To Find: Season 1 (Stuck Forever Tape)

Story Tape #18

The tape begins with the sound of Livious crying on the intercoms. Some time has passed since I took the wire connected to her left arm. Holding my bat tightly as I roam around the building to find the wire connected to her right arm. Fuck, where the hell is it? This place doesn't have a damn map? These dolls just know where to go? The eyes on the walls watch me the whole time as I wander inside the building, looking up at the wire as I'm not sure if it leads to her other arm or another body part. I wanted to take out the wires strategically, maybe if I take out both of her arms she'll be unable to use it or something like that. Either way, those wires need to be destroyed. Livious voice rang throughout the building, whimpering. "I'm giving you one more chance, ducky, meet me at the center of Dolls Delight and we can help each other out. Please honey, don't make me angry." She begins to weep as the music from the earlier tape switches to (Play Date, By Melanie Martinez.) This gives me even more of a reason to get the hell out of here, walking up to another section of the building as the huge sign hanging from the ceiling says. "Power Room #4" This must be her back then. Walking into the section as I quickly hid behind a wall, seeing a group of dolls big and small guarding the door leading to the other power source. I think I felt a bit of a tingle sensation on my back, turning around as the eyes looked at me as I completely forgot about the walls changing. I covered my mouth quickly to suppress the sound that I was making, but to no avail. The dolls saw my arm poking out from the corner of the wall, calling out to me. "Hey! There he is!" I look at the dolls pointing at me, carrying various weapons as they start to charge at me. Alright God, here they come. Lead me to victory, help me to fight my enemies. I summoned my bat out as I raised it up in the air, waiting for them to get closer and closer; seeing five out of the fifteen dolls jumping at me, slamming my bat on the ground as it created a powerful wave of light desegregating their wooden body. The other ten dolls stood there shocked, getting angry at me, killing their family members as one of them threw a ball at me near my feet; looking down at it as the ball slowly began to expand. That's not good. I quickly got out of the way to take cover behind the wall, ignoring the tingling feeling on my back as the ball created an explosion; shooting out thumbtacks as my jaw drops. Thank God I dodged that, that would've ended badly and potentially cost a cartridge. I emerged from behind the wall as I began to swing the bat creating a horizontal light wave attack, hitting two of the ten dolls as I performed another attack in quick succession; taking out one more doll from the eighth. Breathing heavily as I kneel down on the floor, using the bat to balance as I start to feel a bit dizzy. A-Are you serious? It's taking a toll on my body? I thought.. I thought.... The seven dolls see that I am panting heavily, the three rushing in with their sharp wooden nails; slashing at my chest and my face as I try to cover myself from getting wounded even more. Taking my knife out as I reach to grab the small doll's neck, stabbing it in the stomach several times as I throw it at the other doll; causing it to fall back on the ground and its wooden head slightly breaking, struggling to speak as blood spurts from its mouth. The four dolls that stayed behind began to shoot at me with their toy guns, one of the bullets hitting my arm as I winced in pain; quickly getting up from the ground and running to the nearby table. I grunted in pain from the feeling of my face and my chest being cut, no, I'm not going to heal myself. I need to endure more pain to the point where I'm on the verge of death. There are only five more dolls left, still under fire as the bullets shoots the table but isn't piercing through thankfully. I looked down at my cross as it began to glow bright, is this it? Can I use this to stun them, my Lord? I smiled and laughed at the same time, they stopped firing their guns as they began to reload; climbing over the table as I held onto my cross tightly, yelling out loudly as a bright flash caused the dolls to go blind. Hearing them falling and wiping their eyes as they cry out loud. "L-Livious!! Our Queen! We can't see! Help us, please!!" She can't hear your cries. I've had enough with these damn dolls, I slowly approached them as the camera showed my ripped bloody