A/N: OK, um...I'm not going to be here for about a week. I'm going on a
trip that is quite unavoidable at this stage of the game and I apologize.
Just remember that I will probably be wanting to write my story down just
as much as you want to read it. (I forget things quickly you see, and if I
don't write them down, sometimes they can disappear completely from my mind
altogether.)
***Inside the vision***
Owen blinked several times before saying, "What happened to you Phi?"
"I dunno...I was back in the room with Devic and Esmond and I tried to jump Trycos but he threw me against the wall and then I just appeared here!" Phi floated curiously around the room, surveying their costumes, "And where exactly would here be?"
Tom grinned, "In an underground catacomb in the early twentieth century."
"Sounds like you all have been having fun...wait a minute..."Phi glided over to one of the niches in the wall, "Aren't catacombs supposed to have dead people in them?"
"Yes, and there are. Look inside."
Phi turned back around with a worried expression on her transparent face, "No there isn't..."
Owen ran over to her and peered inside, "But there was one here a minute ago! I would have sworn there was..." He turned back around and walked back to Kel, Alanna, and George, "What do you think happened to it?"
Alanna grimaced, "I do not know, but I suggest that we find a way out of this nightmare and back to the real world..."
Phi frowned and turned back to the niche. Suddenly a rotted hand reached out from inside it and grabbed at her shirt. She screamed and reeled back, momentarily forgetting that she was a ghost and the hand would have gone right through her anyway. Everyone spun around and watched in horror as a skeleton complete with rotting flesh and bandages crawled out of the shadows of the hole and slowly stepped towards them. George grabbed Alanna's hand, which she was just about to use to try and blast the zombie with, "Come on!"
They took off down the hallway, their footsteps echoing through the rock caverns. Phi finally got the point that she could actually float so she took off into the air and spun around to watch more of the zombie things appear out of the other grave holes and join the first one. She let out a small shriek and took after the others who were already about thirty feet ahead of her.
George skidded to a halt as they finally came to the end of the catacombs, and they all turned around to watch the zombies come closer. Alex fired off about ten bullets (one passed straight through Phi, who glared evilly at him before gliding down to stand next to Tom and Kel. Kel turned to her, "So after we...die...we go back to the room?"
"Yep..."
Kel turned around to face Alanna, "I think I found our way back..."
"Are you suggesting that we kill ourselves?!"
"It is either that or be killed by them!" She pointed at the undead mob that was growing ever closer.
"Fine! How?"
Alex turned around slowly to face Phi, "Do you think that you could kill us?"
She stared at him like he was insane, "What?! I'm not gonna kill you!"
"But in the movie I watched, the one with the ghosts...people get killed if the ghosts enter their bodies. They grab their souls and fly back out again."
"Listen, I'm kinda new to this whole ghost thing, I don't know if I can..."
"But what I'm thinking is that it is the only painless way to get out for us!"
Phi glanced at Tom for help but he just shrugged, "He's probably right Phi...other wise, we could always shoot ourselves or something, but that would probably hurt a lot more..."
Phi spun around to look at everybody but no one seemed to be against the idea, although Owen did look a bit nervous. She sighed and turned back to face Alex, "Fine...have it your way...here goes nothing!" She sort of dived into his body and was almost able to swim around in it until something inside him caught his eye. She reached out for it, and as her fingers touched it, she was thrown from his body and went flying, her hand holding onto Alex's. Only it wasn't Alex, it was just a mass of glowing...stuff. It vanished from out of her hands and she watched as Alex's body slumped to the ground and vanished too.
Tom looked up at her, looking shocked, "I guess you did it..."
"But what did I do...?"
Alanna shrugged it off like it was no big deal, "That glowing thing you were holding was his soul, or probably what it looked like in the 'movie' he saw...that was actually very interesting..."
"All right!" George stepped forward, "Less talking, more killing!"
Phi sighed miserably and dived into his bodies. It wasn't that she felt anything physically while pulling out their souls, it was just the whole thing and the idea that she was actually killing people that made her stomach churn. After she "killed" George, she went on to do Alanna, then Owen, then Kel. Finally it was her brother's turn. The zombies were only a couple meters away and Phi was getting nervous, "Tom what am I supposed to do after your gone?"
"You should find a way to kill yourself or get killed so you can come back..."
"Tom, I'm already dead!"
His face fell, "Your right...well, maybe once I'm gone then you'll come back too..."
"I hope so..." She rose back into the air and dove into his chest. She felt him twitch a little. It must feel weird having someone else be in your body...no wonder Alex got so scared of this movie when he was a little kid...She found Tom's soul just as the first zombie got a foot away from them and quickly rushed out with his soul in her hand. She watched him die and then smiled with relief as the scenery, including the attacking army of the living dead, disappeared and a now familiar blacking out sensation over took her and she passed out.
