c h a p t e r – t w o

Loud sounds banging inside and out the venue of the so-called party, drunk and wasted people, irritating sound of laughing and shouting from all the people around, and all the stupid stuff happening in every party like this. You name it.

I have been here around the events place of the party observing people for about several minutes. I am still not stepping out of my car that I have parked few meters away from the entrance for them not to notice me that much. Not that I've been hiding, just call it some ritual for summoning some dark evil force to conceal my presence to every people in there attending the party. That's different, isn't it? It's a good thing that I have given some of my time going to our trusted service center few weeks ago to have darker tint for my car windows, it is pretty helpful right exactly this time.

More and more of people have arrived to the place which is not a good thing. Since the time I've arrived in here, several people I didn't wanted to see here tonight have shown up and joined the party inside. There are also some other people I've never seen before that arrived in the venue. Few more minutes have passed then someone suddenly knocked on my window and shone a flashlight towards the inside.

"Hey Jacksons, I know you're in there! You should come over now! Everyone's waiting for you to show up!" The person outside shouted. I know he's a bit drunk due to the amount of alcohol he has consumed, but that never change things into better. He is still the guy who is looking up to Satan as his role model in life. He's a demon in a human form walking in the grounds of the living.

Things are just getting worse from this moment. Even if I don't want to, I grabbed my car keys and stepped out of the car looking down the ground. As I trailed my sight up, I've seen the face of Tyler, the demon. He's been smirking badly in front of my face causing me to desire on punching him in his face, but I can't do that.

"Nice costume Mr. Clown." he said as he looked down to see what I've been wearing. He also blew up some wind out of his mouth to whistle. The strong smell of different liquor and cigar hit directly my face as he did that gross thing. "Come over inside so I can share the fun with everyone in there when they see how to look like." He added laughing slightly.

I started walking over the graveled path towards the entrance while looking down at the ground. As I reach the entrance gate, someone stopped me from getting inside and blocked my way. "I think you got lost into a wrong party s—" The person said while trying to hide her laughter but I didn't let her complete her sentence. I just handed her the invitation card that I have kept inside my pocket.

"No, no. I am actually in the right party. I'm with the guy right over there." I said in a low voice and gestured Tyler that is getting close to my position. I noticed that the woman who blocked my way was still trying to hold back her laugh while scanning the invitation card I have handed her. Printed on top of that was the words Willoughbys' Night – the party organized for the family name of one of the demons in Boulder Ville.

"Here comes our beloved friend in a very nice costume." The other demon, Ryler Willoughby, said. And yes, he is the twin brother of Tyler Willoughby. He just came out from the crowd of drunken people inside and spread out both of his hands in the air as if he is going to give me a tight bone-crushing teddy bear hug.

"Let him in, he's a special guest." Tyler said from behind me which made the woman step out of the path. As I started walking towards the large double door that leads to the hard party inside, Tyler suddenly slapped my ass hardly and started bursting out of laughter together with his brother, the woman who blocked my way a while ago, the people outside of the party area to smoke some cigar, and some are the people which seems to be just got here some moments ago.

I just let that pass and contained my rage towards everyone in here. I started walking again into the large double door ignoring the laughter of the people around. As I get inside, I've given a quick glance around the place. There I saw the number of people partying wildly and doing their freestyle moves in the large space in the middle of the place. Right in the corner from the entrance, you'll find the bar counter consisting of different alcoholic drinks for different preferences. In quite distance from that, you can see the podium with two disc-jockeys and more of the stuffs they are using. Included in that are the music controllers for the banging sounds emitted by the large speakers placed almost in every corner.

I didn't notice that Tyler have walked into that podium and now he is holding one of the microphones that are connected to the sound system of the party. This is never going to be good. "Everyone look who's here! Jacksons have joined the party!" after saying that out loud, the crowd of people around me started screaming out as if they've received the best news of their lives. The people around started to look around maybe to look for me, in a moment, they almost everyone have seen me. That's not so hard to do though, what I am wearing is very noticeable in a place like this.

I've been wearing this damn clown costume made with glossy and colorful fabrics. On top of my head, I have worn a curly brown wig with mini party hat on it. My whole face and the rest of my exposed skin are covered with white face paint and some other cosmetics to complete my clown look. I used to wear things like this on parties organized by the troops of the demons. What for? Just for them to have someone to make fun of.

Almost all of the people around me are laughing to their death, but some are looking at me with concern in their eyes. Ace and some other of my close friends look so concerned but they can't do anything about it. I can't blame them, they're afraid of the demons to disobey.

All I can do is to look in their eyes, and gave them a single forced smile to let them know that I'll be alright.