I couldn't breathe nor think at that point. Josh had been alive this whole fucking time... He's the one who broke my wrist and gave both Ashley and I a black eye. "Josh?!" Chris exclaimed in shock. "What the literal fuck, Josh?!" I shout, feeling sick to my stomach. "Josh?!" Sam shouted. All he did was laugh at our reactions and he clapped his hands together in excitement. "Good, good, good! Every one of you got my name! And after all you been through! How does it feel huh?! Especially you Lilly! You felt most of it!" he laughed. I felt sick that he would even say that... "Fuck you..." I say, glaring at him with hate in my eyes. I held my wrist close my chest. Mike and Sam untied Chris and Ashley from the chairs. "Right? How does it feel? Do you enjoy feeling terrorized? Humiliated? I mean, panicked? All those emotions that my sisters got to feel once one year ago! Only guess what? They didn't get to laugh it off! No! Nope! No no no! They're gone!" Josh continued to laugh all the while doing a little dance.
"I don't know if you've noticed this, Josh, but none of us are laughing! You broke Lilly's wrist so she's definitely not laughing!" Mike scolded him. "Oh come, come-come-come-come. Why the long faces? Come on! It's good to get the heart racing every now and then, right? And race they did, I mean, every one of you, just pitter-pat, pitter-pat! I hope you appreciated my little phantasmagorical spectacle!" Josh replied, trying to defend himself so stale like. He continued to tell of his fiendish fucked up plan. I'm guessing breaking a part of my body was also planned for this fucked up prank... Scaring the absolute shit out of Sam and I, Ashley, and Chris... how the fuck is that funny?!
"Josh... why are you doing this?" Sam questioned, standing next to me and Ashley. "Don't even ask this squirrely little runt. He's got no clue. He's out of his fucking tree." Josh retorted, crossing his arms. "More like off his meds." Chris commented. "What? Come on, you guys are all going to thank me when you guys become internet sensations!" Josh announced, making me feel sick once again. It turned from sickness to rage and I glare at Josh. "How the fuck is breaking my wrist, scaring the shit out of all of us going to make us sensations you fucking psycho?!" I snap, getting a shocked response from almost everyone from in here. "Oh you better believe this little puppy is going viral ladies and germs. I mean we got unrequited love. We got... we got blood! I don't think there's enough hard drives in China to count all the view we're gonna get, you guys." Josh responded, not phased by my outburst. If my wrist wasn't broken I would use it to punch in his fucking face right about now. He did this just for not only revenge but to get internet famous. That's really fucking depraved of him...
"What are you talking about you asshat?! Jessica's fucking dead!" Mike exclaimed. My heart jumped into my throat at what I just heard and Mike begins to walk slowly to Josh. "What?" Josh said in confusion. "You heard me. Jessica's dead. AND YOU'RE GOING FUCKING PAY YOU DICK!" Mike angrily shouted, hitting Josh over the head with the gun with a hard hit. Josh falls to the floor unconscious with a loud thud. I didn't want to see him right now... especially since I now know he was the one who broke my wrist and terrorized us...
Afterwards, Chris and Mike had gone to deal with Josh and his fucked up shenanigans. In the meantime, Sam, Ashley, and I resorted back in the lodge in the ski cabin. Sam said that she would help me re-fix my wrist which by the way I'm not ready for because it was hell for me when I did it. I sit down on the couch with Sam and Ashley and felt chills run up my spin from how cold it was in there. "How did this happen to you?" both of them wondered. Sam couldn't vouch for that because she was unconscious when it happened. "I was trying to protect you Sam... He grabbed it and... Jesus it hurt..." I responded, feeling sick to my stomach. They were both horrified at this. "I'm sure Mike and Chris and giving them a piece of their minds. He didn't have any right to do any of what he did even if he was on his meds." Sam said, looking at my wrist. Her holding onto it hurt so badly and I whimpered out from the pain. "Oh my god... I can't imagine how painful that must be..." Ashley said, feeling sympathy for my broken wrist. "You have no idea..." I respond, shaking my head a bit. Sam continued to observe my wrist and she removed the cloth I was using for it. Ashley does have a weak stomach so she stood up the second my wrist was revealed. "Holy shit!" she exclaimed. Sam knew what had to be done. She looked at me in a reassuring way. "It'll be over before you know it... I promise." she assured me, putting her other hand in my free hand. I squeeze on and closed my eyes and prepared myself for the pain.
