✔️ | burn it down, house of wax

★ | 011. you promised you wouldn't leave me

Book: Burn It Down, House Of Wax
Chapter 11: You Promised You Wouldn't Leave Me
Word Count: 1220

Jacob was leaning against one of the tables, no more vomit coming out since his stomach was empty. He stood up, not being able to look at Dalton and walked over to Nick and Carly who were hugging. He wrapped his arms around both of them, Nick's head fell to his shoulder.

The sound of knives scraping against each other made them look up. Vincent had found them and was storming towards them with the weapons in his hands. "That's Vincent!"

Nick rushed forward and pushed a cart into Vincent. It didn't do much as he pushed it to the side and sliced at Nick's back as the blonde had turned to run away.

Carly lifted the bat and tried to hit Vincent but he grabbed it and the two wrestled with it. Jacob growled out and grabbed the bat, helping Carly pull it from Vincent's hands. As they got the bat, the two fell over and Carly knocked into a lever, turning the fire on.

Nick was back up again and tackled Vincent backwards, knocking him into the wall and blocking the knife from hitting him. They struggled a bit before Nick was able to knock him on the ground. Nick ran over to them. "Carly! Jacob! Move it!" He yelled at them. "Move it!"

Nick and Carly ran forward but Jacob stopped, a plan coming to his mind. He grabbed onto some chains and pulled them hard, causing the wax that had been in the large pot to tilt to the side, pouring the hot wax across the floor in a line and making a fire wall that Vincent was blocked by.

"Jacob! Let's get out of here!" Nick called to him. "Hurry!"

Jacob and Vincent stared at each other for a moment before Jacob turned on his heels and bolted to the twins. They ran backwards, coming to another staircase and walking up. Jacob kept his eyes forward but he could see wax faces coming out from the walls.

"Come on! Come this way!" Nick said and ran in front of them. Jacob saw that they were now in the wax museum. It must have a tunnel connected to the house. Carly gasped and he followed her eye sight to see a wax version of Wade sitting at the piano, only the skin on cheek and jaw were gone, his teeth showing.

"No. Oh, my god. Wade." Carly said. Nick didn't let them waste any time and grabbed her hand, pulling her away from her dead boyfriend. They ran into the next room, stopping when they came face to face with Bo.

"You sick fuck!" Nick shouted and attacked Bo. The two of them rolling across the floor. Bo began to punch Nick harshly as they got off the floor and pushed him, causing Nick to fly into the furniture.

Jacob ran up behind Bo and tackled him to the ground, sending his own punches towards the sick man. Even with two arrow wounds, Bo was putting up a good fight and rolled them over, punching Jacob in the stomach and knocking the wind out of him.

Carly came up and smacked Bo with the bat. Bo shouted and got up, turning around and punching her in the face. "Carly!" Jacob yelled and ran to her side when he saw she wasn't moving, blood was coming from her nose and her eyes were closed.

Nick was back up and him and Bo fought again but this time, Nick was getting the upper hand. That was until Bo head butted him and Nick was back on the floor.

The room began to heat up immensely and Jacob could see the floor was starting to melt. The fire he had set off below was melting the wax house.

"You're finished." Bo said evilly as his hands wrapped around Nick's throat and he began to choke him. Jacob jumped up and ran towards them, grabbing the part of the arrow that Bo had left in his chest and twisting. Bo cried in pain and let Nick go, slowly falling to his knees.

Once he was on the ground Nick began to punch him over and over as Jacob kept his hand on the arrow. Though he hadn't been able to see behind him and suddenly a knife was jabbed into his side.

He yelled out and let go of the arrow, falling backwards as his side burned in pain. He put his hand against the wound and cried out. He could feel blood coating his hand.

"Jacob!" Nick yelled in worry, his moment of distraction leaving room for Bo to stab him as well, this time, leaving the knife in Nick's leg.

Bo got up but by now, Carly had woken up and snuck up behind him, smashing the bat into the back of his head. This time she didn't stop. As he was on the ground she smashed the bat into his face over and over again. His head now being caved in.

"Carly, behind you!" Nick yelled.

Vincent had arrived. He ran towards his brother on the ground.

Carly ran to Nick, who had crawled his way over to Jacob. "Come on! Get up!" She demanded. Jacob was getting light headed and he wanted to shut his eyes.

Vincent yelled in agony of his dead brother before he whipped his eyes towards Carly. "Run!" Nick yelled at her. "Go, Carly! Run!" She ran up the stairs that still hadn't melted.

"Vincent!" Both Nick and Jacob called his name, trying to distract him. "Hey! Vincent! I swear to god if you hurt her! Vincent!" Nick was trying to stand up but the wound in his leg wouldn't let him.

Jacob groaned and tried to get up before he fell back to the floor, his head laying against the ground, more blood coming from him.

"You stay awake!" Nick yelled at him. "Don't you dare close your eyes!"

"I don't think I can... stay awake." Jacob said, feeling like he was sinking into the floor. "Hey, Nick? I love you." He said softly. If he was going to die, he wanted those to be his last words.

"You are not dying! You you hear me?! Keep your damn eyes open!" Nick grabbed his shoulder and shook his roughly. "You said you wouldn't leave without me! Keep your promise!"

Jacob used all his strength to keep his eyes open as Nick helped him sit up. "I won't leave you." He said with determination. His body really was sinking into the floor now and the both had to use all their energy to get up.

The knife was still in Nick's leg and they both helped each other walk forward. The stairs were starting to melt and as they got onto them, they started to sink in.

Jacob really didn't have the strength to pull himself out. He thought it might just be easier to let go. To give into the pain instead of continuing on with this torture. Then he looked at Nick by his side. He needed to make sure he survived this.

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