Chapter 8: Goodbye Brother
They reached the door in the stairway for the first floor, but it was nailed shut, "Ah not this door too!" Michelle yelled, "There has to be another way" she thought aloud, "I think there's an elevator downstairs" Michael spoke, And they headed down the stairs. Upon reaching the basement, it was pretty dim, everything was cement colored with a few scraps of wood laying around, rust and grime built up on the walls, "What smells funny?" Michelle asked, "Dunno, this place is full of dirt and dust" Michael shrugged as he answered her, "There's the elevator" Eddie pointed to the elevator doors in the corner, and they all started walking to the elevator, Michelle pressed the button and started waiting, when suddenly a spear pierced the elevator door, causing Michelle to jump back with a gasp then everyone turned their head to see where the spear had came from, and standing where they all once were, side by side were two Pyramid heads, one still in a spear-throwing position then he
stood up as the other one just leaned on his spear, "Oh... Crap" Michelle pulled out her shotgun, Eddie pulled out the revolver, But Michael didn't have a weapon... Until he pulled the spear from the elevator door, "What... are these things?" he asked, "They've been chasing me... ever since I got here" Michelle answered, "They're monsters!" she then yelled, Eddie looked to the elevator "C'mon elevator! Hurry your ass up!".
Michael took the spear in his hand clutching it tightly as the Pyramid head with the spear stepped menacingly forward, "Bring it on, Ugly" Michael spoke, "Brother be careful" Michelle held her shotgun at the demon's head, While the other Pyramid head just stood there, watching or so it seemed. Michael held the spear out at the tip, it was long and kind of heavy and the Pyramid head was closing in, He couldn't let it get too close to them, so he stepped forward to the middle of the room to meet it in battle, The Pyramid head swung the spear quickly, Michael barely had enough time to hold up his spear in both hands, blocking the swing, With one leg he kicked the Pyramid head's stomach, He didn't move an inch, Finally Michael jumped back a little, as Pyramid head began to get in the position which he would throw his spear, with great accuracy, "Brother... Get down, NOW!" Michelle yelled and quickly Michael ducked, She fired with her shotgun and cracked the demon's head, It
growled in a demonic tone and started stalking for Michael, with it's spear ready to thro., Soon they were face to face, Pyramid head looked down at Michael and began to raise his spear, getting ready to strike him through the head, But in doing this, the Pyramid head left himself wide open, Giving Michael the chance to slam his spear through the demon's stomach, The Pyramid head screamed... Or made a noise that sounded faintly like a scream, His spear was still raised over his head, and even though it looked like the Pyramid head was going to fall over dead, He still managed to bring the spear down through Michael's head, He didn't even have the moment to scream, he was dead instantly as blood started rushing everywhere, Michelle screamed and broke into tears as the Pyramid head fell over dead, Michael as well, She turned away as not to look at his mangled corpse, Eddie felt a bit bad to see her cry, then he noticed the other Pyramid head was gone, and the elevator finally
came... "Let's... go..." Eddie slowly suggested, Michelle wiped her eyes as she stepped into the elevator, Eddie followed behind her.
"I could've done something... I could've helped him fight..." Michelle started crying again, "Don't blame yourself, I met a guy who blamed himself for the death of his wife, That man isn't doing so good..." Eddie tried to make her feel better, he didn't do all that great of a job though, Eddie pushed the button for the first floor, "Look... If you're gonna cry...." he started, then he put his arm around her shoulder and allowed her to cry on him, He shrugged a bit... Ignoring a funny feeling he had in his stomach...
"I could kill her too! Now's the time! I can put her out of her misery! She can join her brother in hell!"
Was a sudden thought that crossed Eddie's mind, he shook his head a bit, using what will power he had not to comply with his thoughts, He watched the elevator go up instead.
Strangely the elevator didn't stop on the first floor, "That's weird..." Eddie blinked, "..What?" Michelle asked once she calmed down, "Uh, The elevator isn't stopping... We're almost on the top floor" Eddie answered, Suddenly a rumbling sound was heard, then a snap as the Elevator lost it's cable and started to fall floor by floor, extremely fast with all the weight inside, They both started screaming and she clung to him, her last thought; "I'm gonna die", Everything went black as the lights exploded.
"Shelly, Shelly!" Eddie shook her, "Wake up, Everything's fine".
She could hear her name being called, Shelly, For some reason it was what Eddie called her.
Everything's fine? She didn't think so, She had hit her head on impact when the elevator stopped.
"Don't tell me she's gone into a coma or something..." Eddie sighed deeply, "Lady luck, she's a damn bitch" he spoke aloud.
If she could, she would've laughed at his words.
"C'mon..." Eddie shook her a bit more and groaned as she was unmoving.
She wanted to wake up, but her body wouldn't respond, just a light twitch of her hand.
