14 - The Halloween from Hell
Part I : Hotel California
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By dudalb
Fri Oct 23 15:51:20 PDT 1998
THE HALLOWEEN FROM HELL
PART I; HOTEL CALIFORNIA
It started out as a routine Halloween party. But the voyage of the Titanic started as a routine voyage. Three students at our high who lived on the same block decided to throw Halloween parties. It evolved into kind of a informal block party with all the neighbors being informed so the fun would not be interrupted by the arrival of the police. One of the party givers, had a fascination for vampires and wanted a vampire themed party. The other two were throwing general costume parties. Soon this had developed into a kind of battle with the vampires - weapons being wooden stakes made out of brown Styrofoam and holy water in the form of water balloons by those inclined to play. Gina, Steffi and I, who were in our Senior year of High School, were friends of a couple of the partygivers so our Halloween was set. Just some normal Halloween fun with a mainly for laughs vampire hunt thrown in.
But then the Maiden Voyage of the Titanic was supposed to be a pleasant ocean voyage...
On the Morning of the Halloween in Question Gina, Steffi and I were sitting on a bench at school watching the various Halloween costumes parade by..All three of us had costumes but had chosen not to wear them to school. I had a football game that afternoon and the other just didn't feel like wearing them until the party. But Gina and I were having fun with commentary and very uncontructive criticism of other's people costume.
"That Elvis costumes Sucks, thankyouverymuch", Gina commented on a particularly fat target. I was about to make an Elvis wisecrack concerning how whoever made that costume deserved a stay in Heartbreak Hotel when we heard a very British voice say "Hello, Chaps!"
Without even looking to see we replied "Hello. Melissa!"
Melissa, or Mel for short, was the daughter of An English Businessman on a three year assignment to California to start a West Coast branch of the company he worked for. She was medium height, had brown hair, and a accent almost exactly like that of Daphne on "Frasier"--Manchester, I understand.
She had been going to our school for about a year, and took to US High School life like a fish to water. She soon found out a dirty secret: Although they will violently deny it, most American men-and boys-are suckers for a British accent. I had dated her for a while during a down period with Steffi (Steffi and I broke up and got together again several times but were always friends) and found Mel to be funny, charming, fun, and infuriating all at the same time. She loved Practical Jokes and Pranks and both Gina and I had been targets. Steffi she left alone because she realized that it was easy to hurt Steffi's feelings and Mel did not have a cruel bone in her body. Crazy yes but not cruel. The jokes she played on us were harmless, but that did not keep us from retaliating.
Yes, a couple of our retaliations ended with Melissa bound and gagged, but that is another tale. Don't worry Melissa and several other people were destined to spend time in ropes and gag before this Halloween was over.
Mel on this day was dressed in a long black skirt, a black pseudo Victorian Blouse and long black shawl. "So you are a vampire tonight", I said.
"You've got it. Going to hunt me down tonight?"
"Don't know. I'll have to see what I feel like after the game. It could be a tough one"
"Well , Ill see you chaps later".
The Bell rang and we went off to class.
Gina,Steffi, and I had changed considerably from the time of the Gina-Steffi war. We were three years older, and our personalities had changed. Gina's Chicago Attitude had mellowed out, although she still had plenty of it. Gina was the School's #1 champion of the one line wisecrack. Steffi, although still reserved, was friendlier and much more at ease. Years later she told me that in High School she stopped thinking of herself as a German in the US and begun thinking of herself as a American who happened to be from Germany. Physically both Gina and Steffi had filled out nicely in all the right places. Steffi still wore her blond hair long but Gina wore her black hair only down to her shoulders.
In English Class the teacher showed a bad movie of a Poe story. Gina and I provided our own commentary and dialogue----and this was a long time before anyone had heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000! Crow T Robot and Tom Servo had nothing on Gina and I. But our next Class was just beginning when a girl named Daria entered the room.
