A/N: And here it is… the final chapter of Escape To Hell. A bit of a warning, it's not gonna be pretty. Welp, that's all I have to say for now, on with the story.
Chapter 3: Rot In Hell
I pulled the needle from my back, as another was thrown at me. I dodged it, and countered him. I shot him twice with my Glock, and he seemed unphased.
"What the fu-" I tried to say, but was stabbed in the chest with a needle. I fell to the floor, as the demon began relentlessly punching me. This was it, I was going to die.
I attempted to kick him off of me, but it was no use. Then suddenly he was on the ground next to me, being beaten by Hutch. I grabbed my Glock, which was laying next to me, and shot him point blank in the temple.
He closed his eyes, and went limp. I shot him three more times to be sure. Hutch got off of him, and revealed four needles sticking out of his chest. Axel arrived, and saw the scene.
"I'm s-sorry." Was all Hutch said, before dropping to the floor. I looked on in shock. I finally processed what happened, and ran to his side. He was bleeding out of his abdomen, where the needles were.
I knew I shouldn't pull them out, it would increase his blood loss. I checked his pulse… but there was nothing. It was too late… My friend was dead.
As I pulled his eyelids closed, Lilly came into the room with Kate and Candy. "Hey guys we nee-" Lilly said, but stopped when she saw Hutch.
"No… no! No! No!" Lilly screamed, running past me and Axel. She hugged him and cried into his now lifeless body. The blood colored her white fur red. She looked at me and Axel.
"Di-did he die saving you?" She asked, clearly having trouble getting the words out. "Yes, he saved my life." I said. "He saved all of us. Humphrey is the only one who can kill him." Axel said.
"How do you know that?" Kate asked. "He said it himself. He can't control Humphrey." Axel responded.
"Well what if he can't die." I said. "I think he is dead." Candy said, motioning to the body on the floor.
"So we already won." Axel said. "Not so fast!" A voice yelled from down the hallway. A figure walked down the hall, and we realized who it was.
"Garth!" Candy screamed, running towards him. As she reached him, he pulled out a knife and slit her throat.
I reacted as fast as I could, and I pulled my Glock. I fired twice, and hit him in the chest both times.
He stumbled backwards and looked back at us, his eyes red with anger. He charged us, and Axel stepped forward and hit him into the wall. He dove for the Browning HP, and turned on Garth and shit him in the head.
He turned on him and grabbed the gun, bending the barrel downwards. Axel used this as brass knuckled and proceeded to beat the shit out of him.
"Axel wait!" Garth screamed, but it was too late. Axel beat Garth to death. As he was lying on the floor, Garth looked up at Axel with solemn eyes. "I'm so sorry." He said, closing his eyes slowly. He was dead, as was Hutch, Candy, Drake and soon to be Winter.
All that was left of our group was Axel, Stephanie, Kate, Lilly and me. I turned around to see Winter in the doorway.
"Get out of her!" I screamed, pulling out my Glock. "You aren't leaving alive. I need your souls to make myself an army!" She said in a deep angry voice, and lunged at us.
I put the Glock back in my pocket, and stopped her from getting to Lilly. She was very strong, but I was stronger. I threw her into the ground next to Garth.
She scanned the room, looking at us all individually. She then looked to Garth's body. She lunged toward it, grabbing the knife from behind him.
She ran at me, and put it to my throat.
"This is it Humphrey!" She said, pulling her arm back, ready to stab me. As she brought her arm forward, my life flashes before my eyes. I saw everyone I loved, but more than anything, I saw Kate. I was going to leave this world without her…
*Bang*
Winter's body slumped to the floor. I looked to my left, and saw Stephanie at the front of the hallway, holding a Desert Eagle .50. The barrel was smoking, and Steph looked shaken.
"Holy shit!" Steph yelled as she dropped the gun. I looked at Winter's body, and her head. Well what was left of her head. The .50 caliber pistol round nearly destroyed it. I would have checked her pulse, but there was no use.
Another one was dead…
"Where the hell did you find that?" Axel asked Steph. "It was on top of a bookshelf in the hallway where Winter was." She explained.
"Who cares, let's get out of here." Lilly said. "Yeah, let's do that." I agreed. We all started walking towards the door.
