Mine

TW: Blood and death, Toxic relationships, Violence and suicide

“Are you sure this is legal?” Tessa sighed, pulling her jacket up to her chin.

 “Of course, it's legal Tess! Have I ever lied to you?” Tyler laughed, as he cut the wire fence, creating an opening big enough for the four teens to squeeze through. 

“Yes, many times,” Tessa answered flatly, following him into the abandoned carnival. She stumbled over a rock and groaned “Who’s idea was it to go to old Barns? This place has been abandoned for years!” 

“Oh come on Tessa, it'll be fun!” Vivian says as Noah wraps his arm around her shoulder, smiling his big cocky grin.

 “You scared Tessa?” He chuckles 

Tessa scoffs, glaring back at him. “You wish, Mr. ‘I can’t watch Halloween because my mommy won't let me.’’ She snickers as Noah turns bright pink. 

“Look guys, the house of mirrors is still here! Let's go there first.” Tyler said changing the subject, Noah let go of Vivian’s hand, joining Him. 

“Your sister's crazy, Ty” Noah laughed as they ran ahead of the girls.

The Group walks over, looking around. What used to be a carnival full of lights, people, and delicious smells, had transformed into a dump, strung with spiderwebs adorning every Corner. It gives off an Eerie vibe, they would send chills down anyone's spine, It’s the perfect hangout for bored teenagers. 

“I remember when this place was still in action” Vivain laughed as she held the little tent flap up for the others. “It's so icky now!” 

 Noah smiled, kissing her cheek as he walked in. “It's ok, I’ve never been here before. Now we own this place” A creepy grin spread across his face. 

She laughed and pushed his face. “Ew! Don't look at me like that, you weirdo!”. Noah smiled and grabbed her hand, giving it a kiss, which caused Tessa to roll her eyes. Tyler looked at Tessa and they both narrowed their eyes, speaking without words. The siblings take off, leaving the couple in the dust. 

“Whelp, that's the Garcia twins for you” Noah sighed, with a smile “Always turning things into a competition. I-” Before he could finish, Vivan took off down a different path, laughing. Noah smiles to himself. “Geez…I love that girl”

“Come on slowpoke!” She called as she disappeared out of sight. Panting and bumping into mirrors, she disappeared down the dusty maze. “WOOOOOOOOOH!!” she laughed, turning the corner and running right into a dusty mirror. Her face smashed against the dirty glass, leaving behind a print where her face once was.

“Aw-” She rubbed her face and laughed, but the pain was cut short by Noah's ear-piercing scream. She stopped, jerking her head in the direction of his cry. “Noah?....” Vivian started walking back when Noah screamed again, his voice full of pain. Vivian's eyes widened. 

“NOAH!!” Vivian sprinted back down the maze, bumping into the mirrors in her panicked haze. “NOAH?? WHERE ARE YOU!!?” Vivain screamed, panting. She turned the corner running right into Tessa and Tyler. 

“Vee! What's wrong?” Tyler pants, startled. Vivan stutters, hysterical, unable to express herself. Tessa grabs her shoulder searching her eyes, and she looks back at Tyler. 

“Vee, are you-?” Tyler's voice trailed off, and his face turned pale white. “Oh….” Vivian and Tessa's eyes follow where Tyler is looking, and Tessa screams, stumbling back. 

“NOAH!” Vivan suddenly sobs, running to his side. Noah lays on the ground, his flesh ripped open, all bloody and massacred. Shards of glass remain in his wound, making the whole scene terrifying. Tyler stumbles back, supporting himself on a mirror, as Tessa runs to Vivan’s sobbing side, trying to pull her away from Noah's body. 

  “We should get out of here,” Tyler said with urgency as he grabbed Tessa's hand, trying to pull her away. He looked at her with wide, sick eyes, his voice shaking “N-now.” Tessa yanked her hand away from Tyler, wrapping her arms around Vivan. 

“Tyler we can’t just leave him…” Tessa tries to comfort a hysterical Vivan, her eyes locked on Tyler. Tyler shakes his head, grabbing both of the girls and dragging them away with a surprising strength

“NO! Tessa! Noah is dead! We need to go! N-now!” Tyler shouted as he pulled the girls out of the maze, his hands shaky but strong.

“Wait shouldn't we call the police??” Tessa asked. 

“No,” Tyler said firmly. “We can't-”. Vivian falls to the ground, holding her face as she sobs. Tyler stops talking and puts his hands in his pockets, looking sick and panicked.

Tessa glared back at Tyler then straightened her back. “Fine… Vee come here” Tessa crouches down to Vivian, helping her up and holding her close. Tessa eyes Tyler, her gaze cold. “Get us out, Ty”

 “W-we’ll just go out the way we came,” Tyler says with false confidence as he quickly walks off, leaving the girls alone. Tessa narrowed her eyes and rubbed Vivian's shoulder, leaning down and lowering her voice so Tyler couldn’t overhear them.

 “Listen, Vee…don’t you notice how Tyler is acting? He’s usually not like this. I lost him in the maze, and ran into him a few moments before you found us…I think it was him…” Tessa looks down at her devastated friend. Vivian sniffs, looking up at her. Tessa talks slowly. “ It's not like I want to blame him, he’s family. But- Just..keep an eye out, ok? And stay close to me” 

“Girls!! The gate has been closed! We need to go around, come on!” Tyler's voice rings out from somewhere ahead of them

“Let's go, vee vee,” Tessa says softly as they watch Tyler disappear into the dark ticket tunnel. Tessa stops by the entrance and looks at Vivian.

