The man looked at Bill with shock. "What? What do you mean?"
Bill grunted as he stood to his feet. "Just what I told you, you're basically in hell."
The man walked back over to the group sitting on the familiar trees that had fallen over for an unknown reason. Bill sat next to him, while the other two survivors sat across from them.
"What's your name, son?"
The man looked at Bill with a slight shock in his eyes. "My name's David. What's yours?"
Bill chuckled. "I'm William, but you can call me Bill."
David looked at his jacket. "Is that your last name?"
"Yeah, I served in the army. So where did you come from?"
"Well, I was at home, drinking a beer, when i just passed out. Not from being drunk, but something or someone must've knocked me out or something."
Bill sighed. "You died, kid."
David looked at Bill with shock. "W..What? No, that can't be."
"You died. Don't worry, I did too. I died saving people that I cared for and I woke up in this hell, just like you."
The other two survivors walked over to Bill and David. "The same thing happened to me." One of the survivors spoke up.
Bill looked at the one who spoke. "And who are you?"
"My name's Quentin and this is Claudette."
"What happened to you, Quentin?" Bill asked, concerned.
"I was attacked by a being known as Freddy Krueger. He was once a man, but he became a predator to small children. Nancy and I thought we killed him, but he came back for us. He killed me and the last thing he told me was "Tell them that Freddy sent ya."
Bill looked at Claudette. "And you?"
Claudette shuddered as she remembered her horrible experience. "I was walking through the woods and I ended up getting lost. I don't remember what happened, but I just woke up here."
Bill nodded. "You people really don't know what's going on, do you?"
"No, can you explain?" Quentin asked.
"Well, we need to survive five trials. Once we survive all five and leave through the big metal door, we'll be taken back to the real world. I was killed on the fifth one, that's why I'm back here. I saved the other three who were with me, but I'm still here. You're lucky you came here, I woke up during one of the trials."
The other three survivors looked at Bill with shock and concern. Suddenly, a loud booming alarm rang out and Bill sighed in frustration. David didn't appear scared, but he was in the inside. Claudette and Quentin were scared out of their minds.
"What is that?!" Quentin yelled.
"Son, calm down, that's just telling us that a trial has started, but we need to get there."
"How do we get there?"
"Follow me." Bill said as he walked towards the familiar big metal door.
Bill pulled the door open with the other survivors help and they looked on as the fog began to roll in. Suddenly, the survivors began to scream in unison as a number was etched into their arms.
"That's how many generators we need to fix, but you need to be quiet and you need to follow me."
The survivors nodded and Bill looked at the fog with a frustrated expression. He walked into the fog with the survivors following him.
"What's going on?" David spoke up.
Bill quickly shushed him as he came across a generator. He pointed at it and he began to fix it. The other survivors joined in and began to fix the generator. Everyone's heartbeat was starting to become louder as soon as they finished working on the generator. Bill quickly urged for the survivors to follow him and they all complied, except for David. David stood and heard footsteps. He cracked his knuckles as he looked in the direction of the footsteps. I'm not letting whatever this is to keep me here. Bill looked back at David who wasn't moving.
"David! Get the hell over here, now!"
David didn't listen as he continued to look towards the footsteps. His pride soon turned to fear as he saw the same creature that Bill had seen. The monster looked at him and smirked as it walked over to him. It raised its machete in the air, but before it could hit David, Bill pushed David out of the way, taking the hit for him.
"David! Run! Get to the others!" Bill barked.
David listen to Bill as he ran to the other survivors, who were cowering in fear. Bill looked up at the machete wielding maniac, who struck him in the leg, causing Bill to fall to the ground. The monster quickly recognized Bill and laughed a maniacal laugh. The monster picked Bill off of the ground and brought him over to the closest hook. The monster placed him on the hook and Bill screamed in pain as he began to bleed onto the forest floor. He began to think about Zoey once more as he knew he was going to die again. It was the only thing that would bring him peace.
The other survivors watched as Bill was placed on the hook. Quentin began to run towards Bill, but David stopped him.
"What the hell are you doing? We can't save him."
Quentin didn't answer as he yanked out of David's grip with desperation. Claudette followed after Quentin in an attempt to help him. David sighed as he walked away, trying to find another generator to fix. Quentin ran over to Bill who was trying to get himself off of the hook.
"Don't worry, buddy. I've got you." Quentin said as he pulled Bill off of the hook.
Before Bill could respond, their heartbeats began to thump harder as they knew that the killer was coming back.
"Follow me!" Bill yelled as he began to run.
Quentin and Claudette followed Bill as he ran to a farmhouse that appeared to be in the middle of this location. The small group walked up to the top of the farmhouse to begin working on a generator that happened to be on the second floor. After 1 minute and 30 seconds without intervention, the group fixed the generator, with David fixing his own. Only two more to go. Bill, Claudette, and Quentin walked downstairs to try to work on a generator on the first floor. The group, once again, finished the generator in less than a minute as they began to hear the heartbeat once more. The killer walked into the farmhouse and had his sights on Bill, the one who escaped him more than once. Bill looked around him to try to find a flashlight, but instead, came across a small knife. He picked it up and with one boost of courage; he stabbed the monster in the shoulder. The killer was stunned for a second and yelled out in pain. Bill and the others ran out of the farmhouse and towards another generator that David was working on. They worked on the last generator, until it was finished. A loud alarm rang out as the exit gates were powered on.
"What now, Bill?" Quentin asked.
"Follow me." Bill ordered once more.
The group followed Bill to the large metal gate that they had entered before. Bill pulled the lever and one red light out of three powered on. The group's heartbeat began to grow. The second red light powered on and the heartbeat became more intense as the group began to panic. The third light turned on and the big metal door screeched open. The killer ran after the group as they ran out into the wilderness. Bill was a little bit slower as was attacked by the killer once more. He fell to the ground, but he managed to crawl out into the wilderness before the killer could grab him. He saw that spikes protruded from the ground, preventing the killer from leaving. Bill chuckled as he crawled to safety, knowing that he had a higher chance to escape, along with everyone else.