Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Ghosts of Fort Riley ❯ Night Two part 2 ( Chapter 5 )
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By: lady eve 
Hilde, Timothy, and Jake finish thier last
dares. Can they make it throught the night
and survive MTVs Fear?
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense / Supernatural / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.24.2002 | Pages: 5 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 113 | Status: Completed
Hilde, Timothy, and Jake finish thier last
dares. Can they make it throught the night
and survive MTVs Fear?
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense / Supernatural / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.24.2002 | Pages: 5 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 113 | Status: Completed
Title: The Ghosts of Fort Riley
Disclaimer: I don't own GW or MTV's Fear.
Author's Note: Sorry it took me this long to update, pure laziness and drawing some fan art has kept me from updating.
**The information about Fort Riley was gotten from an article by Troy Taylor.
****Night Two part 2****
Hilde looked at Jake with a sad and weary look, were they destined to quit before the night was over? Hilde sighed
and turned to the computer to find out which of them would replace Mark on his unfinished dare. Jake moved closer to Hilde
and gave her a reassuring smile.
"Green, complete the dare aborted by red. You have three minutes to start your dare, purple will continue to
navigate. Good luck."
"Aw hell, I knew it was going to be me." said a pale Jake, "Well, here goes nothing."
Hilde gave Jake a concerned look. "Jake, are you sure you want to do this? You know you don't have to do this."
"Thanks Hilde, but I won't let you and Timothy down. Come hell and high water, I WILL complete this dare and
survive the night. I have a feeling that we can do this, I'm not going to give up $5,000 dollars that easily!"
Hilde gave Jake a smile and helped him with his gear. She gave him a hug and sincerely hoped that Jake was right on
the mark that they could make it. She really wanted to prove to Duo that she could be just as brave as he could be.
"Do you need directions? asked Hilde.
"No, I memorized the directions. I just want to go there and complete the dare. The sooner that I complete the
dare, the faster that we can get this "Fear" thing over with."
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Jake took a deep breath as he approached stable # 1, the stable looked like a forbidden place that gave off a feeling
of deep sadness and despair. Jake closed his eyes and prayed that the speech he gave Hilde at the safehouse would give him
the courage that he felt he didn't have. Jake opened his eyes and with a determined look on his face, he entered the stable and
walked to the altar.
"Hilde, I'm here at stable # 1. Can you give me the instructions on what I should do next? I want to get out of this
hell hole."
"Okay, it says here that you should kneel down in front of the altar and light the candles. After you do that, you
should give out a little prayer to the ghost who haunts the stable to give him a sense of peace. After you finish saying the prayer,
you are free to come back to the safehouse."
"Thanks Hilde." said Jake as he knelt down in front of the altar and lighted the candles. Jake clasped his hands
together, closed his eyes and started to pray.
"Lord, Please let this poor unfortunate soul find peace. I think that he has suffered enough through all these years .
Please Lord, grant him peace and let him cross over to the next life so that he may at last rest in peace. Amen." said Jake,
not noticing that a man dressed in old-fashioned clothing was watching him with a gentle and thankful smile.
Jake got up from his knees and wiped at the dirt that clung to his pants and as he did so, he had the sinking feeling
that he wasn't alone. Jake slowly turned around and looked at the ghost who was looking at him with a friendly smile. The
ghost was moving his lips as if he wanted to say something to Jake. Jake had the feeling that the ghost was thanking him for the
prayer and with a final wave the ghost disappeared.
"What has just happened?" thought Jake in a confused daze.
"Jake?" came Hilde's voice from the two way radio.
"Hilde, I finished the dare." answered Jake, "I can go back to the safehouse now, right?"
"Wait Jake, another dare is coming on." said Hilde.
"Dare # 3, Green will now go to quarter's 124 and get white from the well. Purple will continue to navigate.
"Jake, it says that you must immediately go on your next dare." said Hilde.
"Another one? I just finished Mark's dare!" exclaimed Jake angrily.
"I know that Jake, but that's the dare."
"Fine, what am I supposed to do?"
"You are supposed to go to quarter's 124 and rescue Timothy from the well, after that the both of you are allowed
to come back to the safehouse."
"Okay, I'm going, I wonder how Timothy is doing?"
"Me too, I hope he is alright." said Hilde.
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Timothy couldn't believe what he was seeing, the woman ghost who killed herself hundreds of centuries ago was
flirting with him! Timothy's blood went ice cold as the ghost approached him, she seemed to have a confused look on her
face. Timothy's eyes widened as the ghost stretched out a hand towards him, touching his cheek in a tender caress, except
that the caress felt ice cold to the touch.
The ghost smiled and ran one finger down his cheek to his lips, Timothy started to tremble with fear as he felt
the ice cold finger tracing his lips. The woman ghost as if sensing his fear smiled at him and placed her finger to her lips,
making a shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound.
