The Story of Joe (Joke)

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= Chapter 1 - The nightmare begins =
Joe found himself walking the same alleyway he had walked many times before, except he was walking quite a bit faster. Unfortunately, this time was unlike any other. He was striding down the path, and he felt a bit uneasy about the dark puddle in front of him. 
It should have fled into the storm drain, he thought, But despite the uneasy feeling, he kept going. The puddle sploshed beneath his feet, and his khakis got soggy. The gross feeling of his wet socks caused him distress. When he got to the end of the alley, he felt relieved. No longer did he feel the presence of something mysterious. He walked towards the road, not caring for the dead bird strewn on the pavement. He heard grumbling from the alleyway next to the restaurant he was going to. Since he was still twenty minutes early, there wouldn’t be a problem checking it out, would there? He felt the stomach-churning sensation of falling. The falling would come to an abrupt stop as he hit a soft but moist carpet with a thud.
= Chapter 2 - Level 0 =
Joe was confused—or rather, concerned. He had no idea where he was or why exactly he was there. He didn’t even acknowledge the fact that the ground he was walking on was once solid, and another second later, it wasn't there. He got up and looked around. He pulled out his phone. "No signal, he thought. He decided to follow one of the corridors, which led to an open room. This is when Joe noticed the monochrome walls and the humming of the fluorescent lights. He felt concerned about the lack of food, and It's not like he could order doordash. That would be something to figure out another time. For now, all he wanted to do was find either a way out or at least figure out where he was. With his lack of phone battery, he quickly decided to save his phone for other times. 
He went on calling out for anyone: "Hello?" he would yell occasionally. Eventually, he heard something that sounded like a monster roaring in triumph in the distance. Joe didn't take a second glance; he ran the opposite way, dodging between pillars. Eventually reaching a dead stop. He curled up in a ball and heard the roaring zoom by. It had lost him. Joe didn’t feel like going anywhere. He was just going to sit there until forced otherwise. After he began to feel extremely hungry, he decided he must go or he would die of starvation. Joe started walking in the direction of where the monster came from.
Eventually he came to a long hallway, where he saw a black figure roughly the size of two full-grown men, with a skeletally lanky body and a large black head, with teeth that could probably bite through his flesh. Luckily, the entity did not see him. This peaceful period did not last long. The entity turned around and spotted Joe. He was frozen still. It roared and looked around for Joe, making Joe realize that it couldn't see him if he was still. Eventually the monster gave up and resumed running around the area. But Joe didn't move since the entity might hear him. A few minutes later, his legs cramped, and he had to move.
So he moved and was happy to find that nothing came running at him. A small hatch was on the wall, and it seemed to go nowhere. It was too high to reach, and he didn’t see anything that he could use to climb it. But just then, some terrible screeching noise came from it, and it was followed by loud banging on the hatch. Joe just stopped listening. Then all was quiet. He decided against the idea of sticking around to see if the entity heard the banging. Before then, he would try to find something to get up there. He walked and scratched the wall to retrace his steps when, or if, he would find anything.
Level 0
= Chapter 3 - The Manila room =
Joe continued walking, occasionally scratching the wall. Eventually he could barely feel his legs, but a strong force seemed to drag him towards something. He then found himself in a room similar to the last, except this room was a deep orangish color. The lights seemed to give off more heat than the others. So he continued. For what seemed like an eternity, Joe walked. 
He walked and walked until he came upon a room. He peered inside and saw many circuits, a big computer, and some almond water. He ran over, grabbed the almond water, and drank most of it in one gulp. Joe felt tired; after all, it was very late and he had missed his date for sure. He checked the Internet. None. He sat there, playing the dinosaur game on Chrome. Eventually, he got frustrated and broke it.
Nobody probably knew, he thought. He tried to sleep, but a repetitive knock kept him awake. He yelled to see if it was human, but there was no response. The knocking stopped, and Joe got a good night's sleep.
The Manila Room
= Chapter 4 - level 994 =
Joe woke up in a completely obscure place and had no recollection of falling asleep. He began to walk through the empty, dark hallways. There were windows on the left of him every few feet, and they stretched for even more. He walked for hours and began to hear voices. They told him that he was being enlightened. Saved. He continued to walk, but the voices grew louder until he began to believe them. He walked and walked, but suddenly he felt the urge to jump over the edge of the railing lining the wall, which led into a pit of nothingness. He was just about to jump when he saw a door in the distance. He fought the urge to jump and ran to the door. Once inside, he found a stairwell. There were only 5 floors, and he was on the 3rd. He heard scrambling below him and saw a deformed human below. It was on all fours, had hair like a human, but was completely skinned everywhere else. The entity was vicious and started running up the stairs at him. He ran up the stairs and slammed the door. He had entered the 5th floor and couldn’t go back in through the door to the stairwell. He heard thumping on the door, presumably from the creature. He stopped for a breath. 
