Tales of and Orphan
Chapter 3: Yellow Tape
Hey, hope you had a Merry Christmas! I just felt like writing now so.... read! Lol! She'll be going to Horizon next chapter for those of you who are waiting for that :) :) just wanna build suspence. I have it all planned out now. Kristyn now dont you go telling!-- Katie
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Kaylen pushed back the yellow police tape and stepped inside the house. She peered around the corner to the stairs as if she would meet her family's murderer face to face if she was not careful.
"Hello?" She called out. No answer. She wanted a chance to explore the house safely without pestering police men.
Kaylen stepped onto the first step and felt a cold shiver go down her spine. As she progressed up the stairs she felt sick... as if something bad were waiting for her.
"Damnit where is it!" She heard a faint whisper travel down the hall. She was now at the top of the steps now and to her fathers old bedroom.
"Daddy?..." Kaylen whispered. But she knew it couldn't be him. He was dead. She slowly and carefully walked over to the door and tryed not to make a noise. She peered into the door and gasped. There was an unknown man rumaging or rather savagly searching through her fathers drawrs.
"Where is it!? GOD HELP ME!" The man yelled in frustration.
"GET OUT OF THERE!" Kaylen screamed. She realized, only after she had shouted, that this man could be the man who killed her family only the night before. After all.. they always return to the scene of the crime.
"Who said that" The man asked, first looking out the window and slowly shutting the drawrs. Kaylen was stunned for a moment. The man pulled out a gun..
*FLASHBACK*
Kaylen stared down the barrel of the gun and gasped..
*END OF FLASHBACK* (short I know)
The same gun. She took off running and screaming at the same time.
"HELP!!!" She shrieked, running as fast as she could through the woods. She looked back in time to catch of a glimpse of a gun being held out the window. She shrieked yet again as the bark was blasted off a tree right beside her. She looked back again and the man was gone. The house was out of eye sight and she collapsed onto the ground.
*****
Kaylen woke up, drowsy, an hour later. She sat up in the dark woods to see a ball of light traveling closer and closer. It was shaking back and forth... almost like a human hand was holding it.
"She couldnt have gone far!" A man whispered to himself. Kaylen gasped. She had no doubt that it was the man from the house. The details of that encounter were fuzzy but she still remembered enough.
The man stepped above her and stared at her with a sinister look on his face.
"There you are..." He whispered in a evil voice. Kaylen gasped as his flashlight came down on her face, once more knocking her out.
*****
Kaylen woke up the next night in a strange bed.. it wasnt a hospital though.
"What the he-!" Kaylen exclaimed sitting up in the bed. "Where am I?" She whispered, not really expecting anyone to answer.
"Mount Horizon, School for At Risk Teens" A boy's voice echoed into the room from the hall. Kaylen jumped as a boy about a couple years older then her stepped into the room.
"Who are you?" Kaylen asked. The boy's blue eyes brightened.
"Well, some people like to call me Jock Boy, but I like to call myself Scott." He said, jokingly.
"How did I get here?" Kaylen asked. Scotts eyebrows raised.
"You mean you have no idea what happened to you?" Scott asked.
"Well, no... The last thing I remember is falling down in the- the man!" Kaylen shriked causing Scott to have to cover his ears.
"Woah! WOAH!" Scott yelled. "No need to yell that loud. Some people have already settled in for bed... dont wanna wake them up" Scott was still shaking his head like there was water in his ears.
"Sorry" Kaylen whispered.
"Hey.. thats o-" Scott started but jumped as a strange man put his hand on Scott's shoulder. "Oh.. this is Peter.. he runs the school that your at and all.. so yeah." He said and walked out of the door.
"So how have you been doing, Kaylen?" Peter asked in his all around fatherly voice.
"I-I.. I dont really know.. I feel okay but... can you tell me what happened?" She asked.
"Uh.. well, all we know is that you ran away from the people taking you from the hospital and they later found you laying on the ground in the forest behind your house.. you-" Peter paused to take time to think over what he was going to say next. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and went on, "Your head was lying in a pool of your own blood..." Kaylen looked dumbstruck. "Do you have any idea what happened while you were out there?" Peter asked, concerned.
Kaylen thought it over for a second.. 'what DID happen?' She asked herself. 'Whatever did happen cant be good...' she thought again.