"I'm not done quite yet." A voice said in the darkness. It came out, running full speed at Axel. Axel tried to counter him, but it wasn't Axel he was going for.
He vaulted over Axel and grabbed Steph, fading away and taking Steph with him. "No! Get back here asshole!" He screamed, I had never seen him so angry before… he loved Steph.
"You'll get her back, if you hand over Humphrey." It said maniacally.
"Well what do we do?" I asked. "Well maybe we could find where he is hiding her like we did for Winter." Lilly said. "That was pure luck Lil." Kate said. "We could do that." I chimed in.
"You know what we have to do." Axel said. "We can't just give Humphrey up!" Lilly scolded him. "What do you expect me to do!? She's my girl, I love her so much, I'd do anything to get her back!" Axel screamed, turning to me.
"I'm sorry man, but I love her." Axel said, charging me. "Axel!" Lilly, Kate and I yelled. I countered him, and he fell to the floor.
"We'll get her back man! You don't have to do this!" I shouted at him.
"No! This is the only way!" He shouted, getting hold of me, and throwing me to the floor. He pulled out the bent Browning HP, and punched me with it.
My head hit the floor, and I could barely move it hurt so much. I looked around for something to defend myself with, and I saw the Desert Eagle.
I crawled for it, as Axel picked up a knife. I was just out of reach of it, as he picked I up and plunged it into my chest.
"Good thing you have bad aim." I said, putting both of my hands behind his head and head-butting him. He stumbled backwards, and I still had the knife in my chest. He missed my heart by a mile, so I was ok.
"You're gonna pay for that one!" He yelled, pulling the knife out of my chest, and aiming it at my throat.
He pulled his arms up, going to stab my throat and kill me, but when he was in the air I shot him with the Desert Eagle. I had grabbed it when he was stumbling backwards.
He fell on top of me, and I pushed him off. "Well, I guess Steph is dead too!" The demon screamed, appearing in front of us with Steph. He had a knife to her throat, and as he appeared he dragged it across her jugular vein, and she dropped as he disappeared again.
"No!" I screamed, running to her side. But it was no use, she was dead as soon as she hit the ground.
"Listen up demon bitch! Get down here, one of us is going to die now!" I screamed. The demon walked out of a shadow in the corner.
The room got darker as he entered it. The lights all dimmed as well, and Lilly and Kate were thrown into chairs by it. They attempted to get up, but couldn't.
"Ugh! What the fuck!" Kate yelled. "I can't fucking move!" Lilly screamed. "You won't be able to, until one of us is dead." The demon said.
"Some fighting music perhaps?" He said, infuriating me. "How bout' this?" He said, playing "The Bleeding" by Five Finger Death Punch, making the fight out to be a joke for him.
"Fuck you!" I yelled at him. "How rude." He said. "This isn't a fucking joke!" I screamed. "No, but you are." He retorted. I was done with his commentary, so I charged him.
He attempted to counter me, but i had the upper hand. I threw him on the ground and pulled out my Desert Eagle. I pulled the trigger and it clicked.
"Looking for this?" He said, holding the mag cockily. I tried to grab it, but he threw it to the side, vanishing from under me and reappearing in from of the mag, catching it.
"You forgot about this one." I said, pulling out my Glock and firing three shots, all of them going into his chest.
The Glock faded away in my hand. "Fine then, hand to hand." I said walking towards him.
He threw a punch and I caught it, for he was clumsy. I countered him, grabbing his head and slamming it on the ground. I jumped on top of him, and continued to slam his head into the ground.
He kicked me off, and stood up. I hopped to my feet, and he punched me. I stumbled backwards, noticing he had brass knuckles.
"Fucking cheater." I mumbled. Charging him, and tackling him. I put my knees on his hands, and starts beating him senseless.
"Fuck you!" I screamed. "This is for Drake! This is for Hutch! This is for Candy! This is for Garth! This is for Winter! This is for Axel! This is for Stephanie! " I screamed punching him for every name I said.
I grabbed the mag for the Desert Eagle, and loaded it. "And this one... this one's for me!" I screamed.
*Bang*
Third Person POV
Humphrey shot, but the demon disappeared from under him. Humphrey missed the shot, and his knees hit the floor.
