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POV: FINNEY
I quickly sit up then i stand and slowly walk to the phone then answer "....hello?" I ask and no one answers "is somebody there? I need help" silence "hello?..."
"Finney" i got scared and hanged up the phone stepping away from the phone sitting down on the ground then it started ringing again i stood up and walked to it picking the phone up and immediately hanging it up
I stepped a few steps away and the phone rang again constant ringing i walked to it and slowly put ut to my ear "dont hang up" the boy said "i wont.. Who is this?" i asked with a shakey voice "i dont remember my name" "why not?" I asked "its the first thing you lose" he sighed
"First thing you lose when?" .. "You know when" "how do you know my name?" "We met once your arm is mint you almost had me" i realized who the voice belonged to "bruce? Bruce yamada?" "Y-Yeah bruce... Uh im bruce... Your arm is mint you almost had me"
"Did the phone ring for you?" I asked him "it rang but none of us heard it. Just you. The grabber hears the phone too but he doesn't want to believe it" "why are you calling me?" "Your arm is mint you almost had me.. Im glad its you... Finney?" "Yeah?"
"Theres a dirt section off the floor in the hallway where the tile is loose" he says "okay" "dig down under he foundation i tried but there wasnt time for me to gig up and out the other side" "will i have enough time?" I tried to ask but it went to static "fuck fuck no! Bruse?" The pone clicks "hello? Bruse!? Bruse? Damn it!" I hanged up th phone
I wanted to ask him about robin if he was ok i need to know hes ok i sigh and went to the hallway kneeled down and broke the tile i cept breaking it untill it was big enough
I digged and digged my arms hurt but i cept going flushing dirt down the toilet when it was pretty deep i pulled one of the rugs over it i sat on my bed and laid down then the door opened i quickly looked over "here kid" the grabber said as he threw robin at me
"Robin!" I got up as fast as i could "what the hell did you do to him!?" I asked pulling robins bloody dirty and almost life-less body close to me "you gotta understand he was a naughty boy" he laughed "jesus.... Your!- your sick!" I tell him and he laughed
"Funny i feel just fine" he laughs again and left i look at robins face his nose was bloody and there was still blood coming out of his cut cheek looked down his clothes were covered in blood his arms were very bruised all colors of purple i dont know about his legs but they were probably cut up and bruised to
I held him close listening for breathing tears in my eyes i sighed happily as i heard him breathing "thank god..." I hugged him tight and he coughed "f-finney?....." He asked weakly ive never heard him robin arellano beaten weaked by anyone wich scared me it sounded like he was scared to with his head on my shoulder "yep... Its me...are you okay?" I was shaking a bit
"Yeah im.." He winced "okay" he sighed and hugged me weakly after a few minutes he stood up "what are you doing!?" " 'just keeping on keeping on' " he said mocking me i stood up "robin your really hurt hurt more then me and you combined had ever been you seriously should rest!"
"Finney. Im a strong guy what ever that ass hole has planed ill..." He sighs i guess from pain "ill survive what i want to know if if he did anything to you" he held his side as he walked to the wall "and why the hell this is laid out"
He walked over to the edge of it "robin at leat sit down for a bit-" i told him "i will okay? I promise but why is this here?" "This may sound crazy-" "i like crazy" he laughs still sounding weak "do you- uhh remember bruse yamada?"
"Yeah.. He was probably down in this hell hole to..." Robin was still holding his side and i nodded "well he.. Um hecalledmeonthephoneandtoldmeat-" "wow wow wow finney slower" i sighed "he called me on the phone and told me that there was a tile loose i looked at it actually was and i pulled it up and started digging and theres a hole there now-"
"Waw- thats um-" "you dont believe me..." "Well!- i-" he sighed "come on finney you cant blame me for not-" i sighed "no- i know i cant its crazy but its true-" i started pacing "hey hey finney even if you are going crazy and hearing things who wouldn't down here?" He was holding my shoulders trying his best
I swallowed and nodded "and if it was real then thats great!" He winces lightly and sighed he hugged me tight and i hugged him back "now sit your ass down" i told him "yeah yeah" he walked to the bed and laid down his feel still on the ground
I laid next to him the same way soon he scoot up in the bed and turned to me i scooted up to after a few minutes he fell asleep and i did to
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I woke up and robin was awake sitting there but he was looking at the phone "hey Finney..." He said not looking away "what are you doing?" I asked he was quiet for a moment "your not shitting me are you? You actually heard it ring? And bruce.. He told you to did that hole?"
