"Fluorescent Lights" Creepypasta

since high school I'd always had a crippling fear of the dark it was the kind of fear that made my heart jump out of my throat this fear followed me all the way through middle and high school friends of mine would have sleepovers and I would have to leave the door ajar sure I got picked on here and there but the occasional remarks and inquiries were well worth the freights I saved myself from the dark instilled a sense of paranoia and insanity inside of me a sensation so intense that I would need therapy had I slept one night in complete darkness this phobia continued into my college years my friends were all mature and understanding enough to sympathize I hung out with Chloe dan and Jonathan Chloe was ostensibly your typical college girl blond hair blue eyes outgoing and fairly open-minded despite her appearance she walked my friends and I at any video game we play Don was a bit of a tool it would use his looks and charm to swoon girls into one-night stands no one in a group appreciated this we just turn a blind eye whenever he would get an angry phone call from whoever he had his way with last night Jonathan was probably the closest to me he and I had much in common we were both creative writers listened to the same types of music and we're have agreed errs he was quiet most of the time when he spoke everyone else listened Jonathan and I were the archetypal problem solvers and mediators of our fairly small circle of friends we were all hanging out at Jonathan's place a few nights ago the night started off like any other we played Mario Kart and a few drinks and played some board games none of us were drunk but I wouldn't have trusted any of us the drive Jonathan and I were talking even with her inhibitions slightly lowered Chloe still did not acquiesce that Dawn's sexual advances he only did this when she was drinking Jonathan or I would usually tell her the morning after under the premise that she would be merciful and not mention it for the most part this worked it was 3:00 in the morning before most of us fell asleep Chloe went around the house to turn off all the lights she was about to hit the switch for the last remaining light in the bathroom when I called out to her leave that on I pleaded wearily hey she replied softly she walked over to where I was lying and sat down I know about your fear we all do I know that all of us met it to have fun but my intention was that help you overcome something that could potentially hold your life back she stroked my face with a South paw and she whispered into my ear I'm doing this because I care I was much too tired to object the apartment grew almost pitch-black as she found a couch to rest on every dark a mysterious entity and nocturnal vision from my childhood came flowing back with a vengeance I sat upright in fear piercing alien eyes peered at me from behind furniture pieces while malevolent shadows darted across the room I turned on my phone in a vain attempt to escape the horrors that plagues the apartment my efforts to diminish rival specters activities only exacerbated the problem at hand I began to hear voices to my recollection I had a spotless mental record there was no history of schizophrenia in my family that did not help these voices that quality was so clear they were clearer than talking to someone in the same room these voices all had a supernatural quality to them some sounded like children others like hell Swan the message is the ethereal voice is sent however were rather similar they all taunted me they told me facts about my childhood that no one else could have known the more I tried to ignore them they louder they got it was a self-perpetuating cycle that I had to break in order to maintain a stable frame of mind I looked over to my friends they all looked so peaceful if they could have seen what I had seen heard what I had heard and experienced what I experienced it would never have been a part of Chloe's little plan running out of options I grabbed my earbuds plugged them in and faded out the evil that sought to break me blaring music in my ears was the only way to alleviate the mental stirring I had went through I sat upright listening to music into the first rays of morning light poured in through the dusty blinds of the messy room Chloe was the first to awaken she wiped the cross that of her eyes as she walked over to me despite her state she still looked quite pretty noticing the redness of my eyes she began to inquire what had happened to you - would for an excuse like I'm just a little hungover she wasn't buying it but your hair hasn't been displaced one bit she pointed out tell me the truth before I had time to respond she figured it out a features softened that she came closer to me did you stay up all night yes why I tried going to sleep I couldn't everything came back everything from before oh my gosh I'm so sorry I embraced her tilting her head Chloe looked into my eyes I should never oppress the issue she confessed I'll never mention it again she smiled and walked over to the kitchen to prepare breakfast Jonathan then done woke up Don didn't say all that much Julie the amount Heath had to drink the night preceding jonathan was his usual friendly self once everyone was ready we all a and said our goodbyes the light outside was blinding I gotten no sleep that night which didn't help driving home at the time I reached the steps to my apartment building I was stumbling I shall fall to my door and fell asleep almost at the very second I hit my bed daylight filtering through the curtains provided a nice warm nap an invisible force bound me to the walls of a mysterious room when I awoke the walls were painted and off-white two sets of florescent lights