text: [Themes: fan fiction]
  
  You notice a thick coat of dust caked over everything in your room except for a VHS machine hooked up to what seems to be a brand new Zenith 36" color t.v. A video tape sits inside the mouth of the VCR machine. The tape is without a label.
  
  Hmmmmm....
  
  > watch the video.
  The tape slides easily into the VCR and soon you are watching what seems to be home video of some kind. The movie is of a couple in a bedroom and they seem to be sleeping in a bed together. At first you think this might be amateur pornography but you soon become bored with the whole thing.
  
  You are about to turn it off when you see two large men in ski masks burst in on the couple's sleep time. You watch as the two men brutally rape and murder the woman and then hang the man from a wooden beam on the ceiling. You step back in horror as you realize your watching a snuff tape.
  
  As the man hangs by his neck, his feet swinging back and forth, you notice the curtains in the background are simular to the ones in the motel room you are in now.
  
  Wait...not only the curtains but...the bed's headboard is an exact replica of the one you are now sitting by.
  
  You look up at the ceiling and notice a wooden beam running across the length of the room with rope burns and markings at the middle.
  
  Whoa!!! you think. This is getting too weird.
  
  Could this be the same room that couple was murdered in? A cold chill runs down your spine as you jump off the bed and shut off the TV.
  
  "Somehow the whole thing was caught on tape and left in this room for some light entertainment." you think.
  
  Just then you hear a knock at the motel door. Three loud thuds.
  
  Who could it be?
  
  > Do you ask who it is?
  "Who is it?" you say as beads of sweat start to drip down your face.
  
  "I am the owner of this establishment!!!" " Let me in right this instant!" comes a whiny, high pitched voice from the other side of the door.
  
  After about 30 seconds, you can hear keys jingling around...a key slamming into the door knob...and the door quickly opening to reveal a small, skinny man in his late 50's. His balding black hair exposes a large, shiny forehead. He wears large glasses that seem to magnify his eyes to double their size. He quickly surveys the room and then focuses on you standing by the bed.
  
  "You can't just grab a key and expect to sleep here for free." he says sarcastically. "I could have you arrested for trespassing."
  
  The little man begins shuffling his feet around the room looking for something in particular.
  
  "Have you been here long?" he asks.
  
  No. you reply.
  
  "Good." " Grab your things and get out of here." " I don't like people stealing keys out of my office and thinking they can get away with it. " the little old man says.
  
  You grab your bag and follow him out the door when he spots the TV.
  
  "Did you happen to see a VHS tape laying by the TV." asks the man.
  
  He walks over pushes the eject button to the VCR and out pops the snuff tape.
  
  He stares at the tape for what seems an eternity and then glances at you. His eyes seem to look through you.
  
  "Have you watched this tape?" he questions angrily shaking the tape at you. His voice is now a high pitched squeal.
  
  What is your answer?
  
  > Yes
  The little man doesn't wait for you to answer.
  
  GRAB HIM!! he squeals.
  
  Three large figures burst into the room all wearing black ski masks.
  
  The little old man points a crooked finger in your direction and the others start to close in around you. One of them is holding some rope.
  
  You have a split second to make a choice...
  
  > quickly run into the bathroom and lock the door.
  Barely escaping the ski masked goons, you grab your bag and lock yourself in the bathroom.
  
  The goons seem to be trying to knock on the door with a sledgehammer. You begin to pace around the bathroom trying to think of your next move.
  
  All of a sudden everything goes quiet except for a little mumbling and then the door to the motel room slams shut.
  
  Did they really leave or is this a trick?
  
  Scenes from the snuff tape begin to replay in you mind and a shudder of fear ripples down your neck.
  
  You continue pacing around the bathroom when you notice every other step you hear a "creak" coming from the floor.
  
  Upon further investigation, you find a loose piece of linoleum plastered against the wall between the sink and the bath tub. Pulling back the piece of flooring reveals a trap door.
  
  "This could be a way out of here." you think.
  
  > go down the trap door.
  The trap door flies open and a damp smell of wet soil fills your senses. It's very dark but anything is better than standing around here waiting to get killed.
  
  An old wooden ladder leads down into the darkness. Forgetting your bag, you soon find yourself climbing down.
  
  Once inside it is pitch dark. You are on your hands and knees and dirt seems to surround you. You bumble around in the dark using your hands as guides down a long, earthy tunnel.
  
  After about 5 minutes, you notice a light up ahead. You start crawling faster toward the light. Once you reach the light source, you notice another wooden ladder exiting up through another trap door above you. The door is open and light is coming from beyond the trap door. Up you climb out of the tunnel and into what seems to be a back office.
  
  Shaking off the dirt from your arms and torso, you take a look around. On the far corner of the room are a dozen TV monitors and a few tape decks recorders. Across from you is a door that is shut. Behind you is a open door that leads out to the front office.
  
  Turning your attention to the TV monitors, you realize each one is assigned a motel room.
  
  " Find him NOW!!" a very loud and nasily voice comes from behind the closed door.
  
  "He could ruin everything!!
  
  The knob starts to turn and slowly open....
  
  > run into the main office?
  You dash into the main office and look around the room for anything you could use as a weapon. You notice behind the desk a a large safe with a lock on it. Just if you had the key. You imagine money or even a gun hiding inside.
  
  Shuffling footsteps fill the back room as the back door shuts loudly.
  
  You quickly run and hide behind the vending machine positioned against the wall by the cashier counter. You can see directly into the backroom and the TV monitors. A small man stands by the desk closely looking into all of the monitors trying to find what could only be YOU.
  
  "I can't hide behind this vending machine all night." you think. "One of those goons is bound to spot me here."
  
  What do you decide to do?
  
  > sneak up on the man and attack him?
  Slowly coming out of hiding, you walk very lightly, tip-toeing toward the man staring into the TV monitors.
  
  Unfortunately , you do not notice the camera at the far corner of the main office pointed directly at you. As you get with arms length of the little man, he slowly turns around and cocks the hammer back of his .357 magnum he had in his hand since seeing you hiding behind the vending machine on camera.
  
  You stop dead in your tracks and put your hands up as if getting arrested or something.
  
  "GOT YA!" says a funny looking old man with balding black hair exposing a large forehead, and glasses so thick you think he might have X-ray vision.
  
  You paint the room with your guts.
  
  You have reached a "VACANCY" ending