Jekyll and Hyde: Hitori Kakurenbo
11:30 pm
A camera turns on and it shows Jekyll looking upwards at Hyde. Hyde looked to the camera and smirked. "Hey John? Are you sure you wanna record this? I mean it feels like Jekyll and I are going to…. Do…. Things, on the desk." A laugh is heard behind the camera as Jekyll hit Hyde. "I'm quite sure Edward. You wanna do this game go ahead." Jekyll looked to the camera with a glare before turning back to the computer. Hyde walked off and the camera followed him. "So Edward, what is this game and how in Gods name did you convince Henry to do this?"
Hyde laughed slightly. "Well Jekyll and I have been doing these rituals with spirits since we were 19. Nothing bad has happened…. Yet. And I'm hoping nothing goes wrong seeing as how we're playing Hide and Seek with a demon that's going to take refuge in a doll that is going to try and kill us." The blonde laughed nervously and started filling the bathtub with water. The camera shuts off before turning back on to reveal Jekyll asleep on the desk. Soon after Jekyll's pushed off the desk and onto the floor. The good doctor yelped and got up as Hyde proceeds to cut open a doll Jekyll had when he was young.
"I am going to kill you for not letting me sleep." Hyde looked at him. "You won't need to later. Hey John what time is it?" The camera shifts slightly. "11:55 pm." Hyde nodded and had Jekyll replace the doll's stuffing with rice, the three clipped off one of their fingernails and placed them inside the doll before Hyde sewed it shut and wrapped the doll in red thread. The three jogged to the bathroom and Jekyll put the doll in the bathtub.
"You ready?" Utterson asked as he turned the lights off. Hyde turned on a flashlight and nodded. "Roxanne, you're it….. Roxanne, you're it….. Roxanne….. You're it." Quickly the three ran to Hyde's bedroom and shut and locked the door. "Oh shit….." Jekyll whispered. "What?" Hyde responded. "I forgot the salt water in the kitchen…." A smack was heard in the darkness. "Thanks a lot Jekyll…." Hyde snarled and the camera turns off.
12:45 am.
The camera turns on. "And we are almost a the one hour mark…. There's still no noise apart from Henry and Edward making out next to me…. Knock it off you two. I'm going to go get the salt water, stay here." There are sounds of the closet door opening and the sound of Utterson walking to the door, unlocking and opening it. The camera looks down the hallway and Utterson's breathing turns shaky. "Something isn't right here…." Utterson whispered and slowly made his way to the kitchen. He looked at the table and got the salt water before silently making his way to the hallway again.
And what he saw made his blood run cold. The doll was in the hallway with the knife in hand. It was dripping wet and Utterson covered his mouth before silently closing and locking the door. "John? What's wrong? What did you see?" Hyde whispered as Utterson got back in the closet. The blonde could sense something was wrong with Utterson coming back shaken up like this.
"Edward the game is real, this isn't a joke, it's real. We're in danger. I don't know what you thought was right, its wrong. The doll is in the hallway with a knife, I managed to get the salt water all we have to do is end the game." Jekyll looked at Hyde with pure fear, Hyde swallowed and then took the cup of salt water before taking a mouthful but didn't swallow it. And he sat and waited.
1:30 am
Everyone froze when the door slammed open. Jekyll held back his sobs and held onto Hyde in fear. Hyde opened the door slightly and looked out into the bedroom. All three jumped when the TV turned on. The channels changed rapidly to form the sentence: 'Looking underneath your bed but you're not here.' Hyde had to fight not to swallow the salt water.
Hyde paled when he heard the words, 'Pay the consequence Edward Hyde.' And then Hyde screamed and fell back, the knife was protruding from his eye. Utterson covered his mouth in horror and to stop himself from getting sick. Jekyll on the other hand ran out of the closet and out the front door screaming leaving Utterson with Hyde and the possessed doll.
Utterson got a mouthful of water and then spat it out on the doll before dumping the rest of the water on the doll. "We win you fucking bastard." He growled before getting a lighter and taking the doll outside to burn it. After it burned to ashes Utterson got Hyde to the hospital. Hyde would be blind in the eye the knife was in and it took a while to get used to.
Days pass and Jekyll had to go through therapy for help, Hyde had a priest come and purge the house of the spirit that may have survived and Utterson had stayed around in case something went wrong. Things went on like this for a while…. And one night when Jekyll and Hyde were in bed sleeping with the TV on, the channels changed rapidly to form the sentence: 'You didn't win, and the game isn't over.' Hyde's eyes snap open, and they were black with a red iris. "Run and hide. This game will continue forever."