Static...
"I apologize for interrupting,"Ann's voice came from the TV again. "But I have forgotten to announce the choice outcomes in the last chapter. In Chapter 5, if you had chosen B, everyone will head straight to their rooms and hear what the first item is in the morning. If you had chosen C, the first thing that will happen is obvious. Angel will die. The Black Musical will then hunt everyone down and drown them all in tubes."
You studdered. That is not a good way to go.
"Now, let's continue, shall we?"
The screen turned back to normal.
"What do you mean we can't harm her?" Mason asked, frowning. "And what is that group?"
"First off, normal people like you two can't harm Shadow Selves," Ranul said as she held up a finger. "As for me, I'll explain later. Secondly, that group possesses tamed Shadow Selves that can harm Shadow Selves. I do have one, but after an incident (which I do not want to talk about right now), I lost the ability to harm Shadow Selves."
"So we can't harm her at all? Even with our powers?" Ariza asked with a frown on her face.
"Unfortunately."
Ariza let out a loud groan. "Great. What are we supposed to do now? We can't just let her do what she wants and let her get away with it!"
"Unless we get someone with a tamed Shadow Self, we can't do anything except search for the items in the lodge," Ranul said as she crossed her arms. 'Although I think we already found that someone.'
"You think we already found that someone?" Mason squinted at the brunette, suspicion clear on his face. "What do you mean by that?"
'Crap, I must have accidentally said that out loud-'
"Yes, Ranul," Ariza said slowly, raising a brow. "what do you mean?"
"Um..." The necklace around Ranul's neck switched from black to purple over and over as she mumbled under her breath, before the butterfly finally settled on purple, signaling them that Ann was now in control. She stood up and smiled at her friends, "It's getting late." She said calmly. "We have a long day of searching, so we're going to need some rest."
"Ann, when did you- nevermind that. What do you mean that we already found that someone?" Ariza frown as Ann headed for her bed and collapsed on it.
"Go to sleep, Razzie-chan," Ann mumbled, waving her hand at them.
Mason frown, hearing her snigger into her pillow. "Ann-"
"Go to sleep, Mase."
"Ann-"
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE, GO TO SLEEP ALREADY."
Ann is scary when she's sleepy apparently.
Olivia blinked awake, staring at the ceiling and finding herself very thirsty. As she slowly eased herself off her bed and got outside to get a glass of milk, Olivia noticed lights coming from Angel's room, and frowned.
When emotional, the youngest teen of the New Order would find something that can harm her, and use it on her skin. Once, she dug her long nails into her skin so hard, it created small, red, bumps on her skin. When they found out, they cut her nails and forced gloves on her hands to make sure she won't do it again.
Forgetting her thirst, Olivia walked over to her friend's room and gently open the door, and peek inside. Angel's gold blankets were on the ground, likely from being kicked off due to nightmares. Her Harry Potter books and notebooks were scattered on the ground, something Angel would throw a fit if she saw it like this. Her books and notebooks were very precious to her, ruin them, and she will make you go through the worst punishment in the world. But that wasn't important. Right now, Olivia needs to find Angel.
Olivia walked over to the bathroom and peek inside, seeing Angel holding a bloody switchblade in her hand and gliding it across her skin. The dark-skinned girl reached out and gently took the switchblade from her hand, making the blonde stiffen and slowly turn to face her friend.
"I thought you stopped ages ago..." Olivia sighed, heading over to the shorter girl and taking her wrist, looking at the blood. "Your mother and father wouldn't be pleased if they were still alive."
Angel glanced away. "...sorry, I had a nightmare...
Olivia's eyes soften. "What was it about?"
"Rueben..."
Olivia stiffen. As an animal lover, Angel was very fond of Rueben when he was still alive and was devastated when he died.
"I...I saw him being tortured by... dark figures. He was whipped over and over and squealing for help, for Jesse, for Axel, for you... anyone who can help... but no one came..."