Timothy looked at her in confusion and gasped as the woman ghost placed both of her hands on Timothy's
shoulders as she leaned closer to him. Timothy immediately stiffened as the woman ghost's lips touched his. The kiss
felt cold to the core but it gave Timothy a sensation that he probably wouldn't be able to forget or experience for the
rest of his life.
All of a sudden, the woman ghost disappeared like a puff of smoke when Timothy realized that someone was
approaching the well from above. Timothy hoped that it wasn't another "ghostly" surprise.
"Timothy, are you alright down there? I came here to get you out buddy."
"The four hours are up? I thought that I will never get out of here! You won't believe what happened to me in
here!" exclaimed Timothy.
"I can just imagine." answered Jake, picking up his two way radio to contact Hilde. "Hilde, I'm about to get
Timothy out. We will back at the safehouse in a couple of minutes.
"Fine, hurry back." said Hilde.
"Timothy, do you have the rope ladder down with you?" asked Jake.
"Yeah, I do. I was about to throw it up at you." answered Timothy, preparing to throw the rope ladder up,
"Here goes Jake, catch!"
With one throw, Jake managed to catch the rope ladder and secure it at the top. He shined his flash light down
to the well and saw that Timothy was pale but fine. Jake gave Timothy an encouraging smile and gave him a thumbs up.
Timothy smiled in return and started to climb up the ladder, what he didn't realize that the lady ghost had reappeared and was
watching him with a sad and desperate look on her face.
As Timothy reached the top of the well, he heard a soft and pleading voice reach his ears. Jake gave Timothy a
horrified look, indicating that he was hearing the same thing. Timothy and Jake took a deep shaky breath and looked down
into the well at the same time.
"Timothy, please don't leave me, I need you." said a soft voice from deep in the dark well. "I need you Timothy,
don't leave meeeeeeeee!"
Timothy turned to Jake and climbed up the last steps of the ladder as the well started to glow. Jake yanked
Timothy above ground as fast as he could as the glow rushed up to the surface.
"Timothyyyyyy!" the voice rang out in a loud scream.
"Let's get out of here!" shouted Jake, as he helped Timothy to his feet. Timothy needed no more encouragement
as he started running after Jake to the safety of the safehouse. He never tought that anything could be so damn spooky!
Timothy and Jake reached the safehouse in minutes, both of them out of breath.
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"What happened out there?" asked a startled Hilde.
"You....you....you wouldn't be...believe what happened out there!" exclaimed a gasping Timothy. "The lady ghost
at the well got infatuated with me. For Pete's sake! I got kissed by a ghost!"
"What!" exclaimed Hilde.
"You got kissed by a ghost?" asked Jake in disbelief.
"Yeah, I got kissed by a ghost! Man I have never experienced something so overwhelming such as a ghost trying
to make out with you. I'm telling you this place is seriously out of this world or universe."
"Man! Do you remember how that voice sounded? She didn't want you to leave." said Jake.
"She didn't want you to leave?" asked Hilde in a horrified tone.
"No, she didn't. I don't even want to know what would have happened to me if Jake didn't get me out of the well
in the nick of time."
Hilde sighed, "Well, at least you are safe and our mission is almost over. I can't wait to go back home and be safe."
Timothy gave Hilde a searching look as he watched her turn to the computer. Could she really have someone at her
home waiting for her? Timothy vowed that as soon as this crazy adventure was over he would find out and try to win her over
in the process.
Hilde took a deep breath as she realized that another dare was ready for them. She clicked on the blinking icon and
waited for the worst.
"Dare 4, purple go to the lower parade grounds and await for further instructions. Green will navigate."
"Hilde, you don't have to." said Timothy rushing over to comfort her.
"I will go, no matter how scary it is. I know that I can do this, I have to. It can't be that bad as the Custer House."
Hilde gave Timothy and Jake a brave but stubborn smile. There was no way she was going to give up now and risk
a "I told you so" by Duo. She adjusted her camera equipment around her and walked to the door, "Talk to me when you're
ready Jake."
"I got you Hilde." said Jake, turning around to face the computer.
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"Jake, I'm near the fort's gate entrance. Tell me where I should go from here."
"It says to make your way to stable # 1 and walk 100 yards north of the stable. Once you walk the 100 yards, you
should come across the lower parade grounds." answered Jake.
"Thanks, here I go." said Hilde, making her way to stable #1 and to the lower parade grounds beyond. While
heading for the lower parade grounds, all she could think about was the safety of her home and friends. She wondered if Duo
was watching her and the group's ordeal. Would he be impressed with her bravery or just ignore it? Would he even care?
