Chapter 20

The duo arrived at the old style looking house feeling anxious. "Well, I was hoping I'd never have to come here again." Shun dismounted then went around to the side of the house. "The gate is still busted from last time..." he thought as he walked through. He looked behind him to see that Crow was still sitting on the D-Wheel. "Aren't you coming, Crow?" "Y-Yeah..." Crow replied as he slowly got off.

Jack was calmly sitting at his desk in another room when the lulled music suddenly got louder. "Who's there?" "It's me." Shinji said quietly. "Oh. What do you need?" "Why don't you stop reading and come party with us? Live a little." Jack stood up then placed his hands on both of Shinji's shoulders. "Fine. But, you have to clean up." "What kind of compromise is that? I lose either way." Jack let out a laugh then ushered Shinji out the door.

"How'd you get Jack out here?" Ruri asked in a whisper to Shinji. "Well, he proposed that I clean up everything. Alone." Ruri shook her head then gave him a serious look. "Did you really agree to it?" Shinji nodded then explained his reasoning. "Ahh, hopefully he'll have a heart and help out." Ruri said as she walked away. Shinji was about to pull out the games when someone nudged his side. "Oh, Yuto. And Rin." "You sound so glad to see us." "And you look a bit somber, you alright?" Rin added to Yuto's statement. "Yeah, everything's fine."

Shun slowly pushed open the door then looked around. There wasn't much light entering the house, so it was pretty dim inside. "Got a flashlight?" Crow shook his head at Shun's statement then watched as Shun went in anyway. "W-Wait. You don't know what's in th-" he started then stopped as Shun fell down a trap drop. It immediately closed behind him as Crow attempted to fall down with him. "What is this place? A haunted house?"

Shinji waved to the others as they all left to go home. He looked back at the room and was relieved to see that there was little mess to clean up. He started stacking cups, empty and full, then took them to the kitchen. "You don't have to do that." Shinji turned around and saw Jack walking towards him. "But you said-" "I know what I said. But, I never confirmed it, now did I?" Shinji thought back to the conversation then realized Jack was right. "You can go home. I'll do this." Shinji shook his head then continued emptying and throwing out plastic cups. "It's fine. I don't think..." Shinji said, but then got quieter. "What?" "It's nothing."

Crow entered a room that looked pretty run down. Judging by what was in it, he concluded that this was someone's bedroom. "Wonder who lived here." He looked around for a journal or even a picture that could hint at who had lived there. "Nothing..." he whispered. He sighed then leaned against a bookcase, only to find himself in complete darkness soon after. "Hello? Anyone?" he called out. No response. A small light appeared in front of him then started moving away. "Do I really want to follow this light. After what happened last time..." Despite everything telling him not to, he ends up following the light.

Jack threw away the last piece of trash then let out a sigh of satisfaction. He looked back at Shinji, who didn't look all too thrilled. "Well, you're free to go. I'm going to head up and catch some sleep. So don't bug me." He waited for Shinji to say something but only got a nod in response. "Thought he'd be long gone when I told him he didn't have to clean earlier. He's such a weird guy." He started up the stairs then took one last look at Shinji for the night.

Shun looked around him then noticed it was slightly darker than where he was before. He reached out in front of him and felt nothing. "Where exactly am I?" He moves forward with his extended hand then felt something cold and hard. "Metal?" He tried squinting but that didn't help him any either. He tried yelling to see if anyone was around, but he was only greeted with silence.

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