"Oh, Angel..." Olivia sighed gently pull Angel into a hug, feeling Angel stump into her arms. The blood remained on the bathroom floor, but they can clean it up later.
"...come on..." Olivia pulled away after a moment or two. "I'm going to get you some bandages. Petra will be pissed if she saw the blood on your sweater."
Angel numbly nodded and walked away, ignoring her friend's concerned look as she walked out of her room. She doesn't need the concern right now. She just wants to get the hell out of here.
"There." Olivia finished wrapping the bandages. "That should do. I'm going to keep the switchblade just in case you start cutting again. I'm not taking any risks after today."
Angel stared at her bandaged wrist and nodded again. "Alright."
CRASH!
Olivia let out a very annoyed sigh when she heard crashes from down the hall. "That must be Jace and Axel. I'll be right back, Angel. Go get some food okay?"
"Alright..." Angel mumbled finding herself alone again. She sighed and headed to the kitchen to get some food. Or, at least that's what she was going to do.
"Good morning, everyone! It's time for the search!"
Angel's eyes widened. "Wait, what?!"
Well, this is going to be fun.
Angel groaned in dismay when she found herself dangling over the grinder again. She laughed as everyone entered the room, clapping her hands eagerly. "Alright, let's go over the rules! Rule #1, you may split up into teams to search for Olivia's earring. However, you can only have 3-4 people in each people."
Well, not counting Angel, there are twenty people in the lodge, so it shouldn't be a problem-
"Rule #2, the owner of the item is not allowed to search. Which means Olivia has to wait here until her earring is found."
Oh, you son of a b***h-
Olivia's jaw dropped. "Wh-? Why?
"That, I will explain later! Sorry, Olivia!"
Olivia bit her lip and glanced away, but didn't say anything because any protest she has in mind right now might get her killed.
"Anyway, Rule #3, you are not allowed to use your powers until it's five or fewer minutes away from the time limit. However... if you do use your powers before the allowed time..." A strange glint appeared in her eyes. "I will drag you off and drown you in tubes in front of your dearest friends."
Every single person in the room turned a few shades paler than their original skin color. Drown in tubes? What kind of mind does The Black Musical have?
Raven grimaced and glance away, her royal blue eyes flicking to crimson for a split second, before returning back to normal. Robin casually messed around with his hair, but it was obvious he was trying to hide his crimson eyes. Noticing that his hair won't hide his eyes, he stops messing with his hair and looks at the ground instead.
Kate fidgets a bit and tugged on her glove slightly, a look of discomfort coming over her face, while Anna played with her necklace nervously. Seri turned away and crept behind the second nearest person next to her, which happened to be Ariza, who was currently mumbling swears under her breath. Ann flinched the tiniest bit, and Musa glanced away, tugging slightly at her black fluffy jacket.
It was obvious who had powers and who doesn't by now.
"Hm? What's with the long looks? It's not like they're going to be the only ones who get punishments. You all will get them if you break any of the rules."
Angel would have happily flipped her off if it wasn't for the fact that she was hanging over a grinder and will drop inside it in any minute.
"Anyway, the reason why you can't use your powers is that Seri, Kate, and Musa all have super-speed. It wouldn't be fair if just them can't use their powers. So I set the rule for all of you! Now, Rule #4, once you found the item, you must bring it back to the owner. Even if you pick it up and hold it for a while, it won't count as the item being found. You have to give it to the owner. See why the owner is not allowed to search?"
Olivia just fidgeted a bit.
"Rule #5, you are not allowed to destroy the house or anything to cause destruction. Our host here can't replace everyone you all destroy for your information."
Ann just shifted uneasily.
"Rule #6, you may use your weapons to fight as there are enemies scattered around the lodge to give you a challenge. But don't worry, they won't try to kill you during breaks/intermissions."
...are you serious right now?
"ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL THEM?!" Angel roared from above, sounding extremely pissed. Well, you would be if you found out someone was trying to kill your friends.
