Cecilia's Point of View


Lucky barked frantically as we crowded around Josh. Was he dead? I put two fingers on the side of his neck, and felt a steady beat. He was alive; for now.

"Is he dead?" Oliver asked me. You could practically feel the worry in his voice.

"No, he has a pulse." I reported absentmindedly.

"Then what do we do?"

I thought about that. We had to get out of here, that's first on the priority list. If Oliver could carry Josh we could probably get back to the truck. I could probably find something in there to wake Josh up with or something, but we- Oh, shit. Where is Evie?

"We have to get Evie first." I told him. I turned to Judgment and said, "Stay with them."

I grabbed my bat and walked back to the room with the staircase. Lucky ran ahead of me and stood at the door. I gripped my bat and opened the door. No nurses, always a plus. Lucky took a few steps down the stairs and started growling. Whatever it is was far down for me to see. I started to go down the stairs myself, but Lucky nipped at my feet warningly. I was confused as to why he was doing this until I heard someone coming up the stairs.

Lucky growled louder the sound got closer. As expected, I saw Evie, but she was with a different guy. He had black hair and icy blue eyes; who was he. I noticed his clothes, and saw that they were similar to Not-Judgments clothes. I was really confused until I saw the pyramid shaped helmet he was carrying. Oh, right, he took off his helmet. Wait, they come off?

"Knock it off." I whispered to Lucky as they got closer. He stopped growling and sat behind me.

"You don't strike me as a dog person." Evie teased as she climbed the last few stairs. "Oh, Cecilia, this is Ark."

I looked at the man, this Ark man. He looked really upset about something, and standing next to Evie only made it more noticeable.

"You look like you could use a shower." He told me with a smirk. Something clicked then.

"You ass!" I screamed at him and pushed him back. "You told me to take the fricking shower. My family is dead because of you!"

Lucky was growling again bit it was aimed solely at Ark. I raised my bat to hit him but he caught it. God damn it.


Ark and Evie: Ark's Point of View


Evie smiled as she ducked out from under my helmet. She looked around the room, presumably for the two that came in with her; the albino girl, Cecilia, and the Pyramid Head thing that looked like what I was stuck in. I picked up my spear and handed Evie her crowbar. I pointed to the doo that Cecilia had gone through, and thankfully Evie got the idea. It really sucked ass not being able to talk with this thing over my head.

Evie and I walked through the door only to find a large spiral staircase. Evie started up the staircase but stopped suddenly. She appeared to be listening. I recognized the sound of someone jumping down the stairs. I looked as far as my sight would allow up the staircase until I saw him. I pulled Evie behind me as he approached.

"You two are so similar." He said as he jumped down the last few stairs; his pale blonde hair bounced a bit as he jumped. "The real Pyramid Head did the same thing for the albino girl. Speaking of which, I should congratulate you. You held up your end of the deal rather perfectly. So, here's my part of the deal."

He snapped his fingers and disappeared. Something behind me made a hissing sound. I reached behind my head, or rather to the back of the helmet, to find the knob in the back had loosened; I could take off the helmet.

I brought my hand back to the front of the helmet and pulled it up. It lifted off my head and slipped out of my grasp, falling to the floor. I looked at Evie who was looking at me.

"That's an improvement." She teased.

I rolled my eyes and picked up the helmet behind me; it wasn't that heavy, and if it was, I sure as hell wouldn't let Evie see me struggle with it.


We were almost at the top of the staircase when I heard growling. I watched Evie readjust her grip in her crowbar as we continued to climb. As we drew closer to the sound, I saw that albino girl, Cecilia standing next to a dog. Cecilia whispered something to the dog, and it stopped growling. It went to sit behind her. The boy from earlier had called the dog a Hellhound; they multiplied into a pack until one found a master. It would then morph into a single dog and stick with the master; personifying said masters feelings.

"You don't strike me as a dog person." Evie teased as she climbed the last few stairs. "Oh, Cecilia, this is Ark."

I had known her name already; it was part of my contract. The boy had told me if I could get this girl to come to the hospital, I could see Evie again. I kind of felt bad for the girl though; I had killed that boy she was with. Hope she wasn't that close to him. I should probably tell her about me being in her head, regardless.

"You look like you could use a shower." I hinted.

I watched the realization paint itself across her face.

"You ass!" Cecilia screamed at me she pushed me a bit. "You told me to take the fricking shower. My family is dead because of you!"

Oh, shit. He was close to her. The hellhound was growling again bit it was aimed solely at me. She went to hit me with her bat, but I caught it mid swing. I could practically feel the hate radiating off of her.

Evie grabbed her shoulders.

"Calm down." She ordered.

Cecilia pulled away and ran back to the door, the Hellhound right by her side. Evie looked at me.

"It is your fault, you know."

"Yeah," I said, "I know."