I never went down to a bunker my whole life. Can't speak for Thomas and Jessy though, but now I can say I did.
And it was not pleasant, to say the least.
The little room before the stairs was already disturbing by itself. No telling how bad it'll get once we get down there.
The three of us were not saying a word. We just walked down the stairs slowly, with me in the front, followed by Jessy then Thomas.
And boy did we find something.
At first, everything was too dark to see, so Thomas turned his phone's light on and...
"Oh. My. God..." I heard him mutter.
Me and Jessy pretty much had the same reaction when we saw a whole bunch of things of our friends. It looked like a plan board, basically.
"Oh my god, what is..what is this?!" Jessy asked panicked. I tried to stay calm but really, I was just too shook to say anything. I gestured to both of them. "Now this is what really needs photographing." I brought my own phone out to turn my light on and search for clues.
Not too many seconds pass before I hear Thomas say something. "Guys, look what I found! It's Hannah's phone!"
We looked over in surprise. A conclusive piece of evidence.
"Okay, I think we're done here. Let's leave before someone gets here!" Jessy whisper yelled, so we started heading back up.
Then we heard something.
I was in the front again so I stopped Thomas and Jessy with my hand then I took a deep breath and advanced slowly. Peeking my head through the door, I saw him.
That must be the kidnapper and man, how tempted I was to just deck him from behind But I knew better.
I looked back at the two with me and made a shushing gesture, then mouthed "he's here."
The horror on their faces let me know they understood what's going on.
We had to come up with a plan fast if we wanted to get out of here alive.
I took another peek and saw the kidnapper walking around slowly. He doesn't seem to be headed our way but that can only last so long. The exit door is not too far so I thought about just hightailing it out of here, but if he had a weapon, he might be able to get us so that requires us to disable him just before running.
"Guys, I have an idea but I don't think you'll like it very much. I'm thinking that if he has a weapon, he might get us so we have to deck him just before running out of here."
Jessy, of course, looked horrified at the idea of one of us risking their life like that. Thomas on the other hand, looked at me. "I'll do it. You two get ready to run. I'll be right behind you."
"Thomas, no! Don't do it, please." Jessy begged him. I guess I'll throw my two cents in.
"Thomas, you don't have to. I'll do it. Even if something happens...you still have Hannah to go find..."
"I'm not discussing it." He replied firmly. We saw that he wasn't budging so we got ready.
Thomas took a peek and readied himself by grabbing some random object nearby, and so me and Jessy did as well. All I can remember after that was the sound of something hitting someone, the word "run" being yelled out and lots and lots of running.
In mere seconds, the three of us found ourselves back in Thomas's car, out of breath and with the kidnapper close behind. He was right behind the car as it took off and we watched him until he disappeared out of sight.
I'm speechless. All of us are. Well, except for Jessy.
"Thomas, are you okay?!"
"Yeah..I am... Don't worry..."
I'm honestly impressed. Dan might wanna hear about Thomas's heroics today, since he let me know very discreetly that he thinks of him as a wuss.
I immediately went to message Jake after that.
You're not gonna believe the mess we just walked out of
Tell me.
We'll have to wait till we get back before I can send you everything but we found some crazy evidence
Namely Hannah's phone
What?
That is unexpected, but it does make sense.
Are all of you okay?
Just barely
We're out of breath, but we're okay
I am glad to hear that, Matthew.
I couldn't stop thinking about you.
That's flattering 😄
Look, we're still quite a distance away so we'll get to work when I message you again
We have quite a few photos to look through
See you then, Matthew.
Later 👋
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Best Served Cold (Duskwood Fanfiction)
Mystery / Thriller(CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE GAME) Matthew has had enough of being unable to physically help his new friends in finding Hannah, so he makes up his mind and prepares to take a trip with one goal in mind: find the culprit by any means necessary.
