It was a dark and windy night with a full moon hanging over the Los Angeles valley. You watched Quinton chime open the door of a remote gas station on the outskirts of the city. The bright florescent lights buzzed and flickered over the metal of the gas pumps in the blackness of the night.

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Meanwhile at the SWAY mansion Halloween party someone shouted " Who's ready to get fucked UPPPP !!! " at 70 guests.

The house was filled with an over kill of Halloween decorations and music pumping out large decimals of volume. The counters were strewn with bowls of Halloween candy and liqueur while the outside pool had red cups floating up and down in the water.

But the Halloween at SWAY was a decoy party to throw the paparazzi off the trail to the main event. Major influencers were missing because Bryce had offered a grand to each Triller or Youtuber on his list that could stay overnight in a haunted house.

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Quinton drove along a dim stretch of houses on the outskirts of the city. It is eerily abandoned except you thought you saw a teenage werewolf walking down the sidewalk on a mission. Quinton slows to a small group standing outside a half boarded two story old Victorian. As you walk to the front steps you look around at who showed up in the camera light.

Cat had rubbed her eyes smearing her mascara into dark circles under her eyes.

"Dayum" Larray said looking her over while sucking on a pot lolly.

"Is this everyone coming?" Jaden asked.

"Looks like it" Quinton replied.

A loud creaking noise startled the silence as Josh opened the large front door. A blast of dank air rushed out. Dust settled over the floor in the moonlight. The air smelt like decay and stale beer which meant two things ; people have partied here before but have not been here recently.

A long dim hallway stood silent in front of you like a tunnel as you walk with Quinton's fingers laced in yours. JRod's camera switched to night mode as the darkness swallowed everyone. At the end of the hallway was a room with a fireplace. However, the candles that were being lit were quickly extinguished with a draft.

"I can't get this window to shut" Josh tried to the point of almost slamming it into shattering pieces. Quinton walked over to the hissing wind and ripped the curtain down before shoving it into the opening.

You could hear the long metal scrape as the old flute in the chimney that lets smoke from the fireplace escape was opened. Someone sparked a fire in it as the walls began to dance with shadows.

Larray started lining up shots on a table "lets rip some shots of courage" he offered you a blood sucker. As time passes and liqueur begins to run out the door suddenly opened. A chill ran along your spine until you recognize it was Bryce and Noah.

"Sorry boys I am late; anyone leave yet? No? Well the night is still young."

It seemed like forever as Cat tried to stand up and when she did she spilled some of her drink. She walked over and sat down on the dusty velvet sofa next to you.

"I think you are awesome" she slurred "and we should hang out."

Quinton sat down between you both and started to crack his knuckles. After looking you over he started to make out with you in front of her.

"Cat you're drunk" Noah said approaching her. "Fun fact" she told him "I don't care. In fact I am going home. I don't need to be here. Going home where it is warm and not here."

"Why is everyone leaving?" you ask Quinton as you notice several people were missing.

"Not feeling the spooky vibe" he flashed a smile at you.

"But, Nick or Tayler would have said goodbye. Nessa is gone too" you observe people had started disappearing who had settled in the shadows of the room so you edge closer to the light of the fireplace.

"I don't feel safe here" you tell Quinton.

"Not even with me?" he clutches his hands to his chest with a wounded look.

Larray walks up interrupting again "So how you liking L.A.'s most haunted mansion" he snapped his fingers like the Addams Family.

"My girl isn't really into all this" Quinton answers for you laughing.

You don't say much for the next few hours as you watch people play would you rather. Finally Josh and Jaden insist on taking a tour of the house with their cameras for their upcoming Youtube content. They didn't come back either. Bryce and Jrod were filming next to the cold eyes of a portrait when you thought you saw something looking in from the outside window. But by the time everyone looked all they saw was a lightning flash.

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Sometime in the night you wake up to where you had fallen asleep in Quinton's arms. You notice everyone else had fallen asleep. You hear a loud creak from the outside hallway floor and fear rose. Seconds seemed to spin forever as you strained to hear over the sound of your own heart beat.

"Quinton" you whisper "wake up."

"Gaaaaaw" he moans as he continued to sleep on the sofa.

You decide to investigate the noise on your own.

As you walk the hallway you strike a match every so often illuminating the few inches of darkness. The last match you strike instantly lights up a face in front of you.

"You! What are YOU doing here?" you ask as he blows out the flame leaving you in darkness. Muffled sounds try to escape as you are pulled away into the house.

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It was surprisingly warm in the room that you were pushed into. You recognize the missing persons hunched back against wall or sitting in chairs.

"Larray what are you doing in here?" you whisper "Were you taken too?"

