How it all began?
I don''t know.
It was all a blur...
To me...
Our protagonist is on their way to school one day, as usual. Though today was a special day. Today was Picture day. where the picture taken of them will be shown on their school ID for the entirety of the year. All dressed up for her picture to be taken. She decided to wear an all black dress shirt, and a medium-sized black skirt that goes past her knees, Celine Margaret Loafers, and short hair that goes goes just beyond her chin. Suddenly distracted by a notification on her phone, the girl recieves a text from her mother. She''s pissed.
I told you not to get that haircut. I said I thought you should keep your hair long. We need to talk when you get home.
"Damn it..."
She thought to herself. "Of course. I told her I wanted to cut my hair! That I hate it being so long. Though, that was the first time I started wanting shorter hair. That might be on me. How the hell am I getting out of this, though?"
"Well, it doesn''t concern me now. That''s later''s problem. Right now''s problem? All the weird looks i''m going to get..."
Walking into school would be the same as usual. She didn''t really have any friends that she''d hang out with after school. Usually, she''d talk to the same two people in the cafeteria during her lunch period. But other then that, she had really never known them more personally. Where they live, what street they live on. That didn''t matter too much. She was happy enough with that. Only being a second year Sophomore in her high school, she has plenty of time in her future to make friends she thought. At home, her brother had gone off to college back in the middle of summer. It''s been rather lonely at home for her since then.
"Well, let''s tough out the sadness ''till lunch time. Yeah. Surely my friends can distract me from this painful realization that my mom isn''t supportive of my shorter hair and thinks it''s a fashion statement, and not to mention i''ve been the only child for about half a year now! Maybe i''m thinking about it too much. Well... It''s almost lunch time."
"Hey, guys...You all dressed nicely for Picture Day. Did you all pick out your own outfits for it?"
Sitting down with her lunch next to her friends, Lola and Olivia. Trying to strike up something, any conversation with them to turn today into a positive day.
"Oh, hi! Uh, no...My mom picked it out for me."
"Same here, though yours looks....Like you''re going to a funeral. Did you pick that out yourself?"
"Yes, I uh, have....My mom certainly isn''t a big fan of it though. Especially the haircut...I took a twenty dollar bill from her to get it."
"Ahaha! Damn, that was a stupid thing to do! Really, but I honestly kind of like it. It looks cute."
"I''m much more used to you with longer hair. It was down to your knees. What happened to that?"
"I hate long hair. Always gets in my eyes and in my mouth. It''s a complete bitch to sleep and shower with too. I only kept it for my mom. I only built up the courage to get it cut on my own yesterday. My mom thinks it''s some kind of fashion statement. I don''t know where she got that from even."
"Well. Shit...I''m sorry to hear that. I think it looks great! You''ve convinced me, maybe you can convince your mom too. I mean...here''s to hoping."
"I hope so too. Though I kind of doubt it. She''s rather hard to convince sometimes. My dad, uh well... takes her side often. Rarely ever has his own thought unless she''s not there."
"Hey, yo. Did you hear about that scientist lady?"
"Scientist lady...? Can you elaborate?"
"The one who apparently made people with animal ears? In some town called Greenhedges in New Jersey. She just went public about their existance, and everyone loves them! Myself included, Riko and Kathy are adorable!"
"I actually just heard about them this morning. I didn''t believe it... Is that really real? I didn''t think so"
"They''re so real! and really cool! Opal is uhh...weird, and so is Tala. She seems really annoying"
"First i''m ever hearing of this. People with animal ears? I really don''t buy that..."
"Aw come on! Look, look at this! It''s so real! Come on, girl. You got to research on them. They''re like, the coolest new thing to ever happen lately. Just check the internet a little more and you''ll be updated on basically everything you need to know."
She would shrug and laugh. Olivia is a lot more forward of a person, and a bit energetic. While Lola is much more down to earth and takes things seriously. Our protagonist looked a bit nervous though. She admitted to a personal issue she was struggling with and neither of them seemed to notice. From that point on the conversation between them seemed to blur, and their voices were starting to drown out. She ate her food and sat through the rest of her lunch period mostly in silence. She had a few more classes and was due to take her picture before leaving school today. The school bell rang.
"Oh!"
she would stand up. Sud denly eager to leave.
"Sorry, guys. I''m actually in a rush to leave. I... s-shown up late my next class one too many times. I''ll be in trouble if I do it again. Ahaha, see ya!"
"Eh? Really? Why are you running off like that so suddenly? I''m pretty sure you''ve never been late to your History Class."
"J-Just....am actually. Before. On days you weren''t there."
Olivia stares at her. Not believing a word she''s saying.
"You wanna tell me what you''re really thinking, girl? I can see sweat on your face. Not a great look."
"I mean it! I''m just being late! And- And I''m really not enjoying this interrigation right now Lola! It''s stressing me more than I need! So can you shut up!?"
She would angrily raise her voice at her, almost yelling but not quite. Angrily storming off out of the cafeteria.
"Oh. Okay then... Umm, have a good day then?"
"Huh, well BYE then! Don''t let us hold you back. Jeez. Never been so quick to leave like that before. Hey, do you think she''s lying Lola?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, for one she sucks at lying, and like I just said. she''s never been so quick to leave like that. Also, she stutters when she lies. You''ve never noticed that?"
"Does she really? Of course i''ve never noticed something like that... I don''t pay attention to these sort of things you know."
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She walked through to her next class. An American History class. She couldn''t help but continuously look behind her. It''s been kind of a paranoid habit she has after doing something stressful. Having completely ran from her friends the way she has, she felt a bit like shit.
"Sigh....Son of a bitch! I looked like an asshole there. God I suck..."
She gotten to her class, and sat on her desk. Thinking to herself for a while. Seemingly zoning out while her teacher prepared to begin her class.
"I''ll have to apologize to them for freaking out like that tomorrow, and ontop of that also face the consequences for getting that haircut without permission. I screwed up bad. Real freaking bad."
Admist her incredibly loud thinking and complete lack of awareness of her surroundings. Just staring into space ahead of her, with quite a look of dread. Her teacher called out to her. Noticing that she wasn''t paying attention at all.
"Excuse me, are you at all there? You seem to rather stare at nothing then listen to a word I say. What exactly are you thinking about that''s so important anyway?"
"Oh it''s- No, it''s not- It''s nothing... I didn''t realize class had started. M-My bad."
"Uh-huh. I don''t mind the dozing off into space. As long as it''s not during class hours. Okay? You have all the time to do that between classes."
"Of course, yeah. It won''t happen again. Promise..."
The class went on, and after the day ended, our protagonist when to go take her picture finally. She made sure her hair looked neat. Her clothes were still clean. She had also put on some makeup herself for this picture. She walked up into the media center of the school where a whole bunch of lights, a camera, and a green backdrop was moved in by a small crew of three people. One of which was manning the camera and taking the pictures.
"Alright, then. You ready little lady? Look pretty!"
She nodded, bringing her hands to her side. Standing up-straight in a rather proper pose in front of the blue backdrop. Wiping her face from any expression, with only a slight frown on her face, and a stern almost curious looking stare. It made the camerman chuckle a little. Much to her annoyance...
"Haha, if that''s the look you''re going for. A smile wouldn''t kill you though, would it?"
"I''m comfortable with this..."
"Alrighty then. Don''t blink now! Three... two... one!"
SNAP!
The light from the flash was blinding. Causing her to get a little disoriented. Wiping the tears out of her eyes, she went back into her stance, and the picture was taken twice more before she was done. The man gave her the okay and so she went on her way out. Another awkward day at school, as it always seems to be. She looked back at her phone. At the text she avoided replying to. When, suddenly, another text from her mom appeared out of the blue. Right when she was on her phone looking right at her messages with her.
Seriously. Come home quickly. Me and your father want to talk to you.
"Shhhit. Alright alright, I''ll come home quickly, and take the shorcut through the trail back home, and then...? Well, i''m going to get chewed the hell out, of course. I can''t wait. So excited!" She thought, sarcastically.
Her school wasn''t very far from her house. It was only about a fifteen minute walk, and an even shorter drive. Though down the block the schools on, there''s a walk trail that goes straight down through the block which makes it much quicker to get down to her house. It was a bit dense with trees and very dark at night. But other then the annoying amount of bugs living in there. It was quite a pleasant walk during the day. It was still relatively warm outside despite the fall season having made it''s way.
"Why not?" She thought. "My mom''s pissed at me. I''m probably in deep trouble for stealing from her and cutting my hair so short. I acted like a complete asshole to my friends! Not to mention getting in trouble for not paying attention in class! My day was complete shit! I completely fucked it! All of it! I should drop dead now while i''m here, in this forest. Maybe I won''t be found in days, or longer! That''ll be a better fate. So fuck it!"
She would regret this.
Turning right into the trail. Our protagonist would end up spotting a strange building admist the trees, where normally there would be a small clearing with just grass, and small unused foundation in the middle of it with just a pipe sticking up out of it. Something used to be there clearly. Now it just looks like an undersized basketball court. Just a flat, platform of concrete. Nothing special at all. Though today, something was very clearly very wrong. There was a shed. Just built over the whole foundation. A small shack, where it doesn''t belong.
"What...?"
Puzzled. She approached the shed. Countless thoughts racing through her head.
"What is this? This was not here before? When was the last time I came through here? Did some people build it that quick? There''s no way. No one could build this in a week."
"Hello?"
Knocking on the door. It seemed empty. But the door was wide open. Not even locked, even the slightest touch of her knuckles against the door nudged it open. On the inside it was empty. Only a single lightbulb lit up the place, with two windows, completely clouded, on either side. You could barely even see through them. On the far end? A single posted piece of paper. It looked like some kind of poster, an advertisement for something. So she walked right in, to get a look, pushing the door out even more. As she let go of the door, it swung all the way closed, and shut entirely behind her. Which startled her, considering how loud the sound was from inside the shed.
"Fuck me!? Really...? Okay, rude ass door."
Approaching the flier on the wall. It read as follows:
? Cenavix Sanitarium ?
///3, As/////n Rd. Gore Mt. //
We provide the upmost care for the unwell! Let us take care of you!
We are a private, family-run Sanitarium with the goal of
housing, and rehabilitating the unwell, disabled, sick, or poor!
Please call 887-XX3-6XX5 for admittance or more information.
"Cenavix? Gore Mountain? What the hell is that...? That makes no sense. I''m pretty sure there''s no such thing as Gore Mountain... Hehe."
To fact check this, she pulls out her phone, and does a quick online search to fact check this.
"Huh, there really is a Gore Mountain... But there''s no Asylum up there? Just a ski lodge. What the hell is this even on about?"
She was very puzzled about this. She figured it''d be a question for another day. But as she pushed the door to open it. It would not budge. She pulled on it. It would not budge. She tried pushing a little harder, and pulling even harder. After that, she realized that she could not get the door to open.
"Shit...? What the hell? Why''s it not opening...? Come onnn? Please?"
Panic didn''t start to set in until almost a minute later. Where she realized she wasn''t strong enough to kick open the door. Or call for help, as no one was there. The windows wouldn''t open. Things were starting to look a little worse for wear for her.
"Okay, okay... this is alright. I gotta call my mom. She''ll come. Help me out, and yell at me even more then she already would have. Haha... This is a disaster. God, why did you give me another disaster? I already have enough of those!"
She would bring out her phone and call her mom. It went to immediate voicemail.
"-? No, no nooo!! Come on mom! You want me to call you but your phone''s on mute? Damn it! Just pick up! Please..."
More attempts were made. Though it all seemed hopeless. It was about to get so much worse... As something seemed suddenly so wrong. She could almost sense it. This humming sound- this low frequency vibrating? It was something just so irritating that started to fill the shed and like a plague, it wouldn''t go away. She tried to cover her ears. But it was to no avail. Soon she would see the cause of the disturbance. As the floor beneath her shook and shifted, started molding and turning into this less solid and more fleshly substance. A hole was forming in the middle of the foundation. It was in the shape of a gaping, fiery mouth with teeth.
Our protagonist felt fear they never had in their entire life.
"Dear god...! Oh my god, what- what is that? What the FUCK IS THAT?!"
Now in dire panic. They screamed, they shouted. Banging on the door, making as much noise as possible. Anything they could possibly do to draw attention and hopefully reach help. It was to no avail. She banged on the windows, screaming for help. Shouting, kicking, punching. The mouth was growing. She banged on one of the windows with her phone as hard as she could, hoping to break through it and climb out.
"GOD PLEASE! GOD, SOMEBODY HELP ME! SOMEBO- PLEEASE!!! I NEED HELP!"
No one was there. She chucked her phone at the window as hard as she could. The phone smashed through. Leaving shards of glass falling into the grass as well as her phone out of her reach now. She ran over to climb through if she could. She thought maybe she could escape this nightmare and forget it ever happened. But it was already too late. The mouth soon expanded over the entire foundation. And she slid right down the mouth. Screaming all the way down. With no bottom in sight, darkness consuming . . .
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Chapter 2 - The Horrible Sanitarium
THE MANOR
CHAPTER TWO
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? November 6th 2008, ??????? ?
Hours...
I must have been out for hours
The real nightmare hasn''t yet even begun...
WAKE UP!!!
"GASP!!.... Ano ba yan!? What the hell just happened? Ughh, shit."
Scratching her head, she pulls herself upwards off the floor. Realizing herself to be in a very unfamiliar area. It was very dark now. the place smells odd, like mold and dust. The floor was different, the place was much bigger. There were benches, and chairs, a big reception desk at the far end of the room. Two big doors behind her, all boarded up. No way to open them. All windows in sight blocked with security bars. She wasn''t in the shed anymore.
"This is not...where I was. Where actually.... Is this?"
She looked through the windows to try and she out them. She could see only slightly between the blinds. There was a rather large parking lot out there, almost completely full of cars. Very few spaces were even empty. Meaning there had to be dozens, if not hundreds of people here! Right? There was also a big gate past the parking lot, and a massive wall towering down either side. Whatever this place was it seemed to be very high security.
"Christ that''s a lot of cars..."
"If only ANYONE at all could hear me and HELP me!!!"
She shouted out into the building. No response still.
"Maybe everyone left without their cars? Or maybe the cars are a lie and no one''s here!" Her thoughts were racing now.
"Oh god...Oh god..."
Panicked. She scramble around. Checking the two big doors, the window, the desk. Anywhere someone might be to help. There were a few quarters left on the desk just sitting there. With no one around she decided to just take them for herself. A computer lied on the reception desk, but it seemed mostly broken, completely unfunctional. Unfortunately, she couldnt open any of the drawers either, they were completely locked shut. This is certainly becoming more difficult then she had hoped for. There seemed to be quite a lot of paths ahead of her. Like two paths on either side and two extra floors towering high over her.
"Hello....? Hello!?"
"Is anyone there? Hello!?"
No response. She seemed to be alone here. Or at least there was no one nearby. It was eerie, and cold. Something felt very very wrong. "Did someone take me here? Who?" She thought to herself. Suddenly, she''d dig around in her pockets. Realizing that she doesnt have her phone on her. She through it out the window back at the shed.
"What- no, nononono! No come on! Damn it! Where''s my phone?!"
"Aghh! Noo, I need to call my brother damn it!"
Thoroughly defeated. She would explore around, in hopes of something. Anything. Or someone. Anyone. She went down the left hallway from reception. Either side had mostly offices, bathrooms, a break room. It all looks like it''s all be untouched for years though. What could have happened? Unfortunately for her, she would get her answer almost immediately seeing the old rotting corpses of a few staff members. The bodies are old, blood is dried out but it forever stained into the walls and floor around them. It seemed like they were impaled by large blades and tossed, breaking their necks on impact. Our protagonist was horrified, falling straight on her ass once the shock settled in.
"My god! What the fuck!? What the fuck?? They''re- They''re fucking dead!! Christ... Oh god...Oh god."
Freaking the fuck out. Her mind was racing further. Things were seriously screwed up now. She had no idea what to think at this moment. She HAD to get out of there. Or just get help. By any means. She picked herself up off the floor, trying to catch her breath. However her screaming seemed to have caught the attention of something.... sinister.
Stalking from behind, an unsettling large creature emerges from behind our protagonist. Uncloaking from some sort of invisibilty, or camofluage. The low growl from the creature can finally be heard as it makes itself fully known. Some kind of freakish mutant giant lizard. A chameleon, about seven feet tall, three eyes on either side of its head. A spine able to lift itself up, allowing the creature to stand like a human on it''s hind two legs, and claws, retractable and as sharp as knives. It was a horrifying thing to witness, and it had eyes right on her. It left the girl stunned in fear.
"O-Oh, my god....What is...."
