Three stairs.

Board.

622.

Key.

Roger.

Those words bounced around my head as we slowly walked up the stairs. I couldn't stand the fact that the words made sense, but the context behind them didn't.

"Be careful guys, the floors may not be sturdy." Sam said as he led the way. Colby reached for my hand as I gripped the diary tightly with my other hand.

"Why are we up here then?" Corey asked as he groaned. "Because we're explorers dude." Sam said as Corey scoffed. "No. You and Colby are explorers. I'm a dancer." He said as Jake laughed. "Bro, you do like the same three moves." He teased as Corey rolled his eyes.

"I can't help what goes viral!" He yelled as Colby laughed. "Children, stop fighting." He said as we made our way down the hallway upstairs.

We walked into one of the bedrooms and started looking around. It seemed like we were in a young girls room.

A chill ran down my spine as I thought about the article I had read. That poor little girl heard her parents get murdered, then tried to hide, only to get murdered herself.

I shook my head and walked through the dusty room, looking for any clue that could help me crack the code of who roger was.

I walked over to the desk that was falling apart due to old age as the guys moved on to a different room.

There weren't many things on the desk but there was a drawer in the front of it which peaked my interest. As I reached for it a giant spider crawled out from under the table too of the desk and onto my hand causing me to gasp and yank my hand away.

"Ew ew ew." I grumbled then reached for the drawer again. Just as I was about to open it Sam came into the room. "Hey, what are you doing?" He asked as I flinched.

"You guys suck at warning people when you come into rooms." I said as I rubbed my chest, trying to calm my heart down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He said with a laugh as I turned and tried to open the drawer.

"I want to figure out what happened in this house. It's killing me." I said as he breathed a laugh. "You're really into this aren't you?" He asked as I yanked at the drawer trying to get it to open. "You could say that." I said then finally got the drawer to open.

Inside of it was a bunch of papers, all with scraggly handwriting on them. "Woah." I breathed out then reached for the papers. "What are those?" Sam asked as he reached for one of the papers. "No idea.."I mumbled then let my eyes skim the paper.

Roger has been missing for 3 days now and I think Richard is having a hard time with it. Mommy and daddy have been so sad about Roger being gone. I miss my big brother.

"So he went missing..." I mumbled and looked at the journal in my hand. "I wish I knew what this meant." I said as Colby, Corey, and Jake came into the room. "What are you guys doing?" Colby asked as I sighed.

"Just trying to figure some stuff out." I said then put the paper back into the drawer. "Like what?" Jake asked as I let out a breath. "I think something happened to Roger and Richard knew about it. Maybe they were twins? I don't know this is so sketchy." I said and skimmed the journal again.

"Wait let me see?" Colby asked as I handed him the journal. "Let's just keep going.." I said then started to walk out of the room.

I walked into the different rooms but nothing stood out to me. I wanted to go into the mast bedroom but the floor was too unstable and I didn't want to fall through again.

"Is there a basement?" I asked as we walked down the stairs. "I'm not sure." Sam said as I stepped on one of the stairs. I noticed that it seemed more hollow than the others making a louder noise when you stepped on it.

"Hold on..." I mumbled then bent down as the guys watched me. "Holy shit. Three stairs. This is the third stair!" I exclaimed as I knocked on the wood. "Jake, hand me the hammer!" I said and pointed at the hammer that I left by the front door.

"Are you gonna hit me with it?" He asked as he handed it to me. "What? No." I said with a laugh. "Step back guys." I said and shooed them down the stairs so I could have more room to work.

"What are you-" Colby started but gasped when I started wailing on the wood with the hammer, busting it open.

"Violet, what the hell?" Sam asked as I pulled the broken wood back, revealing a green lock box with a lock on it.

"What is that?" Colby asked as I pulled it out. "It's a lock box." I said as Corey shivered. "Bro, no. Don't touch it, let's just go already! This is a bad idea!" He said as I shook my head.

"Colby, what's the number combination that was in the notebook?" I asked and sat on the stairs with the box in my lap.

"622." Colby said as I nodded and put the numbers in, causing the lock to open. "Violet wait.." Colby said as I looked up at him. "Oh, sorry. Did you want to film this? One of you can open it." I said as he chuckled and shook his head. "That's not what I was gonna say..I just...I don't think it's safe to mess with this." He said as I sighed.

"It's probably fine, we don't even know what it really means. There may be nothing in the box at all." I said with a shrug. "You guys can open it for the camera though. I think it will make a good video." I said then stood up and handed the box to Sam.

"You're sexy as fuck...you know that right?" Colby asked as I chuckled. "Yep. Now film already, I wanna see what's in the box." I said then walked behind the camera.

When Sam opened the box it revealed a small key. "Holy shit...what do you think this unlocks?" Sam asked as I shrugged.

I couldn't answer him because they were filming but I would assume it led to a door of some sort.

"Maybe there is a basement!" Jake exclaimed as Sam nodded. "Let's look around some more." He said then got up and started walking around.

"What do you think this leads to?" Colby asked me as we slowly walked through the house. "I'm not sure..I would assume it's something to do with Roger though." I said as he grinned.

"I don't know how I managed to get the sexiest smartest girl in the world to fall for me but damn I love you." He said as as I grinned. "Shut up." I said then nudged him with my shoulder.

"Guys! I think I found something!!" Jake yelled from the kitchen. "What is it?" Sam asked as we all walked over to him. "This door is locked." He said and pointed to a random door that was in the pantry.

"Check to see if the key fits." Corey said as Sam handed Jake the key. "Okay, when you edit this, make sure you edit scary music in." Jake said as he put the key in the lock. "Alright, brother." Colby said as he took my hand.

Jake turned the key then opened the door, causing it to creak loudly. "Holy shit! It worked!" Jake said exitedly as Corey shook his head.

"We aren't going in there. Fuck that dude." He said as Sam laughed, "Yes, we are." He said then led the way into the room.

It was a pretty small room but there was a set of stairs that led down to a basement.

"Holy shit...are we sure we want to do this guys?" Sam asked as Colby sighed. "I think we are in too deep at this point. We have to go down there." He said then led the way with the camera.

I had to admit I was feeling a little nervous about this now, since we had no idea what we were walking in to.

When we got down the stairs it opened up to this big ass basement. There was a lot of old furniture and clutter which led me to believe this was a storage area for the family.

"Let's explore this ish." Sam said and walked off with the camera. I took my hand from Colby's and walked around the room, maneuvering myself around the furniture.

"This place is creepy as hell." Corey said as I nodded. "Yeah...I'm not liking the vibes." Colby said as I walked towards this big cabinet that was against the wall.

I was hoping there would be some books or something in there that would tell me more about the mystery of Roger.

I opened the latch and pulled the doors open only to scream at what I saw coming at me.