Eddie noticed her hand slowly touching his knee, "Shelly?" he perked a brow, "C'mon Shelly get up!" he grabbed her hand and pulled her body up, she was sitting hunched over, leaning on him a bit, "That's it, now wake up!" he yelled to her, Before eventually waking up; she had flashbacks of the moment she killed her father "It's all my fault..." she spoke, "Huh?" Eddie blinked, "It's all my fault" She again spoke as her eyes opened, "What is?" he asked, "I'm the one who killed my father, not my brother... My family doesn't know that though" she almost started crying again, "But... You said he abused you, You.... Had good reason to kill him" Eddie spoke, His words triggered dormant memories in her mind, very bad flashbacks of when her father abused her, hitting her with a belt, bat, anything he could find, She shuddered "I guess You're right", He nodded to her "Yeah... But we've stopped on the 3rd floor" he spoke, "3rd floor? That's weird..." she spoke, "Yeah..." He nodded.
Eddie then grabbed her shotgun and helped her up, "Agh... My head..." she groaned in pain, "Yes... Ya hit yer head pretty hard on the wall when the elevator stopped" he replied, She held her head in the back, she felt a bump and when she brought her hand around, it was partially covered in blood, "Eddie, I'm bleeding" she wiped the blood on her jacket, He stopped and took a look at the back of her head, he lifted her hair up a bit to see a deep gash on the back of her head, almost as if it were cut, "Uh-oh... That doesn't look good" Eddie spoke, "I don't feel too good either... I feel dizzy and light headed" she again groaned, Eddie sat her down on the floor a couple feet from the elevator, then he grabbed his shirt and began to rip it, Michelle's eye sight was getting blurry and she felt a little scared, she felt an evil presence, and she was lapsing into a delusional state, Her vision of Eddie faded as the area turned black for her, she started to feel hot, and she could
hear an evil chuckle, the chuckling turned to cackling as she could hear demonic murmuring, blurry visions of demons grinning evilly, suddenly an image which made her scream, a disgusting image of a goat-creature with wings, sharp horns, and big claws, She closed her eyes and started screaming uncontrollably, "What the hell?!" Eddie yelled, "Shelly! What's wrong? Stop... Aaaghh Stop screaming!" he began to shake her again, bringing her back to reality, "Ah!" she opened her eyes, "I... saw things, and heard an evil laughter" she spoke quite scared, "It's okay, it's okay, Yer just worrying, jus' calm down" Eddie spoke as he took a ripped part of his shirt and began wrapping it around her head, "I, hate this town..." she mumbled, "Yeah... Me too, but I have nowhere else to go" he replied then again grabbed her shotgun and helped her up, "Let's go" Michelle spoke, and they started heading down the hall.
They reached the door in the stairway for the first floor, but it was nailed shut, "Ah not this door too!" Michelle yelled, "There has to be another way" she thought aloud, "I think there's an elevator downstairs" Michael spoke, And they headed down the stairs. Upon reaching the basement, it was pretty dim, everything was cement colored with a few scraps of wood laying around, rust and grime built up on the walls, "What smells funny?" Michelle asked, "Dunno, this place is full of dirt and dust" Michael shrugged as he answered her, "There's the elevator" Eddie pointed to the elevator doors in the corner, and they all started walking to the elevator, Michelle pressed the button and started waiting, when suddenly a spear pierced the elevator door, causing Michelle to jump back with a gasp then everyone turned their head to see where the spear had came from, and standing where they all once were, side by side were two Pyramid heads, one still in a spear-throwing position then he
stood up as the other one just leaned on his spear, "Oh... Crap" Michelle pulled out her shotgun, Eddie pulled out the revolver, But Michael didn't have a weapon... Until he pulled the spear from the elevator door, "What... are these things?" he asked, "They've been chasing me... ever since I got here" Michelle answered, "They're monsters!" she then yelled, Eddie looked to the elevator "C'mon elevator! Hurry your ass up!".
Michael took the spear in his hand clutching it tightly as the Pyramid head with the spear stepped menacingly forward, "Bring it on, Ugly" Michael spoke, "Brother be careful" Michelle held her shotgun at the demon's head, While the other Pyramid head just stood there, watching or so it seemed. Michael held the spear out at the tip, it was long and kind of heavy and the Pyramid head was closing in, He couldn't let it get too close to them, so he stepped forward to the middle of the room to meet it in battle, The Pyramid head swung the spear quickly, Michael barely had enough time to hold up his spear in both hands, blocking the swing, With one leg he kicked the Pyramid head's stomach, He didn't move an inch, Finally Michael jumped back a little, as Pyramid head began to get in the position which he would throw his spear, with great accuracy, "Brother... Get down, NOW!" Michelle yelled and quickly Michael ducked, She fired with her shotgun and cracked the demon's head, It
growled in a demonic tone and started stalking for Michael, with it's spear ready to thro., Soon they were face to face, Pyramid head looked down at Michael and began to raise his spear, getting ready to strike him through the head, But in doing this, the Pyramid head left himself wide open, Giving Michael the chance to slam his spear through the demon's stomach, The Pyramid head screamed... Or made a noise that sounded faintly like a scream, His spear was still raised over his head, and even though it looked like the Pyramid head was going to fall over dead, He still managed to bring the spear down through Michael's head, He didn't even have the moment to scream, he was dead instantly as blood started rushing everywhere, Michelle screamed and broke into tears as the Pyramid head fell over dead, Michael as well, She turned away as not to look at his mangled corpse, Eddie felt a bit bad to see her cry, then he noticed the other Pyramid head was gone, and the elevator finally
came... "Let's... go..." Eddie slowly suggested, Michelle wiped her eyes as she stepped into the elevator, Eddie followed behind her.
