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hnh: I type so you can have a reason to diss your homework! *sudden change* You should always do your homework! *gets hit by inter-dimensional hammer* I don't know how that thought got out.
HoneyBug17: We-ell, the whole crew isn't here just yet.
Asteria: Well, I igure that every kid has something to be afraid of when they are little, and more often than not, it's like the monster.
Chrissy: I watched a couple episodes.
Laureate: What's a pocky?
Rogue77: The world does not need another hyper Pietro. :)
Flamingo1: Da nada. Sunny may show up, but if I get a part for her, it'll be much later.
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"I-I-I C-can't believe w-we're h-hiding behind this."
"Considering the fact ugly is coming after us we don't have much of a choice. Just keep down." I whispered.
Contrary to popular belief, Morgues are not usually full of dead people. At least, not about thirty bodies in one room.
Donner. Party of thirty.
The Morgue door burst open. Big and Super UGLY came on in. He didn't, or at least I hope he didn't, see us. We were on the other side of one of the occupied beds.
I shall never envy morticians.
I gripped the axe tighter. I was scared, but determined not to show it for Andy's sake. The guy got closer…
And stopped. He turned back around and left.
"We-ell." I looked over at Andy. "That was different."
I felt something tug behind my shirt. I absentmindedly reached up to swat it, and realized it was a sheet.
Since when do sheets….
I looked up. It wasn't the sheet.
"Ummm…..Let's get out of here."
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"Since when did you guys get the news?"
"Since we got into the hotel business. All sorts of gossip there…."
"Spike."
"Sorry, Unc."
"You'll have to excuse my nephew." Robert Nesmond nodded to the Professor. "He was born on my Sister's side and totally devoid of any manners."
Logan snorted and sized Spike up. Which required him to look up a good foot. Spike was lean but tough looking. Brown hair that had blondish streaks through it.
"We will have to set you up in a hotel, I'm afraid. Danny's parents and siblings are coming." The professor stated.
"That will be fine." Robbie said evenly. "You will have nothing but cooperation from us. Right Spike?"
"…."
"Spike."
"Hunh? Oh, sorry, I was spacing out."
"Then just say yes."
"Yes."
"There you have it." Robert gave them his best smile.
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I pushed him in front of me as we made our way to the door.
"D-d-danny…."
"Just keep moving, pretend THEY aren't moving."
"H-hard…."
I didn't answer and kept moving towards the door. There was a thump behind me as something heavy hit the floor. A couple more followed, with some shuffling sounds.
"I-it's l-l-locked."
He was in a panic as he tried to open the door. It wouldn't budge. I pushed him aside.
"Like hell it is." I swung the axe hard and hit the lock. It dented. I hit it again. And again.
"L-l-look o-out!"
Something grabbed my shoulder. I swatted them away and swung again, as hard as I could, not looking at what was behind me. It broke. I kicked the door open and shoved Andy through it. I followed and slammed the doors closed and put the axe through the door handles, locking the door. Then I looked at the window.
My friends….All of my friends….from the institute…..
No. They weren't my friends. They were perverted and sick imitations.
"I hate you." I whispered to the glass. The …thing that looked a little like Amara curled it's lips at me, showing off blackened teeth. "How dare you screw around with my life and the people I love."
"Tut tut. Such language in front of a little boy."
Andy grabbed my arm. I turned around slowly towards the voice. I had left the knife behind. Now I was unarmed.
He wore a long black cloak, obscuring himself from recognition. He was taller than me, but that's not unthinkable.
"You hate them? You created them."
"No. I didn't." I said with a calmness I know I didn't feel. "You did. From us. You're the one playing with our dreams, aren't you?"
"How do you know this is a dream?"
"Because I'm in a coma. That's what Derick said. And everything fits. You're the one pulling the strings."
"Too true. But don't worry. Pretty soon you won't have to worry about being scared anymore."
A sudden bout of dizziness hit me. I leaned against the wall for support.
"What are you talking about?"
"A few honeyed words and they'll think it's for the best."
"You—"
"Language, Danny, language." He laughed and disappeared. I glared at the spot he was at a while ago.
"D-d-danny, c-can we g-go?"
"Yeah….Let's blow this joint. We headed up the steps fast, hoping we wouldn't get caught by anyone else.
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Elijah woke up slowly. He hadn't slept like that for a while. Not since the last time. Those were good times.
He got up and got dressed. Work called. It always did.
But he always made the best of it.
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I was sweating. I fell to my knees and a buzzing sound drowned out Andy's worried cries.
Tired. So tired. Why? Why was I tired now? Was it another trick?
We had come out in the floors above and were wandering around in the halls. At least, we were until I collapsed.
It had to be a trick.
\It's not a trick.\
I have to get up. To protect Andy.
\You have to catch your balance first.\
And then I….wait…what was this? It sounded like a voice, similar to my own, was talking under my thoughts. It had a darkish tone to it.
\DaNny leAVe thE BoY\
That voice was different. It was downright evil sounding.
\WhY doN'T you SlEEp?\
Another bad voice. Different from the last. Both had sounded masculine. Suddenly a dozen voices started to go off in my head. Some were young, some old, some men and others women. Some sensible, some crying, others like the two that spoke outright.
\Listen to me, not them.\
The dark me voice was pulling the others away and clearing my mind, somehow.
\You're alright now. Get up.\
It disappeared, pulling the other voices with her.
Just what I need. I was going crazy.
"D-d-danny?" Andy sobbed. He was terrified. I patted him on the shoulder and he started bawling, saying he was scared that I would leave him alone. I felt awful that I had let myself slip away like that.
"Come on. It was just a dizzy spell. Let's go." I held his hand and he clung to me as we walked down the hall. Before long we came up to a door with KITCHEN scrawled across it in black lettering.
"Maybe we can find something in there." I opened the door and walked in, with Andy staying close to my hip.
The kitchen was full of clean utensils and spotless counters. I checked around for a bit and found nothing. Then I spied a door and went over to open it. I paused at the door.
"Stay here."
"W-w-what?!"
"Grab that skillet. Sit in a corner and don't go anywhere till I come back. It'll be safer."
"H-h-how do y-you know?"
"I saw a movie like this once. Trust me."
He grabbed a skillet and huddled down into a corner where he could see the doors. I opened the door and walked in fast.
The smell was awful. It made me turn flip flops in my stomach. The room was darkened, I could only see silhouettes. I put my hand on the wall and found the dimmer and turned it up to full power.
I wished swiftly that I hadn't.
The walls were covered in red. And it wasn't paint. There were banquet tables set up. I passed a juice bowl that had various different shapes of eyes in it. It looked like a Halloween party, except that they weren't decorations.
I walked towards a massive table full of ….food….on the far corner. The awful smell was coming from there. I looked at what was being served.
It was either a step up or a step below school lunch. Various things that looked flat out disgusting decorated around the main course which was….
My hands went up to cup my mouth and my eyes widened.
"D-D-DOGGY?!"
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Alright, in my mind that last scene freaked me out a little.
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