Chapter 3 - Escape

The girl spoke but was interrupted as we heard the sound of footsteps coming down the hallway.

"Quickly! Get into the air vent!"

The girl threw me in as i smashed into the wall, before regaining my balance and crawling inwards.

I watched as the girl got in, and then held her hand out to the boy.

The boy grabbed her hand and attempted to climb in when all of a sudden the door swung open extremely fast, and a hand could be seen grasping his leg.

"NOOOOO!"

The boy screamed loudly before letting go of the girl's hand.

The girl then pushed me and we both continued into the darkness of the vent.

"Where do you think you are going… Dearest…?"

The lady pulled the blonde haired boy from the air vent like a monkey would a peach from a tree. I could see her face looking at him in the light from the darkness of the vent.

"She didn't see us, we must keep moving."

The girl had a sour look on her face, and we continued down the path of the vents.

I could hear the boy screech behind us like a dying crow, and i could feel the devil himself tugging at the end of our hearts.

The girl shook her head and urged me onwards, as we came upon a detour, and took the left path.

I once more peered into the light, as we crawled out of the wretched air vents which were filled with spiders and cobwebs.

This time we were within a stone room which had jagged and unkept stone on either side.

I peered to the left, and saw a hole from which the girl was looking through.

I strode over, but soon regretted it as i looked through.

Within the hole was the room of the lady's entertainment. I could see a chair covered in dry blood and spikes, and a bruised intestine laying on the floor below it.

I peered over to the table, and saw many glass containers full of dreary colored liquids.

There was a stone bowl next to the containers that had such a jagged edge it could have been used as a knife.

I then gazed upon the tools to the side of the bowl, and the devil began to tug at my stomach.

There were tweezers, a ragged metal pike, and a bloody pair of scissors. Along with were many other metal tools covered in human remains. There was what seemed to be a child's finger which lay next to the scissors leaking its liquids.

I pulled my eye from the hole, and soon heard footsteps, as the door swung open, and i could hear the shouting of the boy once more.

The boy was then chained to the wall whilst screeching the cry of a ferocious beast, and shaking at the chains to no avail.

I then peered through the hole again, and saw the woman pick up a pair of bloody scissors from the table.

The boy saw what the woman was doing, and she strode over to him.

He began to whimper and panic, as he shook himself on the wall, and attempted to escape.

My eyes gazed upon the lady, as she slowly moved her face to his hand and licked it whilst slowly tracing her tongue across his fingers. I then peered upon her mouth as she smiled evilly, and opened her mouth. The lady then bit off his finger, and the boy let out a screech of pain and shed tears for help from heaven but to no avail.

The woman swallowed his finger and then moved the scissors to his hand, cutting of another finger, and licking the blood from the wound where it was cut from its owner.

The lady then traced her fingers up his arm and onto his chin, as she moved her face closer and peered into his eyes.

The boy was shivering and shedding tears as the woman slowly withdrew and picked up a jagged spoon from the table.

The woman then strode over and gently tapped his forehead with the spoon, before bringing it back to tap again even harder. She continued to pick up speed and strength until there were a purple bump on the boys head. She then licked the bump, and withdrew her face, before gashing the jagged spoon into the boy's eye with great vigor. The woman let out a crazed laugh, and i could feel my cold sweat fall down my spine. The woman then ripped out his eye, and a line of meat could be seen stuck to the eye as i shuddered and back away from the hole.

The boy let out a cry so loud and painful that i could feel the ground shake from underneath me.

I felt the muscles in my body weaken, as i slowly shivered away from the hole.

Then i felt a hand place itself onto my shoulder from behind, causing me to flinch.

"Come. We must not waste time watching him die. He can no longer be saved."

The girl shook her head whilst lowering her head.

I nodded and she grasped my hand before pulling me through the rocky passageway to my right.

The screams of the boy tore apart my ears, and my ears felt as if they were bleeding from the pain of hearing that dying screech.

I kept running regardless of whatever lay behind me, as a spiderweb hit my face, and i could feel a spider running down my arm.

I shook my head to get the webbing off, and continued running, as i stepped onto a dark grey rat whom had already breathed its last breath, and a pile of bickering cockroaches to my right.

The girl pulled my hand harder, as i could feel her pick up her pace.

I could no longer hear the screams of the boy from behind me, and i could feel tears streaming down my cheeks.

My eyes finally gazed upon the light of the wilderness, as i tumbled out of the exit of the path, and fell upon a pile of branches.

"Get up! It is not over!"

The girl grabbed my hand, and yanked me upwards, as i could see a group of crimson maids to my left. The maids no longer had their hoods, and what i saw for their faces were bald gargoyle heads with jagged teeth of which were dripping blood from their tips.

The maids soon spotted us and strode toward us with great speed, causing my heart to pump more adrenaline than before.

"They found us! We must run!"

The girl urged my onwards, as she ran a the full force of her abilities, pulling me behind her.

I got cut on the arm from a branch as i was pulled through the thicket of the forest, and i could feel the trees attempting to grasp me with their dead limbs to stop me.

The maids were close behind, and i could feel their presence prickling my back.

The girl then strode out of the bushes, and i tripped on a rock, falling down onto the dirt and scraping my knees with blood on a rock.

"Get up! Were almost there! Once we reach the dirt road they can no longer follow!"

The girl shook her head furiously, and yanked me back up to my feet before pulling me forward once more.

I could feel the wind rushing through my hair, as the branches of the trees scraped my skin red and filled it with bloody cuts.

Upon thinking that the maids would finally catch up to us, I caught sight of the dirt road ahead of me.

I began to pick up speed when suddenly the girl stopped tugging me, and turned around.

I stopped moving as well, but she soon shouted at me.

"Idiot! Keep moving!"

I shivered at her angry voice, and began to question her when she spoke to me.

"Just leave! I cannot leave this place!"

The girl's face turned dark and she solemnly looked at the maids running towards us in the distance.

"What do you mean…?"

I asked her with all the courage i could muster.

"When you first arrived here… I was already killed."

The girl spoke with an eerie tone towards me and i soon had it dawned upon me that i had heard a scream when i first arrived into my room.

"What…?"

I questioned what she truly meant, but then she flickered and turned her face towards me, and i could see not two eyes, but two black holes leading to the void in place of her eyes.

Her face was covered in bruises and blood was streaming down her face.

I could see her mouth held no teeth, and the gums were ripped and torn from their flesh.

She had maggots eating the inside of her ear, and I could see her hand only had two attached fingers.

"AAAAAHHH!"

I Screeched in horror and turned my tail, running towards the dirt road with everything i had.