Chapter 2

Door 1

Patricia watched the people she'd known for years. They were like... aliens. "You guys don't think it's weird that you don't remember anything before this place?"

"It's a bit strange." Mara admitted. "I try not to think on it because I get a headache."

"A headache?" Patricia asked.

"We used to remember the stuff from before, but after about two weeks the memories were gone." Willow said taking a sip of water. "Poof!"

"And whenever we'd try to remember something that had already gone 'poof' we'd get a headache." Eddie said. "Y'know, like the headache you get when you forget something and you're trying to remember it?"

"When did you start forgetting?" Patricia asked.

"As soon as we got here." Willow said. "It wasn't the important stuff, just things like my favorite color, what I got for my birthday."

Patricia didn't have a favorite color, and she hadn't appreciated her birthday gift, but she couldn't for the life of her remember why she started wearing hair streaks two years ago. She knew there was a reason, she just didn't know what it was. This scared her.

"Did you never try to figure out why you were losing your memories?" Patricia asked.

"Well sure! In the beginning." Willow said.

"Yeah Eddie picked the lock to the attic, but before we could go up there we got caught." Mara said.

Patricia smiled. "Interesting. Maybe I'll have to check that out myself."

"No you can't!" Eddie exclaimed. "It's not allowed!"

"Who's running this place anyway?" Patricia scoffed.

"Dunno." Willow said. "But whenever we want to say something to them we leave a note, they see it in the end."

"What happens around here?" Patricia asked. "You can't sit and eat scones all day."

"Of course we don't!" Mara chuckled. "We do whatever we want! If we want to swim in the pool, that's what we do! If we want to read on an empty field, that's what we do!"

"All you have to do is think it, and it happens." Eddie explained. "It's truly paradise."

"But some days we just like to... sit around and eat scones." Willow giggled. "Having an adventure everyday can be a bit tiring."

Patricia took a seat. "Do you guys want to know the truth? Do you want to know what was behind that door when you first came here?"

They stopped what they were doing suddenly.

"You guys come from where I come from, even if you don't remember." Patricia said. "In my world there are eight other amazing people who love you and care for you. You can go on crazy adventures with them. You have school, which is annoying but you will go because you learn new things, important things."

Eddie smiled. "That sounds nice." he said. "But I doubt it's as nice as it is here."

"Maybe those eight other people will find their way here as well, and we can all be happy together." Willow smiled. Patricia shook her head.

"You'd better hope if they come, it's with an escape." Patricia muttered. "You can't be happy all of the time."

"Yes we can," Mara said quite defensively. "Of course we can, why couldn't we?"

Patricia stared at her. "Because that's not... human?"

"Maybe not where you come from, but here it's very, uh, human." Eddie said. "There's nothing to be unhappy about."

Patricia had to disagree, but she didn't push it anymore.

Door 3

It took twenty minutes to convince Nina to go back to the old and falling apart Anubis House. Fabian wanted to bring her back to safety before anything else happened. Then he'd come back for KT and Mick, wherever they were. If Nina knew his full plan, she'd likely not agree.

The walk was much longer than he expected it be. They avoided the area he was in before, she was positive there was still fighting happening. This, however, made them go through thick mud. She insisted he took his shoes off when walking through, claiming that she lost her shoes because of the mud.

While on the way, she told him how she got separated from KT and Mick. "We were welcomed into their homes. They have many more resources than us, so their homes were a bit more secure."

"Who?" Fabian asked.

"The VJeran Tribe." Nina said. "It was the first time we did not have to catch our food, and they nursed us back to health. They were incredibly nice. I ran."

"Why?" Fabian asked.

"Trust me, it wasn't right in there." Nina said. "I left, knowing I'd go back for KT and Mick. But I didn't get the chance. Days turned very quickly into weeks. When I saw them again they said they had chosen their side. At this point I was with Maya, the leader of the rebellion. They tried to get me to stand down but I wouldn't. So they captured me, but I escaped. I went back even more determined to help the resistance. I will get them back, Fabian, but the other side has to go down first."

Fabian, who had been listening without interruption, nodded. He had no doubt that Nina was not going to give up. He couldn't help but be annoyed by the fact that they chose to let Nina go on her own, and put their loyalty to some tribe. Fabian and Nina approached the House. Nina sighed and looked up at it.

"We stayed in there for months, before we found a place more secure that didn't leak whenever it rained." Nina said. "Hey, do you remember he riddle thing they told us when we first saw the doors? It's been a long time for me."

"One door will give you pleasures beyond your wildest dreams, one door will have you fighting for the simplest things, one door will lead you to a world where you live but you don't, one door will find you back in your home." Fabian recited. "I suppose this is the door where you fight for the simplest things?"

"Yeah like water. Or sleep." Nina rolled her eyes. "Are you going to try out the door or not?"

Fabian nodded and opened the door. To his dismay he was met by the inside of a broken home. "Where are the other three doors?"

He turned and looked at Nina, who was sitting in the grass with her arms crossed. She didn't look surprised.

"You didn't think it'd work did you?"

"I was humoring you." she said. "We would have left long ago if all it took was opening the door."

