YOU'RE IT part 1

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"Curiosity kills the cat”… I should’ve listened.

It’s funny, a few hours ago I just wanted some inspiration for my next story. Now I’m trapped in this half built grave of a building, hearing growls that one can tell it didn't belong to an animal.

You must be wondering how I ended up here. Well, let’s rewind a few hours, back to when I still thought this was a good idea-

-“Sia i understand you do this for inspiration as a writer, but that does not mean acting within stupidity”, as usual i hear nagging from my friend Juno, overprotective i must say, but i can't really blame her, last time i almost saw death, all in the name of research, but hey i survived.

“Listen i will be fine, i won’t be long, i have already given you the address in case”

“ bold of you to assume that if you go missing I will try to find you, no thank you senorita, but I value my life”

“ Come on, do you really believe something will happen to me?, it's only an abandoned construction building, what can go wrong, and i am sure they made those rumours for the fun of it “, finally closing my backpack that had my essentials, i wore it over my shoulders ready to set off

“If you think it's fake, then why are you going?”

“Inspiration, duh”, I hugged her bye and left without hearing her further.

Stepping into the open clear where the forest used to be, only the trimmed down trees remained, splintered stumps and half-buried roots scattered across the muddy ground. From a distance, an unfinished building emerged from the shadows of the forest, its frame rusted and hollow reflected the pain of the now dead land that once breathed around it.

The air was still and empty like something froze the place. Then came a sound, a low groan, I took a deep breath, my heart pounding, hoping it was just a metal shifting or something that won't pounce on me. And I kept walking towards the building.

Somewhere in my head it was a bad idea, something in the air didn't feel right. I haven't come this close, and yet it seems like the wind is already attempting to drown my ability to breathe. Will it be worth it? I turned around wanting to go back to my bed, and just sleep over it, but the thought i didn't even try for even 10 minutes, will haunt me all night if i don't do this today, turning back again towards the abandoned construction site, I headed towards the entrance, I put a timer on my watch for 10 minutes and started filming.

The ground floor was dead, empty, nothing was there at all, you didn't have to go around, you could see everything from afar.

Not even three minutes in, till my chest felt dry and heavy, I had this urge to vomit as if something was trying to claw its way out of my throat, tears filled my eyes and I knelt down attempting to spit it out. After a bit of a struggle blood oozed from my nose, and then it started to flow out of my mouth, my eyes started to blur as I struggled to get up.

I somehow managed to crawl but even that started become a struggle itself, breathing wasn't even an option anymore , my lungs felt suffocated, I took my phone out and tried to call Juno, but my blurry eyes made it difficult to find her contact, squinting my eyes I finally found it and dialed.

“Sia?”

I wanted to call out for her, but the words were stuck in my throat

“Sia? Are you okay? What's going on?”

“J-juno”, her name was the last thing I whispered before I blacked out completely, bashing my head on the ground

10 minutes have passed since Sia laid lifeless on the ground, juno voice was calling out from the phone hoping there would be reply, the phone soon disconnected and after awhile Sia finger moved showing a sign of life.

“ouch what even happened”, holding my head as i got up, rubbing my eyes, that was covered with dust, blinking myself awake, I found myself on the ground floor.

I checked my phone and saw no network

Time: 10:15pm

Weird I swear when I called Juno it was the same time, how is it still 10:15?

I looked into my phone camera and saw no sign of blood coming from my nose or mouth, I even checked where I laid, and there was no blood on the floor, hmm maybe i was hallucinating.

I tried to call Juno to tell her I am fine, but there was no signal, I mean I will be home soon anyways, I am sure she can wait another 20 minutes, right?

Heading towards the stairs, I went up the first floor. There were rooms…not fully done, yet it seems like it was built somehow, but the question is how did they leave the ground floor empty with nothing, and this floor with first draft built rooms …. Looking into each room, I found nothing but mere dust and cobwebs, this place reeks like abandoned sewage ... .question is why is it abandoned in the first place?

After clearing the second floor, I came across the third floor and it was the same, slowly it felt like a big waste of time ,I could've just binged supernatural for an idea. I grabbed my crisp packet, and started to munch before my stomach could eat itself for dinner.

“ ah this is pointless, I am going”, i huffed in annoyance, that nothing happened so far, and also worst no inspiration at all, I headed towards the stairs, and started walking down while listening to my music on my headphones, that shield my focus from reality.

A faint reality that I was ascending back to a nightmare, instead of descending away from it.

I stepped forward, thinking it was freedom waiting beneath me. It was only when my foot met nothing but air, not solid ground, then I realized the ‘exit’ wasn’t a door at all. It was an unfinished edge of the third floor, where a wall should’ve been… and below, the forest waited like an open grave waiting to pull me in.

But before my doom could begin, two firm hands yanked me back from the edge. I fell back with a thud. My bag rolled away from me while I catched my breath, I got up and my eyes met with a lot of people that apparently were not here before.

Few things I couldn't understand

No1: how the hell did i end up on the third floor again?

No2: where did these people, that are currently staring at me, come from?

And no3: Why is this random boy holding my bag and eating my chips?

He owes me 85 quid!

I took off my headphones, the soulless air dimming the ringing in my ear and before I could even question anything, the man who supposedly saved me covered my mouth with his hand.

I couldn't let even a slight muffled scream out with how stern his hand was on my mouth, and with his other hand grabbed and lifted me away and ran, the others followed along, including that idiot still clutching my bag and eating my chips, somehow unfazed by death itself. I wasn't sure where we were heading, every corner we took, looked like an unfinished labyrinth.

“ Whatever you do, do not make a single sound”, His tone itself was enough to make me obey his words. A growl rose from the dark, wet and croaky. My heart skipped a beat, fearing even the sound of it thumping in my chest, would lure it towards us. From the edge of the broken wall, a glimpse: skin stretched too tight, limbs bent wrong, eyes like two wet holes searching the dark for its prey.

Oh why did I even think this was a bloody good idea? Fearing for my life and regretting my life decision, my eyes turned moist filled with tears but I quickly blinked it away. Then it stopped. Its head turned, it sniffed the air. And it knew we were here.

To Be Continued >_<

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