Horror Begins

The group of young adults gulped as they stared at the open doorway. The silent hallway only served to increase the tension as the group began to have thoughts of going back.

The sound of elevator shutting broke the silence. Seeing there way out was gone, John suddenly broke the tension with a stutter, "W-well? What are you waiting for? Since we are already here, don't chicken out!"

Then, John shoved Gu Hao forward as he commanded, "Go on, lead the way. You seem to be prepared so you should be able to lead the way. I will guard the two ladies from the back."

Gu Hao frowned in displeasure as he glared at John, who glared back and flexed his muscles in intimidation as he said, "I drive. You can't do without me."

Lena frowned as Alice bowed her head in silence, but Lena did not stand up for Gu Hao. After all, there was no need to help a stranger too much.

Gu Hao gritted his teeth as he cursed this group. There isn't anything but simple darkness and this John is already showing his true colors. Gu Hao can only hope that the geek will not truly be the first one to die.

Gu Hao took a deep breathe to calm himself. Then, he strolled forward cautiously towards the open apartment doorway. The trio behind him slowly followed him as they glanced around timidly, as if they felt invisible gazes watching them.

It didn't take long to reach room 444, and Gu Hao breathed a sigh of relief over the fact that nothing happened. It seemed that they were just simply scaring themselves.

"See nothing to be afraid of? There's nothing here. Go in and take a look Hao, I got your back," John cheekily smirked as his confidence slowly came back.

Gu Hao ignored John and shown his flashlight into apartment 444, checking the corners and ceilings to see if there was anything waiting to ambush them. He also used his mirror to take a look not knowing if it worked because he saw nothing in it. He then ramped up the courage and stepped into apartment 444.

The two ladies glanced at each other, Lena glanced back at John who was behind them with a frown before pulling Alice into the apartment. John then walked up to the doorway and stood there with his arms crossed, "Don't worry, I will guard the doorway. Call me if anything happens."

Gu Hao glanced back and asked, "Are you chickening out?"

John fiercely glared back before saying, "Of course not. I just thought I would guard our escape route just in case anything happen, but it seems you don't appreciate it."

John then stepped into apartment 444 and walked into the kitchen by the doorway, "I'll check here. You can check inside."

John tried to flipped on the light switch in the kitchen, causing light to spill out into the hallway through the doorway.

Gu Hao shook his head in disdain as he ignored John and walked to the bathroom. According to what he heard, all the recent events happened in this very bathroom. Now, let's see if he can find anything worthwhile.

Lena glanced at the two men and asked, "What should we do?"

Gu Hao replied, "Check the bedroom?"

"It's locked," Lena stated.

Gu Hao froze as thoughts ran through his mind. How could the bedroom be locked? The tenant died in the bathroom, so the final state of the bedroom should be unlocked. Did the police lock it by accident? Or ...

As Gu Hao's thoughts came to this point, his face paled. He then wanted to leave this place immediately, but he will need to persuade the others. However, just when he was about to shout out his conjecture, his stomach suddenly grumbled as he felt his butt hole clench.

Gu Hao couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Why now?"

Lena noticed that Gu Hao didn't respond and stood in place, so she asked, "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

Gu Hao's mouth twitched as he replied awkwardly, "Nothing. I just need to use the restroom real quick."

Gu Hao then nodded to the two ladies before shutting the door to the restroom. Lena's face stiffened for a bit as Alice stared in confusion. Around 10 seconds later, they began to hear moans from the bathroom. Alice's face blushed as she looked down at the ground. Lena couldn't help but curse, "Shameless!"

It seems that the ladies had misunderstood, and now all of Gu Hao's chance with them is down in the dumps. Taking this chance, John proudly walked up to them while flexing his muscles, "That's right. I knew he was unreliable when I first saw him. Ignore him, there is a better man next to you. He is much more reliable."

Lena rolled her eyes and inwardly cursed, "All guys are shameless."

"So how about we go for a meal after this? I know a late night bar perfect for winding down," John continued as he tried to put on a handsome image with a wink.

Lena looked away in disgust as she pulled Alice to step away from John a bit, "We are not interested."

John's face stiffened for a bit before a confident smile arose on his face. He took a step towards the lady as he wanted to continue his harassment, but then he heard the toilet flushing. Then, the door opened as Gu Hao stepped out with a pale face. Gu Hao was about to speak, but was interrupted by John, "Hao, go wash your hands. It's disgusting."

Gu Hao froze before his face flushed in embarrassment as he realized that everyone had heard him. He turned around and quickly washed his hands. Then, he swiftly stepped out of the bathroom and began speaking, "We need to go! Now! There's something wrong with this place!"

"Ha? What are you saying all of a sudden Hao? I didn't find anything wrong with this place and you did after spending time on the toilet?" John sneered with his arms crossed.