made every corner glow there were no doors vents or any other conceivable means of escape I looked around in horror to find my friends from the night before Chloe was nervously looking around the room Jonathan was just staring and Don was vigorously trying to escape the invisible restraints as soon as everyone was fully awake we were set free a closer look around the room revealed nothing to our advantage there wasn't a one-way mirror floor or ceiling no cameras were present to monitor us Dondre banging in the walls the gain of possible outside his attention to no avail after some time Chloe spotted something the rest of us had missed look she said with wonderment everyone came over to see a discovery a sheet of college-ruled notebook paper bore a cryptic message afraid of the dark this room's lights will never fade enjoy at that moment everyone in the room turned their attention to me Chloe and Jonathan had expressions of confusion done however was very angry he took one deep breath before pinned me against the nearest wall listen here I know about your little fear is this some sort of sick joke you pulled on us no I stammered I didn't do any do you think this is funny he pressed harder against my chest Don you don't know that do you my vision began to grow black around the edges Jonathan pulled him off me at the last second don't snatch the paper from Chloe he tore it to shreds scattering little pieces all over the polished then only in floor as he walked across the floor I noticed something the shreds had disappeared the paper with a message from before was plastered along a new notice it read we won't be leaving you anytime soon enjoy your stay we knew at that moment that no one in the group set this up who or whatever was keeping us here had known about my fear before they took us to this room the person also knew who my friends and I were and where we all lived with the amount of preliminary information we had one huge question still remained why this was a question that none of us were in a position to answer it didn't matter to any of us why we were there we just wanted out Jonathan was the first the speaker okay before we try anything too drastic let's evaluate our options we could try to get someone's attention again there has to be someone out there that can help us I'm not so sure Chloe objected we don't even know if there's anyone that can hear us much less help us besides let's hypothetically say there is someone do we really want their help we don't know what types of people reside outside these walls how about we just try break through the walls dan suggested this place may be designed to contain us but that doesn't make it in escapable Jonathan chuckles that's right break it is that how you get out of everything done he has a point Chloe he added your attempts to alert an outsider proved fruitless the next best thing will be to try and knock down the walls let's try it I suggest it we have nothing to lose Don was the first in front of his wall we all assumed our positions and waited for Chloe's go at her signal we slammed our body way against the walls though they felt like glass they had the impact reverberation force of some men's exhausted we all slumped to the floor Don was profusely bleeding from his left knee I asked him if it was going to be all right I'm fine he curtly responded when he sunk his knee to the floor to get up in stuck what the he tried to escape his knee would not budge from the floor he pulled with all his might but didn't move Jonathan and I cautiously walked over towards him he grabbed our hands and we pulled Don used his right knee to add to the pressure eventually we gave up whatever bound into the floor had no foreseeable intention of setting him free not then at least Don grew desperate we have to find a way out of here he said his voice wavered we can't stay in here much longer if we do our captor is going to make us pay go and I walked over to comfort him Shh she whispered it's going to be fine we'll all find a way out of here and you'll be just fine she gently stroked his hair whilst doing this she gave me a concerned look I could see it in her eyes she didn't know what to do and she was scared her normally steady composure was beginning to experience the tremors of peril and true danger I noticed Stan's leg were beginning to grow a sickly blue they were both motionlessly slumped on the shiny floor I silently pointed this out to Chloe she then got the attention of Jonathon who in turn was as horrified as she Don became very worried guys I can't feel my legs is there something wrong he twisted his body around to look at his motionless legs he screamed and tear at the sight suddenly his whole body dropped to the floor every part of his body became motionless his face seemed to lose muscular control as well we shocked him but nothing happened Chloe cried out in horror when Jonathan and I looked at her for an explanation she wordlessly pointed to his leg that was fused the floor whose pulsating violently it looked as if the room was literally sucking the life out of him after a few minutes the movement stopped I checked his wrist for a pulse there was none he died right on a cold linoleum floor swung closed doors had died of reasons none of us know Jonathan pointed to the wall two sheets of paper from before were there alongside a new third he took it off the wall it said the most frightening an enigmatic thing yet young everyone jumped back the room we were trapped in had just consumed one of our friends we were all numbed with shock none of us knew who would be next to go as we stood there the lights grew brighter I came to a horrible realization there wasn't any way we could all escape the room alive our very presence