Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Ghosts of Fort Riley ❯ Night Two part 1 ( Chapter 4 )
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By: lady eve 
Night two begins.
**Back home Duo wonders if it's not too
late to win Hilde back.
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense / Supernatural / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.04.2002 | Updated On: 06.05.2002 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 131 | Status: Completed
Night two begins.
**Back home Duo wonders if it's not too
late to win Hilde back.
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense / Supernatural / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.04.2002 | Updated On: 06.05.2002 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 131 | Status: Completed
Title: The Ghosts of Fort Riley
Author's Note: I'm sorry it took this long, I have been busy and I have recently suffered a case of writer's block. Please review,
it's so nice to read them.
****Night 2 part 1****
Hilde woke up to strong arms hugging her close to a warm body. She sighed and moved Timothy's arms to get out
of bed. It was almost time for them to start the last night of thier investigation of Fort Riley. Hilde didn't need another night to
know that Fort Riley was haunted. Her experience from the night before was proof enough.
Hilde turned around as she finished putting on a clean pair of jeans. Timothy, Mark, and Jake were already jumping
out of bed and putting on their clothes. They walked over to the portable refrigerator and grabbed the ingredients for making
ham and cheese sandwiches. They had thirty minutes to eat and prepare their equipment for what they knew would be a terrifying
night.
Thirty minutes later, Hilde sat at the computer and clicked on the Fear website. The screen came on with the first
dare of the night already posted. Hilde called out to the others and told them that the first dare was ready.
"Dare 1. White go to Quarters 124, there you will investigate the well and await further instructions. Purple will
navigate. Good luck."
Timothy looked at his companions with a nervous smile, "I guess it's my turn to investigate our hostile ghosts."
Hilde looked at him with sympathy, "Timothy, I know that you can do it. We will all be rooting for you."
"Thanks sweetheart. You don't know how much that means to me." said Timothy.
"Well, come on let's get this over with. I say as soon as we finish our dares the faster we get our money and the
faster we get to go home." said Mark.
"I agree." said Timothy, "Well guys wish me luck and here I go."
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Duo stared at the tv intently as he saw his rival Timothy head out for his first dare. He hoped that Timothy would get
scared out of his wits and quit. He didn't feel comfortable at all with Timothy being in close proximity with Hilde. There was no
way that he was going to give up Hilde that easily. He would get her back, even if he had to resort to kidnapping Hilde.
Duo jumped as he felt a hand tap him sympathetically on the shoulder, it was Relena. Relena smiled at Duo and sat
down next to him. Duo smiled at her bravely and turned his head back to the tv screen.
"You know Duo, I wouldn't worry about Hilde's love life right now. I would focus more on her safety, it is quite
obvious that Fort Riley is a dangerous place. Right now worry about her safety and when she comes back then you could begin
your fight to win her back. I'm sure that you would be able to accomplish that."
"I guess you are right Relena. I just hope that she would be okay and willing to give me another chance."
"I'm sure she will, Hilde loves you too much."
Duo smiled at her and admired her for her kind and advice. He didn't know how Relena was able to overcome her
sorrow over her relationship with Heero. Thankfully, Relena and Heero had talked and were now seeing each other. He knew
that Relena had suffered from boredom and despair that had threatened to topple her political career. He admired Relena for her
ability to cope with anything that war and terrorism brought upon her.
"Please Hilde, forgive me and wait for me." whispered Duo as he saw Hilde giving Timothy directions to Quarters 124.
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"Timothy, have you gotten to Quarters 124 yet?" asked Hilde.
"I'm not...wait I see the place. Damn! It looks as spooky as hell." replied Timothy.
"Don't think about it Timothy, I know you can do it. We need you to stay focused."
"Thanks Hilde, you're a really great girl." answered Timothy.
"Uh, thanks. I think." answered a bewildered Hilde.
Timothy sighed as he walked closer to the building that held the well. He took a deep breath as he approached the
well and prayed that his dare won't require him to spend the whole night near the place.
"Hilde, I'm at the well. Talk to me sweetheart."
"Okay, it says here that you must take out the rope ladder from your knapsack and hang it over the well's wall. Then
you have to climb down the ladder and take EMF readings."
Hilde's eyes widened as she saw the next set of instructions come on the screen. She turned to Mark and Jake with
frightened eyes.
"How do you think he will react to the next set of instructions?"
"I don't know. Let's just hope he won't freak out." answered Jake.
"If I was him, I would probably quit." said Mark.