"Obviously" he replied.

"I am going to try and talk to him" you said.

"I beg you not" Larray says calmly.

Fletcher the Hollywood Fix reporter scraped a chair across the wood floor and sits down.

"You don't have to do this" you start.

"I am tired of being mocked by Hype and Sway in their content videos for just doing my job."

"We have to warn the others" you whisper.

"Oh when you say we you mean who and oh wait" Larray pauses "hello? lets rewind. I missed the part of how."

Your eyes snap back to Hollywood Fix as he tells you to get up. In the ghastly room you see something silver in his hand that was glinting in the moonlight that streamed through cracks of the boarded windows. You feel your stomach tighten as Fletch grabs your arm and puts you in the chair. With his other hand he raises it as if he is about to strike you. Suddenly the door opens and it takes Quinton only a few seconds to register what is happening when he sees you. He pulls you up into his arms as he swipes his gun from his back with the other. His arm extended he points it at Fletch who quickly swipes it and fists Quinton in the face. You see the muscles in Quinton's jaw flinch before he spits blood and looks up with a burning damnation. The two try to overcome each other before Fletch gets knocks off his feet. Quinton pins him to the ground as punch after punch causes Fletch to begin to breathe with labored breathe.

Quinton settles back on his feet and looks you over "You okay?"

"Watch out!" you try to warn him.

Fletch had stumbled to his feet and was going for the gun on the floor.

You panic and grab a gas camping lantern from the floor and throw it at Fletch.

It burst into flames as everyone suddenly became animated into action rushing out of the room. Your hair started to drip wet trapped behind a wall of flames with Quinton. You think you hear the house moan or it may have been the creaking sounds of it settling.

Everyone was in the yard under the rising sun watching the house begin to collapse. Addison let out a howling scream of your name and Quinton's that was echoed by an approaching distant siren.

You look at Quinton as he looks at you.

Pressing your head into his shoulder he holds on to you as he shoots out the boarded window that has started to stream a faint light of dawn. He hauls you both through the window collapsing to the ground below. You look up at the towering house as all the windows explode shimmering glass that sparkled in the new sunlight.

"You saved me" you whimper trying to fight back tears.

"Remember I once told you that you are not allowed to die" he replied.

The others waiting in the front street rush to you both as you walk around the corner the house in flames behind you. One final explosion ripped through the chimney.

Police cars raced toward you followed by a fire engine red lights flashing.

"Hollywood Fix?" Bryce asked.

"I don't think he made it" Quinton replied.

You hide in Quinton's arms as he holds you tightly. You remember his agent's words the night of the Boxing Ring Fight in Vegas. He had told you "Every time something happens and I turn around you - there you are."

Through the quivering vapors of the heat you think you can make out a silhouette. Is it a real haunt? you wonder. Someone gasps when it became obvious that is was Fletcher badly burnt but very much alive.

EMS that had arrived on scene lay him on a stretcher.

After statements to the police they were letting people either choose to go home or get treated. No one was seriously injured except Fletcher so everyone started to leave.

Bryce swipes his face with his hand "Well" he started "when I invited you both to this house I did not imagine that it would end with you burning it down."

Quinton defended you "And when we accepted your invite we did not expect a crazy lunatic reporter would try to end us."

"No don't get me wrong" Bryce replied "you saved us."

"Damn Quinton" JRod adds "this girl is crazy in love with you. She fights Cat in a boxing ring live on Youtube over you and when she thinks you're about to get shot ... she burned the whole mother fucking house down."

Quinton's face that had been serious suddenly broke into a grin "likewise I was about to end Fletch thinking he was about to hurt you" he tells you.

"Hey man" JRod says turning off his camera for the first time since last night "Going home and you?" he asks Bryce.

"Yeah I'm going" he turns to both of you "By the way. There is a grand in both your cash app. Technically you were both the last to leave the house. You're the winners. Happy Halloween."

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As Quinton drives away you see his phone light up.

"It's Cat" you say as you read a text.

You had completely forgot she had left early to go home. She had no idea of what had happened. She was mass reminding people that her launch party is in 24 hours. She was hosting an event to debut her new perfume.

"Cat's party is in 24 hours. Are we going?" you ask.

"Seriously babe?" Quinton looks at you with a side look before focusing on driving.

"If we don't go it might look like something" you tell him.

You see your reflection in the window from the sunlight pouring in over the Valley. You watch the city shine under the sun as a faint smell of smoke from the distant hills wisp burning in the air. You start to feel sleepy as you try not to think of last night's party ... or the one coming up in 24 hours. What could possibly happened next you ask yourself.