She didn't know where she was, and she didn't know where she was going. Laurie's breath came out at an even, steady pace – listening between her breaths for any signs of life other than her own. Something felt...off about this forest she found herself waking up in; like it was alive. Like something was keeping her on edge, but she didn't know what. However, she knew a blind panic wouldn't help her escape this feeling - she was absolutely surrounded by forest. Her only hope was to keep going forward, and to stay sharp.
Her method paid off, Laurie's hopes igniting when she saw a bonfire ablaze – however she didn't see anyone around. 'Well...' She thought as she approached the roaring fire, 'Whoever lit this, they can't be far.' She concluded, giving herself a nod of encouragement as she walked over to the fire. There was a log sat not far from the fire, but a few feet – obviously used for sitting. Feeling exhausted, she decided to sit down on the log, staring down at the campfire, watching the flames dance.
Her relaxation was short lived as she stood up, as stiff as a board as she heard people running her way. She prayed they were friendly, since she was now in an open area in the forest, as they ran her way. There was only three of them, one woman wearing a beige shirt, caked in mud and blue jeans, purple glasses adorning her face.
The second was another woman, a red head wearing a cap, what looked like a sleeveless jacket and blue jeans. She had some bandages on her arms – she too was covered in what looked like to be mud. Some other stains on her looked like the could be...something else.
Finally, the third was a man, glasses on his face, wearing what looked like it had used to be a dress shirt, a black and orange stripped tie and jeans. As they reached the bonfire, they breathed heavily, as if they had just ran a marathon.
"That was too close." The man said towards the woman with the glasses. She looked frustrated.
"We shouldn't of left Jake. We should've made sure he was going to make it out too." She protested, and the man frowned. The red head decided to chime in,
"I'm sure he's fine, Claud. We just gotta hope he made it out the other door." She said hopefully, and with that the three seemed to finally notice Laurie, standing there.
"Uh..Hi." Laurie said with a bit of nervousness. They all seemed shocked to see someone at the fire. They were surprised to see someone new.
"Huh." The man said, "The Entity gets someone new, and we get someone new." His statement confused Laurie, but he continued to speak before she could ask what he had mean't, "The names Dwight."
"Meg." The red head chimed in -
"Claudette." The final woman said. "We had a fourth person, Jake but he didn't make it out with us. Hopefully he made it to another door while we got chased down."
"Chased down?" Laurie asked. "Where is this place, exactly?"
"We don't know, but we're pretty sure it's Hell. All we know is we're put into these locations where unspeakable things occurred, and we're hunted like animals – sacrificed to this thing called The Entity. The forest we're surrounded by is part of the Entity, as well. The only safe place is the bonfire, here." Claudette explained. "The Entity itself doesn't chase us down..but it's puppets do."
"The killers." Meg chimed. "There was a new killer today, too. Someone we've never seen before."
Laurie started to think, and it made her blood run cold as a realization hit her. Dwight had said that the Entity had gotten someone new...and now she was a new face to them, too. Now, Meg was saying their was a new killer lurking about. She could hear Meg explaining what the killer looked like, but Laurie already knew who it was. Her hands were clammy as she went through a state of mental panic. Oh, God. Not again.
"...We're not sure what to call the killer, bu-"
"Michael." Laurie interrupted Meg in a shaky voice, haven't had listened to her until now. The three of them looked at her intently.
"His name is Michael."