suit; wearing my face mask as there are cuts visible on my face. I raised my bat up in the air as I broke each of the dolls head one by one until they met a tragic fate, my bat was bloodied up. Catching my breath as I look to my left to see that a doll was still alive, walking up to it as it cries quietly to itself mummering in a glitchy way. "I-It's GETtiNg DaRK, m-o-m-MomMMy... DDooO yOOUuuu SeEeeEE M... ME..?" I stared at the doll clinging to life, for some reason it made me feel a type of way. My heart felt saddened. Those bodies that I saw in the toy boxes... Who were they? I tried not to overthink it too much as I walked away from the doll, it then slowly died. Sighing to myself as I insert the key into the key lock, opening the door as I walk inside; seeing the wire connected to the wall as I did the same process as before, destroying the wire as Livious lets out another screech again. I covered my ears as I grunted in pain, the entire building shaking as I leaned back against the wall inside the room. Moments later the building stops shaking, my breathing becoming shaky as I walk out of the room; looking up at the ceilings to see hands sticking out, their fingers curling in and out as I hear low moaning coming from above. What the hell is going on? What the hell is this place? The sound of Livious' voice was upsetting, raising her voice at the mic. "THAT'S IT!! I'VE HAD ENOUGH! LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MY CASTLE! YOU'RE RUINING EVERYTHING! YOU BETTER HOPE THAT I DON'T SEE YOU FACE TO FACE! I WILL FUCKING EAT YOU!! DOLLS, FIND THAT DUCK AND BRING HIM TO ME, NNOOOWWWW!!!" Livious angry voice and the sound of her banging against a surface shook the building, grabbing onto my bat tightly as I quickly started to run out from this section of the building. The song (It's Over, by Patti LaSalle) begins to play as each power source destroyed causes the building to become more sinister and scary, the happy fun theme of the building being destroyed one by one. She now sees me as a clear threat to her existence, the stakes are high as I run down the hallway while looking up at the inky-bloody ceiling to find where the wire leads to next. I reached another section of the building as the sign reads "Power Room #3." This must be her right arm, halfway there Just, keep going. I entered the section as the lock door was in front of me, checking my surroundings as I stopped walking. Hearing something bubbly coming from the ceiling as I look up, gripping my bat handle tightly as a huge black-inky figure drops down; landing on its feet as it lets create a shockwave sending across the tiled floor. The force of the wave caused me to fall down on my back, covering the back of my head with my hand. Looking at the figure as it didn't seem to look like a toy or anything but a new entity. I got up from the floor as I prepared myself, holding onto the bat as it looked at me; its face was covered with many different types of eyes. Its body was bulky but its legs were short, its arms were long to the point where its hands touched the ground. As it speaks it splurts out a black goo, saying in a raspy tone of voice. "YoU. DOn'T. bELonG. hERE." We both stared at each other, my heart beating fast as I have no idea what this creature is capable of. It then reached one arm at me, stretching across the room as I quickly ducked; looking behind me to see it coming back at me. I then looked straight to see the Entity rushing towards me, its body expanding as it used its force to push me back; creating a distance between us as I slid on the floor on my back, hitting against the wall as I groaned a bit. I rubbed the back of my head, standing up as I grabbed my bat from the floor; quickly swinging it as it creates a blinding light wave, causing the Entity to go blind. Alright, I got it. This should be easy then. I don't want to strain my body too much like before, running up to it with my knife as I plunge it into its head. The blade went inside its gooey, inky head. Everything went silent. My heart... What's.. Going on with my heart? My cross was blinking multiple times, the Monster within me voice ringing in my ears. "Just, LOOK OUT!!" I looked at the Entity many eyes, feeling a hot sticky goo wrapping around my head as I started to scream in agony. The Entity arm turned into a hole big enough to fit around my head, the goo burning my face as my entire body started to shake; feeling it lifting my body up off the ground. The Entity speaking while I felt my face being