HEY! 5ive here! So sorry... I ended up leaving my laptop down in Orlando when I went to visit my new boyfriend. I'm also moving over there soon so I don't know how much time I'll have for writing... and I'm doing a new comic along with the one I'm already doing sooooo I'm slammed ^^
I'm also focusing on THIS story in particular so don't go expecting anything from any of the others one (LIKE I'VE BEEN WRITING FOR THEM ANYWAY HERM HERM HERM). I want to get this story finished before moving on to anything else because this story means a lot of me because, real talk now, PewDiePie was the one I watched going through high school. I loved Stephano and Mr. Chair and all of the little characters because they helped me through a lot and reminded me of when I had imaginary friends or voices for my stuffed animals. Seeing him just able to give a voice to random objects and being OLDER than me for some reason made me feel okay for acting the way I did. I'm sad to see his characters go... so I thought up this story because... I don't know. I miss them even if they were never 'real'. So this story is kind of my own little way of giving them a proper send off in my mind.
Not a spoiler! It's not like I'm going to start killing them. You'll get it whenever the end comes around ^^
LOVE YOU GUYS! And thanks for understanding ^^ ENJOY THE CHAPTER!
The group got themselves back on track soon enough. Gonzales explained himself to the others and with little hesitation offered his sword to his younger brother to show they could trust him now. Mr. Chair and Stephano accepted it easily as had Felix already, but Piggeh kept himself distant from the darker-skinned man, glaring daggers at him. They had trekked back down the halls that Gonzales had led him prior but instead of taking a turn that Felix thought they would, they went straight into a hall he hasn't noticed before. It was not a very long hallway and ended almost as abruptly as they had come to it with stairs leading down to a set of doors.
Beyond those doors were even more stairs and dropped down into more of that unnatural darkness that could easily be hiding something. Felix half expected that one stairway SCP to be down here or something. That's the kind of darkness this was.
At the bottom of the stairway was another door. This was a much more solid door with animal heads holding rings in place of door knobs. Stephano and his brother pulled the double doors open to a surprisingly lit up hallway. Small barred windows lining the bottom of the hall reflected light off of the small waves below. The water down there was clear making Felix look twice when Stephano said they'd made it.
"This is the sewers? That is some damn clean shit water."
Mr. Chair sat beside him looking past the bars to the waters down there. "No one has been here for a long time so I guess the water cleaned itself up."
"I still wouldn't try drinking it," Stephano muttered. "Even if no one's been here, there's still bound to be some nasty things in there you don't want in you."
Felix couldn't agree more and moved away from the windows. "But the sewer system is down there. How are we getting down there? Please tell me we don't have to go down there. Please?"
Gonzales laughed. "We do. There's another stairway to get there. It's not far before we reach the exit."
"Maybe another hour or so if we don't run into trouble." Stephano sheathed his gifted sword before they continued. "Keep your ears open and don't make a noise. The water monster might have started coming down here if the water is clean enough."
"Making noise won't matter," Felix butted in. "It'll get drawn to us by the water."
"If you're quiet then you can hear it from further away." And the two statues started down the hall. Mr. Chair pulled Piggeh along and Felix brought up the rear after being sure to put the lantern out finally.
Reaching a doorway with yet another set of stairs – if Felix saw another staircase after this, he was going to punch something.
A cackle had them stop and turn back to the sound. To their relief, it was just Skully. That solid white figure hidden under dark, sagging clothes had been a shock only for the moment. Felix was relieved to see the man was still okay. "So, you made it?" the white man said as he grabbed onto a low hanging wire for some unused lights somewhere and pulled himself up off the ground, feet settling him in the doorway so he clung to the stones like an insect. Random movements for no reason… "I'm so glad. It'd of been much more fun to search your bodies for supplies, though. Oh well. A dead friend isn't as good as a live one, right?" His teeth were a yellow shade against his pale face and an almost black gap in the darkness surrounding the ceiling.
Mr. Chair hid himself behind Piggeh. "Are you coming with us?" he asked.
"HA! Of course not! I just came to see you… fail." He dropped from the ceiling, landing with his legs bent and hands on the first step leading down to them. "Something strange is down there. Voices. I can hear them calling out… 'PeeeewwwDiiiieeePiieeeee'." The man smiled again as he crawled down the stairs towards the group. "'Oh PewDie~ Please hear me~'" He stood to his full height again in front of the Swed. "It's calling out to you, whatever it is. And whatever IT is… I don't think it wants to help. Oh, unless you're willing to feed it then I'm sure it'll give you a hand or two or seven as it helps you straight into its mouth!" He clapped his hands together, leaning down and getting right in Felix's face. "I suggest staying away from the glowing door."
A flash of bronze had Skully jump away, tripping and falling on his butt.
Stephano had taken up place in front of the man, sword drawn and anger very apparent in the grit of his teeth down to the death grip on the sword's hilt. "If you threaten him one more time… next time I'll be sure to stick this thing right in your fucking eye."
