Neighbors: Part 2

The neighbor runs off, screaming frantically down the hall for something to help him. He bangs on every door, asking for help as Daniel casually walks behind him.

“HELP SOMEBODY PLEASE!”

The neighbors all ignore him; they are used to having people yelling in the halls due to the type of people that live there.

“PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP!”

He pushed through the halfway-open staircase door and began running up the stairs. Conveniently, somebody had a crowbar propping open the door. Daniel picked it up. He started chasing the man smiling menacingly at him. The man struggled to open the staircase door to the second floor due to his fear that was messing with his intelligence. He kept trying to push open the door that had always been a pull. With Daniel just a few steps away, he screamed at the top of his lungs and swung open the door. He ran to the end of the hall, banging on the door, pleading for his girlfriend to help him.

“BLAIR! OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR!”

Unfortunately for him, Blair couldn’t hear him over the music; he loved the play all day and all night.

“BLAIR!”

Daniel started to drag the crowbar on the ground, slowly walking his way down the dimly lit hall. The lights flicker, and then a couple shut off. The man cowards in the corner, so scared to even scream. He tries to talk to Daniel.

“Listen, man, how much do you want? I’ll give you whatever you want; just relax.”

Daniel laughs.

“What’s your name?”

“It’s… it’s Bryce”

Daniel nodded.

“Okay, soooooo, we’re cool now? Or?”

“Oh, we will be!”

Daniel cocked back the crowbar as if he was about to hit a home run and swung. He kept bashing Bryce’s head until he was covered in blood, and his face was almost unrecognizable. He threw the crowbar down.

“All I wanted was some peace and quiet Bryce”

Daniel wiped his face, and Bryce’s door opened. A woman stood there blank-faced and frozen in place.

“You must be Blair.”

Blair nodded.

“Right. I should be mad at you, but you don’t live here, do you?”

Blair shook her head no.

“Alright, Blair, you can call the police now but just know they’re not coming to this part of town.”

Blair fainted.

“Welp”

Daniel slowly took his time downstairs back to the laundry, where his clothes and the head had stopped.

“Time to dry”

He put his clothes in a big dryer and the head in a small dryer. He watched the man spin around until his eyeballs liquified and blood ran out his nose.

“I was hoping you would explode. How disappointing… cheap machines.”