The Haunted Asylum (inspired by the boys' video)

Chapter 5: You're Never Alone in the Darkness (Part 2)

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Dark's POV:

"What the hell is taking him so long?" Dark paces from wall to wall. Auras growing and the ringing loudening. Anti is huddled on the floor, back against the metal door, "Calm down, Darky, remember what I told you before-"

"And please excuse my language," He turns to the rest of the group, gesturing with his hands, not noticing that he interrupted Anti, "But can anyone tell me what the FUCK those thuds were? BECAUSE THAT WASN'T RUNNING!" He coughs and voices his apologies, associates sending concerned looks his way. "Hey man... Im sure he's fine. Probably just tripped over or is trying to play a joke on us."

"How the fuck would he trip over?" Kill PJ loudly points out from where he is leaning against the wall on Dark's right, "He was literally born tripping proof... He has 8 legs!"

"And 2 arms," Infelix nods in KPJ's direction, leaning against the wall in front of Dark, "Which means he's most likely trying to scare us. Just chillax sour patch! We'll go up there if he doesn't come back in another 5 minutes." Dark shakes his head with a sigh and stands next to KPJ, who pats his shoulder as he joins in on leaning against the wall. "It is weird, though..." Anti glitches, "We should be able to hear every movement he makes up there... but there hasn't been anything..." Dark can't recall seeing such a thought-filled expression on the glitch's face; they're never usually so visibly intense. "You think he's getting levitated by a ghost Darth Vader?" Oh, there's the Anti he knows and... appreciates... because saying he loves them feels wrong.

"Shut the fuck up, bro!" Infelix exclaims loudly, Kill PJ, Dark Dan, and Blaze chuckling along. Just after they finish laughing, the door at the other end of the hallway clicks open, and a weak light shines toward the group. Blank stands there with wide eyes and sweat trickling down his forehead, the light reflection visible even from a lengthy distance. "Boys..." His voice squeeks, "I've seen something." The whole group stares at him silently. Processing what the hybrid had just told them across the echoing hallway. The tension spikes between the seven demons, the room turns cold, and various auras shift and expand. Blank starts to slowly walk towards them to re-group. "Ń̸͙u̶͖͐h̵͚͆ ̵̘͂ủ̵̥h̸̩͐.̷̫̈́.̴͍͒.̴̮͘"

"No, you didn't..."

"What'd'ya see, big guy?" Infelix calls out as Blank begins to jog towards them, which probably feels more like sprinting from how much he's panting. Dark Dan turns the camera back on and records his movements, and when he reaches the light, he looks between them all with a smile before staring KPJ in the eyes and speaking, "Don't look into the doors."

"Are you serious?" Kill PJ steps closer to him, the group getting up and forming a circle. Blank turns around and gestures down the hall with his arms as though conducting a landing airplane. "Don't just- When you're walking, look dead ahead... Walking from here," He turns back to indicate at the group, "To here... took like 15 seconds- up there it takes like 60 seconds-"

"It's like zzzzt- it's like- you know those movies where the hallway like whrrr..." Infelix signals with his hands to indicate something extending, coupling it with the sound effect, "And all the doors are open!"

"I don't feel like- nope! Nope! Nope!" Kill PJ digs his heels into the ground and curls into himself, slightly reaching for his paintbrush as Blank starts to push him toward the door. "Come on!"

"Nope! Nope! Nope! No! Pervavor! Please! No!" KPJ begs, Blaze laughing and sending a small flame to his feet as the artistic demon hobbles and jumps to try to escape the force. "No! No!" Maneuvering down and spinning to break out, Dark puts an arm out and onto Blank's chest to tell him to wait a second. "Guys- wait- I'm being serious! I'm not... I'm not going upstairs." The group is quiet, Infelix holding the door open, "We traveled 20 hours and you won't even walk down a hallway."