When I ten years I attempted to run away from home but something terrifying made me go back. Before I start I have to explain something. My older brother Ling and I are ten years apart. When I was eight years old our parents died in a car crash. Ever since then he took care of me as my legal guardian. Two years later he became engaged to a woman named Lan Fan. I was jealous of someone else getting the attention.
As an attempt to make my brother regret his engagement, I climbed out of the only window in my bedroom and ran off one hour after my bedtime, which was at eight. It was easy since we lived in a small one-story house.
I walked for three hours and ended up finding an abandoned five story building that use to be a library. I snuck in through a window on the first floor. The only light I had was my flashlight. I flinched when I heard a rough voice asking, "What are you doing here?"
I turned around and pointed the flashlight towards three men. One man was an elder with short black hair, an old raincoat, and a deformed face. The second man was (around) in his early forties. He was balding, scrawny, and had a funny looking mustache.
The third man was taller and younger than the two. He had white hair and tattoos on his right arm. He was the one who asked, "What are you doing here?"
I lied, "I'm lost." I didn't want to tell them I ran away from home. The old man would lecture me on my actions, the scrawny man would be judgeful about it, and the third man might do a combination what the other two would. Out of all three of them the younger and taller man was the only one who didn't believe me but didn't say anything.
All three agreed to let me stay with them for the night. We went up to the fifth floor. After a spot was picked, a fire was made. The only things we could burn were the abandoned books and paper documents. The men introduced themselves. The older man was Marcoh, the scrawny man was Yoki, and the third man was known as Scar.
They told me a few things about themselves and I told them a few things about me. At some point I fell asleep. Then they fell asleep. Some time around midnight (I think) we woke up to the sound of someone calling Marcoh's name and menacing laughter. I couldn't tell if the person was a man or woman. The sound got louder as it got closer. I froze, couldn't make my legs. I regretted running away in the first place. Scar told, "Get May out of here." That was the last time I saw Scar. Yoki picked me up and carried me all the way to the emergency exit door. After Yoki puts me down we ran down the stairs. The alarms didn't go off for some reason. Maybe it's because the batteries died out.
When we got out of the building, I told Marcoh and Yoki the truth. I thought they were going to be mad. I was half right and half wrong. Yoki was mad at me but not for too long. Marcoh wasn't mad at all, he knew I was lying but decided to not say anything.
They walked me home and stayed until I got inside. That was the last time I saw them. Thankfully Ling and Lan didn't wake up.