"I’ll just have to make do," He said. He continued to walk but found himself feeling the urge to jump again. He saw hallucinations coming toward him and curled up in a ball on the ground. He eventually felt himself hit a concrete floor with a thud.
= Chapter 5 - Level 4 =
"Where am I?" Joe thought aloud. He took in his surroundings, taking notice of the rain. He looked outside and decided to get a drink. He held out his hands and immediately felt as if they were in liquid nitrogen. He walked around.
"This looks like my old workplace, He said, "an office." Joe felt like it was safe compared to other levels. He didn’t see any signs of entities or other dangers, except for the thunderstorm outside. He eventually found an abandoned outpost. It had supplies. It was the first time he’d eaten in days. He plowed through the stash of canned foods and almond water. He stashed some in his pockets and started walking through the office again. He reached a room with long glass windows stretching the length of the room. There was a man inside the same room, but once he noticed Joe, he ran out of the room. Joe chased after him but eventually lost him.
Joe found an outpost, but this time, it was full of people. They welcomed him after they figured out he wasn’t an entity. He decided that he would leave this level after a couple of nights. Joe slept a few nights but finally left the outpost. He saw shadows moving through the light and followed them. He heard a sliding noise and rain coming into the room. He watched as a man jumped out the window. Joe ran over to the window and leaned over the edge, looking at the infinite hole below him. He felt a hand on his back, and he was thrown over the edge of the windowsill. He screamed but felt himself fall into a pool of water. It was weird. Calming.
Level 4
= Chapter 6 - Sublimity =
Joe found himself surrounded by water. He opened his eyes and tried to gasp, but sucked in a bunch of water. But it didn’t hurt or feel bad at all. He rose out of the water and started walking. His pants were soggy, as was his shirt. But he didn’t care. It was safe here. He sloshed around in the water and past the beaming rays of sunlight from the windows. He didn’t even realize until now that this was the only natural light he had seen since he came here.
"I might just stay a while longer." Joe lied down on the ceramic tiles. He was finally happy in this dreaded place.
Joe fell asleep on a small piece of tile. Usually, the hard floor would be uncomfortable, but he didn’t feel discomfort while napping on the tiled ground beneath him. When he arose, there was a wafting scent of clean water, and he continued to explore. He could take his time, but he would eventually have to leave. He sighed, but the noise of his breathing was dampened. Muffled. As if it wasn’t meant to be heard. He felt.. Silenced. He felt like it was completely safe, but at the same time, he couldn’t stay here forever. His hunger was growing worse, and although his sanity was good, it wouldn’t stay that way. He walked through the water and saw a room with holes that went into pitch darkness. He swam slowly down into the darkness, and he drifted down into pitch blackness. He felt his skin push up against rectangular tiles, his skin sticking to them as he moved his body. He didn’t think he was in the same place because the tiles were different. They were not ceramic, but epoxy. He looked up and saw a water park, supposedly from the 1900s.
Level 37
= Chapter 7 - Waterways =
Joe got up and looked around. He turned and screamed. He had seen a still-decomposing dead body. At first, Joe panicked. Then he realized He started looting the body and found a pack of waterproof matches. The body had many bite and scratch marks. All Joe could think about for a minute was what could have done that. Then he heard someone cough. He quickly turned to see an adult crouched in the corner, barely hurt.
"Who are you?" Joe asked. The person did not answer. Joe approached them, and then he saw that they were coughing badly with blood all over them. He slowly stepped away but hit a metal pole. The contact made a noise, and it alerted the person. He now realized that they weren't humans. He turned to run, but saw the shadow that loomed in the corner starting to rise. He didn’t look back with a second thought and started to dash towards a red tunnel with tiles. He got in and continued on, only slowing to check behind him.
He got onto a little ledge, but the water made it slippery, and he slipped and fell into the water. But instead of falling onto the water and feeling his skull slam into the hard tiled floor, he felt sand and the water slamming into him. He was too tired to get up but happy to be away.
Level 37.12
= Chapter 8 - Thalassophobia =
Joe got up and realized he was on a beach. "Hello?" he yelled. Where did the creatures go? He thought. He got up and looked around. He saw a small boat built out of sandstone. Joe suddenly had a beam of light shining into his face. He squinted. It was a lighthouse. He jumped into the boat. And started paddling towards the lighthouse. But he was interrupted by a whale-like creature jumping out of the water. Scared for his life, he paddled away and back to shore.
When Joe got back to shore, he saw the boat being brought out into the sea by the waves, then destroyed by what he called ‘a death whale’. He decided to stay on land for his safety, but he wanted to be far from the shore. He went inland, which wasn't far, and found a cave. It had a red substance that looked like dyed maple syrup. He didn't want to go in, so he just went over to the other shore. He needed to clean himself and thought, What harm could the water be? He went into the water after taking his clothes off. It felt amazing getting clean; all the diseases from earlier levels faded away. He got out of the water and dried off, deciding to take a nap. He woke up, dried himself, and put on his clothes. When he turned, he saw a giant stone statue in the water moving towards him.
