Shakily, you approach an deserted pathway together with 3 other friends.They are Pheron, Kuron and Zack. Pheron asks, "Zack, are you sure this is the place of the abandoned city?" Zack replies Pheron with a nod. Kuron points out, "Look! There's an old man with a wheelbarrow coming to us."
[[Old Man]]The old man arrives to talk to you and your friends. He warns you and your friends not to enter."Please don't go in. The people are not going to leave you alone..." He says coarsely.
"Nah...He's just a random person... Sorry Sir, but will you mind us if we enter?"Pheron tries to talks back. The old man gestures them to come with him.
They approach a rock, with the following engravings "Do not enter. The last person is dead. 7 January 1641."
[[You become scared]]
[[You ignore]]"Oh my goodness!It's made of blood!What do we do about this?" Zack's hair stand up. Shocked by what Zack said, you shiver,thinking of what could happen when you and your friends enter through the fence gate.
Pheron, trying to show a brave face, replied "This old man is lying. Its just a fake replica, or something very random." Kuron interjects into the conversation, saying, "Are you serious Pheron? We know you're brave, but please show some respect and not talk like this to an old man!"
Pheron and Kuron start blatantly arguing to each other. Zack chooses to split them both up, but fails to do so.
You...
[[Continue to keep your mouth closed]]
[[Try to stop the argument]]"Nah... That is just nonsense, look, it is just red ink,"You blurt nonchalantly.
"Nope. It's not red ink, it's written in Blood. The colour and the texture tell me so," Kuron replies. The old man than gives them a totem.
On the totem it inscribes "Take this to enter the ancient city of Dosos. It is made with pride and faith"
Pheron takes it and thanks the old man.
"You're welcome... See you later-"
[[The Old Man Disappears]]Pheron and Kuron continue to argue. The trees rustle as a chilling wind blew over them. The birds flap off from the branches of the old brown pillars.
The old man fumes and pushes both off with his wrinkled hands from their own argument. "Can you please stop it? Whatever you're having is disturbing the great forest. "Pheron and Kuron both decide to stop, and with repeated threats from the old man, they finally sigh and stop.
The old man comes to you. "Why did you keep quiet? This forest is going to crumble by their noise! Next time, better keep their mouths shut or wherever they go, it will cause everybody to hide."
You reply, "Ok sir... I will follow your ad-"
[[The Old Man Disappears]] You pick up your courage and fiercely split them up, saying, "Please? Can you guys stop fighting over such a small thing? Both of you aren't young little kids anymore, you are all going to be young ladies. Stop fighting now, its disturbing the peace and quiet." Surprised, they decided to stop for the time-being.
"Ok. Lets call it a truce for now," Pheron sighs.
The old man then comes into the conversation, saying with a god-like tone," You all will pay for your misdeeds-"
[[The Old Man Disappears]] You look behind, and your 3 friends asked in unison,"Where did he go?" Your heart thumping hard, and you turn back with a very pale and sweating face.
"He...He's gone. He...disappeared right in the sight...of my eye," you reply,making some stuttered sounds. You were still trying to recollect what happened. Am I hallucinating? Is what I saw true? Is he really a ghost? You think hard in your brain's frontal cortex. You feel a sudden headache and faint onto the forest floor.
[[You wake up]]Meanwhile, you saw the light of day recepted by your optic nerves. Your friends say that you fell asleep for 5mins.
"Ouch..." You feel your head spinning and trying to recover from your fall. Finally, you remember and describe whatever happened.
"The old man went to his ramshackle wheelbarrow and disappeared like dust. Like literally." You describe, adding that the old man wasn't real and that it was a ghost all along.
Zack decided to examine the stone even further. "Oh my goodness! It is written in the Koxon script! This was a real script from the 1300s till 1700s. My dad still uses this script to write though. "
Pheron then calls the forensic personel to examine the stone engravings. They arrive to tell the truth. "Madam, the stone engravings contain traces of Human DNA. It is confirmed that the writings are dried blood. Do you have anything to do with this? "Suddenly, Pheron went into a daze, and fixated onto the stone.
You...
[[Answer for Pheron]]
[[Stay Silent]]"Erm... the four of us simply found this stone on the path. Pheron has nothing to do with it,"You reply.
"Suggest you'll go home. It's very dangerous here. I think you're standing on an ancient grave...or murder site,"The forensic personel say to you and your friends.After they are out of sight, Zack tells your group to meet at the same spot at 7pm sharp. And to bring some ghost-hunting stuff. Finally, you and your 3 friends head home.
