forum "5821" ((STALKERS WELCOME)) 1 on 1 w/CasualAssasin

Started March 08, 2021 by @someone_who_occasionally_writes_

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"Alright then. Let's go." They stood up and began walking alongside the pipe. "It goes into this door. Do we want to risk opening it?"

"Just have your knife out."
Adam nodded his head and respectfully stepped behind Orion.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you, you big baby." They hid a grin, eyes on the pipe. "How long do you think this goes for?"

"Oh shush, you're the one with the knife, and I couldn't tell you. I say just follow it."
Adam bumped into the back of Orion before stepping back a bit, "Sorry."

"Don't. Touch," they said. "No touching unless I tell you otherwise."

'Yes yes yes, I know, I said sorry, it was an accident, just- go on."
Adam stopped, and looked over his shoulder.
He could hear a very faint tune, something far away, but he could hear it.
And that meant someone was in there with them.

"Orion, do you hear that?" He whispered.

They nodded once and turned slowly, drawing the knife from its sheath. Taking a step backward, they watched the corridor carefully.

"Don't you think we should hide?" He whispered, pointing at several of the doors, "We have a lot to choose from."

~~~

James heard whispering as he neared a corridor that split into four halls.
He had a choice.
"Here kitty kitty kitty." He said, trying to decide which hall to go down.

"I don't think so. We could be trapped. It's better to stay in the hallway. Where we can run. Or maybe fight. But if whoever it is has a gun, don't fight."

Adam nodded, looking up and down the corridor that they were in. His heart was beating out of control and fear got the best of him.

~~~

James heard more whispering, but couldn't figure out where it was coming from. He didn't want to go down the wrong hall, but he needed to move sometime.
He started to get frustrated.

"Come out come out! COME OUT! COME OUT!! COME OUT!" James screamed.

"Calm down, Adam. Jeez. I'm not going to let you die. Take a deep breath or something. This isn't the best time to be panicking," they said quietly.

"Easy for you to say."
Adam jumped at hearing screaming from afar, and impulsively grabbed Orion's shoulder.
"Yes yes yes don't say it I know."
He let go and brushed the front of his shirt, "Do you think we need to move? They're screaming."

"Did you just wipe your hand on your shirt? Do I have cooties or something? And no. Why would we move? We have the upper hand here. We can hear them coming, and we can look and see them, if we wanted to. We could end up running into them."

"You don't have 'cooties' Orion, it's just a habit. And what if they have a gun or something? We only have a knife, we need to hide."

"If they have a gun, we surrender. Hiding is just going to back us into a corner. A corner would be the worst place to be. I mean, we can't run anywhere. We have no way out. And whoever that is knows that. They put us in here."

"I just hate being out in the open. Are we just going to stand here? Until they come?"
Adam shook his head.

~~~

James heard some frustrated whispering from a corridor, and he was certain he knew which one it was, so he continued to sing the ABC's, walking down the third corridor.

"Yes. That's the only option left. We stand no chance running, so you'll have to suck it up."

Adam went to say something but he heard some singing getting closer.
"Orion, we need to-"
He stopped, not wanting to alert the person.
He was practically trembling uncontrollably, wanting to run, but not wanting to leave Orion.

"Stop shaking. What, do you want to hold my hand? You're being a wuss, you know that? That's not going to help us get out of here."

"Damn it Orion, we could die!"
Adam acted with a swift motion, and opened the nearest door, ducking into it, and started looking around.
It looked like a little girl's room, pink. There was a wardrobe, bed, closet, and such. Lots of hiding places. He couldn't fit under the bed, and the wardrobe looked a little small, so he resolved to hide in the closet. He saw a tin tee ball bat leaned up against the wall, and he hurridly grabbed it, ducking into the closet, hoping Orion wouldn't be pissed.

"Fine. I'll live, you die. When people ask, it isn't my fault." They turned their attention to the corridor, focusing intently. If you were to look closely, you would see their pupils dilate. They tipped their head. "You've backed yourself into a corner, you know, Adam."

Adam started breathing more heavily, oxygen a little limited in the tight closet, but it's better than being out in the open. He wished the Orion would hide too, but he couldn't make that decision for them. He tightened his grip on the bat, biting his tongue.

~~~

James stopped singing as he reached the end of the corridor, and when he realized what he had done, he screamed and banged his fists on the wall.
"You can't hide forever! YOU CAN'T HIDE!"

He ran back to go down another corridor, hopefully to find the kids this time.

"Jesus. Whoever that is needs to chill out," they said quietly. They didn't want to stab this person, but if it'd get them out of here. . .

Adam jumped upon hearing the yelling and tightened his grip yet again.
~~~
James started sprinting down another corridor, practically yelling the ABC's.
He didn't want to kill them no, he just wanted to scare them, he wanted them alive, for now.

"Adam? I'd get out of that closet if I were you." They looked at their knife then at the door Adam was behind.