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Chapter 3 - The Escape Room

We jumped out of the window. The wind that was blowing my hair wasn't my friend at all when I jumped. I landed on my teacher's car sustaining an injury on my nose, while everyone landed safely on the bouncy house. At that point in time, gravity was my best friend. Blake came to my rescue screaming my name. He held my hand but I couldn't feel anything at all.

I woke up and I saw everyone looking at me. I was so scared because I thought that Ripley has taken control of their minds

. They were silent for a moment, while I was intimidated by their ostentatious appearance. They all laughed at the same time. "Did you see the look in your face ?" Susie said.

"Stop it you guys. I actually thought that you had been possessed by Ripley, don't try that shit again" I said angrily. I bailed out on them and went to Blake, who was driving.

"There's blood stain on your nose. Dustin! Get over here and take over"

Dustin seemed bitter while Blake and I were having a conversation. "I'm really happy your okay".

"That was some fall, are you sure that you're fine" he asked. "Yes, I'm fine, after all, I'm with you. How can someone not be fine when she's with you ?" We both giggled. We were few miles away from the escape room. I had Blake and Susie to keep me company while we going to annihilate that demon, Ripley. I won't be an easy task because we don't even have any weapons that we can use to beat him. "We are here!" Dustin said. "Okay Dustin, pull over"

"Copy that" he said. "Okay everyone, let's go over the plan. Dustin and I already have some supplies in the car. Some walkie talkies, and-- that's it. So, we don't have much weapons here, but if we improvise, there are some supplies in the trunk, so we can make out own weapons. How about that ?"

"That's a great idea" Dustin said.

We went to the trunk of the van. We saw some knives, kerosene and a trash can lid. "Dustin, you can these garbage supplies ?" I asked.

"Well, if I had called them garbage, would you have been optimistic ?"

I took some of the "supplies" and went to meet Susie. "What can we do with knives and a trash can lid ?" I asked Susie.

"Well, if we can just get a rope and a stick, we can just tie the stick to the knife and we could make a spear. And, we can use the trash can lid to create a shield" she said. I couldn't even focus on the spear I was making, because Blake was just grappling my attention. It took us two hours, but we were finally done with the spears and shields. Blake and Dustin wanted to test it out by fighting with them. "Be careful guys"

"Okay Dustin, I'm giving you three chances to step down".

"I'd rather due than to watch you reign" Dustin said playfully. Then, they started to fight and the way they were using it to fight, it seemed like they had used it before. Dustin barely seemed like he wanted to stab Blake,.but Blake had the upper hand. Dustin detached the knife from the stick and used it to chop half of Blake's ear off. "What the hell ?" I quickly ran towards Blake and helped him while he yelled in agony. I felt bad for him

"Susie, take Blake to the van and take van, and I will take care of this piece of shit" I said

"You don't even stand a chance against me"

I thought you were his best friend. Why did you betray him ?" I asked

"Isn't it obvious ? Blake's a nice guy but he took everything away from me, especially my best friend" he said.

"You know, regardless of the nostalgia, I don't feel any remorse for you at all "I said.

"For a pretty girl like you, you talk to much" he said.

"Less talking, more fighting" I said, then I ran to the car and picked up my katana.

"Woah I didn't know you had a katana" he said shockingly.

Dustin and I were busy fighting with a the grit we had left inside of us. He pinned me down and I was left helpless.

"Ha! Looks like you don't have a to live anymore" he said.

"Don't count your eggs before they hatch" I said. Then I kicked him right in his balls and I dragged him down to the floor. I pointed the catana right to his neck while his hands were In his "area". He screamed in agony.

"Looks like it's not everyone that knows how to fight" I said.

"You don't know what you're doing. Don't you even dare to even kill me or you'll regret it" he said.

"Hmmph" I grunted and I stabbed him directly to his throat. His blood stained my clothes and my face. My face was struck by his blood.

I left the katana hanging on his throat and went straight to Blake.

"Is he okay ?" I asked.

"He's going to be fine, he's just unconscious. He'll be awake in about 20 minutes" Susie assured me.

"Where is Dustin ? And why are there blood stains all over your face ?" She asked.

"I took care of him" I said.

"Took care if him" she asked

"Look out the window". She looked outside the window and she was rendered speechless.

"No words right ?" I said and chuckled at the same time.

"Umm, whose that ?" She asked.

"Whose--" before I could finish my sentence, I saw that the person that I killed was actually Ripley who mind-controlled Dustin. "So, I thought it was Dustin killed, not knowing that it's my worst nightmare, Ripley.

"Is that the demon you said he was coming after you ?" She asked.

"Yep, he's the one" I answered

He was being carried by the snake-binded thread that was lifting him up, a hundred feet into the air.

"What are we going to do ?" Susie asked while I went outside, starring an ostentatious look at what could possibly be my worst nightmare.

"Tick tock, Sophie" he said.

I was being intimidated by his frightening looks.

"Why did you take control at my friend ? What are you even doing here" I asked.

"Isn't it obvious ? Didn't I tell you that I was going to have my revenge on you and your family ? I took over your friend's body since yesterday. Before, I could even ask him what you guys are preparing for, he was already intimidated by me. I thought that he was already scared if me and he wanted to tell me what was going on, but due to his unreliability, he brought out a knife and stabbed me. He didn't know that I am a disciple of the devil now, I had no other option than to take control of him" he said with a very incapacitating voice.

"I'm done listening to your nonsense" I ran toward him but he used his powers to hold me up sixteen feet in the air. I couldn't feel my legs again. I was distressed and hopeless. I heard Mike's voice.

"Sophie, Sophie" he screamed.

My bones began to break again as he was limping towards me.

"How in the hell did can he do that, who Is that anyway?"

"That's Ripley, the demon that she said it was profusely following her to kill her"

"We have to help her" he said

He took a rope and tied it to my neck to pull me down.

"Pull harder" Susie blurted

"I'm trying"

Finally, he dragged me down but it was already too late, Ripley disappeared instantly.

"Why the hell are her eyes white and why are her bones bent backwards ?" Blake asked.

"Well, I don't know, I'm not a doctor" Susie said drastically.

I woke up and I saw myself lying on the floor in a dance hall. I hurriedly stood up in fear. "Blake, Susie, where am I " I asked but no one responded. I felt like I was drenched in a pool of fear and deceit. "Ripley!!! What have you done to my friends ?"

I heard a clock ticking in an unusual way. A song was being played using a piano. No one was playing the piano, and that's when I realized that, I've lost my mind. I ran as fast as I could but the hall didn't seem to have an ending or even walls. I panted in fear and agony due to what Ripley did to me. My Head was bleeding, my nose was dripping blood, blood stains all over my face and my eyes.

The walls began to fall apart. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was in a world where the atmosphere was red in colour. Lighting was brewing everywhere.

"Where the hell am I ?" I said to myself. I couldn't even recognise anything at all.