"Uh.. nothing really. I just must have tripped and fallen, busting my head. Nothing real big." She said, unsure of what she just said. She decided not to tell him of the whole incident at the house. After all, she had just met this guy... who knows who he could be.
"Are you sure..? Nothing happened in the house to frighten you? To make you start running fast enough to where you didnt see where you were going and tripped." Peter asked.
Kaylen wasnt stupid. She was a very clever girl. Not the best in acidemics but she had street smarts.. alot for a 14 year old.
"It kinda creeped me out in the house... seeing where my parents died and all.. and my little brother." This brought on tears thinking of them... she took this to her advantage. "I.. I thought I saw my father" She explained, and really this was true.. to some extent. "So I ran.. It was just.. uh.. creepy." She explained.
"Well.. okay" Peter said. Not the least bit suspicious. Kaylen knew how to lie.. and lie well.. and she never got caught. "You seem to be okay enough to go and meet your roomates. Like most children who have been emotionaly scarred in some way, you will be going into the Cliffhangers. The staff at this school, including myself, think that its important to be with not only your peers, but people who understand you....." Peter went on.
Kaylen wasnt all that keen on listening to a man talk about "emotional scarring" so she took this time to think. Being in a new school with new people.. right after encountering her parents killer.. twice in one day was scary. And not to mention the thought of the man still being out for her blood. But what was strange was the man didnt kill her.. he had her down and out but he didnt kill her. What did he want? What was he looking for?
*flashback*
"Where is it!? GOD HELP ME!"
*end flashback*
Kaylen shook the thought out of her mind. If she was going to be able to sleep she was going to have to get all of the scary thoughts out of her head. She remembered something her father told her once when she couldnt sleep.
"Its not good to go to sleep with a guilty concience" She remembered her father saying, soothingly. She was already feeling guilty about lying to a man that she hardly even knew.. and for really no reason that she knew of. But there was no way around this. If she was going to find out what this man wanted, she couldnt have the grownups in her way.....
*º*Authors note: Sorrrrrry about the BIG delay on this story!! Hope you dont hate me. It gets frustrating trying to write when your not exactly in the mood... so I only write now when I can.. and when i feel I can do my best work. I felt like writing tonight so I wrote the ending to this chapter. Again, im sorry for the wait.*º*
Katie/ Flamingteen
Chapter 3: Yellow Tape
Hey, hope you had a Merry Christmas! I just felt like writing now so.... read! Lol! She'll be going to Horizon next chapter for those of you who are waiting for that :) :) just wanna build suspence. I have it all planned out now. Kristyn now dont you go telling!-- Katie
*****
Kaylen pushed back the yellow police tape and stepped inside the house. She peered around the corner to the stairs as if she would meet her family's murderer face to face if she was not careful.
"Hello?" She called out. No answer. She wanted a chance to explore the house safely without pestering police men.
Kaylen stepped onto the first step and felt a cold shiver go down her spine. As she progressed up the stairs she felt sick... as if something bad were waiting for her.
"Damnit where is it!" She heard a faint whisper travel down the hall. She was now at the top of the steps now and to her fathers old bedroom.
"Daddy?..." Kaylen whispered. But she knew it couldn't be him. He was dead. She slowly and carefully walked over to the door and tryed not to make a noise. She peered into the door and gasped. There was an unknown man rumaging or rather savagly searching through her fathers drawrs.
"Where is it!? GOD HELP ME!" The man yelled in frustration.
"GET OUT OF THERE!" Kaylen screamed. She realized, only after she had shouted, that this man could be the man who killed her family only the night before. After all.. they always return to the scene of the crime.
"Who said that" The man asked, first looking out the window and slowly shutting the drawrs. Kaylen was stunned for a moment. The man pulled out a gun..
*FLASHBACK*
Kaylen stared down the barrel of the gun and gasped..
*END OF FLASHBACK* (short I know)
The same gun. She took off running and screaming at the same time.
"HELP!!!" She shrieked, running as fast as she could through the woods. She looked back in time to catch of a glimpse of a gun being held out the window. She shrieked yet again as the bark was blasted off a tree right beside her. She looked back again and the man was gone. The house was out of eye sight and she collapsed onto the ground.
*****
Kaylen woke up, drowsy, an hour later. She sat up in the dark woods to see a ball of light traveling closer and closer. It was shaking back and forth... almost like a human hand was holding it.
"She couldnt have gone far!" A man whispered to himself. Kaylen gasped. She had no doubt that it was the man from the house. The details of that encounter were fuzzy but she still remembered enough.
