she’s a-comin’

"'They're comin'!' she screamed, y'know, even though there was a rule not to scream. But Kristi screamed anyways, because who needs to follow the rules?

Gen' Mandy looked over at her, signalin' for her to hush up.

When Kristi continued screamin' her flimsy li'l heart out, she pushed her over the rail, then lectured us about rules and how one day, the monsters were coming back.

'Nobody's coming nowhere, there hasn't been a report for decades,' I said to good ol' Joe. 'Why this old tramp fort is still here, I have no idea, I tell ya, but it better be here for a good reason. Otherwise I'll throw that old gen' over the railing meself.' Ha, if only I knew that Gen' Walters was listenin', then I wouldn't have gotten ten lashes later." He lets out a huge, hearty, deranged laugh, then returns his colourful eyes to me.

"The next day, I watched as the first vamp vaulted over the wall, stretchin' out his flappy wings to steady 'imself. 'It's a message from our kin',' 'e said, lookin' all regal and stuff. Gen' Mandy stabbed him right through the heart and she punched 'im over the rail, just like Kristi. Then Gen' Mandy 'erself's dragged over by a few tentacle hands from the swamp monster that's sup'osed to live in the south or somethin'. 'Twas all a blur t' me, 'cause I was busy bein' knocked out in the 'ospital wing." He grins and points to a scar on his head. "Ain't it funny? I thought I was gonna be a hero until the day I died, but it turns out I died before I could become a hero."

He starts to disappear, thinning out. "I hope that answered all yer questions, miss. See you again sometime. Be waitin' here tomorrow, a'ight?" He grins lopsidedly, yellowed and broken teeth showing.

I wave goodbye to the old ghost, shutting my notebook. "Thank you for coming today, Mr. Brian, I look forwards to tomorrow."

Then he was gone.