He got up and ran, the giant stone figure not far behind him. He had to run into the cave. He jumped in and...
Level 7
= Chapter 9 - Soundless Subterrain =
Joe woke up in a pool of red water. He opened his eyes and gasped. He took a gulp full of the disgusting liquid, and it felt like it burned in his mouth. He swam up and got to a dry area. The burning sensation in his mouth gave him a fever-like feeling, and it gave him a headache. It hurt too much to move, and he felt a painful throbbing in his stomach. As if someone stabbed a hole in his intestine with a fiery harpoon. He held his hand on the spot where the pain was, and it went away. The headache worsened, and he closed his eyes to ignore the pain. He felt arms pick him up, but he drifted off. He woke up with a face staring at him. It was another survivor. He couldn’t talk, but they got the message anyway.
He felt something weird oozing from his legs, and disgusting pus started to leak from the surface of his limbs. The throbbing pain in his head was enough to make him mistake himself for dead. He tried to stand up but couldn’t. He saw the person hold up a bottle of something. It was a tan bottle, and it said ‘Almond Water.’ He felt like he was already dead but drank the bottle anyway.
His legs, which had swelled, transformed back to normal, and his headache went away. He heard some rumbling, and the red liquid started to flood up to the ceiling. He held his breath and started swimming. He darted through the water, through small gaps, and into open areas. He took a breath after he found an area that wasn’t filled yet, but plunged back into the liquid. He swam as fast as he could and saw an object floating through the water. In the trash, there was a book. He grabbed it, and he felt himself go at light speed and disappear from the cave system. Light flashed around him until there was a dark, gray cloud in the sky.
Level 8
= Chapter 10 - 628 =
Joe woke up in a dark, rocky landscape that stretched for miles. He stood up by pushing himself off the ground with his palms, and the rocky ground tore his skin and started a burning sensation. He started to drip blood, but he didn’t care. He began to walk, and he kicked gravel up as he moved. He saw figures in the distance but didn’t want to investigate. He was fed up with this place. He moved at a steady pace, only very quickly turning around to see if anything was following him. This terrible place had ruined his life. He was almost hopeless, but he kept going. He followed a trail that led up a mountain of black, ashy rock.
He continued walking in the dark landscape until he heard some gravel start to rustle behind him. He looked at the sound and saw a rocky figure with misfigured limbs and a hard exterior. It lunged at Joe, but he ducked to the right and pushed himself against the rocky mountain. He assumed it to have strength beyond human possibility, so he was cautious not to be seen by the monster. He was hidden beyond a rock pile, but the entity was slowly creeping in his direction. He would have to make a run for it if he wanted to survive. He scuttled around the entity, and it whipped around and smacked Joe in the back. Joe kept running, even with the burns on his back.
Joe ran up the mountain, continuing to take small but quick steps the whole way through. He reached the summit, and he felt like he was trapped, or rather, cornered. He looked again and saw a gray metallic door. He rushed over to it. He tried opening it. It wouldn't budge, but the entity missed Joe, slamming into the door. Then, with a pop, the door opened. Joe grabbed on to the rock beside him and turned, flying into the door that had been opened by the entity. A flash of white light appeared, but it settled, and he saw a familiar place.
= Chapter 11 - The End =
Joe was in a library. It had tan and yellow wallpaper and a large computer that seemed to be buzzing loudly. Joe felt that he was somewhat safe here. He walked over to the computer and turned it on; it read THIS IS THE END. Joe suddenly felt uneasy. He didn't like this place. He looked down the long but wide hall. Wow, I must be seeing things, he thought. The room ahead was twisting in front of him. He started to explore, not really paying attention to his surroundings. Then he turned around. He was surprised to see a solid wall behind him. "Wait. What the?" Joe exclaimed. The hallway had disappeared behind him.
What's going on? Joe thought. He kept going on until he saw a weird door. What should I do? If I go through... I might end up back in that rocky hellscape, but this is the end. It may lead back to the real world. Joe started second-guessing himself. He decided not to go through when he heard something like an ape behind him roaring and screaming at him.
He turned around and saw that the wall had vanished and the Ape was real. A giant gorilla-looking animal. He stared into its eyes and saw how many ways Joe could have already been killed by the Ape. He turned again and ran for the door. He heard the Ape bellowing behind him. It was catching up. He got to the door, and luckily it wasn't jammed like the other door. He opened it up and slammed the door shut. Hoping that the ape couldn't get through. After he was sure he was safe, he turned to look at his surroundings.
