...In The Basement...
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Mai opened her eyes to a dark room. She struggled to see through her blurred vision and ravishing headache.
"Where…..am I?" Mai asked looking around the room.
"Yes of course, I will." said a voice. Mai's head snapped to her left to find a tall figure standing within the shadows of the room. "Anything I can do to help. It must be hard, worrying about her while she is out alone in the night." said the voice again. It seemed that he was on the talking to someone that only he could hear. Mai looked down to find a small bug crawl across the floor near her. Shivering at the sight, she looked back up at the figure. "I see, well the God's blessings are with her and I hope you find her before something…..terrible happens." The figure stepped out from the shadows. "I will make sure that I do everything I can to make sure that you find her. God bless you and your search." The man hung up the phone that was in his hand and turned his eyes towards Mai. "I see you are awake." He said softy.
"Father Shiro!" Mai said from where she sat. Her legs had fallen asleep at some point and were now in the process of waking up. "What happened? Where are we?" she asked him. He just smiled down at her, not saying a word. "I remember this guy and he was doing something. He said something about going back to the church and or something." Mai grabbed her head as pain began to form in it. She could not remember anything, and every time she tried, the headache would grow worse.
"Relax my child, you are safe here." He said reassuringly. Mai looked up at him, happy to know that she was not in any danger. Now all she had to worry about was Naru yelling at her for leaving the church grounds. "Why don't you go get some more rest?" The priest said after a moment of silence. "You must be tired, and you look a little ill."
"I'm fine Father." Mai said. "But how will we get out of here?"
"Do not worry my dear, there is an exit but your heath and well-being is more important right now."
"Are you sure? I mean what about Naru?"
"Don't worry about Naru." The priest said again. "He is aware that you are with me right now, so there is nothing to worry about. In fact, he is on his way to come get you right now."
"Alright, but what about you?" Mai asked trying to get on her feet. She had to grab on to the pole behind her in order to stay up. "You must be tired too right?" Mai asked. She tried to let of the pole, but her legs felt like jello.
"I will be fine my child, please go back to sleep. Everything will be okay in just a few minutes."
"Daddy!" called a voice from above them. Mai looked up at the damp ceiling to hear small footsteps running across the floor. Then just as the footsteps stopped, a door opened and a bright light shinned down the stairs. "Daddy?" called the voice again.
"I am right here." He called up, stepping into the light. "What is it? Daddy is very busy right now."
Mai had a sudden urge to scream out to the small child, but decided to keep quiet. She did not want to alarm the child, and for all she knew, the child could have thought she was a ghost that Shiro was trying to exercise. Mai grabbed onto the pole for more support before leaning over to get a better look at the child. It was hard to see past the bright light of the flash light, but Mai could clearly see a young boy standing there, a smile plastered onto his face. He looked down at his father with big brown eyes that were filled with excitement. His brownish hair hung down around his face, water dripping from the ends of it.
"Mommy says that you need to come up. We need your help outside. She is worried the flowers might drown in the rain if we don't hurry." The boy called down, still obvious to Mai's presence.
"Okay, I will be up in a minute." Shiro called. The boy nodded his head before slamming the door shut and running back outside. Mai looked at Shiro, who was now staring at her. "I will be back in a few minutes. My wife has a garden outside, and I am afraid she has a fear of the flowers drowning in the rain. Silly right? But if she wants something done, I have no choice but to do it, so if you will excuse me."
"Wait what about me?" Mai asked as she stepped away from the pole, only to trip over herself. She caught herself as she was about to fall to the ground, and looked up at the priest, who was smiling at her.
"Rest. You need it my dear, tomorrow if going to be a very long day." Shiro said before be began to walk up the stairs. "There is a bed over by the far wall that you may use if you like. Though, if you prefer the floor, help yourself."
Mai looked around the room as the door closed behind the priest. It was almost pitch black in here, so how was she suppose to find her way around? Sighing to herself, she carefully began to walk around, her hands out in front of her, keeping her from running into anything. After a few minutes, her hands touched a cool surface that felt rough. It was the wall. Mai then began to look for the bed that the priest had said was around here.
"I wish he had left me some light." Mai said to herself as her arm touched a cold metal pole. "Ah found it!" She climbed onto the bed and felt around for the covers. As she crawled under the bed sheets, she began to feel herself doze off.
