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Chapter 2; Nyctophobia

She didn't want to open her eyes.

She knew what she would see- or more like, what she wouldn't see. She knew what was waiting for her and even just the thought terrified her.

So she didn't move. She sitting on the floor. Her hands were hugging her knees as she pressed them harder to her chest. Her head was bowed down as her forehead rested on her knees. Tears were already running down her cheeks and her breathing was heavy. She wanted to call out for help but her trembling lips wouldn't open.

Gillian Lennox was afraid, because she knew what was waiting for her if she opened her eyes;

Complete darkness.

-o-

"I hate you- oh goddess I hate you!" Maggie whispered while tightening her grip on Delos' arm. "I shouldn't be here. This is all your fault!"

Delos simply rolled his eyes as he kept walking down the hallway sucking up the pain he was feeling on his right arm thanks to Maggie's hands. Out of all people, I had to be stuck with her. He thought before Maggie crashed her head on his back. "Ow" he hissed before stopping. "What's wrong?"

"I felt something move behind me" she whispered not moving her head from his back. "Do you see anything?"

Delos wanted to tell her that it was impossible for him to see anything seeing how it was pitch dark, but he decided not to. Maggie actually looked scared, so why piss her off? "I don't see anything, maybe your imagination" he felt Maggie shake her head.

He gave out a heavy sigh before turning around so he could face her. He put one hand on her shoulder and then with his other hand he grabbed her chin so he could lift her head up. Once they locked eye contact- so he assumed seeing how he couldn't really see her face- he spoke to her softly and gently, trying to calm her down. "Don't worry, okay? I wont let anything bad happen to you"

Maggie was taken aback by his words so she just froze and waited for him to say anything else, but he was waiting for her to talk. They stayed quiet for a minute before Maggie was finally able to nod her head. He smiled, knowing she wouldn't be able to see him, and removed both his hands from her. "Okay, I think we should keep walking until we find a way out of this place or something. Okay?"

Maggie mumbled and agreement as she grabbed his arm once again. Delos focused his eyes on the direction in front of him, not really seeing anything before he took a step forward. That's when that door appeared. It was a red door that was only visible because of the light coming from the bottom and top of the door. The door was right in front of them- which only got Delos confused.

How did I not see it before? He thought remembering seeing the dark hallway- he definitely didn't see a door before. "Should we go in?" Maggie asked while her grip on Delos' arm tightened even more.

"I think we don't really have an option"

-o-

The five of them stood staring at the red door with the same thought in their heads; How did that get there? A minute ago, the hallway was empty- apart from the five of them of course. There wasn't even any paintings or windows- or anything, in the hallway, just them. And now, out of nowhere, the red door pops up right in front of them.

"Should we knock?" Mary-Lynnette was the one to ask breaking the silence.

John not caring what the others thought about Mary-Lynnette's idea knocked on the door. He waited thirty seconds before knocking again, but nothing happened. After knocking a third time he sighed before saying; "Nobody is home"

"Great, open the door" Morgead suggested while two pair of eyes looked at him with disbelief.

"Are you insane?" Hannah exclaimed "Did you forget what happened the last time we opened a door?"

"The TV started talking to us before you read a creepy prayer and then he all fell asleep" David answered Hannah's question as she rolled her eyes. " And then we woke up in this hallway" he added before Hannah clapped her hands together.

"Exactly. Something bad." she got confused looks from everyone so she decided to clarify; "My guess is that if we open that door, something bad might happen- actually, I'm ninety percent sure, something bad will happen"

John and Morgead both thought over what Hannah said seeing how both had planned to open the door. Mary-Lynnette stood next to Hannah as she kept looking around trying to find another way out of the hallway. It was David who had walked up to the door and opened it without warning.

"Are you stupid!" Hannah yelled as he pushed the door wide open. Mary-Lynnette looked amused as both Morgead and John complained they wanted to be the ones to open the door. David shrugged in response to Hannah's comment and walked pass the door. Soon after Morgead and John followed right before Mary-Lynnette grabbed Hannah and dragged her through the door.

As soon as they were all inside, the door closed. Neither of them bothered to look back seeing how their attention was completely focused on the new room- if they could call it that. "What-the-fuck" John mumbled as he looked around.

It was a park- an amusement park- fuck, better yet, an indoor amusement park. Hannah could see the ceiling way up high, almost forty inches away from the highest rollercoaster. She gulped. "What is this?"

"Amusement Ortus; Vereor" the answer to Hannah's question came from Thierry. He was standing by what seemed to be the entrance of the park with Raksha. "At least, that's what this sign says"

They made their way towards Thierry and Raksha as they kept looking around. They were all surprised and confused. They had no idea how an amusement park this big fit in the building they had entered- what was more of a surprise was that they had never heard of this amusement park. A park this big and well, fun-looking, should be very popular. Yet no one recalled ever hearing of Amusement Ortus; Vereor.

