Bodil lead the search party this time. He and Jerome had the swords. They wandered around for a while looking and then stopped at a place Jerome recognized somehow.

"Wait...this is where Mitch died" said Jerome stoping in his track "but...where is he? There's no trace of blood either"

"But what if this isn't where Mitch died?" Said basher.

"If there's blocked off stairs around a corner over there and then another corner, it is" Jerome said pointing in the direction the stairs were the stairs were supposed to be.

The four boys headed off into the direction of where the stairs were. And, Jerome was right. The stairs were right there, but something was odd about them.

"Didn't you say it was blocked off, Jerome?" Said Tyler, examining the stairs.

"Yeah...I did.." Said Jerome.

"Maybe Sub Seto or Ty opened it?" Bodil suggested.

"No...it has iron bars...the creator of this map or whatever killed Mitch must have done it." Said Jerome.

Everyone was surprised how Jerome didn't flinch to his fallen comrades name.

"Hey um, guys?" Said basher, crouching down by the stairs.

"Yeah?" They all said in unison, walking over by basher.

"Look at the stairs." Basher said "there covered in dust and you can see foot prints in them"

Everyone looked at where basher pointed. He was right. There were footprints of three different sizes.

"I think they might have gone up here" basher continued.

"Should we go back and get the others?" Tyler said to bodil.

"Yeah. Then well have everyone go up here. Let's go" bodil said while turning around to head back to base.

"This place sure is different...." Said Ty to sub In a sarcastic voice. "The only thing different are some rooms and the clocks"

Sub looked to see what was so different about the clocks. There were white circles all around the clock. The one next to one o' clock however, was a blood red.

"Are you coming?" Said Ty

Sub looked at Ty. He was about 5 feet away. Sub ran to him to catch up.

Ty smirked "you really have to pay attention"

Sub nudged him. Ty laughed a bit.

"Hey, there's another room. Should we check it out?" Ty asked sub.

Sub nodded.

"Ok then." Ty replied

The two walked up to the door and opened it. It wasn't locked like the other doors.

"Whoa...seto would love this place..." Said Ty looking around in the room.

Books covers the wall from head to toe. The lights were very dim though, and there were hints of blood here and there.

"I was never a fan of books" said Ty after sub took out a book and showed it to Ty.

Sub looked around for books that caught his attention or for things that would get them closer to getting out.
Ty just stood there, watching.

"Wow, so are you like a detective now bash?" Said Jason after basher and everyone who went on the search explained what they found.

"Heh, yup that's me! Detective watermelon!" Said basher.

Jason and basher laughed. The other guys were glad to have some happiness in the room. Sky was also happy that Jason was getting along better with this horror stuff.

"So should we go now?" Said Brice, eager to get out of the box room.

"We first should get some stuff. Were gonna leave this place behind." Said Tyler.

"What?" Everyone said as they looked at Tyler.

"This is our only safe place!" Exclaimed Jason

"What if there's none up there?" Jerome said.

"Well, there's probably one up there. If there isn't, well find a room to make our safe place." Said Tyler.

Everyone seemed a bit off about this plan. It was really risky. But, everyone agreed in the end.

They packed up all the things they thought they would need. Food, water, blankets, a first aid kit, and of course, weapons.

They all headed out, leaving there safe room behind with Jerome leading the way.

It didn't take long to reach the stairs since Jerome was now considered an expert at finding the way. They all stopped in front of them.

"Ready to go upstairs?" Ian said to everyone who was standing by Jerome.

Everyone agreed and headed up the stairs.

When they got to the next level, things weren't different. It still looked exactly like downstairs.

"Well this is anti-climactic..." Said Brice.

"Yeah...kinda is. I was hoping for something cool..." Said bodil.

"Well we just got up here. Maybe things are different further in?" Sky said, trying to lift spirits again.

So they headed in further, but nothing changed. The floors we're the same. The ceiling was the same. The walls were the same. Even the smell was the same.

"Well, there's one thing that's different. Take a look at the clocks" said Ian.

Everyone looked at the clock that Ian was looking at. There was a big red dot where one was. It was also 1:40.

"That's when..." Jason started, but stopped.

"Do you think it's counting the deaths?" Asked Tyler.

"Dunno, but we should probably find a base soon." Said sky "it's almost two"

So they kept wandering and looking in rooms. It didn't take long to find a good room which surprised them.

"There's beds in here!" Jason exclaimed while stepping into the room.

"There's chairs too so we don't have to sit on boxes" said Brice who was the first one in alongside Jason.

"Great idea, Tyler" Jerome smiled at him.

Tyler felt good inside that he helped out. Usually, his ideas went wrong.

Everyone settled down into the bedded room. There were at least three beds and five chairs with two small desks. There were candles that Bodil lit since he was good with fire and TNT.

They put all there items from there first base into there new one. Everyone was feeling great again.

"Guys, there's a clock in here." Said basher pointing to the clock. "Should we go on a short exploration?"

"Yeah" said Brice "I want to go out"

Sky looked at him and sighed. "Fine, Brice. You can go."

Brice was relieved that he could go and stretch his legs and explore new territory. He didn't care if his arm hurt.

"I'll go out again" said Bodil

"Ok, so it's me, Brice and Bodil. We need one more" said basher.

"I'll go." Said sky

Brice didn't want sky with. He knew he just went to watch over him, but he was gonna prove to him that he didn't need help.

Bodil and sky took the swords. Brice wanted one, but his right arm was bad so he couldn't. Sky was also the leader, which he wanted to do, but they didn't let him.

Well this is gonna be great.... Brice thought.

They headed out saying goodbye to the rest who were staying. It was almost two so they had to explore fast and then get out of the open before one of them gets killed.