"No, it's true! Remember what the post said?" Gu Hao reminded before pausing to let them remembering, "What I just experienced was not normal! I think whatever it was here caused it!"

"Psh~ Hahahaha! So funny! Hao, you actually believed that sh*tty post? A constipation ghost?! Hahaha! Even if you are scared, you don't have to make up such a lame excuse to leave right?" John snickered.

"No, that's not it! Besides that-" Gu Hao continued but he was interrupted once more.

"Alright, alright. If you are so scared and want to go, I will reluctantly-" John continued, but his face suddenly stiffened.

After a moment of silence which caused the other three to be in confusion, John coughed awkwardly, "Just one moment. Before we leave, I need a quick bathroom break. I drank too much water earlier."

John then swiftly walked into the bathroom under the shock of the other three and slammed the door shut. Not long after, moans of pain resounded from the bathroom, causing Gu Hao's face to pale even more. Even the two ladies began to realize that something is wrong. Lena glanced at Gu Hao before asking sternly, "What did you discover?"

Gu Hao took a deep breathe before he reiterated his thoughts about the locked door to the ladies, causing their face to pale as they glanced at the bedroom door.

"I-I knew we shouldn't have come here. L-Lena, let's go n-now!" Alice whimpered as she tugged on Lena's clothes.

"We can't just ditch John, he was the one that drove," Lena stated with a frown before hurriedly strolling up to the bathroom door and knocking on it, "John! Hurry up! There's really a problem here! We got to go!"

"W-wait! I'm almost done, argghh!" John howled from the bathroom.

The trio stepped back as sweat rolled down their face. The moans of pains continued for a while longer before subsiding, causing their hearts to settle down a bit. Not long after, the flushing of the toilet was heard followed by hand washing. Then, the door to the bathroom was opened as a pale looking John stepped out of it.

"A-Alright, let's get out of here," John muttered as he stared back at the bathroom in horror.

The group of young adults hurriedly left the apartment as the invisible Pro silently waved goodbye to them from the doorway of the bathroom, "Thank you for your patronage! I hope you come back! Or at least recommend me to more customers~"

Of course, the group of four couldn't hear or see him. After the group of four stepped out of apartment 444, they began to head to the elevator. Suddenly, the creaking sound of a door opening caused them to pause in place. Shining the flashlight forward, Gu Hao saw a doorway of an apartment right by the elevator slowly opened on its own. Then, it silently stayed open as if welcoming the guests to come in.

The group froze in horror as their face paled. They really wanted to get to the elevator and get out of here, but there is an unknown danger blocking their escape route!

"H-Hao, go and shut the door! Lena go get the elevator!" John commanded with a shaky tone.

Hao vehemently refused, "No way! Why don't you go do it?!"

John went silent as Alice whimpered in fear, hugging Lena who was also hugging her back. Hao swiftly turned around, shining his flashlight towards the other end of the hallway. There he saw a doorway with a stair sign next to it.

"Over there! We can use the stairways to go down!" Hao stated confidently.

Hearing this, John turned around and swiftly headed over to the stairway, "I-I will explore the way. Just guard the rear for us Hao!"

The trio quickly walked after John, afraid of being the one left behind to whatever horror is to come. They passed apartment 444 again and moved towards the doorway at the end of the hallway; however, when they were almost there, one of the doors that they passed by suddenly creaked open.

Everyone froze in place as they glanced back as if they couldn't control themselves. They watched the door slowly creaked open completely. Then, A rotten, pale hand then stretched out from the doorway and gripped the ground with black mist defusing from it. A rotten corpse with shaggy, long back hair crawled out of the room and its head twisted 180 degrees to stare at the group of young adults nearby, revealing a face with empty eye sockets. It's mouth opened wide and a long tongue rolled out of it, licking the ground.

Snapping back from his stupor, Gu Hao yelled, "RUN!"

John screamed in fright like a little girl as he began to sprint towards the stairway. Alice began to cry as Lena held onto her firmly and also ran towards the stairway. Gu Hao ran as fast as he could, glancing back to see the unknown monster crawling quickly like a spider towards them.

John swiftly came to the doorway to the stairway and opened it, being the first to step through it. Glancing back and seeing the monster, he swiftly headed down the stairway alone while cursing, "Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!"

Everyone ran into the stairway not long after, but the monster was also quickly catching up. The trio hurriedly hopped down the stairway, hoping to get to the first floor as soon as possible. Not long after, the doorway to the stairway snapped open as the rotten corpse crawled out from the top of the doorway. It's hair dangled in the air as it twisted its head to look down at the group running away; however, after a bit of deliberating, it shivered as if it saw something in the stairway. It then quickly crawled back through the doorway, giving up on the hunt.