25 Chapter 24 (1/2)

*Gillian POV*

What the fuck do we do now?

There is a monster that is raging behind Frank, running like a train that is racing down the railway with no intentions of stopping.

I look at Alex as she looks back at me, giving me that 'deer in the headlights' look.

”Get out of the way!” Even though Frank is trying to protect us, his shouting is only building up to the tense atmosphere. But we listen to what Frank said and we move by the side of the door. Me on one side while Alex to the other.

Once Frank reaches us, he stops, turning around.

”What are you fucking doing?!” But all that Frank does is he gives me a quick reassuring looking before bending down, slightly, looking at the monster running towards him.

It screams as if calling out for help, it screams out in agony.

My eyes divert back to Frank as he begins moving. It wasn't before he took another step forward that I thought he has finally lost his mind.

Unexpectedly, Frank took one step backwards before legging it towards the monster.

He made two strides before jumping and diving as if he was about to dive into a pool of water.

Skidding on the floor, he passes between the legs of the monster.

*Third person POV*

Sliding in between the big legs of the mutated monster, Frank twists around, watching the running piece of decomposing muscle and flesh as it crashes and breaks through the door.

It fell with a mighty scream before laying still on the polished floor.

Next, Frank began walking towards where the iron door once stood, both Alex and Gillian follow him. Entering the room, they are met with a dozen pipes above them, ranging from colours of; red, green, blue, purple, black, maroon and yellow. Each used for a different function.

Gillian grips the torch that is in her hand as if it was about to run away from. She then steps forward, each step becoming a tad bit quicker than the previous. It is also that with every step she took, the surrounding became darker... and darker.

With a touch in her hand, she turns it on, illuminating the far wall, right across the 'temperature room', appearing like a dim circle. The light becomes stronger and the circle smaller as she gets closer to the wall.

Slowly pointing the touch around the room, she looks closely for any vault or any lever or anything that would help them in some way.

Suddenly, she stops upon something with a tattered shine, a circle, something like a steering wheel. Behind it was a red coloured pipe, stretching both upwards and down into the ground

”Guys, I found something...” she calls out.

With both Frank and Alex behind her, she walks over to the pipe before inspecting the wheel. Some of the paint was peeled off as shown by the colourless patches. Above it was a sign.

”Looks like we found it...” Gillian begins. ”The hot air vault.”.

Placing her hands on the wheel, she grips it tightly before forcing the vault to turn to the right. She tries a few pushed, but each ending with no movement.

”Want me to help?” Frank asks but steps back when Gillian gives him a look.

”I am not that weak, am I?”.

”I am not saying you are, I am simply offering you a hand.”.

”No thank you, I'm fine” Gillian replies.

Alex takes a small step back, ”and I'll be here if you need me...”.

Turning back around, Gillian takes a deep breath before placing her hands back on the wheel. With all of her mighty strength, she gives the vault one final push.

At first, cracking is heard before the wheel moved, very slightly.

Gillian gives the vault one last look but this time, she notices a layer of ice, built up where the wheel connects to the pipe.

Getting the back of the torch, she uses just enough force to crack the ice even further with her hits, weakening it.

When finished, she places her hands back on the vault before forcing a right turn, with a couple of budges, she manages to free the wheel before turning it fully to the right.

Moments pass before a red light beside them goes off, below the light 'Low Gas' sign is illuminated.

”Now where will we get gas from?” Alex inquires.

”There...” Frank says, pointing his torch at a large gas tank close to where they are standing.

Frank quickly walks over to the tank, immediately finding the black, rubber vault wheel.

He quickly cracks the inner side of the wheel to weaken the ice before placing his hands on the wheel and forcing it right. He gives the wheel a few tries and with his fourth try, he manages to free and twist the vault twisting it a few times. Shushing sounds followed, meaning that the gas began flowing and is ready to be used. Following that, the red light goes off, marking a sufficient amount of gas.

”Let's go back into the control room and see what we can do now...” Frank voices, resulting in both Gillian and Alex nod before they begin following Frank.

But they didn't even make it to the broken-down door when heard the monster awakening. It begins growling and moving.

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With that, Gillian, Frank and Alex rush out of the dark room, heading back towards the lit hallway.

”We have to hurry up if we want to get out of here alive... somebody is going to be on the watch while I try and see what I can do with the panel,” Frank, at this point, commands.

”Aye, aye, captain...” Alex lets out a sarcastic comment.

”Nice to see that someone is being optimistic about our survival...” Frank replies.

”Wow, sarcasm can save lives. First time I ever heard that...” Alex voices to Frank.

”Why the sarcasm tho?” he asks her back.

”Okay, truth be told, I don't like when people bossy me around or tell me what to do. I am sorry... I guess?”.

”Well, I will now ask you very nicely...” before Frank finished his sentence, we reach the control room. ”Will you, please, be on the lookout and tell us if that mutated piece of shit is heading our way. Please?”.

Alex lets out a gentle sigh.

”Only because you asked me nicely...” Alex replies before taking her place by the door.

Arriving by the panel, both Gillian and Frank were greeted by fragments of glass scattered everywhere along with a large hole in the lab glass in front of them.

”It did this?”.

Frank nods as a reply.

Cautiously looking around her, Gillian takes a step back, giving Frank some space.

”Okay, what are we doing?” Gillian asks.