She stepped back, terrified. Before she could even finish her thought. The chameleon let out an ear-piercing screech, causing the girl to cover her ears tightly. The beast attacked, cutting right into her stomach, tearing her clothes and leaving three deep cuts bleeding. The girl fell immediately to the floor, knocked back by the sheer impact of the attack.
"-?! AAAHH!? Ugghn... No...!"
As quick as she fell down, she recovered and RAN for her life. The chameleon, screeching again, gives chase. Panting and scared out of her mind, she kept screaming for help, desperate for someone to save her. For anything to save her. She never ran this fast in her life, but she was running out of energy quick. She didn''t know where the hell she was going either but she swears she could only see more carnage around her as she ran down hallways, and through doors. "Did that thing kill all these people too?" Whatever the answer, it didn''t matter. She would be next. It smashed through every door she tried to close on it. It was hopeless, and she cornered herself in mere minutes.
"Oh god no...no nononono fuck! Please!"
"SOMEBODY HELP MEE!! PLEEASE...!!"
Sobbing, begging for her life. She has no choice but to face the creature, when suddenly it''s tongue shoots out from it''s mouth, wrapping around and grabbing the girl''s ankle. She screams as it yanks her forwards, causing her to land flat on her face and breaking her nose. The beast pulls her in, retracting it''s tongue with swiftness. She tried to fight, clawing at the floor, hitting it''s tongue. Anything to save her. It''s all for naught, as within seconds she''s half in the creature''s mouth, screaming and kicking and hitting all uselessly before it chomps down on her, crushing her spine beneath it''s jaws, snapping her in half as if she were plastic to the lizard. Blood seeps down her eyes as all she can do now is let out weak groans of agony. Until her vision blurs, and then it all goes black...
Is this really how it all ends for me?
But why do I feel...
So full of energy?
Could it be that it''s...
Not the end?
"GAAASP!- Guhh....Hah....huh? What the fuck just happened!?"
She finds herself lying on a bed somewhere in the manor alive, and fine! Somehow. "What happened? Am I dead? I-I... I died? I swear. I felt it. I-" Her mind, racing, her body and her mind not even able to comprehend what happened causes her to twist over and throw up all onto the floor. She feels sick to her stomach suddenly and she''s sweating like mad. She isn''t bleeding, and her clothes aren''t torn, and most importantly her fucking spine isn''t snapped like a twig!
"Urrrgh...Oh god...fffu- URRP...!"
"How am I alive?! And... And how did I get here?"
"Something is...NOT right here! Not fuckin'' right! No way is this... a-any right!"
She stumbles off the bed, avoiding her vomit and scans the room around her. It doesn''t look like a hotel room. This place is no hotel, that didn''t add up. Looking out the window she could tell she was up higher now on the second floor. Being up so high now gave her a much better view of the outside. From what she could see there were nothing but trees, whever she was it was isolated. Somewhere far off into the mountains probably. Most of her view was obscured by other parts of the building, lot''s of long hallways and tall towers in sight. This place was big, very big. She went to the door, and slowly opened it, peeking out from the room. Didn''t know where the hell she was still. But it was somewhere different, she could tell that much... It looked safe enough.
"That thing doesn''t seem to be around anywhere... I hope"
"Otherwise. I''m done for... I can NOT fight that thing. It''d be hopeless!"
She snuck quietly out of the room. The floor creaking from her every step, sneaking around was going to be a lot more difficult then she initially hoped. But that seemed to be the least of her concerns. It seems like everywhere you go there were old corpses lying around, all rotting and smelling up the entire place. God the smell... It was the worst. She didn''t want to look at them even. But at the same time it was hard not to.
"My god... That chameleon must have been here for a long time. I hope at least some people got out."
She noticed one of the bodies at the end of the hall she was in was holding something. It looks like someone tried to fight, thought they failed trying. It seemed to be some kind of serrated saw. She would take the weapon from the body, much to her disgust.
"Ugh...god. I-I''m sorry man, but right now, I need it way more then you do."
She held the Serrated Carving Blade. The grip surprisingly fit perfectly in her hand, and the blade seemed mostly unstained. Maybe the victim never even got the chance to use it before it was too late? Whatever the case, it was her''s now, and she was going to need it. She turned behind her quickly, not trying to make the same mistake a second time. Luckily though, there was no danger in sight.
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"Alright... I need to get out of this area and fast."
"There''s got to be some sort of... I don''t know? Manager''s or Director''s Office?"
Finally motivated to explore. She would go on and leave the corpse all buy itself, newly equipped weapon in hand. She could finally defend herself against anything that might come by and threaten her. At least that''s what she hoped. If there were any other seven foot tall mutant monsters lurking around, she''d probably be screwed...
Nevertheless, she presses onward. Searching for the stairs to get back to the ground floor. Maybe somewhere where she can find a map of the place. Carefully and alert, she walked down the hallways. Now was finally her first chance to get a look at the place without any danger. The place looked... outdated to say the least. Not to mention it looks like it''s been unkept for years. The architecture looked a bit outdated. It looks a least a decade old. The colors too, it''s always either some bland white, or brown, or something even a diluted shade of yellow or blue. Whatever they did they really took the life out of this place. Though so far she hasn''t seen a single alive person in this place.
"How could it get worse then this?" She thought. "I''m already in a horrible place away from home, constantly in danger and with no way out! Haha.... It''s even worse when I think about it." Finally, she found the door to the stairs and walked back down the the ground floor level. Which also meant that monster was likely still around. She needed to be extra careful this time.
"Alright... No mistakes this time. If I see someone, i''m killing them."
She would practice attacking with the carver she just acquired. Needless to say it looked very unprofessional. She stabbed at the air, ducked and dodged, and also mimicked slitting someone''s limbs and throat.
"Yeah, bitch... Next time don''t try to kill me. Not that there''ll be a next time. You''re dead!"
"Hehe, kainin mo tae ko..."
Just as she felt safe for a moment there. A slamming sound was heard not so far off. Startling our protagonist.
"Shit!?"
"What the hell? What was that??"
Carefully, she walks out toward the sound. Knife out and ready. Leading her to one of the restrooms in the place. The bathroom was dirty, with thankfully no bodies, but the lights still on. Whatever happened here it certainly happened quick, before anyone could react. Like the place wasn''t abandoned, but moreso... everyone died, and there''s no one left. All stalls were closed however, so she slowly and carefully opened each one. Empty....Empty...Empty. They all seemed empty, untill she got to the last one, it was locked. Suddenly, a voice appeared from behind the door.
"Hey!? Who''s there!? G-Go away!!!"
"Jesus!- God...H-Hey calm down in there! Quiet! I''m not a threat, i''m not a threat!"
"What the...?"
The mysterious person would open the stall door. It was a man, looked to be about close to thirty? Or mid twenties. He looked...dirty, very unwell. He was wearing some kind of Janitor''s clothes. The girl would step back nervously. He looked just as surprised to see her as she is to see him.
"You''re not that nurse... Thank god."
"Hey...who even are you? And what are you doing here? You shouldn''t be here. It''s...dangerous here"
"I...don''t know where I am... I need help!"
She would lower her knife but keep it in her hands, still unsure of what to make of him, or if she trusted him.
"Who are you!? Are you a-a Janitor? Or... something?"
"Janitor? Ehehe, hahaa! Not at all girly... You shouldn''t be in a place like it. How did you even end up here?"
"I don''t know! I woke up here a few hours ago. There are monsters, and- and dead bodies here!? I don''t know what the fuck is going ON!?"
"You really don''t know... Oh my god."
"Listen... You''re in Cenavix Sanitarium, girly."
"Cenavix Sanitarium...? That was... the flier I saw earlier."
"What the hell happened to this place then? Everything is wrong!"
"No shit it''s wrong, I''ve been here for around...three years? Give or take"
"Jesus Christ..."
"One day someone just...let all the patients out. They were all insane, they just started attacking everyone. Security got overwhelmed...then that...giant fucking chameleon appeared. Motherfucking Jerry..."
"Jerry?"
"That''s his name. Was one of those fucking scientist''s pet. Then it got loose while everyone was scared, must''ve ate something wrong because a few hours later, it turned into that thing."
"Well, that Jerry chameleon killed me!"
"Killed you? What are you talking about? No...you''re...you''re right there. Alive. Don''t fuck with me like that, come on!"
"But- No he... It did. I felt it..."
"Nothing makes any god damn sense here!! If all the patients and Jerry killed everyone. How are you still alive here?"
"I hid. Of course... I hid for my fucking life. I could only eat the freshly dead. You see, i''m no security or doctor. I''m one of the patients."
She looked at him. Suddenly stunned with this information, backs out, and draws her knife out on him. She speed walks out of there, back into the hallway with the patient left on the defensive. Noticing how the trust chain has broke.
"Hey! Heyheyheyhey, no listen. You don''t understand, you can trust me alright?"
"No! No, you don''t understand! If things are really how you say, you''re one of them! You- You''re one of the crazies! You''re mentally ill, and dangerous. You better stay away from me, okay?!"
"I''m NOT fucking crazy, do you understand me? You don''t know what they did to me then! Okay? This is a bad place girly. This place, it''s-it''s horrible! But I...I can help you? You hear? I''m probably the only one who can help... All you have to do is find your way into the lab."
"The lab..?"
He got real close to her, almost whispering now, and grabbed her shoulders.
"Yes- Yes look, listen... There''s... There''s a lab, somewhere within the... The Hospital, down in the second basement floor. There''s two entrances, hidden in there okay? You get there, and the Overseer there can help you."
"The...what? O-Overseer?"
"Fine then... Help me, please..."
He let go over her, backing off. She didn''t show it, but she was incredibly relieved.
"Yes... I''ll show you. I''m John. By the way.. I''ll tell you more about this place when we get there. But for now..."
John turned and looked around, thinking of the quickest way to the hospital. It was then a strange red glowing dot appeared on his chest.
"J-John...What is... that?"
"Huh? Oh dear god...."
The laser dot raised to Johns face. A firing sound is heard. A bullet, strikes John directly in the head, blowing his head clean off. Pieces of his head fly around the walls. Covering the girl''s face and clothes in his blood. She drops to the floor in shock, her ears ringing, and in that moment for her everything feels slow...Staring at his lifeless and headless corpse hit the floor with a thud! A feeling of numbness, horror, and grief fills her entire body. All she could hear right now is the sound of her own heart beating, everything else feels completely drowned out. Her head turns, slowly to the side to witness who, or what could do such a thing.
At the end of the hall a short distance away. She noticed this figure. It appeared as some tall, pale ominous girl. With long blonde hair, she wore a big black and grey ribbon on her head. Her eyes look red and lifeless. She wore a black dress shirt with a white tie, and a red jacket. White shorts, and high stockings completely covering up her legs, and finally these black boots, they looked like some kind of military boots. The worst part was... The gun she fired, she wasn''t holding. It was her arm. She shot out of her arm. In seconds, the gun in her arm folded back in, and her hand came back out, seamlessly. She wasn''t human... It was anything but.
"State your name, and purpose for being here."
It shouted from down the hallway in a monotone voice. But in response, our protagonist just ran. Ran anywhere, anywhere that was safe. Anywhere that would be away from that. But it gave chase, and it was FAST.
"Do not run!"
"Oh god...! God no...! Just leave me alone! Please!"
"Stop now, or be killed where you stand!"
She would try to lose it by going back up the stairs. God. she could just hear it''s heavy footsteps behind her. Getting chased was always one of her biggest fears. This is like a nightmare come to life. She found one of the staff offices upstairs, and ran inside. Hiding in one of the employee''s lockers. Hoping she wouldn''t be found.
"...."
"Show yourself... I know you are near."
She covered her mouth. Trying not to even breathe. But her heart was beating so fast. Tears almost flooded out of her eyes but she was holding them back too. As if things could not get worse but it just... Took one look at the locker, and immediately knew she was in there.
"Target located... You should have complied."
The being immediately went for the locker, opened it and grabbed her out. The girl screamed, kicked and tried to escape. But she was held by the neck, and her strength was immeasurable.
"NOO! LET ME GO! NO PLEASE STOP! LET ME GO!!"
"Struggle won''t help. You are designated to be killed."
In desperation, the girl opted to take her carver and jam it into the eye of the being. It went right through, but it just barely reacted. Sparks flew out from her, and wires hung out. She really wasn''t human at all, she was some kind of human-like robot. It pulled the eye right out, and threw her to the wall. Completely breaking her spine and paralyzing the girl. The pain was so immense she couldn''t even move or make any noise, tears just simply flown from her eyes.
"Resistance was not a smart idea"
"...Wh....What are you...?"
The girl asked feebly.
"I am model Zenn-E. Cenavix Lab Tech."
"Version Thirty six, and seven thousand."
"What....?"
Before she could process any of that. Zenn-E wrapped both it''s hands around her neck, and squeezed. Hard. She couldn''t even struggle. She tried grabbing it''s arms and pulling them away, but in seconds Zenn-E broke her neck, instantly killing her. There was another voice, ringing in her head.
This isn''t the end for me.
No matter how things get
Keep trying!
No matter how much you keep dying.
The girl gasped. Awakened in another room, on another bed. As if it were just another nightmare. As if it weren''t real. But she''s still here. In the manor. That wasn''t ever going to change.
"No... no, no! Punyeta! Shit! Damn it!"
"Why is this happening?''
Her hands were shaking. These deaths are real. But she''s coming back. Like they aren''t. She notices her carver is back with her so she takes it. She slams the table next to her and jumps out of the bed. Whatever''s going on here. She HAS to find out now! She figured if she''s going to keep coming back from dying. She has no choice but to keep going.
"The lab... in the Hospital. I''ve got to get there!"
"John said... That Overseer can help me."
"I''ve got to find him no matter what..."
She rushes over. Going down flights of stairs until in a few minutes, she reaches the Hopsital in the Basement Floor 2. It was even colder down here. The place was eerie, some lights barely working. The floors were like ceramic tiles, and the walls are solid brick. It was completely different from the above ground, where almost everything up there was all wood, and sometimes stone. It was very white here. It looks as damaged as the rest of the place was. Some doors are missing, the wall is sometimes bashed in, and of course the smell... It still haunts her everywhere she goes.
"This place... Is huge... How am I going to find the Lab here, if it''s hidden?"
"Two entrances... Okay. Okay I just have to find one of them. I can do this! I-I can..."
"Oh... My god! Haha! Oh my fucking GOD!
"Huh?-"
She would turn around, to find this... small girl dressed as a nurse staring excited at her?
"I knew it... Ahahaha! Someone new here, after so long too!"
"You''re going to be my new toy~! I can''t wait! Ahahahaaha!"
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Chapter 3 - The Nurse Cami
THE MANOR
CHAPTER THREE
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? November 7th 2008, Cenavix Sanitarium ?
One little incision...
Leads to a thousand drops of blood...
But that pain does not compare to the naivity
And the agony that she''ll feel when she''s mine!!!
Our protagonist stares down this new and mysterious face. It''s a girl, doesn''t look like a patient. In fact, she looks even younger then herself. With short bright blonde hair, barely even reaching over her shoulders in the back, in the front, her hair reaches over her mouth, covering her right eye, her left looked bloodshot, sleepless, and not quite right overall. Her stare... something was very wrong with her stare. She wore a little nurse''s hat, and coat with vinyl gloves over her hands and white plastic slip-ons. "Interact with caution.." She thought. She looked unstable, but maybe she''ll be some help. At this point the girl was desperate for anyone to help her.
"What? Um... little girl. Do you know how dangerous it is here? L-Listen, it''s really, really messed up here. And, And I''m lost. I dont know where I am, or how I got here. I need help, badly."
"Uh-huh... And I can help you?~"
"That''s what you think, right?"
"Well...Uhh, I don''t really know you. But-"
"No shit you don''t know who I am! You''re way in over your head, ahaha... And you don''t even know. This is almost too good! Are you sure you''re real? I''m starting to have doubts!"
Interrupting the girl, the nurse approaches her and pokes and grabs her shoulders. Checking to see if she even really exists. The girl, uneasy, flinches and clearly wants to push her back.
"H-Hey hey can we....not do that?? No seriously, stop...."
"No! No wait! Are you really real? I just got to...."
Touching her stomach then legs... When suddenly a sharp pain in the girl''s leg is felt.
"Gh- AOOWW!"
"Hahaa! BITCH! I got you!"
Blood trickles down her leg, as the nurse pulls out a scalpel from her leg and before she knows it, goes in for a second stab at her throat.
"What? No!! Whyy??"
"Hahaha... You''re MINE!"