melted off, feeling as if I'm going to die. "CLoSE YOur EYes AnD MeET YoUR EnD. YoU've BEen ALiVE lONg eNOUgh. YoUr LIfE COmEs To A ClOsE. ThE DEAth oF JusT, THE WandEReR." The Monster voice starts to fade away slowly, God, is this how I'm going to die? It hurts. It... Hurts. Please... I.. Mfftt.. N..O..T...Like...mff..this... God... "JUST, CLOSE YOUR HAND!!" Just was about to die, he heard the Monster voice lightly as he struggled to close his fist. Whisper stands near the wall with his arms crossing within the darkness, watching what's happening. Finally, Just was able to close his fist as the healing liquid quickly flows within his body. Dark mist and a fierce wind swirl around Just body, The Monster taking over as he uses his feet to push him off of the Entity, rolling back on the floor as Just shows his claws; running at the Entity as he slices the right arm of the Entity off of it. Using various attacks as Just slices across its stomach, cutting its legs as it falls back on the floor. Just yelling out in rage as he sticks his claws inside its forehead, spreading his fingers out as its head opens up. Just breathing heavily as he moves away from the Entity, the Monster still taking over as he walks up to the door; inserting the key into the lock, opening the door as the Monster whispers. "Just... Are you okay?" Before Just entered the room to see the power source he started to hear bubbly noises from behind him, slowly turning around as the Entity that Just cut down starts to regenerate itself. "AtTaCKs wERe InEFfEctive. PlEAsE WAiT, I WiLL Be ThErE WiTh YoU." Whisper appeared besides Just, looking at him. "Bēlua, your attacks are useless. You can only blind and run. Let's finish this." Bēlua, the Monster, nodded his head, using its claws to strike the wire connected to the power source, causing the building to shake as the sound of Livious screeching echoed within the building. Looking down as the tiled floor is replaced with blood, Bēlua looks out the door to see the blood turning to low moaning skin-less creatures. The Entity looked around itself to see that it was being pulled underneath, trying to push them off of it. "WhAt iS THiS? JusT, YoU wiLL OnLY TaSTe aIR For BUT A MomEnT." It says as the bloody skin-less dragged the Entity into the blood, bubbles reaching the surface until it stops. The cross begins to create an aura of light around Bēlua, the creatures screeching due to the extreme light as they are unable to pull Bēlua down. The intercom turns on after it's been quiet for a while, Livious is panicking and frustrated. "You filthy duck, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! Our home, our civilization. RUINED!! The blood, oh, the blood is taking away from lovely dolls. My children. You want to leave? Fine. You know where to find me, less the blood takes you just how it took my poor babies. My poor... Poor babies..." She starts to cry out loud as the song (13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side Of Your Bed, by Silver Mt. Zion) begins to play slowed down, walking out of the room as Bēlua stands in front of the entrance of "Power Room #4". Whisper stands besides Bēlua as he gets an eerie feeling from this music, confused as to why it's making him feel this way as he places his hand on his chest. "This... Music... We must not die here. Mm..." Whisper slowly fades away in the darkness, clearly feeling a sense of dread. "Just, you only have one cartridge left. I won't be able to help you out in this state for long, I as well have my limits. I will do what I can to keep us alive while you recover." Bēlua said to Just, still recovering from that terrifying experience as he began to walk down the hallway; hearing the sound of blood splashing with each step taken. The dolls that were able to find a platform to stand on to avoid getting dragged into the blood look at Bēlua, terrified and angry as they cry and make idol talks. "Who is that? He's scary." One doll says. The doll beside the crying doll says. "An enemy to our Queen, but don't worry. She will deal with him." Bēlua was unphased by the comments, unphased by the eerie music playing on the intercom, unphased of what's to come next. The building has completely transformed; the ceiling covered in black-inky gooey hands reaching out with their fingers curling in and out, the walls covered with blinking and moving eyes, the floor covered in blood that can drag someone underneath it to God knows where. This journey is almost at an end and can end only one way. Just being free, or Just being stuck down here forever. Whether being eaten, ripped apart, there is no happy ending for Just when Death finally takes him. No one to help him. Not given another chance. