Arriving at the spot, Mike parked the car next to a few parked motorcycles, and together with Thomas, they got out and started walking towards the bar.
"Mount Mustang? Really? The shittiest bar in the town? " Thomas looked at his partner and pulled out a cigarette from his pack with an annoyed expression.
"Yeah, they have the best beer in San Francisco... and hey! It's not shitty, just old-fashioned that's all. Come on... it's not so bad," Mike smiled and made a hand gesture, showing Thomas to follow him as a country melody and a bunch of male voices, laughing were coming from the place.
Thomas inhaled the smoke of his cigarette and shook his head slightly.
"I would need something stronger than a beer my friend."
"Don't worry, you will get anything you want on me today," Mike opened the door and went inside the bar.
"Fine," Thomas replied and threw half of his cigarette on the ground. Stepping on it, he went inside after his partner.
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The bar was not big nor small. It has a bar, six wooden tables with each having three chairs, a pool table, and in a far corner was a music box blasting country music.
A few bikers were standing around the pool table in their leather jackets and vests, with eagle symbols on their backs while two of their friends were playing the game.
In front of the big bar which ends next to the wall were placed five bar chairs. Two of them, next to the wall, were occupied by an old man in a grey suit and a young lady in a sexy red dress.
The man was about sixty and the woman could have a max of twenty-five.
"What a nasty old man," Thomas narrowed his eyes at the man but followed Mike towards the bar where a sinful woman stood behind it wearing a tight T-shirt with a maiden kneeling in front of the cross, and tight blue jeans.
"Hi Kelly, how are you doing? " Mike waved at her and sat down on one of the bar chairs.
Thomas followed and sat on his right which was the last bar chair. Now, the only free chair was between Mike and that old nasty man who had his back turned towards the two detectives, not caring about anything except the woman in front of him.
"I'm good Mike... what about you~" Kelly smiled at her favorite customer and cleared the bar in front of him and Thomas with a piece of cloth.
"Same stuff every day... Nothing special," Mike replayed and placed fifty dollars on the bar table.
"I want a beer and my partner here would like... What are you even drinking? Sorry, I forgot hahaha~"
"Whisky, thanks."
"Alright~" Kelly smiled at the two and turned to prepare Thomas' drink.
"What's wrong Thomas? " Mike looked at his partner with a questioning gaze.
"What's wrong?! Everything is wrong! " Thomas shook his head in disbelief.
"We are hiding information from our chief, some weird guys tried to fucking kill me not too long ago and now we are here, waiting for a drink?! Can you fucking tell me what's going on already?! " Thomas was on the verge of a breakdown.
"Okay, okay, chill man. Kelly, my dear, we will take my favorite table. Can you bring it there? "
"I can but the drinks are almost ready. Here Thomas," Kelly handed the glass of whisky to Thomas who took it, and then, she started making Mike's beer.
"Alright, Thomas, go to the table near the window in the furthest corner. I'll wait for my beer and then I'll join you."
"Fine," Thomas took his whisky and took a sip as he walked to the table.
When he sat down on the chair, he started spectating everyone present.
The men near the pool table were almost done with their game and the other bikers were looking pretty drunk to be a threat.
The old nasty man was still flirting with the woman in red who few times looked in Thomas' direction and smiled seductively.
Kelly was talking with Mike and the country songs were still blasting near our detective.
"Hah, what a crazy day," Thomas said and pulled out the pack of his cigarettes. Taking one of them, he lit it up and inhaled the smoke as Mike stopped his conversation and started walking towards their table.
"What topic you two were talking about?"
"She wants to go out for a date..."
Seeing the happy smile on Mike's face, Thomas decided to relax a little.
"Mike you rizz master hahahaha... why don't you take her out then? "
"I can't! No, when this shit is happening all around..."
"So... the explanation maybe? " Thomas asked as he took another sip from his whisky and inhaled the smoke from his cigarette.
"Yeah, I think I'm owning you one hehe. Hah, all this started when I was a beginner in the San Francisco police department you know that already. Jake's mysterious disappearance and the case I was working on for ten years. My research on A-SYNC Foundation and The Backrooms or Another Dimension."
