"You alright kid?" An adult male voice asked.
My sleepiness disappeared when I realized I was staring at cop. He was a few inches taller than me but looked like he was a foot taller because I was still on my ass. He held out a hand to help me up.
"I'm fine," I answered taking his hand.
"Your mother was worried sick," The cop said turning serious all at once. "What were you doing up here? This place is dangerous."
My mother? Shit! She must had come into my room and freaked out when I wasn't there. I didn't even think about that.
"I was up here with some friends of mine," I explained. "Jimmy and Mark."
"Jimmy?" The cop asked looking thoughtful. "I should have known that. Jimmy is always taking kids up here and scaring them to death."
"You mean this was a prank?" I asked unable to keep my voice from rising.
Those two! They did this to me just so that they could laugh at me later?
"I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you that son," the man said, "but they do it to all the new kids. Now, come on. Your mother is outside."
So that meant what Jimmy and Mark told me about the murdered kids had to be part of the prank too. But...I couldn't help but curious about it because of the dream I had had. The cop turned and started to walk away. I stood where I was. When he didn't hear me following he turned and looked at me.
"Something wrong kid?" he asked.
"Well," I said, "Before I came in here Jimmy told me some kids had been murdered here. I wanted to know if it's true."
The cop's eyes widened what looked to be surprised. It could have been fear. It looked more like fear. He didn't answer.
"Is that a yes?" I asked.
"No," he said quickly. "I don't know why he told you such a thing. No one was ever killed here."
I raised an eyebrow. For some reason I didn't believe it. The way he looked at me when I asked gave away the fact that something had indeed happened here. If he didn't want to tell me I would have to figure out another way to find out.