"I could've done something... I could've helped him fight..." Michelle started crying again, "Don't blame yourself, I met a guy who blamed himself for the death of his wife, That man isn't doing so good..." Eddie tried to make her feel better, he didn't do all that great of a job though, Eddie pushed the button for the first floor, "Look... If you're gonna cry...." he started, then he put his arm around her shoulder and allowed her to cry on him, He shrugged a bit... Ignoring a funny feeling he had in his stomach...
"I could kill her too! Now's the time! I can put her out of her misery! She can join her brother in hell!"
Was a sudden thought that crossed Eddie's mind, he shook his head a bit, using what will power he had not to comply with his thoughts, He watched the elevator go up instead.
Strangely the elevator didn't stop on the first floor, "That's weird..." Eddie blinked, "..What?" Michelle asked once she calmed down, "Uh, The elevator isn't stopping... We're almost on the top floor" Eddie answered, Suddenly a rumbling sound was heard, then a snap as the Elevator lost it's cable and started to fall floor by floor, extremely fast with all the weight inside, They both started screaming and she clung to him, her last thought; "I'm gonna die", Everything went black as the lights exploded.
"Shelly, Shelly!" Eddie shook her, "Wake up, Everything's fine".
She could hear her name being called, Shelly, For some reason it was what Eddie called her.
Everything's fine? She didn't think so, She had hit her head on impact when the elevator stopped.
"Don't tell me she's gone into a coma or something..." Eddie sighed deeply, "Lady luck, she's a damn bitch" he spoke aloud.
If she could, she would've laughed at his words.
"C'mon..." Eddie shook her a bit more and groaned as she was unmoving.
She wanted to wake up, but her body wouldn't respond, just a light twitch of her hand.
Eddie noticed her hand slowly touching his knee, "Shelly?" he perked a brow, "C'mon Shelly get up!" he grabbed her hand and pulled her body up, she was sitting hunched over, leaning on him a bit, "That's it, now wake up!" he yelled to her, Before eventually waking up; she had flashbacks of the moment she killed her father "It's all my fault..." she spoke, "Huh?" Eddie blinked, "It's all my fault" She again spoke as her eyes opened, "What is?" he asked, "I'm the one who killed my father, not my brother... My family doesn't know that though" she almost started crying again, "But... You said he abused you, You.... Had good reason to kill him" Eddie spoke, His words triggered dormant memories in her mind, very bad flashbacks of when her father abused her, hitting her with a belt, bat, anything he could find, She shuddered "I guess You're right", He nodded to her "Yeah... But we've stopped on the 3rd floor" he spoke, "3rd floor? That's weird..." she spoke, "Yeah..." He nodded.
Eddie then grabbed her shotgun and helped her up, "Agh... My head..." she groaned in pain, "Yes... Ya hit yer head pretty hard on the wall when the elevator stopped" he replied, She held her head in the back, she felt a bump and when she brought her hand around, it was partially covered in blood, "Eddie, I'm bleeding" she wiped the blood on her jacket, He stopped and took a look at the back of her head, he lifted her hair up a bit to see a deep gash on the back of her head, almost as if it were cut, "Uh-oh... That doesn't look good" Eddie spoke, "I don't feel too good either... I feel dizzy and light headed" she again groaned, Eddie sat her down on the floor a couple feet from the elevator, then he grabbed his shirt and began to rip it, Michelle's eye sight was getting blurry and she felt a little scared, she felt an evil presence, and she was lapsing into a delusional state, Her vision of Eddie faded as the area turned black for her, she started to feel hot, and she could
hear an evil chuckle, the chuckling turned to cackling as she could hear demonic murmuring, blurry visions of demons grinning evilly, suddenly an image which made her scream, a disgusting image of a goat-creature with wings, sharp horns, and big claws, She closed her eyes and started screaming uncontrollably, "What the hell?!" Eddie yelled, "Shelly! What's wrong? Stop... Aaaghh Stop screaming!" he began to shake her again, bringing her back to reality, "Ah!" she opened her eyes, "I... saw things, and heard an evil laughter" she spoke quite scared, "It's okay, it's okay, Yer just worrying, jus' calm down" Eddie spoke as he took a ripped part of his shirt and began wrapping it around her head, "I, hate this town..." she mumbled, "Yeah... Me too, but I have nowhere else to go" he replied then again grabbed her shotgun and helped her up, "Let's go" Michelle spoke, and they started heading down the hall.