"No why the hell would i be "shitting you" at a time like this robin?" I said in kind of a harsh tone "your.. Your right sorry finn" i got up and sat by the wall and looked at the phone maybe robins right maybe its impossible maybe im just going crazy.. Robin sat on the bed neither of us talking a single word
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It was now bright out id say around 7 or 8 am maybe even 9 then i heard the door start to open me and robin both backed away from it the grabber walked in with a tray it and 2 plates of food and 2 bottles of soda on it
"I made some breakfast" he said "what did you put in that?" I asked "salt and pepper" he responded and giggled robin stood up and walked next to me "oh, eat it, dont eat it. Your already down here what would i need to drug you for?" He put the tray down and left
But he didnt close the door all the way me and robin went over and opened it a crack then the phone rang i gasped and turned to it "what is it? Finney?" I didnt responded and walked over to the phone and picked it up "the phone? Is someone calling?" He asked again i didnt answer "hello?" I asked
"Dont go upstairs" the voice told me i turned to the door "why not?" I asked robin looked shocked that i was having a conversation "its a trap" he said "are you... Are you bruce?" I asked "whos bruce?" "Uh i was just talking to brice" i turned back to the phone
"I dont know any bruce" "hes the baseball player" "we dont play .. baseball.. here" he sighed "who are you?" I asked "i dont remember" he told me "did you play soccer? Football?" "I delivered newspapers" robin looked threw the crack of othe door then back to me
"Billy... Your billy showalter" "maybe" "no your Billy" he sighed " dont.. Go.. Upstairs..." He warned me "what is he doing?" I asked "hes waiting... On the other side with that fucking belt he didnt say you can leave so if you try he'll punish you he'll beat you with that belt untill you pass out it hurts kid.. It hurts real bad you'll cry you'll beg him to stop we all did.. But he just keeps beating you" the phone cut off
"hello?" Robin looked at me "hello?" I turned to the phone walked over and hung it up i walked to the door and opened it "stay here robin " i say "finney if your going up there i am to" he says
"No your already hurt and im just ganna take a peek billy said hes waiting up there with a belt to beat us if we try to go up" "then why the hell are you walking into the fucking trap??" I didnt answer and looked up the stair case i took a step "finney-" he wispered i took another "finney seriously" i took another step and he grabbed my arm "this isnt some fucking game finn hes waiting to fucking beat you trust me you dont want that"
I pulls off of his grip and walked up a bit more i stoped when i got to the corner i could see a kitchen and a opened door I peeked around the corner and i saw him no shirt with a sad version of his mask on and a belt in his hand i quickly went back down
Robin moved out of the way and i shut the door "jesus finney your a fucking idiot" i sighed robin looked worried "sorry" he nodded and sat on the ground i sat with him and we ate the food the grabber gave to us
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I woke up to the phone ringing robin up uo walking around and looked at me "hey Finney" he sighed " hey" i simply said and sat up and walked to the phone "is it ringing?" He asked i nodded and picked it up "you said my names billy" he said "billy Showalter"
"Dont call me that." The bottle started shaking and robin looked freaked out "i dont remember it its not who i am now" "what do you want be to call you then?.. What do you remember?" The bottle fell over and i was slowly walking to it "i told you i was a paperboy" i nodded "okay Paperboy"
"See the wall infront of you? See how the wall is separated from the floor?" "Yeah" "i tore a long cable loose from down there.. I kept it hidden" billy said "what am i subpost to do with that?" I asked confused of what he wanted me to do
One of the bottles started spinning then pointed to the window i put the phone to my side and looked at it i hung up the phone and went to the wall "what are you doing? What did billy say? How the fuck did that happen-?" Robin asked questions and i was trying to get the cable there was a indent in the wall that i was able to grab the cable from
"Got it.." I said "what is th- is that a wire?" "Mhm" i look at the window and its ganna be are ticket out of this dump" i went over to the window and robin fallowed i tried throwing it up a few times then robin tried the same bit it didnt work i tried a few more times when i got a idea
I dropped the cable and went over to the rugs "robin help me take this over there" "alright" he said and grabbed the other side we easily brought it over and probed it up to the window "so whats the plan here finney boy?" Robin asked "you hold the rug steady and i push this cable up into to hopefully leaching to the window" he nodded and help the rug i did what i said and it worked i grabbed the other side of the cable and robin pushed the rug away
"Now what climb up it and what? Yell for help?" "No its sound proof down here" i told him "i know that i was told" he sighed i pulled on the cable to make sure it was stable and tried to climb it i slipped
"Let me try" robin said i moved over and robin look at the cable for a second then tied the two ends he climbed and got to the top grabbing onto the edge but fell this time with a thumb bringing the cable and part of the window down with him
