Chapter 14 : Into the Darkness - Part 4 : Some Flashback and stuff...
We walked to the mine exit and I took a deep breath, inhaling fresh air, rather than hot and stifled mine's air. We explored the beautiful landscape of the Metaforest while relaxing our mind. I saw the waterfall wasn't far from here, maybe Maxwell is there. I heard my stomach grumbled, I shut the video camera and put it in Sarah's bag. I pulled out my notebook and wrote 'sandwich', when the sandwich appeared I slipped the pencil between the book's binders and put it back in my pocket.
We keep walking while I ate my sandwich, the wind blew through my rooster helmet, it feels good to got out from that damned mine. We found a house and we entered it, hoping Maxwell was here. Our hope vanished when we found the house was only filled with large shelves and some barrels. Fortunately, we found a tv connected to a video camera with a wire, the tv was showing a video camera placed in a table. The tv was set in a pause, I finished the rest of my sandwich and pressed the play button playing a record.
A girl with a white hoodie approached the camera and picked it up, "Wait, isn't that Sarah?" Lily asked me.
"Yeah, it's her." I answered. She was wearing the same white hoodie as the chasing figure back at the mine, but I still can't believe that the figure is her.
She took the camera with her, but before she exited the house, she waved her right hand at Maxwell's parents and said goodbye to them before exited the house. Outside was raining heavily, but it was the sky wasn't too dark, I can presume that she went at afternoon. She took out her globe and a yellow light blinded the camera, she was suddenly near the mine that we entered a while ago.
"What the hell is she doing at the mine?" Sophia asked.
"Alright." I heard Sarah mumble at the tv, "Time to find my annoying brother and his friends."
"Did she just called me an annoying brother?!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, a few times." Lily replied.
I sighed and continue to watch the video, ignoring the fact that Sarah is actually called me annoying brother all the time. Now, she turned on her flashlight and walked closer to the mine. The sky was very dark and raining, maybe she came at the same time when we searched the pages on Metaforest. When she about to enter the mine, we saw someone. The figure was kneeling down and crying, the figure face was hidden because he was facing away from the camera and covered his face with his hands.
Sarah approached the figure while we inspected the figure, he was wearing blue hoodie, red rooster helmet, green short- wait a second. Red rooster helmet? Could it be Maxwell? If it's him. Then our search for him all the time will be pointless. She put her hand on his shoulder called his name.
"Maxwell? Is-is that you?"
He stopped crying for a while and turned around, revealing his white... Faceless face? He quickly grabbed both of Sarah shoulders and asked.
"What happened to me?!" He shook Sarah.
"Ge-get off me! You're not Maxwell!" She tried to get his hands off from his shoulders, once she did, she pushed the faceless figure away and turned around. Only to be greeted by three figures, and one of them is very tall.
"Yes he is." One of the figure punched Sarah in her face. She fell to the ground, her camera fell out from her hand and rolled a few inches away from her.
"What the hell with that guy punched her?" I asked.
Someone picked up the camera and showed us his face, "Listen Alex, this is a warning. Give us the starite. Or we going to kill her and Maxwell." He said to us.
Damn, he is Doppelganger. He was with Schwartz and Slender Man. Schwartz dragged Maxwell away and Slender Man swung Sarah unconscious body over his shoulder. "Meet us in a safe house in Anaphora Falls if you want to get them back. Remember, don't forget to bring the stuff we want." He continued. After that, the camera went to full static.
(A/N : Sorry for the short chapter, I promise I'll get the next one longer.)