Hellnight Emulation Redefined

NOTE!!! Thought speech is in italics. Just remembered to put that in hehe

Chapter 3

The Mesh

It was Razzo. I recognised his dark hood, and the strange feeling he brung with him that made you think that you were respected, but at the same time, demanded you gave him respect

"Thanks..."

"You look a little tired, are you ok?" Razzo enquired. "Sly bastard" I thought to myself. He knew EXACTLY what was going on, and yet, he was asking me if I was ok? Nuts...

"I've been better. A lot better" I replied

"Why not stay here for a while? The place is away from everything, and it's safe down here" Razzo suggested

"Oh great, if this is safe, I hate to think of what's below this damn place..."

"Sorry, but I really, really, REALLY need to get back. NOW"

"Oh...ok. Well, I know of an elevator that's nearby...maybe you could use that!" Razzo smiled. I almost in response, punched him in the face

"Ok...well, I best be off..."

"Good luck!" Razzo actually waved to me

"Gotta remind myself when I next see him to break his nose in front of the monster..."

I started to walk down the main corridoor, when suddenly I heard a loud explosion rock the complex. In response to that, I heard a lot of slams of emergency doors hit the ground. Now I knew that the monster was in the Mesh with me. A hand grabbed me

"ARRRRGH!!!"

"Joe?" It was Naomi. A little tired out, but OK at least "Oh my god, im so sorry! I followed you into here and just got through the doors when they locked behind me!"

"No problem. Where's our good friend?"

"Dunno, I think we lost him..." Naomi smiled at the thought "Oh woman, this gets worse..."

We proceeded down to the end of the corridoor, where there was a huge door. We opened it to a flurry of activity. People walking around, talking to each other. We split up, Naomi asking for exits, me asking about John...

"Have you seen a male, around 18, large beard, AC-DC top?" I asked a bald man, wearing a large red cape. This was Leno, someone who I would get to know very well while adventuring through the Mesh

"No, sorry, but If I find him, Ill let you know..." He replied

I left the room with Naomi, she was looking very annoyed

"Stupid people don't even want us to leave!" Naomi was now ranting, as we carried on searching the Mesh. I wanted to keep her quiet, because I knew somewhere, he would be lurking, waiting for a good opportunity...

"And the way they..." Naomi stopped. She now looked fearful. "Joe, he's right around that corner. Right there. Don't go past that crossroads..."

"How do you know where he is?" I whispered. I wanted to test her, try and see if she'd use her psychic abilities that she had

"I just have a hunch. A bad one" She simply replied. Trouble was, I knew that we had to get into that room. No, I had a very good feeling about the hospital room...

"Look, Naomi. Im going to check. If he's around that corner, ill pull you and we start running. Ok?"

"Well...if you think it will work, then..." Naomi was bricking it now. She knew something bad was going to happen, but I knew that he really was designed to be around the entrance. I found a small mirror in Naomi's pocket, and used it to look around the corner. He WAS there. I signalled by using a neck chop motion, and pointed at the wall. She nodded, and got ready to run

"DARTH VADER BREATHING FOR THE WIN!!!" I yelled at the top of my voice, now in a full sprint. And my god, it was a good thing I did that. The moment the word Vader left my mouth, he collided into the wall and was off in full pursuit, now faster, and more powerfuller. I ran around the corridoors that were in a large loop, eventually hearing the breathing get further and further away. He'd left. And yet again, i'd lost Naomi. Balls

"Please let something good be here..." I thought, opening the door. The hospital room was full of x-rays, some looking very familiar...

"I guess now i'm in the game, I can look at stuff more carefully now, and see things for myself..." I started to put the papers away, when I heard a loud breathing noise. I span around, falling onto my back. "How the hell can the monster get into rooms? He shouldn't be able to..." Someone came out of the darkness. Impossibly, it was John

"Joe! What's going on? I heard loud breathing, and then a yell, then I heard loads of crashing and sprinting..."

"You know Hellnight? We're in it. Oh yeah, I lost Naomi out there." I told John

"Who's Naomi?"
"The psychic teenager who saved my ass twice already"

"Right...so...we got to go out there?" John looked quite worried. I was too

"Ok then, he shouldn't be out there..." I opened the door to find something staring me down THROUGH the door. It wasn't Naomi

It was the monster

"SHUT THE DOOR!!!" John yelled. I pushed the door as hard as I possibly could, but he was stopping me from shutting it. "OH COME ON!!!" John held it tight, and I stood back and started to kick the door onto his clawed hand, desperate to make him lose his grip. A loud screech deafened us, and then, just as things couldn't get worse, John slipped. The monster slammed the door open, knocking me and John to the floor. It was over. The only escape was where the monster was standing. I was going to die, and i'd not even made it past the first area of the Mesh...

"John...before I get completely wasted by this thing, you're my best mate you know that?" I told him quickly, never letting my eyes move away from the monster.

"Same here mate..." The monster went to swing. I closed my eyes...and heard a frying pan hit something? I opened my eyes, and saw the monster, staring at whoever had hit it. Again, it wasn't Naomi. A young man, in a business suit, was armed, with a frying pan, staring at the monster. He suddenly raised his hands and jumped up and down.

"OVER HERE!!! GET ME!!!" He yelled. The monster decided to leave us, and pursue this new threat. We were safe...

"John...remind me next time we go into a room with the monster on our trail that this isn't a game. We need to stop thinking about how the game works and concentrate on real-life tactics" I said, adrenaline pulsing through me. I would never forget that stare in a hurry. How my life almost ended in a single swipe...

So, John's been found! And we've had a little fight sequence with the monster. Of course, i'll be changing a few things in Hellnight, but keeping generally most of it the same.

Here's the questions! Who's the businessman? Where has Naomi got to AGAIN? And will I punch Razzo because of his smugness? All will be answered, but not yet!!!

Remember, have a good day, but don't have a hell of a night!