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Time Will Tell
1
What time is it Mr. Killer?
It's 1 o'clock
Take one step forward...
Ella...
A soft, sweet voice called her name.
Ella...
It sounded really familiar...but whose was it?
Ella...
Ella opened her eyes and was in a hospital, and the girl calling her name was Olivia. Ella rubbed her eyes in disbelief, "Olivia? b-but...you...died!"
"Don't worry Ella." Olivia smiled softly, "It's okay, you're safe; no one can hurt you." she said hugging her. Ella hugged her back tightly, her eyes filling with tears, "I missed you so much 'Livy!" Ella cried.
"I missed you too." Olivia whispered quietly trying not to cry herself.
"Where am I? What happened?" Ella asked.
"You're in the hospital, you got shot but the bullet didn't do any crucial damage; they were able to save you."
A stunned and confused expression appeared on Ella's face as she tried to comprehend this information.
"I want to know what happened to Olivia." Hey...I've been here before. Who is that girl? Wait...is she me? What's going on?
"Very well, but first..." There's a ghost, she has such long hair, and strange blue eyes. They have no irises. No...you just can't see them. It's hard to tell what she's feeling now, with that cloth over her mouth. There's a crystal ball in front of her. "You should know that you and all of your friends are in grave danger." What is she talking about? What danger?
"That's impossible!" Yes, impossible.
"Don't believe me? I understand your doubt Luna. I was once just like you." Wait, she knows my name? Her voice is sweet as honey. I feel as if I can trust her.
"What do you mean? How do you know my name?"
"That doesn't matter, child. I haven't much time. So listen closely. You and your friends are trapped here. There are cameras watching you everywhere. In every room." her voice... I feel like I know it...
"Okay...go on." I look around, there is a camera above the door, but it has a crack in it. It no longer works.
"You are all going to die. It is inevitable." My heart is pounding. She's lying...she has to be. There's no way...
"What the hell are you talking about?" I spat.
"It is true. I can tell you how." she says coolly.
"Fine then. Tell me how we're all going to die." I roll my eyes. This'll be interesting.
"Olivia, she is locked in the kitchen with the host. He is not how he seems. He's going to kill you off one by one and eat your souls. Your friend Scarlett, she shall be poisoned, Ash, your dear brother, he will be frozen and used as the host's vessel. You shall be strangled 'til dead. Everette shall be chased down by the killer with a chainsaw. And Ella...
"Ella shall be shot."
This isn't true! It's fake! "Wow!" I said, amazed she knew all this. Idiot! I'm such an idiot! How could I say that?!
"Go now. Before he learns you are not with the others." She says with a hint of worry and urgency in her voice. I oblige, leaving the room. I look at her, as she says quietly, "Luna, my little Luna..." She follows me out of the room, trailing closely behind. What? Why is she doing this?
The room turns bright white, I shield my eyes, when I open them again I'm looking up at myself, lying on the staircase with the strange ghost shaking me. "Luna... your soul isn't lost yet. Get up! Before they come! Quickly! Find the exit!" I see myself get up slowly, shivering with cold. I cough into my hand. I'm sick... how long have I been sleeping there? There's a rope beside me...but it's been cut somehow. The ghost! She's the one who had saved me!
"Ash... we can get out of ... here." I say between coughs. Yes, go, run! Find Ash! He's here! Downstairs, in the basement! But, I'm going upstairs. Why? No! He's not up there!
The scene goes white again, and I'm in the room with the crystal ball. I'm sitting in a curled ball in the chair at the table with the crystal ball. The ghost looms over me, saying in a sad voice, "I'm so sorry this happened to you Luna. I tried to save you. But the mice people will soon find this room and...and...they'll...eat you." She started crying, "I'm such a terrible mother." Mother?! That explains why I recognized her voice! Mother! I can't believe it! I run to her, I touch her sleeve...
I open my eyes, I'm no longer in that room, I'm not reaching out to hug my mother. Instead I am reaching out to a woman with soft brown hair and blue eyes. She's wearing a nurses outfit. Am I in a hospital?
"Good, you're awake." someone says with relief. I look over and see another nurse. The other nurse says something and leaves the room. Panic starts to rise in my chest. Ash. Where is he? I need to see him. He has to be okay!
"No need to panic." the nurse says in a soft voice. "You're safe now."
"Ash, where is he?" I croak out. My voice is all scratchy, my throat burns.
The nurse shook her head, "You and your friend, what was her name again? Eliza? You two were found in an abandoned mansion."
Eliza?
No, Ella.
"Where is she? Where's Ella?" I ask.