"JESUS ROBIN! Are you ok?!" I asked he sat up holding his side again "ive been threw worse" he held his hand up to see blood his side was bleeding again "damn..." He got up and i put his arm around my shoulder i helped him onto the bed and he held the wond unluckily it wasnt bleeding to badly
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Robin was holding his now off shirt on thw cut and i was now digging the hole deeper i i didnt stop till i couldnt physically couldn't dig anymore i got out of the hold and put the rug on top of it "how is it?" I asked him and he sighed "itll probably stop soon" i looked at his chest and there were more scars and bruises "jesus did he do all of that?" I asked in a scared tone
"Yep then theres a few from fights with vance, mouse and the other shits" he lifted the shirt off his wond and it looks like ist stoped for now "oh look at that" he un crumbled his shirt and looked at it to see if it was to gross to put on "ima wait till the blood drys" he threw it to the floor the lights came on and i quickly layed down and pulled him with me are faces barely apart
We both pretended to be asleep the the grabber seen right through us "i know your not sleeping" he dragged out we both sat up "im starving"i said "me to" robin agreed "tell me your names" robin looked at me "why do you care?" "I usually dont ... I find out eventually in the paper they always print a nice big photo with all the details i could ever want .... All the things you boys lie about" "whats different this time?" I asked
"Oh..." I heard a dog "oh its complicated its... Too complicated everythings different nothings going right" "you can let us go" robin looked at me with a face saying 'do you really think thats ganna work' face there was silence "im thinking about it" me and robin had hopeful faces now "we promise we wont tell anyone" robin said and i scooted closer to the edge of the bed
"You can blindfold us drop us off on the street well find are ways home" i said trying to convince him and robin noded "well tell me your name" he said me and robin looked at each other "taylor ... Tayler mullen" i finally said and the grabber turned to robin he said some fake made up name aswell
The grabber sighed and threw the tray to the side he stepped out of the shadow and was wearing the sad mask i was cursing in my head and looked to robin he had a Straight face looking a little angry
He threw a newspaper at me and i opened it and it had both me and robin listed with a picture robin put his face in his hands "i was really starting to like you two Robin and Finney" he kicked the tray "i almost let you go" he closed the door but not all the way i looked at the door once the light went off i walked to it
"What are you doing? We were already warned finn-" i looked back because the phone rang i walked to it and picked it up "hello?" Nothing "bruce? ... Billy- paperboy?" The phone hang up and i put it back
"Who-" "no one" i interrupted and sighed i walked over to the spilled food and started picking it up robin came over and helped he ate it when we picked it up and laid down
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Its been a few minutes and i sat up hearing a driping sound robin ended up falling sleep i grabbed the rocket ship flashlight out of my pocket i used to stab the grabber and shinned it around i looked at the phone still a little weirded out by it
I kept shinning it up and down the walls then i seen a floating body it looked like- no it was griffin stagg i gasped his throat was slit and blood dripping from it he pointed to the phone i looked at it and got up picking it up and puting it to my ear
"Hello?" I asked and quickly turned around to see that he was gone "hello?" I asked again and again "you dont have much time" he said over the phone i slowly put the ship down to my side "the grabber hasnt been sleeping he thinks this might be it that hes ganna figure it out" he continued
"Whos ganna figure it out?" I asked "his brother upstairs" he laughed "are you griffin?" "Who?" "Griffin stagg" "probably its all a little hazy but i imagine you know all our names" he sighed "every kid does" i told him and there was a small silence "i didnt know you"
"Nobody did.. You spend so many years invisible and then every kid in the state knows your name... You dont have much time" "why hasnt he killed us?" I asked "you wont play the game you have to play the game if you dont play he cant win"
"What game?" I asked "naughty boy if you dont play naughty boy the grabber can't beat you and if he can't beat you he cant move on to the next part... And the next part of naughty boy.... Is his favorite part" naughty boy? Thats what he called robin... So Robins played the game... "Robins played the game... Was hasnt he killed robin?" I asked "hes waiting for you he wants to kill you both at the same time... He feels if he does it one by one the other would rebel and get away"
"Whats the next part?" Griffin just started laughing "you dont have much time "you said that" "hes not been sleeping" "you said that too"
"Yeah well he is now. in his chair he passed out waiting for you to play" "what good does that do me?" I asked him and looked at the door "wait- the door is still unlocked" i realized "the door is still unlocked" griffin repeated "do i just... Wake up robin and... Go?"