= Chapter 12 - The Leafy Corridors =
Joe looked around to see an office building. "Seriously? Another office building? Joe sighed. "At least this one it isn't always raining." Joe took a couple steps and decided to go and soak up some of the sunlight since it might be the last he feels in a while. Even if it was just the sun, he felt refreshed after staying in its rays. He just laid there for a while. Once he stood up, he decided to explore the office. He found a bottle of almond water lying in a pile of mossy carpet. He walked towards the window and sucked in the fresh air outside. He guessed it would be the last of it for a while. It was generally an open area, but this would soon come to an end.
Joe felt uncomfortable, and the rooms started to become more narrow. He walked around and saw several piles of rocks and gravel strewn about. He saw some writing on the wall and looked closer. When he tried to get a closer look, he started to read out the words.
"Do not ju-" He started, "What am I talking about? There isn’t any writing."
Joe felt as if he were being watched, but after drinking the bottle of almond water from the ground, this effect wore away. He reached a dead stop, and it included five doors lining the wall in front of him. He felt a voice in his head, and another one, and another one. They were telling him not to go to the center door. He felt clueless and eventually walked to the one on the far left. He was about to open the door, and the voices cheered him on. He picked up a bottle of almond water on the ground and drank it. The voices faded, and he felt pushed away from any door except for the one in the center.
He found that he was still in the same type of building, and he sighed. He felt like it wasn’t safe, but there wasn’t anything that could hurt him except himself. There were whispers around him, screaming silently in his ears, and there were faces in the dark corners. Joe backed himself away from the noise and ran into the hands of a black figure. He was thrown to the ground, and he rolled a couple feet. He then got up and walked until he walked into a sun beam. He felt safe again and decided not to stray away from the sun. At closer inspection, there were now buildings jutting out of the infinite floor of clouds that were outside. He took step after step, in and out of the sun's beams. Whenever he left the sunlight, he felt uneasy. But he knew that he was safe inside the light.
Joe walked for hours and eventually found an area that looked like a run-down mall. He found stashes of supplies, almond water, and food. He decided to ration the food, and he continued to walk. The overgrown mall was huge, and it slowly deteriorated. He started to see smilers and other creatures around him. He found a sky window and went into the sunlight. The entities disappeared. Joe walked around the mall and saw a vent. He heard stomping and saw an ape again. He saw himself being ripped to shreds, eaten whole, or any other way to die you could possibly imagine. He ran away from the ape, and it chased him. He ran towards the window, feeling that it was the only thing that could save him. The ape disappeared after he went into the sunlight. He climbed into the vent. It was dark, and Joe couldn’t see.
= Chapter 13 - Level 11 =
Joe found himself in a city. He wasn’t convinced for a second that he was out of this infinite maze of death. He just knew it. This was all a terrible trick that was designed to push you to your limits and eventually to your death. He knew it wouldn’t be this easy. It wasn’t easy so far, but to survive, he would have to do better. He walked through the metropolis and the sprawling city around him. There were actual humans here. Ones with sustained communities. Ones that he could talk to.
Joe had felt lonely and disconnected from people. The last human he’d seen was back in the damned office. Nothing was worth it anymore, but he also had to keep going. He would escape. He was determined to He came across a large office building, and he stashed his pockets with almond water and food. Anything he couldn’t fit in his pockets, he ate. Joe ran out of the building and darted into someone. They both fell over, and Joe’s pockets emptied onto the sidewalk. He rubbed his eyes and started to pick up his stuff. He came face-to-face with the other person, who was helping him pick up.
"Oh, sorry," they said, and Joe stayed silent. "Another victim of the backrooms?" they said, chuckling.
"Poor, poor soul," they said. Joe looked confused and backed away. It was a complete replica of himself. His voice started to distort, and his eyes would start to glow a neon red.
Joe woke up in a hotel bed, and a face was looking at him.
"Almond water?" They asked. He shook his head and obliged with the drink. "We found you passed out on the sidewalk," they said. "Sanity down, is it?" Joe stood up.
"Leaving so soon? Okay, they said, with a sorrowful look on their faces.
"Before you leave, my name is Gary, K?" Joe walked out of the door and into the street again. This was a rest stop before more pain and suffering.
Joe walked into a red house, and he found himself on a street. The street was vacant; there were no humans or animals anywhere. He looked down the streets for any clue as to where he was. I should have stayed with them, Joe thought. Then he suddenly felt an urge to run to the end of the road. Joe couldn't stop; he ran and ran until he slipped on some ice and blacked out.
[Page got a rewrite halfway through typing] Level 11
= Chapter 14 - Home sweet home. =
Joe was lying on the ground, with a sprinkle of water droplets falling down on him. Joe stood up on the road and took in his surroundings. He was surrounded by an infinite forest, but he didn’t enter it. The road was his comfort, and if he left it, he would. He felt his phone buzzing in his pocket.
