Ben shook himself, he had neither time to think nor to be afraid, after all the creature jumped straight at him. He swung his right fist in the direction of the 'dog' and it crashed. Ben screamed again. He had broken his hand on the skull of his head, but at least it was at a distance again. Only now did Ben perceive the terrible stench, which forced a gag reflex on him that he found difficult to suppress. Jack stepped into the hallway and surveyed the situation. On his right he could see Ben, who was holding his hand with a pained look, on the other side stood, as unbelievable as it seemed, the skeleton that they saw a short time ago on the bed. "Jack! Help me!" Ben yelled at him.

In the living room, Thess had woken up when Jack suddenly jumped out of the sofa and she fell roughly into the upholstery. Tired, she rubbed her eyes ° what's going on now? ° She heard a loud roar from the hallway. She wanted to get up and see, but she couldn't. Her body was heavy as lead, not a single muscle twitched, as if this sofa was sucking her in. Then it was quiet around her, not a single sound reached her ear, she felt empty and then it got dark. Not a single one of her senses was stimulated, she was blind and numb, her muscles would not move. All she felt was how she tipped back and then fell. Endless.

Jack reacted with presence of mind, he grabbed the chewed umbrella and hit the bonehound like mad. The dog didn't back down, but Jack managed to push him back into the room and bolt the door. Then he looked at Ben "What happened? How are you?" "I really don't know .. I woke up and heard something .. that thing .." he stuttered and pointed at the door "it bit me But it's not that deep. "Jack helped him to get up and together they went back into the living room, where the next shock was waiting for them both. In the floor, where the sofa stood, there was now a huge, deep hole, from which a stench of rot rose up. "Where is the girl? Where is Thess ?!" asked Ben. "How should I know? I ran to you. What kind of shit is going on here?" "I don't know .. but I think we should really get out of here .." said Ben, suddenly very still, back. He pointed with his uninjured hand at the wall behind the hole. "YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOK HERE!" was written there. "Tell me it's color! Tell me it's goddamn color!" said Ben almost hysterically. "I guess that would be a lie," muttered Jack.

° Am I flying? Or am i falling Am I moving at all? Where am I? Who am I actually? I don't know anything .. do I even think? Or am I speaking? ° Theresa began to lose her mind, there was nothing to her, or at least that was what she thought. Suddenly an environment began to materialize around her, she opened her eyes and could see bright scraps, a constant 'tip-tip-tip' like a ballpoint pen and the muffled twitter of birds penetrated her ears. She smelled stuffy air with hints of chalk and various scents from several people.Then everything was there at once. She was in her old classroom from the orphanage. She looked around, everything was as always. Outside the sun was shining, paper and pen lay in front of her. She heard a throat clearing, "Ms. Waltz, do you want to start now? Or are you too fine for the test?" the plump teacher looked at her, his body sweating with every movement.
Theresa leaned over the sheet of paper, but it was blank, not a single word was written on it. She was about to look up and report, she didn't even know why the scenario didn't confuse her, when a piece of bloody meat fell directly on her table. She closed her eyes and screamed.

"Where is this hole going?" Jack asked loudly. "You don't really want to look for them ?! Let's just get out of here, they want YOU, not us. Let's get out of here, please .." "No! You can go if you want, I'll look for you. that she was new here, she certainly won't have lied.
Jack started walking through the house, checking every door until he found what he was looking for, the stairs to the basement. "Are you coming with me now? Or are you running away?" called Jack into the living room. Ben got up and went to Jack. "Why am I doing this to myself? Why?" ° Although I probably deserve it here ... ° Together they went down the stairs.

Thess opened her eyes and before her she saw her own personal nightmare. The room had turned into one fleshy thing, the walls were soft and bleeding, as were the tables, benches, and everything else. The girls around her, who had been wearing their simple clothes until a moment ago, were all completely undressed and bare, but they continued to scribble, much too quickly and indistinctly, almost in panic. In the front stood the plump teacher, he too was undressed, but not panicked. He looked almost imperious, as if he was enjoying it all. Now Thess dared to look down and she too was completely naked and she screamed. Incessantly. The tears welled out of her eyes, then she heard a terrible grunt "Ms. Waltz, do you want to start now? Or are you too fine for the test?" Followed by a roaring laugh. Then he stepped towards her, with great, heavy steps. She wanted to go but couldn't move. Then he grabbed her shoulder "NEEEEIIIIN !!!" she screamed loudly.

"Thess! Wake up!" Jack had grabbed her shoulder and shook her slightly. The girl screamed like crazy, it hurt the boys' ears, but she was awake. She looked at the boys in shock, wide-eyed, then looked down at herself. "Thank god ..." she sobbed and then hugged Jack. Jack returned the hug, even if he didn't know what had happened.