I was awoken by a muffled Irish accent. "Mark… Maaark! Mark?"
I shot up from the floor accidentally head butting Jack on the way up, he took my place, he was on the floor and began laughing. The girl's trench coat slid off of my chest and I stood up.
"You need to see this. It's from Anna. She must have put it in your hand because you slapped me in the face with it half an hour ago."
He gave it to me and I leaned on the wall begging to read.
'My dearest Mark and Jack,
It has been many days in time since we first met each other. I heard something in the distance, just know that I am safe… to me anyway. I won't be apart from you for long, just wait here.
I couldn't wake you up, I'm sorry, alright. Don't worry, I am fine. You guys are my world-
Sincerely yours,
A-Cain.'
The part of the letter that read 'You guys are my world-' really got to me. "We can't stay and wait for her, most likely she'll never return to us, you know what she's like."
"You're right," Jack said. "Pick up the trench coat and let's go!"
"Actually…" I said hopefully. "Is there cell phone signal in here?" I said pulling out my IPhone. "Yep," I continued. "There is! I'm gonna text Arin telling them all to meet us here before we head off. Anna could find the portal, I don't want to trace around the place to bring them to it afterwards. Do you?"
"No, I don't. By the way good idea." Jack said.
"And now." I said.
"And now- what?" Jack questioned.
"And now we play the waiting game." I finished.
~~~~~~~Later~~~~~~~~
When they arrived, the group were tired and as malnourished as we were.
"What's that?" Danny asked. "Is that the glorious song 'Peppermint Creams' by the band Ninja Sex Party?" It played in the distance.
"I do believe so!" Arin said as happily as possible.
"The Barricorn away!" Danny laughed and Barry was cowering behind him, pretending to be his character. We had to find her sooner or later.
We found her, finally, Anna was in a corner bawling her eyes out, looking beyond ill. The girl's skin looked unbearably pale. She stood up skimming the wall with her right hand to support her as she stumbled towards us constantly nearly tripping on her own feet. Her left hand's fingers were on her forehead. Just as she was half way to the door way in front of us…
"I- I'm so sorry!" She cried. "It feels like I'm dying!" She started whimpering as she fell to the floor.
"A-ANNA!" Jack yelled after her. The whole rabble of people moved for him.
"J-Jack could you turn away a-and not look… I don't wanna throw up on you." She asked, Jack looked at her and denied her request that entailed leaving Anna alone. He put her arm around his shoulder and led Anna in to the room the doorway separating us lead to. "I feel as if I'm gonna pass out…" Anna said as I ran in behind them.
Poor Anna, she couldn't stand at all. The girl's eyes were streaming with tears and after she'd finished throwing up all over the place, a conversation would ensue to get our minds off it.
"You know," She began in the middle of the floor whilst combing through the front of her hair with her fingers. "I really want for you to leave this place now. It'll engulf us in another couple of days." She reached our arms up and made multiple grabby motions with her hands. "Help me up! Let's finish this- Wait, I'm not done yet…" She threw up a little bit again. "For fucks sake." She whispered. "Come one help an old girl up, now." Anna said while making the constant grabby motion with her hands again.
We all moved in a group together, all 15 of us. Anna was dead ahead of the rest of us." I'm a fuckin' mess," The girl's whispers weren't supposed to be heard but I heard them clearly. "I'm broken, sick, starving, tired, and have to help them out of here… Wait, what the fuck was that?! Come on guys. I hear the noise of an exit!"
A purple and black portal's inside congealed in front of us. We'd been walking for a while so while we sat down Anna was putting pen to paper, I don't actually know whether she was drawing or writing but to make people laugh she was referencing the Game Grumps' 'Dog Island'- My-dearest-Fido letter.