Okay, chapter five is finally up! Oh, and just to tell you the character you play in the actual game won't be in this story. Just in case your wondering. xP I know that's a bit stupid, but first of all I can't remember his name plus I want to have Ann take over the farm!
Trapped in the Farm House
The next morning I woke up to the sound of Ann pounding on the bedroom door. "Gray, Cliff, wake up!" Ann shouted happily. I heard Gray get out of bed and walk over to open the door for Ann. "What do you want? It's Thursday and I'd like to sleep in on my day off work," Gray mutters groggily. "The reason I'm waking you up is because it's Thursday," Ann says happily. "I don't get it…" Gray mutters as Ann skips into the room.
"I'm inviting you and Cliff to come with me to check out the abandoned farm!" Ann shouts gleefully. "Abandoned farm? Isn't that where you want to work once your dad thinks you're responsible enough?" I ask sleepily as I get out of my bed and pull on some clothes. "Yes it is, and I don't really want to go alone so I'm bringing you two with me! It's always more fun to do things with friends," Ann seems very cheerful considering its six o'clock in the morning. She's obviously a morning person, and I am not. "Since when am I your friend?" Gray mumbles as he pulls on some clothes. "Since forever, silly!" Ann giggles and drags us out of the Inn and south towards the farm.
Once we get to the farm we can first see the field. It's overgrown with weeds, rocks, branches, tree stumps, and large boulders. "This place is a mess," I mutter as I glance around. The house looks old and I'm pretty sure if a storm came around it would collapse. The stable, barn, and chicken coup also are in pretty bad condition. A lone tree stands near a pond a few feet closer to us than the chicken coup is. "Well, it needs so work but I'm sure it'll be great with a bit of loving care," Ann says positively. "And a black hole to suck away everything," Gray mutters under his breath and I stifle a laugh.
"Oh, shut up Gray!" Ann says playfully and skips off towards the barn to get a better look. "Can you two go see if the house could possibly be livable if the roof is fixed?" Ann calls to us. Gray and I sigh and head over to the small little house. Gray pulls open the door and it creaks unhappily. Inside is a TV with the screen smashed, a dusty bed with torn blankets, a dining table in two pieces, and a small chest that actually only has a bit of dust layered on it. "Well, I guess it could be livable. She'd have to get some new furniture, roof, and door but the walls looks sturdy and there doesn't seem to be any mold," Gray says as he wanders around. I follow him through the debris and sit down on the bed. It creaks and sighs as it takes my weight.
After Gray's looked around some more he seems content and ready to leave. "I'll just give this last wall a tiny shove to make sure it isn't bending slightly or anything and then we can leave," Gray says and pushes on the corner near the bed I'm sitting on. Suddenly the place starts to tremble and I let out a shout as the roof falls down into the little house. Gray tackles me onto the ground and covers me to make sure nothing hurts me. I tremble as the roof slowly settles around us.
"Gray…" I mutter as I open my eyes to see Gray basically on top of me. "Sorry," Gray mutters and a faint pink tinges his cheeks as he slowly gets up. We're surrounded by pieces of roof, completely blocked off on all four sides and over top of us. We only had enough room to sit on the floor and hardly any room to move around. I glance around and realize that it's almost impossible to get out without the roof crushing them. "How are we going to get out?" I ask worriedly. "I don't know… I wonder if Ann heard the crash. She can get Gotz to get us out…" Gray mumbles and I hear footsteps running towards the house. "Gray! Cliff! Are you guys okay?!" Ann calls worriedly from just outside the house. "Yeah, we're okay but we can't get out," Gray shouts to her. "Go get Gotz." I hear Ann run away and I curl up in a ball.
I'm claustrophobic and it's quite a small space with no light getting in. We're almost completely sealed in here. "Gray… What if they can't get us out?" I ask worriedly. "I don't know…" Gray mumbles and pulls me into a hug. He can tell that I'm scared and he seems worried about me. "You didn't get hurt did you?" he asks nervously. I shake my head nervously. "I'm claustrophobic," I mutter as my breathing gets quicker and I feel like I'm not getting enough air. "Don't worry, everything will be okay," Gray assures me and holds me tightly. I can hear his heart beating and I press my face into his chest. I feel safer in his arms than I've ever felt before.
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With the tiny bit of light that got through to us we could tell that sunset was nearing an end. I'd been in Gray's warm embrace for hours and I was starting to fall asleep. I'd been trying not to concentrate on how little room there was in here and was doing pretty good. I had hyperventilated for a while but Gray had calmed me down. About an hour ago Gray had started humming songs quietly to himself and I was getting sleepy.
Finally when the last bits of sunset were coming through the slit in the roof we heard people coming. "Sorry we took so long, guys. We had to get some tools," I heard Gotz's rough voice say as he started to pry the roof away. When he was about to pull it off the place started to tremble and he had to put it back in place. "Are you going to be able to get us out?" Gray asked worriedly. "Hopefully, but it might take some time," Gotz mutters unhappily.
"I don't think I can stay here much longer, Gray…" I mutter as my breathing started to go quickly again. The darkness made the place seem smaller and I was starting to hyperventilate again. "Shhh, everything is going to be alright Cliff," Gray mutters and his hand moves through my hair soothingly. It doesn't help much though and my condition gets worse. "Gotz, can you hurry? Cliff's claustrophobic and he's getting worse," Gray calls and I can hear the fear in his voice. It's hard to concentrate on that though, all I can concentrate on is the fact that the walls seem to be closing in around us.
"I'm going as fast as I can, Gray," Gotz says but also sounds worried. My vision starts to blur as blackness edges around it and slowly closes in until I faint. Gray shouting my name is the last thing I hear.
End of chapter five.
Uh oh, is Cliff going to die? Or will Gotz be able to save him before his brain shuts down completely? Find out in the next chapter which will be up some time this week! Look forward to it!