Curse of the Possessed Bus: Part Two

By Shannon Cook and Jessica Chiodo

A curse prevents a resentful spirit from moving on from the site where he died in a horrific bus crash. Since he was to blame for the crash, Casey's spirit, who was the driver at the time of the crash, placed Irwin under this curse as punishment for being the cause for all seven people on that bus to lose their lives!

Irwin managed to discover the one and only way to break the curse he was under! He had to destroy the two women he loathes the most, Robin and Jayme. These two women had helped all the bus crash victims move on from the bus by assisting them with their unfinished business. In order to do so, Irwin was forced to confess to tampering with the bus's brakes on that fateful morning.

However, Irwin must complete his vengeful task before his corpse re-enters his grave! If not, the curse will be sealed. Never to be broken!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tablo Publishing
• Release date: Oct 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685835170

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PROLOGUE

What is this sensation that has drenched my soul? A feeling of vengeance and sorrow!

I used to be a kind, faithful man. An educated man with a passion for family. I took my job seriously, and my romantic life even more seriously. Until I got the taste of blood in my mouth. Like a wolf, I wanted more!

My name is Dr. Irwin Eli Gibbs, and I made a mistake. I have harmed the woman I loved so dearly. For my jealousy and anger had gotten the upper hand on me. Oh how I loved Eva deeply! She was the love of my life…until I found out she was married and had a child on that fateful morning!

Her husband, Casey, was handsome, kind, and full of spunk! How could I compete with him? I thought. I couldn't. I knew the only way I was ever going to be able to have Eva all to myself was to get rid of Casey.

Casey was our bus driver on that fateful morning. He was transporting the remaining four mental patients from the old mental hospital over to the new one, a few hours away. Eva and myself rode along to keep an eye on our patients.

When Casey pulled in to pick us up, my heart broke when I watched him kiss Eva on the lips in front of me! For Eva and I had been romantically involved for a few years by then.

I thought to myself, how am I going to get rid of this man? Yet, make it appear to be an accident? Ah-Ha! I thought, as a light went off in my head! I'll tamper with the bus's brakes! Not much, just enough to cause them to fail in the next week or so. NOT when myself, Eva, or our patients were on board!

I crawled under the bus, found the brake lines and managed to slice them. Not entirely, just a little!

I got on board, and felt confident. I glanced over to Eva who was sitting across from me. Her light brown hair pulled back in a tight ponytail. Eyes sparkled blue as the interior lights of the bus hit them. She smelled of roses. I smiled as I thought, soon this delightful woman will belong to me.

Feeling confident that it'll take a few days for the brakes to fail, I took a nap. However, I was awoken by the sound of thunder, and large rain droplets battering the bus's fiberglass shell! I glanced out my window and was horrified to discover we were taking the short cut through the mountains!

Panic consumed me as I tightened up my seatbelt. I nervously glanced around the bus. I couldn't bear to look anyone in the eye, either Eva or my patients. For I knew, the brakes would fail while traveling down that mountain!

Eva suspected I had done something because she asked me what I had done. I guess my fear was showing, even though I tried my hardest to hide it! I didn't tell her why I was scared in that moment. I didn't want her to despise me!

Maybe we will make it down this mountain! I tried to keep my hopes up. Then, as we approached a hairpin turn on the downgrade, the brakes on the bus FAILED!

Casey tried his darnedest to maintain control of the bus. The poor man was sweating bullets, his hands gripping the steering wheel so tightly, I could see the muscles in his arms about to burst! His face was as white as a ghost! His eyes never blinked as he focused on the road ahead.

We ended up busting though the road's guardrail and rolling multiple times down the mountainside. My head slammed against the window by my seat a couple times. Giving me a splitting headache! I heard the screaming coming from everyone! On the fourth time the bus rolled, the handrail pierced through my flesh and into my heart. That was my fatal moment.

The bus landed upright midway down the mountainside. My spirit separated itself from my body. I glanced down at my bruised and battered self. I glanced around the bus, and watched as everyone else's souls lifted from their lifeless bodies. It was a gruesome site to see!

Our spirits all attempted to leave the bus, but a spirit of a young man stopped us. He was about 18 or 19. Something like that. He had served in the American Revolution. He died on that mountainside, and the bus had landed on his grave.

The man, Eli, seemed to know right away that the crash wasn't an accident! Ironically, this man was my ancestor! So, was it fate we crashed there? Who knows!

Eli placed us under a curse. A curse where none of us could depart the bus until we completed our unfinished business. However, most of the victims of that bus crash needed to get off the bus to do so. Needless to say, most needed help from a living person to complete the unfinished business.

Me, all I had to do was confess to causing the crash. I sure as hell wasn't about to do an idiotic thing like that! Also, nobody is going to be able to help us, the bus was TOTALED! All that's left is a big pile of scrap!

The bus was taken to a nearby junk yard. However, the owner of that junkyard decided to repair the bus, and sell it for a profit.

