- Agh!

Nicole had just complained, in the middle of the darkness (they had the flashlight, but... Anyway, it was dark).

- This map is useless! - it was true. The map didn't mark locations... Wait, what if it wasn't really a map?

- Shhh... - they both did and Mat said. - Be quiet...

- ...Sorry.

They were walking for five minutes. The room they came out of was in a long corridor with no ceiling (on the map there were several corridors just like this one), in which there were several rooms. They entered them, but they were empty. Mat told them there was nothing, but those two wanted to go in anyway, just in case there was something.

After a while, they came to a large area, in which there were several more paths (4 counting the one they had come from).

- ...There are similar places on this map. - said James.

- Gosh... - said Nicole.

- ...Let's just keep going. - said Mat.

- But... Which way? - asked James.

- The... The one on the right. - said Nicole, pointing that way.

- Ah, ok. - said both of them.

They kept walking down that way, where there were no rooms.

- But seriously...

- Huh? - said Mat. James said nothing.

- Who came up with the idea of designing such a place? I don't get it... But never mind, let's go on.

- O-okay... - Mat.

After a while, something happened.

- Hey, wait. - Mat said.

- W-what's wrong? - asked Nicole.

- S-something's coming.

- Uh... What? -James shouted.

- Watch out!

Mat put a green PSI barrier around the group. Sound waves started to crash against it, but... They didn't do anything to it.

- W-what was that? - James asked.

- Ah... Ah... M-Mat... - Nicole hid behind him, for some reason... Wait, that sounded weird...

- That... Heh, I don't see anything. - Mat said, smiling nonchalantly.

- ...You're amazing, Mat. - said James.

- Really? - he seemed happy to hear that.

- Mat. - Nicole tugged at his shirt. - That wasn't a compliment.

- Oh... I see.

- Yeah, yeah, but... Do something! What the hell was that? - James said.

It attacked again.

- Ah! - Nicole covered her ears, for some reason. The sound wasn't getting through the barrier much, because the barrier was thicker than normal, so it was useless. - M-Mat!

- Ok... Oh - said Mat, after the one doing that stopped. He removed the barrier.

- H-hey, Mat. -said James hesitantly.

- There you are. - created a... A sort of PSI tip that came out from the tip of his index finger (it was pointing to where it was supposed to be.).

"I hope I don't kill it." He thought.

The PSI tip, barb, spear, whatever PSI went through something.

- Gotcha. - Mat said, and made his spear into a kind of hook and pulled it.

- Mat! - she hid behind James now.

- That is... Oh, God, what is that? - Mat.

Mat pulled it towards them and covered it in a pink PSI barrier. What he pulled in was... A strange creature. It was humanoid in shape, with its body covered in... Black stuff. It had two large, insect-like red eyes and a pair of wings, which appeared to be... bird-like. It was strange.

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- What is that thing? - James said.

- Kill it, kill it! Ah! - She was scared.

- Hey, hey, don't get distressed. - said Mat, who was calm, smiling as he said that.

- B-but you were the one who got distressed first. - said James.

- That's true, but... Never mind. - said Mat. - That thing... It reminds me of something.

- It reminds me too. - said James. - So what do we do to it?

- Mmm... I don't know, I don't feel an evil intention, but it attacked us... And, at the same time, it doesn't seem to be a spirit, it doesn't seem to have any...

"What the hell is he talking about?" thought Nicole and James.

- Did it really kill him? - said Mat. - It's just... It really doesn't look like...

"This... This really isn't a spirit... It's a living thing, but... So... Is it a monster? What should I do?" thought Mat.

- K... I... L... L... M... E...

- Huh?

The creature said that.

- Hey, wait, can you talk? - Mat said.

It didn't answer.

- Mat, make me a weapon! - James said.

- What? What?

- Just do it!

Mat made two red PSI axes. He gave them to Nicole and James.

- For me too? Th-thank you... I think.

The creature was still locked in the PSI barrier.

- Then I'm going to do it... - James said, readying his weapon. - Mat, remove the barrier.

- H-hey, this... Mmm... Okay. - Mat said, but, before he did so... - What?!

The creature broke the PSI barrier, escaping and attacking the three, hitting them after flying between them, James acted quickly to attack it with the axe, wounding it, but... All three fell to the ground with minor damage.

- Damn! - James exclaimed.

- What was that, Mat? - said Nicole.

