Elise fell to her knees. Alex simply lowered his head and put his hand on her shoulder. Suddenly he turned, hearing a strange hissing noise. He just had time to see a shadow fade into the darkness. They quickly agreed that they had to leave the house and get help, or just as far away as possible. But they couldn't just leave Tony. They slipped the noose from his neck, and laid him down with his hands on his chest. He was so light they could have carried him without any trouble.
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The tunnel seemed longer than it did before, but though Elise and Alex blamed this on the death of Tony, the dark and that fact that they were underground. But these accusations were false.
The tunnel had changed since they found Tony.
They were now lost. The tunnel still led to the exit, but there were now many side passages that ran under the whole village. These were either dead ends, pitfalls or just loops. There was no hope for finding a way out without any trail to leave.
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All the time they were walking around, they were being followed by a restless spirit. The house was his, for he had been chained alive to a wall in the underground tunnels, this was HIS home for he had spent centuries here. But these siblings, these meddlers, had angered him so.
Most of his wrath he took out on the first victim, Tony, and decorated his house with his innards, as a warning to the others. Anyone who was clever would have fled immediatly, but these idiots had decided to find their brother. He would soon act upon them, but he had something special in mind...
Elise and Alex were incredibly fatigued now. It was roughly 12pm when they had heard Tony scream, it was now 11pm. 11 hours underground. Finally, The Spirit was ready. He let them glimpse the exit of the tunnel.
Alex saw the light instantly. Unthinking, he ran ahead, desperate to get to the light and freedom. But he did not check the way carefully; I doubt anyone would have in such a situation.
Alex was caught in a net that slammed in up into the ceiling of the tunnel. The bungee connecting the net to the ceiling snapped, and the net was dropped into a pit of spikes. Alex was killed instantly, his blood spraying up into the air and slowly filling the pit. Elise, horrified by what had happened, broke into a run towards the light. The Spirit, distracted from his joy of the kill, chased after her.
Elise was back on the ground floor. The House was the same as it had been, nearly 12 hours ago. If Elise had known that she would have been safe at the stroke of midnight, she wouldn't have stopped to catch her breath. She got up suddenly, for she saw The Spirit climb out of the trap door holding a fireaxe. He swung down, narrowly missing her left foot.
She sprinted back to the door, but tripped up: The Spirit had grabbed hold of one of her legs. She fought back, but could not break The Spirits' grip.
10 seconds to midnight...
The Spirit pulled his axe up and prepared to strike.
5 seconds to midnight...
Elise finally broke the hold on her leg. The Spirit brought the axe down.
1 second before midnight...
Disturbing...
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