Halloween Calling
By CrossmanX at crossmanx@hotmail.co.uk - Comments and ideas welcome
When Halloween knocks be ready for what's on the other side of the door!


Halloween Calling

Julian throws his briefcase down and collapsed into the chair, a sense of calm
and relaxation came over him, this was soon followed by a strong desire for a
drink "Amy! ... ... Amy pour me a drink." A woman's face appeared around the
door, even before she spoke he could tell by her expression what the answer
was going to be "get it yourself ... ... I'm busy sorting out your children!"
'Busy ... Hum!' He looked over to his bags that still cluttered the entrance
to the house "and I suppose I'll have to sort them out!" But he said that very
softly to himself, didn't want her hearing that!

Julian wasn't in the mood for an argument, he was tired, his flight back that
afternoon had been delayed, then there was the delay in getting his luggage,
that still cluttered up the doorway. And finally the awful traffic due to the
broken down lorry that made him even later in getting home, and his late
arrival back home was now interfering with the children's Halloween
preparation. He got up poured himself a large drink and collapsed back into
the chair "he's to you ... ... Welcome back home!" He quickly looked over to
the dinning room to make sure his sarcastic comment hadn't reached the ears of
his wife, 'No ... ... got away with that.'

He took a long drink from the glass 'that was good ... ' "BOO!" He almost
jumped out his skin as his two young kids had crept up behind his chair and
screamed to scare him, it had worked! A giggle from his wife as she stood
there with an arm full of coats "say goodbye to daddy then." Julian brushed
away some of the brandy that had splashed out the glass and over him when he
had jumped. His kids Dawn and Jonathan had found making daddy jump very funny
and where now running around shouting "BOO ... ... BOO"

Amy leaned down and kissed her husband, still with a grin on her face after
the kids had made him jump so easily "remember this has been arranged for
weeks and the children have been looking forwards to it ... " The children
where going 'trick or treating' then off to a friends house for a night of
'ghoul's and ghost's.' Julian was a bit disappointed he had been away on a
business trip for the past week and was hoping for a nice night in with the
kids and then when they where asleep and more adult night with Amy. But an
extra day added to the trip and the hassle of getting back late meant that all
Julian was going to get tonight was over excited kids, a drink, he had to get
himself and the only hot thing was going to be a microwave meal.

As Amy and the children where about to leave "if you could put your bags away
before we get home ... ... Oh and I've put some sweets on the small table,
your bound to get some trick or treaters round later on" BANG! The door
slammed shut as Amy and the children left 'Bloody hell!' Bad enough his kids
where going out, he didn't want some spoilt little kids round in stupid
costumes ruining his night, not that there was much to ruin now!

Julian made his way upstairs for a shower, then he could have that 'tasty'
microwave meal. Half an hour later and a more refreshed, more happier Julian
poured himself another drink. He walked over to the table, where his microwave
meal waited for him, and for the first time he realised just how hungry he was
DING! DONG! 'Shit! What now?' This really was turning into the worst kind of
day for Julian, a day when nothing goes right 'ignore it' DING! DONG! DING!
DONG! He was loosing patience now as he stormed over to the door, grabbed the
handle and as he pulled it open ... ... "TRICK OR TREAT!"

This was the last straw, it only took a second for him to take in the scene,
there was a group of 5 small kids all dressed up as witches, ghosts, monsters
and god knows what else. There was also a couple of extra people there, stood
at the back two older kids, young adults, two girls. He didn't take much
notice of them only that they where also in some kind of fancy dress, one in
some red outfit the other in black. But that's all he really noticed, what
grabbed his attention was the annoying younger ones that where now jumping up
and down and still shouting "TRICK OR TREAT! ... ... TRICK OR TREAT!"

It was more than the normally calm man could take, it had been a bad day and
although he knew it was wrong to take it out on these harmless kids, he
couldn't stop himself "SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!" BANG! He slammed the door on
them, he stood there a sense of guilt came over him, he wasn't normally like
that, especially to kids. But this was suppressed by a new feeling of being
pleased with himself. Then a smile came to his face, one of those, 'it was
wrong but it felt good' feelings, then he remembered his dinner. All sense of
guilt left him, as he tucked into his meal and finished off his drink.

DING! DONG! 'What now?' Then the sense of guilt crawled back over him, if it
was more trick or treaters then he wouldn't be so nasty, after all it had been
a long day for him and he shouldn't take it out on a group of kids. He opened
the door ... Nothing! "Hello? ... " No one there, he looked up and down the
road, still one there, then he though ... "OK you've had you're fun if you
want some sweets out you come ... " Still nothing "Alright be like that ... "
SPLAT! A egg went flying past him, just missing and slamming into the wall
"Bloody Kids! You ... " A voice stopped him "you shouldn't have been so
horrible to the children, after all they are only children." "Who's there?"
was it the kids from early on? He remembered there'd been two older looking
ones, one in red, one in black, was this them come back to play their tricks?

