Tales From The Basement
It might be morbid curiosity that's causing you to ask Uncle Ed. He obviously is getting money from somewhere, but you and everyone else can only guess how. It's most likely illegal no doubt.
As you approach the door to the garage, you have a feeling of dread overcome you, but you press on anyway.
Upon opening the door you see Ed's van and various other things that would be in a garage. Everything looks normal. Of course you haven't actually inspected the little apartment space that exists above the garage where Ed actually sleeps.
You make your way up the steps only to find Ed isn't there. His place isn't exactly as you imagined it. It's clean! Everything is neatly packed away. In fact he appears to be the neatest person in the house.
His bed is neatly made and doesn't appear to be slept in, which is odd since his van is here, unless he made it already and went out during the day without his van. Of course that would be out of character behavior for him as you know him to be a night owl.
You shrug your shoulders and decide to wait for him. Waiting for you though doesn't include just sitting, you start to snoop around. Without thinking anything of it you open up his large freezer
Inside are heads and other body parts. Frozen blood paints the inside of the freezer. You scream in shock and fall backwards.
"So, now you know, what many in this family have probably already whispered about for years. Knew I shouldn't have slept in the van last night."
You turn your head and see Uncle Ed standing by the stairway. His clothing is caked with dried blood and he has a knife in hand.
"Oh uh Uncle Ed um " you sputter, you're too terrified to even scream out, though Ed gives you some quick instructions on that line of thinking.
"Suzy, before you say anything else. Keep in mind that I kill pretty things like you on a regular basis. If you scream, I'll do it again, family or not and that would be very regrettable. Besides I doubt if anyone would come running anyway."
Ed's threat is completely calm which makes it all the scarier. You just sit down and quietly watch him as he approaches.
"What're you going to do to me?" you ask trying not to think about his possible answers.
"Do? Well there's a lot of things I WOULD do to you if you weren't my niece. You're just about everything I look for in a girl. Nice, pretty, young. You're even a virgin aren't you? Yeah you are. You know how appealing that is in this age of whores who are only suitable for rape and annihilation?" your uncle says licking his knife in front of your face before stepping back.
"Oh yes, I WOULD have lots of fun with you. However you're family, and I always had a lot of respect for my sister. God rest her soul. And from what I know of you, you're about the only one who followed her value system, which means you respected her too. So you're safe for now but "
"But?"
"Well, call me paranoid, but it would really be foolish of me to just let you go after knowing my secret now wouldn't it?"
"But you already said everyone in the family thinks you're a serial killer anyway "
Ed gets perturbed and holds his knife up.
"Now stop right there. That's the point. They THINK that. They don't know for sure though, and I thought I was doing a good job of keeping them all away too. (Sigh) But I'm not really worried about you telling any of them, I'm more concerned with you going to the police after you leave here. Then I have to move, and then I'd have to come back and do something bad to you when you least expect it. So what could you do that could convince me?"
"My word?"
Ed starts to laugh.
"Ha ha ha ha! You're serious? My you are a unique one. God I wish you weren't family but anyway no I'm afraid that won't do. While I'm sure you may very well be telling the truth, your moralistic view point and conscience may get the better of you one day and then where would I be. No, I need something else from you. Something that will bond us in a more meaningful way."
You start to panic and what he might be implying and you start to cover yourself with your arms and cross your legs. Again he laughs.
"Oh no, not that my little Suzy. As much as I might like to, that's just not something for me to place on the table. Besides it wouldn't make me inclined to trust you anymore than I do now. Tell me Suzy, what do you know of the Morningstars?"
"The Morningstars? You mean the family that lives in that compound up the street? Not much."
"Hmm, I thought as much. They are a strange lot, I'm surprised nobody has complained about them given their blatantly cultish ways."
"Well people on this block tend to keep to themselves."
"Hm, true. One reason why I like living here. It's perfect really. But there's really only room for one of us."
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't it obvious dear girl? The Morningstars ARE cultists. Not sure what they worship, but I know damn well in involves human sacrifice. I've kept an eye on them ever since I noticed a few of their number taking in young girls." Ed says while starring at your body. "These girls are never seen again."
"Uh, how do you know all this?"
"Because sometimes my work overlaps with theirs and I know my prey. And they're encroaching on it. I don't think they're really aware of me yet, but I think they've been getting suspicious."
"Okay so what does all this have to do with me?"
"Right, straight to the point. Well whether you want to be or not, our families are going to embark in a good old fashioned feud. And you're going to be bait."
"What?"
"You heard me. Now as far as I can tell the Patriarch of that family and his eldest son are in absolute control. I figure if you can help me take out those two, that family will fall into chaos and it will be a simple matter of picking off their more incompetent members at leisure."
"So what am I supposed to do exactly?"
"Heh yeah I guess you might very well be clueless in this sort of thing. Look Suzy, I know you're a good girl but within every good girl lies a filthy dirty whore. A whore that wants to be fucked and desecrated "
Uncle Ed seems to be somewhere else for a moment, but he tries to quickly get back on track.
" uh anyway. YOU need to get in touch with the whore that is within you. You need to flirt, seduce and beguile those two in such a way that will allow me to get them. I really don't think you'll have that much of a problem though."
You take a deep breath and realize you have little choice, but to agree at this point.
"Okay. I'll do it."
"Good girl. I knew I could count on you. I'll be in contact with you soon."
"Alright, I "
Uncle Ed grabs your arm as you try to leave.
"Remember, we're in this together now. Don't do anything foolish. I really wouldn't want to have to hurt you."
With that final warning, he lets you go.