"Don't worry, they won't actually kill your friends, that won't be fun. No, the weapons they have are enchanted so no matter what they do, they can't kill you." She waved her hand dismissively. "Stop worrying. Now, I'm sure that's all the rules. Searching starts on 3..."
"2..."
"1..."
"GO!"
Everyone scattered. They didn't even need to pause to pick out the teams, they just automatedly grouped up and ran out of the room. Jesse found herself with Axel, Petra, and Lukas, with Jace grouping with William, Kate, and Tacey.
She swore to herself as they open door after door to find empty rooms. They only have so much time to find Olivia's earring, yet so little. "Where is it, where is it?" Jesse mumbled to herself as they searched through one of the rooms that weren't empty.
"She's expecting us to find the tiniest thing in the freaking world," Petra growled as she pulled a drawer open and started looking through it. "We need much more time than th-"
"ACK!"
Jesse twisted around, noticing a certain someone was missing... "Lukas, where did you go?" She asked, looking for her boy- I mean friend.
"Down here." A slight tap from below, making Jesse look down and blink, then bend down and gently lifted the wooden plank to reveal a sheepish Lukas sitting in a hole, rubbing the back of his head.
Jesse blinked again, looking very bemused. "Lukas, how did you get down there?"
"Beats me, I walked over to the bed and fell through the floor," The blond said, shrugging. "The wooden plank must have flipped over or something. At least I got this." He lifted his closed fist and opened it, revealing Olivia's earring inside his palm.
Jesse couldn't believe their luck. Thirty minutes in the 'game' and they already found Olivia's earring. "I can't believe it!" She said excitedly. "Lukas, I could kiss you!"
She blinked when she saw Lukas turned completely red in the face after she said that. Did she do something wrong? Why were Axel and Petra snickering? "Is something wrong?" She asked, curiously.
"No, no, everything's fine," Lukas said, trying to ignore the sniggers from Axel and Petra. "Just get me out of here."
"Alright..." Jesse got on one knee and helped him out of the hole and picked up the earring in Lukas's palm, still unaware of what she just said. "Come on, we need to get to the grinder room. We only have thirty minutes-"
"Ten more minutes, everyone! Beter hurry and find that earring and bring it to Olivia!"
The run to the room with the grinder is thirty minutes away.
Jesse swore under her breath.
"GO! GO! GO!" Jesse shouted, which made them immediately bolted out of the room after the announcement. If they were lucky enough, they could run into either Seri, Kate, or Musa when it's five minutes away from the time limit, and they can use their super speed to race to the grinder room.
That's what Jesse thought until Axel and Petra pull them back to hide.
"Axel, Petra, wh-?"
"SHH!" Petra smacks a hand over Jesse's mouth, looking over her shoulder. "Be quiet, I heard something earlier."
...
...
Footsteps echoed as Petra quickly pushed them into a corner, an eerie lullaby following after it. A woman came out of the shadows, clutching an ax and a hatchet, and wearing a bunny mask and bloody clothes. Jesse sucks in a breath from surprise. The Huntress; the killer Angel played in Dead By Daylight. How did she get here?
The Huntress looked around for a second, before continuing on, not spotting the four hiding in the shadows. They're safe. For now at least.
"What is The Huntress going out of the freaking game?" Axel hissed, creeping out of his hiding spot.
"I don't know," Lukas said, looking around, "but what I do know if that we need to get the hell out of here before she comes back."
Footsteps came back.
"Less talk, more running- RUN!" Jesse hissed, breaking off into a run, her friends following her as expected, stopping when the hall split into three paths.
"Shit! Where should we go?!" Petra swore and turn to Jesse for help, seeing as she was usually the leader of the group. "Jesse, it's your call!"
A bead of sweat went down Jesse's forehead. "Um..."
Footsteps grew louder.
"Come on Jesse!"
Footsteps began to run.
"Jesse!"
"Um..."
Where should Jesse go?
Right
Left
Straight Ahead
Choose wisely~