Hilde looked up as she made it to stable #1, only a hundred yards to go and she would arrive at her creepy
destination. She wondered if she would even be able to stay put and keep her sanity if something abnormal happened at the
lower parade grounds. Hilde raised her chin in stubborn defiance as she continued to walk towards the lower parade grounds,
nothing, not even a ghost would stop her from proving that she had courage and bravery.
Hilde took a deep breath as she at last found herself in the lower parade grounds. "Well, here it goes, no turning
back." she thought.
"Jake, I'm at the lower parade grounds, what should I do now." asked Hilde.
"Those who have gone to the lower parade ground early in the morning claim to have seen a lone rider who gallops
madly across the field and then disappears. There is no clue as to who the man might be but he has been seen there for many
years. The purpose of your dare is to try to get a gather EMF readings and to see if you could hear or catch a glimpse of the
rider with the camera equipment." answered Jake.
"I got that. Does it say how long I have to stay out here?" asked Hilde nervously.
"It says you have to do this for 1 hour at least, and Hilde."
"Yes Jake?"
"You have to do this dare in complete radio silence."
"I knew that would be required, that doesn't surprise me." answered Hilde in a sarcastic tone of voice.
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Hilde walked over to the middle of the lower parade ground and sat down. She took out her EMF reader and
prepared to take some readings. As she took out her EMF reader, an owl let out a loud sreech and flew high above her in
persuit of it's night time meal. Hilde shivered and continued to look around her, wondering if anything terrifying was going to
happen. She knew for certain that she would never forget this experience for years to come, of course that all depended if she
somehow survived the night.
The wind blew through the short bangs of Hilde's dark hair as she sat around, waiting for something to happen.
Thirty minutes passed without incident, making Hilde more nervous and anxious. Would it count against her if nothing happened
on this dare? Hilde shivered with cold and nervous tension, almost wishing for something to happen, so that she could get this
ordeal over with. Was the ghost just waiting for her to let her guard down so that he could get her when she was at her most
vulnerable?
Hilde sighed as another 25 minutes passed, 55 minutes had passed without incident, she only had five minutes left
before she had to start getting back to the safehouse. Just as Hilde took a breath of relief, a sound of rushing hoofbeats reached
her ears. Hilde stiffened as she heard the hoofbeats and the EMF reader going of like crazy. "This couldn't be happening!"
thought Hilde in a blind panic.
She turned towards the sound of the hoofbeats and stood up. In the far distance she could see the white wispy figure
of a lone rider on his horse. Hilde froze in pure terror as she realized that the lone rider and his phantom horse were heading
right towards her at a blinding speed. Hilde could now see the horse and rider in detail as she opened her mouth to scream, but
all that came out was a soft gasp. Now the horse was just 30 feet away from her and closing, Hilde opened her mouth again to
scream and she did so as the horse and rider went right through her body! Hilde felt like she got pierced by a huge iceberg as she
felt the horse and rider pass through her body and that instant a cloud of blackness overtook her.
"HILDEEEEEEEE!" screamed Jake's and Timothy's voices over the two way radio.
"Hilde, sweetheart, are you okay?" came Timothy's voice.
"Hilde, give us an answer to let us know how you are." urged Jake, "We can't go for you or you will be disqualified."
Hilde woke up a few seconds later in a daze. "What had happened?"
"Jake? Are you there? Can I go back to the safehouse?" asked Hilde
"Hilde, you are okay! Yes, you can come back now, Timothy is beside himself with worry." answered Jake.
"I'm heading back now, you guys won't believe what happened!" exclaimed Hilde.
"Believe me Hilde, we heard everything that happened. We can only imagine how you must have felt." said Jake.
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When Hilde arrived at the safehouse, she was welcomed with fierce comforting hugs from Timothy and Jake. They
were both relieved that Hilde was safe and not injured.
"You gave us such a scare!" exclaimed Timothy.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was going to happen like that." said Hilde.
"All that matters now is that you are safe." said Jake, noticing that the icon for a new dare was blinking. "You guys,
ready for another dare?"
"Another one already." asked Hilde nervously, "It's almost two hours till sunrise."
Jake nodded and clicked on the icon:
"Dare # 5, white and purple are to return to the "Custer House" to perform an exorcism. Green will continue to
navigate."
Hilde paled when she heard the voice of the computer announce the next dare. She couldn't believe that she was
going to have to go to the Custer House again. Timothy tapped Hilde on the shoulder and gave her a hug, "Hilde, you won't be
going alone this time. I will be there to protect you."
Hilde looked at Timothy, "I know, but the Custer House scares me, I don't think I will be able to stay calm in that
place. What if something terrible happens to me or you?"
"Nothing will happen, I promised to protect you and that is exactly what I am going to do."