The man stepped above her and stared at her with a sinister look on his face.
"There you are..." He whispered in a evil voice. Kaylen gasped as his flashlight came down on her face, once more knocking her out.
*****
Kaylen woke up the next night in a strange bed.. it wasnt a hospital though.
"What the he-!" Kaylen exclaimed sitting up in the bed. "Where am I?" She whispered, not really expecting anyone to answer.
"Mount Horizon, School for At Risk Teens" A boy's voice echoed into the room from the hall. Kaylen jumped as a boy about a couple years older then her stepped into the room.
"Who are you?" Kaylen asked. The boy's blue eyes brightened.
"Well, some people like to call me Jock Boy, but I like to call myself Scott." He said, jokingly.
"How did I get here?" Kaylen asked. Scotts eyebrows raised.
"You mean you have no idea what happened to you?" Scott asked.
"Well, no... The last thing I remember is falling down in the- the man!" Kaylen shriked causing Scott to have to cover his ears.
"Woah! WOAH!" Scott yelled. "No need to yell that loud. Some people have already settled in for bed... dont wanna wake them up" Scott was still shaking his head like there was water in his ears.
"Sorry" Kaylen whispered.
"Hey.. thats o-" Scott started but jumped as a strange man put his hand on Scott's shoulder. "Oh.. this is Peter.. he runs the school that your at and all.. so yeah." He said and walked out of the door.
"So how have you been doing, Kaylen?" Peter asked in his all around fatherly voice.
"I-I.. I dont really know.. I feel okay but... can you tell me what happened?" She asked.
"Uh.. well, all we know is that you ran away from the people taking you from the hospital and they later found you laying on the ground in the forest behind your house.. you-" Peter paused to take time to think over what he was going to say next. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and went on, "Your head was lying in a pool of your own blood..." Kaylen looked dumbstruck. "Do you have any idea what happened while you were out there?" Peter asked, concerned.
Kaylen thought it over for a second.. 'what DID happen?' She asked herself. 'Whatever did happen cant be good...' she thought again.
"Uh.. nothing really. I just must have tripped and fallen, busting my head. Nothing real big." She said, unsure of what she just said. She decided not to tell him of the whole incident at the house. After all, she had just met this guy... who knows who he could be.
"Are you sure..? Nothing happened in the house to frighten you? To make you start running fast enough to where you didnt see where you were going and tripped." Peter asked.
Kaylen wasnt stupid. She was a very clever girl. Not the best in acidemics but she had street smarts.. alot for a 14 year old.
"It kinda creeped me out in the house... seeing where my parents died and all.. and my little brother." This brought on tears thinking of them... she took this to her advantage. "I.. I thought I saw my father" She explained, and really this was true.. to some extent. "So I ran.. It was just.. uh.. creepy." She explained.
"Well.. okay" Peter said. Not the least bit suspicious. Kaylen knew how to lie.. and lie well.. and she never got caught. "You seem to be okay enough to go and meet your roomates. Like most children who have been emotionaly scarred in some way, you will be going into the Cliffhangers. The staff at this school, including myself, think that its important to be with not only your peers, but people who understand you....." Peter went on.
Kaylen wasnt all that keen on listening to a man talk about "emotional scarring" so she took this time to think. Being in a new school with new people.. right after encountering her parents killer.. twice in one day was scary. And not to mention the thought of the man still being out for her blood. But what was strange was the man didnt kill her.. he had her down and out but he didnt kill her. What did he want? What was he looking for?
*flashback*
"Where is it!? GOD HELP ME!"
*end flashback*
Kaylen shook the thought out of her mind. If she was going to be able to sleep she was going to have to get all of the scary thoughts out of her head. She remembered something her father told her once when she couldnt sleep.
"Its not good to go to sleep with a guilty concience" She remembered her father saying, soothingly. She was already feeling guilty about lying to a man that she hardly even knew.. and for really no reason that she knew of. But there was no way around this. If she was going to find out what this man wanted, she couldnt have the grownups in her way.....
*º*Authors note: Sorrrrrry about the BIG delay on this story!! Hope you dont hate me. It gets frustrating trying to write when your not exactly in the mood... so I only write now when I can.. and when i feel I can do my best work. I felt like writing tonight so I wrote the ending to this chapter. Again, im sorry for the wait.*º*
Katie/ Flamingteen