"…ai" The soft sounds of the wind echoed around, leaving no room for the voice that was calling out to her. "Ma…"
Mai opened her eyes to find herself in the same place she had fallen asleep only moments ago. The only difference was that this time, there was someone standing near her, looking at her with a worried expression.
"Naru?" Mai called out.
"…Mai…" His voice seemed to blend in with the wind that was surrounding her.
"What?" Mai asked, not hearing what he had said. He smiled at her with the same smile that he used everything he saw her when she sleeps and held out a hand for her. Without hesitation, Mai reached out and took his hand, letting him pull her weightless body from the bed and onto the black floor beneath him.
"Naru what are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you." He said in a kind voice. The wind that had blocked his voice only moments ago had disappeared, and Mai could hear his gentle voice relinquishing her fears.
"But you could have just called Shiro and asked to talk to me. You didn't need to come all the way here."
"But I did." Naru said, his smile turning sad. "You need to know something about Father Shiro."
"What?" Mai asked.
"He is not who he says he is." Naru said. "He is a very dangerous person, and you can not trust a word he says. He will try to hurt you Mai, do you understand?"
"Why would he hurt me?"
"Because he's-" Naru hesitated for a moment. "That is not important right now; just promise me you will get out of here safely."
"Okay."
"Promise me."
"I promise." Mai said smiling up at him. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew that Naru was hiding something from her, but she did not seem to care enough to ask. She knew that if it was important, he would have told her. "But how do I get out of here? The only way out is through the door at the top of the stairs, and if what you said is true, than I can't use that as an exit."
"Behind those boxes is an old storm door. Use it to escape. There is a forest behind his house, run in there and hide until I get here tomorrow morning okay?"
"If you are coming tomorrow morning, why can't I just stay here until then?" Mai asked.
"Mai listen to me." Naru said as he grabbed her shoulders. "Those photos you found in that album were the girls he had hurt and killed. The girls at the alter earlier tonight were those same girls trying to get revenge on him. If you do not get out of here, he will hurt you and you will end up becoming one of those girls who will think of nothing but getting back at him. You must get out of here. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Mai said, suddenly realizing the position she was in.
"Now wake up." Naru said, letting go of her shoulders and taking a step back.
"You will come tomorrow right?" Mai asked as everything around her began to fade. She knew that he would, but for some reason, she had to hear him say it.
"I will."
Hello People of Some Planet Known as Earth.
I sound like a nerd when I say that...Anyway, here is another beautiful chapter for you all. (y'all) It's late where I am know, so I am not going to say much but there are somethings that I need to say/talk/ask/dance.(I don't know why I put dance, I just felt like it.)
1. Who wrote the Kieli story "A Kiss With A Fist Is Better Than None." ? Cause like I was looking forward to that. I mean yea I put a stupid comment, but I was confused and in a hurry and those sound like excuses. *sighs* If you wrote than story or know who did, please tell me. I would like you to put it back up and for you to continue it. I miss it, and stuff.
2. Sh*t I forgot what this one was. Give me a minute.
3. I ask that if you are reading this section 3 thing, please go to my profile and do the pole at the top of the page. I would really like to hear your view on that.
2. I remembered^^ Most of you know my sister, Whitephoenix18. If you do not, than you do now-ish. Anyway, if you have read Awaken My God by Whitephoenix18 and co-written by yours truly (morningnight if you can't figure that out), than I have AMAZING news for you. Though you must keep it a secret, because I am not suppose to tell you this. WE are currently writing a sequel that will also appear under her profile/name. I will tell you this now. It is AWESOME so far, and I am not just saying that, I mean it. Like I want to tell you more, but I don't want to spoil it for you, though if you want to be spoiled, please tell me and I will spoil it for you completely. Or just some parts, nothing TOO big to the story though.
4. KIELI COMES OUT IN EXACTLY 17 DAYS! If you are a Kieli fan and have noT seen the cover or the Title to the 7th book, I will advise you to go to Amazon or Barnes and Nobles or some website and FIND OUT! If you are lazy like me, than I will just tell you now, SO STOP READING IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE~
(The cover to the 6th book is a grandfather clock, and the 7th book title is: "As the Deep Ravine's Winds Howl" amazing right?)