Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2018 11:19:43 GMT -5
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The alarm stopped, leaving the basement pitch black. No more red flashing lights, just total darkness. This would have been fine, save for the fact that once the wailing of the emergency alarm shut off the hospital basement was filled with the sound of hissing and moaning, much like the sound the nurse from the second floor that went for Jane had made. “Do you hear that?” Riley asked Jane, his own breath stick deep within his chest. “Mmhmm.” Jane nodded. She felt the urge to take her phone back out and flip the flashlight on, but her phone was almost dead. She was also worried that the light might attract something nearby. Before she could even suggest keeping the lights off Riley already had his cell phone out and the flashlight shining in her eyes. “God, that’s bright.” She whined, her hands racing to her eyes. “I’m not sure the light is such a good idea.” “Well we need to see to get out if this maze.” Riley flashed the light around them, illuminating the fuse box once more before turning to face the door they entered through. He wasn’t wrong, it was so dark in the basement and Jane only had a faint idea of how to get back to the stairs. “But those sounds... they sound pretty close.” She said quietly. “What if it’s...” “We just need to run back to the stairwell. Just don’t stop ok?” Riley sounded nervous but he seemed to have the plan as formulated as a two second plan could be. “Ok. Ok, just don’t stop. Got it. You have to go first though... you have the light.” She grimaced at him, pursing her lips at the obviously dangerous and terrifying position he was in. “Fuck.” Riley whispered. “Ok, well. Let’s just go. I don’t want to think about it.” He grabbed Jane’s hand in his and stepped outside of the fuse room, the flashlight bouncing from from left to right to check the path. He pulled her straight down the hall, both of them sprinting. The groaning neared, they were heading in whatever was down here’s direction. “Riley!” Jane screamed as the flashlight passed over a body leaning up against the wall. Before Riley could even process her shriek he stumbled over its outstretched legs and into its lap. “Fuck! No!” Riley panicked, his phone sliding a few feet away from him. In the dark of the basement Jane could hear his screamed of terror. They were matched closely to the sound of hissing and gurgling. Though, now those sounds sounded wet. In a panic Jane ran to the face down cell phone and flashed the light in Riley’s direction. He was on his hands and knees, his left forearm locked into the jaw of a man dressed in military uniform. Her ears rang with his blood curdling cries for help. She was in shock, she didn’t know what to do but she knew she had to do *something. * Thinking as quickly as she could Jane spun the metal rod in her hands forward and with one swift movement she lunges forward, the rod aimed straight for the military corpses eye. All at once the sound of tissues being pierced, fleshing ripping, and Riley’s cries filled her ears and Jane backed up against the wall, the metal rod firmly lodged in the things skull. Jane fell to the floor and vomited. “Oh my god. Oh my fucking god. What happened? Am I going to die?” Riley was frantic. “Calm down. We need to get out.” Jane didn’t even know what she was saying. She didn’t really know what to say... “Am I going to die?” Riley asked again. Jane chose to ignore the question. She couldn’t answer it, she didn’t want to even consider the answers. “You’ve got the med kit on you, we can bandage you up once we’re back upstairs. Come on!” She helped him off the floor, blood dripping from his forearm into her hands. She held Riley’s phone tightly as the blood made it harder to keep straight. As she led Riley ahead of her towards the basement stairwell and noticed the military man she just stabbed in the head had a gun at his hip. *Get the gun. Just take it. * She coached herself in her head. With a quick movement she bent down and reached for the gun, yanking it from its holster and gripping it tightly. She didn’t know how it worked, but she assumed it was loaded... |