"What?" Joe was startled and instantly pulled his phone out of his pocket. He had notifications on his phone. "How-what-the?" He exclaimed. He went into Messenger with his battery saver on.
June, 24th, 6:12 p.m.
Where are you?
Joe?!
Are you pranking me?
I swear to God if this is a joke.
Please. Answer me.
June, 24th, 7:21 p.m.
Okay. Fine. I give up.
July 21st, 10:36 a.m.
Amantha? Are you there?
It was of no use. She had probably already removed his contact information from her phone.
July 21st, 10:40 a.m.
Who is this? Call me.
Joe clicked the call button, and the phone rang for a few minutes.
"Hello?" Joe held the phone up to his ear once he heard this. "This is Joe. Is this you, Amantha?" "It’s been long. Heh." Joe said. ‘Where have you been? " Amantha said, and Joe sighed, "I don’t know. It’s terrible. I think it’s called... the backrooms? " Joe explained. "What? Let me look this up, Amantha said, and Joe heard some typing from the phone call.
"If you aren’t careful and noclip in the wrong areas, What does this mean? Six hundred million square miles of nothingness? If you hear something wandering near... Amantha trailed off. "Oh no."
"My phone is only at 33% battery. I think I'm safe though." Joe said, "I am going to hang up... but please... do something?" Joe turned off his phone. He was glad it was waterproof. He felt something pick him up. It was a human. They had a tight grasp on him, and he couldn’t get out of the firm grip. He shook and squirmed, but eventually was led to the edge of a mountain. The person said, "I’m sorry. Joe felt himself falling down the side of the mountain and looked up at the person with a black mask on, leaning over the edge. Joe closed his eyes and braced for impact with the water.
= Chapter 15 - The Final Frontier / Level -1000 =
Joe was on the ground. He was in a long, gray corridor. He walked, briefly taking glances at the statues lining the walls on either side of him. After walking almost two and a half miles, he reached a larger room that had two doors and a gate. He looked at the handles, and they had two locks on them. He seemed to know that each room would have a key. He walked through a maze of doors and turned after entering the door to the right. He opened a door and found a chair in the middle of a room. Nothing more, nothing less. He continued in the maze until he reached a room that had hundreds of keys on the ground, but when he touched them, they faded into red dust. He tried to grip on to the keys, but they would disappear before he could stand back up. He started to dig around, thinking that one of them would be correct, and eventually felt himself teleport into the main room with the gate. He slid the key into the lock, and it came off. He sighed. Halfway done; only one more key to go.
He entered the door to the left and was in a similar maze as the one to the right. Only this time, he found a room full of chairs. He walked around and searched each chair for another key. He felt a memory creeping into his mind. While he was walking through the maze, a weird creature that he didn’t remember appeared. Joe started to hear whispers but kept searching for the key. He saw eyes in the shadows that had formed around him, and an entity started to roar. Joe felt his heart pumping and covered his face with his arms. The whispers went away, and he felt normal again. He had stopped right in front of the key. He grabbed it and unlocked the gate after being teleported again. He heard a loud church bell ring, and the gate opened.
Level -1000
= Chapter 16 - When the Music Stops =
Joe felt himself laying on a carpet, and he stood up. He was in a living room of sorts. He saw an audio log on the table, with a collection of three more, each labeled with their corresponding numbers. He heard music in the background, but the audio logs were louder. He read that to survive, he must hide in a specific spot for every room. Except for the sunroom. Do not enter the sunroom. He memorized all the orders from the audio log, and they were his only hope for survival. He was currently in the living room. He looked out the windows on the wall, but he knew better than to shudder. Fear excites them. He walked to the sofa, and sat down, making sure to be calm.
“Amara, may I leave?” Joe said aloud, making sure he would be heard. He knew other than to leave without permission in the living room. He was allowed permission to leave, and he exited. He entered the dining room, and he heard the music stop playing. Joe ducked and ran under the table, and closed his eyes. He felt them surrounding him, and waited for the music to resume. After he stood up, Joe saw one of the chairs pull away from the table. He sat down, and waited to be dismissed. Joe walked into the kitchen, and walked up to the fine china on the wall. He heard some ringing, and ducked out of the way. The china exploded, flinging porcelain shards all over the room. He luckily, was out of the way. He found himself in front of the spare bedroom labeled: Dearil. Joe heard the music stop, and curled up in a ball in front of the room. Luckily, the door was closed. He knew he had to be careful in here or he would be dead in a matter of seconds. He remembered that the bathroom doesn't have many troubles in it.
He opened the bathroom door to see it was normal. He heard the music stop, and ran over to the tub and got in. He knew they could only stay for 5 minutes. During that he heard things unreported, such as the music glitching out and then hearing many screams, coming from Dearil’s bedroom. During that he stopped completely. But in the bathroom he heard them whisper, someone saying “Look at me…” in a raspy voice. Among many other things such as Amara saying “It's ok, the others have left, you are alone. Yet he continued to wait, hearing laughs, and china shattering and screams. He waited it out, and continued to keep his eyes shut even though he was filled with curiosity. He knew how to get out into one of three levels. Once he knew they were gone, he ran to the kitchen. The music stopped. He climbed onto the counter and lied down.
