The infinite end

Chapter 12- Month by boring month

Thaddeus' secret and his behavior lately made me overthink the entire situation. Since then, he was ignoring me, like I didn't even exist, and I did nothing than accept. It's probably been some months since we were there, and it felt like forever. We didn't receive any letter since that night. Things have been pretty boring lately. Since the dickheads left, there was no drama, no fight, just us, talking and sleeping on our boring campsite. It turned out that the secrets didn't make us fall against each others. I was confuse about that room with pictures of us. This psycho turned out to be chasing us for months. As I said, everything was boring, quiet, until one morning. We received letters again, senseless ones, but letters. The psychopath gave us clothes. It was a little weird because we had to change them in the same place. The clothes were pretty cool, and they seemed to fit us all perfectly. We shortly realized they were ours, from our homes. I received my favorite merchandised t-shirt, and it made me feel way better. As we were changing into our clothes, facing anything but one another, we were talking, exposing opinions towards everything.

Meredith: Who do you think this psycho is? Is he someone close to us? Is he even a he?

Cassidy: Of course he is a boy, Edith. No female could be that smart to put bunkers underground, and simulate a perfect bus accident, and even kill someone so silently. It's impossible.

Audrey: Females can be that strong too.

Mike: Females? Strong? If they are that strong, they might as well be called shemales. Cassidy is right.

Meredith: Enough with the anatomy lesson. Do you think he is a friend of ours?

Thaddeus: Yes, Edith, a friend trying to torture us. So damn right.

Meredith: But, he must know us. Who on Earth would do such things to some teenagers, like, reasonless? Be real, guys.

Thaddeus: Yeah, that is also right.

Cassidy asked for my help for putting on her shirt, after that. When we were all set, back to the campsite, we found some other letters about us, being in the forest when the darkness strikes. We decided to talk in the meantime, so the time would pass a lot easier. We talk so much that we run out of subjects. It's all that's left to do. At the time needed, we went straight into the forest. We were nervous, confused, scared. Everytime the psycho wants us in that forest, it can't be good luck. We found a note, hanging by a forest. "Happy 4 months here, kids. Did you like my little dress-up game? I am glad if you did. You have a chance of finding something about me out. Split however you like, as long as you are three in each groupe. The only hint I give: the truth is somewhere in the forest."

Mike: Great, now we really are his dools, for fuck's sake.

Meredith: Okay, who do you want to go with, guys?

Sun: With Xander, of course!

Cassidy: Let me arrange you. I pick Jordan and Norbert because they are boys, and they are easy to kill. Sun and Xander, you go with Andrew. Mike, you go with Meredith and whoever else you want.

Thaddeus: Me!

Cassidy: Okay, Thaddeus. Ethan, Leah, Audrey, you are another groupe. Now, the rest, pair up, Madeline, Christian, Laurence and the last groupe, Johnny and Marcel.

Mike: Now what?

Cassidy: Now, let's spread. Use the flashlights, as usual.

Marcel: Cassidy, just a question, can't I pair someone else, like Edith?

Meredith: Lord, please no.

Thaddeus: Can't you just fuck off?

Marcel: Can't YOU just fuck off?

Mike: At least Marcel loves you, Meredith.

I dragger both Mike and Thaddeus to one side of the forest. Me and Mike were joking about memes and idiotic stuff on our way. At some point, he climbed on a three, and left me and Thaddeus alone. We were just looking at him, from a bit further. Again, everything was quiet. We were just laughting from time to time. I wanted to talk to him, ask him stuff, but the lump I had in my troath got in my way. I could only talk when Mike came back. After few minutes passed, Thaddeus said something.

Thaddeus: Edith, remember that day when we had to say secrets, right? We were the first to find Ethan, so we won't be killed by the psycho.

Meredith: Until when?

Thaddeus: I don't know, but I have an idea. Why don't we get inside one of those bunkers and find our way to the stage room, and search for information? What do you say?

Mike: But I can be killed.

Meredith: You guard the room while we investigate.

Thaddeus: Sounds like a plan, let's go! But, before, Edith, tell me, how's your knee?

Meredith: Good, lately. Don't worry about me. Let's go and find the psycho!

Me and Thaddeus strated running, in order to get some plus time of investigating. We got into the closest bunker, and it was left open, to our surprise. I got used to climbing down the stairs, without noticing it. Thaddeus was about to say something, but I mimiked that we have to stay quiet. We followed the light bulbs on the floor, and we got to the room, that was, again, unlocked. We glanced quickly to see if he was there. We got in and started looking on every wall, every corner, to find something. We saw photos of us, private photos of every one in every pose possible. It was the weirdest thing ever. Thaddeus remembered about the camera, because he saw it bleeping. We started running on the stage, and got out behind the curtains. We found a room, with a desk. Next to the desk there was a microphone. In front of the black leather chair there were 50 surveillance camera images. I got on the chair, since no one was there, and started looking inside the laptop with a lot of encrypted files. Suddenly, that raspy voice came again trough the speaker saying:
?: I'd rather not. That's not my only place.
Someone got into the room. It was him, dressed in black, with a mask.
?: Get out, you too.