Re: [Serious] What lurks in the shadows (Open to Vae and Fro for now.)

[FroYo]

As Mishi attempted to pull open the door, she would feel another force pushing it open. Who was this person? An enemy? As the door swung open, it revealed that it was none other than Takao and Billy. It seemed they'd found this place quite easily but how..? It was hidden quite well.

Flashback:

"Ohmigod! It's Mishi, it's really Mishi!" Takao yelled with a big smile.

Billy smirked, looks like she really was here. Now... where was that exit again?

[Vaetric]

Mishi’s hair bristled as she saw that the door was opening itself, muffling a scream, she prepared to kick the door shut, before she noticed a familiar face popping out of the door. “Takao?” She blinked, “Billy? How did y-never mind, how do we get out of here?” She asked, she didn’t lock the door behind her, so the cannibal could barge in at any moment!  They really needed to leave, he’d probably be as strong as all of them put together.
 
She tried to push Takao and Billy back where they came from and close the door behind her. “There’d a weirdo running around, we need to leave!” She said, urgency in her voice.

[FroYo]

"Yeah, there is indeed a weirdo running loose." Billy said as he looked over at Takao with a small smirk.

"Hmm.. well, we just have to find the way we came in, right?"
"Easier said then done."

There was a few minutes of silence, everybody deep in thought, wondering where to go from their current place.

"Let's just get a move on. We can't sit here and think all day, plus, thinking hurts my head."

As soon as Takao said that, he turned on his heels and exited the room, he walked down the long corridor. On each side of the wall were paintings of the same person. A large person with an awfully large forehead and short beard. The person seemed to be in his 40's, he had goatee and very little hair on his head, they were all portraits so you couldn't see what he was wearing very well. He had tanned skin and on every picture he was smiling in a goofy manner.

"Who the hell is this freak?"
"Kinda looks like you, Takao."
"Oh Ha Ha. Very funny Billy."

[Vaetric]

Was Billy’s only job to make jokes about Takao? Anyway, she had to think. They could go down the elevator, but that freak behind the door might still be there, and there’s still the matter of it being broken. Okay, she had to find out a way back, maybe there’d be a window that Takao could smash out of to see if it’s safe?  She continued to think up other ideas before Takao walked away, he wasn’t even planning the escape?!
 
“H-hey!” She called out, before closing her mouth, did anyone other than them hear that?
 
She blinked at the portrait of the person. He looked… Weird. “Maybe he worked here?” She asked, probably their bose. Anyway, he seemed quite vain, apparently… And quite self-centred probably. Now it was HER turn to make the joke now. “C’mon you two, I don’t want to see Billy pre-plastic surgery any more than I have to.” She said, walking imbetween them and attempting to go through any door that might be there, taking care not to harm any of the paintings, since that’d probably get her into more trouble than she’d care to even think about.

[FroYo]

"Hahah! Nice one Mishi!"

Takao laughed at Mishi's little comment while Billy just walked silently, clearly annoyed. Just when they were about to reach the end of the corridor, something broke through the roof and onto the floor beneath them. It was Boar, the bald headed midget carnivore.

"Food! So much foods!" he yelled as he leaped towards Takao's neck.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Takao yelled as he slammed his fist onto Boar's chin, closing his open mouth shut and causing him to fall onto the floor.

Boar got up, the same wide smile on his face. He leaped towards Takao once more, Takao side stepped and dodged the flying Boar however he didn't notice that Mishi was right behind him.

"Mishi, move!" Billy yelled

[Vaetric]

Now she felt bad for Billy, but oh well. They were reaching the end of the corridor before she heard a crash, she blinked; she didn’t want to look around, what happened? She looked around Takao and saw that the cannibal freak had returned. Takao managed to punch him, but he only got up again!
 
Right, it was time to get back, Takao should hod him off long enough for her to be in the next room, she thought to herself as he instead decided to dodge the man and send him straight towards HER. She let out a squeal as she attempted to kick him away with all of her might while he was in mid-flight, should she be successful she would then run toward the next room, she didn’t want to get eaten! “Runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun!” She chanted, even as she kicked him.

