Would I even make it out of this damn office?
The red neon glow of the emergency lights spread throughout the hallway, flickering in and out, as if it's a heartbeat malfunctioning.
The piercing sound of a siren. within the brief seconds of darkness, the ambient echoes of the empty office building lingered
The spreading smell of smoke stinged through the halls… The walls, painted with splatters of a deep rich red with a faint metallic smell.
Footsteps… thudding rhythmically, Shadows creeping closer and closer.
"Shit…" a boy slowly muttering senselessly
"Shit." the realization spreading through his mind
"SHIT!" the echoing shout rang through the building.
A screech of The boy's shoes echo down the hallway, with a dark figure blurring in the background.
- Oh my god… how much longer can I go??? This is too much…
the boys mind races
His legs and arms shaking, trembling uncontrollably until,
The boy trips over his own feet… the thud of the fall trembling through the floorboards
- ugh… I can't see a thing, I don't know if I can make it out…
"Tch Where in hell, do you think you're going? Dumbass, you can't escape me. Not after that damn stunt you pulled!" The figure's voice travels far and deep shaking the walls and ceiling
His lackeys in a deep rich black suit, inching towards the boy, armed from head to toe, crawling ever so closer… each of their shadows growing into one mass until they overpower him, encompassing the entire hallway…
BAAM
The figure's foot slammed into the boy's back… flying further down the hallway, each tumble shredding muscles and skin, ripping the flesh from his very body, soaking the walls in blood once more…
"AHH… sh.. t" the boy mutters and stumbles…
- I…. Can barely speak, this isn't good.
Slowly Blinking in and out of consciousness, stretching the thin rope of living and dead.
- Am … am I going to survive this? Why did they have to choose me?
He tries to stand, but his knees and ankles buckle even at the thought….
"What did I tell you? tch Damn worthless rat. You can't expect to escape after that."
"Ple- please… don't kill me..." begging and pleading the boy inches away from the man…
shaking uncontrollably, Straight down to his core. Tears forming in his eyes.
"That's funny… you don't seem to grasp the situation you've put yourself in," the figure says, his voice dripping with menace, followed by a chilling laugh:
Kekekekekeke.
Grinning towards the helpless boy on the floor, even the shadows mocked at his existence… as if they were their own…
- I can tell… I had a feeling I would die today, they snatched me to work for them… just to be tossed in the trash… how can they expect me to do nothing . . .
Slowly he starts to crawl away grasping at any straw he could to live…
"Did you really think you could just walk away from us? We're family Rue. And family doesn't just vanish."
Even then the lackeys start to share the same grin… it was humiliating, He never wished to join them.. And as if they could call their relationship a family…
- What really is family?
But there was no time to think…
"Who's going to do the grunt work? That's why we need you, Rue~"
Rue - "I… I dont want… too" their voice trembling…
His eyes squinted at Rue, a smirk lingering on his face.
"Yeah… that's not gonna cut it dumbass, It's too lat-"
Click…
Sparks fly from the lights and emergency sirens, the power went out… leaving each and every corner of the hallways in darkness, no longer being blinded by lights, no longer feeling the echoing siren
A serene moment among the chaos. Followed by the neutral chatter of the lurking shadows…
- "You think he'll make it?" a mysterious figure questions
- "Hell no, not even we could make it, there's no way a newbie like him can do it" speaks another beside each other
- "Eh fair enough… we'll see, I'm curious as to how he'll go about it" each voice echoing from the darkness, not leaving a trace…
Sprinting down the hallway Rue was carried by pure adrenaline, each step gushing blood, and pain
- I've known these hallways for years… ack!
Running through the endless hallways was a painful hell.
- Not sure if that's a blessing. Or a curse…
Rue stumbles into box after box, even with the information he can't put it into action… the thick hallways started to close in… his mind hazing, struggling through simple action
- My weak body is betraying me…
Shadows on the walls looking through Rue's soul, accompanied by the smell of blood…
the damp room clinging his clothes to his body, restricting my movement
Through Rue's escape he Crosses paths with members of the group more and more, each helping the boss make his way towards Rue.
Running through the building, looking at each room one by one looking for one that wasn't locked or obvious…
Turning each nob over and over, looking for one room that's suitable
"GOD DAMN IT RUE! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU" the boss screams, screeching through the building… shocking my body with terror.
Bursting through the halls and into a room Rue finds himself in a long forgotten room covered in dust, boxes and cobwebs laying everywhere. The silt and dust in the room clogged his nose and lungs…
"Okay… I… I think I'm safe for no-" Rue speaks being cut off abruptly
The door creaks ever so slowly
The Man's piercing gaze stabs Rue in the brain, the rest of the room disappearing in the presence of the man…
"I found you~" his melvicent grin reaching from ear to ear gazing into Rue's soul…
"This time I'm NOT letting you go~" the man's voice was toying with Rue… ripping the boy apart limb from limb…
But in the few moments he has Rue slammed the door in the Man's face…
"GOD FUCKING HELL, I WILL END YOU!!" The man screams, shaking the door violently, slowly unscrewing the hinges merely by his voice…
Frantically searching the room Rue sees nothing
BANG!
searching more and more Rue cries uncontrollably.
"Yeah this shits over, no point in watching this." A dark shadows of a figure speaks, as if it's a mere commenter
BANG!
Rue's mind was wavering , seeing nowhere to go.
"Yeah fair enough… weird he did it THIS way though…" another humanoid figure speaks more
CRASH!
"FINALLY I'VE GOT YOU NOW DUMBASS"
But nobody was there, not Rue, not the shadows… nothing.
"Exactly, quite strange… I'm interested to see if there's more to him this time."
But Rue found a way out of that room, as there's one thing he overlooked… the small ventilation system.
The vents were hot… extremely hot, and filled with smoke.
- Rue " damn it.. *Cough* I could have sworn the fire was a good idea…"
Through this one escape, the only way to live he saw a light… The one that could lead to salvation.