***Minutes later***
Kel sat up and shook her head. She opened her eyes and quickly stood up. Trycos was gone. She grinned. He was probably just upset that they had found a way out of his little "game". The others were beginning to stir and she realized with relief that she was back in her old clothes again. Kel patted her dagger fondly and gave Alanna a hand up.
The Lioness looked around, "Well it seems that our host has escaped, the coward. When I get my hands on him I will make him wish he had never been born...how dare he do these kinds of things to people?"
George lurched into a standing position, "Easy Alanna...wait until you see him before you start to yell at him..."
Owen and Devic had woken up, but decided to remain sitting just because they had nothing better to do, and as soon as he woke up, Esmond began to tell Kel what had happened after he went over the edge because she was very curious. Tom stretched and for some reason looked quite pleased with himself as if he had just discovered something amazing, and Alex moved over to sit next to Phi as she woke up.
Alanna noticed Tom's expression and walked curiously over to him, "What is making you so happy Tom?"
"Trycos no longer will be able to control us...we have found away around it, without going insane first!" Alanna gave him a strange look so he began to explain, "The reason why the only people who make it out of here are people that are insane is because most people only manage to kill themselves after they loose their mind because when they were sane, they believed that if they were killed, they would stay dead forever. What I am thinking is, the reason that none of us has yet to go insane is because we know that death isn't real. However, if you didn't know that and were faced with the same situations that we were it would make everything a lot more frightening and therefore make you go insane faster."
"I think I understand what you are saying...because we know that nothing here is real, it doesn't effect us as much as it would someone who thought it was all true..."
"That's my theory anyway...but I suspect that Trycos really dug his own grave when he showed off to Alex, Devic, Phi, and me by killing Phi soon after she and Devic got here. After she got better anyway, we all realized right away that it was all an illusion."
Phi grinned, happy to think that Trycos had caused his own demise and George turned back to Tom, "That still doesn't help us with our original plan which is to get you out of here..."
Alex, who had put his arm around Phi, looked up at Alanna, George, Kel, Owen, and Esmond, "That is why you all came in here, to get us out?"
Esmond grinned, "Well don't look so surprised about it Alex! We were not going to let all of you get kidnapped and leave it at that!"
Devic turned around and glanced smugly back at him, "I told him you were looking for us, but he had his doubts..."
Esmond shook his head and smiled, then turned back to the others to discuss how they would manage to get out of Trycos's grasp.
A/N: Sorry that was so incredibly short, but I really need to get going...urgent business you see...gotta go!
***Inside the vision***
Owen blinked several times before saying, "What happened to you Phi?"
"I dunno...I was back in the room with Devic and Esmond and I tried to jump Trycos but he threw me against the wall and then I just appeared here!" Phi floated curiously around the room, surveying their costumes, "And where exactly would here be?"
Tom grinned, "In an underground catacomb in the early twentieth century."
"Sounds like you all have been having fun...wait a minute..."Phi glided over to one of the niches in the wall, "Aren't catacombs supposed to have dead people in them?"
"Yes, and there are. Look inside."
Phi turned back around with a worried expression on her transparent face, "No there isn't..."
Owen ran over to her and peered inside, "But there was one here a minute ago! I would have sworn there was..." He turned back around and walked back to Kel, Alanna, and George, "What do you think happened to it?"
Alanna grimaced, "I do not know, but I suggest that we find a way out of this nightmare and back to the real world..."
Phi frowned and turned back to the niche. Suddenly a rotted hand reached out from inside it and grabbed at her shirt. She screamed and reeled back, momentarily forgetting that she was a ghost and the hand would have gone right through her anyway. Everyone spun around and watched in horror as a skeleton complete with rotting flesh and bandages crawled out of the shadows of the hole and slowly stepped towards them. George grabbed Alanna's hand, which she was just about to use to try and blast the zombie with, "Come on!"
They took off down the hallway, their footsteps echoing through the rock caverns. Phi finally got the point that she could actually float so she took off into the air and spun around to watch more of the zombie things appear out of the other grave holes and join the first one. She let out a small shriek and took after the others who were already about thirty feet ahead of her.
George skidded to a halt as they finally came to the end of the catacombs, and they all turned around to watch the zombies come closer. Alex fired off about ten bullets (one passed straight through Phi, who glared evilly at him before gliding down to stand next to Tom and Kel. Kel turned to her, "So after we...die...we go back to the room?"
"Yep..."
Kel turned around to face Alanna, "I think I found our way back..."
"Are you suggesting that we kill ourselves?!"
"It is either that or be killed by them!" She pointed at the undead mob that was growing ever closer.
"Fine! How?"
Alex turned around slowly to face Phi, "Do you think that you could kill us?"