 “Wait, stop. I’ll go first to make sure it's safe. I don't like this setup, it's too dark and enclosed”. Tessa kisses Vivian's forehead and gives her a soft smile. 

“Just wait here, ok?” Tessa says softly. Vivian blinks, watching as Tessa disappears into the dark tunnel after Tyler. She sinks to the floor, looking at the tunnel as tears run down her face. She shakes, her mind still stuck on the image of her boyfriend massacred in the maze. 

A loud crash comes from the gloomy ticket tunnel, causing Vivian to jump. Her heart pounds as she looks at the entrance, hardly visible because of the darkening sky. Swallowing, she gets up and slowly walks towards the tunnel.

“G-Guys?” she sniffs, holding herself as the dark envelopes her. She ambles down the tunnel, her eyes scanning for anyone, her heart pounding at the eerie silence. Her foot catches on something, causing her to spiral to the floor. Vivian takes a sharp breath in as she makes an impact with the ground, but once nothing happens she exhales.

“Oh…it's just a Ticket taker.” Vivian kicks it aside and notices how dented it is. Her eyes perk up as she hears a little shuffle. She tenses and turns her head towards the sound, her eyes adjusting to the dark just well enough to see Tyers figure leaning against a wall a little ways away. 

“Oh geez! Tyler you gave me a heart attack-” She stops as Tyler gives a wet cough, vomiting a large amount of blood. Vivan’s eyes widen as he collapses to the floor.

  “Tyler! What's wrong??” She rushed to his side, panicked. When he doesn’t answer, she gently turns him around and screams, scrambling back into the wall. Tyler's face is bashed in, the force of the impact sending one of his eyes somewhere that Vivan didn’t want to find. The missing part of the ticket taker is lodged into his stomach, oozing red liquid. Blood pours out of the empty socket, and Vivian doesn’t need to check him again to know he is dead. 

She covers her mouth, “Oh..tyler…”  she whimpers, starting to hyperventilate as bile rises in her throat. Panting, she presses into the wall, as a horrible feeling spreads through her chest.

“Aw…there there Vee…” Tessa's soft voice floats through the tunnel. Heavy steps follow, along with the scraping sound of metal on metal. Vivian whimpers, trying to find Tessa in the darkness. 

“Sorry, you had to see them…it wasn’t my intention, but I had to get them out of the way….” Tessa shows herself, crouching in front of Vivian before she can run. 

“I love you, I know you know that… just like I know you love me!” she smiles, the blood on her face more vibrant up close. 

“They were taking you away from me…nobody loves you like I do…and now we can be together, forever! You're my best friend! no one cares about you like I do!” She giggles, taking Vivian's hand. Finding her strength and courage, Vivian screams and shoves Tessa off her, standing on her feet. 

“YOU SICK MONSTER! YOU MURDERED MY BOYFRIEND…AND YOUR BROTHER! I could NEVER love someone like you!!” she pants, her fist curling. “I loved THEM! They meant the world to me! I-I-I thought you did too! But - BUT NO! I HATE YOU!!” Vivian pants, furious, backing away from Tessa. 

Tess frowns, and calmly stands up, before she rushes and grabs Vivian’s face, slamming her into the wall. Vivian cries with pain and surprise,  her eyes widen as Tessa smiles and leans in towards her face. 

“Aw…I know you don't mean that…” Tessa squeezes Vivian's jaw “Say it, tell me you don't mean that. Tell me you love me. Tell me that I'm the only one you care about, and we’ll leave, and be happy… forever” She stares into Vivian's eyes, her gaze cold and unhinged. Vivian spits in her face

“I ... .Don't…Love…you” Vivian says slowly, her voice shaking with fear and anger. “Burn in hell, Tessa.” 

Tessa laughs, squeezing Vivian's face, before she quickly grabs a knife from her pocket, jamming it into Vivian's torso before she can say anything else. 

“Liar…” she twists the knife and Vivian screams, her head leaning into Tessa's chest as she pants. Tessa violently shoves her head back into the wall, yanking the blade out and shoving it back multiple times. She steps back with a large smile, watching Vivian sink to the floor. 

Vivian wheezes, her hand trying to cover one of the many holes in her skin. She coughs, her body crumpling into the dirt. Tessa crouches down, Smoothing Vivian's hair. 

Tessa touches her face and smiles, but Vivian doesn't return the smile. She arches her back, giving a small painful squeak before her body goes limp, the life leaving her beautiful hazel eyes. Tessa pauses, looking at her for a moment before she starts laughing.

Soft at first, her laughter grows into a hysterical fit of insanity. She falls back and pulls at her hair, her laughter turning into tears. Clutching her chest, she heaves and leans over. looking at her bloody hands, the faces of her brother and Noah racing through her mind. She coughs, choking on her saliva as she looks at Vivian's dead body.

“No….w-what have I done?...” she sobs. “WHAT HAVE I DONE!? ”. She Pants, taking the knife, and with a scream, she plunges it into the chambers of her stomach. Her scream melts into a slow choked sob. With a painful cry, she rips the knife out and throws it across the tunnel, Blood pouring over her clothes.

Coughing, she crawls over to Vivian's limp body. Touching Vivian's face, she cries. She softly takes Tessa's dead hand, kissing it. She shifts, causing a spike of pain to shoot through her, and she doubles over. Her breaths grow shaky and labored, as she moves into Vivian's arms.

She nuzzles her face into Vivian's chest, and she cries.

 “Sorry… I'm… I'm so sorry vee vee…” her words and sounds melt together, as she tries to seek comfort. But she won't find it, any comfort that Vivian would have given Tessa died with her. Tessa sobbed until her breath ran out, but this time they would never return. What happened this horrific night died with her