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A Day At Horror Land - Chapter 26
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“What?” Dad stared at me, his face twisted in confusion. I don’t think he believed me.
“We’re locked in!” I repeated. I lifted the heavy metal padlock with both hands and then let it fall back with a loud clang against the bars of the gate.
“But that’s impossible!” Mom cried, raising her hands to her cheeks. “They can’t lock people inside an amusement park!”
“Maybe it’s another joke,” Luke suggested. “Everything in this place turns out to be a joke. Maybe this is one, too.”
I lifted the heavy padlock again. “It doesn’t look like a joke, Luke,” I said unhappily.
“Then there must be another gate where they want us to exit,” Mom suggested.
“Maybe,” Dad said doubtfully. “Maybe there’s a side exit. But I haven’t seen one.”
“What are we going to do?” Clay asked, whining. His face was red, and he was breathing hard.
“Where is everyone?” Luke demanded, whining, too. “They’ve got to let us leave. They’ve got to!”
“Let’s try to stay calm,” Dad said, putting a hand on Luke’s shoulder. “There’s no reason to panic. This is a strange place, but we’re not in any danger.”
“He’s right,” Mom broke in. “There’s no reason to be afraid. We’ll be out of here and on our way home in no time.” She forced a smile.
“As soon as we get out, I’ll buy you guys pizzas and big, cold drinks,” Dad promised. “And we’ll all have a good laugh about our terrifying adventures today in HorrorLand.”
“But how do we get out?” Luke demanded shrilly.
“Well . . .” Dad rubbed his chin.
“Do you think we could climb the fence?” I asked.
We all raised our eyes to the top of the iron fence. It was way over our heads. It must have been about twenty feet tall.
“I can’t climb that!” Clay cried. “I’d fall!”
“It’s too high,” Mom said quickly.
“Bad idea,” I murmured.
A large white cloud drifted over the sun. Our shadows grew longer over the pavement. The air quickly grew cooler.
I felt a chill run down my back.
“There’s got to be a way out of this stupid park!” I cried angrily. I hoisted up the padlock and slammed it against the bars of the gate.
“Hold on, Lizzy,” Dad said soothingly. “We just have to find one of those costumed park workers. They’ll tell us how to get out.”
“Uh . . . Dad . . .” I turned and saw Luke grab Dad’s arm. “Here they come.”
We all uttered astonished cries as we saw the Horrors crossing the plaza. Dozens of them. They moved quickly, with a steady rhythm. Silently.
A few seconds before, the plaza had been empty. Now it was filled with green-costumed Horrors marching toward us, spreading out, preparing to surround us.
I could feel the panic rise up from my stomach. My knees began to shake. I stared in horror at them as they drew closer, closer. I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t move.
“What are they going to do?” Clay cried, his features twisted in terror. He slipped behind Dad. “What are they going to do to us?” he cried.
We huddled together as the Horrors marched silently toward us. The only sound was the soft thud of their monster feet on the pavement, and their long purple tails dragging on the ground.
“There are hundreds of them!” Mom murmured. She grabbed Dad’s arm with one hand. She slipped her other arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer.
We had our backs against the iron fence. We stared helplessly at the grinning, green faces, the bulging yellow eyes, which appeared to be laughing cruelly at us.
Finally, they stopped a few feet in front of us.
The plaza was still and silent. Terrifyingly silent.
The sun was still hidden behind the big cloud. Two large, black birds swooped low in the gray sky.
We stared at the Horrors, and they stared back at us.
I swallowed hard, leaning against my mother. I could feel her entire body trembling.
I took a deep breath and then cried out: “What do you want?” The sound of my own voice startled me.
One of the Horrors, a young woman, stepped forward.
Frightened, I tried to back up. But my back was already pressed against the fence.
“What do you want?” I repeated in a trembling voice.
The costumed Horror stared at us one by one. “I want to thank you,” she said in a cheery voice.
“Huh?” I uttered.
“I’m the HorrorLand MC. We all want to thank you for being our guests today.” She flashed us a warm smile.
“You mean we can go?” Luke demanded, half-hidden behind my dad.
“Of course,” the Horror said, grinning warmly. “But first we all want to thank you for appearing on HorrorLand Hidden Camera.”
The dozens of Horrors behind her broke into applause and loud cheers.
“Huh? You mean this is some kind of show?” Dad demanded, frowning.
“See the cameras?” the MC asked. She gestured up to two tall poles in the plaza.
Raising my eyes to the top, I saw two TV cameras.
“You mean we were on TV?” Luke cried.
“Since the moment you arrived,” the MC replied. “Our hidden cameras followed you everywhere. From the hilarious scene where we blew up your car, our cameras were with you. And I know our home audience loved the terrified expressions on your faces and all of your horrified screams as you took our HorrorLand rides!”
“Now, wait a minute,” Dad said angrily. He took a step forward. His hands were balled into tense fists at his sides. “You say this is a TV show? How come I’ve never seen it?”
“We’re seen every weekend on The Monster Channel,” the Horror replied.
“Oh,” Dad replied quickly, lowering his eyes. “We don’t have cable.”
“You should get it,” the Horror told him. “You’re missing a lot of great, scary shows on The Monster Channel.”
The Horrors all clapped and cheered.
“Well, you’ve been very good sports,” the MC continued, her yellow eyes bouncing in front of her head as she talked. “We’ve enjoyed having you. And to show our appreciation, we have a brand-new car waiting for you in the parking lot!”
More cheers and applause from the Horrors.
“A new car? That’s excellent!” Luke exclaimed.
“Does that mean we can leave?” Clay asked timidly.
The Horror nodded. “Yes, it’s time for you to leave. The real exit is right over there, through that doorway.”
She pointed to a tall, green building near the end of the fence. I saw a yellow door on the side.
“Take the yellow door,” the Horror instructed. “And thanks again for appearing on HorrorLand Hidden Camera!”
As all the Horrors clapped their big, green hands, we stepped away from the fence and hurried toward the exit. “I can’t believe we were on TV the whole time!” Mom declared.
“And we’re getting a new car!” Luke exclaimed happily. He started jumping up and down. Then he leaped onto Clay’s back, nearly knocking him over.
I laughed. It was good to see the old Luke back with us.
“We’ve got to get cable!” Luke told Dad. “I want to see The Monster Channel. It’s got to be awesome!”
“We’ll have to order it so we can see ourselves,” Mom said.
I reached the yellow door first and pulled it open. I stepped into an enormous room, with white walls that shone under the bright white lights from the ceiling.
“Is this the exit?” I cried.
As soon as we were all inside, the door slammed shut with a bang that made my heart skip.
Then all the lights went out.
“Welcome to the HorrorLand Challenge!” boomed a deep, frightening voice over a loudspeaker.
“Huh?” I gazed blindly around, trying to see something — anything — in the total darkness.
“You have one minute to go through the Monster Obstacle Course,” the voice thundered. “Please keep in mind that the games are now over. This is real. You’re playing for your life!”