Daria was not well liked. I thought she was a stuck up,insufferable snob - and my opinion was kinder then most. A popular nickname for her was "the Queen Bitch" --and girls called her that more than the boys. Daria had two things in her favor -she was smart and she was very attractive-a kind of brunette Nicole Kidman. It shows you how unlikable she was that she could not keep a steady boyfriend with her looks. She had a small clique and they acted like they were the lords of the school when in reality everyone ignored them. If you've seen the film "Heathers" you have an idea of what the clique was like. As Daria walked in she gave me and Gina dirty looks. We had runs in with her before. And at Steffi she gave a real look of dislike. Steffi had real class-Daria was a conceited snob and there is a gulf the size of the galaxy between the two. And last spring Steffi had, without meaning too, inflicted a major humiliation on Daria--more about that later because I am getting as tired of exposition as you are.
Daria was dressed in a Elvira style black dress trimmied with red, Another Vampire. It would be a motley crew of vampires - Mel had no use for Daria although she did not have the active dislike most of us had.
After lunch I got out of class to get ready for the football game. In the words of Mike Ditka we were not a very good team. And this day our minds were on the fun that
evening, not the game. As a result we got our butts kicked badly. I was spared the last quarter though because I took a good hit in the third quarter trying to stop a defensive linesman the size of Arnold Schwarznegger from getting to the quarter back. I landed flat on my back and had the air knocked out of me. It felt weird, strangely detached. I remember the coach and the school nurse running out to me and trying to get me to stand up. I didn't want to. It was nice and peaceful down there. No 200 pound guys were trying to knock me down down there.
I was not injured beyond a couple of bruises, just shaken. But it was enough to take me out of the game. We lost. So I was not in a great mood when I headed home accompanied by Gina. Steffi has left a little early to get her costume in final shape.
I did not eat very much at dinner that night. We had pizza-My parents had a party of their own at the VFW to go to and were leaving my 15 Year old sister Chris to hold the fort. She was getting over a cold and did not want to go out. She would take care of the Trick and Treaters. My kid brother would be out trick and treating.
I changed into my costume a kind of Han Solo Starwars outfit. I already had a couple of medieval outfits (I had gotten involved with a medieval group courtesy of a couple of neighbors) but wanted something simple. Gina also had a science fiction themed costume ; she was going as Ripley, the heroine of both ALIEN Films. (Aliens had been the big hit of the summerand Gina had seen it three times). When Steffi showed up I was surprised. I recognized some of the costumed as being borrowed from the same neighbors who had gotten me involved with Medieval reenactments. She had a long blue Dress, a red surcoat a hooded cape, and was holding a spear (with a foam rubber sheath around the point for safety) and Shield and a Medieval helmet on her head. "Do I make a good Valkyrie" Steffi said. Both Gina and I remembered how sensitive she had been about being from Germany. The worm had turned.
Gina could not resist a chorus of "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit" from the infamous Bugs Bunny Cartoon "What's opera, doc". Steffi made a fake motion of stabbing at Gina with the spear. How things had changed since the Gina-Steffi wars. We went out started out on foot for the party which was half a mile away.
It was dusk, and it was going to be Foggy as the for rolled in from the Pacific. Perfect for Halloween. Gina could not resist, as the fog came in, "Do not go out on the Moors tonight!" in a bad fake British Accent.
I commented "If your going to do Brit Accents take lessons from Melissa".
We came to the block of the parties. We saw someone being chased by a vampire with a lot of good fake screaming. . We went up to the house where our friend's party was and saw some clown had put up a huge sign saying:
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
CHECK IN DESK WITHIN
Steffi did not get it. She tried to be reasonably informed about current music but was a little weak on classic rock. "What does it mean? What does it have to do with Halloween?"
Gina and I had been accused of having a Psychic Link. Now we offered more proof as we sang in unison "Welcome to the Hotel California, Such a lovely Place! Such a lovely Face!", And then we sprang ahead to the punchline "YOU CAN CHECKOUT ANY TIME YOU LIKE, BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE!"
We than explained it was a horror story in song form and someone was sure to put it on that evening.
The party was going strong when we walked in. It was a normal Halloween party, with food, soft drinks, a stereo playing music, and, where I was headed. a rec room where Horror movies were showing. I stopped to grab a beer. The host's parents had let it be known that beer would be available, but they were keeping a close watch to see no one had more than two, and any bootleg would result in expulsion.
I was opening my Bud when I was grabbed from behind. "Got You". From the accent I knew it was Melissa.
"Why don't you drink something decent like Bass or Guiness?"
