XPLR | Colby Brock

Chapter One

"Rosalie Blossom, please come with me?!" My best friend, Emelie, pleaded as she grabbed hold of my arm, jumping up and down.
"Will Xavier be there?" I huffed out. There's no way I was going with her to this place without her boyfriend. She nodded, giving me a cheeky smile. She knew I was going to say yes. "Fine." I rolled my eyes, knowing I was going to regret this tomorrow morning. She squealed and ran out of my room, telling Xavier I had agreed with a sing-song tone. 

I let a small smile play on my lips as I opened my closet door, looking at what to wear. I knew Emelie would be filming, so I had to be at least somewhat presentable. It was a cool summer night in Myrtleford, and I knew it would be too hot to wear joggers or jeans, so I decided on a pair of leggings with black denim short-shorts over the top, pairing it with a cropped t-shirt with the word 'Angel' writting across the chest in bold black letters. Putting my loosely curled, light auburn hair up in a loose bun, I sat at my vanity mirror and started doing some light makeup. I knew I would sweat during this video, so I didn't bother with a full face, just foundation, a little concealer and contour, and winged eyeliner. I also added a nude matte lipgloss to my lips, finishing the look. My hair was staying in the bun as it would stay out of my face if we had to leg it out of there.

"Rose, we're ready!" Xavier called from the kitchen. I grabbed my phone and my little shoulder bag, putting it over my neck and headed out of my room where Emelie and Xavier were waiting patiently.
"I'm ready. How long is the drive?" I asked, grabbed my earbuds from the island in the kitchen."
Just under half an hour." Emelie grabbed her keys from the hook hanging beside our door and ushered us out so she could lock up the apartment. The drive went by pretty quickly, but maybe that's because I had my earbuds in the whole drive. I didn't exactly want to listen to them two being all over each other. We had a torch each, clicking them on one by one. I shone mine up towards the large building, feeling my heart drop down to my ass, a sense of nervous excitement filling my stomach.
"You are joking, Em? I thought you didn't like these things?" I asked her, studying the building. I knew exactly where we were. Beechworth Asylym.
"I thought it was time to up the antic." She replied with a shrug, her arm linked with Xavier's. "Lets get going." 

The walk wasn't long, maybe five minutes or so before we reached the boarded up entrance of the hospital. Xavier sighed, before pointing. "There's a slightly open window over there. Rose, you're the smallest. Think you could fit through that and find another way in for us?" He looked at me, a questioning look in his eyes.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a door around the side that can only be opened from inside." Emelie chimed in, pleading me to do it with her big brown eyes.
"Fine, if I don't open the door in ten minutes, call the police." I chucked before shimmying my way through the small gap in the window. As my feet touched the floor, I heard the boards creak under my weight, making me cringe. I quickly hopped away from the window, just in time as the boards broke and snapped. I definitely would've fallen through the floor if I hadn't have moved. "Are you alright?!" Emelie shouted from outside, panic in her voice.
"I'm fine, just a loose floorboard. Go round to the side door, I'll be there to open it in a few." I called back, making my way out of the small room I had climbed into and into a long, dark hallway. 

Every step echoed, dust specks flew past my eyes every couple of seconds, making it hard to see. Just as I saw the door I needed to open, I noticed a music box sitting in one of the rooms on my left. Weird. I shook my head and headed for the door.

But before I could reach it, there was a loud crack and suddenly the ceiling was collapsing right above me.