The Cube

"Hana?"

Jean spoke so softly, unexpectedly. I didn't think Jean could be capable of producing something so gentle.

Is she kidding? Course Hana won't answer, shes... gone.

We heard a loud sob. Hana started crying shamelessly. It scared me when I tried to imagine what shape and condition she is in under there after what just happened, but I shook it off and yell... atleast she's alive.

"Hana, you okay buddy?"

"It hurrrrtttssss!!"

She yelled between sobs.

"Okay, wait for us ok? we'll find a away to get there."

"Dont fuck with me! This is all your fault so don't act like a hero!"

Jean yelled at me as she pushed me on the shoulder as if shes looking for a fight.

"Look Jean, you can blame me all you want but please let's just get her out of here first at least."

"HURRY!"

Hana yelled, we snapped and automatically wandered our flashlight for any sign of a stair down.

"There!"

I ran to where Jean is and saw a blocked stairway.

"A BLOCKED stairway? Fuck, this place is already broken down by ages, I dont think we could squeeze our way in there."

I complained.

"Shut up and help."

Jean snapped as she began to remove the broken cement blocks blocking the stairway. Shes unbelievably dumb.

I helped her anyways.

We thanked god that the blocks were only blocking a thin amount of the stairway and not filled with it.

Jean got in first as I followed her trail. Squeezing ourselves into the gap where the ones we put out of the way once were.

I gulped, suddenly feeling claustrophobic. This feels really dangerous and risky, what if the bricks suddenly collapse on us?

Our jaws were locked wide as we saw what  awaited us on the other side.

We stood there in silence in about a minute. It was spacious as fuck, the ceiling was high up meaning, Hana fell pretty deep and all the abandoned apparatus left there ignited all the the... well, the curiosity in me. This all looked to be some dwelling of some god, but why? I can't remember how old this place is but this place seems to be ambitiously designed, then why is the flooring so poorly made?

We completely forgot about Hana until we heard a faint groan. We both snapped out of our trance and rushed to where the cements were piled. I thank god shes above it and not buried by it like what I had imagined.

We helped her stand up as all of us cussed as we saw Hana's broken leg and a bloody mess on her left forehead, we can't see the rest of her injury but for sure there were more.

"Fuck, I've never seen a broken leg before!"

I recoiled in disgust as I look away. It's just fucking distorted! It was already swollen.

"Shut up bitch!"

Jean yelled at me.

"I wanna go home."

Said Hana between sobs.

"Let her go! I can take care of her all by my self!"

Jean yelled at me again but this time snarling at me. I let go and raised both my hands and backed away from them looking away in surrender.

Jean still refused to let us all go home, she said and I quote: "Let me take a look a little bit."

She sat Hana down on the metal stair way as I walk pass them and proceeded exploring the whole sci-fi place.

The place was all dusty and the metal stairs and rails were all painted with grey paint that is peeling away. I continued to walk as I pass through those monitors with it's thousand of variety of buttons and levers assorted by their size and colors.

A strange Cube like thing stole my attention and approached it. The metal door was a few centimeters open, I peeked and wandered my flashlight inside and shriek with disgust. It was filled with dark brown glossy insects to be exact: cockroaches. The cube reeks with a disgusting smell as if someone had just died in there.

I felt a strong push behind me that sent me scrambling inside the Cube with a shriek. The heavy metal door shut in behind me.

I screamed and jumped in terror as I felt the cockroaches started climbing and lurked all over me and under my clothes.

"Jean! Open the fuck up!"

I pounded at the door. The inside of the cube was covered by a dirty yellowish white cushion that made my pounding ineffective. The door has a thick glass window but its pitch black outside.

It was dark inside and the only source of light was my flashlight that has started dimming maybe because the cockroaches started wrapping everything.. This is my end.

I scream and flailed my body violently trying to shake away the insects that started ripping my flesh apart.

A loud mechanical sound resonated like something has been turned on. The Cube started to rumble as lights suddenly illuminated, the cube and the monitors outside and the buttons started to flicker like starts and in front of it I saw Jean, pushing and pulling random buttons, levers and switches on the control panel I just saw before I got pushed in the cube.

"Jean! YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!"

I yelled from the bottom of my lungs.

She looked behind her from over her shoulder in my direction, I st as she spotted me I saw how terrified and disgusted she is as I mirror her reaction upon seeing my reflection on the window mirror.

The insects were digging in my flesh and most of them are already inside my skin and lumps of them are seen.. That moment made me realize, I am dying and will eventually die, as the corner of my sight started to redden I fell backwards and just stare at space, this will end up to be my place of death, inside the cube I spotted the streaks of brown and black patches on a certain spot that has a seatbelt that forms an X.

I tried to reach it.

The cube started to move.

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Hana Blues

I was staring at nothing in particular as I soak up on all the pain my body has been inflicted on within the past hours.

A noise of a machine snapped me into reality, I lifted my head up to the round machine that just had started moving and inside of it was bright.

I grunted as I tried to stand up and felt a sharp pain that traveled through my bones. I held on to the railing and hopped to get where Jean is, it took me awhile to do so.

"Jean, what's going on?... Where's Huff?"

I asked her then I saw a figure inside the cube and my ears started to ring as I stared at it with wide eyes.

It was Huff!

I didn't move my eye, I can't shift my sight! Its locked in that cube and the figure as it started to move gradually faster, I felt all of the hair in my head down to my neck stand on its end.

"I didn't mean to do it... I ..."

Jean said shaking letting out a deep choked sound.

"We have to leave."

She sprung as she grabbed my left arm but I slowly lowered myself on the floor letting her know I dont want to leave with her, careful not to put pressure on my injured leg. It hurts nonetheless but it's nothing compared to what Huff is experiencing right now.

The cube started to spin more and more violently as the machine turn louder and louder every second. Screeching metal echoed through the four corners of the walls as it bounce back to my ears louder and louder.

"We have to leave!... Shes dead okay!?"

She yelled and I snapped.

"YOU FUCKING KILLED HER!!"

I yelled at her face she was startled, I never cussed before not in front of my friends but right now I want to cuss every bad word just to make Jean realize what she had just done.

"Get up Hana, Were leaving its gonna blow!"

She started jerking my hand forcefully I just sat there looking straight at the horrible sight. Huff was just like inside a washing machine, streams of warm tears rolled down my cheeks as sparks started popping on the arm what was holding the cube I felt Jean release me and started to run and leave me.

I closed my eyes as the cube came rushing into our direction