[FroYo]

The kick collided successfully against Boar and caused him to slam against one of the wall's paintings. As Mishi ran towards the next room, the door that led into that room opened. It was opened by a bald headed man, he had two sharp teeth poking out his closed mouth and wore a black tuxedo with a red tie.

[Introduction]
[Drake Ula]

"Oi, Oi. What's with all thi-"

His eyes widened as his laid his eyes upon Mishi and believe or not, his eyes transformed into two love hearts. His jaw dropped to reveal his sharp teeth and he began to salivate.

"Ooooooh!~ A woman! It's a real woman!"

Meanwhile, Takao and Billy were trying to fight back the human volleyball but he just kept on coming back. Still wanting to eat them.

"This damn thing doesn't know when to stop, doesn't it!?"

[Vaetric]

Mishi opened the door, and saw another person. “Oh.. So-” she began, before noticing that he was being… A little strange. He was.. Salivating?
 
Another cannibal?!
 
She slammed the door. “Not this way!” She said, wincing as she took another step, that first cannibal was heavy… And her leg hurt. Where could she go? What could she do? She looked at the hole in the floor in which the little fat man came out of.  Hnn… It looked a little too high for her, she’dd have to find out another way to flee. “Where did you two come in from? ” She asked them, and they were… Playing with the cannibal? WITH THE CANNIBAL? She went over to kick him again, hopefully mid-flight, it was no time for games!

[FroYo]

Mishi's kick proved to be effective once more, it slammed against Boar and caused him to hit the floor. He lay on the floor, dizzy and unable to move.

"Foood..." he muttered before going unconscious.

"Well, that takes care of that... oh and we same from that way." Takao said as he pointed at the door which Mishi had just closed. He approached the door and opened it only to find the same bald man drooling.

"Where is my loooove?" Drake said as he twirled on his feet, his eyes still love hearts.

Takao closed the door.

"You know what..? I think we just all just go through that hole."

Takao preformed a little stretch before running towards the hole, once close enough he leaped and barely managed to grab onto it's side. He pulled himself up and found himself in some sort of kitchen. He looked around, no one seemed to be inside the room. Thank goodness.

"All clear!"

Takao then offered his hand to Mishi, if she grabbed it, he'd pull her up into the kitchen. At that moment, the door which Drake was behind swung open and he came running towards Mishi with open arms.

"My looooooooooooove!~ Come to me!~"

[Vaetric]

Mishi winced as she hit the fat thing, thugh it didn’t hurt as much as last time because logic. She bristled as she heard the bald salivating man talk about her. What’s WITH the people in this building and how have they not been caught out yet? They attack people in broad daylight for heck’s sake!
 
Anyway,  Takao seemed to be able to jump toward the roof, so she reached up and let him take her hand so that she could have some help in getting up there… If only the bald man didn’t have the idea to open the door in order to get there. What was he talking about Love? WHAAAAT?! “G-get away from me you weirdo!” She would say, attempting to flail her legs toward his direction, while still trying to get up with Takao,
 
But what about Billy? He’d be stuck down here with the guy with weird eyes! She admitted, she didn’t quite want to see him be eaten by some cannibal and… bald man #2. She guessed both her and Takao would have to pull him up ASAP when she got up there.

[FroYo]

Takao quickly pulled Mishi up into the next floor, it was too late for Billy for the bald headed vampire-guy was already in front of him. Billy turned on his heels and ran while Takao sat their giggling.

"We'll all meat the exit!" he yelled as he ran away from the salivating man/creature.

Takao dusted his clothes off and stood up, they were now in an empty kitchen. The room was a bit small but it was filled with all sorts of tools from knives to microwaves to oven etc. Voices could be heard approaching the kitchen, they needed to hide and quick. He looked around and looked for any possible place to hide, the only thing which caught his eye was an open empty refrigerator. Takao attempted to grab Mishi and run towards this fridge, it was quite big so he hoped they could both fit.

"Quick, hide!"

He would then attempt to push Mishi into the fridge before jumping in beside her and closing the door.