fed its energy Chloe began to cry Jonathan hugged her and I absorbed myself in possible strategies of escape I soon came to the grim conclusion that we couldn't attempt to leave immediately given the circumstances I figured that these lights couldn't have power forever I went to Jonathan to discuss the plan I was too traumatized to talk to anyone I think we've all seen too much tonight I admitted you and I should get some rest and let Chloe have a space tonight how long have we been here I checked my watch according to it only five minutes had passed the date had not even moved five minutes there's no way look he saw the time and date on my stainless steel analog watch Jonathan was just as bewildered as I let's just get some sleep man I quickly agreed he and I slept in separate corners the room the room was completely silent save Chloe's soft weeping her weeping soon became soft choked sob says she found a way to sleep loud humming noises soon raised me from my slumber I looked around Chloe and Jonathan were deeply asleep I looked up at the lights they faded in and out almost as if they were breathing the lights grew blinding three minutes seemed to pass before my two friends were harshly awakened they looked up at the light it seemed to grow even brighter they all turn their heads away as I did mine that only made the luminosity increase no secular apparatus could produce this much light my very shadow began to grow dim footsteps walked across the floor I turned around to see the source it was Jonathan he had both hands over his ears Chloe implored for him to continue hiding in the corner to no avail as he stood directly under the lights the humming grew louder it increased the such a volume that it almost made me go deaf I couldn't hear myself think blood started the poor out of Jonathan's ears it ran fast and thick he seemed surprised by it rather than horrified by this time Chloe and I both started screaming his name under the impression that he was aware or that he cared about our presence he spoke these words with numbed wonderment everything is so clear his body hit the floor that allowed crash his skull came into contact to the floor first causing his skull to profusely bleed the same sound of absorption from Donny's leg came back the fluorescent lights returned to the normal level of brightness Chloe looked at me with determination you and I are the two survivors we are making it out of here alive how I asked boost me on your shoulders I'm breaking those damn things I was so uncertain she and I had witnessed the lights kill two people I didn't think that taking them head-on was the best solution Chloe I'm not so sure do you want to escape with your life yes our time is running out I hosted her on top of my shoulders her soft legs felt warm against my rugged arms even though we had been cooped up in there for what felt like days the scent of ' still clung to her she removed a t-shirt revealing a white tank top she took the white shirt and wrapped it around her right hand ready she asked ready as I'll ever be shards of glass traveled everywhere as she hid the light it broke in half above us I wasn't harmed at all Chloe however sounded hurt i delicately set her outside of the master see if she was injured I think I'm okay she said with a strong hint of uncertainty in her voice I carefully removed a shirt from my hand a large gash ran it up of a palm she ran her fingers through mine and asked once again to check her status I'm fine trust me she walked over to a corner taking a spare pencil she had in a pocket she used the t-shirt to make a makeshift tourniquet I smiled she was always so resourceful if there was a necessity she'd always be ready to take care of it her intentions usually preceded her actions but that didn't make her any less a friend of mine noticing the pile of glass around Jonathan's corpse I stepped back to reality two friends dead and one injured this is where my fear had managed to get me I felt responsible for their deaths I felt that my presence that night at Jonathan's house was the underlying cause of all of this if I hadn't gone would any of this have happened would I be there I said trying to find answers to these unanswerable questions Chloe didn't utter a word you both sat there dead quiet the persistent humming of the lights keeping us away from sleep my eyes burned close eyes are a deep bread and mine probably were as well she and I both sat against the wall I checked my watch two more minutes passed over the space of what felt like two nights the low sound of the florescence was starting to drive me insane it struck a nerve that was very thin I hadn't slept eaten or drank in what felt like days reality itself was beginning to blur inside that room the bounds of time and space merged into one giant conglomeration of Terror to say I was sick of the room would be an understatement so inevitably grand that I would not acknowledge someone who purported to use such a word to describe our situation Chloe began to meticulously unwrap a bandage my legs popped in protest as I shuffled over to her how is it they asked weakly not so good she replied she sounded just as strung out as I was I think it's infected upon closer inspection she was right the wound looked vested it was puffy pink pus used out at all sides some of it was crusted with age I looked at her face she didn't seem shocked or taken aback in the slightest in fact she seemed quite intrigued I do not know the force that made it do what she did next Chloe heartedly licked the seeping wounds before I could object she did it again I groaned in disgust glass crunches under her shoes as she bolted towards the rubble of Lights picking up a shard she looked at me I was gravely nervous I