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Bēlua reached the entrance to "Power Room #1." This is it. The final wire needed to be destroyed, the dolls chanting behind him. "Enlighten Us. Consume Us. Enlighten Us. Consume Us." He walked into the section of the building, the area was different. The floor is covered with a wrap to prevent the blood creatures from pulling them down. A large area with two stairs creating a curve leading up to the locked door, the dolls standing on the rail as they continue with their chants. Livious standing on which appears to be a circular opening beside both of the stairs, the two Caretakers walking  down the stairs on both sides. The one on the left is wearing a duck mask as they stand in front of Livious as she says to Bēlua. "You. Where is the so-called "Wanderer", hm? A voice told us about him. The reborn soul. Where is he?" Bēlua looks up at Livious. "Don't worry about him, it is me you need to worry about." Livious giggles as she looks at him with pure hate and anger, her tone switching quickly. "He has destroyed everything! My castle is in ruins! Look around, this ain't my home anymore. It is disgusting and sickening. Oh my Caretakers, gain information from this person and I shall reward you generously with my love that no one has ever truly felt." The two Caretakers bowed down to Livious. "Yes Queen, we will dispatch him and gain information for the Wanderer's whereabouts." The Caretakers turn around as they circle around Bēlua, he unsheathes his claws out as he gets into a fighting stance; snarling at the two dolls as the other watches and chants. "Enlighten Us. Consume Us. Enlighten Us. Consume Us." One of the dolls charged at Bēlua as he quickly grabbed its neck, slamming it onto the other doll. Both groaning and crying; taking the duck mask away from them as Livious eyes widen up, quickly kicking Bēlua and as he hits against the wall. "NO! DON'T HURT THEM!! Oh my sweeties, are you okay?" She holds onto both of the dolls, comforting them as Bēlua looks at the floor; he begins to run across the floor to rip the wraps on the floor, blood spurting up as they scream out loud in fear. While they are distracted by the creatures grabbing and pulling the dolls down as Livious tries hitting them. "PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY BABIES!!" Bēlua used this as a way to run up the stairs, the dolls that were on the railing trying to stop him from unlocking the door; Bēlua swiftly avoided their attacks and sliced the wooden dolls in pieces with his claws. He unlocks the door with the key, before he could open it he hear the sound of Livious crying as the creatures took both of the dolls into the bloody pool; going into a fury as she reached to grab Bēlua away from the door as she smacks him against the wall multiple times. "THEY TOOK MY BABY!! IT'S YOUR FAULT!! AAA UUUGGGHHH!!!" Her screams shook the building as the dolls were crying in fear as they tried to escape from the pool of blood, some of them getting grabbed and pulled under while the others escaped up the stairs. Bēlua grunted from being smacked against the wall, using his claws as he turned around while in the grasp of Livious hand, slicing her arm as blood splatters on both of them. Livious cried in pain as she held onto her arm, dropping Bēlua as he wall-climbed up to the door; opening the door. The time went slow. The camera captures the horror on Livious' face, the dolls reaching out for Livious while some were getting pulled into the blood; the dolls near Bēlua attempting to go after him. Bēlua destroyed the wire, an explosion happened which knocked him back against the stairs railing; the other dolls falling back into the pool of blood, the sound of Livious screeching as Bēlua turned around to see the building turning into complete darkness. The sound of Bēlua breathing can be heard within the darkness, summoning the bat as a light source; Livious weeping from a corner. "You've ruined.. EVERYTHING! It's all gone. All. Gone." Bēlua aims the bat at the direction where Livious can be heard, sitting on her knees as the bloody creatures climb on top of her body as they slowly pull her down. Seeing her making eye contact with Bēlua, staring at him as she is pulled down into the blood. Whisper appeared besides Bēlua, placing his hand on the rail. "You