Hilde gave Timothy a small nervous smile and re-adjusted her equipment. She couldn't believe that she was going
out on another dare after her ordeal at the lower parade ground. She knew that things could get worse if they were not careful
at the Custer House. Hilde knew from experience that General Custer's ghost was not very friendly. At last Hilde and Timothy
were ready to head out for the Custer House.
"I'm rooting for you guys." said Jake.
"Thanks buddy, we know that." answered Timothy. "Come on Hilde, let's get this task over with."
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Fifteen minutes passed by when Timothy and Hilde finally reached the Custer House. Timothy gave Hilde an
encuraging smile and squeezed her hand reassurangly. He picked up his two way radio and informed Jake that they had reached
the front of the Custer House without incident.
"Good luck guys, thank goodness that we can keep radio contact." said Jake.
Timothy walked into General Custer's room first, just in case anything or anyone alive or dead tried something. Hilde
was just behind Timothy and she was already feeling the nervous tension that she felt when she was first in the room. It felt like
it happened a long time ago, but General Custer's ghost brutality was still fresh in her mind. They walked into the middle of the
room and set the bag down that Timothy was carrying.
Timothy took out his two way radio and contacted Jake, "What exactly are we supposed to do?"
"It says that one of you should spray the holy water around the room while the other says a prayer that will help the
ghost rest in peace or at least help simmer down the ghost's violent tendencies."
"Alright, I got it." said Timothy.
Timothy turned around to Hilde and told her what they were going to do. Hilde nodded nervously and grabbed the
prayer book. She gave Timothy the thumbs up sign, indicating that she was ready. Timothy gave her a bright smile and started
to spray the holy water around the room, while Hilde started to read the prayer.
Five minutes after they started their task, Hilde started to feel the room go cold, she knew deep down in her soul that
they were in for it. General Custer's ghost was not happy and he was going to show it. Hilde walked over to Timothy and linked
her arm with his. She looked into his face and told him that General Custer was going to make his appearance.
"It's not going to be very pleasant, I can feel it."
"Come on, let's get this over with." said Timothy.
Hilde nodded and continued to read while Timothy looked around spraying the holy water around the room. Just as
he was about to spray the bed, the General Custer's ghost appeared and saluted them with an angry sneer. Hilde snuggled
closer to Timothy in fear, while still reading from the prayer book. Timothy sprayed the holy water in the ghost's direction, which
only made the ghost angry.
All of a sudden, Hilde saw a drawer from a broken down cabinet come loose and hurled at them. Hilde screamed
in terror and ducked, narrowly avoiding the drawer. Timothy placed himself in front of her and sprayed the holy water at the
drawer and Hilde continued to read from the prayer book.
The ghost roared angrily and all of a sudden, Timothy was lifted from the ground and thrown across the room. Hilde
screamed and rushed over to him. Timothy got up and grabbed Hilde, sheltering her in his arms as he was suddenly hit in the
back by a chair. He grunted and with one hand continued to spray the holy water around the room.
"You guys! Finish reading from the prayer book and then you guys can come back to the safehouse!" screamed
Jake in concern.
Hilde started to read the book again when Timothy started to choke. Horrified, Hilde turned around and saw that
Timothy was going white from the lack of oxygen. Hilde grabbed the holy water and sprayed the it around Timothy's neck, the
ghost roared angrily and let go. Timothy gasped and Hilde hugged him protectively as she finished reading the last sentence of
the prayer.
"Come on Timothy, we have to get out of here." said Hilde.
Timothy nodded and grabbed Hilde's hand, rushing her out of the room . As soon as they were out of the room, the
door to General Custer's room exploded. Hilde screamed and Timothy just picked her up in his arms, running faster than he
ever done in his life to the safety of the safe house.
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Jake rushed over to them as soon as they made it to the safehouse. He hugged the both of them and looked over
the both of them with concern.
"Are you guys alright?"
Hilde nodded and sat down on her cot. Timothy walked over to the computer and clicked on the blinking icon.
There could not be another dare this close to the morning, could there? Hilde looked at Jake and Jake shrugged. All three
looked at each other when the computer announced there next task.
"Congratulations, you have survived MTVs Fear. You must all go to the wooden steps in front of shack #13 and
retrieve your money."
Hilde jumped up in excitement and hugged Jake and Timothy. She couldn't believe that they had made it through!
They all looked at each other and quickly rushed to the door on their way to shack #13, no one was going to stop them from
getting their hard earned money.
Timothy and Jake pried open the wooden boards and took out the big bag of money. Jake jumped in the air in
truimph as the first light of the morning shown through the sky. Hilde, Jake, and Timothy looked at each other and hugged,
jumping around and shouting in truimph.
"We made it! We can now go home!" shouted Hilde.
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Duo stared at the tv and sighed, he looked up at his group of friends and in that moment he decided to go pick up
Hilde and try to win her trust and love back. No one was going to take Hilde away from him, he will beat up Timothy if had to
get Hilde back.