At 7pm, You
[[Arrive]]
[[Chicken out]] "Madam! Can you answer me?"The forensic personel,frustrated by her not answering, thought she was deaf. Pheron was knocked out of her train of thoughts. "Hey! Don't be rude!" She by now was irritated, and added that she had nothing to do with it.
"Good! That was the answer we wanted," the forensic personel said arrogantly. Then they started packing and left one by one.
"Don't speak to me like that!" Pheron screams her lungs out. But the personel simply ignore. Zack was overly curious and was making images in his brain of what would look like beyond the fence. He immediately went to charge onto the fence but instead fell backwards. He later concluded, "The thing is made of breef. It's quite something. 800 times the strength of the toughest steel ever made."
"Then, we need a breef cutter which my father has such that we can cut through the fence gate." Kuron continued. Zack than ended with concluding that, "Alright, everybody shall come to this same place at 7pm. No chickening out. Remember to bring equipment such as ghost cameras. If we ever get into trouble, we bring along knifes or even firearms if necessary."
You...
[[Chicken out]] You shiver on the fact that you had to meet those ghost and vengeful spirits once again. Dreaming on the fact that you might never return, you cling onto your bed for dear life, with your heart thumping in your chest.Meanwhile, Zack gives you a call.
"Ling...Ling..." Your phone vibrates and drones out. You answer the call.
"Xon!What's taking so long?You chickening out or something?It's already 7.01pm, and Kuron and Pheron are not here yet. Please come,don't leave me alone here," He bellows through the line. Finally, You...
[[Reply him saying you're scared]]
[[Say you're scared but will come]]Carrying a backpack full of essentials, such as a 2 litre bottle, a Colt 1911 and a Calvary Saber. You decide to carry a digital camera and your phone. Lastly, some armour with a Kevlar Bullet-proof vest to protect yourself. Just in case, you took your father's iron shield.
You trek on the dirt path wearing covered shoe-lased shoes. Zack is there, waiting impatiently.
"C'mon!Already 7.04p.m., what's taking so long?" He hissed.After another 7 minutes, Kuron and Pheron arrive.
"Sorry guys, we have to take some time to prepare ourselves. Hope we aren't too late," Pheron and Kuron said in unison. Frustration took over him and Zack blew up.
"Excuse me, you are all late. Its already 7.11p.m. ,give me good reasons why you'all were late," Zack scowled. You decided to just stop him from scolding Pheron and Kuron too much.
"Zack, please...We are here to explore Dosos, not just like belate them. I'm sure they understand punctuality as well," You try to convince him.
"Hmph! Alright Xon, you win my heart this time. Let's get this over and done with," he blurt out in a huff, taking out his saw and metal melter.
[[Cut the Fence Gate]]
[[Bash through the fence]]Starting up his metal melter, he clicks the 'on' button and set the heat to 'Breef'. He then 'burns' the lock of the fence gate, while you use his saw to cut it. However, the saw was made of steel, and in 3 minutes the saw completely melted.
"Erm Zack, if the saw was made of breef as well, or something stronger, it could help," You tell Zack as the saw melts and drip onto the ground like water.
"Yup, it could help. We can only rely on this metal melter for now..." Zack replies with a sigh. Meanwhile, Pheron and Kuron were chatting relaxingly to each other. In just another 2 minutes, the locked had completely disappeared and you kick the fence gate open.
You and Zack take a peek into the city, gasping in awe to see how much Nature has taken over the ancient grounds. Many buildings stand, but they were all full of green weed and twines of the tropcial rainforest. Some trees cut through the roofs of buildings, and the wooden pillars with green leaves proudly stood upon the ancient ruins. Building after building collapsed as Nature took over.
"Wow...what a great beauty..." Kuron mumbled as she stared in awe of the forest. As you and your friends walked through the entire forest of untamed long grasses, an animal appeared
[[Rabbit]]
[[Taguniya]]"Alright, Let's do this!" Zack proudly rushes through and forces himself into the fence. However, the breef fence swings and uses the resultant force to push him back forcefully, falling onto Kuron and Pheron.
"Oh my goodness, already a gash on my arm, the barbed wire was powerful," Zack admits as he stumbles while getting up.
"Well, I think the only way is to cut through the fence gate, the barbed wire is powerful, and can potentially injure all of us," You replied.
