A/N: Hey, thanx 4 the ones who reviewed! I really appreciate it!! :P

~* Chapter 2 *~

Shannon obviously had been leaning against the door, because she just kind of fell out, and Aaron caught her. She was covered with scratches and bruises and was completely unconscious, so everyone freaked out at that point.

“Tell your mom to get up here, quick!” Jessica said hurriedly.

“Well… she’s.. not… here.” Alex replied with her head down.

“WHAT? She’s not here?! God, Alex…” Aaron stated. He rushed her into Alex’s room, got the other guys in, and sat down on the bed. He gently picked her up and laid her head in his lap. Zack left the room and soon came back with a wet washcloth. Aaron carefully put it on her head.

“Someone, call the police or 911, or something!” Aaron said desperately.

“Oh yeah, Aaron, what are they gonna say? ‘Alright, we’ll come over to figure out a supernatural phenomenon!’ Whatever!” Jessica replied, acting like she was talking on the phone.

Aaron sighed, knowingly. If they told anyone, everybody would think they were freaks and needed some kind of help. Nothing happens like this… not in this way, anyway.

Suddenly, Aaron felt movement in his arms. He looked down, and Shannon was just starting to wake up. Aaron gave her a huge hug, thankful she was back again. (A/N: Does that make any sense? I mean, can you ‘come back’? Oh well..)

“Oh.. My head hurts..” Shannon moaned.

“.. I’m sorry, baby… Do you remember anything that happened?” Aaron asked.

“Yeah.. Oh my gosh Alex, you were right…. Only.. It wasn’t some old maid. It was this.. Head thing.. I really don’t know how to describe it, but it was glowing green with red eyes… it had this long black cape on. That was all I could see of it, but it just started hitting me and scratching me.” She said, looking down at her arms.

“Wait a second.. You’re scratches aren’t bleeding.” Zack noticed. True, they weren’t bleeding.. And they were pretty deep, too. Everyone had a dazed look on their face, as if they had just seen a ghost.. Well, they might as well have.

Later, around midnight, they finally got settled, and since they only had one room -- who would want to sleep in the guestroom.. OR the parents’ room?! -- they all had to sleep in Alex’s. She had a bunk bed and 1 couch, so Alex, being the generous person she is, (A/N: LoL) slept on the couch and everyone else slept in the bed; Jessica and Zack in the top one, Shannon and Aaron in the bottom. Both levels had a curtain so you could close it. When they finally got in bed, they closed the curtain. Aaron slept near the wall, with his arms around Shannon.

Curiosity got the best out of him, so he asked,

“Baby.. That wasn’t all that you saw, was it?” He could tell that something was wrong… that she had been hiding something ever since she told everyone the story.

Shannon shifted to sleep on her back, but did not speak. A couple minutes later, there was a voice in the dark..

“No, that wasn’t all I saw… I saw.. My life flash before my eyes or something. It was… scary.” Shannon said.

“I’m so sorry that had to happen to you.”

“Look, it’s really no big deal… eh.. Listen, it’s not like it was your fault or anything. It’s ok, really,” Shannon said, trying to convince herself.

“Alright baby, if you say so.”

They fell asleep just like that -- Shannon on her back with Aaron sleeping beside her.

The group woke up the next morning and got dressed.

“Hey.. Know what? I think we should form some kind of group… like, a group that tries to find ghosts and stuff.” Jessica suggested.

“Wait -- are you serious?” Alex interrupted.

“Yeah! I mean, we live in Marathon, Florida! There HAS to be some kind of freaky stuff here! The Bell Witch House is here… lots of other freaky stuff happens too.. We just don’t take the time to realize it.” Everyone thought a minute, and finally agreed.

“So.. What should we call our group?” Shannon asked.

“The Scream Team?”

“No.. that’s really dorky… plus, it’s already a movie on Disney.”

“Hey, how about Midnight Massacres?” Zack suggested.

“Hey, that’s pretty good.. I’m all for it!” There was an echo around the room of ‘yeah’ and ‘sure’.

“Alright! So we’re Midnight Massacres!”

After all that was said and done, everyone went home. Shannon got on the internet that night and looked up several things about ‘phenomenon’ and ‘supernatural’ and ‘ghosts’. She had been on there for about an hour when something suddenly caught her eye…

A/N: Hey guys! Hope you liked this chappie! I’m not sure if I did such a great job with this cliffhanger… oh well.. So, come on, review and tell me how you liked it! Oh, I know the Bell Witch house in TN, but oh well. LoL! R+R! =) ~popstar2be