[Vaetric]

Mishi felt bad for Billy, they were leaving him to the freaks downstairs! But then again, she'd much rather it be him than her.
"Not funny, Takao!" She said, as she went off with him to wherever they could get to. However... Going up, doesn't that usually mean they're going AWAY from the exit? And now they're delving deeper into the peoples' territory! What was that guy even coming here for in the first place? Then she remembered something... That guy was talking about drugs, wasn't he?

This is a building.
FULL.
Of addicts.

Addicts can't be persuaded for anything other than their drugs, what irf she managed to take them, and hold them hostage, kinda? That might work, right? All she had to do was find their stash. "I've got an ide-...a." She began, and finished, when they entered the kitchen, becoming much more quiet when she heard the voices coming toward the kitchen.

She allowed Takao to take her hand, he seemed to have some kidn of idea, and led her toward the fridge, it was empty! And quite large, she was stuffed into it, she let out a little sound of pain, though that was only because she bumped into the back, and as Takao closed the door, she tried to place her ear against the fridge (while trying to budge Takao aside) so she could hear the conversation, if there was one.

[FroYo]

"Ouch, watch what you're doing..." Takao muttered as Mishi budged him aside to try and eavesdrop on the conversation which took place outside the fridge. It was packed inside here, most of the space was taken up by Takao's large guitar.

"What's taking Mich so long? All he needed to do was capture two people."

"We can't trust that idiot for sh!t. Next time, I should be the one who takes in hostages."

"Whatever. I'm gonna grab a bite to eat."

Footsteps could be heard, these footsteps sounded as if they were approaching the fridge! Takao panicked a little, where to now? They were squashed in a fridge with no where to go and a stranger was approaching that fridge quite quickly. Wait a minute... they didn't need to move. The fridge is the thing which needed to move!

"Hold on tight, Mishi."

Takao began to move side to side slowly, he then sped up and eventually. This movement caused the fridge to tumble forwards, onto the man who attempted to open it. A large scream was then heard.

"Bingo."

[Vaetric]

Ah! She was at the door of the fridge now. She could hear the two better, she guessed it was two. She blinked, hostages? Why did they need hostages? Were they doing on a heist? And why them?  She heard one of them say that they needed some food. And they were in the fridge. Damn! Didn’t they remember that it was out of food? Why was it out of food anyway? Was it the fat little guy who ate all of it? But what could they do?
 
What SHE needed to do was get to the back, so Takao could deal with it. Just as she was about to scoot over, Takao said something. “Hold on for what?” She whispered back, before he pushed against her then back. Woahwoahwoahwoah! Personal space! Though there wasn’t many when they were stuck in a fridge, but what was he thinking of? What drove him to push up against her back, then away again?
 
She felt an unevenness in the fridge. “Oh n-shit!” Her mutter turned into a squeal as the fridge was pushed forward. Yes, the man who was about to open it got squished or something, but now they know something’s up! And more importantly… “Takao.” She whispered, her head against the door of the fridge quietly. “How are we going to get out?” She asked. His short-mindedness is probably what drove him to do it, but she couldn’t help shake off the suspicion that it also led to him lying on top of her. She was in a position that she did not want to be in. And she did NOT want him to be in as well. There was no use in telling him to get off either, due to the limited space!
 
Maybe they could shake the fridge to the left and right? Unless there were cookers to it of course, then the fridge would be stuck as it was until it were pushed upwards. Hopefully Billy didn’t get romanced or eaten by the freak shows downstairs, maybe he could get them out? Or the two who were talking. There was another one of them, but somehow she didn’t quite want to know who that person was.

[FroYo]

"Oh shi- I mean I- Uh.. I swear it wasn't meant to be like this.." Takao said quickly as his face slowly became a red-ish color.

Although his plan to squash the guy worked successfully, it also led to him being caught up in a really embarrassing situation. What made things worse was the fact that it was a really small space, this made Takao unable to move much. Luckily, the fridge began to slowly move upright. It seemed the man was getting the fridge off his squashed partner.

"Damn, what's in this thing..." he muttered as he lifted it up.

As soon as it was upright, Takao nudged Mishi out off the way and kicked open the door, causing it slam onto the man's face. Both men were now down, one due to him being squashed, the other because his face got slammed by a door which was opening really quickly. Takao leaped out and dusted himself off.

