Holding Onto You ~ Joshler

Chapter 4

Hours had gone by and we still searched the asylum together, we used the map to find different rooms, we found a row of padded rooms and inside we found straight jackets, we also found cells which i suspected the patients stayed.
" Okay, we came, we saw. Can we leave now ?", i asked. It was getting dark outside and i really didn't like the idea of staying there after dark. Josh sighed but nodded along. We were making our way towards the exit when a loud noise sounded, i was a loud bleeping sound and it scared the living shit out of me. I noticed that the thick metal shutters were closing on us, meaning that the asylum was on lock down. I grabbed Josh's hand and dragged him towards the exit, we ran over to the door but the shutter closed before we could make it.
" No, no,no,no, shit, shit, fuck ! FUCK!", i yelled. I looked around to see that the shutters for all of the windows were also down and completely sealed. This was the most secure lock down system in all of America in the 1950s, my great grandfather had it created especially for the asylum so there was absolutely no possible way of escaping. I started to hyperventilate as the building grew silent again and we were plunged into complete darkness. Josh turned his flashlight on and shone it around the area in front of us, there was nothing and no one there.
" Okay, calm down, calm down. The lock down mode is triggered by the leather downstairs in the basement right? So We'll just go down there and open the shutters up again", Josh proposed. I focused on steadying my breathing, he was right. All we had to do was go down to the basement and open the door and we would be able to leave. I felt Josh hold my hand gently and pull me closer to him. He walked me down the hallway, into the common room and through to another hallway, it was so quiet i could hear my own vigorous heart beat.
" It's going to be okay", Josh assured me. His words comforted me a little even though i didn't believe him.The silence was broken by a distant cry. I stopped in my tracks and stared down the dark hallway, Josh shone his flashlight down where the noise was coming from but nothing was in sight.
" Hello?", he called. There was another noise, it sounded like someone was laughing, an old woman cackling evilly. I backed away from the sound but Josh held onto my hand tighter.
" We need to go down there, the faster we get to the switch the faster we can leave", he whispered. I wanted to protest but he was right, we needed to go to the basement.
" My name is Josh Dun, i'm with my friend Tyler Joseph. We're not here to hurt you, we just need to pass by if that's okay", Josh called out. There was silence, and then a loud crash coming from behind us this time. It sounded as if someone had punched the wall viciously. We both jumped and looked behind us, Josh shone his flashlight at whatever made the noise, which was absolutely nothing. At that point i wanted to cry, we had only been locked in for about a minute and already i felt like we were in grave danger. Josh tugged at my hand and continued to walk me down the darkened corridor. Nearly all the doors were wide open and i couldn't help but look inside them just incase someone was here and they were playing cruel tricks on us, i hoped to God there was actually, because that would mean we weren't in any real danger and there was someone in the darkness with a camera crew laughing at how much of a pussy i was being. We stopped once we were out of the hallway and Josh studied the map carefully.
" Okay, we need to go downstairs, theirs another level of rooms and labs and then we go down another flight of stairs to the basement", he said. It seemed like a long way, especially because we were locked in a haunted asylum. We walked downstairs together whilst i clamped down firmly on Josh's hand to make sure he didn't run off anywhere and leave me alone. I stepped down onto the 1st floor when i felt a sharp stinging pain on my leg.
" Ouch ! What the ?", i said as i bent down to pull the leg of my jeans up and assess the damage. Josh shone the light on my leg to reveal three deep scratches, they were bleeding.
" Oh shit, Tyler", Josh said and knelt down beside me. He took something out of his rucksack, it was a cloth and a bandage. He wiped the blood with the cloth and held it there, putting pressure on the area and the wrapped it up with the bandage. I looked back to where i had been standing when i got scratched and there was nothing and no one there, there was no where for someone to hide in the shadows or make a quick escape route whilst going unnoticed.
" Are you okay does it hurt ?", Josh asked frantically. I looked back over to him and noticed he was really close to me ; i could feel his warm breath hit my skin and i could make out the outlines of his face in the dark, he looked at me with concern.
" I'm fine, it stings a little but i don't think i need it amputated or anything", i joked. Although my humour didn't reach my face and i could imagine that i looked quite mortified.
" Can you walk or do you want me to carry you ?", he asked.
" no i can walk, it's just a flesh wound, i'm fine", i said and stood up. My legs felt like jelly and i could feel my whole bod shivering, not because of the injury, but because i had this strong feeling that someone was behind me. I had looked behind my back several times and studied the scene and it was completely unoccupied, undisturbed. I shook on my two weak legs and ended up stumbling over. Josh caught me in his strong, yet gentle arms and i felt a sense of security for a split second being so close to him.
" Woah, okay you're not fine. Let me help you", he said and wrapped an arm around my waist, i draped my arm around his neck for more support and he walked me out of the stairwell and into the hallway.

•A.N•
Hey guys. Decided to write this at like 1:30 in the morning. No idea why but there you go. That's me for you. Anywho, umm I might end up writing a Crankiplier. Cba checking if I said that in the last chapter but who knows, we'll just have time tell us won't we. Thanks for reading and I'll see you in the next one. Byeee

-Pixeled74😜🧡