@fcarsdark sent: ✘ for one muse to get hurt protecting the other
from: some meme that i’ve lost
it was going wrong. wrong! he swore he rigged it right, the track shouldn’t even be connected to ashley’s track! it’s a fake! for his eyes only-- of course they’d never actually look ! but, no. nononono, that track is definitely connected. and he had no fucking idea which way chris pulled that lever, but it was TOTALLY heading streat for ashley. shit. shit shit shit shit shit.
he had seconds. that it, seconds. he’d already tested the saw on the fake body, counted how long they’d have to stare agonizing as no matter what, they waited for josh to die. approximately twenty two seconds. long enough to feel like a lifetime as you were watching, but he had no idea if it was enough to stop it.
but without another thought, completely abandoning the rest of his plans for the night, he bolts. he jumps down from behind the fake board, whirling out and around the fake pallets he had set up so they couldn’t see his real body behind everything. but it took too much time, he had fucking seconds. ten maybe. he could hear chris screaming, assumed ashley was as well. and he was breathing hard, shaking as he tried to untie her from the chains. it as hard! he knew it was a simple pull, but his addled mind couldn’t figure out where. where-- not until he felt the heat coming from the saw blade as it came ever closer to his back. if he was smart, he’d stand to the side. but, fuck, if ashley was going to go, so would he. he’d deserve it.
but he did it! he found the pull, and just as he pulled it and pulled her to the side as quickly as possible, he felt it. he felt the saw nip at his side. okay-- more than a nip. it tore. it hurt so badly, but he didn’t have time for that! but because of this, he all but threw ashley on the ground, before diving down after her. the saw ended up stopping inches from the wood pallets. and josh rolled himself away from her, clutching his side. it hurt. it hurt so bad, and he was bleeding so much-- but. okay, yeah, he kind of deserved this. he’d taken this all so so far. too far.
you know, he’s not sure the door will unlock for chris since the saw went the wrong way--













