Before we get into the story I want to make a heads up that there's a flashback in this chapter. Since right now it's in Leo's point of view I will show you what happens. Lili is basically going to say what happened. In the next chapter, when it's Lili's point of view I'll switch. Just so you know.
And we're back to square one. We are back in this tight cold room where there's only so much air. It's nighttime now. Feels like midnight.
Almost everyone here is sleep now. Or trying to like me. I turn on my other side and see Lili staring straight at me. She looks away and wraps herself into a ball trying to keep warm.
I noticed she has shoes on now. I didn't know where she got them, probably from that chick. But that dress isn't do much for the cold. She's shivering.
I thought if I had a jacket or something maybe I could let her wear it. But I left it in my car.
I crawl next to her and put my hand on her shoulder. She shivers slightly at the warmth and looks at me suspicously.
"You think our parents know we're missing?" I ask her. Lili shrugs.
"Maybe. Even if they did My father wouldn't care." Lili spat bitterly. I didn't want to be nosy, but maybe if I learned a little bit more about her maybe we would understand ourselves better.
"Why do you say that. Of course your father would care." Lili bolted up and moved away from me, glaring at me.
"He doesn't alright!" she almost yells.
"But, doesn't he-"
"Yeah, I know, he buys me everything. I got ponies, I got shoes, I got cars, but that's only so I can leave him alone!" she pulls her legs to her chest and sighs deeply. I was surprised at how much she said.
"Was he always like this?" I asked. She shook her head.
"Not until...my mom...ran off." We were quiet. She looked at me with dead eyes, remembering her past. "My mom and dad loved each other so much. I was the bridge pretty much to their happiness. I'd always make my mother laugh and daddy proud. That was all we really had. We were weren't rich before."
It sounded odd when Lili said that. You would think all rich people were born rich.
"When my dad struck oil, we were loaded! He was able to get me everything I wanted. And my mom. But I never realized the money and the material things were getting to our heads. Daddy neglected us and Mother was always out.
"Soon my parents were fighting over everything. And my mom left. There was this guy she was secretly seeing and...they ran off together. I remember even now Sebastion telling me that my mom went to live with some friends but I saw with my own eyes." A tear fell down Lili's cheek.
She glared at me again. "You don't know how lucky you are Kliesen. You have a mom and dad that loves you." I looked down at her angry gaze down to my fingers.
"I just have a dad." I admitted. "My mom died when I was eight." I played with my nails, refusing to look at the girl in front of me.
"I'm sorry..." I heard Lili say softly, the anger in her voice gone. We were quiet for a while. "If you don't mind me asking, how did she..."
"My dad, my mom, and I were on one of my dad's expeditions..."
Flashback
The family have come acrossed a bridge that lead to a hidden cave. My dad, Robert Kliesen was wearing a beigish colored jacket worn only by spelunkers. A red turtle neck visible, he wore shorts that matched the jacket. And special green hiking boots.
My mom, Sarohildi Kliesen wore one of my dad's t-shirts with jeans and sneakers. She pulled her fairly short brown hair into a ponytail.
I was wearing a pinkish purple long sleeve shirt with jeans. Blue flowers were designed on the side and I wore blue tennis shoes. My mom had tied my elbow length hair into a braid.
My dad slowly climbed onto the bridge and it rocked slightly.
"Robert, are you sure it's safe." My mom asked him. He took a few more steps to be sure.
"It's a little rickety, but if we move fast enough we can make it to the other side unharmed." He instructed. Mom grabbed my hand and we followed dad across the bridge.
"Why did I come?" Mom asked herself, she put her free hand on her stomach. "It's unsafe for Klaus."
My mom was three months pregnant with my baby brother, Klaus Kliesen.
I held Mom's hand tighter, when I looked down. Eighter though my dad always tells me not to look down, I always do.
"Verlangsamung!" Mom called out to dad. He stopped and turn towards us waiting for us to catch up. "How much farther?"
"We're halfway there..." While my dad was explaining the location to my mom I noticed below my feet the bridge was breaking.
"Mom..." I whimpered. She didn't hear me. "Mom..." I said more urgently. Then...
CRACK!!
I fell down screaming. I managed to grab hold of one of the strings that came lose.
"LEONA!!" Mom cried. She tried reaching for me but I was too far down. Dad grabbed the other end of the rope and tried to pull me in. I shut my eyes tight so I wouldn't look down.
RRR...
The rope was beginning to tear.
"Daddy!" I cried.
"Fall an!" Dad called back. I heard my mom sobbing. Then I felt my father's hand pulling me up. Mom pulled me into her arms quicker then I can yelp in surprise.
"Meine Tochter, sind Sie gut Leona? Tell me your okay." Mom sobbed.
"Can't...breathe..." I gasped under mom's grasp.
"Robert! She's having a panic attack!"
"That's because your sqeezing her so tight." Dad informed my mother, calmly. She let go so the air can travel back in my lungs.
"Sorry, baby." She told me carressing my face.
"Let's get a move on." Dad said, giving me a piggy back ride.
"I can't find it anywhere!" My dad said frustrated. We finally made it inside of the cave and my dad were looking for hieroglyphics. He told me they were symbols.
"Honey, I need water..." Mom wheezed. Dad looked at mom then handed me the torch he was holding.
"Leo, hang on to this." He instructed. I took it carefully.
"Robert, you can't give an eight year old girl a torch-"
"Easy, Hildi, Leo's a tough cookie." He gave me a reassuring wink. While my father was tending to my mother I was looking around the place.
I wasn't allowed to wander off but I still made sure I was a good distance. I saw the hieroglyphs.
"Dad, I found them...I think..." Dad was at my side in seconds.
"Good work, you are chip off the old block." While he was reading his phone rang. Dad groaned and looked at his phone. "It's Bill." he handed it to me.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey kiddo, is your dad there?" My dad's friend asked.
"He's busy."
"Well, tell him that we're coming for him." Then he hung up.
"What did he want?" My dad asked as I handed the phone back to him.
"He said he's coming for you." He snapped his attention back to me.
"no!" he cried. At that moment the whole cave began to shake and rumble.
"What's happening?" Mom asked, the hysteria bubbling up her throat.
"Leo, Hildi, ergreifen meine Hände und Follow-me!" he instructed. We grabbed his hand and he towed us towards and exit. But a huge creature appeared in front of us.
"AH!" I screamed. The creature that looked like a lion but much, MUCH bigger charged towards dad. He was knocked to the ground and a whole group of the lions came. They surrounded us.
One was coming towards me. And pushed me to the ground. Another got mom. Dad burned the creature that charged him and was torn. I knew one of us weren't going to make it.
"Außer unserer Tochter Robert." Mom whispered. Dad froze.
"Hildi."
"Please, Robert...save our daughter." I wanted to cry out but I couldn't find my voice. Dad ran towards me and attacked the lion with his torch. The lion howled and bit my shoulder.
"GAH!!" i cried in pain. The weight of the lion was off me but I was in pain. I saw the blood stain my sleeve from the bite. Tears poured out of my eyes. The dirt floor disapeared from me as dad picked me up and held me like a toddler. He ran towards the exit.
From over his shoulder I saw My mother being dragged off by a bunch of lions.
"Mommy!" I cried.
The last thing I saw was her smile.
End of flashback.
Lili continued to watch me as I relayed the painful memories I tried to bury deep down.
"We have to get out of here." Lili said. After much thinking for as long as we have been in here I believe I have a plan forming in my head.
There's a 1% chance we'd make it out, with everyone else, including Tommy.
The other 99% will most likely cost our lives.