"The Backrooms? What's that? "
"The Backrooms is a project of A-SYNC Foundation to solve the overpopulation and space problem of our world. With KV31 which is some magnetic distortion system, they opened the door to the new dimension which is divided into floors or as they called it, "Levels"."
"Levels? "
"Yeah, every level looks different and has an unknown number of entities which are monsters living there."
"Are you telling me that this A-SYNC opened a portal with some magnetic I-don't-know-shit leading to unknown dimensions filled with monsters that can eat you? Good scenario for a movie Mike." Thomas took the glass of whiskey and drank it in a row. Then he inhaled the smoke from his cigarette and threw it out of the opened window on his left.
"I'm telling you the truth. All my research is here." Mike pulled out a USB key and handed it to Thomas who took it and looked at it with narrowed eyes.
"This is the last copy of it..."
"You are really trusting me with this, Mike..."
"You are my partner so why not-" Mike quickly turned as five men in black suits came into the bar.
"Detectives Mike and Thomas Parker come out with our hands above your head. We don't wanna hurt you or anybody here." spoke the man in the middle as he pulled out a gun and shooted one time into the music box which stopped playing.
"I say it again! Detectives-" The man wanted to continue but a sudden sound of a shotgun being reloaded was heard and when all five men looked at the source of the sound, they saw Kelly holding a shotgun saying:
"How dare you shoot in my bar! " Kelly aimed the shotgun at the man and fired, killing two of them who were the closest as the three others jumped outside the bar.
Mike and Thomas sized this chance and ran to the bar, jumping behind it as Mike quickly pulled down Kelly into cover.
"Babe, are you nuts? They could have killed you! "
"I'm nuts?! They shouldn't have destroyed my music box.," Kelly replayed to Mike as sudden gunshots destroying the glasses on the bar were heard.
Pieces of glass started flying around as the three armed men in black went inside, shooting everyone.
After a minute of shooting at the furniture and anything that moved and didn't have hands above their heads, only the nasty old man, the girl in red, two bikers who were previously playing the pool, Kelly, Thomas, and Mike were alive. Everyone else was dead.
"This is the last chance! Detectives Roberts and Parker. Come with us or we use violence! "
Thomas looks at Mike who is thinking deeply while occasionally looking at Kelly who is tightly gripping her shotgun.
"What are we going to do? " Kelly spoke up as the men in black took a step towards the bar armed with pistols.
Mike looks at Thomas and sights.
Feeling something bad coming, Thomas spoke.
"Wait Mike, what are you-"
"Fine, I'll go with you if you promise that no charges are going to be held against the employees of this bar or the bar itself! "
"WHAT?! " Thomas slams the palm of his hand against his face in disbelief.
"Deal... but for that we need your partner going with us too Mr Roberts. Or the deal is not possible," the leader of the man in black spoke.
Mike looks at Thomas who starts cursing his life but gets up and throws his gun towards the three men.
"Fine! " Thomas said and Mike slowly stood up with Kelly who placed the shotgun on the bar.
"Detective Mike... your gun," spokes the leader and Mike throws his gun on the ground.
The leader bent down and took the guns as Mike and Thomas walked around the bar and came to them with their hands behind their heads.
The two men in black hid their guns behind their backs and grabbed the detectives by their shoulders, leaving the bar with their leader pointing the detectives' guns against their backs, leading them towards two black SUVs parked outside the bar.
Throwing them separated into the two cars, the man inside puts a black bag on their heads, and the two men who held them get in, each into one car.
In the first car is Mike and the leader of the man in black, sitting in front next to a driver while Thomas is in the second car.
On each side of the two detectives is one man pointing pistols with silencers at their hips while their hands are tied and placed on their legs to be seen.
After thirty minutes of a silent ride, the two SUVs stop, and when Mark and Thomas are pulled violently out of the cars and the bags are taken out of their heads, a bright light blinds their eyes as the sun is not fully set yet.
Looking at the big hill in front of them, Thomas can see a few men walking around, protecting the entrance.
