Chapter 9

Lisa woke up screaming as if she was dying. She was thrashing around her bed trying to kick away whatever was haunting her.

"Lisa!" Her father cried in alarm and hurried over to her side. "What is it!?"

Lisa finally calmed down and was crying. She looked down to see her shirt was ripped open and blood was dripping down her chest.

"Shit!" Her father cursed when he saw the blood. "We need to get you to a doctor!"

Lisa was too shocked to move as her father was now fumbling around to get dressed.

Why is this happening?

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Her father was panicking all the way to the hospital. Lisa was still in a state of shock, even as they pulled up to the emergency room. He quickly found a parking spot and practically dragged her inside.

He quickly went up to the front desk.

"I need help!" He panted, out of breath. "My daughter needs stitches! She's bleeding!"

The nurse quickly registered her and was taken to a room immediately. Hardly anyone was in the waiting room so she didn't feel bad going before anyone else.

Once in a hospital room, the doctor there quickly cleaned all the blood off Lisa's chest. Her father was facing the wall with a red face. No father wanted to see his teenager's naked body.

Once the wound was clean, Lisa was not surprised to see two tiny holes above her heart.

Just like he said before Lisa thought dismally.

"It looks like you don't need stitches," The doctor said turning for some band-aids in a drawer. "Do you have any idea what did this, Lisa?"

She shook her head. "No. Maybe I rolled over onto something while I was asleep."

The doctor turned back and began to apply the band-aids to the wound. "It must have been a sharp, deep object. When you go home, look around on the bed and see if you did roll onto something."

"Alright" Lisa sighed.

I'm fucked. She thought there's no way out of this. In two days, he comes and takes me away.

Once back at the hotel, her father had calmed down and was trying to go back to sleep. Lisa was sitting on the small balcony with the cold wind blowing thru her dark hair.

Now what? She asked herself in her head. Do I just sit here and wait for him?

She sighed and leaned back into the chair.

Eventually, sleep took over her eyes.

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When her eyes opened, there was no school of dead students or a party of people in masks, only a small garden of multiple flowers.

Violets, roses, sunflowers, daisies, and hundreds of others. Lisa was sitting on a small bench against a large brick wall. She stood up and followed the small brick path that lead thru the large garden.

After about five minutes of walking she finally heard someone else behind her.

"Do you like your garden?"

Lisa turned and was not surprised to see the same man from her previous dreams.

He was dressed in black slacks with his dark hair smoothed back. A black tight shirt covered his large chest and black boots covered his feet. He stood a few feet away, admiring a large rose bush.

"Why are you doing this?" Lisa finally asked him.

He looked at her, tilting his head slightly. "You don't like my gift? I thought all women enjoyed flowers."

She shook her head. "No, why are you doing this to me? All these horrible dreams and people following me."

He chuckled. "I suppose you forgot about our little deal, then?"

"I remember it. Back when I was TEN and dreaming. That's all it was. A dream."

He sighed. "Perhaps to you it was a dream, but to me it was quite real. Should I just go back after your friend?"

Lisa tensed up. She had completely forgotten about that part of their deal.

"No. Leave Sam out of this."

He chuckled again, "I thought you would say that. Besides, I already had things arranged with your mother. Why should we disappoint her?" He inclined his head slightly.

Lisa suddenly felt a rush of anger. "What did you do to her!? I understand our deal, but WHY bring her into this!?"

He shrugged, "I thought you would be happy with the idea of your family knowing where you were going. YOU'RE the one who caused this whole little scene."

Lisa's body began to shake with rage and sadness. "I had no clue what you were doing and I still would have preferred you not bringing them into this."

He shrugged again, "As you wish. So what will you do now?"

Lisa finally looked up at him. "What?"

"Will you come willingly or will we be in a bit of a stalemate?"

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I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry it took so long to update! T_T I can no longer update at school so I have to do this whole story at home along with my book-in-progress (which I still want opinions on!!!) Hopefully I have more soon!