"Theres a combination lock on the inside of the storm door it was my bike lock" griffen said "your bike lock?" I asked "yeah he took it when he took me" "whats the combination?"
"I dont remember" "griffin" "i remember being afraid id forget it thats why i wrote it down" "what? Where?" "I carved it with a bottle cap in the wall" "which wall? which wall?!" I was getting louder and robin woke up
"Whats happening?" He asked and i didnt respond "the one on the right about shoulder height when you're sitting down" griffin continued i droped the phone got my flashlight out and started going across the wall
"What is happening? What are you doing?" Robin asked confused "we may have a chance to run and im looking for griffins bike lock number" robin got up and put his shirt on as i fould the number "23317 23317 23317" i repeated and got the phone
"23317?" I asked "if you say so" he says "but is it 23-31-7 or 23-3-17 or 2-33-17?" I was panicking "i cant remember" "griffin" "i can't remember" he said again "youll have to try them all" he sighed "and you have to be very quiet about it" "yeah okay. Thanks." I sighed
I was grabbing onto the rocket ship in my hand and robin was at the door i repeated the number and walked to the door i opened it and robin was next to me i sighed out of nerves
"You ready?" "To get out of this shit hole? Since day fucking one" he smiled i was slightly shaking robin seen and grabbed my hand i looked at him heat rising to my face jesus this is not the time i started to slowly walk up the stairs robin fallowing behind
The door was closed this time and i carefully opened it still holding robins hand it was terrifying he was snoring sitting on a chair woth a belt the mask on shirtless with a jacket on we slowly walked towards him praying these floors wont creek we walked past him into a living room and there it was the combination lock we went to it
I let go of robins hand and put the first in wrong 2ed wrong and 3ed it opened but as soon as it did the dog started barking i opened the door quickly grabbing robins hand we both started running for are life grabber got into the van and chased up with in then went infront of us we both bumped into the van and fell the grabber got out we got up and ran the other way but he tackled us
A porch light went on and he put a knife to my neck "either of you say one fucking word finney here gets gutted like pig right here in the fucking street." He whispered and we both fell silent i squeezed robins hand scared shitless more then i ever have another porch light went on soon they both turned off
"Nighty night naughty boys" he punched me in the face and i blacked out
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I sat up and rubed my nose "son of a bitch" robin was already up pacing probably thinking of a plan the phone rang and i looked at it "no" i said "fuck you " i said "who are you talking to finney" robin looked at me "the god damn phone" it kept ringing
"Goddamn it" i got up and grabbed it "what? You ganna say something? Do you even know who you are?" I was annoyed "what the shit kind of question is that? Do you even know who you are?" The person on the phone asked
"Im finney blake" "yeah well nice to fucking meet you finney blake right here this is it" he said "this is what?" "The horrifying nightmare end of your and that ass hole robins pathetic little life." By the voice, colorful vocabulary and that line said often i realized who it was
"Holy shit.. your vance hopper" robin turned to me "i remember you, you used to scare me" i told him "trust me finney blake if you knew what you had coming youd be fucking terrified todays the day motherfucker! Have you tried stacking the carpets to reach the window?"