With one swift motion, Sam pulled on my wrist with a hard pull. It was so painful that I cried out bloody murder and instantly felt sick to my stomach. It hurt so much that I could see stars in front of my eyes. My heart beat started to slow down and the sounds around me started to distort. "Li... Lilly? Lilly say something!" Sam's voice echoed in my ears. "Lilly?!" Ashley cried out in panic as darkness took me. I don't know how long I had been out but in my head I did see a few things along the lines of us getting rescued by the police and we were home again. If only I wish this was reality... In waking up, my head hurt like hell. And I seemed to lay on something soft. I moaned from how drowsy I was. "You okay, Lilly?" Sam's voice echoed in my ear. When I opened my eyes, I found that I was using Sam's lap as a pillow and she was stroking my hair back behind my head. "Ohhh... shit..." I groan, holding my head with my other hand. "How're you feeling?" Ashley asked, sitting on my right side. "My head is killing me... shit..." I say, looking down at my wrist. It was splinted correctly and there was something on it to hold it in place.
"It shouldn't hurt anymore." Sam comforted, her hand on my back. I inspect it closely and slowly begin to remember that it was Josh, the guy that I had a crush on for the past 5 years, had actually physically hurt me and scared the absolute hell out of us... It upsets me that he would even do that. "How could he do this? Why would he do this? I thought we were here to help him get through the loss of his sisters... but instead he really invited us back here for his sick, twisted game." I say, my voice filled with disappointment. They took notice of the tone my voice but went quiet. "Even though he's off his meds, he still didn't have an excuse to do what he did. But I know that Mike and Chris are dealing with him." Sam assured, hearing how upset I was. "This is hands down the most dumb and hurtful thing that Josh has ever done." Ashley proclaimed. Before we knew it, the door opened, and for a moment that scared us but it turned out to be only Chris with a bat in his hand. "Hey, how're you guys doing?" he asked, coming around the couch to where we were. I looked down at my splinted wrist, and moved it around a little. "We're okay, Chris. My wrist doesn't hurt as much anymore. Thanks to Sam over here." I answer, glancing over at Sam. "Don't mention it. But next time, don't fix it yourself. It won't be pretty." Sam said, partly joking yet partly serious. "What did you guys do with Josh since Mike is still with him?" Ashley asked, anxiousness in her voice. "Knocked him out." Chris said, showing no remorse for his actions. He didn't seem to care that he knocked out the guy that he's known since 3rd grade and I honestly I don't blame him for doing so because he hurt us for his stupid prank that he lured us into. "Why did you do that?" Sam asked, her eyebrow furrowed. I looked down with a sigh and see Sam's hand hold mine. It does feel good to have my friends here to comfort me.
"He was talking shit about Jess and you Ashley. Prick deserved it." Chris said, sounded irritated. "Damn right... he does deserve it." I say, standing up from the couch. I walk to the window and stand by it with my arms crossed. My action didn't go unnoticed. Sam approached me and I see her out of the corner of my eye. "Are you okay Lilly?" she asked, standing next to me with a hand on my shoulder. I sigh with disappointment written all over it. "I'm sorry... I'm just disappointed. How could he do this?" I say, shaking my head as I spoke. "I know how you feel right now. I'm just as disappointed as you. He shouldn't have done that to any of us. We just wanted to help him... but it didn't work out and had to use us for his stupid prank." she said, looking down. I know she's just as disappointed and hurt as I am but I had a damn crush on the guy and now since he revealed himself, I don't know if I do anymore. "I hope he'll get what he deserves besides a hit to the head. Even if he wasn't on his meds, he'd still do this." she said, crossing her arms. With a sympathetic look, I turned and hugged her in a comforting way. In response, she hugs me back with wrapped around my waist. I definitely needed a hug after all of that shit we went through.