Hilde nodded and picked up the two way radio, "Timothy, I hate to tell you this, but it says here that you'll be staying
in the well for four hours in radio silence and in complete darkness. You will only be allowed to shine your flashlight at the EMF
reader. Before I forget, after climbing down the well, you must take the rope ladder down with you."
"Are you sure those are the instructions Hilde?"
"I'm sorry Timothy, those are the instructions."
Hilde heard Timothy sigh and she instantly felt sorry for him.
"Okay, I'm climbing down the rope ladder now. Wish me luck, I'm turning the two way radio off now."
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Timothy was breathing hard as he started to climb down the rope ladder. Now he knew how hard it really was to
complete a dare. He grunted as he jumped down to the bottom of the well, thank godness the well wasn't that deep. The well's
water reached all the way up to his waist. Timothy looked up and yanked on the rope ladder, knowing that someone was going
to have to get him out.
Timothy took a deep breath as the story of the well came back to his mind, the voice of the clairvoyant echoing
through his mind:
"A woman living during the 1860's drowned herself in the well while living in Quarters 124. Her body was buried in
an open pasture behind the house and that pasture became a home during the 20th and 21st century. When people lived at
Quarters 124, it was reported that they could hear horrible noises at night near the well. They were described as being
unbearably loud and sounding as though someone was dragging a wooden box up and down the stairs with chains. The sounds
continued night after night and finally a priest was called in to do an exorcism. The ceremony was apperently successful for
awhile, but years later, the ghost returned to wreak havoc again."
Timothy closed his eyes as a wave of terror washed through him. He knew that no matter how terrifying his experience
might be or will be, he couldn't abandone Hilde. She had become very special to him.
"Please don't be angry spirit, I'm not here to harm, I'm not here to harm, I'm not here to harm, I'm not here to harm."
Timothy prayed as he neared the second hour of his dare.
While Timothy was praying a foggy like mist was forming at the top of the well, heading right down to him. The wild
beeping of the EMF reader snapped Timothy out of his prayer as he turned on his flashlight to see the reader. He was to
preoccupied with his flashlight and reader to notice that the temperature was drooping and that the foggy mist was just right over
his head.
"That's funny, it's getting colder in here." Timothy thought as he finally noticed clouds of his breath forming in front of
him as he breathed. The hair on the back of Timothy's neck stood straight up as he realized the reason for the temperature drop
and the wild reaction of the EMF reader. Timothy slowly looked up and froze in terror as he saw the foggy mist slowly descend
right in front of him.
As soon as the mist floated right next to him, it started to take the shape of the human form. First, the outline of a
dress started to appear, followed by the waist and a tight bodice. The misty outline did a whole turn and stopped right in front of
him again. Timothy went cold when he noticed that the neck and the head start to take form, he closed his eyes and hoped that it
would all go away. When Timothy opened his eyes the ghostly form was complete, except for the mouth, the face was missing
facial features. Then the lady ghost seemed to pause for a second and then she gave Timothy a ghostly almost flirty smile.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Timothy.
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"Dare 2, red go to stable # 1 and await further instructions. Purple will continue to navigate."
"Great, it had to be my turn." said Mark, terror written all over his face.
"You can do it buddy. Just try it one more time, remember the money that's awaiting you." comforted Jake.
"Jake is right, Mark, we all need the money. Of course if you don't want to do it, that's okay with us. We
understand." said Hilde, "We don't want anything to happen to you."
Mark nodded as he prepared his equipment, he knew that Jake and Hilde were only trying to help him. At least that
he could do was give this dare a try. He turned around and gave Jake and Hilde a terrified smile.
"Well, I guess it's time to go." said Mark.
Hilde nodded and gave him an encouraging smile, with that Mark opened the door and headed for stable # 1.
"Okay, Hilde girl, I need some directions."
"Right, it says here that all you need to do is follow the dirt path and stop at the fort's gates. Once you stop at the
fort's gates you should walk about 10 yards and you should reach the shacks. You got it?"
"Yes, I got it. I'm at the grove of trees right now, heading for the rock path that leads to the fort's gates." Mark
informed Hilde.
"Good, you're doing great Mark. Tell me once you reach the shacks."
"Fine." answered Mark.
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Fifteen minutes passed when Mark finally reached the shacks. The place looked as spooky and forbidding as a
haunted cemetery. Except for the light of his flashlight, the place was cloaked in the darkness of the night. All over he could hear
the hooting of owls or the barking of a dog.
"Hilde, I'm at the shacks, where do I go from here?" asked Mark.
"Once you reach the shacks, you should walk another 15 yards behind the shacks and take a left turn where you
should come upon stable # 1."