"I see...so that's what happened.." Ella slowly nodded her head still in a bit of a daze. Olivia had attempted to explain things to her, but she still didn't quite understand.
There was a moment of silence when the door opened and Everette walked in. Olivia smiled, "She's okay!" she excitedly told him.
Everette smiled, "That's awesome!" I was getting a little worried for a while there.
Ella instantly flung her arms around him bawling, "I'm so sorry!"
Everette hugged her, "It's okay, it's not your fault or anything."
Mr. Halsey sat by his daughter's bed, reading to her:
August 17th, 2002
I found out I was pregnant with twins. A boy and a girl. I was so excited, I could hardly wait to tell Grayson. We're still in our first second year of high school, and Grayson doesn't have a job. So we will have to go to our parents for help paying for the sonograms and the other necessities. I know that Grayson will make a great father. I already have picked out the names for our children, Lunella and Ashton. Luna and Ash for short.
Luna stirred in her sleep, she turned her head sideways revealing a small scar below her ear. Mr. Halsey continued reading:
December 13th, 2002
The twins were born last night. Ash was born at 11:07 PM, he has asthma. Luna was born at 11:11 PM, healthy. It brings me such joy to finally be a mother...
June 3rd, 2005
Grayson's parents insisted on us going on a vacation after graduation. We're going to be staying at a resort with a group of other parents and their children. The owner of the resort is the famous Professor Elvin Gadd. I'm a bit anxious, as this will be Luna and Ash's first vacation. Grayson says it will be fine, so I just have to trust him.
June 17th, 2005
Grayson and I are so happy, we are going to be having another baby! We've decided that if it's a girl we will name her Diana, if it's a boy we will name him Nathan. Either way I'll be happy to have another child. I just know that we'll be a happy family.
June 21st, 2005
We've settled in at the resort. Our host is none other than Professor Elvin himself. He's such a kind man. Ash seems to really like him, Luna on the other hand... well it's a matter of time before she gets used to him. She said the oddest thing at the dining table, "Why is da (the) goat inthide (inside) him mommy?" She started crying in the bathtub before bedtime, saying, "Poor mithter (mister) Gadd." Perhaps she thinks Professor Elvin is sick?
"You should probably get some more rest now." Olivia suggested to Ella petting her head.
Ella frowned, "You'll stay here though right?"
"I will be right here." Olivia confirmed smiling softly.
"You too?" she asked Everette; He nodded.
"We won't go anywhere we promise. We'll always be right here okay?" Olivia comforted Ella.
She rested back on her pillow and fell fast asleep.
"We'll be right here.." Olivia repeated, "Even if you can't see us."
Ella woke up hours later. The hospital room was empty.
"It must have been a dream..." Ella sadly told herself. She sat up in attempt to get out of the bed, but felt a sharp pain in her chest and side, forcing her to lie back down. The door opened and a nurse walked in, "Oh good, you're awake!" she said happily. She walked over and began examining the bandages around Ella.
"Let's get these changed, okay?" she told her softly as she had her sit up and began to remove them.
"Ow!" Ella flinched.
"I know, I'm sorry" the nurse began, "Your wound doesn't look as bad though. We'll get that clean too." once the nurse had finished she had told Ella to continue resting and went to update the doctor. The door opened once again and another nurse, followed my Mrs. Louis, came in.
"Here she is." The nurse smiled, "The doctors say she's going to heal just fine."
Mrs. Louis smiled and gave Ella a gentle hug, composing herself very well as she felt like she could burst into tears at any moment. Ella wanted to say something, but she was too exhausted.
Two weeks later...
Luna had changed into some dark skinny jeans and a purple hoodie, she put her hair in a low ponytail. There was only one person on her mind. Ella. The nurse had told her she was on the second floor of the hospital in room 217.
Ella stood in the bathroom examining her scar, she sighed as she pulled her white t-shirt over her head. She attempted to brush her curly hair, which didn't turn out very well; it only made it more poofy.
Luna knocked on the door to Ella's room. "Ella?" she called.
Ella opened the door, "Luna!" she smiled.
"Hey," Luna smiled back. She was thinner than before, and her skin was a bit paler. "I heard you dodged a bullet to the chest."
Ella shrugged, "Apparently..I'm still confused about the whole thing."
"So.. have you had... dreams?" Luna wasn't sure how to put it. She just wanted to make sure she wasn't the only one who had had dreams.
"What kind of dreams?" Ella asked.
Luna lowered her voice, "Dreams about what happened in the mansion. Before we almost died."
"Oh...those dreams...yeah..and I hear screaming sometimes too." Ella said a tad depressed at the thought.
