Holding Onto You ~ Joshler

Chapter 7

" Are you sure you're okay?", Josh asked me for the hundredth time. He had been fussing over me for the past ten minutes after we discovered we were sharing the asylum with a complete lunatic ; he blamed himself for the shock therapy incident but i told him he was being ridiculous, it's not like he had control over what he was doing.
" I'm fine, i told you, i'm okay", i said. He looked unsure but didn't push me any further. We walked down the hallway to the stairs and slowly made our way down to the first floor. Josh looked around before we walked out of the stairwell, i listened out carefully for any noise, there was none accept for the occasional moaning or screaming which i had grown immune to whilst i was alone upstairs. Josh held my hand tightly and pulled me towards the door at the end of the corridor. This should be interesting...
We made it to the door and Josh let go of my hand so he could push the door open, it swung open and collided with the wall behind it, creating a loud crashing noise that echoed through out the halls. We both stopped dead and looked out into the darkness of the hallway. When nothing happened Josh took my hand and lead me into the stairwell and we walked downstairs into the basement. The room smelled like stagnant water and dead animals, i creased my face up and cupped my mouth with my hand. We walked further down into the darkness and the smell got worse.
" Oh Jesus !", Josh yelped and turned around to face me.
" What? What is it?", i asked frantically. He shook his head.
" No don't worry, its nothing. Lets keep moving", he said and tried to pull me away, i didn't let him.
" No, i wanna know.."
" No you don't !", he snapped and dragged me away.
" Trust me ?", he pulled me close to him, really close. I smiled even though he probably didn't see and kissed him lightly, he kissed me back but pulled away quickly and persisted to keep me from what ever he saw, but whatever it was it smelled really bad...

* Josh's POV *
We walked through the darkness and the foul stench that only seemed to get stronger as we moved deeper into the basement. I shone my torch in every direction when something i really didn't want to see caught my eye and made me sick to my stomach. Attached the the wall right next to us i saw hacked up meat and blood and human corpses cut in half and mounted onto hooks.
" Oh Jesus !", i yelped and turned away from the gruesome scene. I made Tyler jump, he can't know, he would have a heart attack, i couldn't let him know.
" What ? What is it ?", he questioned. I shook my head quickly, i was shaking.
" No don't worry, it's nothing, lets keep moving", i said quickly, trying to pull him away.
" No i wanna know.."
" No you don't !", i yelled. I didn't mean to sound that cruel and i felt guilty for yelling straight away. I pulled him closer to me and wrapped one of my arms behind his back.
"Trust me?", i asked. He didn't say anything, he leant in and kissed me, my heart swelled and i melted into the kiss. It didn't take me long to remember where we were and what our goal was so i reluctantly pulled away and continued searching for the power switch that would free us. I saw a fuse box attached to the wall and opened it, shining my flash light inside and reading the conveniently placed labels beside each switch, i found the one that said ' lock down ' and flicked it. There was a loud noise as the shutters opened up, i looked at Tyler with joy and relief and we both started running back to the stairwell and up to the ground floor. We floored it down the hallway together but were stopped when the familiar blood curdling sound of a chainsaw stopped us in our tracks, we were approached by the saw wielding maniac himself, i let go of Tyler's hand.
" Run", i ordered. He flashed me a dirty look and yanked my arm back, trying to get me to go with him.
" Are you fucking insane ? Come with me !", he screamed.
" Go ! Now! I'll slow him down, you hide!", i growled and shoved him away from me. He didn't move until the man started charging at us, tears sprung into his eyes as he ran down the hallway, retreating back to the basement. I saw a pipe beside me lying on the floor and picked it up. The guy reached me and i dodged a swing of his chainsaw and drove the pipe into his side as hard as i could, he barely even reacted. Instead he grabbed me by the neck and slammed me to the ground, i whimpered in pain as i felt my head smash against the hard floor. He held the chainsaw high up in the air and drove it down towards me but was interrupted by Tyler's desperate screams, that fucking idiot ! The man left my side and sped down the hallway towards Tyler, he retreated back down the stairs out of sight...

* Tyler's POV *
I watched on in horror as i saw the guy with the chainsaw grab Josh and chuck him down to the ground with a loud thud, he whimpered out as the man stood over him and held the chainsaw high in the air, ready to slice Josh up. I couldn't stand there and watch that happen, i screamed as loudly as i could in a final attempt to get the psycho's attention. He looked over at me and left Josh's side, walking over in my direction, my heart leapt into my throat and i ran back down the stairs into the basement. I left the stairwell quickly and sprinted in pure darkness, i ran into a wall, but it was squishy and wet, a crack in the ceiling let a little light through so i could see that it was covered in bodies, human bodies. I backed away from the hacked up corpses when i heard the chainsaw right behind me and Josh's distant yells. I sprinted away from the psycho and to God knows where until i noticed i had met a dead end.
" No, no, no, come on", i sobbed quietly as the man grew closer and closer. I felt around my surroundings for something, anything i could use to defend myself, i found nothing so i duct down and tried to crawl around him. He grabbed me and flipped me over onto my back. But then i heard a loud thud and i no longer felt a presence sanding over me, the chainsaw was right next to me, Josh must've tacked him. The chainsaw was picked up and then i heard screams and the chainsaw cutting into someone, i felt a wet liquid rain over me and figure it was blood, and then there was nothing, the chainsaw was switched off and i could hear someone panting heavily.
" J..Josh?", i called out timidly, oh God please be Josh, please don't be dead, please...

•A.N•
Hey guys. There it is. The next chapter. I feel like these chapters are kinda small compared to the last one. Oh well, I mean it's not all about size as long as you know what to do with it. Hahaha sex joke. Edgy. I'm sorry. I'm have maturity problems. I'm 16 with a job and about to go into college and I have the mind and sense of humour of a 10 year old. Anyone know any good psychiatrists? Thanks for reading of my chapter!

-Pixeled74😜🧡