"Duo." said Quatre, "Please don't do anything rash."
Duo just stared at Quatre for a moment and ran out of the house without another word. He was going to go pick
up his goddess of death.
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Finished another Chapter! More soon! Please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own GW or MTV's Fear.
Author's Note: Sorry it took me this long to update, pure laziness and drawing some fan art has kept me from updating.
**The information about Fort Riley was gotten from an article by Troy Taylor.
****Night Two part 2****
Hilde looked at Jake with a sad and weary look, were they destined to quit before the night was over? Hilde sighed
and turned to the computer to find out which of them would replace Mark on his unfinished dare. Jake moved closer to Hilde
and gave her a reassuring smile.
"Green, complete the dare aborted by red. You have three minutes to start your dare, purple will continue to
navigate. Good luck."
"Aw hell, I knew it was going to be me." said a pale Jake, "Well, here goes nothing."
Hilde gave Jake a concerned look. "Jake, are you sure you want to do this? You know you don't have to do this."
"Thanks Hilde, but I won't let you and Timothy down. Come hell and high water, I WILL complete this dare and
survive the night. I have a feeling that we can do this, I'm not going to give up $5,000 dollars that easily!"
Hilde gave Jake a smile and helped him with his gear. She gave him a hug and sincerely hoped that Jake was right on
the mark that they could make it. She really wanted to prove to Duo that she could be just as brave as he could be.
"Do you need directions? asked Hilde.
"No, I memorized the directions. I just want to go there and complete the dare. The sooner that I complete the
dare, the faster that we can get this "Fear" thing over with."
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Jake took a deep breath as he approached stable # 1, the stable looked like a forbidden place that gave off a feeling
of deep sadness and despair. Jake closed his eyes and prayed that the speech he gave Hilde at the safehouse would give him
the courage that he felt he didn't have. Jake opened his eyes and with a determined look on his face, he entered the stable and
walked to the altar.
"Hilde, I'm here at stable # 1. Can you give me the instructions on what I should do next? I want to get out of this
hell hole."
"Okay, it says here that you should kneel down in front of the altar and light the candles. After you do that, you
should give out a little prayer to the ghost who haunts the stable to give him a sense of peace. After you finish saying the prayer,
you are free to come back to the safehouse."
"Thanks Hilde." said Jake as he knelt down in front of the altar and lighted the candles. Jake clasped his hands
together, closed his eyes and started to pray.
"Lord, Please let this poor unfortunate soul find peace. I think that he has suffered enough through all these years .
Please Lord, grant him peace and let him cross over to the next life so that he may at last rest in peace. Amen." said Jake,
not noticing that a man dressed in old-fashioned clothing was watching him with a gentle and thankful smile.
Jake got up from his knees and wiped at the dirt that clung to his pants and as he did so, he had the sinking feeling
that he wasn't alone. Jake slowly turned around and looked at the ghost who was looking at him with a friendly smile. The
ghost was moving his lips as if he wanted to say something to Jake. Jake had the feeling that the ghost was thanking him for the
prayer and with a final wave the ghost disappeared.
"What has just happened?" thought Jake in a confused daze.
"Jake?" came Hilde's voice from the two way radio.
"Hilde, I finished the dare." answered Jake, "I can go back to the safehouse now, right?"
"Wait Jake, another dare is coming on." said Hilde.
"Dare # 3, Green will now go to quarter's 124 and get white from the well. Purple will continue to navigate.
"Jake, it says that you must immediately go on your next dare." said Hilde.
"Another one? I just finished Mark's dare!" exclaimed Jake angrily.
"I know that Jake, but that's the dare."
"Fine, what am I supposed to do?"
"You are supposed to go to quarter's 124 and rescue Timothy from the well, after that the both of you are allowed
to come back to the safehouse."
"Okay, I'm going, I wonder how Timothy is doing?"
"Me too, I hope he is alright." said Hilde.
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Timothy couldn't believe what he was seeing, the woman ghost who killed herself hundreds of centuries ago was
flirting with him! Timothy's blood went ice cold as the ghost approached him, she seemed to have a confused look on her
face. Timothy's eyes widened as the ghost stretched out a hand towards him, touching his cheek in a tender caress, except
that the caress felt ice cold to the touch.
The ghost smiled and ran one finger down his cheek to his lips, Timothy started to tremble with fear as he felt
the ice cold finger tracing his lips. The woman ghost as if sensing his fear smiled at him and placed her finger to her lips,
making a shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound.
Timothy looked at her in confusion and gasped as the woman ghost placed both of her hands on Timothy's
shoulders as she leaned closer to him. Timothy immediately stiffened as the woman ghost's lips touched his. The kiss
felt cold to the core but it gave Timothy a sensation that he probably wouldn't be able to forget or experience for the
rest of his life.