spoke my next words with the utmost uncertainty and discomfort Chloe what are you doing her teeth hit a piece of glass with a sharp crunching sound her gums began to bleed staining a teeth lips and chin red she began to pick up more pieces and eat them I was already mortified she stuffed multiple pieces in her mouth at the same time her digestive system was reluctant to this but she managed to keep everything down mercury dusted the insides of the lights which he ate as well the only sight I could possibly parallel this to be a feral beast consuming its dead prey blood ran down from a mouth down a shirt but she didn't seem to care as she ate more the remaining light grew louder and brighter at long last she stopped walking over to the corner where she had sat previously she uttered these last words with a sense of grisly Glee so clear so bright blood ran out of a stomach as a glass crust inside of her Chloe Brighton the last of these friends of mine died I felt abandoned and destroyed by what my petit fright I allowed it to escalate to a point where it consumed me where it consumes my friends I felt the worst for Chloe in her attempt to eliminate my fear and help me she ended up dead I will never forget the stark level of poignancy that plagued me during those dark hours I could only sit on the floor a former and defeated shell of a man who was afraid afraid of something so menial that it was worth no amount of human life I could do nothing but weep if this was supposed to be my light at the end of the tunnel I would have rather stayed in the dark the amount of death and wreckage that surrounded me made the entire picture her pathetic one at that moment all of the light in the room ceased I was thrust into pitch black the difference was so startling I screamed the humming also completely diminished into cold silence the contrast was almost a relief I didn't see or hear anything that I normally would have in the dark the darkness felt like a blanket encapsulating and protecting me from the horrors of the dreaded light a subtle buzzing sound emitted from the opposite side of the room I grew frightened it sounded identical to the sound of the lights except muffled I turned on my phone's flashlight to navigate my way around the room and discover the source of the ruckus I noticed something out of the corner of my eye sparks began to form from where I knew not all I knew was that it was coming from a distinguishable source my phone's light went out i unsteadily approached the sparks shaking in fear of the possible source a light came on broken the fluorescent light managed to come on it was glowing from Chloe's stomach lines going down a tank top with distinct the light grew half red as a result of the blood running down and out of a stomach earlier it gave the room an eerie pink glow I saw the light slowly rise and come toward me she worthlessly staggered towards me her movements shifting lights direction I desperately felt the walls for a possible method of escape if I didn't this would be it I would die in that room with those pestilential lights refusing to the cease and switch away I firmly searched for a mean of deliverance from this hellish entrapment she persistently followed me around the room as I did after what seemed like minutes I felt something that contrasted the glassy surface of the walls and exit I was going to escape from this place alive but not well it was a door it was white and glossy much like the rest of the room not a floor adorned it I fumbled for the doorknob and finally opened it a sheet of paper like Tate on the side of the door facing the room I quickly grabbed it and turned around to shut out this twisted world as I was about to close it I noticed that Clos was still coming towards me she looked with her completely red eyes into mine she didn't look mad or intimidating in the slightest she simply looked helpless her eyes said it all they told me that she only wanted to help that she wanted to escape her eyes also told me something else they informed me that this was a girl who was truly forgotten by sanity and well-being that she was prepared to go into a world that would make life almost worse than the hell she was in I couldn't save her I knew it as much as it hurt me to do so I had to leave her behind I don't believe the girl I faced leaving the room was my friend at that point I looked wistfully into her eyes and bitter a morose goodbye I'm so sorry burning sunlight filled my eyes as I closed the white door I looked down at the sheet of perfectly edged notebook paper it departed me like this darkness has abandoned you have a bright future I looked at the paper and discussed I shredded it to pieces knowing that whatever it brought me into that room was no longer going to torment me I turn around the sunlight literally burned me I collapsed to the ground out of fatigue taking a quick look around I noticed that I was on a piece of farmland on the outskirts of town I looked behind me a large red side of a barn stood in the place of the white door I'd send my phone on I called a local cabin headed home the driver looked at me and said where have you been you don't kind of roughed up and I responded with the utmost sincerity a place where no man should ever have to go he did not speak to me for the duration of a ride I paid my fare and walked into my apartment building when I saw my bed I literally cried in joy I was ready to sleep for a year my curtains were drawn closed as I went to turn off the lights I spotted a bloody insignia right above the switch I flick the switch nothing happened from that day on I learned something that I now know to be fact I will never fear the dark again you

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