did it, Bēlua. But I fear this isn't over yet, be on guard." Whisper disappears into the darkness as Bēlua nods his head, jumping over the railing as he lands on the floor; his hooded-robe drenched in blood. He looks down at Just cross slowly blinking, a way out of here perhaps? Bēlua placed his hand on his forehead, he was slowly becoming tired as he tells Just. "I do not have much time to control your body, I will follow where your God is leading us. We're almost out of this." Bēlua starts to walk down the extremely dark hallway, moving the bat around to find his way through the dark atmosphere. The song playing from the intercom was distorted, hearing the sound of angels harmonizing from the music. Some time has passed after taking down the last wire, the cross still lightly blinking as Bēlua stops walking. The vibrating of a humming sound causes the bloody pool to shake, as he gets into a defensive stance; the voice of Livious can be heard all throughout the building. "It all makes sense. Perfect sense. All you want is to feel important, to feel that you are remembered, to feel that your very existence means something. That's what I tried giving you, Just. Your name. So beautiful. What does it mean? Does it have a meaning? Do you like being lonely? I do too. We can be lonely together. You did take everything I had away from me, so now we can be stuck here forever and forever. Me and you, my beautiful duck. Oh Just, let me touch you and I'll let you touch me. Do you love me? Do you want my body? My body. My body. My body." Livious kept repeating those words, sounding like a broken record as she stopped talking. Silence. Before Bēlua can put the bat on his left hand, using his right hand as a weapon as he unsheathes his claws a dark mist swirls around him, feeling the icy wind blow. "Oh, no... Not now. Just, you need to run and follow the blinking of your cross. Okay? Okay?" Just kneels down on the floor, slowly gaining his consciousness. I started to blink as I woke up, looking down at my body covered in blood as I stood up quickly; the voice of Bēlua echoing within my head. "Just, RUN!!" I held my bat tightly as I was confused on what's been going on, aiming my bat down to see a tall silhouette body rising from the bloody pool; only seeing the glowing white pupils and many sharp teeth. My heart was beating fast, my breathing was becoming shaky as she let out a loud scream; the area around her bursting in flames as the building was on the fire. What the hell happened? What the fuck is going on? She twisted her body around in a wheel position, running towards me as her head started jittering with her making a chomping gesture with her jaw. I turned around and started to run, panting loudly as the song playing was slow and glitchy; the angels harmonizing growing louder as I began to burst out into tears. My Lord, get me away from this nightmare. Get me out of here! I use my bat as a torch to guide me through this never ending darkness, hearing Livious making croaking noises in the background as her body jitters and hearing cracking sounds coming from her. She then leaps up on the ceiling, quickly crawling as I look back to see her moving her head side to side from one shoulder to the other. "Love me Just, love me. I'll take good care of you, I promise sweetheart." Oh God. She's fucking crazy. I make tight turns around the corner, entering an unknown section as a sign says "No Way Out." No, there has to be a way out. I look down at my cross, it's blinking becoming more frequent as I hear an explosion coming from both sides of the hallway; two bloodied up dolls who look deformed and creepy jump out from underneath the blood to attack me. My eyes widen as Livious jumps off from the ceiling, landing on the bloody pool as she grabs both of the dolls who were the Caretakers as she starts yelling at them. "DON'T TOUCH HIM! HE'S MINE!!" She then starts to eat both of them, devouring their wooden body as blood splatters all over her teeth; disregarding them with her hypnotic eyes becoming red and whitish. Whisper waved at me at the end of the hallway, the heat from the fire was becoming irritating; pointing at an opened hole. "JUST!! OVER HERE!! SLIDE!!" Slide? Slide?! Do I even fucking know how to slide? I took a deep breath as I started to run faster than before, my heart racing as I yelled out loudly. Livious becomes closer as she reaches to grab me, sliding down underneath the small opening; she misses grabbing me and lets out a frustrating tone of screeching. "No. NOOO!!! COME