A woman around 34 woke up to a damp cold room, water flowed gently back and forth around her and then splashed her in the face. She screamed loudly as a burning sensation stung her face. A black tape recorder floated to her on a piece of wood and she cautiously picked it up and pressed play.
"Hello Kara Art," a cold voice said through a static background, "You don't know me, but I know you. You have been ignoring the one thing you brought into this world haven't you. You pay attention to other people around you but whenever the one thing needs comforting you ignore it. I know you know who I'm talking about,"
"Dimitri," Kara said in almost an angry whisper.
"Correct! And today we are going to learn to love our family instead of tossing them aside like diseased animals. As you can see you are surrounded by water, knee-length of course, the task is simple. Stay alive to live another day. Your task is to climb up on of the spiked chains and grab the key but be careful for every 10 seconds an electric shock will go through the water, burning your skin from your very body,"
Kara stared in horror at the tape recorder that stopped. Her heart raced a mile a minute and she felt as if she was going to die any minute now. The a sudden shock raced through her body like a race car and she let out a scream. Skin tore violently on her back leaving large slashes and blood dripping slowly off her clothes. Kara looked up to see the chains had rusty nails sticking out of them and the small silver key dangling lazily from the middle one. Another shock ran through her body and this time it tore a leg. Kara fell into the water in pain, blood oozed out of her body and painted the water a bright red.
Elsewhere in the lair, Melissa sat on a crate that held who knows what. She was tired of playing apprentice with Dimitri and she was tired of this crap that had happened to her and Hayden. She had wondered where John would be holding him at the moment and if he was ok or not. Tears threatened to pour down her cheeksbut she shook her head.
Stop it this instant! her head told her.
But Melissa couldn't help but think of her mother. All alone with a man who only married her for her money instead of her love.
Bastard.
A sudden shrill echoed in the room and pained Melissa's ears so. She turned to the screen to see a woman bent over puking up blood. Gobs of blood escaped her mouth and her wounds, her brown hair, which was also tainted with blood, hung in her face. Melissa rushed to the screen as the woman pushed her hair back. Melissa shook her head.
It can't be! Melissa thought to herself but her memory argued, of course it is, she looks exactly like mom.
Melissa looked closer and knew it was true, the same figure, same clothes and same terrified expression whenever her husband came home drunk and completely wasted.
How could he?! I did everything he asked.
Panic filled Melissa as she watched the woman's body shake violently as another electric shock ran through her body. Then Melissa decided to take matters into her own hands.
Kara panicked and then collapsed sobbing, she knew that only one more shock will completely kill her. She knew that she was going to die any second and it will be her fault for not trying. A sudden noise erupted from te far corner and the door slide open with ease. A small figure emerged.
"Hurry up!" the figure said waving it's hand forward.
Kara didn't hesitate and splashed through the water towards the stranger. A shock just missed her as she jumped onto solid ground.
"This way," the stranger said pulling Kara along, the stranger went this way and that until they came to a dead end.
"What now?" Kara panicked goose bumps covered her arms and legs.
The stranger didn't reply, only pulled her the other way and towards an open door. They ran in it and the door slammed shut on them, gears and shifts could be heard beyond the wall.
"What now?" Kara said her voice filed with fear, "Who are you?"
The stranger turned to her and dropped it's hood, Kara gasped. The stranger had dirty blonde spiky hair and their cold sea blue eyes looked into her brown ones.
"Dimitri?"
A/N: Not as gory as the last chapter. But the qwuestion right now is 'Why did Dimitri save his mother?'