Completely unnerved and creeped out, you run back to the basement and pace the floor wondering what you should do next.
As you approach the door to the garage, you have a feeling of dread overcome you, but you press on anyway.
Upon opening the door you see Ed's van and various other things that would be in a garage. Everything looks normal. Of course you haven't actually inspected the little apartment space that exists above the garage where Ed actually sleeps.
You make your way up the steps only to find Ed isn't there. His place isn't exactly as you imagined it. It's clean! Everything is neatly packed away. In fact he appears to be the neatest person in the house.
His bed is neatly made and doesn't appear to be slept in, which is odd since his van is here, unless he made it already and went out during the day without his van. Of course that would be out of character behavior for him as you know him to be a night owl.
You shrug your shoulders and decide to wait for him. Waiting for you though doesn't include just sitting, you start to snoop around. Without thinking anything of it you open up his large freezer
Inside are heads and other body parts. Frozen blood paints the inside of the freezer. You scream in shock and fall backwards.
"So, now you know, what many in this family have probably already whispered about for years. Knew I shouldn't have slept in the van last night."
You turn your head and see Uncle Ed standing by the stairway. His clothing is caked with dried blood and he has a knife in hand.
"Oh uh Uncle Ed um " you sputter, you're too terrified to even scream out, though Ed gives you some quick instructions on that line of thinking.
"Suzy, before you say anything else. Keep in mind that I kill pretty things like you on a regular basis. If you scream, I'll do it again, family or not and that would be very regrettable. Besides I doubt if anyone would come running anyway."
Ed's threat is completely calm which makes it all the scarier. You just sit down and quietly watch him as he approaches.
"What're you going to do to me?" you ask trying not to think about his possible answers.
"Do? Well there's a lot of things I WOULD do to you if you weren't my niece. You're just about everything I look for in a girl. Nice, pretty, young. You're even a virgin aren't you? Yeah you are. You know how appealing that is in this age of whores who are only suitable for rape and annihilation?" your uncle says licking his knife in front of your face before stepping back.
"Oh yes, I WOULD have lots of fun with you. However you're family, and I always had a lot of respect for my sister. God rest her soul. And from what I know of you, you're about the only one who followed her value system, which means you respected her too. So you're safe for now but "
"But?"
"Well, call me paranoid, but it would really be foolish of me to just let you go after knowing my secret now wouldn't it?"
"But you already said everyone in the family thinks you're a serial killer anyway "
Ed gets perturbed and holds his knife up.
"Now stop right there. That's the point. They THINK that. They don't know for sure though, and I thought I was doing a good job of keeping them all away too. (Sigh) But I'm not really worried about you telling any of them, I'm more concerned with you going to the police after you leave here. Then I have to move, and then I'd have to come back and do something bad to you when you least expect it. So what could you do that could convince me?"
"My word?"
Ed starts to laugh.
"Ha ha ha ha! You're serious? My you are a unique one. God I wish you weren't family but anyway no I'm afraid that won't do. While I'm sure you may very well be telling the truth, your moralistic view point and conscience may get the better of you one day and then where would I be. No, I need something else from you. Something that will bond us in a more meaningful way."
You start to panic and what he might be implying and you start to cover yourself with your arms and cross your legs. Again he laughs.
"Oh no, not that my little Suzy. As much as I might like to, that's just not something for me to place on the table. Besides it wouldn't make me inclined to trust you anymore than I do now. Tell me Suzy, what do you know of the Morningstars?"
"The Morningstars? You mean the family that lives in that compound up the street? Not much."
"Hmm, I thought as much. They are a strange lot, I'm surprised nobody has complained about them given their blatantly cultish ways."
"Well people on this block tend to keep to themselves."
"Hm, true. One reason why I like living here. It's perfect really. But there's really only room for one of us."
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't it obvious dear girl? The Morningstars ARE cultists. Not sure what they worship, but I know damn well in involves human sacrifice. I've kept an eye on them ever since I noticed a few of their number taking in young girls." Ed says while starring at your body. "These girls are never seen again."
"Uh, how do you know all this?"
"Because sometimes my work overlaps with theirs and I know my prey. And they're encroaching on it. I don't think they're really aware of me yet, but I think they've been getting suspicious."
"Okay so what does all this have to do with me?"
"Right, straight to the point. Well whether you want to be or not, our families are going to embark in a good old fashioned feud. And you're going to be bait."
"What?"
"You heard me. Now as far as I can tell the Patriarch of that family and his eldest son are in absolute control. I figure if you can help me take out those two, that family will fall into chaos and it will be a simple matter of picking off their more incompetent members at leisure."
"So what am I supposed to do exactly?"
"Heh yeah I guess you might very well be clueless in this sort of thing. Look Suzy, I know you're a good girl but within every good girl lies a filthy dirty whore. A whore that wants to be fucked and desecrated "
Uncle Ed seems to be somewhere else for a moment, but he tries to quickly get back on track.
" uh anyway. YOU need to get in touch with the whore that is within you. You need to flirt, seduce and beguile those two in such a way that will allow me to get them. I really don't think you'll have that much of a problem though."
You take a deep breath and realize you have little choice, but to agree at this point.
"Okay. I'll do it."
"Good girl. I knew I could count on you. I'll be in contact with you soon."
"Alright, I "
Uncle Ed grabs your arm as you try to leave.
"Remember, we're in this together now. Don't do anything foolish. I really wouldn't want to have to hurt you."
With that final warning, he lets you go.
Completely unnerved and creeped out, you run back to the basement and pace the floor wondering what you should do next.