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[Okay, so, I haven't really ever written anything like this before, so sorry if it's bad! I'm no professional author, so, sorry about any grammar and/or spelling errors! This is just a story I've been working on for a little while, and if anybody likes it I'll post the second chapter. Oh! And if you've read "Silver Eyes", then, I just want to explain that the Charlie in my story isn't supposed to be the same Charlie! And, it MIGHT be a bit gross, so, I guess, don't read if you don't want to... Also, blood, gore and suicide mention warning!]
The world seemed to spin, everything so tiring to focus on. My legs wobbled uncontrollably, nearly giving out as I stumbled to the side. My head knocked on the wall, and as I let out a heavy sigh I tumbled onto the floor, panting and sweating. I ran my hands along my leg, the thin and painful cuts and stabs that tore open even more as I struggled to stand. My soft pale skin breaking as I twitched and struggled. Sophie spun around and screamed, her voice seemed so feint to me, like a muffled whisper. My eyes blurry and the room growing darker, I could barely breathe, choking on my own saliva as I began to hyperventilate.
'Get out. Out. GET OUT.'
I could only make out Abby's scream as everything went black.
Chapter One
My eyes flickered open weakly as I stretched out my arms and began to sit up sluggishly. My senses were so suddenly overwhelmed in the least positive way, leaving me with only the pessimistic expectations that I had based off of what I could remember. It wasn't entirely negative, I could argue that the fact I was alive was positive, but, I wasn't even really enjoying that miniscule sensation of life inside of me, it was more of a nuisance, why feel anything when there's nothing good to feel?
I felt the cold sweat that stuck my shirt, I smelt the stench of rotting meat on the air, I could taste the metallic taste on my tongue. But most importantly, I could see the two quivering figures in front of me. Their voices, muffled and quiet, began to become clear to me. Abby's green-brown eyes seemed to relax as I focused on their expressions. She laughed and wiped her eyes,
"Thank God…" She muttered with her arms wrapped around me. My throat was sore and dry, every breath seeming to accentuate the pain. I tried to laugh a little as well, but my throat seemed too sore to let out more than a soft chuckle. As Abby sat back I fixed my gaze on Sophie's shy eyes. She sighed and smiled at me silently as I sat up on my knees. "What… happened?" I rasped, still a little dazed and dizzy, it was hard to recall where or why we were in the room we were.
The room was small and dark, with nearly no light sources. The walls were dirty, and the floor even more so, my hand graced a particularly sticky spot on the black and white tiles, some type of soda, I assumed. The room was rather empty, or maybe it just appeared that way. There were a few gray plastic tables, but they were all either on their sides, or the legs were folded in and they lay horizontally on the floor. They appeared to have been knocked down, but it didn't really concern me. The wallpaper was peeling and certain spots appeared to be mouldy, but who could really tell in such a dark setting…
"Do you remember anything?" Abby asked me with a glance towards Sophie. Sophie's face was painted with a regretful grimace, her usual happy, brown eyes, were sad and tired, and her lips, sagged down into an unusual frown, an expression I'd rarely ever seen on her. She glanced to the side, avoiding eye contact. Abby looked back at me and smiled without a sign of honest joy. She explained that we had gotten lost in the building, and there was somebody chasing us. "You couldn't keep running, it was approaching too fast, but you had collapsed on the ground. I pulled you into this room and Sophie barricaded the door over there," I turned my body towards the only light source, the faint and flickering light that glowed from underneath the door. The door had been held shut by another table, propped up on its side. "We ducked down over here when,"
"When we realized that we had locked Olivia and Alex out." Sophie interrupted Abby's explanation grimly, looking back up at me again. Her furrowed brow and clenched jaw spelled frustration.
"It's o-okay, Sophie." Abby tried,
"No, They could be dead!" Sophie cried out, throwing her face into her hands and moaning. Abby glanced at me shyly, unknowing of how to comfort her,
"Uh… did you, hear… them, y'know… like," I started before she looked up at me,
"Scream? Panic? No," She hissed, "I suppose not, but I heard them banging on the door, we just couldn't risk opening it, and now I can't believe I didn't take the chance… They ran away cursing, but I have no idea how far they made it…" She grumbled.
"Come on, Sophie, it's Alex we're talking about here! He wouldn't get caught! He wouldn't let Olivia die, and I'm sure he understands why we couldn't open the door." Abby said, seeming to finally assuage her worries.