"Ive tried everything" i told vance "no not everything. When the grabber saw what i had done that was it and he took his time with me too" "what did you do?" I asked him "oh that fucker had to spend a fortune to repair all the damages" vance said sounding a little proud "what did you do?" I asked again
"Im getting to that cunt wad! or do you have some over important shit you have to do right now?" He asked me aggressively as he always is " no no no no im... Im listening" i said "theres an outlet in the shitter across from the john" "yeah ive seen it"
"On the other side of that wall there is a storage room you cant get into that room because theres a big-ass upright freezer in the way" "okay" "break into the wall about two feet above the outlet till you get to a panel with screws in it get the panel off your into the freezer"
"And then into the storage room.. Thank you " "for what?" Vance asked "for helping me" "helping you? This isnt about you. fuck him..!" It was to loud so i droped the phone and plugged my ears it seems robin heard the loudness because he also plugged his i sat on the ground and 2 bottles flung at me i screamed and robin went over to me it obviously wasnt as loud for him but it still was i was shaking a bit but the loudness faded
"You.. You heard that?" I asked and robin noded "what did vance tell you to do knowing him its probably some crazy shit" "we gotta destroy the wall 3 ft above The outlet" "crazy shit.." Robin repeated
We ran over and used the top of the toilet to break the wall eventually getting to the panel unscrewing it with a part of the toilet theere was a bunch raw stake in there me and robin both hit on the freezer door after a while i got out and sat down i could hear robin still banging on it trying to get it to open
I started crying. Robin stoped banging on it and climbed out he looked at me "dont... Dont start crying on me finn" i wiped my tears "im not" "dont play dumb with me either" he sat next to me and hugged me "at least well die together..." I said wanting to cry again "fuck that were not dying were getting out of here" he said
"Robin... We've tried everything nothing has worked face the fucking face this is the end the end of the shitty rode called life " i laid my head on his shoulder "nothing was worked yet finn yet"
"Robin..-" "do you remember what i told you?" He interrupted me "that i need to see texas chain saw massacre?" I laughed lightly he rolled his eyes smiling slightly "before that" "some day i have to sand up for myself" i replayed knowing thats what he ment
"That 'someday' is today finn and i will be there to help todays the day you stop taking the shit every ones been giving you" he was holding me my the shoulders now "im not a fighter like you robin" i sigh "youve always been a fighter finn thats what we have in common why we are.. Friends.. You were always afraid to throw a punch but youve always knew how to take one and youve always got back up every. Time."
"Im not strong enough to do this robin" "ill be right there with you helping you"
"How are we ganna do this?" "Your ganna use a weapon" "what about you?" "Ill be ok" "well what weapon?" He looks over "the phone" we get up and go over robin motivated me he pretty good at that
Soon enough we cut the line and filled the phone with dirt we set up a trip wire and waited by the phone soon enough the lights went on i got ready the door opened an it wasnt him it wasnt the grabber "no fucking way" the dude said me and robin looked at each other "i knew he was hiding something from me down here but holy mary mother of god"
"Please help c-can you call my dad? Call my sister?" i said "can you call my mom?" Robin asked "oh listen dont worry hes not here he-he had to go into work" me and robin both sighed "u-uh im max man stay-stay calm no wonder he was freaking out this morning hey you two what to know the story about how i found you man?"
"No no no no-" "dont worry about it we can talk about this-" he was interrupted by a axe to his head i screamed and stepped back and robin looked away soon looking back i was breathing heavy "look what you made me do... You made me kill my brother" "no!" I said robin was quiet "it wasnt me!- i-.."
"He wad an idiot... But he was my idiot... Im sorry max" he went over and pulled the axe out of maxes head "now im ganna have to put you with the others" he sighed "looks like youll find those naughty boys after all"
"Whats up with the phone huh? I told you it doesnt work!" He looked over at robin then me " who shall i gut first? Mmm he pointed Between us and ended up landing on me "normally i would use a knife but your special finney... Im ganna take my time i want this to Really hurt"
"Samson! Watch robin would you boy" he pet the dog and it looked at robin "good boy" he walked twords me and robin watched worried he swang and laughed i dodged the axe and went to the hallway jumping over the whole pulled the rope to make a tripe wire and he fell in the hole as planned
He screamed in pain i grabbed the phone and dogging his axe robin came up behind and kicked him in the back on the head i hit him and doged this went on for a few untill i went to swing and he grabbed i pulled off his mask and he let me go i hit him again and again and again robin watched smiling and proud i put the cord around his neck and started choking him
The phone started ringing i put it to his ear "its for you" i told him "welcome to the nightmare end of your pathetic little life" vance said "you dont have much time" griffin laughed "todays the day motherfucker" vance said "finns arm is mint!" As bruce said that i snapped his neck
I get up robin grabs some of the meat and throws it away from the door the dog goes to grab it i help robin up the stares as the grabber ended up hitting his foot but in the heat of the moment nether of us noticed i put in the code and walk outside with robin by my side there are cops every where but there at the house opposite of this one
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Were now sitting in a ambience me and robin wrapped in the same blanket i was resting my head on his sholder i was happy we were alive i didnt think we were ganna make it but we did my sister is on the other side of me but i was tired so very tired and so was robin we were fighting to keep are eyes open...
A/N: hello! Here it is! If you would want me to do a part 3 as a after math and them actually getting together i will be able to that!