Horror Writing 4
A.N: Ooo! So EXCITED for this! It's getting so interesting! Let's do this!
The dark creature swirled around to face his victims, whom all trembled at the sight of him.
"Hello, mortals," he hissed and slunk over to them. "Comfortable?" he asked, reaching a hand towards Green's face. He flinched at the motion and shook in pure fear as the monster sighed, trailing a claw over his cheek. It left a trail of bright red blood. A drop collected at the side of the cut and the creature whipped out a small vial. He collected as much as he could and capped it back.
"Perfect." He crept to the cabinet and placed it in a slot, different from the rest. Seven others were next to it, along with a plethora of other vials.
"You can't keep us here forever," Green growled.
"Oh, but I can," the monster snarled. "And I will. That is, until I've killed you all." The being returned to Green's side. "You might as well give up hope now, hero. It is foolish to hold on to it any longer. Once I have collected the rest of your duplicates, there will be nothing you can do to stop me. Nothing." He turned and left the chamber, leaving Green to glare at the closed door hatefully. Finally he let out a sigh and let his head fall. What could he do anyway? He was bound in shackles, and they restricted his movement. The same went for his duplicates, whom hung on the wall next to him.
"He's planning something awful for us," Shadow mumbled. "I can feel it."
Blue ran at the wall, his hammer held high in the air. He smashed his way through the wall, only to find another dead end on the other side.
"Blue, calm down," Red pleaded quietly behind him.
"Calm down? Calm down?! We're disappearing one by one, there's nothing either of us can do about it, and you want me to calm down?!" Blue yelled.
"We'll find them."
"How can you be so sure? We have no idea where that thing took them!"
"Maybe we'll find something back in the main room," Red suggested calmly, heading for the door. "Come on. We gotta try." Blue sighed.
"Ok, fine..." They trudged along warily, in fear of their own disappearance. They opened the door to the main room, only to find the words, 'YOUR NEXT,' scratched into the wall.
"WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NEXT!" Blue exploded. He flung his hammer as hard as he could, and it went straight through the wall, making a gigantic hole in it.
"It's supposed to be /you're/..." Red muttered as he retrieved Blue's hammer. He examined the hole in the wall and motioned for Blue to come closer. "Look at this."
"What?" Through the hole, behind the wall, was a hidden stairway, leading down into darkness. "Woah...I wonder where this leads." Blue climbed through the wall, landing on the staircase. "Only one way to find out."
"O-ok," Red gulped as he followed Blue's lead. The staircase wound downward so far that the two couldn't see the bottom. It would've been pitch black, were it not for the lantern Blue carried. It was oddly quiet, with an exception of the stairs creaking so much. Blue was thinking about what they might find at the bottom. Death? Torturous devices? Maybe the others? He just didn't know.
"Blue?"
Wouldn't this just be a wonderful way to die. In a stairwell with nothing but a lamp for light.
"Blue?"
He fidgeted with the torch, almost dropping it into the abyss. That drop. It would definitely kill him.
"Blue!"
"Huh? What is it?"
"There's a door here." Red stood further up the stairs next to a black ominous door. Blue strode up to it and jiggled the handle.
"It's locked."
"That's no problem! Just use your hammer, Blue," Red said with a shaky smile.
"Right. Hammer." He pulled it out and slammed it through the door, but it fell to the floor at the sight of what was in the room. All of their friends including three other prisoners were chained to the wall.
"Blue! Red! You're here!" Green called happily.
"I didn't think we'd ever find you!" Red cried as he rushed toward them.
"I'm just glad you didn't give up," Vio sighed.
"Me too," Blue chuckled, as he picked up the hammer from the floor.
"How are we gonna get you outta these?" Red asked, holding a length of chains in his hands.
"Try melting it," Vio suggested. "Use the Fire Rod!" Red nodded and obeyed. In no time, they were all unbound from their shackles.
"Let's get outta here!" Green declared, heading for the door.
"I'm afraid I can't let that happen." The Links flinched at the dark voice echoing through the chamber. The owner of the voice appeared to them, a smug look on its face. It grinned at them maliciously.
"Stay away from me," Shadow sneered as the creature advanced on him.
"You should know better than to tell me what to do," it snarled back. "You pathetic piece of dirt." Its hand came up and slapped Shadow hard, leaving a scorched mark on his face.
"Do whatever you want to me. Just leave them out of this," Shadow growled, stepping closer to the creature. "This is between you and me, Maraud."
"As you wish..." the beast sighed. Finally, the dark form transformed into a different shape. He had dark, jet black hair and his eyes were blood red. He stood tall, as he had before, but he took on the figure of a man. His dark robes draped down to the ground. A long, red sword appeared in his left hand and he leaned on it carelessly.
"My son," he acknowledged at last.