*Third's Pov*

Unable to sit this through, Jake decided to go look for Tessa to stop her poor hopeless attempts at finding her missing, probably now dead, roommate.

He first leave his room and went up the Tessa's room hoping she was probably still there.

However...

She was no longer in the room.

Jake: OMG! That idiot! I know she's worried and all...but...Why can't she just give up...finding Misty now is like finding a needle in a very very thick haystack.

It was pointless.

What happened to their vow of the five of them getting out together.

Jake: Tessa...

He couldn't help but worried about her even though he only knew her for a few days.

But it was thanks to her and Dudley, he begin to actually start caring about his siblings and cherishing them.

If he don't look for her now, he might not even be able to return the favor.

Jake: Let me look around the building. She couldn't have gotten too far...I hope.

*Tessa's Pov*

Misty...

Where are you...?

I'm so worried about you.

I know Jake and the others kept telling to give up. You were a hopeless case in their eyes. I couldn't help but feel a little angry but I want to prove that you're still alive.

You must be!

I had already left the motel a few minutes ago. I know this was a dumb idea but I need to make sure.

I need to look through every nook and cranny of this town. Places we missed or never checked.

I saw the store that Jake and the other siblings had encountered.

After hearing that the store owner, I...rather not go back in there again. Besides. It's only one more day until Hell closes in on this town and I need to rescue Misty.

This could be my only chance to...

Now let's see...

Melody had mentioned that had checked a couple of houses a day ago. One of them had Misty's belongings from earlier.

Maybe I might find something there.

I went up North of Dustville and begin scavengeing around for some items outside. I couldn't help but feel annoyed that I couldn't find anything.

Only trash and waste...

Me: This is going to be harder than I thought.

I went on over for the clothing store...that was left open...

Strange.

It wasn't apparent that quirky shops would be the place for women to find unusual, funky, quirky clothing. The kind of things that Melody wears. They have stores offering rare unique fashions, oddities, vintage, retro and more.

Inside this store there wasn't really much to look up much to my disappointment.

I walked into the room next door and saw a large shelf inside the dusty room.

Me: Maybe I could find something in here...

I checked around the shelf until I found an handle.

Me: IDK. Could be useful.

*CRASH*

My eyes went wide in shock as I turned my head to the source of the noise. The window nearby had been broken into and a strange unidentifiable creature appeared.

It was hard to describe what it was but it had unusually large eyes and pale skin and it seemed almost human-like.

Creature: GRRRRR....

The creature growled at me as it started to crawl towards me. Seeing that was my chance to brook it out of there.

I ran away from the store...luckily the creature wasn't following me.

Me: (What the hell...?! This town...is starting to become even more dangerous...)

At this rate, I need to keep on my guard.

Just in case, someone tries to jump at me from behind. I came prepared. O brought pepper spray and a swish army knife.

It wasn't much but it was good for protection.

Regaining my composure from what I witnessed. I decided to go check those houses that Jake and the others had seen from before.

Heading south, I went over to one of the desolated houses. There were still open thankfully. So I came into the room that had wooden floors and sketchy walls.

Me: Oh My Lord...

There were occult symbols everywhere...

With writing on the walls written in blood.

"The End Is Near!!!"

"They're Coming For All Of Us!!!"

"Join Our Cult For Salvation!!!"

"We'll Be Dead One Day!!!"

....

Just what the fuck...this is too much...

I then begin to read more...

"Within the bowels of these elements..."

"Where we are tortured and remain forever..."

"Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed..."

"In one self place, for where we are is hell and here hell is must we ever be."

"And, to conclude, when all the world dissolves..."

"And every creature shall be purified."

"All places shall be hell that is not heaven."

This...feels like I'm in some kind of purgatory...

No...

I can't give up now.

Misty needs me...

I checked into the room scavenging for items once more. But stopped when I noticed a top drawer was locked.

Me: Dang it...if only I had keys...wait a minute...instead of keys, it looks it need a slot...for an handle...

I just managed to find a handle not too long ago.

I pulled out the handle and pushed it into the slot. I heard a small clicking sound and opened it up.

It had a set of keys inside.

Me: Wow...like Jake...it seems like someone sure does love leaving keys around or keeping them where no one would find them.

I checked the keys...

They seem to open the bar, butcher, and police station.

Me: How handy~! With these, now I'm getting somewhere.

I don't think I'll find much from the bar and I definitely don't want to go back to the Police Station. The guy could still be inside. I hope. I left out of the room and headed on east to the Butcher Shop.

Me:....

Should I really...be doing this?

As soon as I got to the store. I immediately stopped when I noticed a few strange people talking.

I couldn't see their faces...they were wearing suspecious black robes...

Me: (They must be...the cultists...what are they doing here...in the middle of the night?)

I couldn't hear what they were saying because their words were too quiet. I then watched them leave. As soon as they were out of sight. I pushed one of the keys into the store and walked inside.

As I expected, inside the butcher shop, there were bunch of large frozen meat hanging from hooks. Fresh meat in store for anyone would be interested in buying them.

But for some reason...they gave off a really weird eerie...feeling...

Me:....

I then noticed the storage room...

"DO NOT ENTER"

Me:....

I should've listened...

As soon as I opened the door and walked inside...

Things had gotten more tense...

Heading deeper in the butcher's den, I saw many horrific thing inside. Blood was everywhere...There were human remains inside buckets. The putrid smell hits my nostrils. Maggots were inside the buckets chewing on the remains.

Just the sight made me felt sick.

I almost threw up when I saw  multiple decapitated heads on display on table sets.

That's not all...

There were human skins on the floor almost like they were made to be rugs.

Scary, terrifying, trilling, disturbing, unreal, unlike anything ever seen before...

What was also unsettling is what I saw on them...

Price Tags.

Price Tags on dead bodies of humans...?

Me: (Oh My God...What kind of business are they running here?!)

We...need to get out of this hell town.

I left the butcher's room. Luckily, no one saw me go in there. I made a break for it back down south to the motel.

I then stopped when I looked at the mechanic shop.

Me: I've been waiting for my car to so long. I wonder....

I walked on over to the mechanic shop and opened the door. Maybe I find something there.

I then went inside and looked around. To my surprise...I saw my blue car that had went missing from a few days ago.

Me: (My car! All this time! It was here! Yes!)

So they were hiding it from me! I'm not sure how they did it but I'm glad! Now we can all get out of here.

I can't wait to tell Melody and the boys the good news!

*BUZZZZZZ*

Me: What the-?!

I suddenly turned my head to light fuse as it blew out. The next thing I know. Everything was in total darkness.

I suddenly felt eyes were watching me.

I started backing away until I ended up bumping into something...or someone.

???: You know too much.

I didn't get the chance to scream as I felt them put something on my mouth...

No...

No...Not like this...

I wasn't able....to find....

My conscious faded away as I saw dark figures looming over me.

Misty.....

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