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I could feel a small smile appear on my face as I watched the blade catch the light; the silver streak always gave me a buzz of excitement. It has been too long. I tucked it under the folds of my muddy, torn red dress, It was safe and most importantly, secret. It was the dagger that never left my side.

The moment of peace was soon disrupted by clumsy footsteps pacing the room anxiously.

'What still remains unclear is the fact I never saw him to begin with.' Hailey pondered, her deep blue eyes scanning the floor. 'He was right by the door' I rolled my eyes and looked away.

Hailey and I have been imprisoned in this orphanage with a few others. Long story short, we are now trapped in a building with abusive workers and with Mr Frason, an insane man. In fact this never seemed like an orphanage to begin with, but either way we are still locked up in this hole.

'…but yet, I was preoccupied by my needy friend" she pointed out, her blonde loose curls bounced around her shoulders as a result.

I was sat on the floor leaning against the wall. The weapon was in my lap again and it remained there, I remained silent but I looked up at her. This just made her more confused. The girl's brow furrowed as she stared into my dark eyes.

"Kiara?" she questioned

You would not expect to be treated so bad in an orphanage, it was meant to be home. All orphans had to be sent to the orphanage if their parents could not take care of them for whatever reason. We were not allowed to have adopted parents; children had to be sent here because no one wanted to have other people's children to take care of. Hailey and I have both been kept here since a young age. We became the best of friends and tried to ignore the past. We would play endlessly down at the beach with the other children. Occasionally getting into trouble or misbehaving, and that's when it began to happen. Mr Frason a man who was in charge of the children's 'safety' became aggressive and abusive towards the two of us in particular, the other workers believed it to be a form of discipline.

'Let's get out of here, come on." I burst into action, hastily putting away the weapon and grabbing my friend's hand to help myself up. "I do not what to see that foul man again.' I snapped I began gathering clothing, food, water and weapons. We didn't have anything personal that would be worth keeping though. Only memories.

Hailey's eyes widened in surprise she began doing the same thing 'we're finally doing this?'

'Yes, well seems like a clear plan' we would have to kill in order to escape, remember as soon as we leave these doors we'll be bombarded by those men'

'I'm sure there'll come to some sort of agreement.' Hailey smirked her face brightening she pulled out a pistol.

My mouth fell open 'Hailey where the hell did you get that?!'

'Last night when we were heading to bed I found it lying on a table,' she shrugged analysing it intently 'nothing special, but it's mine now'

We were chuckling as we left the small dormitory and stepped into the hallway, at the same time the sound of voices drifted up the stair. I strained my ears to try and catch what was being said. It did not sound like a light hearted conversation; the sound got louder and became more aggressive.

It hit me when I realised what was wrong.

'Damn you Celeste' I hissed, Hailey looked stunned 'she must have been listening outside the door' I explained in a quiet voice.

Hailey looked infuriated 'Are you kidding!?'

'She'll do anything to watch and laugh at us get tortured again.'

It was then I heard Celeste, Mr Frason and the other men speak as clear as day. 'Lock them up', 'beat them', 'the brunette is all yours sir, I'll take the blonde' and 'they'll wish that they had never been born.' My stomach flipped and I felt a sense of dread, the courage that I had a moment ago had neglected me altogether. I tried to hide the fact that I was shaking but that didn't get past Hailey.

'Kiara' she said, my eyes were drawn to the staircase, 'hey listen' my eyes began watering uncontrollably causing her face to become a blur as I looked at her fearfully.

'Don't get lost in the past, we mustn't, if we don't stand up now it WILL happen again and I don't want to it be a repeat of that horrid night just as much as you don't.' I took a deep breath as she pulled the pistol out and handed it to me. 'You'll do some good with that; you take it, temporarily, and stay behind me.'

I swallowed thickly and looked at her sweet face, Hailey looked so innocent, she was so courageous, loyal, and filled with adrenaline half the time I gave a sad smile

'thank you, I just hope we aren't too outnumbered.'

She nodded in thought and I followed her as we headed down the wooden stairs. This was either going to go surprisingly well or horrifically bad.

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