The pale man laughed, standing and running his fingers through his hair. "So Gonzales never lost his sword? How sweet of him to hand it over to you. Nice man. Good brother. Wish I had a brother. I just have bones. Only mine though. No body. Unless I can find that leg Felix was talking to. Perhaps I'll go in search of it." He clapped again, smiling happily. "Well then! I'm off! Oh and Jennifer is down in the sewers. I told her you'd be down there some time… so look out for a fat rock. Because she's down there. Now. Okay I'm gonna go look for a leg to talk to. And maybe find a shoe for him to wear. Bye!" Skully skirted off down the hall and vanished into the darkness on the other side of the door leading upstairs.
What was he talking about… voices?
"So Jennifer is down there? Are we going to look for her?" Mr. Chair had come out from behind Piggeh and was tugging on Stephano's arm.
The golden man nodded. "Of course. She deserves just as much right as the others to come with us if she wants. If she's looking for PewDie, then she must want to come along."
A loud creak had the group's attention back on the opening doors. Gonzales gave one more hard shove and the two doors slowly opened up, one of them squeaking and the metal snapped and gave way sending the large, heavy door crashing to the ground and into the water blocking half of the sewer.
"Nice going, bro," Stephano muttered.
"How would I know it'd break? Besides, now the water monster can't get to that half of the sewer." It was true, and there was no surface to stand on. Boxes, but they were scattered everywhere and only one crate was visible from the door. The only surface was the ones surrounding the door on either side, but they dipped back into the liquid and vanished beneath.
A small rock flew from behind them and splashed into the water. No thrashing. The water remained still apart from the small waves that continuously moved across the surface. Piggeh, the one who'd thrown the rock, stepped past everyone and entered the knee-high water. He turned to the group and pointed with his eyes down the hall opposite where the door had fallen. The others soon gathered in behind him and started off.
"Back into the water… and I'd just gotten dry." Felix felt a shiver run up his spine. At least the water wasn't so high this time, but it was freezing. Just a few minutes of walking and the blonde couldn't feel his feet anymore. "Can we… Can we take a sec and rest?"
Piggeh stopped almost instantly, picking up Mr. Chair and helping him sit up on a crate he just happened to be passing by. The others all found ways to get out of the water, most of them sitting with Mr. Chair and Piggeh and the others pulling over boxes to sit on.
Felix wondered if anyone else could feel the cold or… if something about them being stuck here for so long just numbed those senses completely. It he hadn't of spoken up then he figured they'd of kept going with no stopping.
"How much further?" Gonzales asked from the edge of the crate.
Piggeh shrugged.
"Still an hour or so," Stephano answered for him.
The bronze man nodded. "So… why doesn't he talk again?" He gestured to the pink haired man. "Last I saw him he was still flirting with everything in sight when he wasn't out looking for the chair."
"He stopped talking a few months back. It was around the time Mayo died." Stephano stared down at the water uncomfortably. "When Mayo died I guess… I guess you snapped, huh Piggeh?"
The man looked his way, and then turned away without as much as a huff. It was when he wasn't looking at anyone that he nodded.
"I figured. After that Piggeh stopped being so sexual with everyone and everything and then shortly after that he just stopped talking altogether. It happened gradually enough that we hadn't noticed at first." Stephano stood and jumped to the empty space on the back of the crate, his box floating up and bouncing lightly through the water. "But I'm glad to say that you've kept your head, Piggeh. One of us has to at times like this."
Piggeh smiled for once, the small motion lightening up his face. It was just a small little thing turning up the corners of his mouth and loosening the furrow on his brow. This was the first time Felix had seen something other than a scowl on his face. It was so nice he couldn't help but smile as well even if he wasn't involved in the moment.
"How's everyone holding up?" Gonzales asked, breaking the moment. "You feel your toes yet?" this question was directed at Felix.
He stretched his legs out relieved to say that he could. "I think I'm okay now."
"The water's pretty cold…" Mr. Chair muttered half to himself.
Felix blinked, looking down at the brunette's leg. His torn pants were soaked. Was it okay for the water to be touching his wound? Even if it's healed? Sure it looked clean, but like Stephano said this water was still gross. And thinking about it… what about Felix's leg too? He'd hurt it earlier and completely forgot about it. A swift glance down and his eyes locked on the rust colored rag. At some point it had bled through.
"PewDie?"
He flinched and looked up at Stephano.
"Is your leg bothering you?" He had dropped back into the water and came over. "Looks like the wrapping needs to be changed."
"It should be fine for now. Wait till we get out of the water." It was no point if it would just get wet again. Then it wouldn't be protecting anything.
Even so, Stephano began untying it. "Let me at least tie it again. Try and keep anything solid in the water out of it." He mindlessly finished unwrapping the cuts and took the time to check it over.
Each scratch was surrounded in dark, unforgiving bruises. It stung but was still bearable. Nothing serious.
After a moment, Stephano rung out the cloth and tied it back around the cuts. Water could still get in, but at least it had little protection like Stephano said. He gave it one hard tug making sure it was tied tight and stood back. "There. It's good until we get out of here. Remind me to, okay?"
Felix nodded, hopping off the box and again following the group through the tunnels. As they went, the cold water became tolerable. It still stung and made his legs numb but at the same time he was used to it. All he wanted now was to put his feet into some hot water even knowing that it'd burn something fierce from the cold. The sooner they got out of here the sooner they could all get a well-deserved bath. Before they could progress further, they had to find Jennifer.