We pull back and I smile at her warmly. I felt a little bit better knowing I got a hug back from Sam. Suddenly, I hear a blood curdling scream coming from the distance and I froze from how close that it was. "Tell me I'm not the only one who heard that?" I asked, feeling on edge. "No, I heard it too. What the hell was that?" Ashley answered, feeling on edge as well. Just then, the four of us hear Mike walk into the room with that same gun he used to knock Josh out. "You guys hear that?" Mike asked, walking to where we were at. "Yeah we did. But... we don't know who made it." Sam answered. Sam and I walk to the couch and sit down next to Ashley. Just then, there was a loud bang on the back door, scaring us. "Who the fuck could that be?" Mike exclaimed, gripping on the gun. "Jess?" Chris wondered. "No. It can't be Jess." Mike answered, going over to the door. Chris followed him to the back door, holding that wooden post tightly and prepared to hit whoever was on the other side. It scared me because chances are that could be Josh and that he had escaped from whatever trap Chris and Mike had him in. But turned out it wasn't him, but an entirely different person.
Both Chris and Mike were being backed up by a man with a flame thrower that had a false eye. "Alright everyone just calm down. Now go over there. Let me say what I've come to say. I'm here to tell you what you're up against being back here on the mountain. You five should have never returned. I don't understand why considering of what happened last year." the stranger said in a raspy texan type voice. He walks by the fireplace and sets his bag down by it. "Wait, are you talking about Hannah and Beth?" Ashley asked. "But... how would you know about them if you weren't involved?" I asked with a raised eye brow. "Or even responsible?" Sam added. The stranger turned around to face us and he held his hand up to us to tell us to be quiet. "Hold your horses. I don't take kindly to you kids coming up here on my mountain-." the stranger said to us, holding onto his flamethrower. "Hold on, I'm sure the Washington's will be very surprised to hear that." Mike interjected, stepping a few feet ahead. The stranger chuckled at Mike's remark while shaking his head. It was as if he knew his own statement wasn't true.
"You're right. It don't belong to me. It don't belong to the Washington's either. This mountain belongs to the Wendigo." the stranger seethed, keeping his voice low. We were all confused on that word. It is one that I've never heard of before and I don't thing the Washington's have either. "Wait what?" Ashley says, her brow furrowed in confusion. "What is he talking about?" Sam asked, just as confused as Ashley was. "What the hell's a Wendigo?" Mike asked. I shook my head and looked up at Mike. "Let's just hear him out." I say, looking back at the stranger. "Not like we have much of a choice." Mike muttered, crossing his arms. I wanted to see if what he was saying is true or not.
"I'm only going to tell you this once and it doesn't matter to me if you believe me or not. I got reasons that I want to get off my chest." the stranger begins. "See?! I told you! He's guilty as shit! Guilty of something!" Mike interrupts, jumping to conclusions. "Mike, shut up!" Sam scolded. He doesn't need to be jumping to conclusions right away. "Let him explain okay?" I added. I was now intrigued about what this guy was trying to tell us. "There's a curse that dwells on these mountains. Should any man or woman resort to cannibalism the spirit of the wendigo shall be unleashed." the stranger continued, sending a shiver up my spine and I shook a bit. "You're going to want to find somewhere safe." the stranger instructed. "You think the basement will be okay?" Sam suggested, still holding onto my hand. "Great. Go down there. Now. All of you and wait." the stranger said instantly, pointing off towards the door that led to the basement. "For how long?" Sam suggested. We all started to stand up to head down there. "Wait a minute, I left Josh there when I heard that scream." Mike said, stopping all of us. I turned to look at Mike. "Where did you leave him?" the stranger asked, stepping closer to Mike.
"In the shed." Mike answered nervously. Even though he did break my wrist and scare the living hell out of us, he can't be out there especially with whatever the hell is out there. Who knows what that thing is capable of? "We need to go after him." I say with confidence. "Lilly are you crazy?! You'll get killed out there!" Sam said, sounding like she was scolding me. "If she's crazy then so am I. Cause I'm going with you." Chris agreed. "No you guys can't go out there!" Ashley exclaimed, trying to convince us to stay here. "Look, we understand your reasons however Josh can't be up there on his own. I was supposed to be his best friend and I let him down." Chris said, starting to feel guilty. Ashley walked up to him. "No. He let you down. He let all of us down." she said, putting a hand on his shoulders. "I don't care. I'm going to get him. Let's go Lilly." Chris said, urging me to go with him. I look to Sam, who had a worried expression on her face. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. You'll see." I assured her. With that, she hugged me to which I hugged her back. "You better come back in one piece." Sam said as we pull away from the hug. "I will. You can count on Chris and I." I smile at her. She smiles back at me before letting me go. I follow Chris and the stranger to the back to from which the stranger came from.
