“Just pick one,” a whispered voice urged.
I shone the dim flashlight in both directions, hoping it would help with the decision making, but what I saw left me with no real answers. In both directions were the same exact layout: creepy doors that were left slightly ajar. The person with me grew impatient and took the lead. She snatchd the flashlight from my hand before choosing right.
“Nao!” I hissed after her.
I watched her walk right into the room without a care in the world before I realized that I should follow her if I did not want to lose my light source. Unfortunately, when I walked into the room that she disappeared into, there was nothing.
And I mean nothing. Absolute nothingness. I could not see anything, or anyone. I could not see a ceiling, or a floor, or my girlfriend. Just absolute darkness. Until my eyes adjusted to the darkness. Then, I saw several shades of darkness. And these shades of darkness were moving. In a slow, swaying, almost dragging motion. And they were moving towards me.
“Nao!” I yelled, my eyes searching desperately for her.
The figures were getting closer. When I turned around with the intention of leaving, the door slammed shut in front of me, followed by the timid sound of a lock clicking into place. Fear gripped at me as my brain came to the realization that I was trapped. There was no way out. The door was shut and locked.
And then there were these dark figures closing in on me. Slowly, but surely.
My vision darted left and right, up and down, looking anywhere and everywhere for something. I don’t know what and I don’t know how, but something to do something about this. I was not going down without a fight. As soon as I spotted a long cylindrical object, I counted my blessings and ran for it. But when I picked it up and felt what the material was, I couldn’t quite call it a weapon. Nonetheless, it was better than nothing.
I swung it a couple times before turning to face the direction I knew the figures were coming from. Except there was nothing. There was no swaying or moving. The figures just... disappeared.
My mind could not believe it. Something did not add up. It just didn’t feel right. They had to be somewhere. My eyes continued searching, when suddenly something appeared in front of me.
A pale, floating face screamed, “BOO!”
I screamed. I screamed and swung my so-called weapon at this floating face. I cried and screamed and swung until my ears finally registered giggles and laughter.
That was when I stopped and realized that my eyes had closed at some point in that encounter, because when I opened them, there was light. I saw the floor and the ceiling and various props in the room. And I saw my girlfriend, laughing hysterically as she cradled her side.
“That was not funny!” I shouted at her, half angry and half embarrassed.
“Yes it was! You should have seen yourself!” she replied between her laughs.
I briefly looked at the styrofoam noodle I was holding before tossing it aside and stomping over to the door that was labeled “EXIT”. I could hear Nao trailing behind me, her laughter finally having ended as she called for me to wait.
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