"Take them inside. Boss wants to see them," the leader spoke and a bunch of around six men grabbed Thomas and Mark and guided them to the concrete entrance built into the hill.
The entrance has two big metal doors and eight soldiers armed with SCARs and M16s are protecting it.
Four of them suddenly separate and start walking towards the group.
Two join the group while the other two walk towards the leader of the man in black who is discussing something with the drivers of the black SUVs.
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Inside the hill is built a big complex of halls and rooms with researchers wearing white coats with identification cards pinned on them.
All of them are discussing something and are ignoring Thomas' and Mike's presence who are looking at them with narrowed eyes.
Arriving in front of three elevators, the group divides in half.
Mike and a group of three men in black with one soldier take the middle elevator while Thomas' group takes the right one.
The elevators stop on the third floor and when the doors open, the group unites again as a long hall is in front of them with only one white door at the end.
The entire hall is fully white and the floor is a weird mix of blue and grey.
Arriving at the room at the end of the hall, a man sitting behind the chair greeted them.
Behind him is a wall made from glass as a weird mechanism can be seen behind the glass wall. The mechanism resembles a wall with a door but they are leading nowhere. At least that's what Thomas thought.
"Welcome detectives... My name is Ivan Beck Jr. A son of the famous Ivan Beck who discovered The Backrooms."
"Hahahahahahahahaha," Thomas started laughing as if he heard the funniest joke of the year.
"Is something funny here Mr. Parker?"
"Hahahaha hahaha haaaaah, Yeah. All this bullshit about Backrooms and alternate dimensions and all other shit. Everything is funny hahahahaha," Thomas spoke as one of the men in black walked in front of him and punched him in his stomach which shut him down.
"Do you think this is funny Mr. Parker? Our Earth is dying. We are killing it with just our presence alone and in a few years, this piece of land we call home is going to be a deadly place where no one will survive. Toxic and deadly planet, thanks to us."
"What do you mean? " Mike spoke.
"Oh Mike, always looking for truth no matter where it leads you. That's something you should not care about. You are going to be after all... dead."
"What do you mean dead?! " Mike growled as Thomas slowly recovered from the punch he received.
"I mean what I said. Your persistent searching after Jake and other disappearances is irritating. I even bribed your Chief to shut you up but no... you still continued in your little research... What an irritating worm you are."
"HEY YOU MILION-DOLAR-SUIT-SHITHEAD! Stop insulting my partner! " Thomas shouted at Ivan who was stunned.
"Or what Thomas? Are you going to arrest me? "
"Actually? Yeah..." Thomas said with the crazy expression of a man who had nothing to lose as he tackled the soldier on the ground who stood on his left and quickly pulled out a knife, the soldier had placed on his chest in a sheet, while falling and cutting the restriction he had on his hands.
Mike didn't waste any more time and when he saw the man in black pulling out their guns, Mike kicked the closest one as the gun fell right into Thomas' hands who got up while aiming it at Ivan who smiled.
"Oh, and now what? " he said as the soldier, who was lying on the ground, and the other man pointed their guns at Thomas and Mike.
"Throw your gun away or my man will kill your partner," Ivan spoke and the man in black pointed his gun at Mike's head.
"Forget that. I'll tell you how this ends. Of course, if you don't prefer your brain being splashed on the glass behind you. You want to achieve great things right? You don't want to be forgotten and always stuck in your father's shadow am I right? Ivan Back Junior? "
"After all, he was the finder of the Backrooms..."
Ivan's expression showed signs of anger as he nodded and the man in black took his gun off of Mike's head who sighed in relief.
Thomas started walking and stopped when he was behind Ivan.
"Now, call that piece of shit who brought us here to come and return our guns. I like my darling more than this shitty Glock."
"..."
"Are you deaf? DO IT! " Thomas shouted as Ivan called the leader of the MIB.
"Bring Michael here! NOW! " Ivan shouted as one of the men in black went out of the room while others stood still and were pointing their guns at Thomas.
"Good, now, tell your man to let Mike go here. Only after that, we can negotiate about your life... DO IT YOU PIECE OF SHIT! " Thomas spoke as he pressed the gun stronger against Ivan's head.