The demon appeared behind him, with a metal rod in his hand. Humphrey didn't see him.
"Humphrey!" Kate and Lilly both screamed, but it was too late.
The demon forced the metal rod into his back, and it went straight through his heart. Humphrey fell to the ground, his body lifeless.
"NO!" Kate and Lilly screamed.
Lilly's POV
The demon waved his hand and disappeared. I realized we could move again, and got up.
I ran to Humphrey's side, Alton with Kate and knelt down. Kate had his head in her lap, and was stroking his cheek as he slowly drifted away.
"I love you guys." He said, as his lid faded before our eyes. We say his eyes go from bright blue to a solemn grey. He was gone… my best friend… Kate's boyfriend. My boyfriend… Drake… Winter… Candy… Garth… Axel… Stephanie… They were all gone…
All that was left was Me and Kate. She was crying over Humphrey's body. I hugged her, and held her as she cried into my chest. I hadn't had the chance to fully think about Hutch's death yet, so it all hit me now.
We cried into each other for what seemed like hours. I picked my head up finally, noticing tear stains on Kate's black "Ride the Lightning" t-shirt.
"Kate?" I asked timidly. "Yeah *sniff* Lil?" She answered. "Let's get some fuckin' revenge." I said, smiling evilly.
"But… we can't. Humphrey was the only one he couldn't control." She said negatively. "He can't control us, we have Humphrey right here." I said, pointing to Kate's heart.
"Alright, let's do this." She said, adding up. She grabbed the Glock from Humphrey's belt, and I grabbed the Desert Eagle from the floor where he dropped it.
We walked down the hallway, waiting for the demon to come out. Kate covered behind me, while I looked in front of us.
The hall got darker, as if the little light in there was being drained from it. Then someone walked towards us.
I shot once, and the recoil of the Desert Eagle surprised me. Whoever it was fell on the ground. I walked over to the body, but it faded away.
"Not as easy to manipulate as Humphrey I see." The demon said, as it walked towards me. I aimed at it's head, and fired again, as Kate fired as well.
He stumbled back, and disappeared. He reappeared behind us, jumping over us and grabbing our guns. They faded away in his hands.
"Not this shit again." I said angrily. "You stupid bitch." He laughed. "I killed all of your friends, and you still want to fight me." He said.
"Well, if I don't end you there'd be no point in living." I said. He lunged forward and we both jumped out of the way. He fell to the ground, and ran into a shadow. He ran out from behind us, and jumped on Kate's back.
She threw him off, and with amazing skill did a backflip, kicking him in the head. He fell down and looked up, his eyes red with anger.
"You're gonna pay for that one bitch!" He said, charging her and hitting her square in the face.
Kate fell to the ground, and I charged the demon. "I'll kill you!" I screamed. I punched him in the face, and he fell down. "How the hell did I do that?" I said softly. I looked over to Kate, and she lifted herself up, and smirked.
The demon kicked her in the face, and I was done, this was the last straw. I kicked him, and he flew into a wall.
"Agh, it's you! You're the one!" He screamed. "What?" I asked. "Please... just don't… touch me!" He screamed.
"Why would I let you go after you killed our friends?!" I yelled.
I ran to him, and grabbed his arms. I was taken by surprise when they started to deteriorate in my hands. Blood oozed from the spots I grabbed, and he winced in pain.
"No! Agh!" He screamed. I wasn't going to let up, and I hit him again, this time keeping my hand on his face.
He screamed in agony, and faded out. "Come back and fight!" I screamed into the darkness. "YOU'RE GONNA PAY!" He yelled, his voice deeper than it had ever been.
He walked out of the shadows, but looked different. He was now a light grey color, and his eyes were green. It was not a natural shade green, but fluorescent green. He charged at me, and threw me on the ground.
I noticed he had the Desert Eagle in his left hand as he walked towards Kate. He pulled the gun, and I couldn't let him shoot the only person I had left. I grabbed his wrist and he winced in pain, but still didn't drop the gun.
I had to do something, anything. I grabbed the gun, and forced it at him. He didn't seem to care, and threw me on the ground, aiming at Kate again.