BACK!! JUUUUST!!!" Her voice fades away as I roll down a rocky hill, grunting and groaning as I fall down on the floor. I laid there for a while before shaking my head, slowly getting up as I rubbed my face; turning around to see that she was unable to follow me due to her tall body size. I wiped the blood off of my face, obviously it made it worse since my hands were already covered in blood; muttering "Idiot" to myself. I tried to catch my breath after dealing with that encounter, looking down at my cross blinking faster than before. It's nearby. I continue to walk into the factory-like building, looking at my surroundings as there are empty toy boxes around; some standing up while others are laid down on the floor with the blood one inch above it. I see a large steel gate with a few windows on it, near that door is a lever. Could that be the way out? Where will it take me? I walk down the hallway as I hear a loud, fiery explosion from behind me; looking back to see rocks from above rumbling and dropping down on the ground. Hearing Livious voice ringing through the building as she says playfully while trying to find a way down. "Oh my sweetheart, are you down there? Don't worry. I am coming. Please, wait for me. We will be together." Fuck that, no. No. No. No. God, no. I'm so close. Don't let her take me. I started to run towards the steel door, grabbing onto the lever as I pulled it; watching the gate lifting up at a decent pace before walking outside to see a light shining on the ground from the dark sky. I turned around and saw the roof crumbling down, Livious landing on the ground with her entire body jittering as she makes that unsettling cloaking sound. "Don't leave me, Just... Just..! AAAHHH!!!" She began running at me, holding onto the handle of my bat as I used it to swing at the lever; breaking it off as the fire spread throughout the bloody floor, seeing her being engulfed in flame. She cries out in agony, her screams were so horrific to listen to as her wooden body becomes black and burnt. I see a lever near the door from the outside, quickly pulling it as the gate slowly closes down; the sound of her footsteps grows louder and louder as I back away from the gate. The gate closes completely as she bangs against it, yelling out from the other side of the gate. "JUUUUST DON'T LEAVE ME!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!" Her crying becomes loud and unsettling to hear, moments later the crying stops. Was she consumed by the flames? God... Is it finally over? I turned around as I slowly walked away from the gate, each step I took, each breath I took draws me closer to the light. The cross grows bright, I did it God, are you proud of me? Are you happy? I then hear the sound of the windows breaking as I duck down a bit, turning around as I see Livious head poking out from the window; one hand reaching out as only her head exposing her spinal cord and her arm crawls on the floor with her voice sound glitchy. "A-All I WAnTEd wAS A fAmiLY AN-anD-AND yoU tOoK It FROm ME!!" She begins to crawl towards me, breathing as I slowly walk up to her with my bat; looking down at her. "S-So BeAUTiFuL. Y-Y-YOu ArE... I WaNTed YoU ALl ForRrrrRr mySeLFfFFff.... To bBe StUCk wiTh mEEe..." Her body relaxed against the floor, dying in front of me as my breathing became shaky. I kneeled down to cut her head off with my knife, putting it inside my inventory. Whisper stands besides me, placing his hand on my shoulder. "You and Bēlua did it. Let's go home." Bēlua? Is that the monster within me his name? I like the way it sounds. As I walk towards the light I hear the gate being blown off, who the hell could it be this ti-...I...I.. It's back. The black gooey Entity has come back, blood mixed with his ink as It looks at me. "TaRGeT aCqUirED." It then launched its arm at me, feeling it enter my stomach as it created a spiky explosion within my body; blood spurting out of my mouth as I fell back into the light, I couldn't breathe... Whisper yelling out "No!" The Entity began to walk towards them, Whisper summoning the final cartridge as he placed it in Just hand, Just looked up at the sky. Mumbling inaudibly to himself, tears running down his cheeks. The light takes them away as they vanish in front of the Entity before It attacks Just again. The tape ends with the camera panning up to the God ray slowly disappearing, everything fading to black. The eerie, uncomfortable song playing in the background as it comes to a close.~

-End of Story Tape #18-