After the music resumed he climbed into one of the cabinets. Joe knew immediately what level he was: Aquarius Dining.
Level -404
= Chapter 17 - Aquarius Dining =
The fish swam around, showing species unknown to humans. He looked around, The kitchen is over there but what are those doors for? He walked over to the doors, and saw that it led to more of the dining room. He was surprised, this was new data about the backrooms. He walked around, different food in each part. Suddenly Joe heard footsteps. Then he saw another human, not a waiter like he knew would be on that level. Then he saw them. “Hello?” the other person said. Joe hesitated. “Hi?” Joe replied. The person jumped back. “No, wait, don't run, I'm one of you. Human.” The other person stopped. They were small, a child. The child looked very tired. The child started to cry.
“Hey, it's ok. When did you last eat?” Joe questioned the child and did not answer. Joe offered some fish to them. They ate it all. “There. Now let's go into the water.” The child reluctantly agreed. First the child went through the glass, strangely the glass was already broken. Joe thought. Then the glass was repaired. The child began to scream. Joe started banging against the glass trying to shatter it. He grabbed a knife from on the counter. The child began to scream in terror. They had seen a giant whale-like creature. I didn't know that death whales could be here?!?! In a matter of seconds the water was a deep blood red, and the child had not been seen or heard for very long. Then he grabbed a chair, and broke the glass. He jumped in and quickly swam to the top. Then he felt himself on a hard concrete floor. 
Level 88 
= Chapter 18 - Fred Fred (Wally) =
“Where am i?” Joe asked. Nobody responded. He got up to walk around. Then he realized, there was a death moth nest not too far away. He backed away, and found a pair of death moth wings. He grabbed the wings, to use as a glider, possibly later on. He left the warehouse to see that it was almost night. Joe saw a skin stealer, crap! Joe ran the other way, he heard the skin stealer right behind him. He kept running, past warehouse A, B, C, D, E, then he saw it. Light coming from warehouse F. “HELP! HELP!” Joe yelled. Someone from in there came out and ushered Joe in.
Then once Joe got in, they slammed the doors shut. The skin stealer was banging on the door. “You're lucky,” Someone said, “That is a skin stealer, known as fred fred or wally.” Joe was speechless. He did not like it here, it was almost as bad as the beginning. He missed the real world. He decided to end it. He climbed on top of a tower of pianos, and then jumped.
= Chapter 19 - Why didn't it end =
Joe was surprised when his head didn't explode in pain when hitting the concrete floors. He felt himself on the brick road. Joe was not excited.
“Of course. It's rigged so you can't die.” He looked around. He saw a giant smiler head carved into a mountain. He was drawn closer. He resisted for now. It was getting late. He was running around. Then he saw someone. He made absolutely no noise. Then he lured her in. Knocking her out and dragging her back to a house, where he cut all of her organs out and began to devour them, spraying everywhere. Before he left, he gave them a pill he had found on the streets in a strange heavy bottle. Like it was made out of lead.
Then he went back to roaming the streets. Waiting, watching, for his next victim. Then the sun rose, and Joe had no memory of what he had done. So he just went on with his day. That day people were crazy. Talking about an organ stealer that left a lead mask on. That day Joe got scared, what if he was next. He was watching the sunset, when he changed back into the monster that killed that other person. Just then someone entered the house. Joe hid in the kitchen and grabbed a knife, but for some reason he knew how to handle it perfectly.
He grabbed a smaller knife and threw it.  Thump. As their head hit the floor. Right in the head. Joe didn't bother doing anything ‘special’ with this one. He just hid the body, and grabbed all the knives and left. He entered another house, this one a party was going, so Joe wasn't noticed. Then he found a safe. Somehow he immediately knew the code. 3 4 2 7. Then he pulled out a small glock 19. He quickly loaded it, grabbed all the ammo and started shooting. BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG. Screams echoed everywhere. THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP. Soon all 6 people had been dropped. He still had about 21 clips. He continued on. Only stopping at sunrise to hide the gun in a garden where he would live. Then the memories began to deteriorate and he became normal average Joe. 
The word spread about a homeowner who was arrested for shooting all the guests at his party. Joe was glad that the killer had finally been arrested. So he didn't worry. He went home and ate. Then again night came. He quickly dug up the gun, and walked around. Nobody ran, at the sight of another person, and streets became normal again. Joe decided to lure in a young mom and her daughter. They entered the house, and the daughter went to the bathroom. That is when Joe pulled out a small kitchen knife, and executed the mother.