[[Cut the Fence Gate]] "Sorry Zack, but I'm feeling very scared and terrified. You can go alone, together with Pheron and Kuron," You reply, with your sweaty palms wetting your phone.
"My goodness! How could you break your promise? I won't be your friend anymore, " Zack replies with a huff.
Putting down the phone, you start to panic. Oh No! What can I do? I have just lost a friend and now? Going for a ghost hunt? After a few minutes, you...
[[Arrive]]
[[Stay At Home]]"Zack...Don't worry... I will come to the usual meeting place, just give me some time..." You reply Zack.
"Ok sure, but please hurry," Zack replies in a rush, already impatient. You take your necessary items and rush off, trying not to make Zack blow up again.
[[Arrive]]Finally, as you didn't want to fall into bad peer pressure, you send him a message saying that you didn't want to go as you worry for your own safety.
"Hmph! So you don't want to be my friend anymore! So be it! Our story will end here," Zack replies and blocks you on WhatsApp. You and your friends see a wild rabbit. It is furry white, with many brown areas. It's long ears and nose receptors senses your group. It simply stare like deer at headlights, and then moved away. It looks particulary harmless, and it continue chewing onto the grass of the forest.
The rabbit however, turns around once again, and this time, it's fur stood up and charged up to your group.
"Oh No! The carnivores rabbit! The demon conquerors experimented outcome! Kill it before it attacks us!" Kuron screamed in terror. Knowing some martial arts skills, you skillfully punched the rabbit and squashed it onto the ground.
"Phew! How lucky I learnt skills from my Uncle, or else the rabbit will attack us all," You mumble as you sit down to regulate your internal energy.
[[Entering the Market]] As you and your friends trek through the tall grass to enter a shophouse block, a Tanguniya comes into view.
"Oh... A dog breed that is quite aggressive, move away from it fast." Pheron mumbled, and your group moves off from the wild dog that is still chowing down on its kill: A Black Rat.
"Crack-" Kuron stepped onto a fallen twig by accident. A mistake that has happened for millions of years, as predators step on twigs that surprise their prey. This time, it is the opposite. By now, the dog turned to them and charged like a bull. Zack saw its black teeth and shouted in alarm.
"Rabid Dog! Don't get bitten!" Zack panics and runs back to the fence. The Tanguniya attacks Kuron and bit her leg.
Instintively, you took your handgun out and a bullet whizzes through the air. Suddenly, the Tanguniya drops dead.
"Phew, my quick-thinking allowed me to stop the dog," You think to yourself. However, Kuron's bite wound is worsening, with blood flowing out quite profusely. To make things worse, her surrounding skin tissues are falling off rapidly.
"Oh no! Strep! It's going to 'eat' her flesh out! Wash her wound quickly!" Your words fall out from your mouth, and you pour water from your bottle onto the wound. You also apply a cocktail of wound medicine, including some antibacterial medication applied onto the wound. Lastly, you wrap a bandage onto her wound for it to heal naturally.
"Well, if you want it to heal faster, I have some amino acid pills. They can be immediately absorbed by the body for faster tissue healing. Here, take 5 pills now," You pass the pills to her at her request.
Finally, she gulps it down with the help of water, and you and your friends continue to the block of shophouses.
[[Entering the Market]] You and your friends enter the row of shophouses, and see many dilapidated buildings, many constructed of wood.There were many spider webs, and giant tarantulas roamed the buildings. Suddenly, 2 figures appeared at the end of the row.
"Hello?" Zack uses his microphone. The 2 figures were clearly startled, but later use their rifles and score direct shots on Pheron and Zack. They quickly hid in the abandoned shops. The 2 men advance through, and using ghost cameras, Zack concluded that they were ghost demons, and soldiers that were handling real guns.
Kuron than went into her stance, and starts exorcising the demon ghosts. Suddenly, they disappear like dust. "Phew. Luckily the exorcism worked. I almost died doing that," Kuron told us, and was shivering while sitting down.
Suddenly...
[[The Seven Skeletons]]
[[The 32 'Z' force army]]There appear 7 skeletons at the former bank building and they each hold 2 revolvers.
"Destroy Intruders! Kill them all," the skeletons rally in unison. They cackle and shoot with amassing firepower. You and your friends quickly hid and run off when time is right. However, Pheron and you are hit. You use your gun to shoot the skeletons. Zack used his ghost camera and later gave the following.
"Skeletons that rise up from graves, and controlled by venegful spirits, let me exorcise them!" Zack shouts. He took his cross and mumbles a few words. Suddenly, the skeletons fell onto the ground as the scattered bones attracted more wild dogs.You and your friends quickly run off to a dilapidated masonry.
