"This isn't a prank," yelled Moxxa.
"Oh Moxxa! Are you doing this because you need me to leave now that Mosava has been making it clear that he's in love with you? The truth is I'm in love with Ashra! I never wanted Mosava at all!" Kllara said as she rolled her eyes and yawned. "Now if you don't mind Moxxa, I and Ashra were going to sleep in a minute."
"Haha! Mosava and me? Never!" Retorted Moxxa. "And you saw what was happening downstairs! The plugs on the TV were not even connected to the outlets! I'm happy for you for finally being true to yourself but, this isn't about you! Nor Ashra!"
"None of this..." Ashra stopped mid sentence as suddenly the house went completely dark. "And tonight's storm wins. The backup generator for the lights isn't supposed to be set up for at least another two months. Only half of the appliances are set up to last a few weeks without our main power source. You both pick now to start fighting over my brother and I don't know how to feel anymore," yelled Ashra. "And I'm very drunk at this moment! This storm is supposed to last at least a couple of more days and next week looks the same according to the weather forecast. So everyone please calm down!"
"Oh no... And there goes the internet." Spoke Moxxa looking at her WiFi signals strength on her laptop. "It might get hot in here," said Moxxa as she walked over to the windows and slightly opened one up.
"Guys! There's a strange plant in the living room," yelled Zeikus entering the bedroom suddenly.
"What!?" Exclaimed Ashra, Kllara, and Moxxa simultaneously.
"Oh my God! I hope it doesn't kill us all," joked Moxxa. "Zeik, we are all in the middle of trying to talk about important matters and the current power outage. So could you please not..."
"—Moxxa I'm telling you I decorated and it's really there," spoke Zeikus.
"You have terrible taste in decor Zeik and I've been dying to tell you this," said Ashra sighing.
"Does it have really big thorns?" Kllara said sarcastically as Ashra and Moxxa burst into laughter with her.
"Ladies, I am sorry! This is all mines and Mosavas fault. We will do everything to fix this mess and we apologize for the inconvenience. Okay? Mosava is probably the only one besides Moxxa who isn't drunk tonight," he said walking to the corner of the room and lying on the floor area rug. "It's going to get hot in here. Can someone open a window? I hope you all know that the generator is only equipped to handle small appliances and the water will still run up to warm temperatures for now but, the barbequed wild hog from earlier today is still slammin'," said Zeikus taking another bite from his sandwich.
"Eww. How can you eat that?" Spoke Kllara walking over to the bathroom and shutting it behind her.
"Baby was the alcohol too strong tonight? Are you okay?" Ashra hollered from the bed. "I'll go fetch something from the medicine kit for your tummy. There's got to be one in the downstairs bathroom!"
"Ashra and Kllara are in love? When did this happen?" Asked Zeikus curiously.
"Zeik! It happened!" Said Ashra.
"Oh." Said Zeikus belching and stretching across the floor area rug. "And I didn't mean to scare you all so much when I came in."
"Zeik, it didn't happen," said Ashra giggling as she adjusted herself to feel more comfortable next to their dog.
Suddenly, a loud thump could be heard in the bathroom which Kllara had gone into and a screeching noise loudly echoed in the hallway startling Moxxa who let out a loud scream as she dashed away from the bedroom door and over to Zeikus’ corner of the room.
"Baby," hollered Ashra leaping up from the bed and rushing over to the bathroom door. "Baby? Are you alright in there?"
"Ashra I think I can see blood coming from underneath the door," exclaimed Moxxa frantically shaking Zeikus’ arm.
"Baby!" Yelled Ashra kicking and shoving at the bathroom door.
"Let me try," hollered Zeikus rushing over to the door and using his full body weight to burst it open in four blows.
"She's on the floor!" Exclaimed Zeikus as he finally unhinged the door. "She's blocking the door! I can see her though! She's unconscious!"
Getting down on the floor, Zeikus began to pull Kllaras limp body from the bathroom through the small opening which he had managed to pry open. Dragging her to the area rug, he began to examine her.
"Kllara!" Hollered Moxxa horrified. "Not my sister! Please God!"
"She's breathing okay," said Zeikus checking her breathing and pulse, "but it looks like she's gashed her back pretty badly on the sink."
Suddenly Zeikus collapsed and began to convulse on the ground as a powerful shimmering light began to pulse inside of the bathroom followed by a loud voice,
"The hollywood trees bestow a curse upon your head! You will not escape! A sacrifice of blood you must make!" Bellowed a voice from inside of the bathroom.
"Nobody in my family is going to your sacrifice! Everybody get down now!" Yelled Ashra as she fired three shots at the bathroom door and the pulsing light within it suddenly diminished. "I think I got it," hollered Ashra, loading more bullets into her gun.
"I think I'm fucking paralyzed," yelled Zeikus from his position on the floor.
"There's something in the hallway guys!" Hollered Moxxa hysterically as she bolted to the bedroom door and locked it. "There's something out there!"
"Damnit, calm down!" Hollered Ashra from behind the bed as Rascal whimpered and retreated to the bedroom closet. "What the fuck was that? It's the same message as earlier on the TV downstairs! A sacrifice of blood from one of us has to be made? Damnit!"