- I don't know, but... - Mat said, and thought, "I don't think I've lost my concentration, so... That creature is pretty strong." - That thing asked me to kill it and it attacked us? Nah, never mind.

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Mat stood up, the others did too. The creature was flying again. It was about to attack with its waves, but Mat covered the group with his barrier. After that, Mat removed it and pulled the creature with a yellow PSI rope, deducing where it was, by the direction of the attack.

After pulling it and making it fall, Mat shouted:

- Do it!

James and Nicole attacked the creature at that moment, with their axes (Nicole moved away after doing so). The creature perished. Its blood was blue.

- *gasp* So... That's it. - Mat said.

- Mat, was it really necessary to do that? - James asked.

- *gasp* Yeah... I was getting tired already, so that thing was going to kill us if we didn't do it.

- I understand... - said Nicole. - But... What the heck was that thing? It was...

- So that's what he meant by specimen. - James said.

- So... Do they investigate "monsters" or... “Mutants” or... whatever that was, here? - asked Nicole.

- It looks like it, but... Why was that one free then, or did something happen? - said James.

- Hey, that's one thing, but then why are we here? - said Mathias. - If this place is for monsters, then it doesn't make sense for us to be here.

- You're right. - said Nicole. - But...

- What if we ask...? No, we'd better not. - said Mat.

- Let's do it, we don't lose anything. - said James. - ...I think.

They went back.

"This place... This looks like a nightmare." Nicole thought at the time, as they walked back.

In case you're wondering, they weren't worried about monsters existing. They already had experience with the supernatural by Mat.

It took them ten minutes. When they arrived, they were still passed out... And waiting was not an option. In the end, it was a waste of time and they went back to the big room and... Well, the thing is, they went on their way out of that place, labyrinth I think, but...

- ...Are we going in circles or what? - Nicole said suddenly. - I feel like we've been through here several times already.

- This... It's getting boring. - said James.

- You don't say... I'm going to mark the path with... A rope, I think, to see if we're really going around. - Mat said, and made a white PSI rope. - Oh, wow. First time it's come out white.

- Wait, you don't decide what color it's going to be? - Nicole asked.

- Of course I don't. It's random. - said Mat.

- Ah. - That's all Nicole said.

- Well... I hope I'm not overexerting myself. - said Mat.

They kept moving forward and came to meet the rope again.

- B-but... - Nicole.

- ...This is strange. - Mat.

- What the hell is going on here? We didn't turn around at any point? - James said.

- Never mind, let's go this other way. - Mat.

"...I don't think it was a good idea to make a rope." He thought.

They kept moving forward, but... All the corridors were the same (I think I forgot, but they also had lights on the walls, but... They shone very little and were far apart from each other... Sorry for forgetting to tell you this). They all had secured doors (with nameplates, most were empty), but... The keys the group had were limited, about eight.

- I think... -Nicole whispered.

- ? - Mat.

- I-I think the exit is in one of those doors. - said Nicole, who was getting more and more frightened.

- Let's open one. - said James.

They approached one, but it didn't open with any key.

- *sigh* Let's go to another one. - James said.

"We listened to Nicole, but... We're not sure it's true..."

It was the same with the second, and the third, and the fourth, and the fifth, and...

- It opened... - James said.

- *gasp* Let's go in... - Mat said, he was tired from holding the rope, the lanterns and the two axes, these two just in case.

- Wait... First light up. - said Nicole.

- Ok... - said Mat, and lit the room with the flashlight, which was very dark. - Huh? Huh?

- B-but what...? - James hesitated.

- Ah... - Nicole, she wanted to scream, but couldn't.

They found a very pale, bald man tied to a strange chair. Describing him further, he was stocky and tall and dressed in rags. Around the chair, no... There was blood all over the room, especially around the chair and on the walls. There was no plaque outside the room.

- Is he d-dead? - Nicole asked.

- I-I think so, but... - James said.

- Should we see him? - asked Nicole.

- Wait. - said Mat. - He's... He's still alive. You can see it in his spiritual power.

"That again?" thought the other two.

- Let's go see him. - Mat said.

- ...All right. - James told him.

- H-hey... - said Nicole, scared. She was shaking. - I'm... I'm going to stay here.

- Okay. - Mat told her, turned to her and gave her a thumbs up.

They both went to look at the man, but...

- Oh, shoot! This... What the heck is this? - James exclaimed. - This is not a person!

After lighting his face, the man... He didn't really have a face.

- Wait... - said Mat, and continued, after moving closer, a little frightened. - Yes, it is...