Chapter 17: The fear of Failing

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Aurora and her team stood in front of the exit to the level before level 666. Aurora knew once they all noclipped through they would be separated instantly, as if everyone was in the same world but in a different version of it. And that's due to the fact level 666 also known as, welcome to hell was designed to be different for everyone. It's meant to target the fears of everyone separately, firstly by separating everyone at first join. For anyone who fears separation or has separation anxiety you could say, this is the levels first test.

If you don't, you already passed but it wasn't a real test, more like a taste of what to expect. Secondly the design of the level is different for everyone as well. The entrance could be anything from a creepy old shed to your childhood home that didn't hold such good memories. Whatever you define as your own personal hell the level generated it. Thirdly once you enter the building, whatever it may look like for you the real test begins.

The door will shut close leaving you in the dark, this when the test beguins and every 10-15 minutes your worst fears, regrets, memories will show. You'll be in the same place, same time, same version of yourself at the time reliving the horror experiences of your past, present and future. To escape you have to confront your fears, tell yourself not that it's not real but confront it as if you were given a second chance to stand up to people or places that made your past life hell, your present life hell and lastly you'll be forced to confront your biggest enemy....yourself.

Once you pass all these tests the level will become unstable and you have to run in the dark looking for your team if you came with one. You have to follow the sounds of each others voices and sit in a circle. You chant the ritual and you'll be sent out. Aurora ventured through the darkness calling out to her friends. She wanted to get through this level and never return, the lengths she was willing to go through was beyond reasonable. Sometimes, even aura didn't know how she did it.

With no response she continues on when she heard a voice. Turning around quickly she saw no one but the voice still echoed through the void like space.

Aurora: hello?! Who's there?!

No response...

Aurora: Faye! Zavia! Kitty?!

Still no response. The voice got closer as it called out to her, still seeing no one the voice stopped. Aurora stood still looking around frantically her bat now in hand ready to use it if need be. All was quiet until she heard the voice ask her a question, the voice sounded like a mixture of different tones, ranging from child, to male, to female and back again.

"Aurora...."

Aurora: who's there, show yourself. I'm not afraid to use this on you!

"Maybe not, but you are afraid of something..."

Aurora: lies, I have nothing to be afraid of.

"Now who's the liar. You fear a lot, even now."

Aurora: oh yea? Then what do I fear if you think you know so much.

"You fear failure, like most mortals do, but most importantly you fear the inevitable."

Aurora: the...inevitable?

"A war is coming once more Aurora. SCP is lying to you all once again. They wish to learn from you all willingly and take what you taut them and use it against you."

Aurora: I fucking knew it, UGH those damn bastards! Myra and Adam already sense this. They have made preparations for when that happens. It still sickens me even though I knew it as well. But I guess after everything, part of me wanted to believe they changed.

"You can't force change, and you can't change what people don't think needs changing."

Aurora: yea well, it sounds like you're just telling me what I already know.

"Fair enough. You fear losing this battle, deep down you don't think MEG and ASYNC are ready for another war, and SCP knows this. You lost a lot during the last war and though you want to believe you'll be victorious, theirs a higher chance now then ever before that you'll lose."

Aurora went silent thinking about what the voices told her. They were right, Aurora didn't think everyone was more prepared then she had hoped and with confirmation from the backrooms itself that SCP was never on their side and her suspicions where right this makes her more scared. Cause she hoped it wouldn't be true.

"Even you, Aurora. Must accept just like Myra and Adam have accepted that you guys aren't ready for this second war, you need more time then just a few weeks. I'd say another year or two but SCP won't wait around for it to be a fair fight."

Aurora: dammit!

Aurora swing her bat down on the floor gritting her teeth as she squeezed the bat handle tightly out of anger. She wanted to hurt SCP she wanted to hurt them badly. Make them suffer. Once this mission was over she was gonna do her best to make her team ready.

"Be careful..."

Aurora: huh?"

"SCP will do anything to get what they want, the entities are at risk."

Aurora: .....

"Cheating isn't allowed in the backrooms but you are trying your best to protect us, your friends have already reached their final stage"

Aurora: already?

"Time is not consistent in the backrooms, and everyone has their own demons to face. Just like me telling you the truth of what you fear is your demon. Acceptence that your not ready and taking home another win is now more harder then last time."

Aurora looked down at her bat. She didn't have much of a choice now. She can't let them win, even if her own win is almost not certain she HAD to try. She wasn't ready to give up yet.

Aurora: are we gonna lose?......will everything we ever loved and built get taken from us?...

"The remains to be seen. Only time will tell, and only actions shall determine the outcome. What you do now up until the time of war, you'll know."

Aurora: .....

It wasn't a lot of information but it was enough to remind her why she has to fight. She's needed, her team is needed. She couldn't waste anymore time in this level when theirs a whole universe to save. Aurora started to run thinking of everything that's got her to this point. Why she made it this far, what she stands for. If this is the end then she'd rather die knowing she tried.

Aurora: I'll save everyone even if it kills me, I won't let them take it all away, I can't let anyone take away my happy ending ever again!

Aurora kept running until she heard the voices of her friends.

Aurora: I'll do whatever it takes to win, I won't let them down.

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