The man theory

The yellow wallpaper

After what happened in the hospital I woke up inside a weird-looking room, the room had greasy yellow wallpaper, this room had the same annoying lights that the hospital had, this annoying ring of the lights just couldn't stop, I slowly got up and looked around me, this weird room extended to as far as the eye could see, it was a quite unsettling thing to see, the room just didn't end

I took a walk around the rooms but there were no doors in sight, there was nothing at all, only an endless amount of similar empty rooms, the sent those rooms left felt dusty, it really reminded me of my attic, this place had a very similar sent but not quite, because these rooms also leave a sent of moist, as if the rooms were not well ventilated, well no windows were in sight so I guess this has to be the case, this place also reminded me of a book my mom used to read, it was called "The yellow wallpaper" it was about one woman forced to stay in a room just like that, the woman ended up insane, will I have the same fate?

"Room fifteen!"

I said out loud as I entered a room, I only did that to check if I can still speak properly, it has been so long since I have heard my own voice, some times I forget what I sound like, I find it weird but now that my body is developing my voice is changing frequently

"Wait what am I saying? My voice is irrelevant now, I have to find how to get out of here first and then deal with this weird monster, so from now on there will be no distractions"

I exclaimed out loud one last time to focus my mind, I kept walking in this hollow place, at the time I didn't understand the situation I was in and how serious it really was, for some reason I thought of it as a game or a dream of some kind, but deep down I knew that it was real, and that exact thought I was trying to lock away from my thought, but slowly it got me, this feeling of feeling alone, the feeling that I would never find a way out of here, and the pressure from all those close rooms, I wanted to run but if I began running then I would just panic beyond recovery and I know that, so stay calm and search for an exit, there's got to be one

a loud voice disturbed my voice, it sounded like someone was scratching his nails on a board, the sound came from my right, so naturally, I ran to my left as fast as I could, whatever did this noise it is not good

After hastily running away from the noise I stumbled upon something, this something was in the middle of a wall and had a completely black mark around it and on it, when I slowly approached it I realized that it was a body, a dead one to be exact, my reaction was weird, I didn't panic or scream or anything, I just stared at the body wondering what will happen to me if this thing that made the noise earlier ever catches up to me, it was an question I didn't want to know the answer to for multiple reasons, after leaving the body alone and moved on to other rooms I noticed that there were some arrows that pointed at a fixed location, I quickly ran to the direction of the arrow and after passing multiple other rooms I saw another arrow, I followed each arrow I saw, but there is not an exit in sight, I feel like I have done this for hours but result to absolute nothing, it's annoying but with a monster like that roaming around this place I can't afford to pass on a possible help or even a exit from here

After some hours I reached a weird room, it was larger than all the previous ones and also taller, this room had to be the one I needed to get out of here, if this wasn't it then my chances were done for, but after entering the room I heard loud footsteps coming at my direction, I quickly hide in a corner of the room, after hopefully hearing the footsteps coming closer and closer a girl entered the room, she had blood over her and she was visibly hurt, I immediately came out of my hiding spot to help her

"Are you alright? Did this thing do this to you?"

I asked as I tried to wipe the blood off her, she looked very shocked and confused

"Have you seen the monster?"

she asked me with her hurt face, she was barely the same age as me judging by her looks

"No I haven't, but I heard it before so we have to hurry and find a way out of here"

I told her, I never thought of asking her if she knew the monster that brought me here or if she encountered the monster herself but in the heat of the moment that thought never came to my mind

"Then you are lucky, this monster can easily hurt you, as you see I was not as lucky as you

so the monster got me, and my bleeding won't stop! Can you do anything to make it stop?"

the girl said as she was covering a scar she had on her forehead, I quickly tore a sleeve of my shirt and placed it on her scar, after treating her wound I looked around the room but I couldn't find anything, having a girl like that will surely slow me down but I can't just leave her alone, she will not survive, but now that I think of it I haven't checked up on her for some minutes or so

Should I run? When I turned around to check how she was I saw a devilish smile on her face, a very much the same smile the monster had, this girl isn't human and to deal with her I have to choose one of my two options, surprise attack her or run, I was never the smartest but running in a non-ending maze won't help me so my best option is to fight, fight and finally kill one of these fuckers

