Lukas slowly wakes up, to some strange sound coming from somewhere. He opens his eyes to see that he has been put back into his bunk bed, by who he presumed was the bald guy right next to him.
The bed felt just as bad as it always does. Ruining Lukas' body in the process. He dropped off the top bunk, and landed surprisingly quietly. Looking behind him, he sees Drew, sound asleep but not looking comfortable in the slightest. He tip-toed his way away from Drew's bed, and over to where he thinks the sound is coming from.
The sound kept getting louder as he crept his way past other people, soundly sleeping somehow.
The room was pitch black, almost unseeable; but Lukas' vision adjusted accordingly. That's when he noticed that he was about to walk right into some random guy's bunk bed. He quickly takes a hard right, and keeps going. Once he got within a certain range, he could finally make out what the noise even was. It sounded like someone's crazed ramblings; he couldn't tell what the person was saying, he just knew he was talking.
There also seemed to be the faintest bit of light, coming from somewhere in the far right corner of him. He followed said light, making sure not to disturb anyone else's slumber. The ramblings were beginning to sound more and more like real English words.
"T-they didn't know you… l-like I did…" That was the first sentence Lukas could make out.
*THUD!
Lukas was frozen in fear after hearing that. His skin crawled as he forcefully pushed himself forward. Despite his brain telling him not to.
The aura around him felt eerily the closer he got. To the point were around every 5 seconds, it felt like someone was going to creep up on him, and attack. Lukas kept looking back, even though he didn't want to scare himself. The feeling was just too much to effectively ignore. Heavy breathing also seemed to show up in Lukas' hearing; especially when the feeling of being watching creeps back onto him.
"Hey…" some whispers into Lukas' right ear.
He jumps back, and almost screams. Luckily for him though, he covered his mouth in time. Someone's hand moved a millimeter right beside him, which he didn't catch in time. He turned his body slowly; and guess who was behind him.
"Hi Drew…" Lukas gave him a micro wave. He waved back too.
"You woke me up with your rustling…" Drew said, seeming more pissed than excited that they were both awake. He pushed past Lukas, and moved over to where the sound was coming from. Lukas followed him there, now way more relaxed. His muscles finally started to calm down after so long, he had forgotten what this had felt like. They finally push past some others, who also awakened for some reason, to see whatever the hell was going on in the middle.
It was #28, he was sitting in the middle of everyone, talking to himself really fast. Lukas got in between random people, and pushed them away so he could see. His hair seemed to be even more messy than it already was. Making it look like it was alive or something. His eyes were bloodshot, and dancing around in his skull.
"gdkô ld gdkô ld vgx hr lx êqhdmc cdzc gd vzr sgd ñmkx ôdqrñm sgzs bzqdc zâñts ld zmc mñv h gzûd sñ cdzk vhsg sgdrd êtbjhmf vdhqcñr tmshk h chd…" Lukas had absolutely no clue what the fuck he was saying anymore, sounding like some sort of code language.
The two of them both watched as this guy scratched his arms until they were red; and then started to scratch the floor with the same amount of force. The people surrounding him were also as confused as to what this guy was doing. What could've possibly happened when he went out to dispose of that random guy's body. And what could've that one guy told him while he did that.
#28 looks around the circle, and locks eyes with Lukas. Drew has already backed himself behind someone else, so he would be no help.
He waddled swiftly, and got into Lukas' face. His breath stank of piss and shit. Lukas had to cover his mouth and nose, it was that bad. "H-h-h-hey… t-there…" HE began with, getting spit and whatever else was in his mouth right onto you-know-who. "D-d-d-did y-you… want to know w-w-w-what… that F-FUCKER made m-me d-d-d-do…" His eyes were staring directly into Lukas' soul. He shakes his head no and backs away an inch. In some sort of miniature protest, #28 look two steps closer in response. Making the distance closer than before Lukas made a move.
"Hey man… calm down…!" Drew hushed this guy from behind some random. #28 creaked his head where he thought he had heard someone.
"T-t-t-these monsters are e-e-evil… t-they will take a-a-a-anything your poor h-heart cares about, a-a-a-and r-r-rip it away if it means d-d-dominance…" Lukas was getting worried about where this was going to go. "O-o-o-or maybe… i-i-i-it's for their s-sick amusement…" his eyebrows started to cave inward. He grabbed Lukas by his shoulders, and started to shake him around like he was some sort of bobble-head toy. Lukas was getting a headache, but for some reason this guy's grip strength was out of this world. So he couldn't set himself free.
"Calm down." Lukas spoke up with some firmness in his voice, making #28 stop in his tracks. "You need to calm down… you won't be able to think straight if you don't calm down." His eyes slowed down somewhat, and his shaking was slowing down as well. "Yeah bud! I don't know what the hell you're talking about… but you need to think straight for a sec…" Drew comes in with an assist, putting his hand on #28's shoulder.
They felt his arms start to shake once again, but not for the same reason as last time. They both look up to see his eyes swell up with tears, as snot rolls down his face, and his bottom lip crutches upward. "Why… Why did I listen to them…! I should've just gone out like him instead…!" Lukas and Drew, both give him a reassuring hug, for him to cry in their embrace, he starts to absolutely bawl his eyes out, but no one condemns him for it.
"What's your name…?" Lukas asks; to the shock, and horror of everyone else. #28 also looked up, and with tears in his eyes, wondered: What?! While looking like he just heard that the world was about to end.