"How did you guys get here?" Morgead asked as he stood next to Thierry.

"We both woke up in a hallway. It was dark, and we seemed to be the only ones there. We walked for a while until this red door appeared. We went through it and yeah" Raksha told the little story before pointing towards the direction she said the red door was. Sure enough there was a red door, way to similar to the one Morgead recalled going through.

"Where is everyone else?" John asked ignoring the small uncomfortable feeling he felt on his stomach.

"Don't know." Raksha stated before taking a few step forward to the entrance. "All I know is that I plan on examining this place- I haven't been on a rollercoaster in a while"

Mary-Lynnette asked herself if Raksha was crazy. She couldn't believe that after everything that happened, she only cared about going on a rollercoaster. That made her mad- but what made her furious is that everyone seemed to agree with Raksha. She could see the little spark in their eyes, they were all looking around at some rides, probably already planning on which one to go on first. Even Hannah had her eyes on the arcade.

She was about to say something about everyone's inconsiderate behaviour but she decided against it because something caught her attention. Far ahead she saw a small little sign that made her heart twist with some uncomfortable feeling. "What does that say?" She asked out loud as she pointed towards the sign.

It was David that read the sign out loud. "Nyctophobia; Key 1" he bit his lip. "I feel weird"

"Agreed" Both Thierry and Morgead said in unison while they started to follow Raksha, who was already walking towards the sign. Hannah and Mary-Lynnette both followed soon after just like David and John.

"There is a key glued on the back of the sign" Raksha mused as she went to reach for it. When her fingers nearly touched the key the sign went on fire. "Whatthefuck!" she yelled pulling back her hand.

"That was weird" John stated before focusing his eyes on Mary-Lynnette, who at the moment, happened to be trembling "Are you okay?" He asked her but she didn't even bother looking at him- in fact her eyes were focused on something behind him. John slowly turned around to follow her gaze. He found what she was looking at- and to say he was freaked out, would have been an understatement.

"Holy shit"

-o-

"We walked around to whole place and found seven red doors" Rashel informed Jezebel, Galen and Eric as her and James walked towards them. "We walked through one of the doors, and I assume you guys walked through another door. That leaves five"

"Maybe the others?" Eric suggested before Rashel nodded. "So, this means all" he paused as he tried to remember everyone he met outside the building. "eighteen of us are in this amusement park?"

"We most belief. Yes" James answered while Rashel nodded.

"Great, so should we look for them?" Galen suggested while glancing around the park. He had an urge to run towards that one rollercoaster, but decided that the fun had to wait.

"Yeah, Might as well" They all nodded in agreement before they headed towards the park.

They had to locate the entrance first, because around the whole park, there where high gates with sharp glass at the top. Rashel had discovered the 'room' they were in was shaped like a heptagon, a red door was in every side. They had no idea how big the room was, but both James and Rashel confirmed it was pretty big seeing how they had at least walked a good half an hour before they had passed every door. The ceiling was way up high, they could barely manage to see it. But it was there.

As they walked, Jezebel brought up an interesting fact. She mentioned how when she saw the building for the first time, she thought it had only two floors. It didn't look that big, specially not big enough to have an amusement park. They decided not to over think the situation. Galen even brought up the fact that a part in his mind was making him believe this was all just a dream.

They all wished it was.

"Hey, isn't that…" Eric trailed of having forgotten the names of the people he was seeing already.

"I recognize that ash-blonde hair anywhere. It's to bright not too" mumbled Rashel.

"Hey!" Poppy yelled out as she saw the group of people approaching them. She waved her hand, calling them over. Once they reached where she stood she asked them all their names again, this time making a mental note on not forgetting. "Isn't this place…creepy?" she asked as Thea and Maggie- both girls standing beside her- nodded.

"Somewhat" James agreed while looking around. "Did you guys see the others?"

Ash -who was sitting next do Delos on the ground- shrugged before he answered James' question. "Nope" he popped his 'p' "I woke up next to Thea and Poppy in this hallway, we walked for a while in search of you guys before this red door appeared. After hours- and I'm not exaggerating- of debating, Poppy and Thea allowed me to open the door. We walked in to find this" Ash stretched out his arms as he looked around. "after, I think, twenty minutes, we found Delos and Maggie" he added before looking at Delos who nodded in agreement.

"Maggie and I also came in through a red door. We searched for everyone for at least thirty minutes until we found them" he gestured towards Ash, Thea and Poppy.

Galen told them everything they knew so far. He also told them how they ended up here, and how James and Rashel had walked around the whole room and found those seven red doors.