"Do what he said..." Ivan spoke and the men let Mike go.
"Tell them to throw their weapons away and sit in a corner," Thomas said as he put some more pressure on Ivan's head.
"Do what he said, God dammit! " Ivan spoke as everyone threw their guns in front of the desk and went into the corner where they sat on the ground.
"Good boys, just like our dogs. Right Mike? " Thomas smiled as Mike nodded but suddenly the door opened and another five men went into the room.
"Oh guys... so many presents you are giving me today. I don't have a birthday tho but I take them thank you," Thomas spoke as he pressed the gun a little stronger against Ivan's head.
"Throw them away and go into that corner or his brain will be the new decoration of this room."
All the men except Michel threw the guns towards the table and went into the corner towards others.
"Come on Michael, put the guns on the table. Be a good dog~" Thomas smiled widely as Michael's anger was visible on his face.
He looked at Ivan who nodded and Michael placed the guns on the table.
"Good boy... Mike take our guns and leave. I'll follow you."
Mike went to the table and took his gun, then, he walked to Thomas and handed him his Colt M-1911.
"Here, take it."
"Thanks, partner... but go now! " Thomas said as Mike ran out of the office room and took the elevator towards the exit.
"What now Mister Detective? " Ivan said as Michael suddenly sized a chance and pulled out a fire alarm that was near the door.
The alarm started shouting which Ivan saw as a chance and grabbed Thomas' gun out of his hand.
"Hahahahahaha! Dead end Detective Thomas Parker! Who is laughing now? "
Thomas looked around as the men started standing up and Michael stopped the alarm while Ivan stood in front of him with a gun pointed at his neck.
"Hand me your gun Thomas," Ivan spoke as Thomas held the Colt tightly in his right hand.
He needed some distraction from this situation and he found it.
A red button under Ivan's desk.
With a slight kick, Thomas moved to the side as Ivan fired from the gun but all he did was break the glass behind him, and as Thomas' foot connected with the button, a massive electric vortex formed in the device located behind Ivan's office.
The vortex was so strong that Thomas and Ivan started being pulled out of the room.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! " Ivan shouted at Thomas while grabbing his table, preventing himself from falling into that vortex as Thomas did the same.
"Boss! " Michael started slowly coming towards Ivan as another man in black next to Michael was slowly approaching the table and reaching for Thomas.
'If I chose to be grabbed by that man, I'm dead and if I fall into that spinning gate shit, I'm dead too. What should I choose? Stupid Mike and his mysterious cases, FUCK! ' Thomas was cursing Mike in his head as the man in black was already reaching for Thomas' hand.
"Grab my hand," the man said and when Thomas looked at where Ivan previously was, he saw Michael pulling him already on the other side of the desk while more men started coming closer, slowly grabbing the guns from the ground.
Thomas looked behind him as a yellow light started coming from the vortex.
"Shut it down! You really don't wanna know what's in there," Ivan shouted at Thomas who looked back at him and smiled.
"I'll take my chances," Thomas said and before the man in black who was reaching out to him had time to grab Thomas' hand, Thomas let go of the desk and pulled out his gun while falling, firing three times right into the red button, destroying it, which started closing the portal under him.
Everyone just helplessly watched Thomas who fell into the vortex which closed right after.
"..."
"..."
Suddenly "UGhhhhhhaaaAHHHHH! I WANT EVERYONE, every single researcher in this fucking FACILITY IN THE MEETING ROOM! NOW! " Ivan shouted as he slammed the gun he was holding against his desk.
"MICHAEL! Find Detective Roberts and everyone connected to him and Detective Parker and kill them! I don't care who they are. Just do it! " Ivan turned and walked away with the others while Michael stayed and was looking into the closed portal.
"I wonder if he survived..." Micheal said and turned around, leaving the office room too.
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[ A/N: Hello everyone, a new Explanation chapter was added (chapter 0) that reveals everything you need to know about this book. More info is going to be added there later so stay tuned and look there occasionally because new explanations or info about new future content can be added there anytime. Enjoy the story of Thomas and stay spooked :) See ya ... ]
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