Asylum
By SomeoneCalledDV
"It's just a 7 sec scene, c'mon, when we head back we can go get something to celebrate"
"Hmm... FINE, fine, but I choose the snacks"
The whole neighborhood seemed to be under the charm of the old asylum, in fact, the surrounding blocks had to be evacuated, and most of them were still abandoned, because of a flood that lasted months leaving the whole neighborhood without electricity.
"Dude, this place is huge".
"Yeah I guess so" Anthony said slightly regretting giving up for a snack.
"Let's see how we can go inside"
A big and rusted gate separated the old hospital from the street. A chain seemed to be the only thing keeping them from open it, but there was nothing on top of the gate that could preclude them from getting in.
"Help me here" asked Ian pointing the gate.
They help each other with the equipment and finally with Anthony who was taking the camera within his backpack. They approach the building, it has 4 floors, and everything is so dark they can't see anything from the outside to the inside, even the large window from the entrance felt like looking at a black painting. The moonlight was the only thing helping them see where and what was going on just a few feet from themselves.
"The door seems locked and the windows have bars on it"
"Pretty exciting right?! There must be some service door or somewhere else we can check, come on".
Anthony gives Ian a death look, but decides to follow him anyway, being all alone there doesn't look too good either.
Ian borders the building to a darker side. He almost missed an echo that makes him look at a rusted door, almost camouflaged with the building. Ian approaches the door and feels a breeze, its open.
"Anthony! I found a door, seems rusty and heavy, help me here muscleman"
Anthony was a few steps behind, he sighed and walked towards Ian to grab the door. Looking inside he could see further than a few inches, but without thinking it twice, Ian put a foot inside.
"Wow, dude, are you ok?"
"Yeah, didn't expect these damn stairs, let's go down"
Ian rests his hand on the wall, it was wet, the air felt heavier and old. He went down the stairs until they ended in some kind of hall, the lights were nowhere to be seen, not even from the outside. Ian extends his arm trying to find the end of the hall.
"ugh, what's that smell?" Anthony said grabbing his friends shoulder.
"Must be some dead rats, haha, OW!" Anthony pinched Ian's shoulder, it hurt, but he knew his friend would be more relaxed after that.
They continued walking in complete darkness a few meters until they reached a wall. Ian's explores with his fingers and finds a handle, looks like a door. They both grab the handle hoping it wouldn't be locked. The door moves a little with a metallic creak and an echo. Why would somebody put such a heavy door down here? Anthony was wondering while Ian was getting more and more excited with the Smosh vid shooting. "This is getting better and better" he thought while they fully open the door.
"Ok, turn the camera lights on" He says to Anthony while he takes off his backpack to take out their costumes.
Anthony grunted "Ian, did you checked the camera before we get out of the house?"
"Yeah, daah"
"Because it says we only have 5 minutes on film left"
It's the first time Ian looks up since there's some light, he is amazed by the giant room, it looks like it was a kitchen, the light wasn't strong enough to reach all the walls but ovens were still there, next to some messy drawers. The floor was wet and some suspicious stains and weird bulges gave Ian an idea where not to step on, but it seems that there is nothing of importance to Ian besides the tape.
"That's... Not possible. I changed the taped today"
"Oh... Let's checks what's in it then..."
Anthony adjust the camera and press PLAY.
Everything is black, not black, more like... darkness.
"There's noth-"
"shh! Look"
A person, or something, is still in the darkness almost motionless until it starts walking slowly and fades out in the darkness and merge within suspense.
"What the fuck dude, it's... it's not funny, what did you do?"
"I didn't do anything, it's not mine, must be sohinki's and jove-"
They hear some voices in the camera slightly increasing but still they can't distinguish what it is. They turn up the volume up and look closely the dark screen. A big shadow followed by a metallic creak that looks like a...like a... door, another shadow appears in the black screen and a light is turned on, and there it was, Anthony pointing the light of the camera towards Ian who is checking his backpack.
*Hi this is my first fic and probably the last fanfic so i'll appreciate every comment to make it better... i really hope you like the first chapter, there's more where that came from, oh yeah!.