"Okay, I read you." said Mark.
"You can do this Mark, I believe in you."
"I hope you are right Hilde."
Mark looked at the shacks and started walking towards the back of the buildings. While all the time of his 15 yard
walk to stable #1 he prayed for Timothy and his own safety. After 15 minutes of walking, Mark finally reached the stable and
quickly walked inside.
As Mark explored stable #1 he couldn't help but remember the grim history of the place.
"Soldiers on night duty would report seeing a man in old-fashioned clothing ride through the stable and then disappear.
Years later, when work was being done to the stable, the skeleton's of horse and rider were found in an old ravine. Could this
have been the man who had been riding there, there, there?" echoed the narrator's voice.
"Mark, are you in the stable?" asked Hilde.
"Yes, I am."
"It says here that you should find a prayer altar in the middle of the stable. Once you get at the altar, you should kneel
down in front of it and light the candles. Once you do that you should give out a little prayer and then you are free to come back
to the safe house."
"I hear you."
As soon as Mark finished talking to Hilde, Mark took a deep breath and walked towards the middle of the stable.
There awaiting him was the altar, Mark shivered and kneeled down before it, but as soon as he did an overwhelming sense of fear
overtook him. A sound of heavy footsteps was heading right for him and as Mark looked up a frightening sight welcomed him.
A man dressed in an old fashioned clothing was walking right towards him! The man walked faster towards Mark
and lifted his hand as if to say hello. Mark opened his mouth as if to scream but only a dry choke came out. Instead Mark
jumped to his seat and ran out the door as fast as his legs could carry him while the sound of running footsteps followed him right
up to the safehouse's door. He burst through the safehouse door and promptly announced that he was quitting.
"What? You are not serious!" exclaimed a startled Hilde.
"What happened?" asked Jake.
"I have had enough of ghosts and dares. I just want to go home and keep my sanity." said Mark.
Hilde got up from her chair at the computer's desk and walked up to Mark. She looked straight into his eyes and
asked him if he was serious about quitting.
"Of course I'm sure."
"We sure are going to miss you buddy." said Jake.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you guys, but I really can't take this anymore. Give my regards to Timothy for me." and with
that Mark walked to the computer and clicked himself out. He walked over to his cot and grabbed his duffle bags filled with his
belongings.
Mark hugged Hilde and Jake goodbye and walked out of the safehouse. Now what was once a group of five brave
people dwindled down to three weary "ghost investigators."
Author's Note: I'm sorry it took this long, I have been busy and I have recently suffered a case of writer's block. Please review,
it's so nice to read them.
****Night 2 part 1****
Hilde woke up to strong arms hugging her close to a warm body. She sighed and moved Timothy's arms to get out
of bed. It was almost time for them to start the last night of thier investigation of Fort Riley. Hilde didn't need another night to
know that Fort Riley was haunted. Her experience from the night before was proof enough.
Hilde turned around as she finished putting on a clean pair of jeans. Timothy, Mark, and Jake were already jumping
out of bed and putting on their clothes. They walked over to the portable refrigerator and grabbed the ingredients for making
ham and cheese sandwiches. They had thirty minutes to eat and prepare their equipment for what they knew would be a terrifying
night.
Thirty minutes later, Hilde sat at the computer and clicked on the Fear website. The screen came on with the first
dare of the night already posted. Hilde called out to the others and told them that the first dare was ready.
"Dare 1. White go to Quarters 124, there you will investigate the well and await further instructions. Purple will
navigate. Good luck."
Timothy looked at his companions with a nervous smile, "I guess it's my turn to investigate our hostile ghosts."
Hilde looked at him with sympathy, "Timothy, I know that you can do it. We will all be rooting for you."
"Thanks sweetheart. You don't know how much that means to me." said Timothy.
"Well, come on let's get this over with. I say as soon as we finish our dares the faster we get our money and the
faster we get to go home." said Mark.
"I agree." said Timothy, "Well guys wish me luck and here I go."
************************************************************* *************************************
Duo stared at the tv intently as he saw his rival Timothy head out for his first dare. He hoped that Timothy would get
scared out of his wits and quit. He didn't feel comfortable at all with Timothy being in close proximity with Hilde. There was no
way that he was going to give up Hilde that easily. He would get her back, even if he had to resort to kidnapping Hilde.
Duo jumped as he felt a hand tap him sympathetically on the shoulder, it was Relena. Relena smiled at Duo and sat
down next to him. Duo smiled at her bravely and turned his head back to the tv screen.