[[The 32 'Z' force army]] At the masonry, the door opened on its own. Zombie-like creatures appear and attack Zack. You use your dagger and attack their heads. One of them said, " We are the zombies. Attack all that enter!"
You and your friends quickly fall back. Taking out firearms, Pheron and Kuron hid under a tree while you and Zack shoot their heads one by one, revealing blood and their brains. Finally, after 10 minutes, the zombie horde is finally all gone.
"Wow, 10 minutes felt like 10 hours," Pheron mumbles. You and your friends enter the masonry, only to find skeletons and many wild animals.Insects also feasted on the dead bodies. Kuron was staring at a skeleton. Suddenly, the skeleton moved unnaturally and it stood up. Kuron was shivering at the sight of the approximately 2 meter tall standing skeleton. Pheron turned around to see Kuron staring at a skeleton.
"What's going on there? Its just a random skeleton," Pheron retorted.
"No...It...was lying...on the hay just now...a spirit is now...controlling it," Kuron stuttered...trying to scream, but her vocal cords feel too tight.Suddenly, the neutral skull contorted, and it became angry. It also took a nearby chopping knife.
"I will chop you into pieces and feed myself with all that..." the skeleton mumbled, and gnashed its remaining teeth. Zack turned around and uses his Executioner gun. It was loud, at 100 decibels, and hit right onto the skull. The towering skeleton crumples and falls onto the pile of hay. You and your friends evacaute the masonry quickly, to avoid anymore monsters.
Finally, the 4 of you take refuge in an abandoned school. You and your friends go up to the second level and rest in a classroom. However, hands suddenly pop out of the floor and pull you down.
[[The school]]The pull force crumbles the old flooring and you fall into a lab. The door read "Chemistry Lab". Suddenly, a ghost scientist makes you swallow a weird stone. You try to restrain the ghost's hands, as you remember it is Manganese. However, the ghost hand's were ghostly-strong, and you arms give way and the Maganese stone enters your mouth.
"Haha...Well, you're smart to know that this stone is Maganese, but you will soon die a painless death...parents shall grief," the scientist curses.
Meanwhile, your 3 friends enter the chemistry lab and drag you out, by now hallucinating.
"SCP...SCP-173! I must stare at it..." You stutter. In actual fact, you are staring at Pheron.
However, the ghost by then is gone. You and your friends enter into the Biology Lab. In the lab however, are many human samples. There was a test tube full of human blood. There were also many maps of human systems, and dissected frogs in dustbins. A femur thigh bone was also found lying on the floor.
"Oh look! That is a-"Zack blurted before a hand covers his mouth.
"Yes... We all know that. It's something that all females have," Pheron, who placed her hand on Zack, replies. "Oh..."Zack repeats.
"Shush! Don't do that!" You knock your fist onto his head, disrupting him back into reality.
At 1 corner of the room are 5 futuristic cyrochambers. Kuron switches on a button to see if they still worked. Somehow, they worke perfectly fine. There is a diagram to show how it workes. An antidote for Manganese Poisoning is lying around on a table, which you quickly took.
"Dosos is so far ahead in technology...even the Mutant Republic cannot understand some of its findings..." You mutter.
You and your friends decided to pack the cyrochambers into some boxes as they are surprsingly light as well, a few bats flew in. They flew onto Pheron and suck her blood. 1 landed onto her neck and latched onto a major blood vessel. When it had enough,off it goes, but Pheron loses consciousness. You and your friends could not rescue her as another swarm of ~70 bats flew in through the same window. The bats attacked Kuron and Zack next, with you trying to shoo off the bats. 1 minute passed before the bats flew away. Zack had 1 bite, while Kuron had 3. You had none as the armour blocked all bite points for bats.
A Blood clot quickly forms on Pheron's neck wound and a bandage was quickly used to stop the bleeding. It didn't take long to know that Pheron had ~60 bites and that she has lost about 2 litres of blood. When it didn't look like her condition was improving, you and your friends quickly left the school. Instead, of the fence gate, you and your friends appeared at a temple.
[[The temple]]You push open the giant wooden door slowly, which made a creak due to centuries of disrepair. Inside, you find many skeletons and an old man. The old man is facing forward to an altar.
"Please help us get out of this place, sir," You opened your mouth politely to speak to the old man. Slowly, the old man revolves around on his chair, and lifts open his eyes. Seeing you and your friends, he asked, "What can I do for you that is so important that my meditation has to be abruptly disrupted?"