Julian wasn't having any of this, he'd shouted at some kids, so what! Now he
was just annoyed, he turned to head back into the house "where are you going?"
A voice behind him, he turned quickly, there right in front of him a girl,
woman, late teen's ... ish, who almost appeared out of nowhere. She was blond
dressed in a witches costume, the large black pointy hat gave that one away.
Before he could say anything "It was very rude to shout at those children"
another voice, different, from behind him again. He turned again now stood
again straight in front of him was another youngish girl, woman, dressed in
red with hones coming out her head, obvious a female version of the devil! "So
you still haven't said why you was so rude?" Again the blond spoke he turned
back, this was getting confusing, as he spun round "now you just look here I
... .." But when he'd turned to speak to the witch she was gone!

Julian spun back to the redheaded devil, but she was also gone! He turned
around and around in circles but there was nothing, on one was there! But he
had seen two girls, dressed in Halloween costumes, he had seen them, hadn't
he? And now they had gone, vanished! Julian was confused, he spent another
couple of minutes just looking around and around him, how had they just
disappeared like that, he couldn't understand it. He headed inside, that egg
that had been thrown, he had better clear that up before the wife came home,
he looked at the wall, nothing! But he had seen it hit the wall, he knew
exactly where it had hit and now there was nothing there. He looked around on
the floor, again nothing as if it had never happened, but he had seen it.

'Bloody Halloween!' He hated it, confused, the man gave up and went inside, he
wasn't going to try and explain it, it was a trick and he had fallen for it
somehow. Julian headed into the living room, he needed another drink TAP! TAP!
TAP! He looked up, there over at the other end of the room, the French windows
that lead into the garden, on the other side of the window tapping to gain his
attention was the redheaded girl, the one dressed as a devil, but now she
wasn't so close to him he had a much better view of her in her costume and
WOW!

The 'girl' looking stunning, sexy, she took his breath away no wonder the was
she was dressed. Red high heeled leather boots, thigh length and laced up the
whole length of them, must have taken some time getting into them! Then a lacy
basque that showed of a slim, busty body, long red lacy gloves and then her
own long bright red hair that flowed over her shoulders. Those little devil
horns could still be seen, as could her red tail that whished around behind
her ... Tail! 'Bloody Hell that costume was good, it looked so real!' She was
attractive, but the expressionless look on her face gave Julian and uneasy
feeling. She looked so sexy, a redhead dressed all in red, leather boots and a
basque, more suited to the bedroom than Halloween, 'she must be cold out
there', he was about to walk over to the French windows when "nice isn't she?"

A voice, the blond, behind him? He turned but nothing TAP! TAP! TAP! He span
back to the window, there she was the blond, but the redhead had gone. Julian
was now looking at the sexy blond witch, she wore a pair of black knee length
leather boots, then a good set of legs, thighs that he would love to run his
hand up and down. A short well fitted off the shoulder black dress, a plunging
neckline that drew your eyes in to a pair of very nice large breasts. She
stood there, one hand on her hip and in her other hand a broomstick, well what
else would she have. The arms of her dress where those long flowing type of
sleeves, typical witch, and to top it all the typical pointed witches hat sat
on a head of long blond hair that had a cute little bit of a curl to it. Again
she was attractive, and again like her friend difficult to say just how old,
and again she had a 'certain look!'

"So you like her as well then?" This time he heard the redheads voice behind
him, he jumped round, they where playing a game and he was now getting a bit
more than just feed up with it. But when he turned round again no one was
there, 'what the hell was going on here?' Julian turned back to look at the
window 'OOOOHHHHH!' He was shocked, as there in front of him and inside his
house where the devil and the witch, the blond and the redhead!

"How the hell did you two get in here?" There was a giggle from the girls
"Hell doesn't really come into it" the redhead gave a slight smile for the
first time. "I said how did you two get in here ... And was it one of you that
throw that egg ... Well?" The blond witch gave him a confused look "you need
to calm down, relax, enjoy, after all it is Halloween ... Be cool!" The
redhead looked over to her friend "it's always better hot!" "Anyway ... " the
blond looked back to Julian "Cool, Hot ... ... Good, Bad" POOF! There was a
puff of smoke, Julian stepped backwards in shock, the smoke disappeared and
the 'witch' was now stood there wearing the same dress and hat but now they
where white!