"You know Duo, I wouldn't worry about Hilde's love life right now. I would focus more on her safety, it is quite
obvious that Fort Riley is a dangerous place. Right now worry about her safety and when she comes back then you could begin
your fight to win her back. I'm sure that you would be able to accomplish that."
"I guess you are right Relena. I just hope that she would be okay and willing to give me another chance."
"I'm sure she will, Hilde loves you too much."
Duo smiled at her and admired her for her kind and advice. He didn't know how Relena was able to overcome her
sorrow over her relationship with Heero. Thankfully, Relena and Heero had talked and were now seeing each other. He knew
that Relena had suffered from boredom and despair that had threatened to topple her political career. He admired Relena for her
ability to cope with anything that war and terrorism brought upon her.
"Please Hilde, forgive me and wait for me." whispered Duo as he saw Hilde giving Timothy directions to Quarters 124.
************************************************************* **************************************
"Timothy, have you gotten to Quarters 124 yet?" asked Hilde.
"I'm not...wait I see the place. Damn! It looks as spooky as hell." replied Timothy.
"Don't think about it Timothy, I know you can do it. We need you to stay focused."
"Thanks Hilde, you're a really great girl." answered Timothy.
"Uh, thanks. I think." answered a bewildered Hilde.
Timothy sighed as he walked closer to the building that held the well. He took a deep breath as he approached the
well and prayed that his dare won't require him to spend the whole night near the place.
"Hilde, I'm at the well. Talk to me sweetheart."
"Okay, it says here that you must take out the rope ladder from your knapsack and hang it over the well's wall. Then
you have to climb down the ladder and take EMF readings."
Hilde's eyes widened as she saw the next set of instructions come on the screen. She turned to Mark and Jake with
frightened eyes.
"How do you think he will react to the next set of instructions?"
"I don't know. Let's just hope he won't freak out." answered Jake.
"If I was him, I would probably quit." said Mark.
Hilde nodded and picked up the two way radio, "Timothy, I hate to tell you this, but it says here that you'll be staying
in the well for four hours in radio silence and in complete darkness. You will only be allowed to shine your flashlight at the EMF
reader. Before I forget, after climbing down the well, you must take the rope ladder down with you."
"Are you sure those are the instructions Hilde?"
"I'm sorry Timothy, those are the instructions."
Hilde heard Timothy sigh and she instantly felt sorry for him.
"Okay, I'm climbing down the rope ladder now. Wish me luck, I'm turning the two way radio off now."
************************************************************ *************************************
Timothy was breathing hard as he started to climb down the rope ladder. Now he knew how hard it really was to
complete a dare. He grunted as he jumped down to the bottom of the well, thank godness the well wasn't that deep. The well's
water reached all the way up to his waist. Timothy looked up and yanked on the rope ladder, knowing that someone was going
to have to get him out.
Timothy took a deep breath as the story of the well came back to his mind, the voice of the clairvoyant echoing
through his mind:
"A woman living during the 1860's drowned herself in the well while living in Quarters 124. Her body was buried in
an open pasture behind the house and that pasture became a home during the 20th and 21st century. When people lived at
Quarters 124, it was reported that they could hear horrible noises at night near the well. They were described as being
unbearably loud and sounding as though someone was dragging a wooden box up and down the stairs with chains. The sounds
continued night after night and finally a priest was called in to do an exorcism. The ceremony was apperently successful for
awhile, but years later, the ghost returned to wreak havoc again."
Timothy closed his eyes as a wave of terror washed through him. He knew that no matter how terrifying his experience
might be or will be, he couldn't abandone Hilde. She had become very special to him.
"Please don't be angry spirit, I'm not here to harm, I'm not here to harm, I'm not here to harm, I'm not here to harm."
Timothy prayed as he neared the second hour of his dare.
While Timothy was praying a foggy like mist was forming at the top of the well, heading right down to him. The wild
beeping of the EMF reader snapped Timothy out of his prayer as he turned on his flashlight to see the reader. He was to
preoccupied with his flashlight and reader to notice that the temperature was drooping and that the foggy mist was just right over
his head.
"That's funny, it's getting colder in here." Timothy thought as he finally noticed clouds of his breath forming in front of
him as he breathed. The hair on the back of Timothy's neck stood straight up as he realized the reason for the temperature drop
and the wild reaction of the EMF reader. Timothy slowly looked up and froze in terror as he saw the foggy mist slowly descend
right in front of him.
