Escape the Night: Season 3 (My Way + Self-Insert OC)

The Betrayal

Ro kneeled next to Richard's corpse, a permanent smile on his face and the gun in his hand. "Oh, I love it when they kill themselves. Their friends' tears are so funny." Lucy joked, laughing afterward. "You... You sick sack of shit! YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Ro yelled out before she grabbed the gun and fired at Lucy.

The five bullets quickly fired from the gun, three in the stomach, one in the heart, and the final bullet in the brain. Lucy fell onto the floor of the stage she was on, eyes widened in surprise. "You shot her!" Mat yelled in surprise before turning and seeing the box for the last ring was fully open.

MatPat: Did I see Richard's death or Ro killing someone coming? Absolutely not. But I gotta say, she looked fabulous while doing it.

Mat ran over to the box and pulled out the last ring. Mortimer held out the collar and Mat put on the ring, Lucy's dead body disappeared into smoke.

Joey: Oh, we did it, we finally got the final artifact. But, it's in Mortimer's hands and if Richard is right, that's bad.

Joey and Mat went to a crying Ro and hugged her before helping her out of the straightjacket. "Hey, it's okay. It's okay." She was crying over Richard's death, but now she knew she could kill, and she would if someone tried to hurt her friends. They left the Big Top Tent and ran to the lounge while Mortimer ran to the church.

"Mortimer, what are you doing?" Calliope called out, the trio turned to see Mortimer running away. "Oh no!" Joey yelled out before running, Mat and Ro asked what was happening. "Richard was right. He was corrupted by The Carnival Master." They ran inside the church with Calliope to see Mortimer holding the collar over a pedestal.

"Don't come any closer!" he yelled out, Mat asked what he was doing. "I'm freeing Nicholas." Calliope walked over with her hand outstretched, "It's the evil inside you talking." The three looked around to see all the artifacts on pedestals. The box, the snake, the statue, the pyramid, the doll, the spiral, the wicker man, and the collar in Mortimer's hands.

They all yelled about the artifacts before being silenced by Mortimer yelling, "DON'T tell me what to do!" Calliope kept pleading with him, "It's already done." he said before dropping the collar onto the pedestal. All the artifacts glowed and they could see green fire pop out and away as screams played. Screams of their friends. Their souls were freed from the artifacts, but that meant the evil claimed the artifacts again.

The amber prison began to crack when what was inside destroyed it with a kick. The Carnival Master left the confines of his prison. He was a humanoid with grey skin, no shirt, a blue crystal in his chest, and ram-like horns. "I've done all that you asked." Mortimer said, bowing a bit as The Carnival Master approached.

Joey: Inside the chest of The Carnival Master is this crystal, and for some reason, it's calling to me.

"Come." The Carnival Master called to Mortimer, who walked closer. The Carnival Master ordered him to turn and face those he betrayed before waving his hands around him. The trio tried to bring Mortimer back to their side, knowing he was being controlled. "You are so easily manipulated." The Carnival Master continued waving their hands around Mortimer's body.

His hands landed on Mortimer's neck and the top of his head. Calliope ran and grabbed Mortimer's gun as The Carnival Master snapped Mortimer's neck, killing him. Calliope shot at The Carnival Master's chest, but none of the shots hit the crystal. She tried to jam the gun's barrel into the gap between his chest and the crystal, but was grabbed by the neck.

The group yelled as he pushed her into a wall, "Don't think so, little lady." The Carnival Master calmly stated in his deep voice. "Did you not think I prepared for this!" he yelled at her as she started to die, his voice sounded like The Devil had come for her. He squeezed his hand on her neck, crushing her windpipe, killing her too.

He dropped her corpse and turned to the trio, "I can smell the stench of the society all over you." He began to monologue, "They called you into a war that's not yours! And now, you're going to pay for it with your lives." He laughed as the trio began to back away, "But don't worry, I have some very special friends who are gonna come visit you."

Joey grabbed his friend's shoulder and ran with them as The Carnival Master chanted something in Latin and used the power of the artifacts and the crystal for something. They turned to see limbs popping out of graves and dark blue and purple portals bringing in zombies. They ran faster and could hear The Carnival Master yelling at them in the deepest voice they heard from him.

TEARING YOU APART!