The girl would block her arm, she was surprisingly strong for a small kid. But she would knock the nurse down on her ass, and as soon as she saw the opportunity, she ran. But the pain of the stab wound in her leg started to show after the adrenaline rush was wearing off. It hurt like hell.
"Aagh! Grhh... Damn it! Can''t fucking.... trust anyone! Fuck..."
"Hrrgh... You bitch! Come back toy! COME BACK NOW!"
She''d shout. Angrily picking herself back up off the floor.
"UUNI! MORSEL!! IF YOU''RE THERE. GET OVER AND HELP ME KILL HER!"
No response...
"Fine then... I''ll kill her myself... Better yet, i''ll break down her instead. The fun way!~"
She looks, smiling in one of her pockets that holds a few syringes full of an unknown lime green substance. Meanwhile, the girl was still running aimlessly along in the Hospital. Not having a clue of where she''s going. She scrambles around seemingly endless shiny halls, ocassionally slicked with dry blood, looking for somewhere she can hide.
"Shit! Grahh! This place is huge... Where am I supposed to hide? Damn it..."
Paranoid, she kept looking around, she already made so many turns and twists. She came across a section where the lights appear to be off, avoiding that one, she favors sections with the lights actually on though doesn''t know where she is anymore...
"HEY! Don''t run from me! Ahahaha~"
"You think you can just run from me coward? I have my eyes on you now, and you can''t stop me!"
"You''re a little girl, it can''t be that hard!"
She would stand her ground. Stancing threateningly to the girl.
"Uh-huh?"
The nurse would pull out some kind of plastic weapon from her outfit, and shoots a syringe at her. Hitting her square in the neck
"Ah-! Ngh! What the hell was that!?"
The girl pulls the needle out, it seems to be a clear liquid drug. A sedative.
"Fffuck...! Fuck no not like this!"
"Whats the matter? Are you tired? Feeling sleepy? Go ahead then! Nap where ever you''d like!"
"Come on, Please don''t do this! I just need help..."
"And I don''t care! Sorry to disappoint."
She turned and ran again as fast as she could. She trying to outrun the effects of the drugs, trying to ignore her nerves, trying to get away from danger. Looking behind her every few seconds to make sure she wasn''t being chased. She took a hard turn down another hallway to the left when suddenly she ran straight into tripwire, hitting her ankle and sending her right to the floor. She barely even felt the impact. The sedative was starting to take it''s effect now. She looked back behind her to see the Nurse again who has caught up to her.
"Aw, come on now! this is starting to get pathetic! Seriously, you''re killing my mood."
"Why are you doing this!? I''m just lost here. I don''t know where I even am..."
"That makes you the perfect prey, then."
The nurse leans over her, smiling.
"Fuck you then!!!"
Getting up, and running again, this whole song and dance seemed to be repeating itself too many times. The girl ran faster then she ever has before, trying to surprise the nurse who wasn''t even taking this chase seriously. She ran, ignoring the pain in her leg, and ignorning anything around her. Rooms, cabinets, desks, corpses... Wait! She stopped short and looked back.
"The cabinet! I got to hide there."
The girl runs to one of the reception desks and hides in the cabinet behind it. Trying to catch her breath, but quietly. The nurse seems to be nowhere in sight. She decided to try to take this moment to rest and check her leg. She''d pull up her skirt and check the wound, it was bad, still deep and bleeding. She poked it, big mistake, it hurt. She inhaled sharply.
"Fffh! Ow...Damn it! This is bad... Really bad."
Before she could even think about what to do about it. The nurse was heard walking by, it seemed she caught up to her.
"Where have you goooooone?~ My little toy~ Don''t you hide from me so soon. I won''t break you yet!"
"You see, i''ve decided you''re too fun to let die so soon! I want to break you MYSELF! SO COME OUT! NOW!!"
"I''ll make it sure it HURTS if you don''t show yourself now... Ahahahh! I''m excited at the thought..."
Her eyes glanced over right onto the cabinet. The girl swear she can feel her heart drop as she held her breath for what felt like an eternity... The nurse then faced forward and turned down the left hall. Walking off. The relief was unimaginable.
"Thank god... Oh thank god...!"
All seemed safe finally... Then the cabinet swung open.
"Such a poor attempt at avoiding me!"
She swung that scalpel into her other leg, and grabbed her dress and threw her to the floor
"AAH! NNO!"
"Bad bad toy... How are you not out yet? Looks like I need to help put you to sleep! PERMANENTLY!"
The scalpel is lunged down to where the girl''s neck is. But she blocks the Nurse''s arm. Fighting it, she pushes back with all she can, the disadvantage isn''t making it any easier for her. The nurse giggles at her struggle.
"Just give in... And DIE! I''m already bored of you!"
"No....fucking way!"
The girl overpowers her as she takes the higher ground knockings her over, taking her own scalpel and driving it down her throat. Watching her gurgle and writh in pain. She pulls out the scalpel and shoves it into her uncovered eye after. The nurse''s struggle dies out as she stops moving completely. She''s dead...finally.
"Fuh....Fuck."
She looks at her hands, then at the corpse of the nurse she killed. She had never killed anyone before, nonetheless a small girl even younger than her. her hands were shaking. It was only made worse by the fact she was rapidly growing sleepy.
"I''m so sorry... I just....! Damn it!"
"Why did you have to do that...?"
"I didn''t want to kill you..."
Lightheaded, the girl tries to stand and find a safe spot. Knowing she''ll fall asleep. But she can''t even move... She collapses merely feet away from the nurse. Dropping the scalpel. As her vision gets blurry, she struggles to stay awake, uselessly. She passes out on the floor due to the drugs injected into her.
? An unknown amount of hours pass. . . ?
The girl wakes up in the same spot. Scratching her head she struggles to stand herself up, so she settles for sitting for now. She notices the nurse''s body is strangely gone, and her legs are stitched up, and cleaned neatly. There''s a small sticky note on her leg reading:
? You''re welcome. -C ?
"C...?"
"How the the hell...? It couldn''t be that... Ugh, this place is messing me up."
"I need to find that lab as soon as possible. This place is NOT fucking normal."
She throws off the sticky note from her leg, picks up her carver knife that she dropped and tries to move her leg. Surprisingly the pain is completely gone, it must have been coated with some kind of medicine. How long has it been? The more she thinks about it, the more her brain hurt.
"Things just keep making less and less sense here..."
The girl would start to wander around the Hospital aimlessly. Completely lost in this maze-like block. Searching back offices and patient rooms for any kind of clues or passages. There was no luck for a while. No switches, no doors, or tunnels or buttons. She eventually came across some odd tattered notes that read "SHE HURT US" "IT WAS ALL OVER" "THEY KNEW IT" and "THEY WERE AHEAD OF US". It looked like complete nonsense, she couldn''t make any sense of it. So she just left it alone.
"This place is so fucked...."
"I wish I could just rest... But I can''t even do that for a second. Gaahh.."
She would lean against the wall and sigh. Thinking about how she got here... Everything happened so fast, how can she process any of it? She was going home and took the short walk trail as a shortcut... Then this shed appeared and took her here? It barely made any sense, and now she''s in the most dangerous place on earth apparently. Crazy asylum patients, monster chameleons and crazy nurses. "What the hell was next?" She thought. Sooner then she knew it, her question was answered right then and there.
A swarm of these small, black spider-like crabs scurry their way down the hallway slowly. The girl presses herself up tighter against the wall, watching them just move right by her. Not even paying her any mind or attention. As if she wasn''t even there. It seems they ignored her? Or maybe they didn''t even notice her at all. There must have been about thirty or fourty of them, and they were about the size of a bottle cap each, maybe bigger? It was hard to tell. Whatever the case, there were a lot of them and the girl was NOT gonna mess around with them right now.
"I am NOT gonna mess around with them right now..."
She carefully scooched away and walked down OPPOSITE of where they were going, to avoid them. She eventually came across the same tripwire she tripped on earlier. It was thin, stretched out from wall to wall, nailed in. Almost impossible to see, did that damn nurse do this? She certainly seemed to have lots of free time around here. The girl took her carver and cut it down. No more risks.
"There''s probably more of those around, I''d better be careful. I don''t want to trip on any others at a bad time..."
"Who knows what else she could have set up around here?"
"Damn! I wish I had my phone right now, that would REALLY be some help."
The hallways seemed endless, offices and backrooms were empty despite the occasional corpse or two, useless junk and incomprehensible documents of some kind. A few records of patients from various dates, talking about illnesses, their state of mind, and for some reason mentions of a vision about a cold labratory underground. The latest date she can find in these documents is April 16th, 2006. It seems like this disaster did happen quite long ago after all.
"2006. That was like... seven years ago. Shit. This place has been desolate for seven years? How is anyone even still in here then?"
"A Laboratory... Christ, were the patients brought there and tested or something? This placed is so fucked up, man..."
She took the document with her, just in case. Folding it up tiny and putting it in the pocket of her dress. She left the back office and continued going through rooms, hoping for something. A lot of the hospital rooms were empty, with old hospital beds and TV''s that didn''t work anymore. She heard a scream from the next room over suddenly. It startled the hell out of her. So she crept over to peek in and see what was going on. She couldn''t believe what she saw. It was that nurse again. The one she just stabbed the eye out of. But she was fine again, like it never happened. She seemed to have a victim trapped on a hospital bed. This room in particular has an assortment of tools. All somewhat clean, stained with blood. She was going to torture him.
"Yeah, I burned the fucking church down. That was me! Ahaha."
"To be honest it was a long time coming! I couldn''t stand that fucking place..."
"If i knew survivors like you were secretly holding Sunday Services, I would have burned that place much sooner!"
"You are beyond salvation child! You...! You will be burning in the fiery pits of hell for these heinous actions!"
"Yeah yeah, keep yapping. Honestly you look really stupid right now where you are!"
It seems like the man is a priest of some kind, and him and other suvivors must have held services at the church... "There''s a church here?" She was thinking. It seemed the man spotted her, as he glanced over. He then broke eye contact and glared back at the nurse. He gave a sort of signal for help. He kept on talking to keep her distracted.
"God will not forgive you for the things you have done, the pain you''ve inflicted!"
"When you die girl, and by god you will. You will come to regret your life of sin when you''re put through endless suffering! Are you listening!?"
"Hardly, the only thing on my mind right now is cutting your tongue out AND MAKING YOU SWALLOW IT!"
"S-Salvation will come! We will be saved while those like you will be left to rot!"
The girl continued to watch, too nervous to intervene. Hesitating too much, by the time she decided to step forward and act, she had already been caught. As a hand grabbed her from behind, and a hacksaw held by her neck. She was being held hostage.
"You stay right where you are. Or die."
"-!? Shit!!-"
"Grr..."
"Oh? Well look who it is! It''s you again..."
"You gave me a great pain in the eye, you know. Ahaha!"
"Nice capture, Uuni!"
"Thank you, Cami...."
The girl who caught her seems to be an even younger girl then the nurse, perhaps 9 or so. But she''s cold, and her skin is grey. She wears a similar nurse outfit.
"How are you still alive!? I killed you! I stabbed you in the eye! I watched! I watched you die... Cami."
"I don''t die! Are you shocked? Hehe, you look shocked!"
"Y-You too? I also "don''t die! I''ve literally been killed like twice before!"
"The fuck are you on about? Haha, are you crazy too? Or do you just want that to be put to the test!"
"Make sure she can''t leave Uuni."
"Of course Cami."
Uuni would lead her to a chain in the room and lock her arms up to the wall. She would then put her hacksaw down on the table.
"Damn you, child! May you be cast away to the vilest pit in hell!"
"You see this? This is what I have to deal with. All the time, people talking shit even though they''re the ones tied up about to be tortured."
"Wait! Don''t do this! Just- Just stop!"
"Hmmm, what do you think Uuni? Should I stop?"
"I want to cut off his head... I also want to cut off her head!"
"What the fuck....?"
"Hehehe, yeahhh of course you do. I''ll TRY and leave his head to you. But I still want to cut out his fucking tongue!"
"That''ll shut you up, surely..."
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She hovers her hand over the table of blades, deciding what to choose. She takes a pair of scissors from the table, stained in old blood as most of them are. The priest panics more, mumbling a prayer, begging for God to save him. Cami tries to remain calm but she''s very clearly pissed off. Her hand shaking and her eyes twitching. Uuni simply just stands on the side and watches silently.
"God be with me.... God will save me.... God be is with me...."
"Urrghh! SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"I can''t stand your talking about utter SHIT!"
"THERE IS NO GOD!"
"Not anywhere, and especially not here! Maybe you''ll believe me and rest easy when I show you the afterlife PERSONALLY!"
"No!!! Stop!!"
The girl struggles, pulling on the chains, but it''s useless. Cami digs her scissors into the priest''s mouth, cutting it up into a bloody mess. She chops at his tongue violently, hacking at his gums and teeth in the process. It''s very messy work. The priest writhes, shaking the bed and screams in pain, gurgling blood out his mouth, trying to escape. The more he screams the wider Cami''s smile seems to get. She''s enjoying the hell out of this. Chained up, the girl is horrified however, frozen in fear she can''t help but stare silently unable to look away.
"O-Oh my god.... What the fuck."
"I wanted to... Cut off his...Okay."
"Grhh...aaha, you can just cut off hers. Take her head. I don''t give a shit."
She finishes off the priest. Removing his tongue and letting him choke on his own blood. The girl couldn''t even process what she just saw. She was horrified.
"Thanks Cami. Finally...."
"W-What? N-No.... no! Wait!"
Uuni grabbed her hack saw and held it to the girl''s neck. Despite her struggling and pleading Uuni started sawing away. Blood spurted out almost instantly. She yelled desperately, it was over in seconds though. About halfway down her neck she was already dead. Uuni sawed all the way down and yanked out the head from her body. Holding it up by the hair, she looked proud of herself.
Death is not the end for you, you should know
It is meaningless, A concept, merely
Just be care not to lose your head
The girl wakes up, gasping. Feeling at her neck, her head. It''s still there. Thank god... She seems to still be in the hospital. Elsewhere. She''s in one of the hospital beds. This room in particular seemed a little clean. Untouched, and besides the smell there you probably wouldn''t be able to tell it''s been abandoned for years.
"F-Fuck... What the fuck... Those crazy... motherfuckers!"
Breathing a sigh of relief, with her heart pounding like crazy from being killed a THIRD time. She wastes not a moment, picking up her carver and getting a move on. Something changed in her in that very moment. Even if she didn''t notice it herself. A newfound determination, and anger.
"I''m killing her, I am killing her! I''m so fucking killing her!"
"Grr..."
"I''ll kill her so badly she won''t come back this time..."
Fearlessly, the girl marches her way right back to Cami''s room. Preparing for the worst, clutching the carver tightly. Finally starting to learn the layout of the Hospital, she finds the room and kicks the door right open and... There''s no one there. It''s all empty. No sign of Cami or Uuni and even the body of the Priest seems to be gone.
"What...? Of course, damn it."
"Well... What does a psychopath like her keep around here anyway?"
"If I had to guess... Something horrible."
The girl looks around the place. There''s two hospital beds, one''s clean while the other''s... full of old blood. Seems like Cami sleeps on the clean one while the other''s for torturing. The table with all the tools for torture is still there. They''re not very clean. There''s actually a sink on the side. The water surprisingly is still running here. "At least she can wash things here." She thought. There was a small old looking TV on a counter with a VHS player built into it.
"Huh."
"How outdated...."
"I wonder if there are any tapes around..."
She presses the power on the TV. She felt the immediate feel of electricity eminating off the screen as it turned on. It turns out there''s already a tape in currently. She would press a button to switch to the tapes and play the currently inserted. After a second of thinking, the TV would switch screens and all of a sudden at nearly full volume this very bright and poppy music video appeared with some cartoon looking girl appeared, and booming upbeat music.
? BABY YOU ARE MY SWEETIE!
I GIVE YOU SOME CANDY.
I WANT YOU TO DANCE AT THE DANCE WITH ME!
WHEN YOU KISS ME MY HEART FLY.
''CAUSE YOU ARE SO KAWAII!!
YOU MAKE MY HEART DANCE LIKE A BUTTERFLY! ?
"-!? Christ!"
The intensity of the music was so loud it nearly made her fall over and cover her ears. She tried to turn it off and eject it but the buttons stopped working. She soon just settled for unplugging the entire TV. Finally there was silence, and she swears she can feel her ears ringing.
"Agh... What the hell? That was awful..."
"No way this is the kind of music she listens too."
Trying to forget that ever happens she looks through some the drawers with the intent of leaving quickly. She finds some kind of note. Saying "Reminder feed the dog! A body a week. It gets harder every time." The other note seems to have been added onto the initial reminder.
