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“Don’t make me hurt you on camera,” Artemis taunted, and Rock scowled and moved.
“Let’s search the place,” Fanatic suggested.
“Oh boy, the nut jobs are off,” Pyro muttered and grunted when Artemis’s elbow whacked him in the stomach.
Gunner was bemused as Artemis streaked ahead and opened the first door.
“Ewwww, I wouldn’t pee in here if you paid me,” she complained, looking down the row of toilets.
“I found the men’s, and they’re just as disgusting,” Casey stated, backing away.
The next door they opened led into an industrial kitchen, which was full of equipment, although dated.
“The staff literally did walk out of here,” Gunner said, gazing around.
“Seems so,” Rock agreed, having rejoined them.
The next room was a big storeroom with packets and tins still on the shelves. Everything was coated with a thick dust, and cobwebs hung in sheets.
“I’m surprised there aren’t rats,” Ali-kat muttered, backing into Fanatic.
“Shut your mouth!” Rock ordered, and Ali-kat giggled.
The next room appeared to be a staff area, and the last was decidedly odd. There were twenty chairs that individuals would be strapped into. By the side was a table, and on them were dirty bowls and spoons.
“Oh, my God! They strapped people down here and force-fed them,” Artemis exclaimed.
“That’s dark,” Pyro drawled.
“Beyond dark,” Tati agreed.
“Where should we start?” Fanatic asked, looking around the food torture room.
“Outside, let’s set up the laser grids. We’ve got four, so we can cover most of the area,” Rock said, clearly excited at having a new toy to play with.
“And we’ll turn on motion sensors and the REM Pods in the other rooms,” Ali-kat stated, darting off.
“Ali-kat, stick together,” Gunner roared and rolled his eyes as she darted off with the crazy gang on her heels.
“Let’s do the grids,” Tati said with a sigh.
Half an hour later, everything was set up, and they were ready to go.
“Where first?” Artemis asked, bouncing on her feet.
“Why not try here, as we’re all present?” Casey suggested.
For the next twenty minutes, they called out but got no response. They moved into the staff room, which Tati thought might make sense if there was any staff lingering, but again received no reply. They were just finishing when the laser grid sounded an alarm.
“Is anyone here?” Artemis said, holding the EVP recorder.
“Over there. The lights in the laser are dark,” Fanatic whispered.
“What’s your name?” Artemis demanded. They all focused on the blacked out patch in the laser grid and all shrieked in surprise when it moved suddenly and shot across the room.
“What the hell was that?” Tati cried as her head twisted.
Gunner didn’t know, so did not reply, but a sense of unease crept down his spine.
