Chapter 3
-Bad Phobias-
Me and Tiwana are still running. I honestly don't know where she is taking me. It better be somewhere nicer than that detention room. I don't want to be with Miss Doozy again either, knowing she is an alien monster, disguised as a human. That's scary. I think Miss Doozy might have been the one to turn Phil into a giant baby and cause madness for all of us. "Here we are…finally. Now…Put your hand on the door...please" Tiwana said, with an unexpressional look on her face. "Ok…" Then I put my hand on the upper side of the door and it made a clicking sound. The door then opened by itself. The door closed right after that. Tiwana then got my hand and ran again. I think that running is not necessary. Who are we even running from? "Why are we running? Where are we going..?" I said. "Stop asking questions. We are almost there…human..!" What, why did Tiwana call me human like that, that's weird..isn't she a human too. I then see a door that says "Phobia Room" Another piece of paper below that is called "Training Room" "So…Erick, this will be the place where you are going..to finally train in..ok!" Tiwana said, impatiently. "What..train…No..and why does that say phobia room..am I going to fight my fears or something…" I said, scared. "Something like that, just go in!.." Tiwana pushed me in the room and then I was filled with darkness once she closed the door. 2 minutes later, I am still waiting. I see a dark figure of a boy…Andrew..I see Andrew Ritreen, my crush….looking at me with a mad look on his face. He is also sweating too. "Hi there, Erick…I know you're queer and have a crush on me. You are absolutely oblivious if you think I would ever like you. I have a gf, dumb friend of mine! She is a lot more beautiful than you. I also think all "LBGT" people need to have holy water and die already!! Why did you choose to be queer anyway?" Andrew said, confused and mad. "Um…..um. Um. I can't deal with this anymore. I'm gonna go. Why." I said as I turned my body and ran to the door. I tried to open the door. But it wouldn't open. Maybe I'll be able to be out of here if I fight some of my phobias. So I turned back to where I saw "Evil Andrew". I see him again, but then 3 seconds later, he fades away into dust. He was gone. Wow…so this Andrew was just a hologram and a part of the simulation. I am guessing my phobia of spiders is next. Then I randomly see some spiders now crawling to me. They came out of nowhere. I knew it…"No….no….no..NO!" Please don't get anywhere near me. I randomly looked up at the dark black wall. It had words on there saying "Arachnophobia, 2 more phobias to go, then you'll be unleashed from this place!"
When I pointed up to the sky, a speaker guy repeated these words. I heard it over a speaker, I guess. More and more spiders kept coming at me, I kept stomping on most of them. Some spiders got in my shirt and pants. It was crazily horrifying to see this many spiders. I screamed out for Tiwana's help. No one replied. I guess no one can hear me outside of here. Oh god. Then I ran and ran. As more spiders come my way, I keep swinging my kitchen knife on them and fire. Yes, I do have that stuff on me. Tiwana, my new friend, gave me those things while we were walking to the room. Now I see cockroaches too, ugh…when will this end. I keep running and running, then I see a giant bear. No….Oh my god….I need to get outta here. But the bear might see me as a threat if run. Ughh…what do I do? "Hey human, you just have one more phobia to go after this one. In this room, it's just horrifying scenes. It's not going to be easy. I am not going to hurt you! Take deep breaths, Erick!" The bear said. Huh. "What the- this is kind of strange…a bear is talking..and to me…in a friendly way. He is also a giant too. This world has no logic..!" I said, confused and shocked. "I am just going to kill all the insects for you. Let me do my job. Move." I moved as the bear told me to do so. Thousands of insects were coming his way. Even a dog came from the shadows. One of my other phobias. Phobia of dogs. Then the giant bear, who has no name, opened his giant clean mouth. All the insects and dog all ran inside the bear's mouth. He ate them all. He chewed and then licked his lips. Then he swallowed. "Ahh!" "Ew…..that's gross…that was so gross…" I said, looking down at the ground. Where is Ress? Where are his friends? Where is Tiwana, I need her right now! I went behind myself and saw a giant spray bottle going to spray me. My whole bottle, even my eyes are going to be sprayed. Noooo!...Anything but the spray bottle! "What…no way…so you are saying you're scared of getting sprayed. It is one of your biggest fears. I get sprayed all the time, no big deal, Erick!" The giant bear said as he laughed and was kind of confused.
"Stop laughing…get me out of this place!" I said as I turned to the right and avoided the spray every time it kept coming at me. "Ha, ha..sorry Rick…I go bully mode with people sometimes…just run to the far away door. You will see it. I see it from here. Just let me tell you my name first, my name is Prion Tree. I've been here for decades. I was in prison before for a crime I did not even commit. The guards of the prison sent me here to torture me..sorry….you can go now…." The guy who I now know is Prion Tree, said. "No..that was a sad backstory..I liked it….Why can't you just go with me, then you can be free again?" "No…I kind of actually like it here. And you do not want people to look at us and call the exterminator or someone who kills animals, right?" "No…You're kind of right…If you really don't want to go..Bye then." "Yeah, bye, my friend!" Then I ran and ran, and ran. It took a while. The door was getting closer and closer to me. But then I finally saw that the door was finally close enough to me to open it. I am finally done with the phobia thing. I then go to the floor and kiss it. "Yes, I'm back. Oh building floor, I missed you a lot!" "What the crazy heck are doing on the floor and why are you kissing it…nevermind..Erick, you did it! You passed the Phobia test. I'll just give you a sword now." What..that was random.. "Just commit already, your life is already a joke! Your family doesn't even like you! You are all alone, even Ress or Tiwana wouldn't want to be friends with you. You are just a queer freak. A wannabe. Do it!" Tiwana then turned all dark black and kept pointing at me with her index finger. I don't want to do it. I am scared of death. That is one of my phobias, "Thanatophobia". This is not Tiwana. This is now obviously a fake. I am still in the phobia room, how…didnt the speaker say two more. Well it kind of was two more. But I am still here. I would have been out of here if I was done. Fear of bears, then two more, fear of a spray bottle, and then one more. Fear of being alone and death, I guess Why am I still here? I now see a Ress jumping out of the floor and running over to me to say "We are not friends anymore, you weak boy!!" "Sorry Ress, I know you are not him anyway, take this!" I see a bucket full of dangerous acid. I take it and pour big amounts of it on Evil Ress. He then melts. "Curse you, worst friend ever!" This phobia is maybe "Pistanthrophobia" Then I see light. I close my eyes. Then I open my eyes right after that and see Tiwana, Ressen, Jaron, and Matt. They were actually worried about me. "Are you okay, Erick?!" "Um…Aren't you a little close?" I said as Ress was checking my heart to see if I was good. "Oh, yeah…I am, sorry!..." Ress said, blushing. "It's okay…I was in this thing called a phobia room and-..." "I know what that is, it is a room just designed for you to train. And for to prepare what is coming for you when we defeat The Alien Queen, Dooyema Doozy. "Oh….so where do you want me to go now…where do you want us to go?" I said. "I know some guy that can take us to Dooyema's alien planet" Jaron said. "Ok…sweet, lets go…Erickson, are you really okay?" Ress said, still kind of worried for me. "I am…okay…where did I come from." I said. "That door." Jaron said. "Barricade the phobia room door. Someone can go in there by accident and think it is just a training room. That can cause problems…" I said. "You are a really good thinker, Erick!" Ress said. "I know."