"Well what now?" Ash asked looking around. "I suggested going on some rides, but I almost got my head chopped off as Thea and Poppy completely freaked out over that idea"

"I don't know if you've notice this Ash, but some pretty freaky things have been happening. How can you trust any of these rides?" Rashel asked him but he barely managed to shrug as an answer.

"I want to go on some rides" Jez spoke up. "I mean, they look like fun"

"I agree" James.

"Same" Eric.

"Exactly!" Ash exclaimed as he stood up.

"Look" Thea hissed "I'm not letting any of you in any of the rides- because A, they are not safe and B, if you haven't noticed, nobody is here to make them work."

"And who are you to stop us?" Delos asked while standing up. "Everything that has happened so far is pretty fucked up." he stated the obvious. " I think we deserve some fun- and lets not forget the invitation. I came here tonight, to have fun"

Thea resisted the urge to slap him before she started verbally assaulting him. An argument started as everyone started to speak out their feelings about the whole situation. It wasn't until five minutes later that Rashel managed to get them all to shut up.

"So immature!" she growled before crossing her arms " Look, how about we find the others and then go on the rides"

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She thought she heard voices. People whispering to each other- or where they singing? She couldn't tell. Maybe if I open my eyes- no. She knew what was out there. She knew what she would see if she opened her eyes. Not people whispering or singing. Not anything- therefore she had to keep them closed.

For her own sake.

Because she feared what she would see if she opened her eyes. Ever since she was little, she has feared. That's why she would carry her flashlight everywhere- but for some reason, that flashlight was not in her pocket. She thought it could have been on the ground near her- but she wasn't going to check. No, she wouldn't move. That's what her cousin had told her. If she was afraid, not to move. Because moving would only make you realise how true your fear was- even though she knew exactly how real it was. So she stayed on the ground with her forehead leaning on her knees. She sobbed quietly as she waited for help- she hoped for help actually, because nothing could really tell her if she was going to get any.

Not from her cousin, because he died. Poor Gary, at the age of sixteen, he had a horrible accident- an accident that had left her so alone.

She wasn't going to get help from her parents either, because they never cared. Not once did they ever hug her when she cried. Not once did they ever help her when she trembled. Not once did they ever check for that monster under the bed or inside the closet.

That's why her fear had grown.

It grew so much, and she hadn't even realised until right now. Where all she could do is cry and curse herself for not getting help any sooner. Stupid Gillian. Always so Stupid…and weak.

She knew that by thinking that nothing would change, but she couldn't help herself. Plus, who was going to stop her? No one. Because she was alone, alone in the darkness.

Alone in her phobia.

-o-

"She is not reacting to anything" John stated after he had slapped Gillian softly on the cheek.

"Maybe you should hit her harder" Raksha suggested but John refused with the excuse that he was thought of not hitting a girl. "Ill do it" with a sigh, Raksha slapped Gillian at least two times- hard. But like before, she didn't even move.

"She is breathing, and she doesn't seem to be hurt in any way" Mary-Lynnette explained after she studied Gillian's Body. "No cuts, no anything. I don't know why she wont react."

"Hey look" Thierry spoke up while pointing south. "The others" he said before calling them over. It took the five minutes to notice Thierry, but soon enough the rest of the little 'group' made their way towards them.

"What happened?" Rashel- David assumed- asked before kneeling down besides him. David had picked up Gillian from that table they had found her on in a bridal way. He then had sat on the ground still holding her, so her head was resting on his left arm as her legs rested on his right arm. Her butt was almost touching the ground.

"We found her like this" Hannah informed them. "We tried everything to wake her up- but she wont"

"She is sleeping?" Jezebel asked amused.

"We don't know, she could be unconscious"

"Did you try throwing some water on her?" Ash asked, David nodded.

"How about slapping her?" This time John nodded to Rashel's question.

"Did you try sitting her up and pushing her side ways? You know how the feeling of falling wakes anybody up" Delos explained before Morgead nodded.

"We tried everything"

"Did you try kissing her awake?" A couple of people rolled there eyes before they looked at Poppy giving her an annoyed look. Either way, everyone was staring at her with disbelief. "What, you said you tried everything!"

"Really? Kissing her awake?" John asked completely annoyed with Poppy. "Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind volunteering, but really? Kissing, Poppy? We are not in a fairytale!"

"I know that!"

"Then don't ask stupid questions!"

"Okay!" shouted James. "Lets not start a fight here. Priority right now is to wake Gillian up"

-o-

The voices.

She kept hearing them. All though, this time there were more.

She didn't know what they were saying, she could barely pick up a word. The voices were whispering all around her and it was making her feel even more uncomfortable. Her heart was already beating fast enough- could they hear it? The owners of the voices. Could they hear her heart? Or her sobs? Or was she imagining the voices. Was she growing another fear?

Know that!

