"Derek, where are you!" a person screams but nothing but echoes was all he heard
"Derek, this isn't funny!" He screamed again
A figured passed behind causing them to turned around
"Tristan" A wispy voice whisper behind him
"Derek, you are screwed in the head, I know I also did some fucked up shit to you but this is seriously screwed."
"Come one Derek, just think of the money we can split it 50/50"
Tristan pleaded all he could backing up slowly in the dark not knowing a dark shadowy figure was behind him.
"Look out" a boy cladded in black shouted
Without missing a beat the boy tackled the shadowy figure on the ground, plunging a crucifix deep into its chest.
"Hello there, such a shame that you won't be feasting tonight, huh" said the boy
The figure screeched back spewing bile everywhere
"You should just go back alread---" The figure stretched out it's hand trying to reach Tristan but before it could the boy plunged the crucifix into it chest deeper causing its shadowy body to disappear into the air"
"Who are you?" asked Tristan
"Who? Me?" Said the boy as he pointed to himself
"You can call me Io (eye-o)"
"Io, please help me, m---my friend he's still somewhere out there" pleaded Tristan
"Before that, tell me whole the story, your friend can probably survive but I guarantee he won't if I don't know what I'm dealing with" said Io
"Well it all started when me and my friend found an article online"
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"Dude! Check this out, someone's offering a million dollars to stay overnight at the abandoned building by the road" said Tristan
"You mean the hospital where several people suffered and died, sounds like a good idea, idiot" Derek said
"Oh come on dude, do you seriously believe in all that crap? That's probably just some made up tale the mayor came up with so no one goes near it." Tristan bantered
"Well if you aren't coming with me, I can keep the prize money all to myself, I can finally quit my part time job at the local pizza place" he continued
"Fine, I'm going with you just so I know you won't die and your sister won't blame me" replied Derek
"Let's go get our gear then" Tristan said back with a cheeky smile on his face
The pair hurriedly prepared all their stuff and eventually headed to the site before dusk.
Along the way they saw many cars parked at the side, it looked like they were there for a while. Odd but the pair shrugged it off
"Ok, video cam set, mic working, building in the shot, we're ready" said Tristan
"3 2 1, hour 0 at the scary abandoned hospital" said Tristan
Tristan looked around with the camera, it looked like your stereotypical abandoned building you see in movies. Graffitied walls, rusty metal, leaky pipes, rooms that look like they could fall apart just by touching them
"This is so cool! It's like that one map in the horror game I always play" said Tristan
While Tristan was exploring the place and playing around, Derek was busy setting up their gear
"Yo Derek, what are you doing over there?" Asked Tristan as he pointed the camera at Derek
Derek didn't bother replying it looked pretty obvious enough, he was setting up their tents and sleeping bags for tonight. It looks like they were more geared for camping outside than in an abandoned building
As Tristan stared at the camera, a pair of white glowing lights zoomed past behind Derek. Tristan thought of nothing of this at first until the glowing lights were permanently behind his friend.
Slowly he realized they weren't just lights
The white glowing lights turned red as it slowly approached Derek from behind revealing it tall lanky figure
Hunched down with almost a skeletal body and bony hands behind his friend, Tristan couldn't do anything but scream
"Derek! Behind you!"
"Haha, Funny joke Tristan but you're not getting me, now help me with our stu--"
Derek was suddenly pulled by the creature into the darkness
Tristan dropped the camera causing an ear piercing sound of glass shattering to spread across the entire building, soon after he dashed to where his friend was abducted.
Tristan came upon an empty room, trying to peer outside the windows, all he could see was black, not even a single star in the night sky, in the middle of the room, Derek with his back turned towards Tristan. Tristan could barely make out his figure, the moonlight was not that helpful trying to see Derek.
"Derek! What are you just standing there? Let's go already!" Tristan tried to question his friend but it was replied only by silence
"I know this is one of your funny prank just so you can we get good video footage, but look I don't have the camera so let's just stop already" He continued
Again met by silence, Tristan started moving closer to Derek, he couldn't just sit still anymore.
Placing his hand on Dereks' shoulder, Tristan spoke again
"Let's just go home" he said calmly
Derek slowly turned around
Tristan was met with a blank face and red glowing eyes, it looked like Derek was about to pounce on him but instead he ran to the next room leaving Tristan stunned and on the floor leaving him where he is now.
Frantically screaming for his friend to come out
"I know what we're dealing with now" said Io
"What is it?" question Tristan
"You don't have to know" replied Io "It's better that you don't know" he mumbled under his breath
Even though Io said it discreetly, Tristan still heard it causing him to be more afraid
"Now where did you last see your friend?" asked Io
"H-he ran towards that room" Tristan pointed to a room with a door that's been left ajar
"Just stay here" replied Io
Slowly opening the door, Io took out a leather bound book. It looked tattered and old, something you would see in, ironically, an abandoned building.
In the room was Derek, he was facing the opposite wall, standing as if nothing had happened.
"Derek, is your name right?" Io said with a scoff
Derek without moving slowly turned his head around a full 180 degrees with the same blank face and red glowing eyes.
Tristan followed Io out of curiosity although far enough to not hear anything.
Io flipped through his book chanting something in an unknown language, to Tristan it looked like an exorcism but it was something more.
Io was at the verge of his chant but before he could finish, Derek pounced on him causing him and his stuff to fall on the ground.
He tried to fight against Derek but he was pinned against the ground he couldn't do anything but prevent his death, grasping for anything to defend himself, he grasped his trusty pocket knife but before he could jab it into Derek's neck, Tristan came in tackling his friend off Io.
"Thanks" said Io as he dusted himself
"Can you hurry up already" said Tristan as he struggled to keep his friend from escaping his grapple
Io grabbed his tattered book from the ground and started his chant again
Io finished his chant causing Derek to go limp and unconscious.
"Is-is he alright?" asked Tristan
Io nodded and threw some strange liquid at them before leaving the building, leaving them with one warning
"Always look behind you"