"The rest of you. Go down to the basement. Don't come out until we're back." the stranger instructed. The two of us keep following the stranger to the back door. "You two don't seem to understand the magnitude of the situation." the stranger says. Chris and I exchange glances with raised eyebrows. "Well, we're going to get Josh, aren't we?" Chris asked in confusion. The stranger turns to face us all the while raising his hand as if to shush us. "No. I'm going to get Josh. You two are going to help me. Do you two understand?" the stranger corrected him, looking from me to him. "Um... sure... I guess." I shrug my shoulders to which Chris agreed with me. "Listen. You two listen to everything I say." he tells us. I didn't want to be babysat but okay whatever he says if it helps us get to Josh faster.
He then proceeds to hand both of us shotguns. They were similar to the one we used at the shooting range. "This is the end where you point to the thing you want to kill." the stranger tells Chris like he was dumb or something. I know he's not exactly the best shot however I watched him fire that gun and they were legit. "I know how to use a shotgun man." Chris said, firmly holding the shotgun in his hands. I now how to use one too. "No you don't. This young lady is better at it than you are." he said, pointing at me. This confused me. How did he know I'm a good shot with a shotgun and that Chris is terrible at it? "Wait, how do you know?" Chris questioned, to which the stranger smiles. "Trust me. I know." was all he said. Before Chris could walk out of the lodge, Ashley comes to where we were. I had stepped out and forgot how freezing it was compared to what it was on the inside. When Chris stepped outside with us, Ashley closes the door behind us. "Okay, so tell us. Since you're the big expert on these "things", what's there to know about them?" I asked, walking down the slightly frozen steps that were covered with fresh snow. "You two got to be careful. Just follow my lead." the stranger replied, taking charge of this whole operation. We started to take the trail that Chris and Mike used to take Josh to that shed and the wind blew past us and I shivered.
"So how many times do we shoot it before it's dead?" Chris wondered, stepping a bit ahead of me. "You two would be shooting a long time." the stranger answered, still looking forward. I perk up at what he said. "So, these things won't kill it?!" I question, slightly confused. "No but the shots will slow it down. It's fire you use to kill it with." the stranger answered casually. "I don't like fire." Chris pointed out but it fell on deaf ears. "They fear it... and it can kill them if you have to. Their skin is like tough armor unless it's burnt off." the stranger told us. It took me a minute to progress how these things worked. So if we use fire, it can be killed easily? "That's gross. So what are these things like? Are they unpredictable or can you figure out what they can do?" Chris asked. We continued to walk and I could faintly see that shed the Mike was talking about. "They adhere in patterns like in most humans and animals. And they hunt only at night." the stranger answered, sending an uncomfortable feeling through me. "Oh that's comforting. So what other helpful tips do you have for us that we should be aware of?" I ask, gripping my shotgun tight in my freezing hands. "They can't see you if you're standing still. Sight is based on changing movement in their field of vision." the stranger informs, looking to give every bit of detail about these things as he possibly could.
"So we're basically invisible if we don't move?" Chris wondered. "Well, I wouldn't recommend testing it out. Unless there's no other choice." the stranger partly joked. "So these Wendigo's, are they still human somewhere in there? Like any sort of aspect?" I wonder, feeling my fingers starting to freeze. "They retain certain things." he vaguely said. I look at Chris for a moment before looking back ahead of me. These things sound really complex and I can't make sense on this. "So would it be right to kill them? Or is there a cure for it?" Chris wondered. That I have my doubts on because I don't think a thing like this could be cured. "They surrender their human rights the minute they eat each other. There's no cure nor redemption." the stranger said, proving my theory to be right. We then make it to the shed and we thought Josh was supposed to be here but all we found was a broken stool and him not there.
"Chris, wasn't Josh supposed to be here?" I question, going on the right side of the stool, staring down at it. Chris was frantic and circled the stool slightly. "He's gone! Damn it! We're too late!" Chris exclaimed. The stranger looked outside of the doors and urged him to be quiet. "Be quiet! We got to go. Now!" the stranger urged. "What about Josh? We can't leave him there!" I exclaim, suddenly feeling unnerved by the fact that Josh is gone and that the wendigo got a hold of him. "Ha! First the wendigo will render you immobile. And then he strips the skin off your entire body piece by piece. And then he keeps you alive so he can feast on your organs, one piece at a time." the stranger tells us, keeping his voice low. He wasn't making me feel any better with this situation. Swallowing, I say, "So, back to the lodge huh?" Now that Josh is missing, I don't want to be out here any longer. "It might be near. Let's go." the stranger said, heading back outside. I just want to get back to the lodge where I know I'll be safe. We step outside and the stranger suddenly tells us to stand still.