"Do you have a map of this city?" Zack asks. Listening to the question, the old man stretches his arm out, reaching for the bookshelves full of scrolls. He takes out one of them and tosses it to Zack. Zack catches it and shows it to you, Pheron and Kuron. Finally, you and your friends could find a way to get out of the city. However, the giant doors suddenly closed and the lit temple's light all disappears into dark. The darkness is not dark enough however for the old man to be not seen. When the door closed, you feel a cold chilling ghostly energy passing through the old temple.
"Sir, could you heal us?" Kuron asks. A torch lights up near the old man, and he happily replies, "Sure! Bring the cyrochambers."
You and your friends follow his instructions and bring the cyrochambers back to life. Then, the old man instructs you and your friends to get into the cyrochambers.
He closes the cyrochambers and brings them into his own personal space. When you turn around, you see knifes, books and other items that didn't look like it is for healing. As you observe more, you see the old man picking a book for reading. Than, he programs the cyrochambers to administer anesthesia.
[[The escape]]
[[Murder]]You strain your eyes to read the title of the book. Finally, it was received by your brain. 'The Number 1 Guide on Human Experimentation'
Wide-eyed, you take your dagger and thrust it onto the glass of the cyrochamber.As you make your escape, you ambush the old man, whom you noticed was a vengeful ghost. In actual fact, he was the old drunken king of Dosos. Using your Colt 1911, you shoot him in the head. Then, you exorcise him.
"Get back to the shadows of hell! Out you Go!" You shouted as he tried to throw a chopping knife. Suddenly, he disappears, with the knife dropping with a thud on the floor.
You open the glass entrance of the cyrochambers and Kuron, Pheron and Zack got out. Taking the cyrochambers, the 4 of you went off in a hurry. But Pheron collapses and Zack has to carry her out with the "Fireman's lift" method. Using the map as a guide, you and your friends make your way to the fence gate. However, at the gate, it couldn't seem to open no matter how much strength was used. The ghosts suddenly appear out of nowhere and try to get into Pheron's body. Kuron distracts the attack by shouting, "Come get me!"
However, a shot rings the air and hits Kuron in the leg, causing her to collapse and stumble onto the ground. You sight your target and shoot him back using your Colt 1911. The demon sniper falls to the ground from his post on a tree branch.
Finally, the gate gives way and you and your friends charge out. However, many skeletons rise up from the graves and chase you and your friends.
Rolling down the hills, the ghosts still stayed, roaming around the city of Dosos, including the failed gravestones, that were supposed to keep the spirits in the grave.
[[Relief]]Oblivious about what could happen, you and your friends show no signs of resistance, and the needle pierces through your skin. The last thing you hear was a 'Hahaha...' before your sight becomes blurry and 2 black portions soon close in.
The next time you open your eyes, you are completely transparent. The old man cackles at you and your friends, whom by now are all floating above the cyrochambers, with your mutilated and naked bodies still inside. Finally, you see a book with the title 'The Number 1 Guide on Human Experimentation'.
Back in the developed cities, there are widespread reports and the crime has been named "The 4 Macdonalds Gang/Group". The Grieving families might never see any closure and the possibilities of the crime being solved is very low to zero. Lastly, the medical scientists will never study the cyrcohambers and the possibility of deep space exploration will diminish and research will take another ~15 decades.After rolling down the hill, you check your watch. It is 11p.m.. You and your friends decide to spend the night down near a stream of fresh water.
The next morning, you woke up, together with Kuron. However, you try to wake up Zack and Pheron. Zack never woke up, and Pheron was not an exception.
You try to revive Pheron, but nothing worked, even your superior internal energy healing skills.
In the end, you dial 911, but before the ambulance could even arrive, Kuron stops breathing, and falls unconscious. You try to revive her, but the paramedics came to pronounce her dead. You and your dead buddies went off in the ambulance. The autopsies of your 3 friends took place, and it was later concluded that Pheron died due to exhuastion and Syphilis. Zack died due to exposure to SIRUS-CoV, a more lethal strain of Coronaviruses that disrupt the lymph nodes and destroy the body's ability to fight back. Kuron died due to blood loss and exposure to rabies and an allegic reaction to rabies, which signalled a cytokine storm which 'killed herself'.
Lukcily, you are alive and well and due to your martial art training, the doctors discharge you after a 2 day stay. You have survived.
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