“A Fraid of Ghosts”
A drabble of 100 words
By December
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Summary: What's the collective noun for ghosts? A fright of ghosts? A graveyard of ghosts? Response to
supernatural100 challenge #23 expectations.
Author's Note: And this is my fiftieth drabble written for
supernatural100. Thanks for the prompts, and the audience.
The old hospital had been closed after the disaster; the fourth floor gutted by fire and open to the elements these forty-five years. The workers converting the building to condos had reported the usual signs: cold spots, half-seen people in the shadows, the faucets dripping blood. Dean figured there were three ghosts, although Sam thought there could be as many as six. They went in prepared for several restless spirits.
The next morning, after a wild night they barely survived using every grain of salt and sliver of iron they had, they counted the ghosts they’d encountered. There were thirty-seven.