I lock up all the muscles in my body so that I was as still as a statue. I held my breath and I suddenly felt very scared. There were sounds around us; screeching sounds. It sent shivers up my spine the second I heard it. Suddenly, Chris steps on a twig by mistake and we suddenly started to run. "GO! RUN! RUN!" the stranger suddenly screams. I begin to panic and started to run, however, one of those wendigo things suddenly appeared. The stranger fired it's flamethower at it and it bounced to another tree. It seemed to be tall, and frail looking. It was very fast in movement and I jumped out of my skin when it passed by us. "HOLY SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK?!" Chris exclaimed. "What the fuck is that?!" I scream, jumping back out of fright. The wendigo seemed to bounce from one tree to another in trying to avoid the fire.
I pulled Chris away from where the wendigo was in instinct. Suddenly, I see the wendigo lunge directly at the stranger with one of it's long limbs outstretched and I hear a sound come from the strangers throat and... and blood. The stranger yelled out in pain and shock. "Oh my god oh my god oh my god!" Chris yelled, holding his shotgun in front of him. "WHAT THE FUCK?!" I yell, seeing the stranger fall to his knees and I almost threw up when... his head fell off right off his shoulders. His blood oozed out instantly, staining the snow to a bright red color. My eyes widen and I felt extremely sick. I actually witnessed someone actually die... "Oh shit..." Chris gasped, in shock as much as I was. Suddenly, that same wendigo was on a rock in front of us and it begun to lunge at us with it's jaws wide open and it's arms extended. Chris takes a shot at it and it gets blown away with a loud blast. "Run! Run!" Chris yells, starting to run. I begin to run as fast as I could through the snow in full panic.
I didn't see a uprooted root in the ground and I ended up tripping over it. "AGH!" I yell out, falling into the cold snow. "Lilly! C'mon!" Chris yelled, coming back for me. Turning around, I see the wendigo start to lunge for me however, I was quick to use my shot gun on it, sending it far away from me. "Oh fuck!" I scream, scurrying to my feet in a quick panic. "C'mon!" Chris shouted, grabbing my sleeve to get me to run. "What the fuck is that?!" I scream, constantly looking behind me to see if there's one behind us. We duck underneath a fallen tree and we go down a cliff and I drop down to my feet swiftly with a grunt. "AGH! Ah shit!" Chris yelled out, now starting to limp. Before I could ask, there was that same wendigo. I raise my shotgun and pull the trigger with a loud blast and it got sent flying back. "Take that, motherfucker!" I exclaim before I help Chris to the door. We found that the door is locked.
"Hey! Let us in! Hurry!" Chris exclaimed, pounding on the door. My heart was beating out of my chest as the fear begun to rise within me. "Hurry! It's right behind us!" I cry out in sheer terror. It's loud screech was getting closer and closer and it made me only more scared. Ashley hears our cry's of terror and quickly comes to open the door. I instantly fall in and scoot away from the door. I hyperventilated heavily and scooted away from the door. Chris flew in and quickly twisted around while still holding his shotgun. "Shut the door! Now!" Chris shouted. Ashley quickly does and as she did so, that same wendigo lunged at the door. "Aah!" Ashley screamed, jumping back from the glass. The wendigo screeched and tried to open the door. I saw it's entire face and I wish I had never done it. There was blood still on it's hand from when it beheaded the stranger. It's face is something that a human's shouldn't be; shrunken face, long teeth, & white bulb like eyes.
"Lilly, what are you doing?! C'mon!" Mike's voice brought me out of my trance. "Lilly! Lilly, stay with me." Mike said, helping me to my feet and my legs felt like noodles. Mike kept his arm around my back to help me walk and we walked down to the basement. When we walked down there, Sam saw us coming down there and she saw how pale I was and how freaked out I was. "Holy shit. What happened?" she asked in concern. I was so shaken up that I couldn't speak and I was constantly swallowing because my throat felt dry. "What the hell happened?" Sam questioned, standing next to me as I sat down on the table with the graphs and maps behind me. I gripped the table with both of my hands tightly and I couldn't look up because I was trying to make sense of what the hell just happened. "Where's the flamethrower guy?" Ashley asked. I breathe heavily and close my eyes and see the stranger getting beheaded again, right in front of my eyes. Chris is just as shaken up as I was.
