The old stairs creaked slightly as Andrei descended them, stopping every third step or so just to stop and look around. He felt like he was in one of those places that shouldn’t really exist but did, like he was in some old cheesy movie where a group of people end up at an abandoned building just to find out that it’s haunted by the previous owners who now want revenge. He chuckled at his thoughts, what were the odds of something like that actually happening?<br/><br/>Picking his way to the bottom of the stairs, he continued to use his shattered iPod as a makeshift flashlight, illuminating a step or two before him at a time. He flashed it over the walls, lined with old pictures in even older looking frames. In all honesty, looking at the faces in some of the frames gave him the creeps, mixed with the sounds of the storm wailing outside. Andrei could hear voices coming from elsewhere in the house and at first he made nothing of it. He was already spooking himself with old monster flicks, and old creaking buildings found on a dark and stormy night that he chalked them up to being his imagination.<br/><br/>He continued his slow trek down the hall, retracing his steps back towards the entrance hall, maybe he could camp out there until morning? Get his bearings in the light of day, he might even be able to locate a neighbor who could help him out. With this wishful thinking, Andrei proceeded onward.<br/><br/>Andrei jumped, succeeding in bumping into the door frame, upon hearing a pounding coming from the entrance, followed by someone shouting.<br/>“Ouch!” He exclaimed, rubbing his shoulder as he tried a second time to enter the area. He was surprised to see not one, but five people standing around the counter in various attires. At first, all he could do was blink like an owl trying to comprehend where these people had come from. Were these the voices he had heard earlier?<br/>“Looks like I’m not as imaginative as I thought I was.” He ran a hand through his hair, a smile on his face at this turn of events. He watched one of the people pointing back the way he had come towards the staircase.<br/>"Oh, don't worry. I've got you covered. Not much to see except some bedrooms, and I believe an attic."