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The lumesent lights flicker rythmically. The hum fills the silence. Until as always I break it.
"We are so going to jail"
Soren sighs over the ambiance, "You didn't have to come you know? No ones forcing you to do anything."
"Sorry, I know. I know. Couldn't let you both get arrested without me!"
Soren and Yuko walk closely behind me as we reach the stairs.
"Last to the top is a rotten egg!"
Yuko and I race up the stairs. This building, old and rusted, smells of mold and grime and the upstairs is no different. The graffitied walls invite us to explore the empty corridors.
"Why are I friends with you both again?" Soren askes sarcastically.
I walk into one of the rooms still out of breathe from the race. This area was different from the rest. It seemed to be that they'd been meaning to add an extra door into the side of the room but never ended up quite finishing it. Instead blue tape was placed where the door should've been. Strange. Even stranger this wall was leading to the outside on the second story. So maybe a balcanoy? I walk up to the tape my hand brushing up agaisnt the wall as I do so...huh? Ok so that was fucking werid hello? I go to rest my hand on the wall. Hypotheically I should be able to. What? It goes through the wall. There's no way I must be high or something. New hypothetical. I shouldn't be able to walk through the wall yes? I sigh loudly hyping myself up before hesitanly walking up to the wall.
It takes my eyes a while to adjust. Where am I? Is this a room we didn't know about? It seems to be an office building of some kinda? The yellow wallpaper is oldly nostagic I swear I've seen this place before. I walk further. How big is this place? I walk further. It seems to go one forever. I walk further. This is so weird. The walls go on forever. This is so off. It looks like an office building but looking at it for to long you can tell everything is just ever so slightly wrong. It's almost like a dream.
"Hello?"
No response. I would've probably freaked out if there was one. I have to go back. I've got to get the others. I retrace my steps to the wall I came in from. Now where on the wall was the portal. Should I even call it a portal? I feel around for the 'door'. Fuck. Fuck where was it? I need to go back where was it? Fuck.
"HELLO?? SOREN! YUKO! HELLO?"
No response. Obviously. Where is that stupid door?!
Ow fuck okay found it. I fall through onto the concret floor of the abandoned building. That hurt like hell but at least I'm back, yeah ok. I notice there's a roll of the blue tape in the corner of the room. Perfect if I put that on the other side we'll be able to get back easy peasy.
"Guys?" I whisper shout.
Soren comes rushing in, Yuko walking slowly behind them.
"Whatsup?" Soren asks calmly.
"Do you guys wanna see something cool?"
I don't wait for either of them to respond before walking back through the portal.
"PERCI??" I can hear Soren's muffled voice through the wall.
"It's okay! I'm fine come on check this place out!"
Yuko's gonna love this place I just know it. Soren hmm not sure.
"YOU JUST WALKED THROUGH A WALL?"
"I'm fine I promise come here."
Soren heasitenly walls in after me followed by Yuko.
"What the fuck?" They both say at once.
"Welcome to uhh wherever this is?"
"Are we still in the abandoned building" Yuko asks.
"I'm not really sure. For all I know this place goes on forever. But I didn't really want to get lost without you guys."
"This is so creepy." Soren says kinda spaced out.
"I was thinking more nostalgic like it feels I've been here before" Yuko responses.
We begin to walk forward into the endless room. Further. I really do believe these walls never end. The yellow wallpaper streches on forever. Continuing and contnuing. The sickly colour copied onto every surface. How long has this been like this?
"Why is no one else here? Like I know this place is abandoned sure but I mean-"
"Where's all the graffiti" Yuko finishes Soren's sentence.
Shit.
Suddenly I hear footsteps comming from the left of us. Soren must've heard them too.
"We have to go."
"I don't know how to get back."
"Who's there?" They call out into the hall.
A silhoutte. A tall lanky silhoutte.
"Guys. Please how do we get back?" I say through my teeth.
The creature is slowly moving towards us as we slowly back away almost matching our speed.
"What do we do?"
"Perci shut up for a second." Yuko says calmly. How is he nonchalant right now??
Suddenly Yuko grabs both our arms and drags us in the general direction of which we came. I don't think I've ever ran this fast in my life. I can hear the creature behind us picking up speed too. Faster and faster. There's no way we can out run it. I'm slowing us down. Soren and Yuko have always been faster than me after all. I feel something brush agaisnt my neck.
Holy shit.