Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-28306703-20160427232128

I woke up in my cabin, I don't even know if you'd want to call it a cabin, it was a really big wooden log house in the middle of the woods, it was nice but somewhat lonely. I was thinking it was going to be just another normal day. But boy was I wrong. My day started out like any other, I woke up, fed my cat and dog, then brushed my teeth and took a shower. I ate breakfast, always trying to make something new. Somedays, I'd make the basic scrambled eggs, other days I would try to make an extremely intricate dish. Not actually having a name for it but trying to mix whatever sounds good together hoping it wouldn't taste like shit. Sounds like a normal day for an average guy, in an average home right? Well to your surprise, it was. It was genuinely normal. Just up until this certain day, when I had made probably the worst mistake of my life.

I had done what I normally do in the morning, then heard my doorbell ring. This surprised me considering no one lived around me for about 20-30 miles. No one would drive that far just to stop by and say hello. It had to be someone coming to my house, for a purpose. That purpose better be damn well worth it. If they come just for some pointless reason, then they must be crazy. All bull aside though, I approached the door and opened it. I saw a box on the ground that had a note on it. I dont remember ordering anything, and if someone sent me something, why would they send it this far out? I took the box into my house, noticing that considering the size of the box, it was incredibly light. I set it down on my dining room table and grabbed a knife. I cut open the box and opened it up. There was only a few pieces of blank paper. But the bottom piece had some thick heavy writing on it. It read "You have opened the box. Your ticket to enter the game. What game are you playing? You may ask. You are playing The Devils Maze. Now what is The Devils Maze?  Well it is a game created by the lord Satan himself. Haha. Satan didn't actually create the game, but it is a pretty dark game. So what better name than The Devils Maze? Once you start driving to work today, you will notice a wreck, it will be an upside down car on the side of the road. No matter how much you try to go against what I'm about to say, you will help him. It goes against your better nature to let people suffer and die. He will tell you where to go next. Good luck. Have fun working as a psychiatrist. Soon enough you'll be the patient. Anyway, got to go. Have fun playing. -Gäap"

That is when I became puzzled. Who the hell was Gäap and why did he say I am playing The Devils Maze? I figured it was just some troll trying to freak me out. I decided to go to work a bit early just so I could be prepared for anything else that is more psychotic than my patients. I was on Highway 270 headed to my job, waiting for the psychos, trying to sort out their problems, as if I didn't have any of my own. That's when I saw it. The Wreck Gäap described was right there. I Pulled over seeing what happened but I didn't see any sign of anyone. I checked it out and saw a body that was impaled through the heart on a stop sign. They hit it and it went through the windshield of the car. I threw up. But there was one man who was still moving. He was just a bit bloodied and bruised. But overall, seemed unscathed. I helped him right out of the car just before the gas leaking from the car ignited and sent the car up in flames.

"So, you are playing the game too? Damn, you better finish unless you want to be like me. I'm cursed. Since I failed, everyone I have ever known or loved has died horrifically. I was with them just to tie up loose ends. They were the last ones to die. Anyway, you have to go your mothers house. She is going to die in the next 6 hours. The house is going to be burnt up with her inside if you don't get her out of there in time. Now go. It is my time" He snapped and pointed a finger-gun at himself and stepped back and then BAM. He was gone. Hit by a truck. Didn't even know him. But I assume that if I did, I would die like his burnt friends in the car. The driver in the truck slammed on the brakes and got out, He started shouting profanities at me but I couldn't make it out. Everything around me felt like it was spinning. Everything started to blur out. I ran to my car and got in. Ignoring the angry man, I hit the accelerator and he tried to stop me but I hit him. He died later that day, I heard about it on the radio.

I had been driving for 5 hours and I was running out of time. I had run so many red lights. But I was still 5 mins away from my mothers' house. Every minute felt like an eternity. I finally pulled up to her house and ran in. She was surprised to see me and I said

"We need to leave, Now." She sounded worried.

"What's going on honey?"

"I just need to get you out of the house" We both go out of the house and then she sees it. The fire quickly consumed her house. She broke down. I went home later that day with my mom. Since her house burnt down, I'd let her stay the night to get a hotel or apartment to stay at as of the moment. I woke up to find her out of bed. I walked downstairs to see her crying at the dining room table. I asked her

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Fuck you, Get the FUCK AWAY FROM ME!"