As soon as the mist floated right next to him, it started to take the shape of the human form. First, the outline of a
dress started to appear, followed by the waist and a tight bodice. The misty outline did a whole turn and stopped right in front of
him again. Timothy went cold when he noticed that the neck and the head start to take form, he closed his eyes and hoped that it
would all go away. When Timothy opened his eyes the ghostly form was complete, except for the mouth, the face was missing
facial features. Then the lady ghost seemed to pause for a second and then she gave Timothy a ghostly almost flirty smile.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Timothy.
********************************************************* *****************************************
"Dare 2, red go to stable # 1 and await further instructions. Purple will continue to navigate."
"Great, it had to be my turn." said Mark, terror written all over his face.
"You can do it buddy. Just try it one more time, remember the money that's awaiting you." comforted Jake.
"Jake is right, Mark, we all need the money. Of course if you don't want to do it, that's okay with us. We
understand." said Hilde, "We don't want anything to happen to you."
Mark nodded as he prepared his equipment, he knew that Jake and Hilde were only trying to help him. At least that
he could do was give this dare a try. He turned around and gave Jake and Hilde a terrified smile.
"Well, I guess it's time to go." said Mark.
Hilde nodded and gave him an encouraging smile, with that Mark opened the door and headed for stable # 1.
"Okay, Hilde girl, I need some directions."
"Right, it says here that all you need to do is follow the dirt path and stop at the fort's gates. Once you stop at the
fort's gates you should walk about 10 yards and you should reach the shacks. You got it?"
"Yes, I got it. I'm at the grove of trees right now, heading for the rock path that leads to the fort's gates." Mark
informed Hilde.
"Good, you're doing great Mark. Tell me once you reach the shacks."
"Fine." answered Mark.
************************************************************ *************************************
Fifteen minutes passed when Mark finally reached the shacks. The place looked as spooky and forbidding as a
haunted cemetery. Except for the light of his flashlight, the place was cloaked in the darkness of the night. All over he could hear
the hooting of owls or the barking of a dog.
"Hilde, I'm at the shacks, where do I go from here?" asked Mark.
"Once you reach the shacks, you should walk another 15 yards behind the shacks and take a left turn where you
should come upon stable # 1."
"Okay, I read you." said Mark.
"You can do this Mark, I believe in you."
"I hope you are right Hilde."
Mark looked at the shacks and started walking towards the back of the buildings. While all the time of his 15 yard
walk to stable #1 he prayed for Timothy and his own safety. After 15 minutes of walking, Mark finally reached the stable and
quickly walked inside.
As Mark explored stable #1 he couldn't help but remember the grim history of the place.
"Soldiers on night duty would report seeing a man in old-fashioned clothing ride through the stable and then disappear.
Years later, when work was being done to the stable, the skeleton's of horse and rider were found in an old ravine. Could this
have been the man who had been riding there, there, there?" echoed the narrator's voice.
"Mark, are you in the stable?" asked Hilde.
"Yes, I am."
"It says here that you should find a prayer altar in the middle of the stable. Once you get at the altar, you should kneel
down in front of it and light the candles. Once you do that you should give out a little prayer and then you are free to come back
to the safe house."
"I hear you."
As soon as Mark finished talking to Hilde, Mark took a deep breath and walked towards the middle of the stable.
There awaiting him was the altar, Mark shivered and kneeled down before it, but as soon as he did an overwhelming sense of fear
overtook him. A sound of heavy footsteps was heading right for him and as Mark looked up a frightening sight welcomed him.
A man dressed in an old fashioned clothing was walking right towards him! The man walked faster towards Mark
and lifted his hand as if to say hello. Mark opened his mouth as if to scream but only a dry choke came out. Instead Mark
jumped to his seat and ran out the door as fast as his legs could carry him while the sound of running footsteps followed him right
up to the safehouse's door. He burst through the safehouse door and promptly announced that he was quitting.
"What? You are not serious!" exclaimed a startled Hilde.
"What happened?" asked Jake.
"I have had enough of ghosts and dares. I just want to go home and keep my sanity." said Mark.
Hilde got up from her chair at the computer's desk and walked up to Mark. She looked straight into his eyes and
asked him if he was serious about quitting.
"Of course I'm sure."
"We sure are going to miss you buddy." said Jake.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you guys, but I really can't take this anymore. Give my regards to Timothy for me." and with
that Mark walked to the computer and clicked himself out. He walked over to his cot and grabbed his duffle bags filled with his
belongings.
Mark hugged Hilde and Jake goodbye and walked out of the safehouse. Now what was once a group of five brave
people dwindled down to three weary "ghost investigators."