"Damnit!" Cried Zeikus in agony as he finally felt his strength return enough to begin to crawl up to Kllaras asleep body. "That thing... It paralyzed me," Zeikus hollered as he painted and gasped for air. "Is everyone else in here okay? Ashra don't let out any more shots! For God's sake! Please woman!"
"I’m okay!" Said Ashra panting hard as she spoke, "I'm going downstairs, we need more guns," said Ashra as the lightning flashed outside and the rain started to come down harder suddenly.
"I believe you Moxxa, we all did see the movie earlier," said Zeikus. "We all just saw and heard something and we can't unsee or unhear it now. I knew this Island was too good to be true!"
"Ashra, it's gone but you probably won't be hurting it with bullets unfortunately," yelled Moxxa, fluffing a pillow for Kllaras head. "We don't even know what it is. Zeik I don't want to make things worse right now but those things said she is trapped for eternity for her negligence and I was playing around earlier on the way back here," said Moxxa running to her laptop again and flashing the photos which she had taken of the onyx sculpture to Zeik. "I did it. I had urinated on the relic after it caught my foot and tripped me earlier. This is all because of me," Moxxa said as tears began to fall down her face.
"Kllara is going to be fine, nobody is going to be given for a sacrifice, just don't start panicking Moxxa! This Island is cursed! Any luck for Mosavas phone?" Asked Zeikus frantically.
"No," said Moxxa, shaking her head.
"Well, someone has got to go and find my brother and obviously there's something out there that is hunting us. There are more guns in the basement and we need to go and get them... We are not staying on this island!” Yelled Ashra, “not if I have anything to do with it!"
The room went silent and everyone suddenly froze as Moxxas laptop began to receive a video call. "Incoming call from Mosava," read Moxxa aloud as she pressed the answer call button.
"Guys!" Said Mosava over the video call which was only set to show his avatar photo.
"Mosava we just had another encounter! This is Moxxa! We are upstairs in Kllaras bedroom! We cannot see you just your photo avatar on the screen. Where are you?" Hollered Moxxa.
"There's plants growing all over the living room downstairs. It's a forest in here! Yelled Mosava, "I'm not joking you guys! I just woke up and... I'm sorry... But I can't explain what else has happened! I need everyone to meet me in the middle stairway."
"Who's going to stay with Kllara?" Moxxa yelled, "If we leave her—"
"I'm going to get more guns," hollered Ashra, "stay here with Zeik," yelled Ashra kneeling over Kllaras body and kissing her, "I'm coming back for you," she spoke. "Zeikus, I'm not going to lose her am I… I've never cared so much about someone."
"I understand Ashra. You can do this," said Zeikus taking Kllaras hands in his own.
"She was fine when I first walked in... we were arguing and she was a little bit intoxicated... That thing must have paralyzed her too," said Moxxa crying next to Kllaras unconscious body.
"We're sending Ashra," hollered Zeikus at the laptop, "There was something glowing in the bathroom? It spoke to us saying there will be a sacrifice of someone in our group! I don't think it wants to allow us to leave! Now, do you have any food or medicine on hand since you woke up? I hate to ask. We're getting flustered up here though!"
"Yes, the kitchen refrigerator is still powered on by the backup generator. Zeik, none of this makes any sense! We were all pretty drunk after the bond fire tonight but none of us has done anything wrong. We can leave peacefully!"
"Peaches has pissed off the spirits of Samosava Island," hollered Ashra into the laptop.
"We are not going to blame anyone for any of this... just get up here! Now!" Screamed Zeikus impatiently. "Kllara needs to be bandaged!"
"Send Ashra! You'll shoot me if you see me walking up to the door... Don't freak out... I'm not human anymore Zeikus. I'm covered in fur and I have horns," Mosava said, sounding as though he was holding back in his tears.
"Are your dietary needs now preferring humans is the question!" Screamed Zeikus.
"Not yet Zeik!" Said Mosava.
"Don't go Ashra! He's not who we think he is... I'm sorry Mosava, we are not going to take any chances now, turn your camera on so we can see you!"
"Zeikus! My spoiled little cousin! How can you do this to me? You're not the one who somehow transformed into a hybrid part animal, part human in his sleep just now as we all can see! And I'm already outside the window! Turn around and see me!"
"Mosava I am warning you!" Hollered Zeikus.
"There he is! He's half animal!" Screamed Moxxa grabbing onto Zeikus’ forearm as she pointed to Mosavas furry, and tailed silhouette.
"This is who I am now," hollered Mosava who was covered in thick fur and wearing only a pair of cut off jeans as he balanced himself on a tree outside next to their window.
"Shoot him!" Hollered Zeikus.
"That's my brother Zeikus! Have you gone crazy!?" Spoke Ashra struggling to hold her gun steady as her whole body nervously shook, "Mosava? We're giving you a chance to leave the food on the window seal and we'll talk on the video call," hollered Ashra. "We don't know if you are truly trustworthy!"
