A Beautiful Nightmare

PART 3

I took it in my hands and was about to open it when we heard a loud crashing noise from downstairs.

We three looked at each other.
'What was that?', Jimin asked, skidding behind Tae.

'Seemed like it came from downstairs', he started walking towards the door, with me and Chim closely tailing behind him. God!! The courage this man holds!!!

We walked out of the room and headed towards the stairs. Chim was clinging on to my shoulder the whole time. We peeked down the stairs to see what the crashing was.

'Oh. My. God!!!', Jimin screamed seeing the sight downstairs. The once magnificent chandelier is now on the ground, shredded into many pieces.

'But how?! The last time we saw it, it was all good. It must have been hanging there for years and suddenly if fell. Just like that? And out of all things- IT FELL TODAY?! RIGHT NOW?! RIGHT WHEN WE'RE HERE?!!
TOO MUCH FOR A COINCIDENCE!!!',
Chim started screaming in panic.

'He is right Tae. We have got enough clips for our documentary. Lets go now', i said. I can see a small glimpse of fear on Tae's face but he tried to hide it with his armor of bravery.

'Ok. So listen here guys', me and Chim turned our faces to him and stood there, just like two obedient students.

'We have discussed everything in the beginning, right? This job... It is not easy. We will have to face many such situations under different circumstances. And if we are running away from it, then we'll have to keep on running our entire life! And i will not, i repeat, will not allow something like that to happen. So we are going upstairs, explore the other rooms, collect more clips and-', Tae's glorious speech was cut short by the sound of a door bursting open. And it was the same one.

We three stood petrified in front of the door. There was pin drop silence. The only sounds that were heard were of our rapid breathing.

'Leave.... ', we heard a voice coming from inside the room. 'LEAVE!!!'.

We didnt waste a second anymore.
'I- take it back. We -have to get- out of this place!!!', Tae said while we rushed down the stairs. We were really out of breathe when we reached down but we kept running as we had a good reason to get the heck out of this place.

Jimin and Tae were in front of me, desperately trying to find the right direction. I quickened my pace to reach upto them. While running i felt a piercing pain in my left foot but nothing could stop me right now.

Finally, we reached the front door. 'Why won't it open!', Chim turned the knob but to no avail.

'Turn this way you dumbass!!!', Tae pushed him aside and opened the door. It is true that one cant use his senses during such paranoid sutuations.

We got out of the manor. We were running towards the gate when i realised something.

'Wait. I still have this diary with me. I have to keep it back'. I was about to turn back when two hands seized me from either sides and dragged me along with them. 'Not now y/n'.

We ran and ran till we reached the main gate of the manor. Only then we stopped to catch our breathe.

'Well, that was- a good speech up there!! Could have- written it down on our headstones!!', Jimin said while trying to get a control over his breathing. Tae looked at him and sat down on the grass in front of the gate, we followed. We didnt utter a word for what seemed like minutes.

'Y/n! You are bleeding!!', Tae said while pointing at my feet. Oh yes, i was bleeding. Jimin mimicked a fainting expression.

'Must have been the glass of the chandelier. It's just a small wound. Nothing serious', i said while standing up.