"How the hell ... " the redhead turned to the blond "there he goes again and
your just a show off" POOF! Another puff of smoke, Julian was again taken by
surprise and when the smoke had disappeared the witch was back dressed all in
black. He waved away the last remaining smoke away, he wasn't allowed to smoke
in the house so all this would really 'piss' Amy off. "Right you two I've had
enough" he grabs each of the girls by their arms and starts to drag them
towards the front door. This had all gone too far, Halloween was never his
'thing', kids, costumes and now girls in very sexy costumes, that bit was
nice, but the party tricks and everything he could do with out ARRRRHHHH!

He was stopped in his tracks, the girls had reached over with their free hand,
grabbed his that held them and applied the right pressure in the right place.
Julian was forced down onto his knees by the girls. It was a very painful
feeling, but not as painful as what happened next SMACK! The redheads thigh
smashed into the mans face, he was stunned and hurting as he fell forward, but
he fell into the blonds boot as it shot into his body CRACK!

Julian caught his breath then looked up to see the devil and the witch now
standing over him, neither of them looked best pleased with the man, he could
tell they where just a bit put out by the forceful way in which he had tried
to eject them from his home. The redhead reached down and grabbed him, a fist
full of hair and Julian was easily manhandled up on to his knees, "you really
should be more polite to young ladies when they ... " Julian was now pissed
off, some stupid kid treating him like this, even if she was a really sexy
girl, his hand came up sharp to strike at her but WHACK! OUCH!

Her tail darted round and whipped at his hand ... ... Her tail! This had to be
the best costume ever, how the hell did she do that WHACK! OUCH! He put his
hand up again and again that red tail came zipping round and struck out at his
hand, as stinging sensation like being struck by a whip. The blond giggled at
the look of shock on the mans face " ... ... As I was saying ... " The redhead
looked over to the witch and didn't seem that impressed with being interpreted
by both the man and her friend.

Julian saw his chance as the redheads attention was away from him for the
moment, with both hands he lurched forwards and pushed the redhead as hard as
he could. She was caught off guard and now off balanced, she released her grip
and went stumbling backwards, a coffee table in the wrong place and THUD! She
knocked into it and went flying, Julian thought 'shit this is now all going so
wrong' but then like 'magic' she stopped in mid air she stopped and was
floating there, completely off the ground. Julian's jaw dropped 'what the hell
was going on here?' The witch gave her friend a smug look "what would you do
with out me around" and with her finger pointing at the redhead, as if it was
controlling the girl in mid air, the blond brought the redhead back down onto
the ground.

Julian pulled himself back up onto his feet, jaw still on the floor in shock
at what he had seen, the two girls now looked at him "normally we don't mind a
bit of naughtiness but you've taken it all a bit too far ... ... " WHACK! The
witch showed her disapproval with her boot as it struck him hard in his gut,
all the air was quickly expelled out of him, the winded man gasped for breath
as he fell to his knees. "We don't like rude men either and your certainly
that ... " CRACK! The redhead joined in with her fist that drove hard into the
man jaw, sending him crashing down to the ground and also tumbling across the
room.

The girls laughed, but Julian saw a chance, even though his body was hurting
he pushed himself up and headed, very painfully to the door and the hallway.
The stairs where directly in front of him, 'the bedroom, it had a lockable
door and a telephone, perfect'. He summoned all his strength and raced up the
stairs like some excited kid, but as he reached the top POOF! A puff of smoke
and there at the top of those stairs stood the redheaded devil "how the hell
... " She smiled "you really should stop saying that" CRACK!

Her red leather boot shot out right into Julian, he took the full blow to his
chest and was sent flying backwards, he sailed off the stairs, through the air
and CRASH! Landed with a thud that shook the whole house, his body screamed
out in agony, but the blond witch that now grabbed him and hauled him upwards
didn't care. "We still haven't found out why you was so rude to the children"
WHACK! OOOOHHHHH! Her fist drove hard into his gut, he dropped to his knees,
which made him just the right height for her thigh to drive into him THUD! And
bring him even more pain.

The girl gathered round the pathetic hurting body of Julian as he lay there on
the floor "we'd better finish him off" those words didn't sound good to him.
"If we don't catch up with the children soon then God only knows what trouble
they'll be in" the devil girl looked offended "OOP's sorry wrong choice of
words!" THUD! The redhead's boot took her disapproval of the witches use of
words out on Julian, and he rolled around in pain WHACK! Another boot this
time to his jaw that sent him almost shooting across the floor, and sent his
head into a whole new world of pain. So much so that he didn't realise how
he'd got onto his feet, just that as the pain started to subside a bit he
found himself now stood up looking into the fiery eyes of the devil. As he
shock his head, to try and shake away the pain he saw a flash of red as her
gloved hand came crashing into his face. He didn't see the other fist, but
felt it as he spun round, the force of her blows knocking the older, taller
man right round and right into a blaze of black as the witch's fists sent more
pain into the man.

