Ib

Chapter 5 - Help?

Now I have someone to be with!

We both went to the door that was being blocked by the statue.

"Stand back, Ib. I'll take care of this one." Garry said. He pushed the statue away from the door. He sure is strong.... And tall.

I used the key and we both entered the room. The room was tiny and has a small bookshelf in the corner. The door was locked, and I'm starting to think that Garry doesn't like small places. "Ergh, maybe the key's in one of these books. Eheh, we have to be quick, Ib. There might be something chasing us! Eh.." He said in a very quick tempo. All but one were opened. We checked the book and read the first page, same thing we did to the other books. "The gallery is like a spooky amusement park with lots of strange things! It's so much fun playing in here, the day was over before I knew it! Isn't it a fantastic place? Why don't you join me here? You'll be fine with all this company." Garry looked spooked out and he took the book from my hands and threw it away. "Ergh, I don't think we have to read that. Heh." He said nervously. Is he always this nervous? We heard a sound, it was the key from the book! We opened the door and saw two more doors. "Wow, this place sure have a lot of doors in it." Garry side commented. We checked out the first door and it had nothing but a mirror in it. "Do you like mirrors, Ib?" Garry flaunted. "Ergh, I don't know." I answered. "Well, I DO! Let's go check ourselves." Garry grabbed my hand and we both looked at ourselves in the mirror. We couldn't see ourselves from afar so we went as close as possible. We both saw a head peeking out in Garry's shoulders. Garry turned around and saw the head on the floor, staring at him angrily. "WHAT THE FUCK?" He shouted. I didn't understand what he meant though. He kicked the head and it bled. Which is pretty weird since non-living things don't bleed. "Oh, Ib.. I'm so sorry you heard me, please disregard what I said. That was nothing. Heheh, don't ever repeat that okay?" He grinned and shook his head.

We went outside the room and saw more of those heads he kicked. "What.." He said strangely. It looks like he's tired of seeing those types of things. I don't know why but ever since he came with me, I never got that "scared" feeling anymore. Even if he gets really scared, and since he's the eldest and more wise than me I should be scared too, it doesn't seem to bother me. I actually find it really cute when he gets scared. "Let's just go to the other room and not mind.. these.. stuff... yeah.. Come on now, Ib." He said while smiling at me. He placed both of his hands on my shoulders and continued walking. The other room had bookshelves and the seat I saw earlier in the gallery. There's a sliver plaque below the portrait. "Couple" is the name. They look really familiar. MY PARENTS! What.. No.. Why are they there!!!

"Is something wrong, Ib?" Garry politely asked. "Those... Are my parents." I said, I couldn't explain my emotions, I felt confused yet worried at the same time. "What?! The people in this painting are your mom and dad?!" He stared at the painting closely then stared at me, then back at the painting. "You sure look like your parents Ib!" He chuckled. "But why is it down here? They must be somewhere. Now how do we get outta here..." He continued. "I don't get it, there aren't any doors here, and there are only two doors outside and we know that there isn't a door in the other room.." I wondered. Garry was still inspecting the room and I think I heard him shout "EUREKA!". And again, I had no idea what he meant. What a strange guy. I'm starting to like him. "What is it?" I asked, while sitting at the chair. "This bookshelf can be moved, I'm guessing that this is the door?" He was smiling and laughing. As placed his hand on the bookshelf, we experienced another earthquake. Garry, as usual, fell on the floor scurried his way next to me. Suddenly we heard the bookshelf fell. "OHMYGAAAAAAWD" Garry shouted that for a very long time. He carried me and told me to close my eyes. I heard monster sounds and I've heard them before so they're quite familiar. "Just close your eyes, Ib. Everything, will.. Be ok---aaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!" He shouted. He was moving so fast it seemed like he was dodging something. Too curious to find out, I decided to go for a peek. There were 3 "frame ladies" desperately trying to grab Garry's feet. I searched for an exit. "GARRY! TRY THE DOOR!" I suggested. "THE DOOR'S LOCKED!" Garry's threatening the frame ladies by kicking them. I panicked. I panicked so hard I fell on the floor. I landed on my shoulder and I couldn't breathe properly, I then noticed that there was this hole, where the frame ladies came from, Garry was shouting for my name and I felt so weak, I pointed at the hole and he carried me and head straight at it. I couldn't remember what happened next, I immediately passed out when he carried me.