"Dog...? There''s a dog here?"
"Whatever, time to go!"
She closes the drawer and prepares to rush out, not before looking at the chains where she just was earlier. Not an ounce of blood anywhere. Despite her beheading mere moments ago in that very spot. Trying not to think about it any more then she has to, the girl peeks out. It looks safe. She rushes out hoping not to run into Cami or Uuni. "Now can I remember somewhere I haven''t been yet in this Hospital?" She thinks and thinks... While running from Cami, there was a section of the hospital completely in the dark. Perhaps that area could be where the entrance to the Lab is.
"Alright, this is it! Surely... God I hope so."
"If not, well.... I don''t know how i''m gonna find it."
The girl retraces her path from memory, eventually finding the stairs where she entered the Hospital Block of the Sanitarium. As much as she wanted to leave the Hospital. It wasn''t much safer up there. Off into the dark she goes then. It seemed like a really bad idea, but everything does, not matter what she does. Eventually, she finds her way to the dark block of the Hospital.
There were doors leading into it. Inside there were completely no lights on, either broken or non-functional. The only light was the light that was peering through from behind the doors. It seemed older, less kept. Perhaps it was an older block they originally made, and they extended it later? The lit block was shiny with white walls and tile floor, that much was clear even with the decay that has faced since. But this is worse. Much worse. The walls are not shiny, they''re all stained, and the paint is chipping. The floor is rotting and the smell... It''s bad.
"Christ..... Why am I in here? Why am I in here, why am I in here why am i in here?"
"I hate it here... Already. I hate it all so bad."
"Can''t! See! Sshhiit!"
As she crept through deeper it got too dark to even see. At the point she was at she had to feel her way forward so she wouldn''t run into any walls. The silence was eerie. At least it was empty, though with what she seen before she doesn''t know that for sure. She particularly tried not to slide her fingers down the wall as it felt disgusting and possibly was moldy, and holding her breath was near impossible as her heart was beating fast from nerves already. It felt as her eyes were starting to adjust to the darkness. Slowly...
"I really hope The Lab is in here..."
"Otherwise, oh god how am I gonna find my way out of here? I''d have to..."
"No, nono. I''m not going to consider that. I can''t."
"I can''t... I shouldn''t. That''s not an option!"
Clutching the carver tightly. A dark thought takes over her mind... One of a quick way out. Considering she can''t die. Would it really even matter though? It would get her out of a tough situation but... No! No more thinking of that! It''s... too much.
"Can''t let my mind go down there. I-I can''t."
Just before she gets lost in thought, she spots a lit room all of a sudden, it looks like a light from latern.
"Oh thank god... Maybe this is it."
She slowly creeps to the room, peeking in. Inside she''s met with a disgustingly gorey room. The place, drenched in blood from the floor to the walls. It looks like a pile of unrecognizable bodies in the center of it, just mush, intestines and very little bone. The urge to throw up has never been greater. "God, is this the source of the smell?". Just past the big pile of wet flesh was a dog. Chained up around the neck and body. It was feasting on the freshest, most recognizable body there. The priest from before, still with some form of human shape. But it looks like a quarter of him was already eating away at it. The dog looked up at the girl, and growled, looking all defensive with his meal.
"W-Woah woah! E-Easy dog.... easy!"
"I''m... a friend! You can trust- urk! M-Me..."
"Fuck- G-God I can''t stand it here."
Just breathing made her want to gag. It was hard to even talk. Her words clearly wasn''t getting to the dog either. Was Cami doing this to the dog? This is beyond fucked up. This is horrible. The girl noticed a key hung up on the wall over the table where the lantern was sitting. She''s debating if she wants to risk it to save a dog. Before she could think about it too long, a new light shone through into the room. After looking back and seeing who it was, she acted quickly and hid under the desk.
"WHO''S THERE!? God... Is it you again, Jack?"
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! DAMN IT!"
The Nurse Cami enters the room with a bright shining flashlight. Mumbling about something. She stares down the dog.
"Ah. He''s gone now... Good."
"Well. You eating well you little shit? Why don''t you ever eat the most tender parts first?"
"I must have fed you countless times and you always consume at random. You have no fucking taste!"
The dog growled at Cami, bearing teeth. It obviously was hers, and it hated her. Instantly turning aggressive at the sight of her, meanwhile the dog was just scared when it saw the girl.
"Ahaha, whatever... You clearly don''t know shit! And you never learn too..."
"Nevermind that, I have a new test for you today~"
"If I can''t stab you, burn you, crush you, or even suffocate you....Well, just wait. It''s not ready yet. But i''m working on it!"
"I got a good feeling, this one will kill you FINALLY! I consider you a failure... by the way."
Cami turned and left taking her flashlight with her. She laughed and slammed the door, leaving the dog by her lonesome. She was torturing this dog. If the girl was going to free him, it was going to be now. She crawled out from underneath the desk and nabbed the key. The dog was still weary of her, so she approached with caution.
"S-Shhh! Shh! Please... I''m trying to free you, look. Look, this is the key, I can unlock you!"
"You just have to let me.... please."
The girl sat down a safe distance from the dog. Trying to get down to it''s level and get comfortable with it, trying to ensure it''s safety. The dog seemed to understand... Somewhat, still growling but as the girl nudged closer she held up her hand to let the dog sniff her. To be honest she was terrified. She never really liked dogs to begin with. This was a nightmare for her. The dog accepted her peace offering. Placing a lot of trust in her. The girl slowly brought her hand to his head and pet him. Meanwhile in her other hand she put in the key. unlocking the shackles around it''s neck, and it''s body.
"Th-There you go... You''re free now. You''re safe-"
The door slammed open. Cami was back, and shined her flashlight on them.
"Who''s there!? I swear to-"
"You?! What are you doing?? Stop!! Don''t free the dog you idiot! The dog will fucking kill us!"
Unchained, and pissed. The dog ran at Cami. Cami screamed, trying to run. But the dog in an instant caught up to her and tackled her down. Mauling her viciously, biting her neck, pulling out flesh while she tried to fight and push it off. It was a useless effort. Before long the dog tore out her throat and munched down at her lifeless body.
"Jesus... Christ! Fu-Fuck!"
The girl only watched the horror unfold. Still down on her ass. In a twisted way it had a hint of satisfaction to it... After the dog was done it looked right at her, and ran off. Leaving the rest of Cami to rot. The girl decided to leave this awful smelling place. She took Cami''s flashlight, finally having a source of light in this dark place.
She held the Industrial Torch. It felt pretty heavy, it must have been five pounds. It seemed to run on batteries. She better not use it too much or it''ll be useless. She looked down over at Cami''s corpse. Blood started to puddle around her. So she decided to leave before she got her blood on her shoes.
"Sigh... At least i''m safe from her now. I hope at least, unless she comes back to life again."
"That couldn''t happen though... Right?"
"I stabbed her in the eye before, and she came back from it like nothing happened." She though to herself. But didn''t dwell on it. It was time for her to get a move on. So she wandered deeper through the dark Hospital. Hoping to find anything, some kind of secret door or passage? She checked walls and behind things. The smell of that disgusting gore room lingered throughout the place, she had to put her clothes over her mouth the whole time as to not throw up. It was DISGUSTING in here. The place started to get cold going down into this one room down at the end of a hallway. At the hall there was this break room with an odd door hole in the far wall with a milk vending machine flipped over. Is this it?
"Could... could that be it finally?! The Labratory! This has to be...."
Going into the odd hole that didn''t belong it took her to some stairs. The further down she went, the more metal and the colder things became. Things seemed a whole lot more new, like it was actually taken care of in the last in the last month or so. As she made it to the end there was this big metal door. It wasn''t locked so she pulled it right open. Inside she was met with a huge long hallway that stretched out far, dimly lit with stone all around, like it was all dug out. The floor was smoothed out, looked like a greenish polished concrete floor. It was even colder inside. With all the exposed stone making the walls all around and no heater at all made it extremely chilly.
"Holy shit..."
"T-This is it... I think. The Labratory. It actually really exists."
"What the fuck... Why would this place have something like this?"
"Whatever, nothings gonna fuck this up now. Not again..."
She clutches the carver. Making her way down the hallway. She eventually got to more double doors. It let to someone kind of security check room. There were metal detectors, desks, big cameras pointing all around. "They really wanted to make sure whoever was in there was supposed to be huh? Maybe this Lab was for a specific clearance only?". Everything was non-functional anyway, so it didn''t matter. There didn''t seem to be any bodies in sight so far, and besides looking untouched for a while. It was mostly clean, albeit not taken care of. A far cry from the damage and rot the rest of the manor faces.
"What the hell could have happened here...?"
She tried to open the next room over but it required an ID to pass through. The doors seem to have an electric lock of some kind, and one that still works too.
"Ah, shit..."
Looking around, she noticed a maintence closet back another way, that one had a standard door with no lock. She went inside to find another body, hanging upside-down from the ceiling of the room. It scared the shit out of her. But at the same time, the horrifying sight of corpses was starting to grow numb to her. After the shock wore off, she searched the body. in sheer luck, he had an ID. Blood stained the name of the person, but it didn''t really matter who he was. Luckily the card worked, and she made it through the door.
"Ah, good. Thank god..."
"What the fuck was even going on in this place? It looks nothing like the rest of the place..."
Seemed she was in it deep now. She came into more, but less wide, hallways, passing by break rooms, small offices, and... holding cells? It was heavily secured too, like they were containing some real dangerous people, or worse. Staring into the break room. It seemed to be in still somewhat fine condition. There was a nice leather couch against the wall. Looked mostly clean.
"Fuck it. If i''m killed I won''t stay dead anyway."
Exhausted and unable to resist the urge to sleep on the couch, she plops straight down on the couch in the breakroom. She doesn''t even care about the place being fully lit. She needs this. She needs to rest. She deserves to rest. She faced directly into the couch, back out. It felt like heaven. At this point in time, she never wanted to leave this couch. Drifting off to sleep she finally felt moments of peace to cherish in this hellscape...
But...
HOW
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? November 8th 2008, Cenavix Sanitarium ?
"GASSPP...!"
"Fffuuck! What the fuck? What...?! Jesus...."
Our protagonist awakes from a nightmare after sleeping an unknown amount of time. Nearly falling out of the couch she sits up, seemingly safe still. No monsters anywhere, no demons, infections, no Cami, her weapon was still there. After a bit of waking up she finally got a move on. Eventually she made it to a big main room beyond the hallway through another pair of double doors. A sign right over the doors said "Main Chamber". Through it was a big circular room with many machines and other doors leading to test rooms of some kind. At the center was this weird mass of huge cables and wires from the floor to the ceiling of the room, with big metal caps attached to the ceiling and floor. At the center it was a bit bulbous with six screens attached to it, all displaying some kind of error.
"What in the world...?
"John said I could be helped here..."
"By who? Or- or what??"
"What could be here....? I guess I have to search then."
Looking around, she approached the weird mass first. When suddenly all the screens on it turned blue, with white eyes. All the screens attached to their cables extending outwards, looking all at the girl. Panels from the ceiling open up lowers turret rifles pointing at her, threatening to shoot.
"Aaah!? What the fuck? No! Waitwaitwaitwait!"
"You insane scum dare still not leave this place be? Exit now or you''ll be shot down!"
"Shot?? No- nonono! Hey- I just! I just need help!"
"Wait a second... by god. You''re a survivor... And a sane one too."
The guns retract back into the ceiling and the panels shut closed.
"What? Yeah... Yes, I am! Thank god... Please tell me you''ll help me!"
"Of course, I''ve mistaken you for one of those freaks from God''s Hand."
"I''m what is called the Overseer. The Operating Virtual Electronic Recorder for Emergancy Evacuation Reasons."
"A-Ah... I see... I won''t remember that... Diyos ko..."
"That''s quite alright. Overseer works quite fine."
"What might your name be, miss?"
"Oh, It''s.... Um. Wait no, I''m..."
"W-What, the fuck? I can''t think of it right now? Why can''t I remember right now??"
"Hmm... You can''t remember your name you say? You might be experiencing Post Trauma Amensia right now."
"I can''t say I blame you either. The horrors of this place are beyond even the sickest person''s imagination."
"P-Post Trauma...? What the fuck...."
"Why don''t I just call you... The Surviving Girl?"
"Surviving... Ahh, What now?"
"Is there a problem with the name?"
"Oh, no. No it''s... It''s fine... S-Sure..."
"Very well, and you''ll have to forgive me for this mess. As it''s all my fault, I am the founder of this whole place."
"Founder?? So... So you''re Cenavix?? What the fuck have you been doing here you bastard!?"
"The- The shit i''ve seen! The people i''ve seen dead!"
"Please, Surviving Girl. Your anger is valid but misplaced. I never intended for any of this. I ask you hear me out. Just for a moment."
"How could you not have!? You... Fine. Go ahead"
"Thank you. Allow me to start from the beginning. I once was Bryan Cenavix. The founder of this Sanitarium."
"In 1996 my Mother passed away leaving only me and my two sisters. She was a very mentally ill person, and never got the proper treatment she needed from the Hospital she stayed in. That''s why when I inherited her riches I had this entire place built. It had taken two years but the wait was worth it."
"However it was cut short when right under my nose those God''s Hand freaks started entering the Sanitarium. Pretending to be staff, but what they did has ruined everything I had built."
"God''s Hand? Who are the hell are they?"
"I don''t know much about them unfortunately. But all I know is they slipped through the cracks in our security, and built this entire Labratory without my knowledge. They caused so much damage, beyond their control even. When two years ago their ungodly creations got out, and flooded all throughout the Sanitarium.
"W-Wait, two years ago? No, that''s not right? Shouldn''t that have been much longer ago in that case?"
"It was two years ago, in 2006. It was all collapsing in front of my eyes. That''s why I''m here. In a panic. I found this Labratory. I found this machine. It was meant to be controlled by a member of God''s Hand, so they could operate long after that disaster. But I beat them too it. I shouldn''t have... I can only assume my sisters are long dead by now."
"That''s not right... It''s... 2013, not 2008 right now. Right? Right???"
"2013? Not here, no. How curious... Where could you have gotten that number from?"
"I swear, I... I was just going home from school. Then I found this... shed on my way home! It''s never been there before. I went in and then I was just taken here! And since then i''ve been dying over and over again!"
"Dying? That can''t be right. You''re still here, are you not?"
"No, you don''t get it! I...-"
"Nevertheless, Surviving Girl. Perhaps you''ve been transported here from a farther time somehow? As far of a reach that is. It''s the only possibility I can think of..."
"Ah... Jesus Christ... I-I can''t take much more of this...!"
"Please, do calm down. Allow yourself to rest up a while. It''s safe here, as I can see and control most of this Labratory."
"Meanwhile... I must part with you for the time being. There''s functions I need to maintain to keep on existing here. Unfortunately it requires I shutdown my main body."
"A-Alright, fine... I''ll be fine here..."
"Very well, it should only take no more then a few short hours."
"Hours...? Of course..."
The screens withdraw back to the bulb of the center of the cables and turn off, back to their default state. Leaving Surviving Girl by her lonesome presumably without any surveilience. It seems like perhaps things can finally look up. She found the Lab, and someone who can really help her. She couldn''t help but smile as she was hopeful...
Unfortunately it wouldn''t last long, as she''s choked with an iron pipe suddenly from someone from behind. Wrestling them to break free, she tries to pull it off her, but the pipe has a tight squeeze.
"SO Surviving Girl, you think that you can really fuck with me this many times and LIVE? FUCK NO!"
"Ack....! God.... Damn it! Why are you still... Alive!"
"I told you I literally can''t fucking die? Have you never believed me?!"
Struggling, Surviving Girl tries to kick and punch Cami. She eventually rams her head back into her nose, possibly breaking it.
"GAAH! You little.... FUCKER!!"
Cami swings the pipe at her, missing three times, the girl grabs Cami''s neck and pushes her down the room into one of the machines in the Lab. Slamming her head into it. She hits her head on a panel of some kind on the machine, and unknowlingly enter some kind of intake of the machine. Surviving Girl tries to choke her out.
"Why... won''t you... Leave me the hell alone!? You crazy bastard!"
"Haha... HAHAHAHAA! You look so pissed off right now!!!"
Cami just laughs at her, enjoying every second of this fight. The big machine whirrs and steams all of a sudden. A flash goes off as they''re both scanned under the big x-ray of the machine. They can barely focus on that right now as they''re too distracted by each other. before they know it, even more steam BURSTS out of the machine blinding them both completely and causing Surviving Girl collapse into a coughing fit. She swore she can hear some kind of hatch open from the machine, and she sees two unknown figures appear in the smoke and run off. She tries to chase after them, as well as trying to escape the smoke.
