After Hours

Chapter 12: Odd Encounters

It doesn't take long before I reach the front of my room, I was shocked to see some people tagged it, messages like "Human's room DO NOT ENTER" or "DANGER KEEP OUT" and similar stuff was written on the door and wall.

Y/N: (H-How did they find out about my room?)

I'm puzzled by all of this, I do recall some gootraxs said Haz talked about me being here, and also I did show myself to lots of other gootraxians as well... but that still doesn't explain how they found it.

Y/N: (I don't get it, why would they do that? Didn't they realize I don't want to hurt them?)

I decide to look for Catty and Haz, with what happened recently they must be looking for me for a while now.

Y/N: (I hope they are alright..)

On my way to the other sections I find a baseball bat laying on the ground.

Y/N: Hm? Is that..

I pick it up.

Y/N: (Odd... I remember last time I left my bat at Haz and Catty's house... is it the same bat or is it a different one?)

I look around in case I notice someone that could have dropped it, but I then decide to keep it for self protection, I could probably meet hostile gootraxians again, and I don't feel safe without Haz or Catte by my side.

I keep walking through the corridors, the echoes of my footsteps makes this even more eerie, being alone in here definitely makes me uneasy.

I pass next to a room and I stop as I hear some strange sounds, I turn toward a door where the sounds comes from, I hesitantly open it only to see a yellowish orange feline standing in a corner of a room, back turned.

My heart skips a beat, I felt like walking away slowly to not catch its attention, but something's off, this creature... it looks like..

Y/N: C-Catty? I-Is that you?

The creature turns its head around at 180° like a monster from a horror movie, the sounds of bones creaking as it turns its head and the dead white eyes of the creature really sets me off as my own ignorance might have caused my doom.

Y/N: (That is not Catty...)

The creature then turns it's whole body around while keeping its head still and then dashes towards me while emitting a feral hiss.

Y/N: THAT IS NOT CATTY!!!

I screamed to myself as I start running, and yet again, another one of these chase sequences begins, as always, I run as fast as I can to outrun the creature, but it is futile, it is going to catch me, I try and take corners to slow it down, I even drop obstacles on the way like potted plants and small boxes, but nothing seems to stop it, my only way to survive is to hide.

And I hide I did, as I make several turns for it to lose eyesight, I quickly enter a room and attempt to block it with a desk that was right next to the door, I look further inside the room, trying to find a hiding spot.

... But there is none.

Y/N: (No... no no no!!)

It's a dead end, and soon enough, I can hear the catte pounding on the door, with how strong gootraxians seems to be, a simple desk isn't enough to hold them back, I try and look everywhere for an exit, I put myself in combat position in case I needed to fight, but how would I be able to fight something like this?

My whole body is shaking in terror.

Suddenly, something catch my eye, a vent cover on the ceiling.