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Before I could even open my mouth, he was on the stairs, descending in a flurry. I followed without questioning. The passage to the underworld was open- and we were on a beeline towards it. We spun around and around the spiral staircase, weightless, as if floating on the river Styx.

The satanic symbols adorning the walls creeped into my subconscious, polluting my mind with the inferno and insanity of the witch who put them there. No, no, no. I could not, would not succumb to its control.

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"Josh...?" I whimper, my voice quivering and nervous.

I shuffle toward the unidentified person, my feet attached and morphed into the ground. My heart beat increases rapidly, the thundering drumming of my chest echoes harshly around the desolate, disease ridden room.

I pant heavily, each breathe consisting the entirety of my anxious and unsettled emotions, weighing me down and bringing me to Josh's level. I crouch down

Josh...

He's curled up against the corner, embasking in the darkness.

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My feet involuntarily went rushing towards the basement. My tongue tasting the salty dust. My body in despair and freezing in cold. I was loosing my hope for finding josh. Josh's voice was echoing in my head. Panic struck me.

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When I awoke from unconsciousness, my body was a brick - sturdy and rigid. My sweltering breath latched on my face like glue. I realised I was facing a wall. No, a corner. Soon, the air became stagnant and my breaths shallower. My eyelashes gently brushed the soot off the wall; it caused irritation in my eyes that resulted in saline tears trickling down my cheeks. Failing miserably, I attempted to jerk my hand to test if it still had any form of sensation. Numb. Fear had caused the sensation to desert me.

The eerie silence that consumed the room was unprecedented. Where was Heather? Had it gotten to her too? These questions were interfered with the familiar sound of Heather’s footsteps. Suddenly, her footsteps slowed to a stop.

Heather spoke to silence. “Mike?”

She patiently awaited my response, but I knew there wasn’t any. I wanted to scream ‘run’ but the words choked in my mouth. Still numb. But I was too late. I heard a body drop to the floor so effortlessly with a loud thud. It was Heather.

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As I promptly plummeted into the ground by an obscure force; my whole body was stunned in despair. I couldn't move. I couldn't crawl. It was like I was stoned to the ground. As I laid defenseless; a droplet of tear slowly slid through my anguish face, as I exhaustively reminisced all the treasuring moments that I had once spent with the people I loved. Every hope that I once had, every dream that I once imagined, gradually disappeared; as my steady breathe and palpitation slowly diminish.

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This was it.

We walked into our denouement. My culpable conscience tormented me, I cursed myself. My

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There was no air in this menacing world; lack of oxygen descended on my mind in a state of trauma. In desperation I sucked in another breath- burning my lungs in ferocity that consumed me

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The sudden silence caused anxiety to rise in me. Had I finally been left alone ihave this God forsaken maze? I gathered every ounce of courage in my being to look at the wretched sight that stood before me.
There he stood.
A cold stare was directed
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I felt a sudden force. A force that lowered me into what seemed to be a deep dark entity. This is where my death was surely heading! A slow painful death , there was nothing I can do! This was it. I closed my eyes running somewhere with the camera , waiting...I could hear her getting closer and closer. My

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I was abandoned . Unaided . My sanity slowly started to slip away.ancient satanic symbols and signs were impeccably carved on the grimy walls,but my vision was too blurry to focus on anything.A baby's tumultuous shriek impaled my earbuds. My head throbbed and my heart palpitated readily.Trepidation and dread coursed through my veins.I felt suffocated with anxiety and agitation.I knew it.I was walking towards my demise

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The escspe was in sight. The ceiling to the floor were all closing in like sheep sent to a slaughterhouse. I had no tears to shed because of dehydration. My mouth was dry gasping for air. The camera lied on the floor - reel of cassette still spining and light pointing at a wall. I creeped towards it. Mike stood look at the wall. Arms and legs dripping with blood.

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As I started getting my sight back, it felt as if a forsaken body was carrying me. An unidentifiable soul controlling my actions. Fatigued- I felt powerless. Nothing but a wall foreshadowing heather entering the attic. Screeching voices began to rip through my ears; heart racing. My soul tormenting me as it slowly departures.

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I as strolling towards my death.This was the end.Josh stood motionless facing the wall an invisible force pulled me towards Josh.my limbs gave sea, making me weak, helpless; my hearing deafene, my eyesight blurred and my focus was entirely thud that was coming from my hesrt, getting slower with each second , the diminishing pulse making me numb, and it only got slower and slower.glimpses from past life flashed upfront of me