Me: Heres the Disclaimer by…. Drum roll….. RUFUS!

Rufus:….*Stairs into space*

Me: Rufus? *Waves hand in front of his eyes*

Rufus:… *still stairing into space*

Me: Well Rufus is a little buisy. *Waves hands infront of his eyes again*

Me: Anyways, I don't own HOA or anything to do with that stuff!(Especially not Rufus)*waves hands infront of his eyes again*

Patricia's POV

"Crap Fabian. Just Crap." I said hugging him tight.

I looked up at Fabian and he looked back.

Rufus still hadn't moved. Not even taken a breath…. Wait a minuit. I walked slowly up to Rufus.

"What are you doing Patricia!" Fabian whispered forcefully.

I didn't look back. I walked up to Rufus and poked him on the nose. Ewwwwww.

"What?" I could hear Fabian say. He was walking tward me. I could feel his strong arm around my shoulder.

"Hes dead Fabian." That was all I could say.

"How do you know?" Fabian said.

I poked Rufus's cloudy eye. Nothing. He didn't stir.

"Okay…. Gross." Fabian said.

Rufus's features were all sunken in. His face wrinkled, his hair grey and wirey, and NO and I mean NO fat on his bones. He was VERY thin. I noticed some keys hanging off his belt loop. I reached out and tugged them off, causing his cold lifeless hand to fall off the arm rest and it touched my hand.

"EWWW FABIAN GET IT OFF!" I almost yelled.

He quickly flicked off Rufus's hand. I looked around the room. A cot in the corner, some books, a closet, nothing unusual.

"How did you know he was dead?" Fabian asked while he was shifting through some papers.

"Don't you remember what I studied in college? I was a crime scene investigator." I said.

"A crime scene investigator who is afraid of a dead body?" He asked suspiciously.

"Why do you think im rooming with amber? Trust me. Its not by choice." I giggled.

He laughed.

"Lets get out of this creepy hell hole." I said motioning to the door.
Fabian set the papers back and followed me out the door.

"Crap fabes, the torch." I said as it blew out.

"Did you just call me 'Fabes?'" He asked grinning.
I grinned sheepishly.

I re-opened Rufus's door and started to rummage around for a flashlight.

"Hey trish?" He said.

"Ya?" I said supprised that he called me Trish. I mean I did call him Fabes so….

"Umm its in his pocket." He said motioning tward Rufus.

"Oh great. Your gonna make me get it aren't you?" I said defeated.

"Well you are the crime scene investigator aren't you?" he said sarcasticly.

I walked over and slowly grabbed the flashlight out of his body.

"If you're the CSI here, How long has he been dead?" Fabian said. Oh god I wish he didn't ask that.

"Fabian, Ill check, but catch me if I faint." I said.

Fabian looked at me with a quizzical look.

I got the knife out of my pocket. I had to pull rufus out of the chair. I grabbed his hand and in one jerk completely tore off his arm. I looked back at Fabian and he looked a little green.

"Sorry, didn't mean for that to happen." I said.

I grabbed his other hand and slowly pulled him off the chair and onto his stomach on the floor. His back was a little sunken in. I took out my knife and hesitantly cut a little section of his skin off. My head was getting a little dizzy. I looked inside. A maggot or 2 were making themselves at home inside Rufus's flesh. I felt the room going black so I looked away and sat down until the blackness went away.

"Well?" I heard Fabian say.

"About 2 weeks or so." I replied. "Maybe more."

Fabian nodded, and he still looked a little green.

I pulled him out of the room, shutting the door behind us. He turned on the flashlight. Not a word was muttered as we walked down the eerie hall.

"Another door." I said.

He looked over and nodded.

I tried it. Locked. The keys were still in my pocket so I pulled them out and unlocked the door. Fabian opened it this time.

"Oh my god." We both said at the same time.

The walls were stone, with some blood on them. That isn't what shocked us.

"J.j.." I heard Fabian whisper.

Joy lay in the middle of the room…. Dead.

I could see a few tears run down Fabian's face. I guess I had some tears too, because he pulled me into a hug.

"Maybe that was the smell.." I said.

"All the dead bodies rotting down here." Fabian said.
"Wait, no that cant be it." I said.
"Why not?" Fabian said. Still hugging me.

"When did it start?" I said pulling away from the hug.

"A week after… oh my god patricia, no." Fabian said, more tears falling down his face.

"A week after Nina disappeared." I finished. Although I didn't want to admit it.

"And when was the last time we saw joy?" I said.

"College." Fabian muttered.

"Fabian, i… I don't think nina's…" I stuttered.

Fabian's face fell. It looked like he fell apart inside.

"No. No she cant be." He said. "Ill find her." He said. I hugged him tighter.

I walked over to joy. I pulled out my knife again and cut off some of her skin.

"Fabian," I said. He came closer.
"She died this morning." I said

"So there could be a chance…" Fabian said.

"If joy was alive until this morning, maybe Nina's still alive Fabian." I said hopefully.

"But how?" He said.

"Maybe joy died because Rufus did. Look how skinny she is. He probably died and she didn't have food. And he wouldn't kill the chosen one either. Fabian, we have to hurry." I said.

I turned back to joy for a second.

"Joy, we will be back to give you a funeral." I said as though she could hear me. It felt better to say that.

I pulled Fabian out of the room.

I re-lit my flashlight and we continued to walk down the hall. It seemed to go on forever. Untill….

Dead end.

"No, no, there cant be a dead end!" Fabian said banging on the wall.

"Fabian, its over." I said. Sliding down the wall so I could sit on the stone floor. I buearied my head in my hands and cried.

Chapter 5 comin soon but only if you review!