Abandonment (Old)

Chapter 8 | Join the party

The figure's face appeared first when I shined my flashlight at them.
"Keaton?!" I exclaimed. Kitt hugged him as well. "Nice to see you too" he said. "One down, one more to go" Kitt said. "What?" Keaton asked. I sighed and said we have Richard only to find left. Keaton the face-palmed himself.
"Com'on. Lets get off the fifth floor" I said. "Creepier than hell up here." We got to the stairwell and opened the doors. I went first and walked to the sixth floor.
"Hurry up! I don't want to be here all night!" I yelled. "Shut up!" Keaton said. When Kitt finally made it up, I grew suspicious that the beast would be up here as well. I shined my light down the hall. Nothing but emptiness and dust.
"Are you two ready or what?" I questioned. They both said yes. So we began walking down the hall, searching for Richard. We all yelled at separate times for Richard. I wondered when we get to the receptionists desk, if find something useful there.
We reached a corner of the building. I looked out of a window and say the forest bathing in the moonlight. Just as I began to leave the window broke and a bird fell to the floor. Kitt screamed from fear. The body twitched and fell still.
"Poor thing, having to die in here" Kitt said sadly.
When we came the receptionists desk, we ransacked the place. We found a book bag, which we put all of our tools and such in. We found more waters, a few bandaid's and that was it. We began roaming through the halls, looking for more things that could be useful. Yet again we found nothing.
I was beginning to think Richard is only the top floor or the lowest floor. We all called out his name, listened, looked in all the rooms, but still nothing. "I sure hope we find Richard and not the beast and get outta' here." Keaton nervously said. "You and me both" Kitt agreeded. "If we don't find him on this floor, you wanna go take a break?" I proposed. "Maybe" Keaton said.
We began to feel as though he was really on a different floor. Only three hallways remained unchecked. "You think we should split up and find him quicker that way?" Keaton questioned. "That would make it faster, but one of us could get lost, or....or die." Kitt said. "Its a chance we have to take." I said. Kitt handed us both a water each. "When you've reached the end of the hall, come back here." I said. "AND, wait in that room" Keaton seconded, pointing at a Patients room on the other side of the hall. "Hope to see you guys again" I said. "Same here" Kitt said.
Then we all set of on our own ways.