Her heart nearly stopped when she heard those two words. The first clear words- and the voice that spoke them was somewhat familiar. I'm going crazy. She thought as she listened closely for another word.

Then don't ask…

It was meant to be a sentence- she knew that, but the voice speaking it had trailed off. Oddly enough, she did recognize that other voice as well. In fact, the voices she heard, were all oddly familiar to her.

But why? She asked herself and then the answer came to her.

-o-

"I think I might know what's wrong" Mary-Lynnette's voice seemed to calm everyone a little. They looked at her waiting for her to elaborate on what she had said. "I think she is traumatized"

"Traumatized?" Rashel repeated the word before looking at Gillian. "Could be"

"I think you guys are getting way ahead of yourselves" Ash commented as he shook his head.

"Well then. What is your verdict?" Mary-Lynnette asked while raising an eyebrow. She crossed her hands and tapped her foot as she waited for Ash to say something.

"I think she is Nyctophobic" Ash stated casually.

"What makes you think that?" Maggie asked while biting her nails.

"The sign" Ash had both his hands on his pocket so with his elbow he gestured towards the sign that Mary-Lynnette had spotted before any of them in the first place. "Nyctophobia; Key 1" he read it for all of those who couldn't see it.

"Nyctophobia? But that doesn't explain why she wont react to anything."

"I saw this in a TV show!" Morgead exclaimed happily. "In the show, people were hypnotized into believing their biggest fear was coming true."

"Hypnotized? You think she is hypnotized?" Jezebel asked amused before actually considering Morgead's explanation. "You know, he might be right."

"So, what should we do? How do you un-hypnotize someone?" Raksha asked while making air quotations.

"Snap your fingers?" John suggested before doing it. Nothing happened.

"Maybe a secret phrase?" Morgead mused "That's how they brought them back in the TV show"

"I cant believe we are listening to a TV show" Hannah mumbled before everyone started saying different phrases.

"Wake up baby"

"Open the eyes!"

"Come back?"

"Waky, waky!"

David had to control the urge of rolling his eyes. This was not going to work.

-o-

The voices were so clear now, that she could actually match them with the names she remembered.

"Wake up baby" Morgead…

"Open the eyes!" Rashel…

"Come back?" Thea…

"Waky, waky" she wanted to roll her eyes, Ash.

They were here- wherever here was. Or where they? If she opened her eyes, would she see them? Or would she see what she feared.

"Gillian, open your eyes" She bit her lip as she tried recalling the name of the owner of the voice. "Open your eyes" He. It was a he, because of the deepness of the voice, definitely a male. But the way he spoke, so gentle- so soft. Like if he was actually whispering those words. Gillian didn't know what was happening, but that voice had a pull on her. It reminded her of something- of someone… it reminded her of-

Gary.

"I don't want to open my eyes, Gary! It's dark! You know I hate the dark!"

"Come on cuz, the dark wont do anything to you"

"No! It's dark and I wont see anything- I don't like it!"

Gillian's heart beat quickened just like her breathing. Oh god. That childhood memory passed her mind as she kept hearing that call. "Open your eyes Gillian" That voice. It surprised her how much it sounded like Gary- so much like her dead cousin. But she knew it wasn't Gary- she knew who it was actually.

David Blackburn. She almost wanted to laugh as she remembered the last name. But she couldn't laugh. No, because her body was trembling so hard, that she simply couldn't laugh.

"Come on Jill! Open you eyes!" …Gary

"Gillian! Open your eyes!" …and David.

Oh, I'm definitely going insane. She thought to herself as she started to clutch her knees tighter.

"Open your eyes cuz, the dark wont do anything to you!" She heard Gary's typical mocking tone. But then, his tone changed as he spoke two more words. "I'm here"

"We are here Gillian. Open your eyes"

She froze for a second, questioning her sanity once again before her mouth slowly opened. She thought over what to say seeing how a thousand words kept flashing through her mind. At the end though, she decided to whisper one simple word. A word she only said when she meant it. A word she had said back then when Gary had told her to open her eyes because he was there. Such a simple word…

"Okay"

And she did. She opened her eyes. Slowly, but she opened them. Her heart beating faster every time her eye-lids moved a simple centimeter, because her mind kept telling her what she would find. It kept reminding her what she would see if she opened her eyes.

Darkness. Complete darkness- pitch black darkness.

It terrified her, but then again that was what her mind was telling her. Her heart though, it kept telling her she would see his face.

And that's what she saw- all though for a moment she doubted it. She thought she saw Gary- but that was impossible. She may be crazy, but not stupid. Gary was dead, so in the end, her violate eyes found David's face, and soon after, everyone else's face- oh goddess, he was right.

They were here.

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Aslo, Nyctophobia, if you havent figured it out is when you are afraid of the dark.

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