Re: [Portal: Holly & Noah]
Holly hadn't considered that. I mean, he hadn't considered that here-him hadn't told Bea anything that was going on in the military, right? But it made sense. That guy seemed like he'd kept everything from his wife, which Holly thought was massively stupid. Okay, sure, he didn't actually have the ability to keep things from Noah, and, yeah, yeah, maybe he would've held stuff back to protect the guy, but he still wasn't big on big secrets. But then maybe here-Holly hadn't realized how dangerous the stuff he was working on was. But, yeah this-Holly? He absolutely knew. He knew this place had eaten something like three guys, and those guys hadn't even made it past the communications array. So there was something in here that could massively fuck his shit. He knew that. Noah knew that, too. Holly? Thought that if he just managed to keep Noah from coming in here somehow? It was a serious fucking win.
But that was momentarily overshadowed by his own fearfearnonotscaredfuck, because there was definitely something out here with him. He could feel it crunch dead leaves as it moved. You're leaving me down here if it means staying alive, asshole. But there wasn't even a lot of push or force behind that. It was distracted? Distracted because part of Holly was just insanely aware of the fact that he felt as if he was being pursued, chased... no, hunted. Above him, even miles away at the fucking facility? The men in the room, the ones who'd suited him up and shoved him in, they were on the ground like fucking cards, having taken each other out. But beyond the room was protected in all sorts of ways, so no one knew and no one else was affected. Luckily, his emotions only crossed dimensions for Noah, apparently.
Could he hide? He spun around. A tree. Treetree...tree...tree?...Tree. I mean, everything where he was was gross, but the tree Noah was referring to? Holly found it. It was bigger than the rest, partly hollowed out, as if someone had hidden there before. The entrance was covered in slime and vines of gunk, but Holly trusted Noah. He was fucking terrified, and his body was moving on autopilot, and he trusted the guy. So he dropped to his knees, trying to make as little sound as fucking possible, and he crammed himself into the disgusting hole in the tree's trunk. This particular tree had no way out, no hole that led back home... to Noah, homehomehomewannagethome. But Holly hugged his knees to his chest and made his bulk as small as he could. It was hard to breathe and his chest hurt ow, but he stayed still as something big moved around beyond his hiding place.