No joke, someone said this story is copywrited. Bruh! Seriously? I'm doing this because I can! I don't have ownership rights to Dontnot Entertainment OR Suppermassive Games. This is a work of fiction that should not be taken seriously in terms of copyright. If you agree, let me know!

Don't Move Sequence Complete!

I stayed still, holding the flashlight at the right spot. It only was a few seconds before he was finished. He backed away and looked at me. "Okay, first thing's first: we need to increase the water pressure."

"Sounds hella complicated."

"No, it's actually very simple. And I can see why you and Chloe are such good friends." He backed away from the boiler to make room for me. I stepped up and gripped the nozzle, turning it, hearing the boiler pressurize. I saw a button that I had to press, and a light flashed above the button. I pushed it while it was on, and it worked.

"Whoa!" I jumped a little, and I hears his voice.

"Nice one! Five girl!" He held up a hand and I high-fived him. I heard some sort of noise, and my heart sped up.

"What was that?"

"That could be a lot of things and… none of them nice." He grazed my shoulder with his fingers.

"Quit it!"

"I'm just joshing you! Damn, that would work so well if my name was Josh!" I laughed a bit. "Man, you were pretty scared there!" I thought I should prank him back.

"Oh my God! Don't move!"

"Why?"

"There's something behind you."

"Yeah right!"

"Nate, seriously! There's something back there." I looked over his shoulder into the dark space behind him. He turned his head, and I laughed. "Hahahaha, gotcha-a-a!" I carried out that last word. "Thirty love!"

"What? No, when'd you get the first point?"

"It doesn't start at thirty?"

"No, fifteen."

"Oh, well, I like ping pong better, anyways." Then I heard loud, muffled thumping coming from the end of the hallway. "Okay, you hear that too, right?" He just stepped in front of me, very concerned. "Nate!"

"What?"

"The rhythm's like… weirdly regular."

"No, not-, nothing regular about it."

"Maybe we should… check it out." I hid behind him as he started to march forward. He turned his head.

"Why?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a pipe that's about to burst or some problem with the furnace."

"Unlikely."

"If it were me, I wouldn't want this place to burn down on my watch." We both started to walk towards the banging at the end of the hall. I slowed my pace as I got closer, and I was about to turn the corner to see what was wrong when someone popped from around the corner.

"Boo…" He whispered. Or she? I had no idea, he… she… it was wearing a mask. I screamed and ran in the opposite direction towards the stairs, Nathan running a bit ahead of me. I saw a foldable table leaning in the wall and threw it down while running. I heard the person trip on it, and I realized it was a girl. We ran up the steps and up to the door leading out of the basement. I fiddled with the lock and tried pushing the door open, but it wouldn't budge.

"Come on! Why are these doors locked?!"

"To- To keep out strangers!" He stuttered, and he looked as if in defensive mode as I turned to see the hooded figure. Her mask was now gone, but the hood covered her face.

"Hey…"

"What?"

"Heeey!

"What the hell?!" I yelled at her, and she grabbed her hood.

"Boom!" She took off her hood, and it revealed an all too familiar face. "You just got monked!"

"What?" I was so confused, but Nathan was rolling with it.

"Nice one, that was too good!"

"Why would you do that?"

"There's all this cool old movie shit down here. What was I not supposed to take advantage of the opportunity?"

"I can't believe you!" I turned to Nate. "We're you in on this, putz?" I punche his arm.

"No, but I wish I was, that was awesome!" He high-fived her, and she unlocked the door, opening it and letting us out.

"I'm ready to admit, Chloe, that your dumb little prank may have a slight whiff of humor to it."

"Joke master!"

"I said nothing about jokes! I said your prank, which was dumb! Also, wouldn't you be the joke queen?"

"No, I'm already the meme queen. I saw this guy do a doodle of me making the Lenny face."

"Oh my God! You were scared!"

"I was not!"

"Come on! You totally pissed yourself!"

"Nathan!" I retorted, tailing behind Chloe up into the living room, where Max was waiting. She got up and went over to Chloe.

"What in God's name are you wearing?" Chloe started drawing a cross with her arms and had her hands folded in prayer. It worked so well with her outfit, which was a monk.

"I have found my true calling, young one."

"Please tell me you'll take a vow of silence." Chloe started lip synching. Max started laughing.

"Okay, did you at least find the… thingy?" Chloe pulled a box out of her monk outfit.

"Boi-oi-oi-oing! Here's our key to the gates of Hell!"

"You know what? No, I've had enough spooking for one night. I see a hot bath in my crystal ball. So have fun! Oh, and watch out for that Nathan! He's a schemer!" I whispered the last bit before going upstairs, before I heard Nathan's words as I was climbing up the staircase.

"Okay…"

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