The little girl exited the bathroom to find her mother on the ground. She ran over and rapidly shook her mother, before Joe stuck the same knife into the back of her head. He had to move quickly, it was almost morning, he hid the gun and ammo, and cleaned everything up. Just in time for Joe to ‘wake up’ on the side of the street. He got up and walked over to a store set up. “Hello.” He said, walking to the back of the store. He decided to live here. He got some more ammo for a glock, and bought a second glock. He walked over to a home, great, nobody owns it yet. He thought to himself. He went inside to find a giant home. He stopped to see how massive it was. He thought to himself Wow, this is giant! He explored it, until he found a nice bedroom.
Then again he ate some food, and then drank some expired coconut water. But now it was night. He held a big party, to lure as many guests in as possible. He had locked the door on the mother and her daughter, so only people who knew her could have known she was missing. He pulled out the glock, and shot everybody at least twice. Now he had to clean up. That took the longest. But he had managed to do it. He rewarded himself with a glass of what he thought was water. Even more expired coconut water. Then he went to sleep. Joe awoke with a horribly dry mouth. He rushed downstairs, and grabbed a glass drinking all in one gulp. And then he was on concrete.
= Chapter 20 - Level 289 =
Joe stood up in a walled-off concrete area. He saw several doors around him. He walked for a while, and heard a noise. He stood quietly, hiding in the corner of the room. He waited until he saw them walk into the room. He lunged forward, shoving his elbow around their neck, constricting their breathing. His victim tried to scream, but he didn’t have any oxygen to do so. Joe finished them off with a hit to the head. His victim gurgled and fell to the ground. Another person walked in, and stood still, staring at Joe. Before they could do anything, Joe knocked them out. 
He looked as the sun rose, and his memory deteriorated. He walked until he found a bottle of almond water. He walked until he found more doors. He walked until he couldn’t walk anymore. Joe kept going, and lost awareness of the world. All it was was walk… walk… walk. There was nothing in this world for him. Not even life itself. Joe knew that it wouldn’t be possible to die, but there wasn’t anything to live for.
Joe walked for ages. Through maze, through houses, and through empty fields. He eventually reached a room that was different. He was no longer oblivious to his existence. He looked around the room, with a color that he couldn’t identify. He couldn’t identify anything anymore. Not like it mattered, anyway. He saw a rubber duck on the ground, and got a feeling of nostalgia. He picked it up.
= Chapter 21 - Level 150 =
Joe found himself in a garden. He was glad he didn’t have pollen allergies, or was he? There wasn’t a point anymore. He would die when he would die, and it wouldn’t matter. Nobody cared. No, nobody even knew. Nobody in real life knew who he was, so why would anyone care now? They wouldn’t. That’s the point. So he walked.
Joe walked past facelings, people, and thousands of plants. He couldn’t differentiate things in his mind to things that actually mattered. Well, nothing did, but does that even matter? Joe walked through hundreds of rooms. All with plants. His sanity was fine, but it didn’t feel like it. Joe wasn’t fine, and he knew that. He stopped to pick a flower, and smelled it. It smelled good, but Joe couldn’t even describe it. Joe picked more flowers. He gave them to the faceless people roaming around. He didn’t say anything, but it felt good for once. To do something.
Joe continued his crusade, and picked more and more flowers. Joe felt as if it was for his survival. It was the only thing that made him feel at peace. He continued to walk, and found a room filled with palm trees. He took a coconut, and split it open. He drank the delicious insides, and exhaled. Joe took some more coconuts, and did the same. After stashing and eating all the coconuts, he walked to the next room. He saw a mushroom, and picked it up. He decided to eat it.
Level 150
= Chapter 22 - Level 151 =
Joe felt an eerie presence. He was in a field of infinite balloons, and could only see a few yards in front of him. Maybe ten or fifteen feet? He saw a body laying on the ground, with whitish-red skin. The corpse had remnants of a popped red balloon on him, and Joe took that as a warning. He heard a radio signal, reminding him of those old static screens on the tv. Joe steered clear of the red balloons as he walked, and he began to feel sleepy. Joe felt as if it would be bad if he fell asleep. Just a sense. He heard a snoring noise, barely sound as the faded static in the background covered most noise.
Joe kicked at the person, and they didn’t wake up. He turned them around, and saw terrible bed sores on their back. They looked starved, and they probably hadn’t eaten in days. Joe was discouraged to fall asleep after the sight of the person, seemingly dead. Joe started to see things. His eyesight was replaced with images of beds, sleeping pills, or just a sleeping person. He knew that the level was playing with his mind. Joe walked across several more bodies, but the older they seemed, the more… plastic they were… Their skin was starting to turn red, and they would shrink, and inflate. Some of the ‘balloons’ had limbs sticking off, completely plastic and latex.