"He... he uh..." Chris stammered, incapable of getting the word out. "He didn't make it!?" Ashley asked, feeling shocked from this. I felt like getting sick from seeing that... "How did it happen?" Sam asked, clearly worried about what happened. "He... he got torn apart... right in front of us... by that thing..." I mutter, feeling like I'm reliving that horrific sight while seeing a wendigo chasing us. "Oh my god..." Sam gasped, sitting on my right side. I went quiet and kept looking down and still kept my eyes to the ground. In the meantime, Mike was looking at a map or something. It seemed that he was trying to figure out what the hell is going on and how the hell we were going to get out of here. Just seeing that guy alone get killed sent shivers up my spine as well as knowing the scary knowledge of what those things are capable of... "Alright. These are the doors?" Mike said, still observing the map. I glance at him sideways and turn my head to face him. "Yeah. I think so." Sam said, looking over at him all the while having her arm over my shoulder to provide comfort. "What... what are you looking for?" I ask quietly, examining the map from where I sat. "Another way out Lilly." Mike answered, looking at me. "I don't know about this Mike. Maybe we should stay here until dawn. At least we're safe down here." Sam suggested. Mike turned to look at her with a look of disapproval.
"Oh and what? Let that thing rip us apart like we're little Christmas presents that you get on Christmas morning?" Mike said, sounding frustrated. "Mike, people will come for us. In the morning..." I say, doing my best to calm him down. I, for one, am skeptical that there isn't going to be help considering Em and Matt have not yet come back from whatever the hell they're doing. "You guys can wait. I'm leaving." Mike said, heading towards the door. "But there's no key for the cable car." I say, feeling the urge to go with him. "Josh. He's got to have it. I'm gonna get it and get us all the hell out of here." Mike proclaimed, turning around to walk out. I jumped off the table suddenly and got a hold of his arm to stop him. "Wait, Mike. What if he's dead? What if that thing got a hold of him?" I question, looking up at him with concern in my eyes. All he did was push my hand away. "If that's what happened then we're shit out of luck." he responded, shaking his head. I couldn't help but think that that's possibly the only explanation that it had killed him. But we could be wrong. Mike walked over to the map that he was looking at a moment ago. Sam and I go to where he is.
"Fuck it. I'm going to get that key. I'm going to pull it out of that thing's ***damned door and then we're getting the hell out of here." Mike said, looking observing the map. I noticed how the map looked like it was from the mines back in the earlier days. I don't know what date this is from. "Where did this come from?" I ask, looking at the map with a raised eyebrow. "This was in that old guys bag. He seemed to be very prepared." Sam answered. "You're telling me. This must've been his safe zone from those fucking things." I say, looking up from the map and to the coordinates and pictures on the wall. "A lot of crazy shit happened up there." Mike mentioned, partly not wanting to say what the hell went down. He pointed to where he came from to get here. "This is how I got back here." he told us, "No one leave until I get back. You need to stay safe." I knew Mike couldn't go alone. That fucking thing could still be out there and someone needs to have his back. "Wait, I'm going with you." I tell him, narrowing my eyes. Mike turned back to me and was about to protest.
"Lilly no! You could be killed! You almost died the last time you went out!" Sam said, clearly protesting. She held my arms in order to keep me from going. "Sam, he's not going alone. Last thing we need right now is to lose another one of us by those things. We don't even know if Matt or Em is still alive. Let me do this. I'll come back." I tell her with serious written in it. "Lilly. Oh god please be careful." Ashley said, sounding like she was going to cry. She winded up hugging me to which I hugged back instinctively. I look to Chris as I hugged now both Sam and Ashley. I could tell by the look in his eyes that he didn't want me to go either but I didn't want Mike going on his own especially if those fucking things are still out there waiting for their next meal. When I pulled away, I give them a reassuring smile before turning away from them and going with Mike out of the basement. I hate to say this, but I regret ever following him after that point.