Disclaimer: If I did... Would I even bother writing this?
;;/;; Jade's POV ;;\\;;
After we walked out of the scientist's lab, we just went home. I watched Tori the whole way, just in case. She seemed to be fine, but... I don't know. Something seemed off. 'Course, I couldn't blame her. Finding out scientists want us to go back in, after what happened... and especially with what went wrong the first time.
"Jade?" Tori asked for me, saying my name quietly. We had just layed down to go to bed. We found that sleeping in the same bed, well, no nightmares. For either of us.
"Yeah, Tor?"
"I'm scared the nightmares will come back tonight... and that maybe the scientist will be insane enough to come here and force us back in... and... lots of other things, too." Her fears were definatly rational. After the day we had, I wouldn't be surprised if something did happen.
"I know... I am too. There's nothing we can really do about it, though... I'll protect you. No matter what does happen." This seemed to relax her, though I did just basically confirm her fears.
"Will you... will you keep me in your arms tonight?" I blinked at this request. In a way, I got it. Feeling safe in someone's arms is the best way to go to sleep.
"I, uh... sure." I wrapped my arms around her, careful not to touch her back. Which, not surprisingly, was hard.
"It's okay... nothing happens when you touch it..." She seemed to sense my wariness about it. But at her words I slowly pulled her closer. She didn't seem to react, so we stayed that way.
"Goodnight, Tori." I murmured.
"Night, Jade... thank you." She responded back.
;;/;; No one's POV, at the lab ;;\\;;
There was a small, box-like thing, just sitting on a table in the middle of a white, semi-sterile room. There were helmets with wires attached to it, but you could barely tell. The helmets were scattered around the room from various attempts to try to get inside the box. All failed. The occasional light flashed from the small box, but not enough to draw attention to itself. If you listened carefully, you could hear a low hum. If you listened long enough, you could hear voices within the hum saying : Come to us... Bring them to us... Come... Give up for us... But no one ever heard them. Ever. Except for one scientist. He sat in the room, and listened for hours. The experience caused him to go mad. But he listened to the voices.
That's why he had invited the girls here. They were the ones the Creatures wanted. Those were the ones that caused them humiliation. They, the Creatures, were thought to be dead by the girls. But, no such luck. No, the Creatures were going to get the two girls, no matter what happened. They were the ones that would be hurt, be beaten.
With that thought, the box glowed a warm, red color. For revenge. Then it stopped, and retreated inside itself. It went to cater to the Creatures. Yes, the box itself had thoughts, and feelings. They were manipulated by the Creatures inside of it. Most often, it was red. But sometimes, really only once, it glowed blue. For sadness. The Creatures were sad without their playmates. They wanted them back. But for pride, of course. No one every escaped them.
The tentacled, octopus-like creatures never lost. Never went without. They were like spoiled children, in a sense. Always wanting and always getting what they wanted. When they didn't, they through childish fits. When they were disobeyed, they threw fits. Anything upsets them, they threw fits. And they always, always got what they wanted.
Just then, another first, the box glowed deep green. Knowledge of the promise made to it to get the girls. It was going to get what it wanted, again. Then the girls would see, would pay. But first they had to get them back. The scientist would make sure of everything, or he would become their new play-thing. He had promised.
The box changed it's humming for a moment, to say : We will succeed.. Then it went back to the normal hum. It glowed a bright, yellow-white for happiness, and then the colors stopped. The door had opened. Their scientist came in, and stroked the box lovingly. Slightly obsessed.
"I will get them for you..." He said.
A/N:
I kinda just creeped myself out. Can you imagine this? e.o
Anyway! I know this chapter is shorter than normal, but again, I'm unfortunately running into writers block. It's bugging me. Plus, I'm slightly busy. But oh well. I'll get over it. I WILL BE VICJORIOUS! I promise ;). Review!