4 Doors Chapter 14, a het huis anubis/house of anubis fanfic

Chapter 14

Door 1

Part 1

Mara, Eddie, and Patricia heard Willow scream loudly and clearly. They dropped everything and ran to get her, but there were men at every doorway. Looking at her friends, Patricia was desperate. Eddie looked hopeless too. But Mara was working at something.

"I've had many exhilarating riots here." Mara said picking up a lamp on the table. She yanked the cord from the wall and took off the lampshade. "But none like the one I'm about to have."

She threw the lamp at the mirror and both the light, and the mirror itself shattered. Everyone ducked, but Mara was right on action again. She grabbed a long glass shard and held it up with bloody fingers.

"I'm getting out of here one way or another." she said hotly. They advanced at her, but she held the glass up higher and they stopped.

Eddie grabbed the plates on the table. "I never liked these plates."

And he smashed it against the wall and picked up another. This time, he aimed at them. They had to quickly duck. Suddenly, they were throwing everything they could get their hands off to keep the men away.

Willow and the man in front of her briefly shifted their focus from each other to the chaos downstairs. Willow needed to get down there and help them.

"We're getting out of here." She said in a casual tone. "And we're going back home."

"This is your home." he said.

Willow laughed. "Not even close!"

He started walking to her and her heart beat went up double time. When he was right in front of her, she grabbed his mask and ran. She heard him stomping after her, and she was a little slower with the bag, but she skipped steps and leaped down anyway. When she got to the bottom, many things were in front of her. The house was in ruins. Things were shattered on the floor. Eddie was now fighting with one of the masked men. Mara was yelling wildly with bloody hands and and a piece of sharp glass held in one of them. Patricia was continuing to throw things. She was now threatening a chair, as she'd run out of plates, silverware, glasses, vases, and lights.

But Willow couldn't stay in one spot. She looked back and saw a face coming for her. He had large round eyes, a long nose, and a scowl. "GUYS!" Willow yelled, because they had to get out but they were trapped.

The man pushed her into the room with the others. "ENOUGH!"

"You've seen nothing yet!" Patricia shouted out, still holding a chair. "I will be throwing this and it will hit someone. Believe me."

"Why do you want to keep us here? Why do you want us happy all the time?" Mara asked. "W-Who are you?"

The man grinned at her. "You don't understand yet? I want only to torture you. I want to break you in this world where you're living day by day forced to be happy, but really you're dead inside."

Eddie growled. "Well too bad! We're escaping!"

"Where?" the man said. "You really think I don't know what's been going on outside that door? I control everything."

Their hearts stopped.

"You could dream up the largest maze and try to escape through there and I'd still be able to find you and bring you home. There is no way out of here."

"No..." Willow said quietly. "There has to be."

The man cackled. "There isn't."

Then, they heard it. The door opening. The man's smile went down and a voice called out urgently and desperately.

"Patricia! Mara! Willow! Eddie!"

It was so familiar. Mara knew it but she couldn't place it. Neither could Eddie or Patricia, but Willow said a name with a gasp.

"Fabian." she said quietly. Then, "FABIAN!"

Door 3

Maya smiled sadly at them. "You know if you can't make it home you're always welcome here."

Nina and Fabian smiled as well. Miloš pointed outside. "Sunce! kraj Sunca!"

He'd done this every day since he came when the sun was setting. Nina pulled out her knife to carve into the wall for hopefully the last time. Fabian stopped her.

"Can I do it?" he asked. Nina smiled and nodded. He marked the fifth talley by crossing it over the other four talleys drawn by Nina. When he was done he smiled contently.

"We should get going." It was a lot later than they wanted to leave, but saying goodbye was a lot harder than they thought.

"Doviđenja!" Nina said to anyone who was listening.

"Doviđenja." Fabian repeated. They responded with the like, and Nina and Fabian were off. The walk was never a nice one, but it felt especially long since they were anxious.

"How'd you figure it out?" Nina asked as they walked.

Fabian shrugged. "Everything about the four doors is a riddle. There's always a connection. We just had to find it to get out."

Nina smiled. "You're so smart."

Fabian laughed as they passed the old Anubis House. "It's not horrible here." he said. "I mean, it's cold, I never want to eat a squirrel again, and there's the whole war. But the people back at the warehouse... well. I never dreamed that I could connect with them so much. I don't really have something like that at home. So it was nice."

Nina smiled. "Yeah, it was."

It usually took another fifteen minutes on foot to get to the village. But they found KT and Mick a mile away, laying down. And KT seemed to be... crying?

"I miss home, Mick." she sobbed. "I want to go home."

Nina and Fabian stared at each other. Fabian spoke up. "That's why we're here."

Both of them jumped up into a stance that said they were ready to fight. Nina and Fabian were ready for this, and went into similar stances. They stayed frozen for a while.

"Please don't make this hard." Fabian said. "We don't have much time."

