DON'T TURN YOUR BACK!

Look before you Leap

(Michael's POV)

Mijuki's body laid barren on the wooden floor, Javier has been crying uncontrollably even since our friend died.

Mark was the first to speak after Mijuki's death, "This.. This... Cannot be happening."
He looked at his hands, his eyes wide open, I could see him visibly shaking.
He fell onto the floor, burying his face into his palms. "Why.. Why.. WHY?!" He shouted, his hands muffling his voice.

I forced myself next to him, "L-Let's get out of here." I tried to keep a stern voice.

I put his arm around my neck as I stood up, my other hand digging into my pockets for my phone, I took it out and dialed 911.

Then there was a sudden metal clang, followed by wood creaking, and then we were standing on nothing.

Lost in a cloud of screams, we were somehow separated, we all fell into separate tubes big enough for an adult human to fit in.

I hit the ground with a painful thud, the room I fell in had a peculiar smell, just like...

CORPSES?!

Wherever I looked, piles of corpses were all I ever see, this was enough, enough to make me lose my mind.

"T-This... It's... It's all my fault.. It's all my fault, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF ME" I screamed on top of my lungs, pounding the floor in frustration.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and as reflex, I striked a punch behind me.

"OW, my nose!" A familiar voice groaned, which in some way filled me with hope.

"D-Daniel?!" I turned around and saw him sprawled all over the ground.
"I am so sorry!"

"Bahahahaha!" Another voice that was somewhat familiar too.

"F-Flynn? I'd recognize that laugh from anywhere!" I've began to cry again but this time it was of joy.

"Michael..?" Daniel looked worried, "Is there anyone with you?."

"Javier, Mark and.. Mi..ju-" My moment of hope was simply tainted with despair when I remembered what happened 30 minutes ago.

"He.. Mijuki's dead?" Flynn clenched his fist. "Josh and Ian are dead aswell.."

"You came out of the tube right?" Daniel pointed towards where I came from, I nodded. "I think I know where Javier and Mark are"

We followed Daniel, who seemed to maneuver through the dark sewage systems pretty confidently, like he knows the place at the back of his hand.

At the end of our journey I spotted two figures trying to find their way out, until their eyes met ours, fortunately, it was Mark and Javier.

"Wha? I thought you guys were dead!" Mark exclaimed, wide eyed.

"Well, Aren't I glad to see your dumb faces again!" Javier grinned, which is weird considering he was crying his eyes out a few moments ago.

Our moment of reunion was interrupted by groaning in the sewer pipes.
"We've gotta get out of here! Follow me!" Daniel set off in a random direction.

We ended up at what seemed to be the lower section of the sewer pipes, however it looked just like the rest of the mansion.

"Wait a second, how could this be?" Javier asked, scratching his head.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but, I'm with Javier on this." Mark sighed.

"I don't know, I really can't explain the complexity of the structure of this mansion.. It's probably built by some wacko architect or.. We're just hallucinating.." Flynn explained.

"Or the house could be a fake spaghetti?" Daniel added, Javier seemed to chuckle all of the sudden at the question.

"A fake spaghetti?" Mark asked the question in behalf of the rest of us.

"The house could be an impasta!" Daniel and Javier both started laughing while high fiving eachother.

"I officially hate both of you now." Mark rolled his eyes.

Suddenly, visible purple gas seemed to seep out of the pipes in the room.

"Oh Woop Dee Doo! 5 little babies put to sleep with my lovely gassy lullaby!" The voice spoke again in a very childish tone.

"Wha.. Sleep..ing gas?" Flynn yawned, not like he had any choice otherwise.

"No.. It's.. A.. Tra-" and everything turned black within seconds.

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"Wh..ere am I?" I mutter as my eyes flutter open.

My limbs were tied with ropes, suspended above a metal platform.

I begin to panic, I looked around, I could see Daniel, Javier and Mark struggling in the same way as I am.

"Hello, arrogant teen boys! Who is going to be the lucky one? Your friend Flynn is going to be the judge! I hope you've been good with him so far~ NOT, HAHAHHAHA"
The voice laughed manically as I looked at everyone.

Flynn is missing, so it's true, he'll be the one to choose.

The metal platform beneath us began to open up, revealing a dark abyss below us, after a few clicks, the lightbulb glowed brighter, revealing sharp metal spikes below.

DON'T TURN YOUR BACK! - Chapter Two (END)

Written by @FatByakuya. Edited by KTWanG.