Not a Game (Youtube Fanfiction)

Chapter 26

Ethan' s POV
It all happened so fast I didn't see it happen. I only had time to backup before he got to my cell. only this time it wasn't Nate. It was Jack.

"Oh look, he got smart this time." Growled Jack's body.

"You're not Jack." I said as I backed myself all the way to the other wall of my cell.

"Yeah well when that Natemare mother fucker let that idiot back in control, I thought it was about time to come out to play." He said playfully as he looked through the bars of the cell as he held up the key to the bars. "Come on Ethan you know you want it."

I fought the urge because I knew it was going to be a trap. I stayed at the back of my cell with my back against the wall. I waited as he jangled the key around to try to tempt me to run up and try to grab it.

What if I can make him come in here. All I need to do is make him think I am one of them, then he might come in here. But how do I do that?

I look past Jack or Anti or whoever he is right now and I saw that Nate was shaking. That's it, all I have to do is act like I am fighting between two different personalities. But I can't show my face, I don't know if I am going to be getting something wrong.

I started to shake. Then to be more convincing, I fell to the ground and started to mummer as I rolled up into a ball with my back facing the door.

"What's going on in there Ethan?" The thing at the door said with what sounded like excitement.

I didn't respond, I just kept shaking and thinking, Please come in, please come in!

Finally after what felt like forever, the door opened and there were footsteps inside, coming towards me. I heard them stop right in front of me. I didn't stop, I only had one shot at this and it had to work. Then I felt a hand go on my shoulder. Without looking to see where I was aiming, I punched up into the air, hoping I would hit something and when I felt contact, I knew I had. I rolled out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit as well. When I got up I noticed that it was getting up as well so I elbowed it in the back of the head to keep it down and I saw the key on a string around his neck. I grabbed it and ran for the door. It left the door open, so I just ran out and slammed the door behind me. Just after it closed I heard it slam shut I heard something run into the door. It had tried to follow me out. I didn't look back, I just ran. As I ran I heard it screaming behind me but I didn't stop. But as I ran I started to hear voices up ahead. I slowed down a little bit and heard the talking coming from inside a cell on the right. I carefully looked inside and saw Mark and Matt on the floor talking in low voices. I was so stunned to see them in here that I couldn't speak. Right before I was about to see if my voice worked, Matt looked up and saw me.

"Ethan! You're alive!?!" He said as he got off the ground, quickly followed by Mark.

"Yeah! Here let me get you guys out of here." I said as I started to fumble with the key and slid it into the lock. When I opened the door I was immediately hugged by Mark and Matt so forcefully that I almost fell over.

As they hugged me Mark said, "We thought you had died." When they finally started to let go he starts to say, "How did you survive?" as he looked at me with wonder in his eyes.

"I don't know. But we have to get out of here. Jack is not Jack anymore and I barely got out of there." I said while looking at the ground, not wanting to make eye contact with them as I told them what had happened. After I finished explaining briefly there was a uncomfortable wave of silence.

"So what do we do now." Mark said, breaking the silence. "We can't just leave them there, they could still be in there. I mean it sounds like Nate was able to come back out, so maybe we can get Sean back too."