I awoke, in my bed as usual with the bright morning sun lightly caressing my face, I could hear the birds singing, and the life all around awakening.
"Adam, come here!"
Oh, my mother, Sarah, she's a kind-hearted woman, but the neighbors describe her as more depressing than before my father left us, it doesn't matter to me, she's my mother afterall.
"Alright, I'm coming!"
As I descended the stairs, i could hear the steps underneath my path creaking, with the dim light of the hallway just barely illuminating the steps of the stairway, I, being just woken up, with tired eyes, was slowly creeping down the stairs, I could hear my mother frantically trying to calm down Max, my dog, as he saw a squirrel outside.
"Alright, what is it Ma?"
"Hey Adam! Here, your father told me to give you this on your 16 birthday, it's a small chest, I haven't opened it so I can't tell you what's inside."
"Really? Dad? This traces back to 1942 atleast..."
"Well, since your school temporarily closed for renovations you have time to decide."
"I guess so, thanks anyways, Ma."
As I went up back to my room, a nauseaus feeling permeated my mind, what if this was the reason dad left us? What if it's a treasure? Nazi Gold? I went up to my room and opened it.
'Huh? That's all?' I thought as I saw the contents of the small chest, a hand written note,
On it was written:
"Hello Adam. I'm deeply sorry that I couldn't be with you and your mother. You'll find a map in the chest delivered with the note, if you want answer go to the location written on it, but be ca...."
I couldn't read the rest.
And on the map was a small town with the location written on the top left corner, Georgschütte, a German city, as we were already living near this village since dad brought us with him in germany, i could hike to it in about an hour or two. Well first I'll prepare some warm clothing a portion of food and water, a bag, and a knife, just in case.
I quickly picked up a protein bar from the cupboard, said goodbyes to my Ma to begin my hiking session to Georgschütte.
After about an hour and a half of just hiking through the forest paths,i found the small village,
It was.. empty?
'Weird.' I thought, I once visited this town when I was still a kid, and it was full of life, but now, it's just an husk of the town former self.
As i ventured through town, it seemed like everyone just left, without any reason, like something.. made them leave.. I could still see rotten food on plates through the windows of some houses and televisions still turned on after all this time.
As i continued my search for answers, I saw a large building in the distance.
"What is that?" I said out loud. Nothing answered.
I creeped my way to the building, I could smell a foul rotten stench as I got closer and closer to the building.
"Gosh, the hell is that smell?"
...
"Whatever."
I was infront of the building now. I distinguished words all throughout the front, in red,
"Is that.. Blood?"
The whole front of the building was covered in my name, scribed in blood.
"Adam? What the fuck? This is fucking creepy."
It indeed was. As i walked to the front door, I noticed that the building looked oddly like an asylum, and on the floor just infront of the entrance, was a talkie-walkie, and a key.
"... Huh?"
I picked up the items. I could read on the key.. Entrance.
"So this is the key to enter this building?"
"And the talkie-walkie.."
I turned it on. A bunch of static and then..
"Hello, Adam."
"WHAT THE FUCK?"
"If you are here right now. it seems that your mother gave you the items I requested to deliver to you once you were 16. Good."
"Wait.. Dad?"
"With the key accompanied by the talkie-walkie, I want you to enter the asylum. In there, you'll find answers." Then static.
".... After all this time.. Well, I'm not a pussy so I'll go in there."
The door creaked as i opened it. I could hear rats and other rodents squirming across the floor.
"Disgusting."
I tried to turn on a light switch. No power.
"Dang it."
Step. Step. Step. It was coming from upstairs.
"What the.." I whispered.
I could hear gurgling coming from upstairs. From the same place I heard the steps.
Above me.
Bang. Bang. Bang. The floor was breaking.