"Gahk- W-Wait...! What are.... Achk-! F-Fuck...!"
"Come back...! Damn it... Wheeze!"
She gasps to catch her breath. Seeing no more figures around. Was she just seeing things? She didn''t have time to think as she nearly completely forgot about Cami before she swung at her skull with the iron pipe. Sending her on the floor"
"Ahahahaha!!! Y-You dumb bitch! Playing with you is fun, you know. Most toys break quickly, haha, but you, YOU?!?! You''re still alive, and not only that but you''ve escaped me multiple times! I just can''t believe it! Honestly, it''s too fun. I almost want to let you live so I can keep chasing you!"
"I mean, what do you think? Should I let you live? Surviving Toy?"
"My name is Surviving Girl... And you can go fuck yourself!"
"Awwh, that''s no fun. Guess i''ll just ki- AGGCK!"
Before she can finish speaking, the girl slices up both her ankles with the carver. Sending her to the floor too. Cami inhales sharply in extreme pain.
"Ghhhaaa...! You MOTHER.... FFFFUUUCKER!"
"Aha... hahaha... Doesn''t feel so good, yeah??"
Surviving Girl regains her footing and takes Cami''s pipe, whacking her a bunch of times with it, brutally beating her, until she gets lightheaded from her concussion... She drops the pipe after staring down at her for a second, and drops her knee down into her stomach and goes right back to choking her.
"F-Faahker....Keel me... Then!!"
With a smile on her face, Cami is killed being choked to death. Surviving Girl let''s go, feeling her head where she was struck. She''s bleeding an extreme amount.
"D-Damn... You..."
"But I won... again."
Wondering if Cami was dead at all this time. She stared down at her body... Noticing her eyes filling up with a pink color. Then deep pink tears starting flooding down her face. Surviving Girl stood stunned and confused at this, until Cami sprung up back to life. Knocking her straight down, reversing the positions they both were just in.
"AHAHAHA!"
"HAHAAHAHA!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"
"DIEE!!!!"
Cami clawed at and tore Surviving Girl up visciously, covering her in messy cuts, shredding her clothes up and spreading blood everywhere. Cami then grabbed her iron pipe back and beat her the same way she did earlier. She stopped, beating Surviving girl half to death, then took out her scalpel. Bringing it right down into her throat, then yanking it out, letting her blood spurt up like a fountain. Gurgling, Surviving Girl only saw Cami''s crazed face smiling down at her, covered in blood, her blood. Then it all faded to black. Dying once more.
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Chapter 4 – The Lab, Furnace, and Freezer
THE MANOR
CHAPTER FOUR
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? November 8th 2008, Cenavix Sanitarium ?
"GAASSP!"
"Ah! Fu- Aaaah!"
An unknown amount of time passed as usual. She awakes on the couch in the break room not so far away from The Overseer. Immediately stumbling and falling off the couch. Knocking her head on the floor. Though she got back up quickly, feeling her neck over where she was just stabbed earlier. Her hands were shaking, she swears she can still feel it. The sharp pain of the scalpel driving through her neck. She may come back completely unscathed after death, but the memory of it. The feeling. That never leaves.
"Fuck! The overseer!"
Without thinking too much about what just happened she runs back to the Overseer''s Lair.
"OVERSEER!? OVERSEER!? ARE YOU BACK?"
"HELLO???"
"Fuck, please still be here!"
"Are you still not done!? Come on!"
No answer....
"Shit... No way."
Surviving Girl looked around, and then at the spot where Cami and her fought. Not even a single bloodstain where she died at. Yet, Cami''s blood was all over the floor. No sign of Cami though, thankfully... Is it truly all not real? Doubts start to fill her mind until suddenly The Overseer comes back.
"Surviving Girl!"
"Oh thank god.... Where did you go!?"
"Where did I go? Where did YOU go is the question?"
"When I returned you where nowhere to be found. I thought you had gone. I checked every camera around and I have not seen you anywhere."
"Camera?- You have cameras around??"
"Very few, yes. The sanitarium installed about fifty cameras around. Unfortunately that doesn''t cover close to everywhere, so they''re only placed in the most important spots to keep eye on. More unfortunately, I can only view about half of them in my current state."
"So is that why you never saw me before?"
"That is correct. I''m surprised you have guessed that. I never foresaw your coming. In fact, i''m surprised you were able to make it here unscathed as you are."
"Yeah, well I wouldn''t say that. I kind of died several times to get to this point..."
"Died? I do not understand..."
"Doesn''t matter..."
"I was told you could help me! Someone I met earlier told me about a Lab. So I found my way here."
"I see. As much as I would love to help you unfortunately there is a problem with that."
"Problem? What problem??"
"Well. God''s Hand eventually figured out I had become the Overseer. So they came and attached small devices around The Sanitarium that limit my control... Three in particular.
"They all power an EMP attached to my base."
"I see... How do I remove it? Can I?"
She would approach the overseer curiously. Circling around it until she spots the device.
"You cannot, you need to be destroy the three first then come back here to disable the EMP. They''re small boxes that emit electromagnetic waves that disrupt my ability to function properly."
"Right. I get it..."
She doesn''t get it.
"Very good, there are two of them close together in this Lab, down an elevator. However, there is one up above that I insist you go to first. As it''s very unsafe down in the Subterranean."
"Subterranean? This place goes even deeper? How is that even possible? And why??"
"I do not know why they do the things they do. However we''re in luck, despite things seeming grim. There is a storage attic in this place. All the way to the top on Floor 3. Through the Cafeteria there are stairs leading up there. There will be one of the devices, which you can simply destroy, they''re very fragile."
"There''s also a special weapon up there that I believe you''ll be able to make use of."
"A weapon? Thank god... I''ve been needing something like that."
"Indeed, it''s a special God''s Hand technology gun that shoots a pulse, a type of ammuninition that the gun self produces, therefore you''ll never have the problem of running out of it."
"You''ll certainly need it out there."
"Fuck... Alright. The third floor. A gun, and a device. I got it!"
"I just have... one question actually."
"I''m listening."
"I ran into a woman before. She... Her hand turned into a gun. She fucking shot somebody''s head off! The guy who told me about the Lab in the first place. She called herself Zenn-E, and said she was from Cenavix Labs... Is there even a God Hand to begin with??"
"How can I really trust you?"
Despite her words. Distrust was really the last thing she wanted. But she faced the Overseer firm. She wanted to be sure that it was really her ally.
"I see... So you did run into that thing before... I understand you not trusting me Surviving Girl. Not yet."
"That thing is.... Well let me state first that Cenavix Labs is just God''s Hand''s doing as always. It''s a method of covering themselves up. They wouldn''t ever knowingly create something that would speak of their name."
"I used to have a friend, or so I used to think of him as a friend, in this place back when it was still running. He applied as a technician for the place. Making sure all the technological equipment ran as it should. Cameras, computers. We bonded over robotics one day. Eventually, he came to me with blueprints, the likes i''d never seen before. It was of some kind of android. Designed after my sister at the time. He named it after himself, calling it Zenn-E. That should have raised suspicions in me. But it didn''t"
"When the downfall inevitably came, I never saw him again. He had left with the rest of them. So when I entered the Oveerseer I had built that android myself with the power I had. I tried over and over again. I eventually armed it. Made it deadly. I stuck with the name my friend had gave it. In foolishness, believing no one was left to save, I gave it the sole order to kill anyone left alive. Hoping it could kill whatever bastard God''s Hand or monster they made that was still around."
"Yet, after I did. That''s when they limited my power. Now Zenn-E kills without reason, and I can''t stop it. It really is all my fault... I live with this guilt constantly and... and I lose memory from my past every day. I can''t even remember my either Sisters'' names or what they look like anymore. Zenn-E is the only thing keeping that memory for me."
"I-I see... I''m sorry I doubted... I didn''t-"
"It''s okay. Don''t apologize. Besides, you have a place do be don''t you? It''ll be dangerous Surviving Girl. But if you can restore my full power you''ll be saving the Sanitarium."
"Right, of course! Don''t worry Overseer. I got this... I''m confident!"
She starts to run off but before she can, Overseer stops her.
"Wait! Before I forget... There''s one more thing you need."
"Inside the break room in this Lab are lockers. Locker 429 has a gas mask in there. There are spores on the third floor that you must not breathe in. It is very toxic and dangerous. Don''t worry about contact with the skin. Just don''t breathe it in. I''ll drop the key to the locker for you now."
Another hatch opens from the ceiling, dropping a single key down right into the hand of Surviving Girl. Key 429 acquired!
"Thanks. I''ll be sure to grab it! Then i''ll be right back here..."
She runs out the way she came in. With a new goal and hope in sight. This may be the turning around point for her finally. Surely, right? Arriving at the breakroom, she goes to Locker 429. Unlocking it and taking the Tactical Gas Mask. As well as more quarters in there.
"Perfect! This should help me live through the Cafeteria then... I just have to.... make it. Somehow."
She slams shut the locker. Not really needing the key anymore she left it in place and continued. Leaving the Lab, and coming up back through the disgusting dark hospital. There was no sign of Cami or the dog anywhere, luckily. Of course, the smell was still just awful from the gore room. It made her want to gag immediately upon reaching the top of the stairs. At least it was getting warmer. The chilly Laboratory was getting irritating for her.
"This fucking place I swear..."
"I''m half tempted to just put on the gas mask for this place alone...."
"Heh..."
She eventually finds her way back to the lit hospital. Turning off her flashlight, she peeks through the doors. No one, still. Except the weird flock of crablins that wander by, not paying any attention to the surviving girl. She grips the carver tightly. No more chances. Any threat, she has to kill them. It certainly wasn''t getting any safer. Hopefully she won''t run into Cami today, that''s the last thing she wanted right now. She snuck out through the doors as to not get the Crablins attention. Since last encounter she learned that they may be blind, or better yet, passive.
"That''s one headache I don''t want to deal with."
"Among the dozens of other headaches I don''t want to deal with..."
"Sigh... If John were still here. He''d help. Damn it, John... Why did you have to die like this?"
"And damn that cursed Zenn-E. Once I get that gun i''m blasting that thing the moment I see it..."
She starts getting lost in thought again. For a moment her life seems... different. It seems much bigger, yet smaller. All of her previous worries have all drifted away, forgotten. Yet new ones have flooded in. Her mom, her friends, Lancaster, her brother. It all seems like it doesn''t matter anymore. She has all new things to worry about.
"Damn it... I."
"....Want to go home."
While she was vulnerable, she gets ambushed by this creature jumping onto her shoulders from above. It clinged to her head and attacked The Surviving girl, scaring the hell out of her.
"HAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!"
"AH!? WHAT THE FUCK?!"
The creature appears to be a cat... no mole, no- monkey? It''s... a creature. It''s multicolored, and very loud. Surviving Girl tries to grab the thing off her but it won''t relent.
"Get.... the hell off me!!!"
"IIYYAAHAHA~ BAAMM BAM!"
She finally throws it off of her. Getting scratched all over the face in the process. It lands perfectly fine though. It seems like a very acrobatic animal, no natural one that''s for sure, it''s multicolored and has long arms.
"What the hell are you?!"
"MORSEELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"
"ME IS CRAZZZZY!"
"Jesus Christ..."
She''d swing her carver at the creature, Morsel. Trying to kill him. She stabs, swings, swings again. Morsel just avoids it though, laughing at her attempts. She can''t seem to get a single hit on him.
"HAAHAA!! MISSED!"
"YOU SUCK!"
"What?? Shut up!"
She tries to grab him and stab his arm but Morsel just grabs her wrists and punches her square in the nose.
"OW! Shhiit...!"
"MISSED AGAIN!! BOOHOO! HAHAHAAAA!"
"PUT EM UP PUNK!"
"Fuck this...!"
She turns and runs. Trying to get back up to the main stairs by reception so she can get to the third floor. Though Morsel gives chase. He doesn''t even seem to break a sweat acting this crazy. He''s laughing all the while chasing Surviving Girl down the halls of the Hospital. It''ll be impossible to lose him and hide. He''s just too quick to even get the chance.
"RAAAAAHHH!! HAAHAAA! WHERE GOING!?"
"AWAY...! GO AWAY!"
"NUH UUUUUHH!!!"
She makes it to the stairs leaving the hospital. Morsel trying to pounce on her on the stairs, but he just makes it onto her leg, trying to climb up it. The girl trips from his weight. She turns and tries to kick him off. It doesn''t work. She punches him multiple times, knocking him off her leg then kicks him down the flight of stairs.
"WAAAAHHH OOF OUCH EEK OWIE!!!!"
"Bitch!"
She gets back up and runs into the hallway, finally returning to the ground floor. The success is shortlived, as Morsel suddenly catches back up to her immediately, jumping up on her face again, attacking her like a squirrel would, if the squirrel were the size of a small dog.
"YAAAAAAAH! GOTCHA BITCH! HAHAHAHAAAA!"
"SHIT!"
They have a fight that sends Surviving Girl stumbling around, running into walls. They scratch, pinch, pull, and punch at each other. Only interrupted when a small red dot appears on Surviving Girl. Making Morsel stop his fight, holding her shirt about to punch her.
"What the?"
It moves down away from her onto him. Onto his head.
"Ah.... Shit."
A gunshot fires. Morsel narrowly avoids the bullet. The shock sends Surviving Girl falling to the floor on her ass leaning onto the wall.
"I have found you again. Finally...."
"No more setbacks. You will die along with this monster."
"Aaah, no. Fuck that!"
"Z-Z-Zenn-E...!"
"I OUT THIS BITCH! PEACE!"
Morsel runs the hell out of there while Zenn-E fires more gunshots down at him. All missing, Morsel runs down the stares back to the Hospital presumably to Cami. Meanwhile, Zenn-E forgets him and decides to focus back on Surviving Girl.
"Target lost... How bothersome."
"You shall do, then."
"No... Not again. Not AGAIN!"
Thinking fast, the girl books it. She knows where she''s going and she wasn''t gonna screw up this time. She runs down past reception up the main stairs. Unfortunately, the way to floor three is down another staircase. So she has to continue further if she wants to reach her destination.
"Fuck, fuck...!"
She reaches the top of the stairs and turns the corner, leaning against the wall to rest. She was EXHAUSTED from all the running. The girl peeks the corner, down the stairs. Zenn-E was nowhere to be seen. Where the hell did it go?
"What...?"
She whispers to herself. Still exhuasted, now confused too.
"Well...Good."
"Thank go-"
Turning back around, there Zenn-E was. She grabs the girl''s neck.
"No more escape!"
"I''ve told you time and time again how your resistence means nothing!"
"You will die. I will make sure of it!"
"Ack! No!! Damn it...!"
She tries to attack Zenn-E with the carver, it barely even dents her though. It throws the girl onto the floor and flips her hand into her gun barrel, and aims it at Surviving Girl. She tries to crawl back away, until she''s frozen when Zenn-E turns around suddenly, detecting another target. This glowing blue ball of some kind of light is thrown at the Zenn-E, causing major damage to her.
"What the-"
"Agh- Damn...!"
"Hostility detected!"
Zenn-E fires off into the hallway, but two more energy balls are blasted at her. Sparks fly out of her. She states something about haven taken critical damage, and retreats. Instead of running, holes in her feet open up and she hovers into the air, flying off quickly down the stairs. The girl, taken aback, is still frozen on the floor. She looks off to where Zenn-E was attacked from.
"Hey, Surviving Girl, is it? Are you okay?"
"C-C-Cami!!?"
This figure, a girl looking just like the nurse Cami reaches out for her. Though now she seems rather hesitant after had alarmed Surviving Girl.
"Oh, no no no! It''s... I''m just... I''m not Cami!"
"Wh-Why are you blue??"
She points her carver knife at the strange photonegative Cami.
"I''m... Listen! I want help! Just hear me out..."
In a bold move, The Negative Cami approaches Surviving Girl and holds out her hand for her. She takes it, after a second or two of hesitation. They meet face to face, this strange girl is the spitting image of Cami, just her color is.... odd.
"What are you?"
"Why do you look like her?"
"I''ve had that question myself. This is no place to talk however, will you follow me? I''ve established a small safe room with supplies not far from here."
"Sure.... S-Sure, alright."
Negative Cami leads her down the hall of the second floor. This hallway seems to contain offices with lots of computers, tables, meeting rooms, bathrooms, that kind of thing. She takes the girl into a small office space she turned into some kind of shop with a bed, table, and a few shelves with useful items. The Cami sits down behind the counter.
"Wow... quite the setup here. You put all this together?"
"I did! It was.... well. It sucked. It took like three hours to drag everything out here and then everything in."
