We walked down the dark hallway, it was so silent, I could only hear our own breathing and footsteps, it echoed throughout the hall. We reached the end and turned the corner. I just stood there throughout the silence. A dead body was hanging there. Maybe we were too late? Andy approached it, I followed him.
"Andy, what are you doing"
"sh, I-I think it's someone I know." He said shakily, looking at the bodies face, I looked at him, his eyes glimmered with tears as he looked down.
"I-It's Lisa"
"what?" I said shocked.
"my sister Lisa, he killed her. THIS ISN'T FUNNY BRADIE, STOP DOING THIS TO US, PLEASE!" Andy cried, screaming and kicked a wall, I jumped slightly at his anger.
"Andy stop" I grabbed him and held him to my chest, making him calm down.
"why are we here? What did we do so wrong?" Andy sobbed, I bit my lip.
"maybe this isn't our game…maybe Bradie isn't the one behind it"
"and what makes you think that?" Andy asked, looking up with me with his tear filled eyes, he lost his sister, I can't imagine how he feels.
"we did nothing wrong, this clearly isn't our game! It just can't be!"
"Y-You're right" he looked at his dead hanging sister. It was so hard for me to believe. How could someone kill someone like this?
"come on, let's keep going" Andy said, he grabbed his limp sisters hand and kissed it, he pulled a note out from under her hand, I looked over his shoulder and read it 'live or die'.
"live or die, she lost her game…come on Shaun" Andy said, walking down the hall. I felt the tears in my eyes as I looked at her, she had been in my life for around ten years. Now she's gone because of Bradie, or someone else.
"Shaun?" Andy's voice said, distant.
"c-coming" I turned away and ran after him, he was in front of a door, it read 'two go in, one comes out alive'
"n-no…" Andy mumbled, I turned him to me.
"Andy listen to me, we'll both come out alive, I promise, we've been through this before, it shouldn't be too hard"
"w-what if I lose you? I can't deal with that"
"I promise you won't lose me, I can't lose you either okay? So we'll get through this, together"
Andy breathed deeply and nodded, I bit my lip and opened the door, we walked in together side by side. There was a tape player in the middle of the room, and a cage looking thing, I looked up to see glass jars, filled with keys. I carefully went and grabbed the tape player, pressing play.
"There is nine glass jars above you, all filled with different keys. You have 5 minutes to fit the right key into the hole and only one of you can get in the chamber before the bombs blow up the other one and if neither don't make it, game over. You have 3 minutes, your time starts now." The dark voice said, the tape stopped, we stared at each other as the timer started to go down '2:59, 2:58, 2:57'.
"and how exactly do we get the keys? And only one of us can fit" Andy asked softly, I looked to my side to see a crowbar.
"duck" I grabbed the crow bar
"h-huh?" Andy said confused, I smashed some of the glasses, I kept breaking the jars, looking down toward the ground so I wouldn't get it in my eyes. I threw the crowbar and got on my knees, Andy getting next to me, he grabbed a few keys and started fitting them in. I got up next to him.
"come on Andy" I said, anxious as the time was going down '1:08, 1:07, 1:06'.
"n-none of these work"
"let me go" I pushed him away and starting to fit the keys in the hole, my hand that was in the acid started to burn again as I fiddled with the keys. I threw the keys that didn't work on the ground as I kept fiddling with them.
"S-Shaun, we only have 30 seconds!"
"calm down Andy!" I kept fiddling with the keys, I felt my head sweat a little bit as the adrenaline pumped through my body, making me shake. Andy pushed me and pushed a key in and twisted it. Unlocking it and opening the chamber.
"you dropped a key" he said, holding it up. I bit my lip and held the door to the chamber open
"Andy, get in"
"n-no Shaun I'm not letting you die!"
"we'll both fit in there okay, he's trying to trick us into believing that one of us must die. And I'd rather get hurt than see you get hurt or die, now get in!"
Andy looked at me and bit his lip, getting inside the chamber, squishing up to the end. I looked at the time '0:10, 0:9, 0:8'. I panicked and quickly got in, covering Andy with my body. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Boom. Andy jumped slightly, I clenched him in my hands, breathing in and out deeply, sitting in the small cylinder chamber that was made entirely of concrete. I started to get out, I just wanted to get out of here, It can't get as bad as last time, I can't imagine what's next. And it's only just begun. Andy grabbed my hand as I went to get out.
"Shaun, can we just relax here for a moment or two? I-I just need a moment to wake up."
"alright" I sat back next to him.
"maybe we should get your mind off it?" I asked, I knew the picture of his dead hanging sister was still stuck in his head as much as it was in mine.
"alright…um, have you ever read a fan fiction that fans make?"
"no way, half of them are about you and me hooking up, they probably aren't worth reading…do you…do you read them?" I asked him, looking at him.
"I've read a few, about us."
"y-you don't actually think about…do you? Like us-"
"no, no, no…not at all"
"o-oh good"
"do you thin-"
"nooo"
"alright"
things grew quite for that moment. I looked at Andy as he looked up at me, I noticed a bit of dirt on the side of his mouth, I carefully put my good hand on his cheek and wiped it off with my thumb, he looked me in the eyes, I looked into his as I wiped my thumb gently over his lips without realizing, they were really soft, I looked at his lips, I leaned in reluctantly, his lips just looked good for that moment, our lips touched softly, we kissed soft but slow. I felt some butterflies, something I hadn't felt for over a year. But what am I doing? I pulled away quickly then looked away awkwardly.
"u-uhm there was a-"
"yeah" he cut in, looking away as well, clearing his throat.
"bit o-of dirt a-and-
"yeah"
"I felt hungry"
"yeah" I cocked my eyebrow at myself. Am I really this stupid? Hungry? I looked at him biting my lip. That was such a weird moment. He looked back at me.
"Y-You have really soft lips, just thought you should know" I said to him, scratching my head slightly with my good hand.
"same for you…" he bit his lip then looked in my eyes, then to my lips. He put his hand on my cheek, leaning up slightly to touch our lips again, we kissed soft and slow, he was a good kisser surprisingly. The butterflies in my stomach just wouldn't keep calm, I smiled slightly as he pulled away.
"come on, let's go" Andy said. I bit my lip, I think I may be even more afraid of losing him now.