All of a sudden, the woman ghost disappeared like a puff of smoke when Timothy realized that someone was
approaching the well from above. Timothy hoped that it wasn't another "ghostly" surprise.
"Timothy, are you alright down there? I came here to get you out buddy."
"The four hours are up? I thought that I will never get out of here! You won't believe what happened to me in
here!" exclaimed Timothy.
"I can just imagine." answered Jake, picking up his two way radio to contact Hilde. "Hilde, I'm about to get
Timothy out. We will back at the safehouse in a couple of minutes.
"Fine, hurry back." said Hilde.
"Timothy, do you have the rope ladder down with you?" asked Jake.
"Yeah, I do. I was about to throw it up at you." answered Timothy, preparing to throw the rope ladder up,
"Here goes Jake, catch!"
With one throw, Jake managed to catch the rope ladder and secure it at the top. He shined his flash light down
to the well and saw that Timothy was pale but fine. Jake gave Timothy an encouraging smile and gave him a thumbs up.
Timothy smiled in return and started to climb up the ladder, what he didn't realize that the lady ghost had reappeared and was
watching him with a sad and desperate look on her face.
As Timothy reached the top of the well, he heard a soft and pleading voice reach his ears. Jake gave Timothy a
horrified look, indicating that he was hearing the same thing. Timothy and Jake took a deep shaky breath and looked down
into the well at the same time.
"Timothy, please don't leave me, I need you." said a soft voice from deep in the dark well. "I need you Timothy,
don't leave meeeeeeeee!"
Timothy turned to Jake and climbed up the last steps of the ladder as the well started to glow. Jake yanked
Timothy above ground as fast as he could as the glow rushed up to the surface.
"Timothyyyyyy!" the voice rang out in a loud scream.
"Let's get out of here!" shouted Jake, as he helped Timothy to his feet. Timothy needed no more encouragement
as he started running after Jake to the safety of the safehouse. He never tought that anything could be so damn spooky!
Timothy and Jake reached the safehouse in minutes, both of them out of breath.
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"What happened out there?" asked a startled Hilde.
"You....you....you wouldn't be...believe what happened out there!" exclaimed a gasping Timothy. "The lady ghost
at the well got infatuated with me. For Pete's sake! I got kissed by a ghost!"
"What!" exclaimed Hilde.
"You got kissed by a ghost?" asked Jake in disbelief.
"Yeah, I got kissed by a ghost! Man I have never experienced something so overwhelming such as a ghost trying
to make out with you. I'm telling you this place is seriously out of this world or universe."
"Man! Do you remember how that voice sounded? She didn't want you to leave." said Jake.
"She didn't want you to leave?" asked Hilde in a horrified tone.
"No, she didn't. I don't even want to know what would have happened to me if Jake didn't get me out of the well
in the nick of time."
Hilde sighed, "Well, at least you are safe and our mission is almost over. I can't wait to go back home and be safe."
Timothy gave Hilde a searching look as he watched her turn to the computer. Could she really have someone at her
home waiting for her? Timothy vowed that as soon as this crazy adventure was over he would find out and try to win her over
in the process.
Hilde took a deep breath as she realized that another dare was ready for them. She clicked on the blinking icon and
waited for the worst.
"Dare 4, purple go to the lower parade grounds and await for further instructions. Green will navigate."
"Hilde, you don't have to." said Timothy rushing over to comfort her.
"I will go, no matter how scary it is. I know that I can do this, I have to. It can't be that bad as the Custer House."
Hilde gave Timothy and Jake a brave but stubborn smile. There was no way she was going to give up now and risk
a "I told you so" by Duo. She adjusted her camera equipment around her and walked to the door, "Talk to me when you're
ready Jake."
"I got you Hilde." said Jake, turning around to face the computer.
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"Jake, I'm near the fort's gate entrance. Tell me where I should go from here."
"It says to make your way to stable # 1 and walk 100 yards north of the stable. Once you walk the 100 yards, you
should come across the lower parade grounds." answered Jake.
"Thanks, here I go." said Hilde, making her way to stable #1 and to the lower parade grounds beyond. While
heading for the lower parade grounds, all she could think about was the safety of her home and friends. She wondered if Duo
was watching her and the group's ordeal. Would he be impressed with her bravery or just ignore it? Would he even care?
Hilde looked up as she made it to stable #1, only a hundred yards to go and she would arrive at her creepy
destination. She wondered if she would even be able to stay put and keep her sanity if something abnormal happened at the
lower parade grounds. Hilde raised her chin in stubborn defiance as she continued to walk towards the lower parade grounds,
nothing, not even a ghost would stop her from proving that she had courage and bravery.