"Meanwhile I got attacked by two different patients."
"Uh-huh..."
"Well, anyways. I put it off long enough."
"I am well, I''m Negative Cami."
"I was created from that machine back down in the Laboratory. It seems like it''s purpose was to create clones of the people it scans. Those clones then are supposed to be the complete opposite of the person it has scanned in every way."
"Jesus, so you were the figure I saw when I was fighting Cami..."
"I could have sworn I saw...."
"But wait, why did you run away then? You could have helped me!"
"My apologies, I had just been born in that moment. I was scared so I ran"
"Since then i''ve quickly learned about this place and what contains... Ehh, sorta."
"Sort of?"
"I was born with Cami''s memories as well, everything she knows, I knew from the moment I existed. Though just in the last week of her memories."
"I know all about you Surviving Girl. You haven''t been here for very long, only a few days by now. It seems you''ve quickly gained the attention of Cami too. Not to mention Zenn-E."
"God this is so crazy... What the fuck?"
All this information so quickly is freaking the girl out a little.
"I-I understand it''s hard... I want to help you. I really want to help you."
"How are you gonna do that? There''s not much any of us can do here except starve and suffer..."
"I have this, this shop for you. Listen, you''ve been finding loose quarters around here, right?"
"I have... Why?"
"So have I, there seems to be a lot left around here when everyone died."
"I''ll cut to the chase. I''ll trade you any item you might need, be it food, or medical care. For these quarters you find."
"But... But why the hell do you need these quarters? Negative Cami... I''m starving."
"I need food too, Surviving Girl, I may not be human, but I still starve and hurt like one."
"I have plans for the future, lots of plans. There''s a lot of surviving people here, still trapped, even after two years."
"This place is HUGE, and they''re hiding. I can help them. Eventually, right now I need to start small."
"Those projects are too overbearing currently."
".... But why the hell do you need quarters!?"
"Y-You see, i''ve been spying on the monsters and crazies here. Making special documents on them from the information i''ve been able to gather."
"The only problem is.... The printers here need quarters. A-Ahaha..."
"Really...? That''s really... dumb"
"Will you help me?"
"O-Of course, sure..."
"Thank you so much, Surviving Girl. Trust me... I can- I WILL do a lot. For you, and for everyone here."
"I''ll have to see it to believe it..."
"Of course, for now let me help you out with your injuries now, I''ll do it for free even."
"Really? Thank you. I''d like that."
"Lovely, just come over on the bed here and ill tend to your bleeding."
The girl would come and sit on the bed behind the counter. Meanwhile Negative cami takes out guaze pads, rubbing alcohol and bandages. She douses a cottonswab with some rubbing alcohol and gently cleans her scrapes. It burns, but she can bear it. She then dries them with the gauze pads and bandages her face so her cuts won''t bleed openly anymore.
"So... what are you gonna do?"
"Hm?"
"The Overseer put you up to a task, correct?"
"Ah, you know about that. Figures..."
"Well, he needs my help restoring his full control of the Sanitarium."
"But first I need to get a gun from the attic."
"I see..."
She puts on the last bandage and puts her supplies back onto her shelves.
"That should take of that. Please, find me again whenever you need."
"And stay safe."
"Of course..."
She purchases some protein bars that Negative Cami has in her shop, and begins to leave.
"Oh, wait! I almost forgot!"
"Huh? What''s up?"
"About the documents... I''ve made a discovery. Something I think you should see..."
She slides a paper to Surviving Girl, It''s an info document about Cami. It has a photo of her, height, weight, a detailed description. It says her full name is... Camilla Cenavix.
"Cami.... Camilla Cenavix? Wait, that means that-"
"Camilla Cenavix is the sister of Bryan Cenavix, the founder of this Sanitarium.... And-"
"The Overseer...."
Silence fills the room as Surviving Girl processes this breakthrough.
"Does either of them know??"
"I don''t think so, and I don''t have the heart to tell them. I don''t think Cami should know."
"Cami I get. You''re just going to keep that from the Overseer?"
"Yes, I am. It will just be better that way."
"If you say so... Well, thank you for the care. I promise I''ll make it back safe."
Negative Cami nods, and as Surviving Girl eats the only food she''s had for hours. She leaves the shop. Making her way to the second set of stairs. The silence is eerie as she makes her way. No sounds but her own footsteps. No signs of Zenn-E, Jerry, Morsel or any patients. Along the way she gets a good view of the courtyard. The very center of the Manor. The layout of this place is a very Loose 0 shape. The middle being an outside couryard. It''s very dimly lit up. Hard to see with the sun just setting, but it seems to mostly just be grass and gardens, with a center hallway going through it. It must be some kind of outside area for the patients or staff when they need to relax.
"Woow..."
"I''ll have to find a way to get through to there hopefully soon"
"It''ll make for a good shortcut."
Passing the courtyard she finally finds the second set of stairs, she notices the air of there very smoggy, coated in some kind of mist of spores.
"That doesn''t look good... I''ll have to- GAAAH!"
Before she knows it, a needle is stuck into her neck. Seems she let her guard down. She attempts to turn around to see the culprit, though she loses her balance in no time, collapsing onto the floor. Only to see the figure of a very familiar evil little girl looking down at her.
"Heh, upping the dosage was the right idea after all."
"Hope I didn''t up it TOOO much, don''t wanna kill you right away now~"
"Nnoo... Fuuhh...."
Unable to move she slowly gives into the sedatives....
An unknown amount of time passes.
The surviving girl wakes back up, her vision blurry, she can barely make out where she is. All she sees is a harsh light shining in her face above her and a thin blue drape over her body. She can''t seem to move either, or much feel anything right now. She turned her head to see a slowly clearing figure beside her. It''s Cami. Beside her is Uuni
"Miss Cami, she''s finally awoken..."
"Good Morning!! Finally! At think point I thought I killed you by accident!"
"Heh heh heh, you miss me?"
Struggling, Surviving Girl tries to move her arms, but she''s strapped down against a hospital bed. Not to mention she''s too weak to struggle very hard.
"Aww, don''t look so scared now."
"You looked cuter when you were fast asleep."
"Though I can''t say I hate your scared face!"
"D-Damn you..."
"Let.... me go...."
"Not a chance! Dumbass, you think I just would?"
"You know Surviving Girl, I have to be honest with you, ahaha!"
She smiles, trying to contain excitment.
"You''ve really made me feel things no one else has before!"
"Like really!! Chasing you around has been the most exciting i''ve felt in so long!"
"You just keep getting away! No matter how many times we run into each other, I just can''t seem to kill you!"
"You have...."
"Don''t make up stories, that won''t distract me silly~"
"But, you know what...?"
"No toy of mine has ever been this hard to break before. Not like you"
"And, actually, IT''S REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES!!!"
"Miss Cami is very angry at you"
"Of course I''m angry! I''ve had fun with you Surviving Girl."
"But it''s time I break my toy... Ahaha~"
"Nuh... Nooo...!"
"Let me go...!!!"
Surviving Girl struggled more, getting really nervous. She still barely had any energy to move, the drugs still haven''t worn off on her yet.
"Miss Cami will not let you go."
"It''s a good thing too, because i was just starting to get HUNGRY!"
She yanked the drape over the girl and turned the ligh over to reveal the horrifying truth of the situation. Her stomach is cut wide open with her skin stretched wide open. Blood drips out from the sides of her body, with her stomach, intestines and liver all in view. The smell is godawful. The Girl''s expression immediately darkens, horrified, and at a complete loss for words. Her heart rate spikes instantly. She looks like she want to cry.
"N-No... nononono... no...! no!!!"
"Hahaha! There''s that look of yours I love the most!"
"It''s most satisfying to see her suffer."
"What will you do, Miss Cami?"
"Well, you still can''t feel this yet right Surviving Girl? You''re still numb all over."
"Don''t worry, you''ll feel it. Just wait!"
"I''ll be sure to drag this on for a long time... You''ll feel it"This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.
She begins to dig her hand into her stomach. Not even wearing gloves, she rummages around... slowly. Surviving Girl starts to wince, she can faintly feel it all, only feeling a slight burn all over her entire body making tears run down her eyes. Cami doesn''t stop there though as she grips onto one of her organs, pulling on it.
"N-No.... no s-stop... god... please stop...!"
"What''s the matter? Even if I did stop you know there''s no way you''re recovering from this one."
"You''re as good as dead! HAHAHAA!"
She yanks the organ right out of her, causing the girl to writhe. No amount of drugs would ever let her numb the pain out. Cami stares fondly at the organ, it''s her pancreas.
"Huh... Not what I would have preffered, not really my favorite meat in the body."
"You want it Uuni?"
"N-No thank you..."
"Huh, more for me then!~"
She takes a big bite of the pancreas. Digging into it like a hungry animal, leaving a horrified expression in the girl''s tear-filled eyes.
"Mhhng. Aaaah! It''s so sour... I hate it! Give me something more tender!"
She throws it to the floor, and digs in for more. Causing more immense pain for the girl, which is only getting worse as the numbing drugs wears off. Cami grips on her spleen, right behind the stomach, pulling as hard as she can on it. Finally yanking it out, and munching away at it.
"Gaah... No more... no more please!"
"Just... kill me... I can''t take it.... I can''t."
".... Weak. You''re not making this any fun you know?"
"I knew I should have used less concentration in that sedative."
"I wanted to hear you screaming in agony!"
She''d grab at her intestines and squeeze violently. Trying to incentivize the worst pain she possibly can from the girl. She digs her nails into her, staring deeply. It makes the girl squirm. It hurts the worst, though she''s still holding in as best she can, trying to not give Cami the satisfaction. Though it still makes more tears flow out of her eyes and Cami looks dissatisified.
"Win some, lose some I guess."
"Hey, you want some? Haha! Maybe it''ll brighten your gloomy mood up a little!"
She grabs The Girl''s face and shoves her half eaten spleen inside of her mouth, trying to force it down while she struggles. Surviving Girl tries to fight it, gagging at the horrible taste. She starts to choke and suddenly vomits upward, causing Cami to immediately pull her hand back in disgust. Her vomit only floods her mouth, causing her to choke on her own vomit, unable to turn or move at all.
"What?! Nononono! Damn it you''re not dying yet!! NOO!!!"
In a panic, Cami tries to turn The Girl around. Unable to, she fumbles with the straps trying to free her.
"You bastard... STAY ALIVE!!!"
"Miss Cami, be careful-"
She frees the girl finally, and in attempt to turn her around, she pushes her right off the hospital bed. Causing all of her guts to spill out and a puddle of blood to form under her.
"FUCK!"
"NOO!!!"
Cami tries all she wants to save Surviving Girl, she eventually ends up bleeding out and dying. Finally ending her torment...
It''s all so painful, isn''t it?
I''m reaching out to you, myself
Give into that desire for revenge.
"GAASP- NOO! NOOO!!!!!!"
"GAAH..... NGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!"
She awakes yet again, somewhere back up on the second floor, immediately leaping out of her bed. She falls to the floor, sobbing, punching the wall she screams. She punches the wall so many times her knuckles start to bleed, but she doesn''t care. She continues to sob, feeling hopeless.
"No more.... I CAN''T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
"JUST LET ME GO! LET ME DIE....! LET ME DIE GOD DAMN IT!"
"I''VE HAD ENOUGH!!!!! I CAN''T...."
"I.... I"
All of a sudden, Negative Cami bursts in, hearing all the yelling from her shop. Causing the girl to stand and grip her carver, alarmed.
"STAY THE FUCK BACK! I''LL FUCKING KILL YOU!"
"Surviving Girl, it''s me! Calm down.... C-Calm down, please. It''s just me!"
Seeing the tragic state the girl is in, Negative Cami runs and hugs her. Trying to calm her down, embracing her as Surviving Girl sobs into her shoulder. She drops the carver.
"S-Surviving Girl..."
"Shh, shh... It''s alright.... What happened?"
"Cami... She... She tried to.... I..."
She can''t even get any words out, she just continues to sob as Negative Cami continues to comfort her. This is truly the lowest point she''s been at in her whole life. After some time, Surviving Girl is brought back to the shop where, she''s cared for for free again. Her knuckles are bandaged and the girl takes a well deserved rest on the bed in Negative''s shop. She sleeps like a baby... An unknown amount of time passes and when Surviving Girl awakes, she takes her leave back to her original destination. Few words were said between each other in that time. Finally, Surviving Girl makes it to the stairs again, she takes her gas mask, and puts it on. Marching upwards to greater heights, she has no idea what to expect...
"O-Okay... It''s time to go."
Up the stairs the air gets thick with smog, making it rather hard to see. As the girl went through the hallways she started to see exactly what was going on up here.
"What- the fuck....?"
There were pink masses of... something all over the place. The human remains here were taking over by some sort of masses of flesh that grows like fungus. All the corpses here seemed to have died this way, by inhaling the smog and getting infected. It looked absolutely disgusting.
"Jesus Christ..."
"What the fuck happened here?"
She tried to avoid touching any of the disgusting flesh masses in the hallway. Luckily there was nothing ALIVE up here at least. Nothing that would want to hurt the girl, hopefully. She crept through, the thickness of the air made her nervous to breathe. Even with the safety of the gas mask it felt wrong, dangerous still... She found two large doors finally. The Cafeteria. The smog felt especially thick here. She kicked open the doors to reveal it
"Holy.... Fuck!"
The Cafeteria stretched out far. The tables all covered with stretched flesh mass. It was like a hive for the stuff. Walls of flesh was spread out all around the floor and over the tables and chairs. Luckily she was able to spot some kind of safe path forward free of flesh that could allow her to make it through to the end of the room without touching anything. All about the tables were these living mushroom-like tentacles of flesh with glowing eyes and mouths that lit up the area, rythmically shining their light around the whole room. It was a horrifying sight. She entered the room silently, trying not to make noise. As she gets close to the maze of flesh, she gets tackled by a man suddenly. It seems to be a crazy patient, also wearing a gas mask.
"AAHH!? FUCK!"
"YOU THERE!? YOU SHOULDN''T BE IN HERE!!!"
"Get- get off me, damn it!"
"YOOOOUUU DON''T UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OR WEIGHT OF THE SITUATION WE''RE IN NOW, DO YA???"
"The Visceral Mite grows ever larger here! It spreads and it spreads and it spreads and it spreads!"
"What are you TALKING about?!"
"The perfect lifeform girl! The one that will save us all! It grows and it spreads and it spreads!"
"SOON IT''LL BE THE ONLY THING THAT LIVES, SPREADING EVER SO MORE!"
"HAHAHAAAA... YOU BETTER NOT INTERRUPT IT NOW. YOU''LL JUST BECOME ONE WITH THE FLESH!"
"AAAHAHAHAHAAAA!!"
"Nnoo!"
She fights with the patients, pushing him off her finally. He stumbles and rolls in front of the flesh fungus. It''s eyes shine right over him. The creature hisses and spews out an even thicker gas at the man. He screams as immediately it passes right through the mask into his lungs. Flesh grows out his face as he bleed profusely, being overtaken with pink flesh until it connects with the mass, merging together. He becomes completely unrecognizable in seconds. Just part of the mass now. It has spread.
"J-Jesus! Oh god...! Fuck...! What the fuck??"
She sits there and shock as the flesh fungus pays her no mind and continues it''s normal pattern now.
"Don''t get seen... I got it."
"What have I gotten myself into? Madugong impyerno..."
Without further ado, without any other option. She decides to treck through the deadly maze. Carefully, yet speedy, and quietly. That''s a LOT to balance at once, it''s going to be difficult but possible. Even if it takes dozens of failed attempts. She''s got this!
"Alright... I can do this... I just have to-"
Before long, she was too slow for the rhythm. She got caught by the fungus, it sprayed it''s toxins at her.
"AAH NO, NO!- NOOO-"
The pain was immeasurable, growing flesh all over your body and becoming one with the mass... Luckily that pain only lasts so long for her. Before long, as always she wakes up yet again. This time she was leaning up against the wall right in front of the doors to the Cafeteria, with her mask still on. That was certainly new. But she''s not done yet. She''s still determined to see this through!
"Damn it... Alright."
"It''s just another failure... With extremely painful consequences..."
"Let''s.... go again, I guess."
She went through. The guy was still dead. There, he was even further consumed into the mass. "I guess it really is true that time goes by everytime I die." She finally realized. It didn''t change anything for her. She trekked right back through... Sneaking around, avoiding detection. The fungi really did seem to not be able to detect her unless she was directly shined on by their sight. Now sound, she didn''t really want to know. So she kept going! Surviving Girl made it about halfway down the maze not realizing this next group of flesh fungi had different rythms of when they''d turned around... So she died again, and tried again. She began to learn to not guard her lives like they were her last. She would try as many times as she needed to! The fear of death started to become more and more transparent to her the longer she stayed here. She started to realize that, too.