Julian was knocked from the devil to the witch, from the blond back to the
redhead, the girls fists and boots slammed and crashed into his body. The man
was like tennis ball being knocked backwards and forward between two players,
the only difference was that in tennis one player will always miss at some
point! After amusing the girls for a while and taking a good beating at the
same time, Julian was like a rag doll, he lost all control over his body, he
stumbled down onto one knee, but the witch was having none of that. Her knee
shot up into his jaw CRACK! Julian was catapulted upwards, staggering
backwards, almost tripping over his own feet and as he feel back straight into
THUD! The red boot of the devil came slamming into the bottom of the mans
spine, as he's now shot forward landing spread-eagled onto the floor.

Giggles and laughter from the girls as the mans comical action amused them,
"come on we have to catch up with the children" the devil was enjoying herself
but knew that even good times have to come to an end eventually. The witch
grabbed Julian by his arm and yanked him upwards off the floor, he went flying
heading straight for the devil, in a spilt second he saw the look of delight
on her pretty face as he was hurtling towards her. That witch was strong, to
be able to send his body fly across the room, he wasn't a small man, and she
sent him flying straight into CRACK! The devil girl timed her move just right,
she jumped up and then kicked out, sending that sexy red boot straight into
the man jaw, Julian was sent off his feet, with such force it was
unbelievable, he spun through the air, twisting as he headed into the coffee
table CRASH! The girls laughed at his awkward landing and the funny way he had
flown through the air, Julian flapped around on the floor, like a fish out of
water, only with him it was just his reflexes, muscles he now had no control
over, making him uncontrollably twitch away like a madman.

The man was almost at the point where he could no long understand what was
happing to him, and when a man got to that stage all the fun seemed to go. So
the girl walked up to his battered and broken body, they each grabbed the poor
man, pummelled and bruised, they dragged him up on his knees with the devil to
his right and the witch to his left, the girls both raised their fists as they
where about to deliver their final knock out blows to him when WOOSSHH!

There was a sudden flash of light, the girls faces dropped "Mother!" There,
out of thin air, appeared another woman, the disappointed girls released
Julian who dropped to the ground. The grateful man, didn't care why the girls
had stopped, just that they had stopped, he tried to gathered himself
together, the bets he could. This new woman into his house seemed to have made
the girls behave, they had called her 'mother!' Even in his beaten state
Julian could just about make out this new woman, she was a brunette, long
flowing hair but with curl all the way through it. A bit taller than the
redhead and the blond, not exactly as young as the girls, but not old either,
'their mother' he couldn't see how. She was attractive, big bold eyes, bright
red lips and a real look of sophistication and power about her. She was also
dressed in black, but no witches costume this was a figure hugging elegant
short dress, that showed off long legs and a firm ample bust in a very stylish
way. A long cape lead back down onto the floor, around the top of her dress
was a very high, almost the same high as her attractive head, stiff collar
that almost encaged her elegant face and head.

She looked like some high priestess or a queen of the underworld from some old
horror film, a very scary though came over Julian ... ... "so girls what have
you being up to then?" It was one of those questions that didn't need an
answer. "It's Halloween, you know how important it is and all I ask is you
take your cousins out to show them what the people up top do and you've left
them to run riot around the place!" "But Mum it was him ... " Both girls
pointed to Julian who was still on the floor trying not to be noticed, but had
failed! " ... He shouted at our cousins so we came round here to ... ." The
woman held up her hand and the girls fell silent "you two run along and look
after your cousins" there was a look of disappointment on the girls faces. The
woman snapped her fingers and the two girls disappeared, now there was just
Julian and this new woman.

The woman looked down as she towered over the man, she leaned forward and
grabbed him, she gripped him round his throat, it was a firm tight grip. Then
lifted his up and off the floor, this new woman was incredibly powerful, she
held him at arms length, his feet dangling off the floor, Julian felt more
afraid than he had before. "So you where rude to my nieces and nephews where
you?" He was now looking into the face of a very attractive woman, but it was
a face that scared him, her eyes, jet black pools of emptiness that stared
back at him "what am I going to do with you ... ... !"

Just be careful this Halloween, when the door bell goes you just don't know
who will be the other side!