Walmart Must Die

Link: V

[ Hi, everybody!! It's been quite a while, sorry about that! Good news though: I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo this month and have every intention of reaching my goal (30,000 words). So you know what that means: more updates are on their way! :) Thanks to everyone who reads, votes, and comments, and especially all of you who have continued to ask me when I would update again. It means a lot that so many of you seem to care about this silly story.

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Neo didn't allow any discussion on the way back up the elevator, through the store, and out the door. Even Link remained silent as all of you crossed the parking lot, headed toward the abandoned K-Mart.

It made you nervous and just like the other night you started to wonder just what these people were capable of, what they would do to you. They had unintentional revealed a great portion of their secrets to you tonight, surely they wouldn't let you get off scot-free. Was their secret worth killing to protect...?

You didn't know. You still had very little clue of the full story, just pieces. That made them dangerous and unpredictable.

Before you knew it, your rag tag group had made it to K-Mart's front doors. Neo pulled out a key, unlocked the door, and held it open.

"Inside," he said, simply.

Link was right behind you so there was nowhere else you could go. Everyone entered in single file, Neo locking the door behind you.

As soon as you step foot inside, an uncomfortable darkness surrounds you. It was not nearly as bad as the eerie dark of Walmart, but it was clear that the place had been devoid of light for a long time.

Neo leads all of you to a side hall marked "Employee's Only" which is even more dark and foreboding than the rest of the store.

"We don't exactly own the building," Link said. "So obviously, we can't pay to power the place. But don't worry, there will be some light soon." He smiled at you and you had to admit that it made you less nervous.

The hallway finally led to a big room that had to have been the employee lounge. There were tables and chairs everywhere and a row of snack and drink machines.

"Take a seat," Neo said to you then, looking at the other two, "Help me with the lights."

The three of them split up to other sides of the room and retrieved battery powered lanterns. By the time you had chosen your seat (on the corner of a table so you could make a quick escape if you needed to) the darkness was finally vanquished.

Neo stayed standing as he put the lantern on the table and turned to face you.

"You shouldn't have seen any of that stuff—why the hell did you follow us? I warned you in my shop."

"That only made me more curious. You really need to work on your threats."

You could tell that Neo was glaring at you from underneath his shades. How did he wear those things in this darkness?

"What was that place?" You ask. "Link said that Walmart was evil but, surely there's more to it than that..?"

"There's not much more, actually. But we don't owe you anymore explanations. You're going to forget you saw any of this. For your own safety." The way he said that last part...he really was concerned about your safety.