Chapter 06

*Briella's POV

We were on the first floor now. We passed by a lot of corpses. I would look away and try to erase the memory of the dead body with it's mouth screaming forever. The other corpses' were similar. Just different deaths, some missing limbs others not, all of them horrifying. We checked all the rooms on the second floor. There were three big classrooms and two other rooms, which were locked.

"Hey, is that-"

"The exit!" I cutted in.

We both ran to the big doors leading to the outside world. Maneuvering our way around the four long shelves, we reached the entrance.

"Oh thank God. A way out of here." I sighed in relief.

"We can't go yet, though. We have to find everyone else." Erin said.

"I don't know. We searched everywhere and haven't seen any of them."

"We still haven't finished looking through this floor."

"Right."

Erin pushed the door. "Oh no." He pushed on it again and again, but it wouldn't budge. Panic was coming again. I swallowed it down and took a shaky breath.

"Maybe, you need to pull it." I pulled on the door, but it still didn't open. Erin tried pushing and pulling on the door. He even banged it a few times. My breaths were coming in quick now. It finally dawned on me. We were trapped.

"Deep breaths. Just deep breaths."

Erin eyes were frantic and I knew he was freaking out too. He was just acting calm for my sake. I tried my best to take deep breaths.

"Maybe there's another exit. An emergency exit."

"Yeah." I choked out.

"Let's… let's just look for our friends."

"Yeah."

He bumped my shoulder. I looked over at him. He smiled uneasily, an attempt to cheer me up. I felt better, just seeing him smile.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

I froze.

"LENNY! JOEL! HELP!"

I met Erin's eyes. His face was pale.

"Was that-" I started.

"MARIE!" Lenny's voice reverberated throughout the walls.

"Oh my God! Marie!" Erin ran after our friends voices. I followed.

"Marie!" I called out to her. Following their voices we reached the second floor. Marie's screaming had disappeared and Lenny and Joel's voices slowly faded away. We didn't stop running though. I continued to call their names.

"Woah, Briella!" Erin grabbed me and pulled me to his chest.

I blushed. "Um, Erin. What are you doing?"

"You were about to fall."

"About to...what?"

Erin motioned with his head toward a gap on the floor.

I swallowed. "Oh gosh, I didn't even notice it. Thanks."

"No problem." He backs up a little with me still in his arms. When we're a good distance from the hole he let's go.

"Sorry, about your shirt."

I looked down at the white collared shirt. It was stained with red where he had grabbed me. I scrunched my nose.

"Ew. Oh well, that's okay."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Do you hear them still?"

He shakes his head. "No."

We lingered in our spots, worry still brimming our minds.

"I really want to find them, but I'm really tired." Erin said.

"Me too. I think if I run a little more I might just faint from exhaustion."

He laughed. "You really need to work out more."

"I know."

We rested against the wall, our shoulders brushing each other. I was out of breath, sure, but I was restless. Why was Marie screaming? What happened? She sounded so scared. And this was Marie we were talking about, one of the toughest person I've ever meet.

"Erin?" I addressed.

"Yes?"

"Do you think something happened to Marie?"

Erin was quiet for a long time. I knew his answer from the silence.

"I don't know," He finally said, "but I'm hoping for the best." He turned to me. "Are you rested enough to walk around again?"

I nodded. We got up and started calling their names.

We entered the classrooms. We even tried breaking into the two rooms. With no luck on the second floor we headed downstairs again. There were three rooms downstairs, one of them closed, the others opened. We searched the classroom, no sign of our friends. The other room was so long in length, I could put my hands on both walls at the same time easily. There was nothing there either. We exited the room and decided to try opening the last room. Unlike the brown doors of the other rooms, this one was red. We tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. Unsure of what to do, we went upstairs. The whole time we looked and called I felt uneasy. I felt like…something was watching us. I kept on turning around to see if there was anything. I was always met with nothing. The more we looked the more the uneasiness grew.

"Is something wrong, Briella?" Erin asked.

"I don't know. I just feel… like something's following us. Do you feel like that?"

Erin looked behind us, his eyes wandering to see anything in the darkness. "Yeah," he whispered. "Might just be this place though."

"Maybe." The uneasiness didn't leave.

We continued onward. I tried not to look behind me or to jump when something made a noise. For a while we just walked around, calling out to any of our friends.

I finally couldn't take the pressure. "Erin, do you still feel that? That something's watching us?"

"Yes, I still feel it." He squinted his eyes as if it would help him see in the darkness.

"Oh, there's no way we'll be able to see in here. Not even our phones will help," I whined, "I want to go home."

Erin wrapped his arm around my shoulder, "Don't worry, Briella. We'll get out of here."

Before I can thank him I hear something, a shuffle. I froze. "Did you hear that?"

Erin nodded. He was still too. I swallowed. The uneasiness was turning into fear. I just had a very bad feeling. Slowly, we turned around. I gaped, my whole body turning to steel. In front of us was a giant man. His clothes were torn, black hair disheveled. His skin was so pale it was a sickly grey color. His mouth was stained with some weird black liquid. His eyes, filled with a red color. And I meant filled. He had no pupils, no iris, just red. From his eyes the black sticky looking liquid ran down his face.

I stared at the man in shock and fear. He lifted a hammer, which I didn't even see, above his head. I knew what he was about to do.

"Aa- AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" I screamed.

I felt a hand grab mine as the man swung his hammer. I was dragged away. The hammer hit the floor.

Hello readers. I know it's technically Monday, but I did post. The horror is just going to pile up from here. So stick around to see what happens in the next update. :)

-P.V.J