Ch. 14 Knight in Shining Armor

After Jennifer and Josh split up, Jennifer had to continue her journey of finding her other friends and somehow getting rid of scissorman and Mrs. Mary. She decided to go back into the room where she found Mrs. Mary because she didn't get a chance to look around. Jennifer felt as if she needed to find something in there. Back inside the room she saw a wine glass on the table and then it hit her. She realized that Mrs. Mary had drugged and put her in that cage. It was planned! "So that's what happened!" Jennifer got closer to it to examine the wine glass, but then saw something else. She found another key and pocketed it. "Aha!" After getting the key, she thought she saw something move. "Huh?" Jennifer looked around the room and then she saw it again causing her to gasp. "Did that suit of armor…just move? I hope I'm not going crazy!"

"Jennifer?...Is that you?" said a familiar voice.

Jennifer recognized the voice and looked at the suit of armor again. "Laura?" She rushed over to the suit of armor and opened the face of the helmet. "Laura!"

"Jennifer!" Laura wrapped her metallic arms around her. "I'm so glad to see you! I was so scared and it's suffocating in this suit! I don't know what happened!...have you seen the others?"

"I've seen Josh. He just saved me from a shed in the backyard from Mrs. Mary. And Mrs. Mary had a shot gun in her hand trying to kill us! I couldn't believe it!" explained Jennifer.

"A shot gun? No way! I thought Mrs. Mary was a little creepy at first but I didn't think she would go that far! Something's definitely wrong!" exclaimed Laura.

"And to top things off….I found Mr. Barrows." finished Jennifer.

"You did? How's he?" Laura asked looking eager to know.

Jennifer looked down and sighed. "You don't wanna know."

"But I do! Tell me Jennifer!" she grabbed Jennifer's shoulders.

"He was….locked in a cage, in that shed…and he was starved to death!" said Jennifer sadly.

Laura couldn't believe her ears. She let of Jennifer's shoulders and paused for a minute. She then said, "He was…..locked in a cage starving to death? That's so inhumane! Who would do such a thing? I can't believe Mrs. Mary!"

"Me neither but we're going to get to the bottom of this and find out what's really going on in this so-called mansion!" Jennifer folded her arms with a serious look on her face.

The two girls stood there in silence for a brief moment until Laura remembered something. "Have you seen him?"

"Yeah! I was terrified!" Jennifer replied already knowing what she was talking about.

"You? I thought I was going to have a heart attack!" cried Laura grabbing her chest.

"So have I! I saw him fall through the ceiling!" exclaimed Jennifer remembering that scene like it just happened.

"He came through the ceiling? That's crazy! I don't know what's going on at this mansion!" said Laura looking around feeling creeped out. She then looked at Jennifer. "Jennifer?"

"Yea." Jennifer replied.

"Can I come with you? I don't want anything to happen." cried Laura with a sad look.

Jennifer looked down, sighed and finally back at her. "Laura…no."

"What! But Jennifer I'm really sca…" she began to whine.

"Listen!...I know you don't wanna split up…..but if we wanna have a better chance of survival…..we're going to have to." Jennifer looked her right in the eye almost sounding like Joshua.

Laura saw the sincerity in her eyes and sighed. "Ok….but….will you be ok? I don't wanna find you dead next time we meet!"

"No Laura! Don't worry! We'll figure out scissorman and Mrs. Mary and get to the bottom of this!" exclaimed Jennifer with a smile.

Laura smiled back and gave her friend a hug. But when Laura hugged Jennifer, the face of the helmet fell down. "Whoa! I almost forgot I was wearing this suit of armor!"

Both girls laughed together even through that awkward moment. It was like a BFF moment.

"But first we need to get you out of this outfit!" exclaimed Jennifer looking at the suit.