Escape (Kellic/ boyxboy)

22. End

This'll be Vic again

I walked as quickly as I could, trying and nearly failing to stay caught up with Austin's long legs. There was door that the he went straight for and I followed hesitantly when he pushed it open, it led down stairs. "Have you been here before?" I asked in a whisper. I didn't know why, but the eeriness of the place made me feel like I had to be quiet, it was weird.

"No," Austin whispered back- apparently he felt it too. "I've never even heard of this place before. Alan's never said anything about it either." The stairs they were walking down were steep and narrow, the walls around them close. "None of this really makes sense."

It was maybe ten minutes later and we were still walking down the stairs, though there had been some flat ground and lots of turns I couldn't help but to wonder how far under the ground we were. I also noticed that the farther we got down the colder it became. It made me tighten my arms around myself and wonder if Kellin was freezing. What if he was dying? What if he was already dead? I couldn't help but let bad thoughts and questions float around my mind. Nothing could stop worries; Nothing except seeing Kellin safe and having him in my arms.

Austin suddenly paused making me stop and look up. In front of us was level ground and a door at the end of a hallway. The lighting was dim and made the atmosphere scary, almost dangerous. The cold and the dark seemed to make everything worse.

Austin looked back at me, his brown eyes darker in the hallway and he finally took the last few steps and opened the door, letting another gust of cold air wash over our already chilled bodies. The room we stepped into was large and spacious with bright LCD lamps hanging overhead.  Several doors were leading out of the room, all of them closed and most likely locked. "Shit," Austin cursed and looked around. I counted eight doors total, nine if I included the one we just came from.

"Were do you think these-" Suddenly one of the doors to our left slammed open and a mess of a Tony ran out. His usually coiffed hair in disarray and his clothes were dirty and worn. The panicked look in his eye faded as soon as he saw us and the next thing I new he was in my arms. "Vic!"

I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed, the hug I was giving surely suffocating.  "Tone," I breathed out, happy to see him safe. "I've been so worried."

"Thank God you're here. I just got out of this room they locked me in. It was awful! It's so fucking cold here, and they've barely fed me." He rambled as he stumbled back  from me so I could have some room. 

"Listen, I'm happy you're safe but do you know where Kellin is?" I said after putting my hands on his shoulders and looking him straight in the, trying desperately to get him focused. He nodded and looked at one of the doors to our direct right. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's through that door." I grinned slightly and nodded at Austin who just gave me  a look I couldn't read.

After I pulled the door open I realized it got even colder and that there was a long hallway that lead to a room. I was getting sick of the cold and all the doors. It was slightly excessive. Everything was pale white and hard looking.

"So, does anyone else know where we are right now?" Tony asked, his eyes on the floor. I was about to answer when Austin shot out a quick no, this made me give him a sharp look. I mouthed 'what the fuck?' and he just turned away and ignored it so I could turn back to Tony who looked almost... Relieved? I was so confused by everything.