"T-this never happened, ok?"

[Vaetric]

Mishi grumbled as he claimed that it wasn’t ‘meant to be like this’, what did he expect it to be like? She’d just fall through a rift in the world and end up outside the fridge? She moved her face to the side so she wasn’t face planted against the fridge door. As she thought, Takao couldn’t move up because of probably his stupid guitar, how long will they have to stay like this?
 
Finally, after a few moments the other person decided to move the fridge up, Mishi allowed Takao to nudge her out of the way so that he could push the fridge forward, she herself was getting tired of the small enclosed space and she added a bit of “oomph” to the push by kicking the door with him. “Finally!” She breathed, stepping out of the fridge and straightening her neck and back. “What happens in the fridge stays in the fridge.” She agreed, luckily Billy wasn’t here, otherwise he’d never let it down. “Also, think things through, dimwit!” She said, attempting to smack him a little upside the head, though not as hard as one would think. She sighed to herself, she was growing used to Takao’s hard-headedness, it seems.
 
She looked around. “Alright… Where’s the way out?” She muttered to herself, walking into a random corridor or opening a random door.

[FroYo]

Takao followed Mishi as she walked out of the kitchen into yet another corridor, the corridor lead to an elevator. Finally, a way out. All they needed to do was walk into the elevator and press ground floor since exists are always on the ground floor. Takao began to walk down the corridor, the same pictures from last time were hung on walls to their left and right.

"Him again... This guy is starting to creep me out a little..." Takao commented as he continued to walk along the corridor.

[Vaetric]

"Yeah." She agreed as she tried not to look at the paintings. "Oh, that reminds me, where's Billy?" She asked, looking around by instinct and then... She saw it. On a little table stand, what suspiciously looked like ivory, in the shape of a horse. She walked over to it and picked it up before going back to walking toward the elevator. "This must be a building of addicts, I don't really want to be their hostage." She said, trying to walk into the elevator.

"|Hmm... Ground floor, or first floor, so we could escape out of a window or something? There might be more of them on the ground floor, though." She said, inspecting the ivory horse she just got. Bingo, this should give her more beli.

[FroYo]

"Billy..? Who's that?" Takao pretended to question, hoping that they could leave that idiot alone and escape by themselves.

Approaching the end of the corridor, Takao pressed the button to call the elevator and waited.

"Though we don't know how high first floor actually is. Our best bet is ground floor." he replied to Mishi's question as the doors to the elevator opened.

Inside was that guy from earlier... um.. Mich? Mich had a large bruise on his head and he seemed to just have woken from a deep sleep. He rubbed his eyes and looked over at the two figures who opened the elevator. He was unable to see properly since his vision was a bit blurry.

"W-who's there..?" he questioned.

"Oh it's us, Takao and Mishi."
"Oh.. just you two."

Takao entered the elevator casually and waited for Mishi to follow before pressing the Ground floor button.

[Vaetric]

Mishi sighed as Takao made another anti-Billy joke. Seriously, when were they going to get along?

She blinked as she heard someone, turning around she finally noticed the person behind them. It was the one who tried to take them hostage! Takao said something to him which made him believe that they actually knew him. Probably because he had hit his head so hard on the elevator. In fact, didn't it break? They must have fixed it, she reasoned.

She took a corner as Takao pressed the ground floor button. She didn't want to speak in case Mich remembered her voice and therefore who she was. Since she was in a corner, he couldn't attack her from behind, and she could hit him if he tries to attack Takao. She placed the ivory horse behind her back and whistled to herself.

[FroYo]

As the lift made it's way down to the ground floor, it played some cheesy elevator music which Takao found enjoyable. He tapped his foot to the beat and nodded his head. Meanwhile, Mich stood in the corner, trying his best to stand up straight and using the elevator's walls to support him.

"W-where am I..?" he asked as he clutched his aching head.
"The elevator, you dumbass." Takao replied as he continued to tap his feet to music's beat.

The elevator made a ding noise to signal that they were at the ground floor. It opened up and Takao exited, only to see a beat up Billy laid onto a round table. Billy's face had bruises all over it and his nose looked out of place.