"Mom? What is wrong?"

"You you made a pact with the devil. To complete his little fucking game? Thats why all this happened? Fuck you. Never come near me ever fucking again. Goodbye, Callum." She walked out. I wondered how she knew about the game and there I saw it. The Box. This time, out of the 3 papers, with 2 being empty, only one was empty and a second had writing on it. It read "Congrats. You completed day one of The Devils Game. How do you feel? A bit psycho now? A bit unnerved? Good. That's exactly how you should feel. Seeing all those people you met, die. Now your mom, you saved her so she is off my list of people to kill. But I still have your sister and brother. So have fun. Good luck - Gäap" I knew where I needed to go but not when, I decided to go save them as soon as I could. I decided to go to my sisters house since she had kids she needed to provide for. I hopped in my car, and drove off.

I arrived at my sisters house about 7 hours later. Her car wasn't in the driveway but I assumed it was in the garage. I walked into her house to find her not there and her son, Adrian, playing with the babysitter. She didn't know who I was and freaked out but I quickly explained.

"Don't panic. I'm Claire's brother, Callum, I need to see her."

"She's at work, She'll be home in about an hour. Do you want a cup o-" I cut her off.

"Where does she work?"

"She works at the hotel, why?"

"No reason, I just really need to see her, goodbye" I rushed out and headed to the hotel. There seemed to be a commotion going on but I brushed it off as nothing. I ran into the hotel and asked, "Where is Claire Hopkins?"

"Who is asking?" The lady at the counter asked

"Her brother" She then nodded and went into a room in the back. Claire walked into the room and I told her that we needed to leave.

"What? No. I am not leaving, I have to work Callum."

"Do you want to die? We need to leave to go save Ethan." This seemed to cause quite a stir between some of the people in the lobby.

"Callum, I don't need you threatening me. Leave. Now"

"Ok, Claire but trust me you will try to stay away from anything that may seem dangerous?"

"I promise. God, you worry too much. Goodbye Callum" I waved goodbye but then I turn around to say one last thing and saw it, a heavy coated man who seemed to have no emotion on his face and his eyes were just sunken into his skull like he hadn't slept in days. He walked through the lobby and started opening fire. He shot claire in the head first. I ran out of there as fast as I could and sped away in my car. About 6 or 7 miles later, I pulled over, finally processing everything that had happened. I cried. I cried for about an hour. Just letting all my emotions take me over. I then saw a piece of paper, writing was being put onto it. Keep in mind, I was in my car, alone. After the writing stopped, I picked it up and read it. "Callum, buddy. Listen, I know you are upset about your sisters death but hey, you failed to take her out of there so I swooped in and killed her. Surprised? You shouldn't be. I'm one of Satans lieutenants. I only come up from Hell in the most dire moments. And that, was one of them, if you save your brother, you can complete the game and be done. But if you fail. Well, just don't fail. Good luck. -Gäap" 

"Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck" I knew then that I had to save my brother. I rode all the way to Ethan's house going full speed. I drove through red light after red light, not caring about how much money I was going to lose from all these tickets. It had been 18 hours. I slept in my car whenever I needed to and pulled up to his house, only to find, nothing. It was a burnt up house. I dropped to the ground and layed there for hours. Then Ethan approached me.

"Callum, what the hell are you doing?"

"Laying here because you are dead"

"Callum I'm right here. Do you think I died in the house fire?"

"Yes"

"No, I live in the house next to it dumbass"

"Oh. Well aren't I stupid?" I told him that we needed to go and he didn't seem to mind. He said as long as we get some beer, he'll be fine. I didn't get him his beer. We were driving back to my house which took a long while and when we were almost home, I swear. I swear there was never a sign of any sorts on the road or anywhere really. We were driving and a car came from nowhere, and that's when I saw him. It was Gäap. I swear to god, it was him. It was like he didn't want me to complete the game. He hit my car and we swerved into a sign that I knew never existed. Ethan was impaled by the sign and my car was overturned.

I had failed the game.

I was then driven into a world of insanities. Taken into a mental intsitution because I wouldn't stop talking about Gäap. Gäap this, Gäap that. He had fucked me over. He had given me the bait. And I fell for it. Let me tell you this. Remember, that everytime an anonymus package shows up at your door, don't open it, unless you want to play The Devils Game 