A man woke up in a beautiful ballroom, with a woman standing next to a strange statue in the center of the room, there were stairs a few feet away behind the statue leading to stairs that led to a closed door. The man stood up and the woman looked at the man
"Oh another one, how nice to have some company again." The woman said with a smile, "Come over here, let's have a look at you."
The man walked up to the woman, the woman towered over him somehow,
"You disappoint me, love, you really do.. So many fears, so many desires.. I thought you'd be bigger" the woman said, the man looked upset but confused, "Don't look so confused, I know everything you've got hidden in that brain of yours, I know all of the terrible things you've done, so many good intentions laid to waste. I can see the regret, eating away at your soul.."
The man stays silent as the woman continues to talk,
"Hah! But now your time has come and here you are, to grovel and beg. You can't go back, only death awaits you there now. Fear not love. You've got potential! I see it in you! And I can help change your fate. But if you want a new life, you're going to have to suffer quite a bit to get it." the woman tells the man to come with her, walking over to a portal of some sort "The pieces to a powerful ring are hidden in nightmare behind each of these portals. Find them and bring them to me, and you'll get your wish. Fail and find there are fates far worse than death awaiting you here."
The portal the woman went to opened and the man looked at it and was kinda creeped out by the picture on the portal, a monkey with sharp teeth and blacked-out eyes,
"Clocks ticking," the woman said waiting for the man to go through the portal
The man goes through and ended up at a rundown hotel
"What a charming little hotel, bring back any memories?" The woman asked through the man's head
The man walks up to a sign and reads it: Welcome Breakfast and Murder Free Everyday Until 10:00 AM
The man backed away from the sign and went down the hallway, he walks past a monkey in a bellboy outfit cut out and it falls after he passes it, the man keeps walking but hears an elevator ding, after he notices a giant monkey with giant knives for hands in the only working elevator, he stops, the monkey didn't do anything so he took a step closer, the monkey lets out some sort of weird scream and jumps, the elevator closes and takes the monkey up then comes back down for the man, the elevator dings again
"Going up?" The woman says
The elevator brings the man up on its own without a button being pressed. The man looked at the buttons and could not figure out what the numbers would be, when the elevator stopped the man got out and saw another statue like the one in the ballroom, with a purple barrier surrounding what looks to be a ring piece,
"Now listen closely, you see those floating bits of crystal? Those are soul shards, fragments of human spirit scattered throughout the halls of this little maze. Each crystal is remnant of one who has met their end here. Gather them all, and the first ring piece will be yours. One more thing.. You are not alone. There are monsters in here, and they're looking for you." The woman says then a tablet appears in the man's left hand "Here, you'll need this. It can detect each shards location. It was left by the last... Guest to disappoint me here. A very clever girl. Just not a very fast runner. Enough instruction. Break those boards and let's get this party started!"
The man goes to break a board then sees someone run by the boards behind the ones he went to break, the person had collected some shards in the process, one of the same monkeys the man had seen not too long ago ran past after the person,
"What? How could there be another person? I thought you were the only one, nobody went in before you besides the last person who was here and that did NOT look like her.." the woman said extremely confused
The man breaks the boards and goes after the person who ran by, can't tell which way they had gone, so he collected soul shards while looking for the person, by the time he collected all of them while being chased by multiple of those monkeys, he hadn't found the other person.
"You gathered all of the soul shards. The ring piece is now exposed."
The man sighed in relief, thinking the monsters would go away
"And the monsters will go into a frenzy." she had continued.
EHH?! THEY DON'T GO AWAY BUT GET MORE DANGEROUS?!
"Hrghh who dares?!" a male voice says irritated
"Shoot! He knows you're here now, you need to escape, get to the portal, hurry!" The woman says,
Before the man could get to the elevator, the other person grabs him,
"Please! Take me with you! I haven't been able to escape, I've been here for so long.." What looks to be a boy says, tears in his eyes, the man nodded
The elevator dings and they run into the elevator as one of the monkeys bursts out a door, the elevator closes before the monkey could get to them. The elevator goes down, with the nice elevator music, the man catches his breath from all the running, the boy wiping his own tears off his face.. The elevator dings again and the boy grabs the mans wrist,
"Oh yeah! Forgot to introduce myself, sir, I'm Eric, nice to meet you!" The boy says dragging the man by his wrist
How can a kid be this strong?
"Run! Run!" The woman says as monkeys pop out the other elevators that didn't work
"There's no escape for you, MORTALS!" The irritated voice says,
The man and Eric jump through the portal and escape back to the ballroom, the woman from the center of the room looks over at them beside the portal they just came out of, the woman looked shocked
"What? Who are you? I've never seen you before?" The woman asked Eric
"I'm Eric, I've also heard a lot about you, Bierce, the one who saved me from jumping off a building brought me here, they said I would have fun in there, those things did not like me at all though," Eric says walking up to the woman the man following behind, "Also, I already know who you are sir, you are Doug Houser, I've heard you aren't the best family man, besides that.. We got the ring piece!" Eric replied to the woman,
Huh, Bierce, that's a nice name, fits her pretty well
"Anyway.. You made it! And I see you met my friend sooner than I was expecting" Bierce says turning to Doug,
Eric walks up to that closed door at the top of the stairs and knocks, opening an eye on the door
"Bierce! Still so persistent after all this time... Do not listen to her Mortals, she's just using you... Give her the ring and there will be... Consequences." The eye said as Eric sat down in front of the door "This is your only warning... Help her, and you will suffer!"
Bierce walked over to Doug, "Pay no attention to him! His powers cannot reach you here. The ring piece. Place it at the alter, now!" Bierce snapped
"It's been so long.." she mumbled
"Since last I've seen my son to the man behind the slaughter" Eric laughed "OK I'm done, Bierce, you can continue"
Bierce looked at Eric, shook her head, and sighed "The ring is called the Riddle of Heaven. An ironic name don't you think? A demon's power is contained inside it: the creature of infinite cutlery (cruelty) that you just met. Malak. Complete the ring, and you can use Malak's power to fulfill your darkest desires...or so the legend goes"
"People told me legends are for kids, I'm 14," Eric says
"One, you are still a kid, just a teen. Two, WHAT IS A 14-YEAR-OLD DOING IN A NIGHTMAREISH HELL HOLE LIKE THIS?!" Bierce says to Eric
"Doug.. Eight more pieces to go. Are you ready for another nightmare?" Bierce asks
No, I'm not but I have no other choice, I have no way back, Doug nods
"Can I go with you, Doug?" Eric stands up and asks
Doug nods again but in Eric's' direction then heads toward the next portal with Eric running up to him...
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Dork Deception
FanficDoug wakes up in a ballroom, on a quest to get pieces of a ring for a woman, he meets a new friend, as well as a new enemy. A twist awaits Doug, not expecting this. "Wait for the truth to spill, you'll be crawling to me, begging to help"
