Soft whimpers echoed through the halls, bumping from one wall to another before fading away, only to be replaced by new ones. The broken young girl lay huddled beneath a table, her knees bent to her chest tightly. Her once beautiful wavy black hair was matted with clumps of dried blood. The red liquid was beginning to leak through her clothes and drip on to the cold tiled floor.
The girl's dark blue eyes were starting to cloud, as the memories kept repeating, over and over. The color purple, it had always been her most favorite in the spectrum of light and dark shades. It was funny, just so damn funny. Why had she let them talk her into following...him? The man with the soft seducing voice. The man with the big friendly smile. The man dressed in such a lovely shade of purple.
There was something not right about him, his smile just seemed to be a little too...fake. Jessica let out a blood choked sob as her friend's far away voices swept through her tired mind.
"Come on Jessica, lighten up for a change." Toby snickered glaring at her with his piercing green eyes.
"Don't waste your time Toby." A girl stepped up crossing her arms while giving a ruthful glance at her. "She's always trying to ruin a good time."
"Guys haven't you heard of stranger danger, I don't trust this guy." Jessica protested with a frown.
"I agree with her." Treven voiced evenly, glaring at the two blondes while they returned the hate filled stare.
Toby gave a sigh before giving a small friendly smile. "Boy you two can be so stubborn sometimes," he chuckled.
"Tell me about it." Treven muttered rolling his eyes.
Vanessa gave her an encouraging look. "Come on Jessica that man said that he had something to show us!"
Jessica facepalmed before giving a deadpanned look towards her best friend. "You just think he's hot," she stated flatly.
"He is kinda cute," Vanessa murmured before blushing when she noticed that the three others were staring at her.
"Umm...Vanessa I think he heard you," Treven whispered.
Jessica took a glance behind her noticing the man leaning against a nearby door. The man looked mildly flustered and was very much trying to avoid any sort of eye contact.
"Way to go girl!" Toby chuckled lightheartedly.
The group turned back to the situation at hand. They made eye contact and came to a conclusive if not slightly reluctant decision. No one could say that they were not curious of this surprise the man had mentioned.
Parting from the group Toby walked up to the man "Hey...umm what's your name?" Toby faltered.
The man gave a short laugh before smiling rather creepily at the teenager. "Vincent."
Toby swallowed feeling uncomfortable. "What's the surprise Vincent?"
Vincent's smile widened as he walked away from him. Without turning around the man uttered a couple words. "Follow me."
Looking at each other in puzzlement they stood there for a few moments. Toby and Vanessa smiled at each other before racing down the hallway, trying to catch up with Vincent. Treven walked up to Jessica and held her hand in his. He gave a small smile and a wink before running off after the others. Pushing the uneasy feeling to the back of her mind Jessica started sprinting after him.