"Okay… I guess you're right, but we can't just wait 'till dawn. We should go find them!" Sophie sprung up to a sudden stand and started towards the door.
"N-no…" Abby started, cutting off her sentence as Sophie glared at her with hostility. "we… should… wait." She finished bravely as Sophie began to tug at the door knob.
"Seriously, Sophie, stop! We can't just rush out there, whatever we saw out there is dangerous, you heard all that... s-screaming…" Abby protested as she reached out to stop the door from opening. She stood up and blocked the door, spreading her arms out and preventing her from grabbing the handle.
"DEAD, Abby, they could be DEAD." Sophie spat venomously. Abby began to stand down, but I interrupted,
"No, Sophie, we can't just rush out immediately. I don't know about you, but I don't think I can run with my legs like this." I, unlike Abby and Sophie, was still sitting, I couldn't bare to move my legs too much, and all the blood I was losing wasn't helping.
"Can you at least try to stand?" Sophie asked, stepping back away from the door, and kneeling down in front of me.
"Damn, that's way worse then what I got…" Sophie admitted, glancing over at me. "What? Your legs are scratched up too?" I perplexed, scooting to the side a little as she gave up on the door.
"Yeah, duh. The thorns, remember?" She said,
"No. What do you mean?" I couldn't seem to remember anything, it was so different, I've never really lost my memory before.
"The front of the build, Charlie. The yard was filled with thorns and weeds." I thought for a moment, 'Weird... What kind of building are we in any way?' I frowned,
"Wait, how long was I out?" I challenged the both of them as Abby knelt down in front of me. Sophie smiled,
"Not long. We've only been in here for about ten minutes," she explained as Abby tore one of the legs off her leggings. She wrapped the cloth-like material around one of my legs, or rather, the parts that bled the most. I pressed hard on my leg, trying to stop the blood flow in a way that wouldn't sting when my dirty hands made contact with the open cuts. It still stung a little, but I pushed through it, I knew that Sophie was going to leave eventually, and I would prefer to stick with them than be stuck here in the dark.
"Alright, Charlie. I'm going to look around for Alex, but you can stay here," Sophie began as she headed back towards the door. "come on Abby." She pulled the door open slowly, the eerie creaking sending shivers down my spine and flooding the room with the dull yellow light. I caught a glimpse of the hallway, a larger open area that seemed to be connected to other small rooms. "Yeah... one minute, you can go ahead." Abby told her, but I wasn't too sure, "Really? it might be dangerous." I warned them, but Sophie was already on her way. The door creaked shut again as Sophie's footsteps carried on down the hallway. It sounded like she was checking the other rooms.
"Charlie, can you try to walk?"Abby asked. I tried to flex my leg a little, it was a little less sore, but still hurt.
"I think I could try." I told her quietly. She stood up and held out her hand, and after a minute of struggle I was back on my feet again. I stepped carefully, but in not too long I could walk. We contemplated if we should follow Sophie into the hall, and decided that it'd be best if we stuck together. We hurried out into the hall, hoping that she hadn't gotten far when there was a loud crash not too far away. Abby and I peered around the corner, but when we starred into the dark, empty hall, all we could see were the tall doors, all shut. I glanced back at Abby as we stepped away into the room again, "Where did she go?" Abby worried, "She's fine, pr-robaly just checking around in one of those rooms." I tried to reassure her, but my argument wasn't very convincing, I didn't even believe it. "Okay. But I can't see half the doors, we have no idea what come be in there." She argued as I began to step out into the hall again, "Yeah... me neither. Wait here a minute." I followed the dim, flickering light to the left of out room. At the end of the hallway, the wall opened up into a large and open room, much like an office, with a metal desk, a chair, fan, and a glowing gas lamp that sat in the middle of the room. I eagerly raced towards the lamp and grabbed it as soon as I could. I examined the room a little more before stepping away. The walls and desk were littered with pieces of paper, some had words on them, some had children's drawings on them. I had no idea what was drawn on most of them, maybe it was because they were just children's scribbles, but it didn't fascinate me in the slightest, all I wanted was the light.
"Over here!" I called out to Abby, pulling her into the hall and holding out the light towards our shadowy path. We followed the hall to the next door and began to pull on the knob. I shrugged to Abby as a tugged on the sticky handle a little harder. Abby took the lamp and began to knock on the door. "Hello? Sophie? Olive? Alex? Are you guys in-" Abby gasped as the door swung open suddenly. We both jumped back and made sure not to drop our light as a figure emerged from the dark.
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