KT looked a bit wobbly, but stayed grounded. "For what?"

Nina smiled. "Fabian found a way back home."

Both pair of eyes went to Fabian with amazement. Fabian quickly said, "I think I found the way back home."

"'Course you have." Mick said rigidly. "You're brilliant, if anyone would find a way back it's you."

"We can't just leave them there." KT said talking about the village. "They need us."

"Is that what you think, or what you've been told?" Nina spat out.

Both KT and Mick narrowed their eyes. "What does that mean?" KT asked.

"You've been fed lies for months." Nina said. KT and Mick looked at each other, aware they just said the same thing about Nina. When they heard a low growl, they at first believed it was Mick. But then they turned to the source. A starving wolf stared at them, his ribs shown under his fur. His teeth bare.

"Oh God." Nina said.

KT turned to Mick. "You hunt."

Mick shook his head. "Not with just a blade, I don't."

"I have a-" Fabian started reaching for his spear, but the sudden movement cause the animal to launch at them. They all ran away for it, farther away from the house. Mick and KT were struggling, as they were dizzy, weak, and had recently regurgitated everything they had in their bodies.

The wolf was getting closer to KT. Her heart beat sounded more like a stampede of animals. She heard the wolf growl right behind her.

"Help me!"

All three turned just in time to see it pounce. Thinking quickly, Fabian took out the spear. "Like dodgeball." he told himself. He aimed, and shot at it. It went right through the wolf's head.

Nina and Mick stared at Fabian with wide eyes. KT was breathing rapidly and screamed. They all went to her and pulled the thing off of her. The animal's claws had gone into her leg. Mick picked her up.

"We need to get her to Anajah."

"She's not going anywhere near that psychopath." Nina said forcefully. Mick snarled at her in a way that reminded her of the wolf.

"You're the one who burnt down-"

Nina shook her head. "I would never. I didn't even like killing in the middle of a battle. You know that, and you know that you'd have figured it out a long time ago if you're head wasn't clouded."

KT panted, holding her dripping leg. "How... did you know... our head... ?"

"The berries." Nina said. "They've been feeding them to you to manipulate you. But you know the truth. You have to look past the fog."

"You can trust Nina." Fabian added. KT and Mick looked at each other, and finally KT said.

"I don't... I don't even care anymore... my leg hurts. So take us home... so Trudy can fix me." KT said. "And anyway... we've had our suspicion. And we do trust you. Both of you." Mick nodded. Nina and Fabian smiled, and they ran back to the house. They'd lost a lot of time, but midnight was a ways to go.

When they got there, out of breath, they stared at the door. "I hope I'm right about this."

"Me too." the other three said. Fabian went up first, counted to three, and opened the door.

It wasn't the inside of the broken down house. It was black and dark. He turned back to three ecstatic faces and they ran through the door.

Mick put KT on the cold floor of the four door room as the third door closed behind them. For a moment they just stared at the doors.

"We have to get the others and go back home." KT said weakly.

Fabian nodded. "Yeah. We'll have to do it one door at a time, since last time we split up it... didn't work. Also, don't let the door close behind you. I think we'll only have until midnight in either door."

"Like Cinderella.." KT said groggily.

"KT you'll stay here." Fabian said. KT sniffed and nodded.

"First door first?" Nina asked.

Fabian nodded. Mick waved him on. "Lead the way."

Fabian stepped forward and opened the door. Mick and Nina were right behind him.

Door 1

Part 2

When he got inside, he saw a mess of things all over the floor. He looked back with wide eyes. Nina and Mick had a similar expression, but waved him on as they held the door open. "Patricia!" he called out. "Mara! Willow! Eddie!"

At first, nothing. Then, "FABIAN!"

It was Willow, and she sounded terrified. Suddenly the doors opened and many men in all black came out. "What are you?"

Fabian didn't know how to answer. "Uh, four door express?"

Fabian had seen a lot of unexpected things. But he really did not expect the man to be knocked forward with the force of a wooden chair. He jumped to the side, and saw his friends huddled up against the wall. The only one who didn't wear a mask was knocked out because of the chair, but the other ones were going for his friends.

Nina looked at Mick. "Got the door?"

"Yeah I got it, go kick ass."

Nina smiled and ran in to help. "Fabian, you have to help me."

Fabian nodded and they both went in the living room. Fabian kicked one of them from behind, and another one turned towards Fabian with his arms stretched out. Fabian smiled and easily ducked out of the way.

"Number one, you left your face, neck, and chest wide open." He said and sent a powerful punch forward into the man's chest. The masked man stumbled back, but came at him again. He had himself covered, but was running at him. Fabian ducked out of the way again. "Number two, I could tell exactly what you were attempting to do."

Finally, Fabian kicked his temple and knocked him down. "And lastly, you weren't even checking to see what my next move was going to be."