Hilde took a deep breath as she at last found herself in the lower parade grounds. "Well, here it goes, no turning
back." she thought.
"Jake, I'm at the lower parade grounds, what should I do now." asked Hilde.
"Those who have gone to the lower parade ground early in the morning claim to have seen a lone rider who gallops
madly across the field and then disappears. There is no clue as to who the man might be but he has been seen there for many
years. The purpose of your dare is to try to get a gather EMF readings and to see if you could hear or catch a glimpse of the
rider with the camera equipment." answered Jake.
"I got that. Does it say how long I have to stay out here?" asked Hilde nervously.
"It says you have to do this for 1 hour at least, and Hilde."
"Yes Jake?"
"You have to do this dare in complete radio silence."
"I knew that would be required, that doesn't surprise me." answered Hilde in a sarcastic tone of voice.
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Hilde walked over to the middle of the lower parade ground and sat down. She took out her EMF reader and
prepared to take some readings. As she took out her EMF reader, an owl let out a loud sreech and flew high above her in
persuit of it's night time meal. Hilde shivered and continued to look around her, wondering if anything terrifying was going to
happen. She knew for certain that she would never forget this experience for years to come, of course that all depended if she
somehow survived the night.
The wind blew through the short bangs of Hilde's dark hair as she sat around, waiting for something to happen.
Thirty minutes passed without incident, making Hilde more nervous and anxious. Would it count against her if nothing happened
on this dare? Hilde shivered with cold and nervous tension, almost wishing for something to happen, so that she could get this
ordeal over with. Was the ghost just waiting for her to let her guard down so that he could get her when she was at her most
vulnerable?
Hilde sighed as another 25 minutes passed, 55 minutes had passed without incident, she only had five minutes left
before she had to start getting back to the safehouse. Just as Hilde took a breath of relief, a sound of rushing hoofbeats reached
her ears. Hilde stiffened as she heard the hoofbeats and the EMF reader going of like crazy. "This couldn't be happening!"
thought Hilde in a blind panic.
She turned towards the sound of the hoofbeats and stood up. In the far distance she could see the white wispy figure
of a lone rider on his horse. Hilde froze in pure terror as she realized that the lone rider and his phantom horse were heading
right towards her at a blinding speed. Hilde could now see the horse and rider in detail as she opened her mouth to scream, but
all that came out was a soft gasp. Now the horse was just 30 feet away from her and closing, Hilde opened her mouth again to
scream and she did so as the horse and rider went right through her body! Hilde felt like she got pierced by a huge iceberg as she
felt the horse and rider pass through her body and that instant a cloud of blackness overtook her.
"HILDEEEEEEEE!" screamed Jake's and Timothy's voices over the two way radio.
"Hilde, sweetheart, are you okay?" came Timothy's voice.
"Hilde, give us an answer to let us know how you are." urged Jake, "We can't go for you or you will be disqualified."
Hilde woke up a few seconds later in a daze. "What had happened?"
"Jake? Are you there? Can I go back to the safehouse?" asked Hilde
"Hilde, you are okay! Yes, you can come back now, Timothy is beside himself with worry." answered Jake.
"I'm heading back now, you guys won't believe what happened!" exclaimed Hilde.
"Believe me Hilde, we heard everything that happened. We can only imagine how you must have felt." said Jake.
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When Hilde arrived at the safehouse, she was welcomed with fierce comforting hugs from Timothy and Jake. They
were both relieved that Hilde was safe and not injured.
"You gave us such a scare!" exclaimed Timothy.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was going to happen like that." said Hilde.
"All that matters now is that you are safe." said Jake, noticing that the icon for a new dare was blinking. "You guys,
ready for another dare?"
"Another one already." asked Hilde nervously, "It's almost two hours till sunrise."
Jake nodded and clicked on the icon:
"Dare # 5, white and purple are to return to the "Custer House" to perform an exorcism. Green will continue to
navigate."
Hilde paled when she heard the voice of the computer announce the next dare. She couldn't believe that she was
going to have to go to the Custer House again. Timothy tapped Hilde on the shoulder and gave her a hug, "Hilde, you won't be
going alone this time. I will be there to protect you."
Hilde looked at Timothy, "I know, but the Custer House scares me, I don't think I will be able to stay calm in that
place. What if something terrible happens to me or you?"
"Nothing will happen, I promised to protect you and that is exactly what I am going to do."
Hilde gave Timothy a small nervous smile and re-adjusted her equipment. She couldn't believe that she was going
out on another dare after her ordeal at the lower parade ground. She knew that things could get worse if they were not careful
at the Custer House. Hilde knew from experience that General Custer's ghost was not very friendly. At last Hilde and Timothy
were ready to head out for the Custer House.
"I'm rooting for you guys." said Jake.