"Damn tentacles!"
"I''m sick of you already! You know that!? Go to hell!"
"Bastards!"
She learned that they don''t seem to hear at all. So she could shout at them all she wanted. Though attacking them... not so much. She swung her carver at it, trying to kill it. It bled and screeched at her, and immediately doused her with the poison mist. Killing her yet again... So attacking was definitely a no go. "Well, attempt number four then." She thought. Sneaking down the maze again. She payed more attention to the rhythm this time. They would always turn and look away from her to check behind them, giving her time to quickly sneak right by till she made it to a safe spot where no tentacles were looking at. The next group always had different patterns then the last. With some quick thinking and movement she finally made it to the end of the cafeteria. There was the kitchen in the back, the floor was completely gone. The kitchen had nothing interesting, it was devoid of any food or knives. Just old sinks stoves, and fridges. There was a back hall leading to stairs. It must be the attic. Finally. Of course it wasn''t all safe up there, as there were cables of flesh leading up there.
"Alright, here we go. Finally, the gun..."
"And i''ll cut any thing that tries to get in my way..."
She takes a deep breath and steps up, avoiding stepping on any of the flesh, just in case it would alert any creature or parasite. As she walked up the wooden stairs, the mist cleared it seemed to be safe up here. When she approached the top, she slowly pulled off the mask... and inhaled. She seemed to be safe... So she finally took off the now sweaty gas mask. She sighed in relief.
"Aaaghh, thank god..."
She looked around, it was dark, and eerie. She took out her flash light to brighten up the place. The strings of flesh disappear far off into the place. It seems to be a place with a bunch of boxes, chairs, bags of sand? Just a bunch of dusty old junk. It''s extremely cluttered too, even before the disaster this place must have been in bad shape, she thought. She was able to find a window, she could barely see out of it. But she was very very high up at this point.
"Jesus..."
"That is... terrifying. For sure..."
"No one is ever coming to save this place huh... Even two years later."
"Wasn''t even planned abandonment. It just happened one day..."
She tried not to get too lost in thought, as she remembered that has spelled her doom before. She gets back to the mission, stepping over broken furniture, old books. All the likes. She finally reached the other wall at the end. There was a gun on a table, exactly what the overseer explained.
"There it is! The gun!"
She grabbed it. She got the God''s Hand Handgun, it was quite heavy. Possibly ten pounds or so, maybe a little more? She was thinking about what the Overseer said before. "So, this should have endless ammo? As long as I let it reload itself." She found a strange card and the metal EMP box in the drawer of the table too. She put it on the table and shot at it. The gun was mildly loud, it certainly doesn''t shoot bullets. It was blue, it''s some kind of plasma or laser, instantly incinerated the box. That''s one down! She sighed a sigh of relief. Now she had to get back to the Lab.
"Thank God... Let''s get the fu-"
Before she finishes that thought however, those strings of flesh pull back. Something is aware of her prescence, and she is aware of it''s presence too. The Girl raises her gun into the darkness. She DOESN''T want to be caught off guard again. Some slimy noises are heard, and shuffling. It sounds like it''s coming from the ceiling, so she aims her gun high.
"Hey! Who the hell!?"
"Oh god....!"
The worm-like creature reveals itself. This pale fleshy creature crawls across the ceiling with insane speed toward her. It looks almost humaoid, having only arms and a humanoid head and body, though instead of legs it just has an elongated tail in which it slithers around with. She tries to shoot up at The Visceral Mite but only misses. The worm, drops down onto the girl grabbing at her body and with it''s teeth like razor blades bit into the girl tearing into her stomach, trying to burrow in her stomach. The pain was agonizing. She tried desperately to pull the Mite off her and tried to whack it with the gun. But it was no use. Dropping too her knees something felt strange, she felt her muscles spasming, her arms fighting for control. After what felt like too long, she finally collapsed from shock and blood loss and died.
? November 9th 2008, Cenavix Sanitarium ?
"GAAASP!"
"DAMN IT...! GAWD.... Gaaaah!"
"FFfffffuck me...."
She rolls out of the bed, holding her stomach and resisting the urge to throw up... She successfully doesn''t throw up. Strangely, she finds herself in Negative Cami''s shop this time. But Negative Cami is nowhere to be found... Maybe she went to hunt for more stock? All her product and items were just all left here. The Girl is extremely hungry... She peeks out, still nowhere to be seen.
"I''m sorry Negative Cami...."
With a guilty mind, she takes food from the shelf and eats it right on the spot. It tastes old, but she can''t really be picky. She noticed at least that everytime she dies her body seems to reset back to the state she was in when she first entered the place. With no damage, a clean dress and a mildly full stomach. But that also means that within a few mere hours she''ll start to go hungry every time.
"Mffghh.... It''s sho trash but it''sh sho goohd..."
"Mmmnnh, Thish chocohlat may be shtale..."
"Surviving Girl??"
"Aoh... Shhhiiht!"
"Hey! Thief! You''re stealing my cliff bars!"
"Aah, noh... I''m noht..."
"You''re face is full of chocolate and crumbs!"
"You have to pay for that you know! I hope you have the quarters!"
"Sorrhgy...."
She forks over the cash to cover the food she stole and apologizes. She talks with Negative Cami for a few minutes then leaves. The Surviving Girl heads for the underground. She safely makes it across the ground floor and heads down through the Offices Hallway. On her way back to The Lab, she runs into an unfriendly face....
"SURVIVING GIRL!"
"Oh god..."
The Nurse Cami appears, and she looks less then pleased. Her assistant Uuni stands beside her, both blocking the way in front of Surviving Girl.
"Your story ends here, tonight..."
"That''s right, no more fuckin around! You die here and now!"
"Can''t you fuckin leave me alone already!? I''m so tired of having to deal with you!"
"Funny, because I can say the same about you!"
"You were such a fun toy at first. But now you''re TOO hard to break!"
"Uuni, i''m giving you special permission. Cut off her head. You can add it to your collection."
"Thank you Miss Cami."
Uuni holds her bloody hacksaw. She usually shows no emotion whatsoever, but right now her hand trembles. She''s excited. "Just how many heads has she sawed off their bodies? What a freak!" Surviving Girl pulls out her new gun and shoots Uuni. It blasts a small hole right through her head. In an instant, she''s killed. Uuni drops dead, her hacksaw makes a clang on the floor and Cami''s face fills with dread.
"UUNI! NOOOO!!!!!!"
Cami runs to her body, much to The Girl''s surprise.
"YOU! YOU SON A BITCH.... WHY!? UUNI!"
"D-Don''t even pretend like you care about another life besides you''re own!"
"SHE DIDN''T DESERVE IT! SHE WAS MY FRIEND, DAMN YOU!"
"DAMN YOU SURVIVING GIRL! I''LL FUCKING KILL YOU!"
She stands, in actual tears.
"I''LL FUCKING KILL YOU, IN UUNI''S STEAD!"
"I''M GOING TO CHOP OFF YOUR FUCKING HEAD!!!!!!!"
Surviving Girl steps back. Meanwhile while Cami is lost in grief and anger, she doesn''t notice Jerry uncloaking behind her, letting out a low growl as he towers over her.
"....? WHAT THE FUCK????!!!"
Cami turns around trying to pull out her scalpel. But it''s too late, Jerry the Chamelon shoots his tongue out, sticking onto Cami. He pulls her in as he stabs his tongue, trying to escape. The Chameleon yells as the pain causes it to loses balance, and Cami ends up being thrown onto his back instead.
"F-Fuck!?"
"Three targets detected..."
Behind Surviving Girl now was Zenn-E. In this moment she realized all hell was breaking loose. So She RAN for it. Running past Jerry in a bold move she also grabbed Uuni''s hacksaw! Replacing the Carver weapon she had before, this one looks sharper and more trustworthy. Zenn-E shot at all of them. It missed Surviving Girl but hitting Jerry. Causing him to flee, chasing after The Girl with Cami still ontop of him. Zenn-E followed behind them all, with her rocket powered boosts.
"Shit! Shiiit! Leave me alone!"
"Stop running immediately! You are all to be terminated!"
Guns fire in rapid succession. It felt like a true nightmare. Three of the worst threats she''s faced all looking to kill her at once.
"GAAAAHHH DIE ALREADY!!!!"
Cami, on the chameleon takes out her syringe gun, trying to shoot at the girl now. Unfortunately for her trying to fire a projectile on a moving car-sized reptile doesn''t provide the most efficient results. Surviving Girl ran for her fucking life. The fear she felt is fear she never felt before. She wasn''t ever gonna feel tired at this rate, running for her life. She ran down the halls, vaulting over debris, cutting corners, and slipping through holes in walls that Jerry could just break through!
"COME BAAACK!"
"Camilla Cenavix! Your life is also forfeit."
"My name is CAMI!"
Cami loads another syringe and tries to shoot Zenn-E. But it just shoots the syringe out of the air.
"FUCK!"
The Surviving Girl finds the stairs and practically tumbles down them, meanwhile Jerry right behind her crashes down the stairs into the walls to chase her. Cami STILL tries to shoot Surviving Girl down. Eventually running out of syringes... She throws the gun at her which just ends up bonking Jerry in the face. Jerry freaks out and crashes into the reception desk, letting Surviving Girl get away and run into the dark Hospital. She finally escaped, and ran to the Lab. She looked back, no sign of Zenn-E or Jerry or Cami. So she decided to catch her breath.
"Oh thank god! Jesus.... Je.... Fu.... fucck... god"
"Haaah.... Haaahaha.... Ahaha....."
"I actually didn''t die.... Actually..."
"I survived... For once... Hahaaaah!"
"Suckers!~"
She leaned up against the wall for a moment to catch her breath... Then she went down the lab. All the way to the room where The Overseer was. It was like a 7 minute walk there.
"Overseer! I''m here!"
"Hello...?"
"I got the gun!"
"I''m here! I''ve see you got it! That''s brilliant. I feared the infection would have taken you..."
"You truly impress, Surviving Girl!"
"Ahaha... Yeah... Thanks."
"So, where to next?"
"Right, so the God''s Hand had made a special place for themselves even further underground."
"A place I call the Subterranean."
"What they used that place for, I could not figure out. But it holds very dangerous monsters."
"Down the elevator is an empty saferoom with two opposing paths, both leading to massive vault doors."
"On the right side is the furnace, it''s scorching hot in there with smoldering flames, steam pipes, and short red creatures resembling demons."
"On the left, is a freezer. It''s a massive ice box. The floor is all covered in shredded ice and there''s fans blowing inward all over the walls. I do not know what''s inside but something lurks in there."
"There are two small boxes down there, one in each place."
"I just need you to destroy them both, then return to me."
"I promise I will uphold my end of the deal. I will be able to reprogram Zenn-E."
"It will help you break out of here. All I need you to do is call for help on the outside."
"Bring an army here, tell them to work with Zenn-E to destroy this place once and for all."
"Destroy? But..."
"Yes, this place needs to disappear. It''s beyond saving. Too much pain has been caused here."
"This is the only way, I can never began to make up for what i''ve caused. But I will do all I can."
"The Elevator is beyond the doors behind me. I hope you''re prepared Surviving Girl."
".... I am."
She nods, in reassurance, and goes through the doors. Reaching the Elevator. Taking a deep breath, she presses the button. The elevator is right there, so the doors open. There''s only one button... She presses it and descends down to the SUBTERRANEAN.
"......."
".....Hm."
"Mhm...."
The ride down felt ominous.... The temperature got less cool as she descened. Eventually she made it. Either the ride down was very slow, or very deep. When the doors opened she was met with a wide steel room. It was entirely empty and only lit with one light in the ceiling in the middle. On either side were two small other rooms, both of them containing nothing but MASSIVE vaults. The Surviving Girl Decided to go the right.
"How am I going to open this fucking thing....?"
"God damn..."
With force, she grabs the valve and struggles to twist it. Eventually it stops resisting and unlocks. She pulls the giant vault door open to The Furnace.
"Holy.... Holy shit.... !?"
Immediately hit with a blast of heat, Surviving Girl is met with The Furnace Room. The place is absolutely scorching with heat you can feel from the outside even, and it only got hotter when you walked in. There''s steel walls and a black rocky floor, there are shaky catwalks and tons of boilers and furnaces. The place looks like a steel mill wih molten lava flowing down conveyers and huge piles of coal just stuffed into corners as surplus. Steam constantly runs out the furnace''s as coal is automatically dropped into them by other conveyer belts.
"What the hell....?"
"How does- How does a place like this even exist??"
"This is insane..."
A lot of places have left her speechless before in this place, but this, this is different. This is insanity, it was like a steel mill boiler room volcano! The Girl walked through, between machines and steaming pipes, lava falls and... imps!? Suddenly, from the furnaces, small demons emerge from out the fire to see their new visitor.
"No way... Is that-"
"YO! JIM, DARRYL, BOB, PAUL! LOOK AT THIS!"
"Huh? Huh what- wait-"
More small imps come out from neighboring furnaces.
"YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL!"
"YEAH! THE WRONG HOUSE!"
"Damn right! Get out of our house!"
"HAHAHA! Who is this emo? Why''s she''s wearing all black? You picked the WRONG HOUSE for that!"
"Hey- heyheyheyehey fellas, do you think she burns?"
"Welll hold on a second now, I- I was just leaving"
"LET''S FIND OUT!"
"Fuck....!"
All the imps start honing in on the Surviving Girl. They all look red hot to the touch, considering they seem to live in active furnaces. The Girl runs, trying to lose them in the maze of pipes and lava. It doesn''t go well when in no time she runs into a dead end almost immediately, and one of the imps pounces on her from above, scorching at the touch just as she thought. She yells in pain, her skin steaming. She grabs her gun and shoots the imp off her. Killing it, it falls onto the floor and bursts into fire and vanishes. She''s left with first degree burns but otherwise safe.
"YO! SHE JUST KILLED PAUL!"
"REALLY?? HAHAHA WHAT A PUSSY!"
She recovers and runs finding stairs up to one of the catwalks. There seems to be some kind of central control center office at the end of the room, she just has to get there. She runs for it, trying to shoot all the imps that follow. She manages to hit a few, meanwhile more spring out in front of her, blocking the way.
"!!! Shit!"
She stops short, almost stumbling and falling over.
"HAHAHA! IT''S THE END FOR YOU, BITCH!"
She aims her gun and fires, missing. The imps gang up on her, beating her to hell. Like actually punching and kicking, knocking her down.
"FIGHT BACK! FIGHT BACK! COME ON! HUH!"
"GAAAH!"
"GET.... FUCK OFF ME!"
More imps come in to kick her while she''s down until she manages to shoot one in the foot. The others get distracted by the screaming imp, giving her time to shoot the others. One grabs her wrist trying to stop her.
"AAAAAGHHHN!"
"GGHHRRR!"
Her wrist being utterly baked, she wrestles with the imp and pistol whips it in the nose, shooting it down and killing it finally. Her dress is perfectly burned, covered in hot red blisters and holes in her outfit. With no other imps in sight she limps down the catwalk. The heat starts to get to her as she starts to sweat all over and feel completely gross.
"Huff... Huff... Hraah.... God..."
"YOU AINT GETTIN'' AWAY!!"
"God no... Whyy?!"
"Are those bastards just endless?"
She''s completely exhuasted, but she runs anyway. Not looking back even when she hears more and more imps jumping on the catwalks to get to her. Narrowly she makes it to the building at the end, opening the door and slamming it shut and locking it. The imps all bang on the door trying to get in. They''re all yelling out slurs and insults at her... How rude. The girl takes a moment to breathe... and puke on the floor from heat exhuastion. She looks around, it seems to be a wide room with a bunch of windows overlooking the room from above. There''s so much lava it hurts your eyes to look at all that lava spewing around.
"God... Everytime I think i''ve seen it all."
She looks at the counter and finds the device, thank god. She pulls out her gun and shoots it. That''s two down finally... She sighs in relief. That relief is cut short though when the imps start ramming into the glass, cracking it. It makes her jump in surprise, she tries to leave through the door, but the doorknob is blazing hot. They break through the glass, completely surrounding her. She looks around in a panic.
"Shit! W-Wait! Just wait!"
"THROW HER IN THE FIRE!"
"YEAH THROW HER IN THE FIRE!"
"No!!"