Willow, Mara, Patricia and Eddie stared. Nina had now taken down two of the men, and was working on the third. She looked around and saw Mara. Fabian understood, took the broken glass from Mara, who seemed to be in shock, and handed it to Nina. With one swish, she sliced the man's knees and sent him down with a strangled cry. She dropped the shard and it shattered.

"Let's go!" Nian said. Staring at the men on the floor, the three girls and one boy peeled themselves off the wall and followed Fabian and Nina out. They ran out and Mick followed them, letting the door close behind them.

"We have to get the last four now." Fabian said. "I don't know how fast time moves there, we don't want them stuck there."

"Let's go then." Eddie said finally out of his stupor. He was staring at the doors. He had no memory of them past that day, but they did seem familiar. Fabian nodded. Nina, who was closest, ripped open the last door. Her, Mick, Eddie were behind her. Mara and Fabian were close by in case they were needed. When she stepped inside, she was surrounded by flames and smoke.

Door 4

Joy rolled down her window and stuck her hand out with the manilla folder. "Never again."

She let it go. They hadn't even glanced at what the job was. They went, got gas, and now were on their way back. It was late, soon it'd technically be morning. They pulled up to the house and looked at each other nervously. "Remember," Amber began. "You have the control."

"This whole time, I thought we were just trying to keep safe." Joy said. "But it turns out, were weren't. We were fighting for something."

"What?" Amber asked.

"Well it's simple, isn't it? Our humanities." Joy said. "Simply put. We were fighting for our humanities, and we were losing. Until you came around, of course."

Amber shrugged. "Oh you know, not everyone is as brilliant as me. Don't beat yourself up."

Jerome snorted, and Alfie and Joy laughed. "If we do this, how will we get back home?" Alfie asked.

"We don't." Joy said. They walked forward and stepped inside. Alfie went up the steps outside of The Commander's office. The other three poured gasoline everywhere. The door to the office opened loudly. For once, they didn't flinch at his presence. He spotted Alfie and the matches and looked away as he walked down the steps.

"I told you not to do that in front of me." he said. "And why are you all back so early? What's that smell?"

He slipped a bit as he got to the gasoline soaked floor.

"What is this?" he asked. Amber, Jerome and Joy surrounded him. That's when he saw the gasoline containers. Then he looked up at Alfie, who held an unlit match in his hand.

He quickly pulled out a gun and shot Joy in the head. Then, he pointed a gun at each of their heads.

"What are you going to do?" Jerome asked. "Kill us?"

The Commander laughed manically. "You think you can just do this to me? I own you all!"

"You don't!" Alfie shouted. "You can't own us because we are people."

"People?" He fired another bullet into Jerome's head and Amber jumped in surprise. "He'll come to perfectly fine in just a few minutes, but you think you're human or something?" Alfie realized he had to be quick. He poured his own tub of gasoline on The Commander's head, who sputtered and moved out of the way. Alfie lit the match, and dropped it.

The Commander was clearly panicking, because he was firing gunshots everywhere and trying to bat away flames. Amber saw through the smoke that one of them hit Alfie. She kicked the gun out of the burning man's hands. He managed to rip off his outer clothes and the hat and was not doused in flames, but he had burns all over his body. It wasn't any use, they were surrounded by flames. He grabbed Amber by the neck. "I'm going to pop the vessels in your neck. You're going to feel every one as I do it. And you'll burn with me, the fire melting your skin off. It will take days before you're fully healed. I may not be able to permanently kill you, but you will feel pain."

Joy did a roundhouse kick on The Commander. "But I'm back already."

She saw that Amber was in pain, and quickly grabbed the gun and shot Amber in the head. Jerome was just starting to wake up, as was Alfie, when the door opened.

"Ohhh no." came a voice they thought they'd never hear. "It seems to get worse every door- Guys! Are you there?"

"Nina!" Alfie called out. He was at the top and quickly jumped down.

"We're here to get you back, come on!" came Mick's voice.

Alfie turned to Joy and Jerome. "We can make it past the flames, we just have to be quick."

They all looked at Amber. "If we leave before she comes to, she may not wake up past the doors." Jerome said.

The second hand ticked as it was coming closer to twelve o'clock. The clock went off. Chime "Guys..." Eddie said. "The door's starting to close."

"If the door closes they'll be stuck here." Nina said. "HURRY UP!"

Chime

"Come on Amber." Joy said anxiously.

Chime

"HURRY UP THIS DOOR IS CLOSING!"

Chime

The flames began to surround them and thicks cracked and sputtered, and Jerome and Alfie picked Amber up away from them.

Chime

"Wake up, wake up!" Alfie chanted. "Ambs!"

Chime

Amber gasped awake, and coughed. As fast as possible, they ran into the flames, feeling the hot flames boil their skin.

Chime

The door was closing, and they ran through it just as they heard the final Chime. They sat Amber down, saw their friends, and turned around. And stared at the four doors.