Luna closed the door and sat down in a chair, wringing her wrists. "I saw someone. In my dreams, I see myself, and who I think is my mom. Every time I try to get close to her I wake up."
"Woah." Ella's eyes widened a little, "Do you think it's a sign or something?"
Luna bit her lip, saying, "Ya, it's a sign. We weren't supposed to survive that. The host of the mansion, Professor E. Gadd," she spat his name. "Killed our friends."
"Master, what is this new invention of yours?"
"This my minions, is the GP 2.0! Watch closely as I put the ghost in the device..."
"The ghost has become a human!
"Yes...it works! AHAHAHAHAHA!
"E. Gadd?!" Ella frowned, "I liked him...he seemed so nice.."
"He was evil!" Luna fumed.
"Well I know that now!" Ella paused, "Speaking of our friends, I had the most strangest dream about Everette and Olivia."
"Really? What happened?"
"Well..Olivia had woken me up and she hugged me, and it was really weird 'cause it felt completely real..and then Everette came in..he hugged me too...basically we just kinda talked...and then I woke up and they were gone." Ella explained.
"Have you had any more dreams like that?" Luna asked.
Ella sighed, "No..not really.."
Luna took a bite of an apple she happened to have. "That's strange, I have dreams every night, and sometimes during the day."
"During the day?" Ella asked curiously.
"Mhm," Luna took another bite of her apple. "I just fall asleep for a few minutes and wake up again. I'm always hungry afterwards.."
"Hmm, what happens in the dreams? Or are they pretty much like the ones you have at night?"
"It's always the same.."
"Weird.." Ella pondered, "Hey...did you get a lot of random people coming into your hospital room?"
"Um, no. My dad, Luke and Kate visited me. Why, did you?"
Ella nodded, "Yeah, it was really weird. There was this one lady who had come in, sat down by the bed, walked into the bathroom, then left. There were also two little girls that came in, a little boy who came and stared out the window..an old guy, and another guy. There were a lot more, but the weird thing was that none of them would ever really say anything."
"That's strange," Luna's brow furrowed trying to figure something out. "Do you think, it was a dream?"
"I dunno.." Ella shrugged, "It didn't feel like one.."
"Do you think they were ghosts?" Luna asked.
"Maybe?" Ella thought for a moment, "I guess that would make sense."
"As if you could see them outside of your dreams."
Ella shrugged, "Maybe."
Before Luna could answer there was a knock at the door. "Ella? There are a few people who would like to interview you and Luna." The nurse opened the door, two men dressed in tailored black suits walked in.
"Ella Nathan, Luna Halsey, if you don't mind we would like to ask you a few questions."
Luna looked at Ella questionably.
Ella gave Luna the same look back. "Okay.." she answered the man.
"On January 7th of 2013 a young girl named Paige and a man named Matt William reported a series of murders occurring at Professor Elvin Gadd's mansion outside of the city."
"When police arrived on the scene they discovered Professor Gadd's corpse hanging from the balcony of the rooftop by a rope." the other man said carefully. "Did you two know Gadd yourselves?"
"No, not really," a small lie.
"We understand you both had companions when you entered the mansion. Do you know what happened to them?"
"No," A big lie.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes,"
"Ella, do you remember who shot you?"
Ella instantly shook her head, "No."
The police turned to Luna, "Do you remember anything that happened at that mansion? We understand that you had a bad case of pneumonia."
Luna shifted in her chair, "Well, I remember we were asked to take care of a mice problem by the professor. He gave us flashlights and vacuums. It seemed a little strange. But we went along with it."
They started taking notes. "Continue."
"Well, we split into three groups so that we could finish the job quickly- I went with Everette, and Ella went with Ash. Scarlett and Olivia went together. - the place was disgusting. We wanted to leave but, the doors were locked."
"Locked? Didn't the Professor give you a set of keys to the mansion?"
"Well, no. He sort of sent us there on our own. He stayed in a separate building."
"Hold on, where was this separate building?"
"Just beside the pathway to the mansion."
"But the police searched the entire lot. There was no other building."
"It's a small little room, an elevator that leads underground. There wasn't enough room for us there, so we had to stay in the rooms in the mansion. And after that...I don't remember anything."
"You're sure? Even the smallest detail could be important towards our investigation."
"Wait, who are you guys?" Luna questioned. They hadn't given their names.
"We're Officer James and Brown."
"Show me your ID." Luna crossed her arms, not believing they were actual officers.
The nurse came into the room, saying, "I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over."
"Miss Luna, Miss Ella." The two left the room.
End of Chapter 1