Ghost Story Shorts 2

Haunted Mexican Villa

Tom Donagan, Ramirez Sanchez, Jesse Taylor, and Bud Hardings were a gang of outlaws who had been traveling through the Mexican wilderness for days. They had been on the run from the law for weeks and were looking for a place to hide out until the heat died down. As they were making their way through the forest, they stumbled across an abandoned villa. It was a large, imposing building, with a high stone wall surrounding it. The gang decided that it would make the perfect hideout and entered the villa.

Inside, the villa was a maze of dark corridors and musty rooms. The furniture was old and covered in dust, and cobwebs hung from the ceiling. The gang split up to explore the villa and find a place to rest. As they made their way through the dark, creepy hallways, they heard strange noises and whispers in the distance. They assumed that it was just their imaginations playing tricks on them, but they couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched.

Jesse Taylor, the youngest member of the gang, was the first to experience something out of the ordinary. He was exploring the basement when he heard a strange whispering sound coming from the shadows. He called out to his companions, but they were too far away to hear him. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the darkness. It was an old woman with long, white hair, and a sinister grin on her face. Jesse tried to run, but the woman grabbed him and pulled him into the darkness.

When the rest of the gang found Jesse, he was dead. His body was lying on the floor, his eyes wide open, and his face twisted in terror. Tom, Ramirez, and Bud were shaken by Jesse's death but decided to stay in the villa, hoping that it was just a freak accident. However, as the days went by, they began to experience more and more paranormal phenomena. They heard footsteps in the halls, doors opening and closing, and strange, otherworldly noises.

One night, Tom was on watch duty, and he heard a sound coming from the courtyard. He went to investigate and saw a figure standing in the shadows. It was a tall, gaunt man with long, bony fingers and sunken eyes. Tom tried to call out to the figure, but it disappeared into the darkness.

The following night, Ramirez was woken by the sound of someone walking outside his room. He got up to investigate and found that the door was locked from the outside. He tried to force it open, but it wouldn't budge. Suddenly, he heard a voice whispering in his ear, "You shouldn't have come here." Ramirez turned around, but there was no one there.

The outlaws realized that they were dealing with something far more sinister than just an old woman or a ghostly figure. There was an evil presence in the villa, and it was killing them off one by one. They tried to leave, but the walls and doors seemed to move, preventing them from escaping. The villa had become a prison, and they were trapped inside with a malevolent force.

As the days went by, the outlaws became more and more desperate. They knew that they were going to die if they didn't find a way out of the villa. They decided to confront the evil presence head-on and went to the courtyard, where they had seen the figure the night before.

In the courtyard, they found a pentagram drawn in blood. The figure from the previous night appeared in front of them, and they realized that it was a demon. The demon told them that the villa was built on top of a gateway to Hell and that it had been waiting for someone to stumble across it. The demon had been summoned by an old woman who had lived in the villa and had made a deal with it, sacrificing Jesse's soul to seal the deal.

The outlaws tried to fight the demon, but their bullets had no effect on it. The demon taunted them, telling them that they were powerless against its might. The outlaws realized that they had to find a way to close the gateway to Hell and put an end to the demon's reign of terror.

They went back inside the villa and searched for a way to close the gateway. They found an old book in the library that contained instructions on how to perform a ritual to seal the portal. They gathered the necessary ingredients and performed the ritual, chanting incantations in Latin.

As they performed the ritual, the demon grew more and more enraged. It summoned all its powers to stop the outlaws, but they were determined to succeed. The demon tried to possess Bud, but he fought back with all his strength, knowing that he was the last one standing.

Finally, the ritual was complete, and the gateway was sealed. The demon screamed in agony as it was banished back to the depths of Hell. The outlaws collapsed, exhausted and shaken, but relieved that they had survived.

As they were leaving the villa, they saw the old woman who had summoned the demon. She was sitting in a rocking chair, cackling to herself. They confronted her, but she just laughed and said that they would never escape the villa. The outlaws shot her, and as she died, she turned into a pile of ash.

The outlaws finally escaped the villa, and as they made their way back to civilization, they vowed never to speak of what had happened there again. They had experienced something so terrifying and otherworldly that it had changed them forever. They knew that they had been lucky to survive, but they also knew that they would never forget the evil presence that had almost claimed their lives.