Post by EPICER WIN ?! on Dec 20, 2009 9:49:36 GMT -5
christmas crucifix
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THE HOLIDAYS HAVE ARRIVED AGAIN. It's the time of year when lots of families go on vacation. Families from northern states like to travel to California to escape the snow and cold, so it's a Christmas family rush. Thanks to Hotel California's constant death rate, there are always rooms available last-minute for families in need. Of course, they have no knowledge of the death rate, and keep coming in by the bucket loads. Only, at the hotel, regular California weather doesn't hold. Within the walls of the hotel, the temperature can drop to below freezing. Snow can always be seen from the windows, covering the scenic surrounding redwood forests. Frost covers the windows day in and day out. There is a significant lack of Christmas cheer, though the hotel is decorated for the season. No one can go home and retrieve their presents, or attend the family meetings they planned to attain gifts that way. But this year, things change.
A NEW VAMPIRE HAS COME TO THE HOTEL. He dresses a lot like the Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church, and he claims that he has come to spread the good news to the people. And indeed, whenever he's around, people are in high spirits. Everyone is laughing and jolly. He brings toys for the little children, books and technology for the adults and teenagers, and cider and eggnog for everyone. Even the other vampires have taken a liking to him. He gains their trust, gathering a coven of followers. The coven is quickly growing, branching out to include humans, who want the immortality the pope vampire can offer them. Elderly guests change overnight. They become paler, with reddish tints to their eyes, and look less healthy, but don't act it at all. If anything, they act as though they've had years taken off. They're agile, spry, and incredibly sharp-witted. To them, the pope vampire is a savior.
BUT HIS GIFTS AREN'T ALL THEY'RE CRACKED UP TO BE. The cider and eggnog are poisoned. Anyone who drank them is slowly dying on the inside. The children's toys have come alive and are attacking the young innocents. The books are all twisted horror stories that are slowly driving the adults insane. At the same time, the screen of every cell phone and lap top given to the teenagers turns black, and threatening messages are printed on them. Unless a cure for the poison can be found, the toys can be destroyed, and the mental health of the adults and teens restored, one vampire will have accomplished in one holiday what others have been trying for for years: the extinction of the human population within the hotel's walls.
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CHRISTMAS CRUCIFIX
© 2009 BY EMMY OF HC
