CHAPTER ONE: TREATMENT THEATRE
Italics - Thoughts
BOLD - Yelling
Meg had woken up. The lights were flickering, surgical equipment surrounded the room. A generator, broken, but it could possibly be fixed with a few tweaks. Fuck. Why'd it have to be this place? Reluctantly, Meg began to work on the generator. "Come on, Billy boy, ha ha!" Meg heard in the distance. Ace? What the hell is he doing? He's gonna get us killed, just like last time! She continued working on the generator. As the sounds of Ace's mocking grew further, Dwight revealed himself in a locker. "Is he gone yet?" Dwight said, terrified. "Yes, Dwight, they're gone! Not like they were really near us, anyway." Meg said right before she popped the generator. The light stopped flickering. "Thank god, that was annoying". Dwight left the locker. He was wearing a PizzaWhat! beanie, a striped hoodie and grey sweat pants. "Dwight, where are your shoes?" Dwight flickered his flashlight. "I don't know, I just woke up here like this!"
Ace ran through the room, holding his side. His velvet robe was torn. What the hell kind of outfit is that for a place like this? "That doesn't even hurt! You're gonna have to do better than that if you wanna have me up on that hook!" Ace was waiting at a pallet near one of the exits. The killer ran through the room, ignoring Dwight and Meg. He was crooked, and he snarled as he ran past. They gave him a nickname. The Hillbilly. It felt fitting considering his chainsaw and his torn, white tank top. "Dwight, give me your flashlight!" Meg said with urgency in her voice. Dwight hid his flashlight behind him. "Hey, I found this, fair and square!" Meg reached for the flashlight, and she forced it out of Dwight's grasp. She ran in Ace's direction. Meg hid behind a wall and watched as Ace threw a porcelain plant pot at the hillbilly. The creature brushed it off and struck Ace with his sledge hammer. Ace was incapacitated. The creature wiped his weapon clean, and went to pick up the pesky survivor. Meg knew she had to act fast. As the creature adjusted Ace on his shoulder, Meg ran out of the shadows. "Flashbang!" Meg yelled as she shone the flashlight in the killer's face. The creature dropped Ace to the floor as he covered his eyes. "Ace, run!" Ace quickly picked himself up, and he limped away.
The creature was livid. When the alarm sounded, indicating the gates were ready to open, it just added to his fury. Across the map, Meg worked on healing Ace as Dwight slowly opened the exit gate. "Dwight, can you go any slower? We need to get out of here before the killer finds us!" Ace groaned as he looked at his wound. "How am I not dead? Jesus..." As Meg almost finished with Ace's wounds, another person hopped through a window behind Meg. "Meg, I'm so glad to see you!" Meg jumped and messed up Ace's stitches. "Jake!" She hugged Jake as Ace huffed in pain. "Oh, Ace, I'm sorry!" She picked the needle back up and continued working on Ace. Jake sat next to Meg as she poured antiseptic on the wound. "Jake, where have you been? I haven't seen you the entire trial." Jake picked up the leftover bandages on the floor and put them back in the med kit. "Who do you think repaired all the generators?" Meg helped pick up thread. "Of course. You're always on top of things, Jake. I couldn't do this without you." They heard the buzzers going off. Dwight yelled "Gate's open, guys!" Jake helped Ace up and they headed for the gate. Dwight screamed. The creature had him on the ground, ready to cut him in half. His chainsaw was acting up. Jake grabbed Meg's hand. "Meg, I want you to take Ace to the gate, I'll save Dwight." Meg gave him a nod, and Jake was off. "Hey, you big lummox!" The hillbilly looked in Jake's direction. Jake stabbed the hillbilly with a metal spike taken from a decrepit hospital bed. As the creature was stunned, Jake shoved him, and Dwight was free. Dwight got up instantly and headed for the exit. The hillbilly removed the metal spike from his arm and turned it on Jake. He slashed Jake on the side of his face. A wound running from his eye to his cheek. His eye was bleeding profusely. Jake tried to run, but the hillbilly grabbed his neck and knocked him to the floor. In one last attempt to escape, Jake tried to crawl away, but the hillbilly pinned him to the floor with his foot. Dwight helped Ace up as Meg went to help Jake. Ace went through the gate of spikes as Dwight grabbed Meg's arm. "Jake!" Meg yelled with tears forming in her eyes. The killer revved his chainsaw. "Meg, run! I'll see you soon!" the killer was ready to strike Jake. Dwight finally got Meg through the gate. "Come on, Meg!" Meg watched as Jake reached out for her. The hillbilly proceeded to cut him in half with his chainsaw. Tears ran down Meg's face. "Jake..."
To Be Continued...