She stared at him like he was insane, "What?! I'm not gonna kill you!"
"But in the movie I watched, the one with the ghosts...people get killed if the ghosts enter their bodies. They grab their souls and fly back out again."
"Listen, I'm kinda new to this whole ghost thing, I don't know if I can..."
"But what I'm thinking is that it is the only painless way to get out for us!"
Phi glanced at Tom for help but he just shrugged, "He's probably right Phi...other wise, we could always shoot ourselves or something, but that would probably hurt a lot more..."
Phi spun around to look at everybody but no one seemed to be against the idea, although Owen did look a bit nervous. She sighed and turned back to face Alex, "Fine...have it your way...here goes nothing!" She sort of dived into his body and was almost able to swim around in it until something inside him caught his eye. She reached out for it, and as her fingers touched it, she was thrown from his body and went flying, her hand holding onto Alex's. Only it wasn't Alex, it was just a mass of glowing...stuff. It vanished from out of her hands and she watched as Alex's body slumped to the ground and vanished too.
Tom looked up at her, looking shocked, "I guess you did it..."
"But what did I do...?"
Alanna shrugged it off like it was no big deal, "That glowing thing you were holding was his soul, or probably what it looked like in the 'movie' he saw...that was actually very interesting..."
"All right!" George stepped forward, "Less talking, more killing!"
Phi sighed miserably and dived into his bodies. It wasn't that she felt anything physically while pulling out their souls, it was just the whole thing and the idea that she was actually killing people that made her stomach churn. After she "killed" George, she went on to do Alanna, then Owen, then Kel. Finally it was her brother's turn. The zombies were only a couple meters away and Phi was getting nervous, "Tom what am I supposed to do after your gone?"
"You should find a way to kill yourself or get killed so you can come back..."
"Tom, I'm already dead!"
His face fell, "Your right...well, maybe once I'm gone then you'll come back too..."
"I hope so..." She rose back into the air and dove into his chest. She felt him twitch a little. It must feel weird having someone else be in your body...no wonder Alex got so scared of this movie when he was a little kid...She found Tom's soul just as the first zombie got a foot away from them and quickly rushed out with his soul in her hand. She watched him die and then smiled with relief as the scenery, including the attacking army of the living dead, disappeared and a now familiar blacking out sensation over took her and she passed out.
***Minutes later***
Kel sat up and shook her head. She opened her eyes and quickly stood up. Trycos was gone. She grinned. He was probably just upset that they had found a way out of his little "game". The others were beginning to stir and she realized with relief that she was back in her old clothes again. Kel patted her dagger fondly and gave Alanna a hand up.
The Lioness looked around, "Well it seems that our host has escaped, the coward. When I get my hands on him I will make him wish he had never been born...how dare he do these kinds of things to people?"
George lurched into a standing position, "Easy Alanna...wait until you see him before you start to yell at him..."
Owen and Devic had woken up, but decided to remain sitting just because they had nothing better to do, and as soon as he woke up, Esmond began to tell Kel what had happened after he went over the edge because she was very curious. Tom stretched and for some reason looked quite pleased with himself as if he had just discovered something amazing, and Alex moved over to sit next to Phi as she woke up.
Alanna noticed Tom's expression and walked curiously over to him, "What is making you so happy Tom?"
"Trycos no longer will be able to control us...we have found away around it, without going insane first!" Alanna gave him a strange look so he began to explain, "The reason why the only people who make it out of here are people that are insane is because most people only manage to kill themselves after they loose their mind because when they were sane, they believed that if they were killed, they would stay dead forever. What I am thinking is, the reason that none of us has yet to go insane is because we know that death isn't real. However, if you didn't know that and were faced with the same situations that we were it would make everything a lot more frightening and therefore make you go insane faster."
"I think I understand what you are saying...because we know that nothing here is real, it doesn't effect us as much as it would someone who thought it was all true..."
"That's my theory anyway...but I suspect that Trycos really dug his own grave when he showed off to Alex, Devic, Phi, and me by killing Phi soon after she and Devic got here. After she got better anyway, we all realized right away that it was all an illusion."
Phi grinned, happy to think that Trycos had caused his own demise and George turned back to Tom, "That still doesn't help us with our original plan which is to get you out of here..."
Alex, who had put his arm around Phi, looked up at Alanna, George, Kel, Owen, and Esmond, "That is why you all came in here, to get us out?"
Esmond grinned, "Well don't look so surprised about it Alex! We were not going to let all of you get kidnapped and leave it at that!"
Devic turned around and glanced smugly back at him, "I told him you were looking for us, but he had his doubts..."
Esmond shook his head and smiled, then turned back to the others to discuss how they would manage to get out of Trycos's grasp.
A/N: Sorry that was so incredibly short, but I really need to get going...urgent business you see...gotta go!