"This is the US and Budweiser is good enough for me".
She gave a snort of disgust and I turned around Mel was munching a Three Musketeers bar for which she had a passion. "I saw Steffi is in a Wagnerian Mood"
"Yeah, who would have thought it?"
"Well. I'm off to the Vampire's lair. See you later"
Gina was flirting with a perspective boyfriend, and Steffi was talking with a fellow school orchrestra member. I headed to the Video room where "Night of the Living Dead" was playing. I sat down just in time for the infamous bug eating scene, and didn't get up until the last flesh eating zombie was downed.
I went out to grab a coke and some munchies and was just finishing them when Gina came up: "Have you seen Steffi?"
"Not for about an hour why?"
"A couple of people are going to do a skit to Hotel California and Steffi said she wanted to hear the song"
We asked around and finally the host said "Oh Steffi, she decided it would be fun to hunt Vampires so she grabbed a couple of Holy Water Balloons and a Styrofoam Stake and went out. about forty minutes ago."
Gina then made a innocent statement that was to have grave consequences: "Maybe we should go out and tell her about the skit. And we might as well nail a few
vampires ourselves."
I agreed. So we grabbed a couple of water balloons, a styrofoam stake and headed out. And the Titanic sailed off...
In retrospect our big mistake was in grabbing the balloons and stakes. This made participants in the game and legal vampire targets. If we had just gone out looking for
Steffi it would have been different.
Gina and I headed toward the vampire lair--the house where the vampire party was. We figured any vampire chasing action would have been in that direction. I had a heavy duty flashlight with a narrow focus beam. I could not resist turning it on. The fog was so thick it didn't help much but I waved the beam overhead saying "A light saber! The weapon of a Jedi Knight!"
Gina snorted "The weapon of a Jedi Idiot. Cut the crap, lets find Steffi, maybe nail a vampire and get back to the party."
We saw a obvious vampire ahead of us in the shadows. Gina got off one of her balloons but it missed and the vampire just ran toward the Lair.
"Why didn't he attack" Gina said. The vampires had red magic markers to "Bite" with.
"I don't know. Let's get closer to the Lair."
We approached the house. It was unusual in that the fence on one side was down, being replaced by a new one. The father of the vampire fascinated host was an architect and insisted on doing it himself so it was taking forever. We could see a small house in the back yard-a studio he had built himself to give him some privacy from his wife and kids for his work. Along the back of the back yard was a chain link fence that divided the yard from the large regional park the went on for mile or so in either direction. One section was down--the county had not gotten around to fixing it yet. There was a earth bank between the fence and the park's main biking trail. Sorry for the geography lesson but is is necessary. This is the battleground for the rest of the story.
Gina and I, trying to be quiet went into the back yard (It had been okayed by the parents). No vampires. We scouted the yard. There were some noises of partying from the house.
"Maybe Steffi's joined the party" I said.
"Well, lets go see" Gina said. We both had been invited to join the Vampires but had declined. But a drop by visit was perfectly in order.
However all of sudden the door of the smaller house opened and we were blitzed by vampires. About three grabbed me and three more grabbed Gina. We were then forced, although gently to the ground. I remember wishing my Football's team's pass rush was half that good.
Suddenly a voice said "The Queen said she wants these two alive. Tie them up and bring them to her". This was said in a bad Hollywood Translyvanian accent. I felt my hands being pulled behind my back. I glanced over and Gina hand's were also pulled behind her.
We probably could have broken loose but we both hated being party poopers. By joining in the vampire hunt we had made ourselves targets. Besides, we had an immediate idea that it was Melissa who was the queen and was paying us back for a prank abduction Gina and I puled on Mel a few months back. (Yes, a future posting).We knew whatever revenge Mel had in mind would be in good fun and harmless. Gina's and my hands were tied behind us with rope, and then we were helped to our feet and marched to the studio.
When we went inside we saw that we may have make a mistake in thinking this was just normal fun.
The first thing I was Steffi. She was tied to a chair, her hands behind the chair, more rope around her body securing her to the chair back, and her ankles tied together. She was gagged with adhesive tape. A voice said "Gag them!" Adhesive tape strips were placed firmly across Gina's and my mouths, effectively gagging us. Then Daria stepped out from the back of the studio. "Oh Shit" I thought.
