Dan's Job In The Woods (A DanTDM fanfiction)

Chapter 4

"Well, its already 10.15 p.m., you better get to work collectin' those drawings right?" Ross said as he seemed to be pushing Dan out of the office. "And here's a reminder Dan, keep the baseball bat in your strong hand," he added with a wink.

Dan was extremely confused and worried when Ross said that. ' he's definitely hiding something from me... ' Dan thought, and as he was about to ask Ross if he had to know anything else, Ross slammed the office door, leaving Dan alone in the dark, afraid.

"Well, the sooner I get on with it, the sooner I can go home and cuddle with the pugs and Jem," Dan told himself aloud. He flipped the flashlight switch on and ventured into the woods. He held onto the bat tightly in his strong arm in case he had to use it.

A few minutes into the woods, he found his first drawing. He stared at it for a moment, ' this drawing looks so...strange...' he thought, then he grabbed it and shoved it into his bag. He continued finding drawing after drawing...until...

Jemma was at home making herself a cup of tea to calm her mind down. She then walked to the living area and sat there on the couch worrying about Dan. ' stop thinking about him, you'll only make yourself feel worse! ' she sternly told herself. But she knew, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stop thinking about her husband, out there, alone.

She thought maybe a little nap might help her, but she had nightmares of Dan Instead.

As Dan shoved the 5th drawing into his bag, he heard someone moving in the undergrowth behind him. He turned around panicking, shining his flashlight everywhere. But he couldn't see anyone there, though he could sense he was being watched.

He continued deeper into the woods, finding 2 more drawings but hearing footsteps behind him the whole time. He tried comforting himself, but that didn't work when he heard running footsteps approaching him from behind.

He didn't take the time to turn around and see what it was, he just ran for his life. He was running faster and faster but the footsteps behind him seemed to become faster as well. He was running blindly through the dark woods, not knowing where he was going or what was chasing him.

Then he saw a lonely shed. ' I  CAN HIDE IN THERE, ' he thought. He instantly started running towards the shed. He was running so fast, he was practically gliding across the ground, until he tripped over a tree root.

His breath caught in his throat as he fell. He stretched out his arms to prevent his face from smashing against the ground. Then he noticed everything behind him was quiet. Which made him even more worried and frightened.

' what if whatever that was is stalking me, like predator with its prey?! ' Dan lay there, frozen with fear. Then he felt fingers rap around his shoulder. Dan screamed and attempted to grab his metal bat, which flew out of his hand when he fell. He couldn't find it in the heavy darkness so he threw his water bottle and screamed for help.

"DUDE, IF YOU DONT WANT THOSE THINGS TO FIND US, BE QUIET !" a feminine voice whispered loudly as a hand clamped over Dan's mouth. The voice sounded young, like a teen's voice. "I'll let go of you if you promise to be quiet," the girl said as she was looking around for danger. Dan nodded.

"Ok," she said as she let go of Dan's face. "Follow me and then we can start introducing each other once we're safe," she whispered while tugging Dan away from what looked like an empty shed a few minutes ago. Now Dan noticed a pair of glowing eyes watching them through one of the windows.

"Hey um, I think someone's watching us..." Dan told the stranger. She stopped and pulled out a huge club with deadly spikes at the end from her bag. "Where?!" She asked alarmingly. Dan gestures towards the shed, "over there," he told her. "Well, we shouldn't stick around to find out who it is, right? C'mon," she said impatiently while tugging Dan even harder.

"Do u know how to cli-," before she was able to finish her sentence, something appeared behind her. Dan gasped and pointed while starting to freak out. The girl turned around and screamed. The 'thing' they saw was horrifying to look at.

It was an animatronic. 6 feet tall, huge metal teeth and a missing arm. There were even wires poking out here and there. The arm that was still attached to it had a hook on the end, which had what appeared to be dried blood on it. But its eyes were the scariest of all its features, they were glowing. Glowing red and angry. And they were locked onto Dan's and the girl's necks.

The animatronic swung its hooked arm at their heads. They both ducked in time, giving the girl an opportunity to swing her club at the animatronics legs. The impact caused the animatronic to fall over, giving the girl a chance to climb a nearby tree with Dan close behind.

When they arrived at the top of the tree, they sat on one of the branches, gasping for breath and calming themselves down. "That was too close for comfort," Dan said between gasps for air. "Yeah," the girl replied while wiping her forehead. "You can call me Chris, short for Christine," she added while stretching out her hand. "You can call me Dan, short for Daniel," they shook hands.

At the office right outside the woods, Ross could hear screams for help, but he didn't bother at all. He just sat there in front of his television, pretending to not hear the cries for help. When they went silent, he peeked put of the office window, wondering if Dan was dead or still surviving.

"Who cares?!" Ross laughed as he pulled the blinds down from his window. "Dan is the 20th collector, and no one has ever survived being one!" He laid back in his chair, enjoying his popcorn and tv show. "I wonder what keeps getting the new workers anyways..." he wondered out loud.

( yup, chapters get longer and longer if they're written by me lmao. Anyways, some of u might recognise Dan's TJOCR video, and yes, this book is sorta based off of that vid :D got inspired by Tae, who's writing a book based off of one of Dan's videos as well)