"No!" I screamed, running at him. I jumped on his back, putting my hands around his neck. He dropped the gun finally, and I squeezed tighter around his throat.
"Mmmmmhhhhhaaaaaa!" He screamed, and threw me off of his back. I looked at him, and he started to change shape. His muscles got bigger, he was taller and looked angrier… this wasn't going to end well.
He looked at me, fire in his eyes, and I shot him until my gun was empty.
"That's not gonna work this time!" He yelled, running at me. His voice was deep and raspy, almost ear piercing.
I knew I had to do something, but what? I jumped to the side, and charged right past me into the wall.
"Agh!" He yelled, and got back up. He leaped towards Kate, rage consuming him. He planned Kate by the throat and pulled his hand up, ready punch her.
As this happened, he was knocked off balance. He stood up, and gave a "What the fuck?" Look.
He lurched his head like someone had just punched him, but nothing was there. He stumbled backwards, and was caught by… nothing.
"What the-" The demon started to say, but was cut off. "Don't touch her!" A familiar voice said.
A figure faded into view. Several figures, and I knew them.
It was Humphrey, Garth, Hutch, Axel, Stephanie, Candy, Drake and Winter. "I thought I was rid of you." The demon said angrily. "I told you I would end you if it's the last thing I'd do." Humphrey said.
"We just needed to die to make it a fair fight." Hutch spoke up. They approached him slowly. "And if we kill you, we can live again." Axel said. "And me and Humphrey sorted out our problems, we fought in this form, and he kicked the shit out of me, so you can't manipulate me anymore!" He said.
I gawked in amazement at my friends being in front of me again… a luxury I never thought I'd have again.
They charged the demon, and put him on the ground. "It's time to send you home!" Humphrey screamed, unleashing a fist on the demon.
"Agh!" He screamed, falling backwards. They all piled on top of him, forcing him into the ground. "No!" He yelled, as he sank into the ground. Soon only his head was showing.
"Back to Hell with you!" Humphrey yelled as he stomped on his head. He was forced back into hell by Humphrey.
Everyone returned to their normal selves, no longer brightening up the room.
"Oh my god!" I screamed, hugging Hutch. Kate did the same thing with Humphrey.
Axel and Steph hugged along with Drake and Winter. Garth and Candy kissed each other, and Garth stroked her cheeks with his hands.
Humphrey's POV
"Huh, I guess you found your hand." I said to Garth. "Dude, shut the fuck up. That was the worst pain I ever felt." He said. Humphrey just chuckled. "You're the idiot who stuck your hand in there without checking it first." I retorted.
"Let's just put it behind us, I mean we're all ok now." Hutch said. "He's right." Humphrey and Garth said in unison.
"Do you have any gas?" I asked Axel. "Yeah, there's some in the garage, why?" He responded.
"I'm burning this place down, don't even try to stop me." I said. "Wouldn't dream of it." He said, throwing me keys to the garage.
I ran and got the gas, as everyone else went to the Jeep and Blazer. I drenched the inside in gas, and pulled out my Zippo. I flicked the flame on, and threw it into the door.
"Rot in Hell." I mumbled as I walked to the Blazer. I got in, and drove down the road, talking to Hutch and Axel, ask Kate, Steph and Lilly carried a conversation.
Hutch's POV
We were riding down the road, talking about all the things we were going to do now that we had a second chance. We also explained what it was like to die to Kate and Lilly.
Just then, Humphrey looked me dead in the eyes. "It's time, let's go." He said. I was slightly confused, but then I woke up, with Humphrey helping me down off the top bunk.
"Hey Humph?" I asked him. "Yeah Hutch?" He responded.
"Can we not go to Axel's uncle's cabin?"
A/N: And that's it! That was fun to write, but don't worry I have three more ideas lined up for stories. I'm going to start doing a new thing at the end of chapters, where I write some song lyrics, and the first person who says what song it's from, and the band who sings it gets a shout out. And I'll tell the answer next chapter, but in this case, the first chapter of the next story I write.
Lyrics
Breaking into fort Knox stealing our intentions!
Hangars sitting dripped in oil, crying, "Freedom!"
Handed to obsoletion still you feed us lies from the tablecloth!