Fabian, angry and frustrated, closed the door, and then opened it again. And he closed the door, and opened it again. Nothing. Then, he heard Nina yelp in pain. He turned to see Niina laying on the grass, seemingly unconscious. He looked up and saw many large people, some on horses, with large weapons. They looked at him and nodded at each other.

They approached him, but Fabian ran. The only way out was around them, and he managed to get past one. The others grabbed him however. "NINA!"

She didn't even stir as they dragged him away. He was taken up on one of the horses, and Nina was soon out of sight. He watched as the tall grass got shorter, the trees got thinner, and they passed a small pool of water. They slowed down when they got to some sort of village. He was taken down and directed towards a large, cement house. He thought it was a house anyway. When he went inside, there were many people laying down or sleeping. Some were cleaning their wounds. Then, over in the corner he saw them. They were talking to themselves.

Mick looked up first, and he looked surprised, which caused KT to look up as well. They weren't the only ones surprised. They were nearly unrecognizable. They had markings all over their faces and bodies, so that he could hardly see their faces, but it was them.

"Fabian." Mick said. If it weren't for the shocked look on his face, Fabian would think they knew he was coming, by the calmness of Mick's voice.

What happened to you?

Door 4

Amber sat on the floor in the corner, since there was no seat in the room. She looked around. The living room, dining room, kitchen and laundry room was one big training space for fighting. The only similarity was that the window behind the couch, or where the couch was back home, was still in the same place. The curtain was closed.

She watched as Joy practiced all different types of kicks on a dummy. Jerome and Alfie were fighting each other, but this time Alfie fought back, which made her wonder why he stopped last time. So she asked him.

"I was in too much pain," he said while he blocked one of Jerome's throws. "Death when you can't die is more like a recharge. Gets rid of all bruises and pain-" Jerome did some kick thing and Alfie went down.

"Spinning hook kick." Jerome said proudly. "Joy's specialty, but I'm pretty good at it to-"

Jerome went down and Alfie stood over him. "What do you know, so am I."

Jerome hopped up. "If the blow to my head was too painful, I could just do myself in and when I wake up I'll be totally healed as if nothing happened."

"So he helped me." Alfie said.

Amber shook her head, "He helped you by strangling you, okay."

"Joy," Jerome said when Alfie and Jerome took a break and they watched the girl use all kinds of kicks on the dummy. "Can't you try fighting without using your feet?"

"I told you, I'm good at kicking, not good with the fists." she said doing some more kicks.

"That's because all you do kick, you don't get enough practice using your hands." Alfie said.

"C'mon," Jerome said getting into a stance. "Fight me without using your damn feet."

Joy sighed and got into a stance again. Alfie said, "C'mon man, strike her."

"Thanks for the support, buddy." Joy spat at him. He chuckled, whispered something in her ear and sat next to Amber to watch.

Jerome threw a punch, Joy ducked and landed a hook punch to Jerome's jaw. He stumbled back a bit and laughed. "Did Alfie tell you to do that?"

"Yeah he did." Joy smiled. They continued to spar for a while, until Jerome performed a perfect uppercut, sending Joy back and onto the floor. Amber gasped in horror when she saw all of the blood on her face. "You arse! You probably broke my nose or something!"

Joy stood up and used one of the towels on the side to stop the blood flow. Jerome laughed.

"Finish it." Alfie said from next to Amber.

"Quit whining blood bag." Jerome said before he twisted her neck and she landed on the floor. Amber stared at Joy until she stood back up, cleaned up the rest of the blood, and got a drink of water.

"Okay," Amber said. "I'm done, I can't see that happen ever again I'll lose my mind."

She went back to the front door but Jerome stopped her. "If there was a way out of here, we would have found it."

"Why can't we go out the way I came in?" Amber asked opening the front door, or at least she tried. But the door was locked, the door knob wouldn't even turn. Joy and Alfie stood behind her watching her struggle.

"We're stuck here Ambs," Alfie said. "And unfortunately you're here stuck with us."

Amber stopped trying to force the door open and backed up away from it. "Am I like you?"

They looked at each other. Joy said, "I don't know."

She turned to look at them, they looked uncomfortable. And even more so when she heard the door open. She whipped around, thinking her friends came to get them. But no one she recognized was there. Instead it was a grown man with his face covered behind a scarf, hat and glasses.

"Excuse me?" the voice came from behind his accessories. "Are you about to do a job?"

"No sir." they said.

"Then get back in there and continue your training!" Amber turned back and watched Alfie and Joy scramble inside. She looked back to the man. He walked with so much purpose towards her. "Especially you blonde, since you're new."

Amber hesitated. She tried to see past him to what was on the other side of the door, but the large man blocked her view. Plus what she did see wasn't the four door room. Too much light was coming from it. So, with a sunken heart, she followed her friends inside, where they were back to training. "Who was that?" she asked them. "Why isn't he surprised by me being here?"

"He's our commander," Jerome said. Amber rose her eyebrow. It was a cold day in hell if Jerome referred to anyone as his 'commander'."Just do what he says."

"He wasn't surprised by us when we came either." Joy explained.

Amber didn't know how to do any of the things that everyone else was doing. Alfie noticed her looking uncomfortable. "Come over here Amber, I'll show you some things."