Chloe Price
The lighthouse used to be a symbol of hope to Chloe. That any ship at sea could find its way home, they need only follow the light. And anytime Chloe needed somebody, a friend would be there to help. A glimmer of sunshine, of safety...
Anyway, that's what it used to be. Now the lighthouse held nothing but nostalgia of the unhappy kind, since her father died and Max ditched her. And then Rachel came and ditched her too... Nonetheless, she still visited it sometimes. Sat at the bench which overlooked their little bay town, and pretended that one of her two ex-best friends were there next to her.
It was during one of these visits on a particularly rainy week that Chloe came across the absolute douche-crew that was the Vortex Club.
From below the trail Chloe heard the high-pitched squeal of a laugh that could only belong to Victoria Chase, a former peer of Chloe. And Rachel…
That was one of the problems with Rachel. She had other friends, and plenty of enemies as well, While little ol' Chloe over here only had her depressing thoughts and Rachel. It made Chloe miss her even more to think that perhaps she was never there for her in the first place.
That doesn't matter now, Chloe thought. Gotta escape from the douche-crew before they interrupt my pity party. Chloe twisted her head around, searching for a suitable hiding place or escape route. Agh.. Nada. She jumped off the bench and paced around a little more searching every corner that could maybe be a trail back to town. She found nothing. The only choice left was to hide in the light house. She ran up to the steps and jiggled the knob, luckily the old door was unlocked by someone. She stepped in and slammed the door behind her.
The tower was dusty, dirty, and sad. The only light source was the crusted over windows, and the sunset illuminated the room in dim warmth. It was musty aswell, but Chloe resisted the urge to cough for fear of the approaching teen gang hearing her. The voices were getting louder, and soon Chloe could also pick out the voices of Nathan, Taylor, Hayden, Courtney, Logan, Zachary, and Dana. Nearly the whole gang's here, whoopty fuckin doo! Chloe muttered to herself.
That's when she heard a faint rustle from above her on the spiraling staircase.