A/N: Research influenced this chapter. This chapter has the feel of chapter 1. But this chapter is different. Very different. I also found out how to to use this divider line in my fanfics.

Chapter 13: A New Beginning?

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE-. I slammed my fist onto the big snooze button on my alarm clock. Sunlight from the dark outside lit the dark room making it so dim. I put on my contacts and then paranoia hit me like a semi-truck. I rushed to the only window completely covered by the blinds in my bedroom and peeked through them. Making sure those abductors aren't around me when I leave for work. Levi was still asleep. He had a louder alarm clock to wake him up. I took one of those pills.

I hesitated to open the door knowing that a demonic sheep was waiting in the. Bit by bit I opened the door still hearing her evil snickers in the living room. I anxiously walk from my bedroom to my cramped kitchen through the living room passed that damn thing while also thing about my Diet Coke fix that I DESPERATELY NEED! I stopped when that spawn from hell spotted me. She open her mouth, showing the same wore down, but razor sharp, miniature shark teeth and the same pointed tongue. Blood of various shades of brown and crimson red splattered on her wool and battered formal clothes, I'm her victim. The familiar smell of rusted iron was present. "Welcome back," it said. "I know you miss me." I ran to our bedroom as soon as she sprinted at me. I slammed the door and held it in place. It bang on the door and shook it in a repeated manner. I was having a panic attack while this was happening.

It stopped bang and shaking the door. "I'll be back for you." I curled up into a ball with my back behind the door, and I bawled my eyes out.

I looked up at my alarm clock to find that it was now 6:30. Levi will be wake by 6:45. Thirty minutes has passed since I woke. I walked to my fridge, took a bottle of Diet Coke and took a sip. I held it tightly near my chest. I was clear-headed, calm, and slightly euphoric at the very sip. Then, guzzled it down. And another, and another. Until I paused halfway at my fifth bottle. Levi wanted me to stop my Diet Coke intake saying it eating at our money. I said to him it doesn't really matter since I have a $10 per hour job as gas station clerk, and you has some money, and I still some unemployment money. I also said to him that I can afford my crippling addiction and our apartment. I gulped down the bottle and grabbed a half empty milk jug out of the fridge. I then pulled out a bowl before making a loud belch. I reached of some bran cereal. After making the bran concoction, I set it down on the bowl and turned on the T.V. to the news. The T.V helps not hearing indistinguishable to clear voices during my meal. The familiar unnerving, intrusive voices. Levi stepped out of the bedroom pantless. He made the same thing I did. I ate my breakfast while watching it for thirty minutes, and peeked out the windows every minute. We talked a little bit while we ate. I went into the bedroom. I took off my t-shirt, women's underwear, and sweatpants for my green polo uniform. I finally brushed my teeth. He was already in the bathroom brushing his teeth. He eats fast.

I peeked out my two covered windows for the abductors, and said goodbye and kissed Levi before heading out with anxiety. I walked to my parked car and went inside it. I turned the ignition key, drove out of the underground parking lot, and drove off after turning on the radio loud radio to drown out those voices while driving. With a 24 pack of filled Diet Coke cans in a box on the front passenger seat for my break or lunch, I drove off. I passed the same monument and the Presidential Palace of Mammalia with that same goal. I arrived at my destination, got my lunch and cans, and went into the gas station building.

The same fatty rolled in. He got the same twenty dozens of gas station donuts. The fat bear places the donuts on the counter. He waits for me to call out the price. I said, "That'll be $130, sir."

He slapped $130. I restocked where the donuts were a went back to my cash register. "Were you at the hospital?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said. "Why did you asked?" And how did you found out?"

"My dad's side of the family gets severe lung cancer." I can hear his wheezing breath. He wasn't physically close to me. "And I saw you coming out of an ambulance there."

"Okay," I just said. He left with his donuts. I put the money in the register. I restocked where the donuts were a went back to my cash register.

The voice heard over my music said, "They are after you. Hide Charlotte hide." I duck under the desk and hid like the voice said. I always eat lunch during work.

Finally it was 4:00. The end my shift. I hastily went to my car with my trash from lunch, and drove back to my apartment. When I came home, Levi was watching T.V. He noticed me. "How's work?" He asked as I sat next to him.

"Good I guess," I said to him. "How's yours?"

"A guy made a threat to kill a chick over the intercom." His face showed concern. Something unlike his other times he talked about the intercom. "I think her name was Stacy Oliver or something."

"Oh my God," I muttered.

"He got arrested," he said reassuring me.

My phone rang. I answered it. "Hello, Stacy."

"Oh Charlotte," she said quickly with some distress in her voice. "Something terrible happened."

"What is it?" I saw Levi scoot closer to me.

"At Wool-Mart, y'know the one with the intercom pranks. Anyway, my ex threatened to kill me." Her breathing quickened slightly.

"Over the intercom?" I asked while Levi scooted even closer to me to eavesdrop.

"How do you know?" Her voice slowed down.

"'Cause my boyfriend works there."

"Is he the one who called 911?" she asked.

Levi leaned in to speak into the mic of my phone. "Yep," he said.

"Can I talk to him?"

I turned the speakerphone on. "Yes." I handed the phone to Levi.

"Thank you for calling 911."

"No problem," Levi said. "Everyone else sat there so why not I do something about it."

"I can't thank you enough," she said to Levi.

"Again, no problem."

"I need to go." she said to both of us. "Bye."

"Bye," Levi and I said not at the same time. Stacy hung up.

"Oh yeah," he said. "I might need to go to court."

"Why," I asked. "You didn't do anything wrong."

"True, but I'm a witness."

"Oh," I said. And Levi and I watched the news on T.V. about the same thing Levi witnessed.