"Well good evening, Gina! Too bad you cannot address me as Queen Bitch tonight! I am a Queen though-of the vampires".
I recognized the acting style from being a techie in drama class.. Daria's acting in High school drama struck me as being the type that made me want some mustard--I like mustard with ham. But she got leading roles because of her looks, and when we did a children's play which called for an evil queen Daria had been very effective. Now she giving the same damn melodramatic performance. "I will have to think about how I can repay you for your many compliments, Gina". Gina had made no secret of her dislike for Daria and had made Daria a favorite one liner target.
Daria then glanced at Steffi who in turn gave Daria a look which would have put Daria six feet under if looks could kill. "Well, my dear Steffi, you are not waltzing very well tonight, are you?" Then it all fell into place. Daria was using the front of a Halloween game/prank to pay off some private vendettas of her own.
The waltz comment was in reference to a formal Strauss Waltz dance competition put on last spring by the local semi professional symphony orchestra. Steffi had been determined to win (her mom had been a music teacher in Germany and gave lessons in the U.S. as soon as her English was good enough), had drafted me to be her partner and had managed to teach me the klutz how to waltz. Daria had also wanted to win and spent a great deal of time bragging how it was in the bag. When Steffi and I won Daria was furious and humiliated. Now it was payback time.
"I'm going to have to think how to show you how much I appreciate all you have done for me in the past. A dip in a pond would be appropriate". There was a small fish pond in the backyard next to the studio.In the summer this would be good fun but in October on a Foggy Bay Area Night it was not a pleasant prospect.
"In the meantime tie our two guests ankles and use tape to make sure they cannot free their hands"
Five minutes later Gina and I were seated on the floor, our ankles tied together, and adhesive tape binding our arms to our sides.Daria-who was not stupid-had our already bound wrists taped to the opposite legs of a table in the studio. Gina and I could not reach each other's bonds this way. Daria checked our bonds to be sure they were secure and then said "Well, I am off to party a little. I will send a vampire every few minutes to make sure you are comfortable-and still tied. Hasta la Vista".
Daria then walked off, leaving all 3 of us tightly bound and gagged. But at least for a few minutes we wouldn't have to endure Daria's cornball acting.
TO BE CONCLUDED ON HALLOWEEN
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dudalb's stories
- 01 - Tying up Sean's Mom (mm/f)
- 02 - Taken Hostage by Kids (f+m+/MFF)
- 03 - Playing Detectives (ff/F)
- 04 - Tying Up Mom (f/m, f+m/Fm)
- 05 - Prisoners of War (mf/mf)
- 06 - The Great 4th of July Robbery (m+f+/FM)
- 07 - Prisoners of War, a follow-up (fm/f)
- 08 - The Houdini Challenge (f/m, m/f)
- 09 - Tying Up Aunt Judith (mf/F)
- 10 - Aunt Judith Strikes Back! (F/mf)
- 11 - Soaking Private Gina (f/f)
- 12 - Gina's Revenge (f/fm)
- 13 - The Gina-Steffi Wars: Armistice (f/f)
- 14 - The Halloween from Hell Part I : Hotel California (fm+/mff)
- 15 - The Halloween from Hell Part 2 : Escape from the Vampire Queen (mff/f)
- 16 - The Halloween from Hell Part 3 : Steffi the Vampire Slayer (mff/f)
- 17 - Erin's Thanksgiving Trussing (mmf/f)
- 18 - Cousin Cindy's Revenge (f/ffm, fm/f)
- 19 - My Mom's Second Tieup (mm/FF)
- 20 - The Great St Patricks Day Abduction (mf/f)
- 21 - Melissa Gets Back Own (f/ffm)
- 22 - Steffi Joins the Tied Moms Club (mmff/F)
- 23 - My Mom's Third Escape Challenge (m/F)
- 24 - Shula Babysits (fmm/fF)
- 25 - Melissa's Sticky Predicament (f/f)
- 26 - The Momnapping of Trudy (fmm/F)
- 27 - Momsnapping (ff/FF)
- 28 - College Charity Abduction (mmff/F)
- 29 - How to Burn a Witch (M+/F)
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