A few months after the crash, a man bought the newly repaired bus, and added it to his fleet. The bus got assigned to a driver named Jayme, who just happened to be the daughter-in-law of Casey and Eva!

One day, Jayme brought her wife, Robin, to the bus. They agreed to help us bus crash victims with our unfinished business!

I did my best to prevent Jayme and Robin from completing the task at hand. I even took it as far as to raise my corpse up from its grave! … He's still roaming around someplace to this day. I try keeping track of my corpse, but sometimes I get distracted…Eli can be so annoying at times!

Eventually, it came down to only three of us remaining. Casey, Eva and myself. I wasn't going to admit to my role in causing the crash that killed us. I was more than content with my soul remaining on the bus for all eternity.

Then I was forced against my will to admit to tampering with the brake lines! Casey already knew, but I had to admit it myself! Oh how I will never forget the pain in Eva's eyes. The look of betrayal.

As a punishment, Casey placed me under a new curse. One that I am currently under. So here I am, my soul has become a prisoner of the site where I died a tragic death!

If that wasn't bad enough, Eva wants nothing to do with me. My jealousy got the best of me. I want so badly for Eva to forgive me, but I know she won't. Not only had I lost my life and freedom, I also lost the woman I loved. My heart is forever damaged. I have no love or compassion left within my soul. For my heart has been consumed of hatred!

I had been filled with anger, sadness, and vengeance. Now I am out for blood! For I have discovered that the only way I can break this curse, is to get rid of Jayme and Robin. Oh how I despise those two! If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be a prisoner on this mountain side!

I hate being here with my six-time great-grandfather! He always seems to get the way of my plans! Such a show off too. I can't stand him! Always rubbing it in that he can come and go from this spot as he pleases!

I need to break this curse! Otherwise I will become more insane! I shall use my corpse to do my dirty work! I just hope I can complete my evil task before my corpse gets placed back into its grave. Otherwise, I will never be able to leave this dreadful spot for all eternity!

I

The full moon glistened upon the roofs of the buses in Luke's bus yard as Luke made his way to his newest bus in his fleet. When he arrived at the driver's door of bus 340, he cautiously, nervously, unlocked it and opened it. A bead of cold sweat dripped from his brow as he reached in and opened the passenger door.

He walked around and got onboard, taking a seat in one of the passenger seats. Luke knew the spirits who had haunted that bus had moved on and was no longer trapped in there, since one of his employees, Jayme and her wife Robin, had just returned with it after helping the seven accident victims from that bus move on to the after-life. However, he could still sense something was haunting bus 340!

Luke glanced around the interior of the bus, blood-curdling screams still echoed within the walls! He closed his eyes and had flashes of that fateful moment when that bus rolled down the mountainside! He quickly opened his eyes in horror! The whole thing seemed too real! "It was a huge mistake, buying you! He said to the bus. First thing in the morning, you are being scrapped!" He got up, got off the bus, and locked it up for the rest of the night.

Meanwhile, Robin and Jayme were pulling into their driveway of their house. It's a relief to be home, finally! Robin said.

It sure is! Jayme agreed. She leaned over and gave her wife a quick kiss on the lips. As they were kissing, they heard Jayme's back door open and close quickly!

They pulled away from each other and quickly glanced back towards the backseat. "What was that?!" Jayme asked in a panic!

Slowly, the two young women turned back and glanced at each other in the eyes. You don't think someone snuck into your backseat while we were on that bus do you? Robin asked her wife.

Jayme shrugged. Who knows, she sighed. It was probably just our imagination, we're both exhausted!

Jayme and Robin entered their house, as Irwin's corpse hid in the hedges watching them as they entered their home.

Once inside, Robin quickly gave her grandfather, Burke, a call to let him know she and Jayme had arrived safely home!

It was late, but Burke was pleased to hear his granddaughter was home safe again. During the conversation, Burke let Robin know that he was leaving the next day to go to Amsterdam for a month.

Didn't you just get back from Paris? Robin asked

Yes, he replied. I'm leaving tomorrow and intend to spend a month there.

Robin shrugged and wished her grandfather a happy and safe trip.

He thanked her and told her that after the bus crash, he had found it impossible to remain in the town for any length of time. This is because everything reminded him of his son, Casey.

Understandable, Robin replied with a sigh. Robin had lost both of her parents in that horrific bus crash. Jayme lost her father on it as well. It was a terrible loss for the family!

Jayme and Robin were both given a leave of absence from their jobs. This was so they could have the time to recover from their losses and their time spent helping the seven bus crash victim's spirits complete their unfinished business. So the spirits could move on.

After the phone call ended, Jayme and Robin retired directly to bed. Not even taking time to change out of their clothes. They laid in bed tired, but they were both unable to sleep. They stared up at their bedroom ceiling, trying to comprehend the events of the past few days.

Robin rolled over and placed her arm around her wife. I'm glad nothing serious happened to us, she said.

