Hello once again all of fanfiction! I am here with another part of… To Hell and Back! Before I start…
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Ch 2 the basement part 5
"What's behind door number five?" Isaac said with curiosity, as he stood at the doorway to the next room. Stepping into the room the doors closed behind him "me I guess…" he stated in an irritated tone. Before shaking it off in preparation of what the room held. In the center of the room a lone corpse lay. Isaac was slightly confused as to why the doors closed behind him when there is a lone corpse to get rid of. His question was answered when the corpse rose to its feet swiftly and whipped its head to glare at Isaac with a grin and eyes that bluntly spell ill intentions. "Oh, that's why." Isaac stated to himself. The corpse groaned, in delight of finding its next meal, and hobbled towards Isaac at an alarming pace. Isaac seeing this, squeaked in surprise and ran around in circles while the gaper pursued relentlessly. Isaac had to observe on the go, only taking in little details as he ran, first he ran by some boulders a little too risky… he thought to himself. Then he ran by a blank wall, not much use here… Isaac continued running just a little faster than the zombie to try to conserve his energy. Boulders lining the third wall with a pit in the middle "perfect!" Isaac managed to say between breaths, and stopped before the pit and waited for the zombie to approach almost at running speed, Isaac waited for the moment to strike, just a little closer… Isaac thought. The zombie brought his arms up to strike Isaac, "NOW!" his mind yelled. The zombie swung down, Isaac jumped out of the way, and before the gaper could recover. Isaac slammed a punch to its back, smacking into the wall and falling down the pit. "Phew, that was close… too close" Isaac stated relieved. A gold chest fell from the ceiling… "cool!" Isaac said happily, taking the skeleton key out of his pocket, inserted the key. As before it made a distinct 'click' and Isaac opened the cover with ease. Inside was 2 coins and a bomb. "OH MY GOD!" the sight of it caused Isaac to jump several feet backwards. The bomb was fortunately not lit. So after recovering from his heart attack, he grabbed the 2 coins and looked to the next doorway, leaving the bomb in case he needed it later. Approaching the next doorway he sighed heavily wondering will this ever end? he shook his head to get rid of the thought and proceeded to go to the next room.
he was welcomed by the sight; bottomless pits in each of the four corners spikes in the middle some head sized rocks, who ever made this room, thank you! Isaac thought while looking through the ceiling. A pacer next to a pit, in it went. A pacer next to the spikes, rests… eternally. A rock slammed to the neck of another pacer preventing gurgling, Isaac drags the pacer next to a pit, and it struggles to get up "hey buddy!" Isaac removes the rock from the disoriented pacers' neck "catch!" he tosses the rock to the pacer's chest and sends it into the pit, which caught the last pacers attention. the pacer runs towards Isaac, who sidesteps gingerly and chuckles, while the pacer dies to its own ignorance. Having cleared the room the door to the next room opens. Isaac being patient, he waited until the sound of a coin dropping to the floor, this one was a little different; it was slightly wider and thicker than the penny and had a 5 on the back "hmm!" Isaac hummed and picked up the nickel and set it in his pocket. "next room," Isaac stated tiredly, walking towards the next room.
he peeked his head around the door, to see what awaited him in this arena. A few large mushrooms in each of the four corners, nothing interesting. Isaac stepped into the room his map that located "secret rooms," flashed blue, when the blue flash disappeared a thought manifested from nothing. Isaac gazed thoughtfully at the center of the wall to his left, before picking up a small rock and throwing it at a particular spot, heard a hollow banging sound when the rock hit the wall. "Aha!" Isaac said to himself and patted the blue map in his pocket before continuing to observe, nothing was out of the ordinary, and he turned to go to the next room, that is when he saw the door to the boss room. "that... cannot be good." Observing the door, he saw a large skull staring down at him, and two other skulls staring off to the sides at either top corner of the door frame. the doors themselves were blood red and open with red light pouring out, "I'm not in the mood. Not right now." Isaac yawned, though he could not see light of day, he had gained an impeccable sense of time. he knew the time when he slept was approaching. He thought about where to sleep, when he remembered he had yet to open the second secret room, he went quickly and grabbed the bomb from the chest he had opened earlier. Placed it next to the wall like he had done last time and concentrated until a small flame came to his fingers and carefully lit the fuse. After which he took off running out of the door he came in through and huddled against the wall. A few seconds later a flash of orange light followed closely by a thunderous shock wave shook the cavern. After Isaac ceased to hear rubble raining from the skies, he re-entered the room, and just as expected he found a gaping hole blowing away the smoke from the blast. "Sweet!" Isaac said almost tiredly.
as he entered. He saw the walls were grey stone brick with grey skulls lining the walls towards where the wall met the floor. In the center, slightly offset to the left was a fortune telling machine. And mirroring the position of the fortune teller was a pillar, the telltale sign of a treasure. On top of the pillar was what looked to be a brown organ, below it on a paper card on the pillar read "raw liver" below it were some words reading "HP up!" he took the organ in his hand and thought "what the heck am I supposed to do with this?" his stomach growled "oh you have got to be kidding me. Am I eating THAT?" Isaac stated holding up the organ. Again, his stomach growled. "Eh, why not?" Isaac took a bite of the raw liver, it was bland and chewy. "Not half bad!" Isaac stated with his mouth full, After all he had been having food that tasted worse for months. So this was a welcome break. About 5 minutes later he finished the raw liver. Then he went over to the fortune teller, on the ground in front of it was a single penny, shrugging, Isaac picked up the penny and put it in the coin slot. The machine started rumbling and making clicking and clattering noises before a ding was heard and a small slip of paper fell out, Isaac took it in his hands and read it "follow dreams to the voice of good. And live an afterlife prosperous and good." Isaac was confused by these words and put the fortune in his pocket. He left the room, and thought about what he had done that day. His thoughts were interrupted when a yawn escaped his lips, he went to find the closest thing to a bed, he didn't have to go far, as the closest thing to a bed was a large flat mushroom it was dry and the surface was almost soft. "That was easier than I expected" Isaac said tiredly. He took one last glance at the boss room door and said "tomorrow, tomorrow will be a good day" before falling into a deep sleep from the day's happenings.
i am sorry things got a little repetitive before. it brings down the entertainment factor of the story, and for many of the first chapters, i let it slip. if anything ever seems out of place, tell me in a review, or PM. i am always willing to take feedback and suggestions.
once again thank you for dealing with me and my first time writing, i promise! next chapter and the one after that one should be interesting!
Until next time!
