BEHIND THESE DOORS

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(Thx to my pookie for helping me write the flashback scene :3 sorry if it's a lil cringe, I dunno how to write out of character perspectives 😼 his Wattpad is at the end of chapter)

Guiding Light and Halt strode down the hallway together— doing the routine sweep of the hotel; one they did once a week.

"Oh, Halt...I'm so happy I got to meet you..you take such good care of the hotel and.." she paused for a moment, "I..I love you.." Guiding Light's voice was filled with meaning and love.

Halt looked up at her, smiling softly. They knew that, but it meant so much coming from them... Guiding Light reached out to open door 100. The door opened, and they began checking to make sure everything was alright.

Halt always loved when Guiding Light smiled, her smile lit up the room, literally and metaphorically, in Halts mind.

"Let's hope the 9 year old doesn't swear again.." Guiding Light spoke, sighing a bit. she was referring to Timothy, who picked up on all the foul and lewd language circulating between everyone...

The two reached a room with this glowing, blue light in it... "what's that?" Halt spoke, warrily...

Guiding Light reached out to try and touch it, to see what it would do... it sent out sparks, like electricity... though it didn't seem to hurt her. She stepped closer.

"Huh, seems safe..." She said, a bit worried but mostly confident in that answer.

She tried to pull her hand back, but it resisted— she was being pulled in. She looked back at Halt, panic in her eyes.

Halt froze. Halt reached out to grab her hand, but it was no use...

Her panicked face twitched into an anxious smile, trying to calm down Halt. "Hey— it's alright..." she looked back at the light briefly... "I'll be back. Don't worry... for now, Halt... know that I love you."

"No— don't say that—" Halt choked out.

"Go down the elevator— or in the mines, whichever way you get down there works. There's three entities down there... I should've told you sooner..." Guiding Light looked down at her arm... her leg. She was half way in the light. "Don't worry... be good for me, take care of this place, yeah...? Be the leader I couldn't be."

"What— what are you talking about..?!" Halt panicked, continuing to try and pull her out— yanking at this point.

"My time has come, dear... I'll see you soon." She gave Halt one last smile as the light covered her face, and just like that... she was gone.

Halt was in shock... they back away from the light, one foot after the other... slowly... as soon as she was out of the door, he began to run back to the hideout.

Her feet pounded against the floor as the rooms whipped past them, he didn't have any time to take it in. He busted into the hideout, dropping to her knees in front of everyone.

Seek perked up. "Halt—? Where's Light—?"

"SHE'S DEAD!" Halt gasped out, in between suffocating sobs... "she's dead... there was this blue light thing and it sucked her in— and, and—!! She's gone! She's dead!!"

Figure froze in realization, knowing what they were referring to... "the blue light... I know what that is, humans that come through put things in there sometimes."

"Fuck you mean—" Rush retorted, standing up and sighing. "... She's just.. gone?! How'd you just lose her like that?!"

"I—!! I didn't mean to—!!"

Jack walked up to Halt, kneeling in front of him. "Hey, take a deep breath... what happened?"

"I don't even know— one second she was there— the next she wasn't?!"