"W-wow, who di-"
"Fool, it's a trap!"

Takao turned to look behind him and saw Mich clutching a pistol, his finger danced dangerously above the trigger. Mich pushed the trigger, the pistol was aiming at Mishi, his vision was still a little blurry so he there is a chance that he missed. While this took place, a familiar figure watched the event unfold, he hung upside down from the roof of the room Takao and Mishi were currently in.

[Vaetric]

Mishi kept an eye on Mich, was he even in the same elevator? She wasn't sure, she didn't even know the structure of the place they were in, it must be quite tall and quite large.

Finally! The elevator opened, she was about to walk out when she saw that Billy was looking worse for ware. He said it was a tra-

She turned to see Mich, pointing a gun at her! No!" She screamed, placing her hands in front of herself (with the ivory horse) as he shot her. Luckily, Mich's aim was a bit off due to having been hit in the head, unluckily, he still hit her.

He managed to shoot her through her far left stomach, not hitting the intestines but still it hurt, and she was bleeding.

A lot.

She fell to her knees, gasping in pain, she clutched her wound, staring at the ground, looks like she was in shock.

[FroYo]

Crap! If only they dealt with this guy while he was in the elevator, now look, Mishi's on the floor with a hole in her stomach. Mich chuckled as he saw Mishi fall onto the floor.

"No one interrupts our drug dealings! Anyone that does has to pay the price, get that through your thick heads. Now prepare to die."

Mich then turned to shoot Takao but saw he was missing, where had he gone too? Mich looked left and right but there was no sign of Takao at all.

"Down here."

Mich heard a voice coming from the floor and looked down, only to see a crouched Takao in front of him. As soon as he lay eyes on him, Takao sprung upwards and slammed both of his gloved fists onto Mich's face. Once he was up,he kneed Mich in the stomach causing him to clutch his aching stomach and drop his pistol. Takao was about to finish him off but a figure leaped onto him from behind, he fell onto the floor and the figure sat on top of his back.

"So, are they the guy's friend? How fun."

This voice was... familiar. Takao looked up towards the person who sat on top of him. It was that bald, vampire looking guy from before! He looked like he was hungry... this was bad. The pistol was beside Mishi, three bullets left inside it. Mich crawled for the pistol while Takao attempted to shake the bald guy off his back before he started sucking his blood or some other wierd sh*t which vampires do.

The group were in quite the situation.

"

[Vaetric]

Pain.

So much pain.

She had to get the bullet out! She actually felt it, so it wasn't a particularly mortal wound, but she was bleeding! She bit her lip, and reached for the bullet. Pure pain. Gasping, she fumbled at it and eventually the thing popped out. She pressed her left hand to her wound, looking around. Billy was out, and Takao had taken down the one who shot her, but he was being attacked by the bald man.

The pistol Mich had was next to her. she reached for it, the pain being almost too much to bear, she reached for the pistol, should she take it she would aim it at Mich. "S-stop! Stay d-down!" she said, before turning the gun toward the bald man, trying to fire a shot toward his leg through tear-stained eyes.

[FroYo]

"Not on my watch!" Mich yelled as attempted to clutch Mishi's wrist and redirect the shot.

Meanwhile, Takao watched as Mishi attempted to save him from the bald man who sat on top of him. Damn it, if only this guy could move then he'd be able to get Mishi and Billy the medical treatment they deserved. Turning back to face the man, it seemed he was going for Takao's neck, was he a cannibal!? Takao elbowed the man across the face, causing him to roll off Takao. Takao then quickly got back on his feet before running towards Mishi.

"Quick, chuck it over here!"

[Vaetric]

Damn! She should've just shot the Mich guy, she tightened her hand keeping the blood from pooling out, and winced. She tried to kick Mich in the face multiple times, before hearing and seeing Takao going toward her. He told her to throw it, but Mich had her wrist! She tried to pull her arm back and then push it forward, it might not go far, but it'll go somewhere in Takao's direction.

Meanwhile, she'd just continue to try to kick Mich in the face, or anywhere close.

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