At the docks, a lone abandoned ship lay anchored to the mooring lines, during the day it was an imposing structure, the ship was painted red, as many cargo ships were, the words 'Lady Night' has faded off but is still readable to any who dare get close. Many of the local kids can tell you stories about the ship, naturally the stories are only tall tales and should not be taken seriously, but the ship strikes such fear into the locals that not even the most bravest soul dared touch the ship, much less enter. A story circulates that appears to be the only true story of the ship, the story has been passed down from generation to generation;
Once a young boy, no older than 15, was determined to prove his worth to the girl of his dreams, so determined that he would do anything to win her heart, well this devotion only caused terrible problems for this young lad as the football jocks would constantly joke and pick on him asking him to do the most degrading and humiliating acts in the name of his girl, the young lad put up with the chores day after day. Finally one day the boys and several girls, including this 15 year old lad and his dream girl, were passing the ship and his dream girl joked with the captain of the football team, her boyfriend, to walk on the ship and take something. The Captain looked at the ship and his knees shook, finally he ordered one of his goons to go on board, one by one the boys refused.
All but one, the small 15 year old boy, he first looked at the girl of his dreams and then the ship, then back before he got the nerve to approach the ship, the entire group held their breath as the young lad stepped on the gangplank. With each step the lad took, the group stared in shock and refused to breath, in fear of bringing down evil spirits, but the lad continued on, finally reaching the deck, the lad turned around and waved at the group. At that point something emerged from the darkness and with a black smoky hand placed it on the lad's shoulder.
The group smiled and waved at the courageous lad, the girls finally urging him to come down and end this nonsense, the boys urging him to go to the captains room and grab something. None of them saw the hand or the lad's sudden expression of fear on his face, the urges continued and the lad finally put his hand down and looked behind him. Seeing nothing but feeling the hand gripping tightly on his shoulder the boy suddenly panicked, but he could not do anything and he shouted at the group, "Help!"
The group thinking he was toying with them shouted back, "No! You need to do it yourself you fool!"
Soon after the last word left the group fell silent, a black smoky face emerged from the shadows and floated next to the lad's face.
At this point, the group jumped at the sound of a police siren chirping and slamming doors, a voice sounded out, "What are you hooligans doing here!?"
The group slowly pointed at the lad, and the 2 officers looked up at the ship, they saw nothing. The officer again asked, "What are you doing here?"
The group incredulous stared at the lad before one of them finally spoke, "Sir, there is a boy up there. There is an evil spirit next to him, you got to save him!"
The officers again looked up at the ship, this time scouring the entire ship from bow to stern from their position, even following the gangplank the group was in front of, but the officers saw nothing.
"Allright boys and girls, go home, there is nothing up there." As if to prove his point, the officer fired his weapon at the approximate position the fingers were pointing, the group stared in utter disbelief that the officers would fire on an innocent boy. The shot rang true, striking the lad in the head, right between the eyes, but still the lad stood up, never faltering. No blood left the wound and the black figure next to him continued to smile evilly down on the teens.
The officers tired of the behaviors of teens lately got in their car and left. The group continued to stare at the young lad, one by one the teens disappeared, until only one remained. The dream girl, she was eventually found by local police at the Airport, the girl was insane, kept seeing the figure devouring her friends, and claimed the evil spirit was going after her next. The girl finally drove herself mad and killed herself by stepping in front of a bus. (or more accurately, running as if she was trying to run away from something)
To this day, no sane person would dare gaze upon the ship, and despite pleas by the mayor to blow the ship in a naval exercise, the ship remained moored to the dock. Even now, a person walking nearby can hear screams emitting from the ship, as if someone was being tortured, the screams were bloodcurdling and inhumane. So the police under Commissioner Gordon finally shut down the block and kept the ship under close surveillance in hopes of catching a criminal and putting this haunted ship theory to rest.
To this day, the screams continue, with more occurrence than before, as if taunting the police, despite the fact that nobody has been spotted leaving or approaching the ship, from either the sea or land.
for real! 