I calmly walked at her I tried to look as clueless as I could so I didn't give out my attack

"Did you find anything?"

the monster asked with a sweet voice that crept me off, it's quite scary to see it act like that

"There's something like a door back there so I figure we could give it a shot"

the face of the monster turned pale when I mentioned a door

"What kind of door did you see?"

that question threw me off

"It was like a normal door, nothing special to it, but before I opened it I figured that you may felt alone so I came to check on you"

I hope that my answer isn't suspicious, the face of the monster projected happiness so I guess my answer satisfied it, the monster then started walking in the direction I came from and when it turned around I punched it as hard as I could in the back of its head, I made sure to put my whole body into this one attack because if it failed then I was screwed, after my punch landed the monster fell flat on the ground, it didn't make any sound or anything, it simply fell down with no signs of consciousness left, but when I thought I dealt with it its head suddenly turned 180 degrees making a loud noise of bones cracking

"Looks like I was found out"

It said with a terrifying smile, black bones then came out of its body that helped it stand up, and after that, the monster took its real form, by manipulating its body the so-called "human" transformed into something more terrifying, it was something like a black skeleton but it still had some flesh on it, enough to mimic the body of a lamp or rather a goat, a goat that mostly looked like a Christian demon than an actual goat, the monster then tried to attack me with its weird limb but I dodge it, this monster was way slower than the other I fought in London, I counter-attacked the monster with a strong kick at its head, my kicks packed quite a punch since I was a striker, the monster was quite dazed from my attack

"If you fight like that then I will be the one standing after our fight"

I told it as I slightly hopped around the area, I tried to mimic one of the men I saw on TV, who was up until now an undefeated boxer, he used to jump around like that to intimidate his opponents in my use it didn't work

"Don't underestimate me HUMAN!!!"

the monster screamed as it rabidly changed forms, I couldn't comprehend what the monster was doing but after some time the monster reached its desired form, all of its bellow parts became octopus tentacles, one of its arms became a crab's claw and its other arm became a lion's hand, and as for its head it multiplied, one head was an eagle and the other was an owl, its body was really terrifying, I began running away but before I could leave this room the monster got in my way and tried to attack me with one of its octopus tentacles, the attack stuck me in the ribs and launched me back, I breathed as deep as I could because the attack blocked my air passage, for some reason the monster became stronger

"What happened human? Not so prideful now?"

the monster asked me with a smile

"Fuck you bastard"

I told it and then threw my shoe at the annoying light, I broke the light bulb and the light went off, the monster looked quite scared of the dark since it began screaming when the light turned off, but I on the other hand took advantage of this opening by grabbing a sharp piece of glass, I then ran up to the monster and stabbed the owl head, since owls can see clearly in the dark taking out the owl head first was the optimal choice, the monster left out an even louder scream than before, the monster then started attacking left and right with its claws and tentacles, I silently walked away from the monster but it was futile, the monster was big enough to corner me into a single wall

It's now or never, I can make a run for it if, and that's what I did, I tried to run but I got hit but the crab claw, the attack rapidly launched me at the wall but instead of hitting the wall I just passed through it, as if nothing was there, when I finally got up I found myself in a weird urban office, people where walking around and some were sitting on some chairs and were doing something with computers, I was beyond confused

"Looks like you made it out of there"

a man told me, when I looked at him I realized it was someone I know, someone I despise, it was the monster I fought before

"Where is this place? What is this joke?"

I asked as I raised up my guard, the monster left out a silent laughter

"Johan Berdton, 16 years old, you attended the west London public high school, you are a bellow-average student, you have been caught fighting multiple times and you are known as the problem child of your class, you are a famous London drug dealer and illegal knife trader and have killed 4 people, but somehow you have a clear criminal record, quite impressive for such a young man like you, normally our organization would have killed you because of your connections with multiple criminals but using you as a test subject sounds more enjoyable for me so what do you say? Want to help us, no, help the world, or would you rather die by my hands?"

He asked me with a slight smile, but before I could answer the monster from before came right through the same way as me

"Looks like we have visitors, if you don't mind I will deal with it first before hearing your answer"

He told me as wings came out of his back