Day 2-Tougher than Expected
I am awful at keeping up with this. BUT I SHANâT GIVE UP!Â
I watched as he continued to mess around with the beakers and those...bugs. It made me squirm just watching them crawl up his neck. He never flinched once. I tried memorizing his image. Okay so he wore a black shirt..blacks jeans...black shoesâŚ. This was going to be a nightmare to explain to the police. If I even made it to them. The only distinct feature was the disgusting sewage green colored hair. If he really wanted to though, he could re-dye his hair back to his natural color and never be found. Yep, I was screwed.Â
I got lost in my thoughts and went back to when I was studying psychology. I didnât learn much but Iâve met a few good nutcases to know one when I see one. Owker...that guy was insane. (His name was really Owen but hey, we all have our preferences) Alan, nothing too severe. A Parker? I think? A Michael and a Westin. He didnât look like any of them.  Maybe a little bit of a Michael but...he was different. He actually seemed sane, if you ignore the laughter and murder.Â
Obviously he had a reason to come here and kill Henrik. And what was that reason? Yeah, exactly, thatâs what was bothering me. What bothered me even more was that he claimed to have broken all the light bulbs. Then his strength and very concernedly his speed.Â
Did I have some sort of panic attack? Or...did my mind simply refuse to see Henrik get stabbed? There was no way he could possibly move that fast. They were both standing together and in half a second Schneeple was crouching down in pain. And how the hell did he get in here?! Schneeple said there was no back door. Unless he lied? No. He wouldnât do that. Maybe the window? Even so, why would Henrik lead us (most importantly me!!!!) there if he knew?
âDammit!â He growled, ripping off one of the bugs on his shoulder. âYou son of a bitch!â He stomped his foot down. As if that wasnât enough torture for the poor insect, the man...Mike? Yeah Iâm sticking with Mike. As if that wasnât enough, he slid his food back, leaving a disturbing trail of the bugâs insides. There was a long ten second creak coming from out the door. âGreat.â Mike muttered.Â
He picked up a syringe and collected more from the beaker. Look youâd think after watching ten horror movies and being an hour into this messed up situation, Iâd learn not to move. Nooooooooo. My body uncontrollably slouched downward. I instantly tensed up. He paused and slowly turned his head, scanning the room.Â
âHenry!!â A familiar voice shouted. The doors swung open. I was so surprised and nervous yet very relieved. Jackie, a favorite colleague of mine, stood there drenched in sweat. He wore his same old red hoodie along with some dark blue jeans.Â
Mike let out a low sigh, tapping on the sink. âI had a feeling youâd show up sooner or later. Get lost.âÂ
âWhereâs H-â He drifted off, staring at the body in front of him.Â
âYeah sorry. Daddyâs gone.â He mused. âDonât worry, big brotherâs here.âÂ
âAnd...y/n?â Jackie never lifted his head up once, his eyes were fixated on Henrikâs corpse.Â
Mike had a sinister smile and tilted his head. âHuh, I knew someone as in here.âÂ
âJack!!!!â I screamed inside of my head. I covered my face. âIdiot.â I took a deep breath and felt kinda sore. Okay letâs be honest. This wasnât the most comfiest box and as squeezed in as I was, my lower back was aching.
 âWe can fix him.â Jack said. âYou can. Iâve...we both know you can.â Mike scrunched his nose and set his knife down on the sink, admiring it. âPlease Anti.â He continued to plead.Â
I cocked my head to the side.Â
Stand back Owken we have a new champion for the oddest name ever!Â
âTell me something.â Mik-Anti straightened up. âDid Henrik.â He hissed his name. âPromise you anything? That heâd make you into something greater than you once were?âÂ
Jackâs face turned pink. â.....yes.â He admitted. He grabbed his hoodie and lifted it over his head, embarrassed.Â
âWell Parker, what exactly did he offer you?âÂ
â...to make a dream come true.â He mumbled, becoming more shy.
 âWell boy wonder, your villanâs right here.â Anti held his arms out wide as if saying âTry me.âÂ
âPlease...donât make me.â Jack whimpered. âI donât want to hurt you.â He seemed really hurt. It made me wonder..how they knew each other. Neither Jack or Henrik mentioned about some Anti freak.Â
Anti snickered. âHurt me? You expect me to actually fight you? Thatâd hardly be fair...donât you think?â He roamed across the room. His footsteps came closer. He stopped by the box again.Â
My eyes watered and I squeezed them shut, like a kid cowering under a blanket, hoping the shadow on the wall would go away. Jack kept silent, making it ten times worse. It was so quiet. Absolutely nothing. No breathing, no laughing, no bodies shifting, not even a freakin creak in this godforsaken warehouse!Â
It got to me. I slowly opened my right eye to take a peek out of the cardboard tab. I let out a shriek, seeing his eyes stare back at me.Â
âThereâs my little puppet.â He grinned as I frantically tried to scramble out of the box.Â
âJack!!â I screamed as loud as I could. All of a sudden I felt a sharp snap and quickly held my neck in a panic. My vision blurred out again, like before.Â
âJack?â I recognized his bright red jacket. I was now standing in front of him. âJack!â I cried. There was still hope.Â