Chapter 4: Escape

Kaitlyn's POV:

I wake up the next morning, enjoying a few moments of a warm happy feeling before reality comes at me like a slap across the face. My breakfast comes about an hour later while I'm in the middle the middle of reading, The Hunger Games, which I found on one of my shelves in this small house. My breakfast is actually a good meal it reminds me of home. Home, are they trying to make my life as miserable as possible? My breakfast included: a glass of cold milk, three pancakes, oranges and grapes, pain medications for my head arms and legs, and a note that read:

Kaitlyn,

You must eat this meal. It will help you throughout the day you have fitness training in 4 hours. Eat now.

Sincerely,

Spearo

Great being forced to eat and fitness training all in one day just great… Well at least I will see how they get in here and out. Maybe I can escape or leave a colored ribbon outside so Jonathan can see it! This might be my first chance at being rescued! Oh Jonathan how I long to see you and hear your voice my dreams are just not enough. Save me soon…

4 hours later -

I'm sitting on the floor next to the only way in and out of my small house running a small blue ribbon through my fingers. There is a knock I say come in and the door opens there is one person there. Well then, I believe Mr. Spearo lied to me. A small smile spreads across my face. The young woman politely coughs and says, "Will you hold this door open for me?" I nod and hold the door open she walks inside I set the ribbon next to the door and look around and realize I am underground. I close the door and descend the stairs for my first day of fitness training.

She leads me to the back of my "home", which turns out to be a lot larger than I first thought it was. She shows me a fitness room that I had never seen before, I guess this means I really need to explore my new found home… We begin with a series of stretching and she has me jog 5 miles on the treadmill and then bike 10 miles on the small exercise bike. I'm sweating buckets and have drank 10 bottles of water in total. Finally the training is over and I'm rewarded with a granola bar. I look at it a yell, "15 miles of biking and running and this is what I get!"

"Sorry," she says,"I don't make the rules." She gracefully exits the room and I hear the slam of the door as she exits my home.

I exit the room and take a long shower in the bathroom closet to the fitness room, but farthest from the door. I get in the shower and think of an escape plan, as I'm getting out of the shower there's a knock I think it's a figment of my imagination so I just ignore it. I continue getting dressed and just lay out on my bed and drift into a restless sleep, then came the nightmare:

Jonathan was walking toward me I began to run towards him, screaming his name over and over before I got to him he collapsed to the ground face pale and heart beat fading. I reach him and find the knife in his back; I pull it out and scream I throw at the tree I'm closest to. Then blood starts flowing from the tree and I looked around there was blood everywhere. I look down there was blood on every inch of my body I start screaming…

I wake up still screaming, I realize that my head is bleeding. I must've fallen and hit my head during my nightmare I see the pool of blood and drift into unconsciousness due to the sight of blood.

Two weeks later I find myself finally waking up my hand is entwined with somebody elses and I look over. Right there sitting next to me was Jonathan he looked up at me with is beautiful bright blue eyes and I couldn't help but smile. he whispered to me, "I missed you."

"I missed you too, thanks for saving me, I love you."

"I love you too." he said with a smile, he kissed me again and I fell asleep.

Jonathan's POV:

I wake up well rested, I quickly run and change then sprint downstairs my mom is already up and has breakfast for me. She turns and says, "Good morning Sweetheart! Eat quickly and go I bet she is waiting for you eagerly!"

"Yes mom I will!"

I eat quickly, but no to quickly so that I don't upset my stomach. Then I sprint outside and go to the woods. I start walking and slowly weaving my way through the trees. I have to be careful and not make too much noise I don't know if they are watching me. I hear a scream it sounds like Kaitlyn but I can't be sure I quickly grab the handle of my knife and pull it out and slowly follow the noise. Suddenly the noise just stops. It frightens me how suddenly it cuts of, I continue in that direction.

Through an opening in the trees I see a neon green ribbon next to a small door. I reach the opening and look around there was nobody anywhere near here, I look up nobody was in the trees. Feeling a little bit more secure, I sprint towards the door and open it then descend the stairs. I turn and find her there lying on the floor in a pool of blood unconscious. I pick her up and sprint out the still open door; I sprint through the woods and into the hospital. The nurse takes a look at her and takes her from me and takes her into a surgical room and beckons for me to follow. I do and sit with her while holding her hand the whole time never letting go. The doctors had to redo every surgical procedure performed by the Justicators. Everything is finished and I still refuse to leave her side I sit with her day and night waiting for her to wake. Two weeks later she wakes…

My hand in hers she looks over and smiles, the first smile in over a month. I missed it so much I lean over and gently kissed her and she kissed back her lips were warm and sent a warm feeling through me. "I missed you." I whispered.

"I missed you too," she replied."Thank you for saving me, I love you."

"I love you too." As I said this I had begun to smile I leaned down and kissed her she looked up; smiled and fell asleep again.