Damage Chapter 2: In the Cover of Darkness

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Hiead exited the Mess Hall quietly, and probably unnoticed. He looked back at the doors, and then started walking down a corridor, but something made him stop.

Then the announcer came on.

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Hiead drew a sharp breath as the lights suddenly cut off. For a moment, he thought that he was in space, but lost that thought, as the announcement speakers cut on.

"Please don't panic, stay where you are. Find the nearest wall, and lie down. You will be safest there. Don't make any sudden movements."

Hiead was frightened by the choice of their words. 'What's going on?' He thought. Panic seizing him. 'They didn't tell us a thing about what's happening!' His breaths were steadily growing faster and uneven. 'Why am I so scared? I just need to find a wall, that's all.' He sighed and started striding in one direction, with one of his arms out so that he didn't run flat into a wall.

He never touched a wall, so he tried another direction, and he was starting to become unable to hold his arm steadily out in front of him. He was unwarily shaking. He slowed his pace. He was going in circles! Where was he? Surely he would've run into a wall by now! He cursed GOA's hallways under his breath.

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The lights suddenly cut off in the Mess Hall, sending out random shrieks from everywhere.

"What the?" Kizna said scared to death. She heard a small shriek from her left, so she reached, and grabbed Ikhny's arm to reassure her that everything would be okay. Ikhny was trembling. "Zero.?" She started, but was cut off by an announcement echoing throughout the Mess Hall.

Everyone heard the announcement, and were moving to the walls, or under tables for protection from an unknown thing. Luckily for Ikhny, Kizna, and Zero, They were in a corner, and had a table.

"Kizna?" Zero said out into the darkness. Zero gave a yelp as something yanked him under their table. The thing was in fact, Kizna's hand. She put her other hand on his mouth, remembering the part about 'No sudden Movements'. "Sush." She whispered in his ear. Then, seeing that he was settled, removed her hand slowly.

Zero let out a soft sigh that could've barley been heard. Then he said, softer than a whisper. "Glad I don't know of any ghost stories!" Though, Kizna heard, and gently nudged him quiet.

Ikhny, on the other side of Kizna, tapped lightly on her arm. Kizna put her hand on Ikhny's to indicate that she was listening. "I have to find Hiead." Ikhny confidently said. Even in the dark, Kizna could imagine what Ikhny's facial expressions were.

"No, please." Kizna begged. "I'm sure that he is fine."

"I just have a bad feeling. that's all." Her voice was still steady, but now filled with a mix of eagerness and fright.

"He can handle himself." Zero stated, overhearing the conversation.

Ikhny crawled out from under the table, while dodging chairs. "I'll be fine, trust me!" She whispered in the darkness.

Kizna gave in. "Be careful, or I won't forgive you or myself." Ikhny unseeingly nodded, and answered. "Thanks."

Kizna could hear her stepping away from the table. By now, almost everyone was talking, silently, but still talking. "Why did you let her go? I thought best friends weren't suppose to do that!" Zero said, shaking her closest shoulder to him, luckily, he actually grabbed her shoulder, instead of something like her hair or ear.

"Zero, Zero." She said coolly, almost humming. "You have a lot to know about friends." She then leaned her head up against the concrete like wall.

Zero sat next to her. "Man, when are they gonna cut the lights back on?" He said out of nowhere.

"Dunno."

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Ikhny was thankful that she had a good sense of direction. She knew exactly where she was going even though she couldn't see anything in front of her. She held out a hand in front of her, and one by her side, so that the tables could keep her on the right track.

After about a minutes worth of walking, she found the door to exit the Mess Hall.WIDE OPEN? She was momentarily horrified thinking that something horrible could've entered. Gathering what was left of her confidence, she marched out the door. 'Let's see. the opposite wall should be. umm. about eight to ten feet away, I think.' Ikhny was trying to cheer herself up, the best way that she knew how, by thinking happy thoughts.

Sure enough, the wall was where she thought it would be. She put her hand out against it, to guide her. Ikhny turned a corner. 'Maybe Hiead went this way.' She thought. The darkness was swelling up and making odd shapes indicating that there might be something watching her. Ikhny quickly took that thought away.

Ikhny felt a doorframe, and the door was again strangely opened. She shuttered, 'All doors must be opened on GOA!' She rubbed the wall, until she found the dotted material. () 'Ah! The Recreation Room.' She read with her fingers. She entered. "H-Hi.AAHH!" She made a sharp scream, as something knocked her back out of the doorway. It didn't feel quite human. Her head ached, and her mind slowly but quickly became fuzzy. She slipped into darkness.

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Hiead was still 'trying' to reach something, when he heard a scream. He headed in that direction, but tripped over an object. 'A chair?' He thought while feeling the object with his fingers. It had no legs. 'A broken chair? That's odd.' He put the broken chair down, and started walking again, in the same direction. He moved his feet lightly, not wanting to trip over anything.

He slowed his pace to a sneaking type speed, for a bad filling seized him, and made his stomach turn, and his knees unstable.

He edged closer. He just had to be close, for the scream had to be a couple of meters from where he was standing when he heard it. Hiead caught a faint sound, it sounded like breathing. Actually more like hissing. He took a deep soundless breath, and shakily held out his left arm, hoping that the 'thing' was gone, but he still heard harsh soft breathing.that was becoming louder? Hiead was confused and shaken at that.

'What would Zero do in this type of situation?' Hiead smirked remembering the practical coward. 'Probably run, or start screaming, crying while running and screaming.' He turned his attention back to the 'thing'. maybe it was an injured person that was struggling to breath.

He reached out a little further, and touched.scales? He pulled his hand back quickly, because just touching it made his fingers burn. Hiead winced, and then reached out again, but it was gone. That kind of startled him.

One by one, the lights started coming back on. Hiead looked down at the floor a couple of feet away from him, and forced back a scream.

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I think that the story is slowly getting better. hmm. Anyways, please tell me what you think? I'll give you a free cookie if you do!!!