Joe saw a light in the distance, but it disappeared quickly. He heard the buzzing noise getting louder, and he started to see a large pillar in the distance. It was like a ladder. Or, it was a ladder. Joe carefully walked around the red balloons and started to ascend up the ladder. He continued to go up, but one of the bars came free when he gripped it. He wasn’t ready, and plummeted backwards. His shirt caught on a nail that was sticking out of the ladder. He squirmed around midair, and started to fall asleep. His eyes closed, but he heard a loud pop nearby. He woke up, and unhinged his shirt from the nail. He started to fall down, slowly plummeting near the floor. He saw a red balloon at the bottom, and spun around quickly. He grabbed the ladder’s fourth handlebar, and caught himself just in time. Joe began to ascend again.
Level 151
= Chapter 23 - Level 60 =
Joe found himself in an infinite ballpit, cloaked in darkness. He had remembered hearing about this level, and seeing someone who had touched a red ball. They died within a quarter of an hour. So Joe was careful. He got on top of the balls. He started traveling hoping to find an unconfirmed exit to the real world. But that would never happen. He just kept avoiding red balls. Then he heard someone. “Over here!” He yelled and the person came over avoiding red balls. Then he suddenly heard something like a gear grinding. The balls were flung up. And they continued raining down for several minutes. Joe luckily dodged all red ones. But his friend did not, and there he was, infected with the toxins. The other traveler said they were hit about half way through, and to go on without them. Then, they fell over dead. Joe didn't even have to react, the floor beneath him opened, and he was in the same area just falling for a while. Then he was supposed to hit the floor where he had braced for. Then he felt a moist carpet.
Level 60
= Chapter 24 - Welcome to the Backrooms. =
Joe rubbed his eyes voraciously, and smacked himself several times. He started to break down into tears. He walked around mindlessly, crying, and with bags under his eyes. He was sick of this damn place. He didn’t want to be here anymore. Nothing was fair. Life was always unfair. At home, at work, and even here. He was stuck in here, forever lost to the pain of this infinite labyrinth of musty old carpets, and mono-yellow walls. The buzzing that haunted his dreams was back, and he was going insane. He looked at the wall that he had just bumped into, and there was a black text written on the wall with some kind of ink. Joe backed up, until he could completely read the text.
“Welcome to the Backrooms.”
Joe followed a streak of ink that trailed off from the period on the text. He walked, and didn’t seem to care where it led. It’s not like he was gonna get out, anyway. He was stuck in this place. He had no more hope left, and was rethinking his life. What would have happened if he never came here? If he never investigated noise? What would his life be like? Would it still be this absolute terribleness that Joe was stuck in?
Level 0
= Chapter 25 - The End. =
Joe had enough of this place; he was going to search for the entity. But then he remembered that he had a gun. He pulled it out and made up his mind. He wasn't going out without a fight. He started running through the backrooms. He searched for the entity he had seen, running towards all the noises he heard. Only stopping to breathe. Then he saw the entity. He stopped in his tracks. He lined the barrel up to the entity, and it started to roar. He held the trigger and braced himself as the gun continually fired. Then the entity was gone. He quickly reloaded. Expecting to see more. Nope, just nothingness. He turned around to see that he had almost stepped on the dark spot on the carpet. He looked at one of the walls. Just standing there, staring at the wall. He came to his senses and dropped to his knees. He put his hands on his eyes and started to cry again. He lay there on the ground and cried. His life didn’t matter anymore. He might as well die.
Joe heard a loud creaking noise, and his head flung up, and he looked at the wall in front of him. He watched as it slowly opened, revealing him in space. Overlooking the earth, he peered into the void. He decided to take his only chance of getting back to earth. He took one last look at life. Joe jumped into space, plummeting into the void. He felt the cold, empty vacuum of space. He was freezing, but he didn’t care. He couldn’t breathe, but he didn’t care about that either. He was hopelessly floating in an infinite void. He closed his eyes and embraced life for the last time.
News reporter: "A man fell out of the sky today; his identity is undetermined. More on this at 6." Amanda watched the news, wondering if that could be Joe. Did he finally get out? There was no way of telling. She had hoped for the best.
The end.
= Prologue =
Candice was watching TV, and being lazy. She had gotten home from school and was bored. She switched the channel several times, but something caused him to go back to the news channel.
“A man with origins unknown has fallen out of the sky, and we are still finding pieces of evidence around the area. No more information has been found. More breaking news when it happens on News06.” Candice turned off the TV. She walked out of the house, and saw a weird black thing in the dirt. She walked over to it, and picked it up.
“A phone?” She whispered, confused. It was still working. She opened the messenger app, because there was a notification. The person’s name was called Amanda
August 3rd, 12:36 PM
Joe. Please respond.
12:38 PM
This isn't Joe. This phone was just in my backyard. Who’s Joe?
12:39 PM
Just read the previous texts. It’s hard to explain.
Candice felt interested in the story of Joe, and scrolled through the texts.
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