exit. It was spooky in the mall at this hour. Everyone else left already. The fluorescent lamps above gave just enough light to see the floor. The LED signs above the store entryways buzzed and zapped. The scent of giant pretzels and the sound of the bubbling fountains were off in the unseen distance. Thriller echoed from the 25-year-old intercom. Darkness creeped through the skylight.

Suddenly, Madison had to use the restroom. "Seriously?" Shari asked in a somewhat snarky tone. "We're about to leave, you can wait til we get home. Besides, the restroom are probably closed by now.". Madison just rolled her eyes. "Please. I'll be quick."

With that, Shari and Beth allowed her to quickly use the restroom. Fortunately for her, the restroom doors were still unlocked. Even the restroom was creepy and dimly-lit. Like she  said, Madison was going to be quick.

She found a stall, did her business; only to realize something unfortunate. The stall had no toilet paper. Madison cursed under her breath. What was she going to use now?

Then, she heard footsteps coming her way. "Shari? Beth?". No answer. Suddenly, her stall door flew opened!

It was a man. A man in a red hoodie, hiding his face with a gold theater mask. Madison's knees shook. She tried to cover herself from this stranger. "The name's Manto. I heard you were out of toilet paper." the man spoke. "Wait. How did you.......I didn't even hear you open the door." Beth questioned him, trying to sound brave.

Manto then pulled 2 rolls of toilet paper from behind his back. One was blue, the other was yellow. "Which one?" he asked her. Madison chose yellow. Without warning, Manto grabbed the back of her head and picked her up! She tried to escape, but it was useless. Manto then threw her face-first into the toilet bowl.

"I hope she's almost done." Shari said as she looked at her watch. Moments later, Madison ran out of the restroom. Her head was soaked with water and her nose was bleeding. "Madison, wait!" Beth yelled to her. Still, she ran and cried through the exit of the mall.

Both Shari and Beth just looked at each other. Beth decided to investigate the restroom, hoping to figure out what happened. Of course, Shari warned her to be careful.

Beth wanted to be sure that whatever happened to Madison won't happen to her. She took each step with care. What could've possibly happened to her in here?

Seeing water on the floor by one of the toilets, Beth concluded that Madison must've slipped and took the toilet to the face. As she turned to leave, she noticed a roll of red toilet paper on the floor. "Hey, how'd this get here?". Beth knew it wasn't there when she walked in. She picked it up to observe it. "So, you chose red?"

5 minutes later...

Shari grew worried. There was no need for Beth to be in there as long as she was. Like a good friend, she decided to check on her.

Almost immediately upon entering, she noticed the pool of blood coming from one of the stalls! Shari rushed over to see the source of the gore: Beth!

She was still alive, barely. Her entire torso and lap was soaked with her blood. A large slit was painted on her neck, with her trachea hanging out of it! Whistle and gurgling sounds escaped from it.

In state of panic and shock, Shari ran over to aid her dying friend. "It's okay! I'll help!" She said, trying to reassure Beth; if she could even hear her.

She then noticed that Beth's trachea was kinked. She had to straighten it somehow, but she didn't want to touch it. Shari then noticed a roll of blue toilet paper by her side. She wrapped it around her hand and attempted to straighten it out.

As Shari gagged, she heard someone approach her from behind. It was Manto! "Glad you chose blue, that's my favorite way to die!". Without waiting, Manto picked up Shari by her neck and began to strangle her. He tightened his grip with every second. Manto was satisfied when her face was the color of her toilet paper, blue.