They hold her hostage, and walk her out onto the catwalk. They poke her with burning hot rods to keep her moving. She has her hands up in the air as she''s walked down. They eventually lead her to a broken end of a catwalk, beneath it is a giant bucket with a massive fire blazing inside it, a massive pile of coal at the bottom to keep the fire going. They scream at her, yelling "BURN HER! BURN HER!" At the very last moment she pulls out her gun, and starts shooting at them. But it''s no use. One of them jabs her wrist with the burning rod and then another jabs her body. She falls into the furnace.
"NO! NO- NOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"YEAAAH!"
"YEAAAHHH!"
"YEAAAAAH!!!!!!"
For her, time seemed to slow as she fell backwards off the catwork. Seeing all the cheering demons looking down at her yelling with excitement. She turns mid air as she''s falling to face her demise, the heat.... The agonizing heat. Upon landing on hot coal, her bones cracked, broken in an instant. But that pain was replaced with a much worse, burning pain. She yelled the loudest she could as a mixture of sensations tormented her body all at once. Stabbing, and burning. Her skin melted, turning red, and then black. It was so hot, hotter then any amount of burning alive could be normally. She was only able to thank god... that she died in only nine seconds.
An unknown amount of time passes.
"GAA-Aaaah! Gaaah! Gawhd! What- Fuck!?"
She jolts awake, sitting in the elevator. She struggles to breathe, more then usual. Her vision feels blurry. She wheezes. Sitting for a few minutes in place, trying to catch her breath. All her burn marks were completely gone, and her dress was in perfect shape yet again. Finally, she felt well enough to stand. She pulls herself up, and presses the door open button on the elevator. She walked out and looked over to the right, the vault door was wide open, but it doesn''t seem to matter. No imp was in sight in there, nor did it seem like any of them had any interest of leaving.
"Those shit throwing bastards...."
"Fuck them."
"Alright. One more..."
She turns around, and goes to the left vault, the valve seemed to be stuck, and was cold. It took extra effort and a struggle to open it. Immediately gusts of winds fly out, freezing cold air blasts her face like a stormy winter night. Shredded ice seeps out over the floor from the Freezer. Much like it''s name it seems to be a massive freezer. The entire floor is LAYERED with ice, all ground up, it looks like snow. The walls cold and frozen, the ceiling is lined up with dozens of whirring fans that seem to stir up all the snow and make the entire area very misty and hard to see.
"Sh-Sh-Shit...!"
"N-No goddamn way..."
It wasn''t all completely empty, as there were many big frozen wooden crates in there too, containing god knows what. It''s hard to see at all in this room. It stretches on for who knows how long. The Girl thought she was able to see a door and a window at the far end but it was hard to tell. She didn''t want to stay in there forever so she marched onward. The wind and snow hitting her face immediately, making it hard to see and even harder to move!
"Of... c-course... Had to be freezing."
"It''s called the freezer... d-dumbass!"
"Ah god damn it..."
As she stepped in. her feet nearly sink down in the snow and she had to cover her face and fight the wind from the fans and the blizzarding snow flying down. It was a nightmare, she could barely see and it was freezing. She was NOT equipped for this at all, merely trudging through the snow at a snail''s pace. Yet it was all she really could do...
"Ughh.... Haah... W-What the hell..."
"H-Huff.... This is... not great."
It started to feel eerie in there as she trekked on. She noticed footprints ahead that werent hers. Something else is here.
"What the... Oh h-hell no..."
She looked around, alert. All the whirring of fans made it hard to focus. The constant loud white noise all around her... Her paranoia proved right when she saw a vivid figure float down from the sky. A woman. Frozen pale skin, and frosted white hair. She had massive icicles sticking out her back. Not like they were thrusted into there... Almost like they grew OUT of her. She wore some kind of blue and white fair maiden dress, and was tall and boney, like she''s been starving forever now. Surviving Girl runs and hides behind large crates nearby as she KNOWS this isn''t gonna be a friendly encounter if she''s seen. She lands on the the ground, walking forward and noticing footprints on the ground.
"What is this..."
"Someone lurks.... SOMEONE LURKS!"
"Someone dangerous...?"
"They''d want to hurt me..."
"They need to be found..... THEY NEED TO DIE!!"
She shot out the icicles that were in her back in all directions, one of them hitting the crate she was hiding behind, it cut her hand just barely. Almost hit the rest of her too. She managed to stay silent though and just put her bleeding cut into the snow. The ice girl flew away. Seemed she was gone, finally. Just as Surviving Girl was about to leave out of hiding, she saw a note on one of the crates.
My name is Ciaorino. My father locked me in here three days ago.
He told me it was dangerous and he''d be back. He still hasn''t been back
He left me with hot water and heavy clothes to keep me warm.
It''s not helping. I''m cold, and out of water. When will he come back?
"Well it looks like to me he didn''t even come back..."
"Tough luck Cia... Uh, Ciao- Ciaorino?"
"Is that French or something?"
"Whatever..."
She leaves the note and peaks outwards. Ciarino seems to be not there still. So Surviving Girl ran onward, at least she tried to. Walking in this deep snow made it hard to move and her feet were already getting freezing. She did not have the right kind of footwear for this environment. She eventually reached the back wall finally. At the end there was a door, a big steel door. She walked up to it, and tried to open it. Chained shut from the other side. Of course it is...
"YOU LURK! I KNEW SOMEONE LURKED...."
The girl turned around to see Ciaorino standing right behind her.
"AND... AND YOU WANT TO HURT ME!"
"Wh-What!? No- I..."
"Father said he would come back.... He said anyone else that came in here would be dangerous!"
"I WILL KILL YOU!"
"Damn it! Always....!"
An icicle grows out of the palm of Ciaorino''s hand, causing blood to drip out too as it launches at the girl. Surviving Girl ducks, stumbles and runs out of there while Ciaorino keeps firing. She finds more crates to hide behind and rushes over. Behind them was a small air vent, just big enough to crawl through.
"COME BAAACK!"
"You must DIE!!!!!!"
Surviving Girl tries to pull open the vent. It won''t budge... Not one bit. She resorts to shooting, pulling out her gun and shooting up the corners of the air vent. Just as she did that, Ciaorino BLOWS up the crates behind with a single icicle, exposing the girl. She yanks off the vent and stuffs herself inside. It''s tight, but she should be just fine. Ciaorino grabs her feet, trying to pull her back out.
"No escape.... There is no escape!!"
"NOO! No let me go! You bastard!"
Surviving Girl struggles and flails as much as she can and kicks her in the face, sending her stumbling back. She quickly pulls herself forward before Ciaorino can recover and reach her. Try as she does, The Girl escaped narrowly from her. Ciaorino yells out in rage as she makes it away, still reaching for her. Eventually The Girl makes it to the other end. She manages to shoot her way out and crawled out. She ended up at some kind of meat storage. There were pig and what looked like human-shaped carcasses lined up on meathooks and beef and lamb and various other meats lined up on shelves.
"GHLK- What the fuck!?"
"Th-This place... is fucking disgusting!"
"Jesus.... Fucking Christ..."
Walking along the room she finds another note on the wall. It''s a little less comprehensible
Longer then I don''t know. Where is my Father? Where has he gone?
He''ll come Back. He''ll come back he will he will come back.
I''m starving. All i''ve had was water from the pool.
It''s cold... So cold.
"Pool? There''s a pool? Here...? For what?"
"Maybe the ice...?"
She continues onwards and leaves the meat room. Sure enough, it leads outwards to the pool, it''s a big rectangle-shaped pool thats mostly frozen, just with dozens of shreds of ice floating about it. The pool wasn''t very big, nor very deep. She found another note right on the wall behind the pool.
THE ICE IS ALIVE THE ICE IS ALVE THE ICE IS ALIVE THE ICE IS ALIVE.
THE ICE IS ALIVE THE ICE IS ALVE THE ICE IS ALIVE THE ICE IS ALIVE.
THE ICE IS ALIVE AND IT WANTS TO HURT ME. THE ICE IS ALIVE AND IT EATS ME.
THE ICE IS ALIVE.
"W-What the hell...?"
"Jesus, that woman lost her mind or something..."
"The ice...? Well, i''m not taking any chances."
"It''s probably cold as fuck anyway. I''ll freeze in th-there."
She was shivering at this point. The air is so cold and the presence of a pool doesnt make it any better. She sees a chained up door at the other end of the pool. It must be the door she couldn''t open before... She pulls out her gun and walks over to the other side.
"Time to o-open this!"
She shoots the chain, and pulls it loose. As she opens the door, it kicks open hitting her square in the face. Ciaorino''s there. She must have expected her to show up here. Without time to react, Ciaorino grabs her by the neck lifting her in the air. The Surviving Girl tries to fight back, kicking and whipping her with the pistol. But it''s no use! Ciaorino flies over the pool and drops her in. Her body went into an almost immediate shock as the cold surrounded her. She rose up and gasped as it started to set in. Her body froze completely from the shock and she shivered all over. The girl looked up at Ciaorino and tried to scream at her but no words could come out... That''s when all the ice started to shake, and move. All the ice surrounded her, and cling to her. All the ice grow teeth and gnaw at her body. Flail and fight as she might, she goes into a sudden hypothermic shock from the water temperature, impairing her ability to breathe and swim correctly. She starts to sink into the water and her lungs fill from air. Her blood rises up to the surface of the water turning it red in a small pool of blood. Air fills her lungs as she breathes in from the pain and within a minute, she''s killed.
An unknown amount of time passes yet again . . .
The girl ressurects, as the usual. Shivering from the cold. She doesn''t even think or say a word to herself anymore. She''s growing numb to it. Death is a setback now. No reason to have any fear of death. She gets right back up and treks right back into the snow of the freezer. She pushed through the snow as hard as she could. She wasn''t scared anymore, in fact she was getting really angry. She was over it all, wanted it to be done! Thankfully the door was open now, so she went through to the pool and noticed a door she never went through. It led to a set of stairs.
"Okay... This is the last room. I think?"
"Let''s finally... Go up there, and break the god damned thing."
She climbs the stairs to enter a small room with a window overlooking the freezer, just like in the furnace. She found one last note from Ciaorino written on a table next to the metal EMP box. She shoots the box, ending it once and for all. Now she just has to tell the Overseer. First, she looks closely at the note.
Starving. Cold. Danger. Father. Where is Father?
He will come back. I know he will. He will he will he will.
I don''t know how long it''s been. I don''t know how I live. That water from the pool.
IT HURTS. THE ICE.
"God... Did the pool water change her?"
"Maybe her father died... and she''s been locked in here."
She puts the note down. She sees a thermostat on the wall. It was then she realized. it was time to end her suffering. The Girl turned the heat all the way up and the cooling fans off. That would melt everything in here finally. Suddenly, Ciaorino flies through the window and grabbing her. Throwing her back down into the snow.
"AAAAAHHH!"
"NO MORE GETTING AWAY!"
"NO MORE SURVIVING! NO MORE!"
She flies and grabs her again dragging her along the snow at extreme speed. Surviving Girl in an act of quick thinking pulls her gun and shoots her in the shoulder. It causes her to stumble and overshoot her destination, sending both of them flying out of the freezer and into the room between. They hit the floor heavy and roll all the way over into the Furnace again.
"NOO! HEAT! FIRE BAD...! TOO HOT!"
"Don''t run away bitch!"
The girl blocks the way out and grabs her hacksaw. Ciaorino tries to tackle the girl down but she fights back. They exchange blows, punches, The girl cuts her up and throws her deeper into the Furnace. Ciaorino freaks out more and more the deeper she gets in. The desperation in her fighting becomes more and more evident. She tries to shoot out ice at The Girl but she cant anymore. It melts into water.
"NO! NOOO!!! FATHER IS COMING FOR ME. I MUST SEE HIM!!"
"I MUST!"
Weak, Ciarino can''t even stand anymore, so surviving girl grabs her and sticks her face right into one of the open boilers. Burning her alive. Ciaorino screams in agony as she burns alive, her pale skin melting off her body and liquifying.
"NOOO-NOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA......!!"
"FAA.....ather."
"Pant... Pant... Gaasp."
"I hope you meet your Father again now, Ciaorino...."
Finally put down... Ciaorino becomes a puddle of blood and water... Nothing of her remains. Surviving Girl stumbles out of there before any imps check in on whats going on. She goes back to the elevator and hits the button back up, then falls on her ass, exhuasted. In the moment of silence and rest, she can''t help but smile and stare into space.
"Haah....Haha. I really did it."
"I can go home... Finally."
"The overseer will help me... Hahaha!"
"That''s all the boxes! Now he can have full control of that place."
"I can''t believe I... finally did it."
"Despite it all... All the hopelessness I felt in the last few days of my life. I never thought i''d ever see my family again. My friends."
"My mom, dad, brother.... Lola, Olivia. God. I miss them... I miss them so fucking much."
Before she gets the chance to cry she arrives back up at the Laboratory. She stands back up and walks down the hall to the main room to see The Overseer.
"Hey! Overseer! It''s me! Surviving Girl!"
"I''m back! I did it!"
"Surviving Girl? Is that really you? You''ve done it!"
"Yeah. The boxes are gone. No more limits, right?"
"That''s right."
"I''m just really surprised. Your work is really commendable Surviving Girl!"
"I am beyond impressed! I promise you your work will not go unappreciated, nor unrewarded!"
"I will remember you until the end of time!"
"Now if you''ll excuse me, let me regain all my access."
"A-Alright. Take your time..."
Several idle minutes go by as no sounds but beeping and whirring come from The Overseer. It seems it''s working, and he hasn''t been able to control the entire building for years. So of course it''d take some time. She sat on the floor, staring into space again, that is until the doors opened. Zenn-E walking right into the room. The girl had to double take before she became fully alert and drew her gun.
"Lifeforms sighted."
"UH-UUUH!? OVERSEER!?"
"That IS yours right? T-Tell me you have that thing under control?"
"Hm? Oh dear! Hold on, Do not worry I got this!"
"How long will you persist until- Hm?"
"Zenn-E! You are my creation! Obey me once more. You will not harm a single soul anymore."
"I want you to protect what is left."
"........."
".... Did it work?"
".....Affirmative. New orders recieved."
"Oh thank goodness!"
"Yesss! Thank fuck! Finally!"
"God''s Hand sends you their regards Bryan Cenavix."
"....What?!"
"This can''t be! This isn''t right! Zenn-E! Your new orders are to protect The Surviving Girl!"
"My new orders? My new orders are to destroy The Overseer."
Zenn-E floats into the air and opens fire on The Overseer, riddling it with bullets.
"NOO!!!"
"Impossible!! Surviving Girl stop her quickly!!!!"
"Shit! Shit shit shit nooo!!!"
The girl shoots at Zenn-E. But the bullets just bounce off of her.
"Surviving Girl!!!"
"I''m trying! I''m trying!"
She keeps shooting at her, not even the special ammo is able to damage the android. The gun conks out for a moment to reload. In a panic, the girl just runs up to Zenn-E and jumps and grabs her ankle, trying to pull her down. Zenn-E flies erratically missing shots and hitting the wall now. The Girl''s arm and wrist gets burnt from the rockets under Zenn-E''s feet, but she keeps holding on and keeps shooting. It reloads again, so the girl just tries to pull Zenn-E down and whack at her but she gets kicked off back onto the floor. The wind gets completely knocked out of her.
"UUNF!!"
"Auuhh... Aaow.... Fffuuuck...!"
"Surviving Girl! Quickly!"
"Haah... Haafghh.. I haaave to..!"
She crawls to her gun, still catching her breath and desperately tries shooting at Zenn-E more. It''s too late though. The Overseer''s screens fall off and it''s cable break, finally the whole thing blows and the overseer catches on fire.
"S-S-S-Suu-Ssuu-Suussu- G-rr-rllll....!"
"NOO! NOOO!!!"
The Zenn-E lands and watches the fire show. It looks at the girl afterward.
"Your life is not worth taking here. You will die alone and no one will know."
It leaves Surviving Girl to wallow in grief and self-pity. She runs up to the damaged pile of cable and broken TV screens.
"Overseer.....!"
No response...
"OVERSEER!"
"COME ON! OVERSEER COME ON!"
"I NEED YOU! COME ON!"
"PLEASE!"
No reponse. Still. Just a broken pile of large TV''s and cables on fire.
"B...."
"BRYAANN...!!!!!!"
"......"
".............."
"Aha........ ahahahh."
"Hah.... Haaahaha!"
"HAHAAAAAAAAAHAHA!"
"AAHAHAHAHAAAAH! HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
She laughs hysterically in mourning. Despite tears flooding out of her eyes and rolling down her face, she has a full smile. Laughing in ecstasy. She brings the hacksaw to her throat, and in a swift motion cuts her throat wide open. Blood spurts everywhere, but she continues laughing. Even dropping to the floor bleeding out, and eyes full of tears she smiles as she dies.
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