Me too, Jayme replied as she rolled over to hug Robin. As she rolled over, she noticed they had forgotten to close the blinds in the window. Ugh, she complained.

What?

We forgot to close the blinds!

So? Robin said. They will be fine open for one night!

Jayme laughed, Okay, sure, but what about our nosey neighbors, the Henrys?

Robin and Jayme had lived in their house for a couple of years now. They caught the Henrys from time to time trying to see what was going on in their house, especially Gladis! They were retired, and mean no harm. It was just they are nosey and always ask Robin and Jayme questions about everything they see in their home and yard!

I certainly hope they are not snooping on us at this time of night! Robin replied.

I guess you have a point there, Jayme sighed as she let out a huge yawn. Goodnight, my dear.

Goodnight,

A few hours passed and Irwin's corpse was still hiding in the hedges. Waiting for Jayme or Robin to come back outside! He sat down and stared intently at the two young ladies' front door.

The next morning, before 7 AM Robin and Jayme's neighbor, Raymond Henry, awoke to see Jayme's car was back in their next-door neighbor's driveway! Honey! he proclaimed as he shook his wife Gladis awake!

What? she asked

It looks like Jayme and Robin are back home!

Gladis let out a yawn. It's about time! She snapped! How long have they been gone for? Their yard looks a mess!

Raymond glanced at his wife, who had rolled over and had fallen back to sleep. She didn't seem to care. Raymond, on the other hand, was pleased to see the two young ladies made it home safely. He had found out from one of his poker buddies, a retired police officer, why Robin and Jayme were not home!

Meanwhile, over at Luke's bus garage, a tow truck arrived to haul bus 340 out of the bus lot and to a junkyard to be scrapped!

I can't tell you how much taking this piece of crap off my lot means to me, Luke told the Tow truck driver.

Not a problem, Garth stated.

Garth approached bus 340, got inside, and sat in the driver's seat. Suddenly, he became frozen! He closed his eyes for a moment and had a vision of the bus he helped recover from the mountains once! He rolled down the window and yelled out towards Luke.

Where did you buy this thing? Garth asked.

Luke walked up to bus 340's driver's window. I got it from Dick's auto sales, just a few hours away, he responded. Why?

Garth was STUNNED! "This bus was supposed to get junked! He should have NEVER sold you this thing! He told Luke that he was one of the tow truck drivers who had to recover the bus from the side of the mountain. That bus was totaled! he exclaimed to Luke. I don't know how Dick managed to repair it! The frame was split in half!"

Luke was appalled! He couldn't believe anyone would be so irresponsible to do something like that! Especially since seven people lost their lives on that bus!

Luke stopped and thought about his employee, Jayme, and her wife Robin. Those poor young ladies, he said.

Ladies? Garth asked. The victims were four males and three females.

After a deep sigh, Luke told Garth that the bus just returned last night. One of my employee's wife's parents were killed in that crash, he informed Garth. He told him that the spirits of the victims were trapped within the bus and Jayme and Robin helped them move on. I just can't imagine the heartache they had traveling around in the bus they lost their loved ones in, he explained.

Taken aback, Garth recalled the other tow truck driver, Lewis, freaking out because he swore he saw someone look out the rear window of the bus at him! That man wasn't crazy after all!

Pardon?

Garth stepped out of the bus. One of the other tow truck drivers at the crash site swore he saw someone look out the rear window at him, he stated. I told him he was crazy, I didn't believe him. He took a look at the bus sitting alongside him. This thing brings back too many horrible memories, he sighed. I still remember that scene as if it were yesterday.

Luke felt pity for Garth. Do you want me to call someone else?

No, Garth responded. "I'll get this thing off your hands and take it to my junkyard. That way I know it will be properly scrapped!

Thank you, Luke said.

Luke stepped aside and watched Garth load Bus 340 onto his flatbed truck. It took about twenty minutes. Once it was loaded, Luke signed some papers and Garth took off down the road.

You did the right thing, a man's voice said from the woods behind the bus yard.

"Excuse me? Luke asked as he turned around quickly. Who's there? He searched for whomever he just heard, but couldn't find anybody! His face had a confused expression. I could have sworn someone just said something to me," he said to himself.

You did, the man responded. This time, the man was standing where bus 340 used to be parked.

Luke turned around and was startled when he discovered who the man's voice was he was hearing! To his dismay, he found himself face to face with the spirit of Casey! He was the driver of bus 340 when it crashed in the mountains!

"Casey?! Luke panicked in disbelief! I thought you'd moved on to the other side!"

Casey laughed. I travel back and forth, he said. He glanced at Luke who had turned pale and was in a trance. Prepare yourself, he warned. Things are about to get crazy!

Please don't hurt me! Luke pleaded as he dropped to his knees and begged!

It's not me you have to worry about, Casey muttered as he vanished!

Petrified, Luke sprinted back to the dispatch building where Alma and Blake were having a cup of coffee together. Once Luke was in the building,