He was gone, I glanced to the clock on the wall and it was about half one I got out of the bed the whole house was dark except a shred of red light coming from downstairs I pushed the little bedroom door open it creaking in the darkness every other room in his house was empty the spare bedrooms and the bathroom all the doors where open and they where clearly empty I heard a noise downstairs like metal hitting stone or something like that I grabbed a torch from a desk on the landing clicking on the small amount of light that only really illuminated about two steps in front of me. I quietly stepped down the staircase one tiny step at a time I heard one step creak making me freeze shining my touch into the room his living room and kitchen where empty lulu was fast asleep in her little indoor hutch not making a sound, I slowly stepped down the last few stairs till my feet met the ice cold floor, I could smell something I couldn't describe the smell like chemicals something that just made you instantly think something bad, like when you smell gas or rot just a smell of bad. I heard a noise impossible to describe it sounded almost human maybe it was Arthur? Well, where was he what is going on? I spotted the source of the red light I had seen from upstairs it was a little door close to his front door the door was open a crack. I went over that was for sure where the smell was coming from I peeked through the open door it was hard to see with the harsh red light but I saw someone stood with a bunch of bottle and buckets of things there where lots of shelves down here and a little door to somewhere else, I saw there was a table at the back it had some candles on it and some other things that I'm not too sure I stepped snuck into the door and took a couple tiny steady steps down into this red room I somehow plucked up some courage as I stood there shaking with my little light "Arthur? Is that you?" I ask
"Felicity!" his voice answered he blew out the little candle on the table and closed what seemed like a suitcase hiding everything that was there before, "Give me a second" he says messing with a few of the things he had before I heard a click and with a flash the normal light came on Arthur was stood in some old battered clothes cleaning his hands "hello darling, I didn't mean to wake you" he smiles "Come on come down it's alright" He says so I went down to be at his level clicking off the torch
"what, what are you doing down here Arthur?" I ask "what on earth are you up to in the middle of the night?" I ask
"Ohh, I couldn't sleep I didn't want to bother you by tossing and turning in my bed so I came down here I hoped the boring stuff might get me to feel tried" he smiles
"Okay, but what are you doing?" I ask
"Ohh just developing some pictures, my camera still works on film you see and as nowhere does it I buy the chemicals online and develop them myself, it's not difficult you just need the stuff and some buckets and a red light blub" he shrugs
"ohh, I was just confused what you where doing down here this time of night was all Arthur" I laugh giving his cheek a kiss "could I see the pictures?" I ask
"No!" He says in panic
"why not?" I ask
"Well most of them aren't done yet and all, I don't want you getting chemicals on your hands or anything I don't want you to see them till they're all done" He laughs
"Ohh, alright" I smile "what is this place?" I ask
"Well it's just my basement, I use it for a dark room" he shrugs
"what's with all the jars?" I ask referring to the little jars of things on the shelves
"Oh chemicals and such like, don't touch" he told me quickly I glanced to a couple they looked strange I noticed on a little shelf was a little test tube holder filled with test tubes whoa I remember those things from school he saw me reaching for it and snatched it away hiding it from me somewhere else
"Arthur is something the matter?" I ask him
"No" he answered
"then why are you acting so odd?" I ask backing him into a corner of the room so he had no escape but I stepped on something it was on the floor it looked like a bit of paper but it seemed too thick. I looked and it seemed to be on some sort of photo paper so I picked it up and turned it over "Awww Arthur, this is so nice" I smile it was a little picture of me sunbathing in his garden it wasn't yesterday as I only had on my little blue and white spotted swimsuit and my big sun hat and glasses I didn't even know he took this of me but even if it was candid It kinda looked like I was a beautiful model "It's beautiful Arthur, your such a cute little shutterbug" I giggle giving him a kiss
"yeah, I think I might put that one upstairs somewhere, maybe even frame it you look so pretty" he said giving me a soft cuddle "Come on we should get to bed we have work in a few hours" He says
"Can I take this up to?" I ask
"no leave it down here, I'll sort it out later" He says taking the photo and putting it on the table before taking my hand and taking me back to bed.
that all that was down there?
I think so, it didn't look much like anything at the time but... I discovered so much more and more horrors of what was in those jars.
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