Chapter 22: Things Get Scary

Meanwhile, Zak's Point of View

"You're going to kill who? Elizabeth? You evil bastard!" I asked, figuring I was experiencing some residual energy of Wingfield.

I took a step back as I felt as if someone, or something, had rushed at me.

"Holy shit!" I said, spinning around and panning the hallway with my camera.

There was nothing behind me.

"Stop playing games with me! Show yourself!" I called into the darkness.

Suddenly, I faintly heard a loud bang coming from the elevator shaft.

I panned my camera over to it.

I remembered from our previous investigations that Nick, Aaron and I had found out we could hear each other via the elevator shaft.

"Aaron? Was that you?" I called out.

Silence.

Then, suddenly, I faintly heard Aaron's voice trying to contact me through my walkie talkie.

But his voice hadn't been nearly as clear as it should have been.

"Aaron? You there?" I asked.

Silence again.

"Zak!" Billy's voice suddenly came through my walkie talkie.

"What's up bro?" I asked.

"Some seriously strange shit is going on Zak. The door in the basement slammed shut on Aaron, and now he can't seem to open it. I can't reach him on walkie," Billy said.

My eyes widened.

"Are you serious bro?" I asked, starting to head toward the stairs.

"There's something happening with Ali too, she's experiencing physical symptoms and pain," Billy said, worry evident in his voice.

I felt my own worry increase.

"I'm heading down to- oh, shit!" I exclaimed, suddenly feeling weak and shaky.

I leaned against the wall to keep from falling to my knees.

"What's going on bro?" Billy asked.

I was starting to find it difficult to breath.

"I dunno dude…I'm feeling weak…and it's hard to breath…" I replied softly.

Suddenly, I heard a cry of pain, as clear as day, coming from one of the lower floors.

Ali…

My question to Wingfield had just been answered.

He had said he was going to kill "her", and I thought it was residual energy. I thought it was Wingfield talking about Elizabeth.

I had been wrong.

"Get Ali out of there!" I yelled, aiming my own camera at my face.

Aaron's Point of View

I heard a cry of pain coming from the floor above me.

"Ali?!" I called out.

"…kill…" a male voice spoke through the Spirit Box.

My eyes widened.

I tried opening the door again.

This time, the door knob wouldn't even turn.

I took a few steps back and then ran at the door, slamming my shoulder into the door.

I felt like I had ran into a brick wall.

"Damn it!" I groaned in frustration, holding my shoulder.

I turned my own camera to film myself.

"Guys, I'm trapped in here! My walkie's dead, and I'm serious bro, I think something's wrong with Ali! Tell Zak!" I exclaimed into the camera.

I suddenly heard a faint voice through the elevator shaft.

Zak.

I ran over to the Spirit Box and turned it off so I would be able to hear better, not to mention, I had had enough of this place at that point.

I then ran over to the elevator shaft.

"Zak!" I called up it as loud as I could.

But suddenly, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye.

I looked just in time to see a wooden beam flying at me.

"Oh my god!" I yelled as I ducked.

Billy's Point of View

I watched in horror as Zak, Aaron and Alicia all started going through the most scariest stuff I had ever seen while watching this monitor.

I couldn't get in contact with Aaron or Alicia. I could only speak to Zak, but his breathing seemed to be getting so bad that he couldn't talk.

"Zak! Do you have your inhaler with you?" I asked, speaking into my walkie talkie, logically thinking that he was having an asthma attack.

I watched him on the monitor as he shook his head.

"He took his preventative inhaler before he went inside, like he always does," Jay said. "I saw him," he added.

I visibly winced as I heard Alicia cry out in pain again, holding her stomach.

I looked at Ashley.

"Get Red back here, now!" I said, handing her Zak's phone with Red's number already up on the screen.

She took Zak's phone and hit the button to call Red's number, while walking to the back of the truck and hopping out.

"We can't wait, we need to get in there now," Jay said, not taking his eyes away from the monitor.

I looked at the monitor in a state of panic, feeling at a loss to help my friends.

Alicia's Point of View

I continued to feel sharp, intense pain in my stomach.

I had never felt anything like it in my life. It felt like every muscle in my stomach was contracting and-

Contracting…?

"Elizabeth.." I started. "I know that you were pregnant and that your baby died, and I'm so sorry that you had to go through that," I added, speaking through my pain.

I held my stomach with one hand, and slowly took out my flashlight and turned it on, aiming it around the room.

I could still feel my stomach contracting in pain, but the pain did seem to lessen slightly.

My wrists were on fire.

"Pain" the PX device spoke.

"I know Elizabeth. I understand…" I said.

I had never had to experience the loss of a child. But I had lost my parents, and then my baby sister. I knew the pain of losing someone you loved.

"Not" "me" the PX device spoke.

I sat there at a loss for words.

"Him" the PX device spoke again.

"It's Wingfield doing this? Is that what you're trying to say Elizabeth?" I asked.

I suddenly noticed that both lights signalling that the cameras were recording, go out.

Were they just drained of all their energy?

"Leave" "leave" the PX device spoke.

Before I could speak a word, the pain and pressure in my wrists increased tenfold, as I felt as if someone had grabbed whatever was around my wrists.

The next thing I knew, I was being pulled across the floor by my wrists.

I couldn't stop the scream of pure fear from escaping my mouth.

I dropped the flashlight as I struggled to fight back against whatever force was pulling me across the floor, but I still felt weak from having my energy drained.

I realized an instant before it happened that I was being pulled toward the radiator.

I tried to brace myself for the impact, but I couldn't move my arms from whoever, or whatever was holding them together.

I felt the side of my head slam into the radiator, and almost immediately after I felt something wet running down the side of my face.

I sat limply against the wall, my vision starting to blacken around the edges. I knew that if I let my eyes close, I'd most likely never see the light of day again. I'd never see my friends again. Cheryl…Zak…

Zak…I'm so sorry, I thought.

I noticed a small ball of light in the corner.

It brightened rather significantly as it spoke.

"You weren't supposed to come," I heard Emily's voice say.

She had been trying to warn me…

As suddenly as it appeared, the ball of light disappeared.

I heard the sound of glass shattering in the distance.

Then I saw a light turn on in the hall.

My vision darkened more.

I barely made out someone calling my name before my eyes shut completely.

"Zak…" I whispered.

Then everything went dark.

Authors Note: So there's the first lockdown. How was it? 🙈