chapter eighteen —
a lucky few.

Mike and Sage ran out of the room quickly with the wendigo at their heels. They pause for a moment as two paths were infront of them.

" Jesus! Fuck fuck! " Mike cries out as he quickly decides to go left, his hand tugging Sage along with him.

" Holy shit, holy shit! " Sage mutters repeatedly as her and Mike quickly run through a doorway on their left and she closes the door behind them, making sure to lock it behind her.

" Okay. . uh! " Mike cries out suddenly making Sage turn and notice the light on Mike's torch die, making the girl huff in annoyance.

" Come on, Mike! " Sage hisses as she suddenly takes lead, the brunette suddenly starting to  barricade the door as she pushes the file cabinet infront of it with Mike helping her quickly.

The two quietly go near a gap in the door, after finishing barricading the door with the nearby filing cabinet, and the wendigo jumps at them from behind the door making Sage let out a yelp of shock.

" Fuck! " Sage cries out as she shoots at the wendigo quickly and successfuly hits it as the wendigo flies back from the blast. She knew that she didn't kill the thing, but it got hurt and that was better than nothing.

She tugs Mike along behind her, Sage notices Wolfie join them out of nowhere and doesn't say anything as her and Mike run ahead to another door that Mike quickly closes behind them.

" Good dog. . Shh. . It's okay, it's fine. " Mike comforts the wolf as he and Sage both look around, hoping that the wendigo had stopped chasing them for now. A noise is suddenly heard making Mike look around wildly, " The hell was that? "

" I don't know, " Sage whispers with a shrug.

Mike and Sage slowly duck behind a counter after spotting the wendigo a few feet away on a table, it noticing the duo move making them freeze suddenly as they remembered the stranger's words.

They can't see you if you don't move.

So, Sage and Mike both hitched their breath and gripped each other's hands tightly and dared to not make any movements as they waited for the wendigo to give up it's chase, but a bottle that suddenly started rolling off the table may be the only thing that stopped them for surviving.

Sage's breath hitches as she suddenly catches the bottle that had been only inches away from crashing onto the floor before a sigh of relief escapes her. Her eyes lock onto Mike, relief also clear in his eyes, as she slowly gestures to the nearest room and Mike quickly nods back.

The two plus Wolfie run as fast as they can towards the next room, Mike and Sage both gripping their guns tightly as they looked around wildly for the wendigo.

" Damnit. . Alright. . come on you son of a bitch. Where are you? " Mike mutters as they slowly inch down the hallway that was covered in cells, them masked in the shadows.

A wendigo screeches ahead in the hallway making Sage gulp nervously.

They could get through this.

Right?

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" Thank god, " Sage sighs in relief as her and Mike get past the last cell down the long hallway, but the relief didn't last long once again.

An unrestrained wendigo had appeared behind them from out of nowhere causing another scream to escape from Sage as Mike quickly tugged her towards the end of the Restraining Area hallway. She quickly tries to open the door as Mike watches the wendigo jump across the walls, getting closer and closer to him and Sage.

" Sage, hurry. " Mike hisses as he starts to panic at the fact that they could die because of this.

" It's not opening all the way, Mike! " Sage exclaims as she tries her hardest to pull the door open but fails as it won't budge any farther.

" Damnit, not good. " Mike mutters as he shoots at the wendigo, but somehow misses his target which causes another wendigo to start crawling across the wall opposite of the first one.

Sage looks around with wide eyes as she tries her hardest to find a way out for her and Mike. She wasn't dying tonight, she couldn't die tonight.

" Mike, get ready, " Sage warns as she decides to tip a nearby barrel over, hiding a wince from the pain that was still shooting through her shoulder. Her and Mike glance at each other for a moment before sharing a nod, Sage pushing the barrel towards the two wendigos jumping across the walls and waiting with a baited breath.

Mike shoots at the barrel and Sage cheers silently as he doesn't miss the target and the barrel explodes, throwing Sage and Mike backwards and killing the two wendigos in an instant.

" Fuck, " Sage groans as she looks up at the ceiling, the pain in her shoulder increasing significantly and making the girl hold back another whimper.

" We gotta go, S, " Mike says while quickly standing up and helping Sage up before the two walk into the next room and Mike quickly closes and locks the door behind them.

" Holy shit. . " Sage mutters as she rubs her shoulder lightly and continues to hide how much pain she truly was in, she knew it wasn't just a dislocated shoulder anymore.

" You okay? " Mike asks in concern as he glances at Sage, the two continuing to walk through the multiple rooms inside the Psychiatric Ward while keeping an eye out for another wendigo to pop up.

" Yeah, " Sage smiles tightly while hoping to calm Mike's concerns, " I'm okay, Mikey. My shoulder's just hurting still– Are you serious? "

Another wendigo appears behind Mike and Sage causing the two to curse their luck before running towards the nearest door as Mike quickly shoots the door open and barricades the door with the help of Sage.

The two jump down into another hole, a curse leaving Sage as the pain in her shoulder continues to rise. She looks up and her eyes widen in surprise as Sage spots Wolfie looking down on her and Mike.

" Hey buddy. . come on down. . It's alright. . " Sage gestures for the wolf to jump down, but he doesn't move, " Okay. Catch you later, huh? "

Wolfie leaves without a sound before Mike and Sage start to run up the stairs and towards the exit, getting to it quickly. Sage tries her hardest to push the door open, but it doesn't budge even after she tried multiple times.

" Shit! " Mike curses as the wendigo appears out of nowhere and makes Sage try harder to push the door open, but fails once again.

" Mike, shoot something! " Sage cries out as Mike stands there looking around wildly for an idea of what to shoot. She huffs in annoyance before pushing Mike out of the way and shooting aimlessly at a barrel near the wendigo.

The room explodes behind them as Mike and Sage jump out of the exit, a screech echoing through the air as the two looked at the now destroyed building. Mike quickly gets up and tugs Sage up once again, the two running away from the burning building with their hands intertwined.

" Holy shit, " Sage laughs in disbelief as her and Mike continue running, " Our luck is seriously amazing. "

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authors note.

the transitions were awful, but i really did not want to write the scene with a bunch of QTEs with the wendigos in the cells! i also only wrote this based off of the transcript that i looked up lmao.

next chapter should be soon!