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Chapter 1 - Child (Pilot)

In 2010, a man by the name of Max Hills, was killed when he was biking and someone stabbed him.

The reason people are bringing this up is because he was one of the test subjects for Alex's newest project, The Fear Hunter Project. And that's when everything went to hell.

The subject chosen for this project is Alice Ruth, a Mother of a child who joined this project to show her daughter that not everything in life is scary. She's also quick to anger.

Apparently, her fears are the loss of her child, and Loneliness, David, one of the people who are testing the Wife and Child are actively sat down right next to helmets.

"Okay, put it on." David Says.

The two put on the helmets, then are put to sleep.

In what seems to be a Kingdom, Alice looks around for her Daughter. Realizing she's behind her.

She takes her hand and begins to walk around the building, ignoring the "no children allowed" sign. That is, until she is greeted by a guard.

"Ma'am, excuse me, but your daughter is not allowed in this building."

Annoyed by the response, Alice says, "The Fuck you mean? This is my child. I can take her where ever the hell I want!"

As the two get into an argument, Zoe, the daughter looks behind her, to reveal a shadow person.

"Mommy, Mommy!" Zoe Cried.

"Not now, Zoe. Can't you tell I'm in a heated argument?" Alice Responded.

As the fighting got louder, the shadow got closer, until it was literally a few feet from her.

"Mommy! Scary Creature!"

"What do you- What?" Alice looked behind her to see nothing behind her.

"Wasting my time, listen, if you don't want to cooperate, I'll just go. I rather be near my child then far."

"Okay, good luck." The guard warned.

They try to leave, only to be greeted by a message.

"If you choose to leave, you'll exit the simulation."

Reluctantly, she was forced to agree.

"Okay, I'll leave my child here, but watch her okay? And if you or anyone of these people try to get ahold of my daughter, I'll slit you throat."

Alice warned.

"I'd love to see you try." Said the Guard.

She then went through and saw the place, which, in many rooms, it was just quiet. Due to the lack of people. She thought that very few people came.

Outside the simulation, David and Arnold were watching through a tablet connected to the helmets.

"This is going pretty well, wonder if we will actually do this." David Said.

"Yeah, it could work but- wait, what's that?" Arnold pointed at a message that read Security Breach.

"Someone got into the simulation, we got to tell them." David said, but before doing that, Arnold grabbed him by the arm and said, "Don't, we could actually have a hot shot here. This could actually work and instead you just shut down this thing. I say we wait and see what happens. If shit hits the fan, we'll shut it down.

David Agreed, but was still worried about the two.

In the Simulation, Zoe was sitting, chatting with the guard.

"So, you work here a lot?"

"Yeah, I do. I work, I work, and I work." The guard replied.

While they're chatting, the shadow figure returns to Zoe's surprise.

"Guard! Guard! Scary Figure!"

The guard pulls out his taser,

"What Scary Figure? Where is it?"

He looks to the right to see the figure, in a second, the figure moves.

"Whoever you are, you have nothing to hide now that you're caught. Just come out and talk to me." The guard was assertive, He had his finger on the taser trigger, while his hand was slowly moving towards his pistol.

The Figure then lashed out at the guard.

"SHIT!"

The guard starts shooting rapidly at the figure. to the point where when he ran in the way of Zoe, he accidentally tased her, knocking her out cold.

"Oh, Fuck Me. I accidentally shot a child."

He lifted the body of the child. He ran to find Alice. The Figure looked at the cameras, which were hidden throughout the room. He punched the camera, causing it to shatter.

"I think I understand why you told us to tell them instead of wait now." Arnold Said.

He looked at the camera footage to see the figure punching the camera.

"Wait... is that Max?" David looked closer at the footage.

"Holy Fuck it is Max! What's he doing? And how did he get in?" David Said.

"You think we should wait a bit more?" Arnold Asked.

"Yeah, at this point, I'm almost done with this Twilight Zone episode, might as well bang out the season so far." David said.

"Hello? Anyone?" Alice Asked.

"If this is a game, it's not funny anymore."

Max saw Alice walking the corner, and chased after her.

Max then, after a number of chasing, got ahold of Alice, for which he then took possession of her.

"Alice! Alice! I got your daughter! She's really not well and I'm so sorry for tazing her!" The Guard came running up with the daughter.

Being in control of by Max, Alice Angrily Shouts, "YOU SHOCKED MY DAUGHTER?"

Max bolts to the man, grabbing him by the neck and nearly chocking him out.

The guard, realizing there could be an evil spirit inside her, grabs his taser, and shocks Max, giving them an opportunity to run.

"Death... Stabbing... You're Mine!" Max Yells before sprinting.

Only to be confronted by a wall.

Out of simulation, David realizes there's conflict in the simulation.

"Shit... Can you check that for me?"

"Listen do it your- HOLY SHIT THAT'S BLOOD!" Arnold notices blood, which was in the simulation.

"Wait... did we tell them that they could die in reality if they fuck around in the simulation?" David Asked, before realizing they didn't.

In the simulation, Max notices a call. He presses the button on Alice's jacket.

"Hey, Uh, Alice... Can you tell me what's going on in there?" Arnold Said.

"Oh, you know, fighting my fear, the usual." Max says with the best Alice impression he did.

"You sure? You're eyes are telling a different-"

Arnold says before.

"CAN YOU BELIEVE ANYONE IN THAT HEAD OF YOURS?!" Sounding like a demon, Max Yells Loudly.

The call ends.

"I will find those bastards that killed me and torture them with their LIVES." Max says.

Walking for what feels like forever, The Guard can now finally drop Zoe.

"Are you alright?" The guard asks.

Zoe's eyes slowly awaken.

"What- What happened?" Zoe Seems to be unable to speak much for a while.

He explains how she got knocked out via a taser, but doesn't explicitly say who.

"Also, your mother has a demon inside her."

With tears coming down the Zoe's eyes, she looks away from the guard.

As reassurance, he places a hand on the child.

"It's alright, were gonna get your mother back. Also, call me Ted."

Wiping a tear away, Zoe nods and they keep on moving.