The Devil's House

"Hey, Saanvi! I got a new case you have to investigate," someone said, slamming a folder full of papers on her desk. Saanvi looked up from her computer to see the police chief leaning on her desk. He had one hand leaning on her desk and one on his hip. She looked down at the thick brown folder on her desk full of scattered papers. Saanvi opened up the folder and went through the pages. On the first page, she saw eight pictures of different men and women. There were five females and three men. At the top of the paper, written in red bold letters was “MISSING”. She scanned through the rest of the pages which explained each of the people in detail. Saanvi said, "Wow. That is a lot of missing cases," she said. "But why do I have to work on so many different ones?" "They're connected. All of these people,” the police chief said pointing to each of the photos of the people on the first page, “went missing on a vacation going to the same place... A mansion on Blueberry

Saanvi thought, We have to get out of here! But I can't look away from it. It's like its eyes are holding me hostage. What's wrong with me?! Move Saanvi! Move! Saanvi felt someone shake her and she heard Ryder's muffled voice saying, "Saanvi! Come on! We need to go! He's coming closer!" It felt as though everything was in slow motion. Saanvi slowly turned her head to Ryder. She saw his worried face as he tried to get her to move. She turned her head to the staircase where the Devil was. But it wasn't at the staircase anymore... It was right in front of them. The Devil stood barely a few feet away from them as it lifted its hand behind its head, getting ready to hit them. Before the Devil could hit her, Ryder pushed Saanvi to the ground. She fell on her butt and saw the Devil's hand hit Ryder on the back. She heard him cry out in pain. Ryder flew into the wall behing her. He hit the wall with a loud BOOM! that echoed across the mansion’s walls.

Ryder "Come on, you have wake up before they come back," a male voice said in Ryder's ear. The male voice shook Ryder, trying to wake him up. Ryder groaned and slowly opened his eyes to see a man in front of him. The man had straight black hair that hung over his eyes. He was also very muscular like Ryder. The man wore a clean white short sleeve shirt underneath an opened black button down shirt. The man wore tan jeans with an expensive looking brown belt. "Oh good, you are awake now. We have to leave before those things come back," the man said, getting up and putting a hand out for Ryder to grab. "What happened?" Ryder asked as he grabbed the man's hand. The man lifted him up and said, "I heard a loud boom when I was upstairs and I came to see what had made the sound. That is when I found you lying on the floor." Ryder said, "Thanks for helping me. I don't know what would've happened to me if you didn't help." Ryder suddenly realized the man's heig

Ryder Ryder panted, clutching his stomach as he reached the top of the stairs. Lucifer walked past him and looked down both hallways. Pointing to the right he said, "It's this way. Come on." Lucifer lead Ryder through the huge hallway. The tall ceiling towered above them. There were huge windows on their left and many red doors on their right. In between every red door, there was an electrical torch that lit up the hallway, allowing them to see ahead of them. Outside the windows it was dark and Ryder wondered how long he was passed out of the floor. I'm so lucky that Luci found me before the demons did, Ryder thought as he limped behind Luci. They continued walking and when Ryder thought he wouldn't be able to go any father, Luci said, "Here we are." He stopped in front of a black door and said, "This is where I have been staying." Luci opened the door to reveal the most beautiful and massive room Ryder had ever seen. Ryder stepped inside the room and looked inside.

Ryder Ryder opened his eyes. He immediately closed again when a streak of blinding light hit his eye. Ryder groaned and opened them again, slower this time. He let his eyes adapt to the bright light. He turned his head to the left to see a bowl of water and a bloody towel on the nightstand. He turned his head to the right and saw the curtains pulled away from the window. Ryder sat up and winced at the pain from his ribcage. He looked in front of him and saw Luci coming out from the bathroom. He looked like he had just gotten out of a shower with a white towel around his waist as he used a smaller one to dry his hair. Ryder slowly got up and asked, "You took a shower?" "Yeah. Why? What is wrong?" Luci asked, walking over to him. "I just thought that we shouldn't do that. What if the demons heard us? Or worse... The Devil." "They're not allowed in here," Luci said, sitting on the enormous bed. "What?" Ryder said, staring at Luci. Luci paused a moment befo