"Thanks buddy, we know that." answered Timothy. "Come on Hilde, let's get this task over with."
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Fifteen minutes passed by when Timothy and Hilde finally reached the Custer House. Timothy gave Hilde an
encuraging smile and squeezed her hand reassurangly. He picked up his two way radio and informed Jake that they had reached
the front of the Custer House without incident.
"Good luck guys, thank goodness that we can keep radio contact." said Jake.
Timothy walked into General Custer's room first, just in case anything or anyone alive or dead tried something. Hilde
was just behind Timothy and she was already feeling the nervous tension that she felt when she was first in the room. It felt like
it happened a long time ago, but General Custer's ghost brutality was still fresh in her mind. They walked into the middle of the
room and set the bag down that Timothy was carrying.
Timothy took out his two way radio and contacted Jake, "What exactly are we supposed to do?"
"It says that one of you should spray the holy water around the room while the other says a prayer that will help the
ghost rest in peace or at least help simmer down the ghost's violent tendencies."
"Alright, I got it." said Timothy.
Timothy turned around to Hilde and told her what they were going to do. Hilde nodded nervously and grabbed the
prayer book. She gave Timothy the thumbs up sign, indicating that she was ready. Timothy gave her a bright smile and started
to spray the holy water around the room, while Hilde started to read the prayer.
Five minutes after they started their task, Hilde started to feel the room go cold, she knew deep down in her soul that
they were in for it. General Custer's ghost was not happy and he was going to show it. Hilde walked over to Timothy and linked
her arm with his. She looked into his face and told him that General Custer was going to make his appearance.
"It's not going to be very pleasant, I can feel it."
"Come on, let's get this over with." said Timothy.
Hilde nodded and continued to read while Timothy looked around spraying the holy water around the room. Just as
he was about to spray the bed, the General Custer's ghost appeared and saluted them with an angry sneer. Hilde snuggled
closer to Timothy in fear, while still reading from the prayer book. Timothy sprayed the holy water in the ghost's direction, which
only made the ghost angry.
All of a sudden, Hilde saw a drawer from a broken down cabinet come loose and hurled at them. Hilde screamed
in terror and ducked, narrowly avoiding the drawer. Timothy placed himself in front of her and sprayed the holy water at the
drawer and Hilde continued to read from the prayer book.
The ghost roared angrily and all of a sudden, Timothy was lifted from the ground and thrown across the room. Hilde
screamed and rushed over to him. Timothy got up and grabbed Hilde, sheltering her in his arms as he was suddenly hit in the
back by a chair. He grunted and with one hand continued to spray the holy water around the room.
"You guys! Finish reading from the prayer book and then you guys can come back to the safehouse!" screamed
Jake in concern.
Hilde started to read the book again when Timothy started to choke. Horrified, Hilde turned around and saw that
Timothy was going white from the lack of oxygen. Hilde grabbed the holy water and sprayed the it around Timothy's neck, the
ghost roared angrily and let go. Timothy gasped and Hilde hugged him protectively as she finished reading the last sentence of
the prayer.
"Come on Timothy, we have to get out of here." said Hilde.
Timothy nodded and grabbed Hilde's hand, rushing her out of the room . As soon as they were out of the room, the
door to General Custer's room exploded. Hilde screamed and Timothy just picked her up in his arms, running faster than he
ever done in his life to the safety of the safe house.
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Jake rushed over to them as soon as they made it to the safehouse. He hugged the both of them and looked over
the both of them with concern.
"Are you guys alright?"
Hilde nodded and sat down on her cot. Timothy walked over to the computer and clicked on the blinking icon.
There could not be another dare this close to the morning, could there? Hilde looked at Jake and Jake shrugged. All three
looked at each other when the computer announced there next task.
"Congratulations, you have survived MTVs Fear. You must all go to the wooden steps in front of shack #13 and
retrieve your money."
Hilde jumped up in excitement and hugged Jake and Timothy. She couldn't believe that they had made it through!
They all looked at each other and quickly rushed to the door on their way to shack #13, no one was going to stop them from
getting their hard earned money.
Timothy and Jake pried open the wooden boards and took out the big bag of money. Jake jumped in the air in
truimph as the first light of the morning shown through the sky. Hilde, Jake, and Timothy looked at each other and hugged,
jumping around and shouting in truimph.
"We made it! We can now go home!" shouted Hilde.
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Duo stared at the tv and sighed, he looked up at his group of friends and in that moment he decided to go pick up
Hilde and try to win her trust and love back. No one was going to take Hilde away from him, he will beat up Timothy if had to
get Hilde back.
"Duo." said Quatre, "Please don't do anything rash."
Duo just stared at Quatre for a moment and ran out of the house without another word. He was going to go pick
up his goddess of death.
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