Chapter Two
I heard someone walk up behind me.
I turned around slowly.
I saw a tall and big person there, who seemed to be staring down at me.
"Hello," I said nervously.
"Good night," said the person, in a dark, low voice.
I then felt something hit my head and I fell to the ground.
I woke up in a dark place.
Some kind of prison with bars.
"Hello miss!" greeted a voice.
I looked around, frightened.
I saw a small person from outside my prison, staring at me.
"Um…hi," I said.
"Don't be shy miss. You are safe here in our cave. I am very glad to be at your service! We don't get visitors here very much…actually never. You are a guest to us all. Thank you for visiting!" he said.
Cheery little fellow he was.
"Um…yeah. Who are you?" I asked.
"Oh, sorry. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rufus. I am the smartest of The Seven Saviors," said Rufus.
"Well nice to meet you, Rufus. I'm Melanie. How did I get here exactly?" I asked.
"Um…well…you see…one of us here isn't very bright and they…well…bit a cord which was half the building above us' electricity. That hotel you were staying in? That's above our heads right now. Here in our cave, we are approximately one hundred feet below that hotel. However, some of the…utilities for electricity and plumbing run through our home. Well, one of my…so called "brothers" bit a cord which led to confusion to your World. Anyways, another one of my brothers was elected to come into the hotel and fix some technical difficulties. He had the perfect timing as we always do, so no one would see him or the mysterious black smoke that travels with us when we enter your world. It's a problem our elevator has. It's always producing that smoke. Very old elevator. We need an upgrade. Anyways, even though no one was around in that hall and my brother was alone, somehow you found a flaw in his timing and saw the black smoke. You must be a curious one, for most mortals just don't bother with such things. Well you must've been quite fascinated by the dark cloud to not notice my brother there. He had no idea how to react to your presence. The only thing he could do was to knock you out and take you here. No mortals are permitted to see us. For if one does, no one will ever see them again. You can just ask one of my other brothers. Or my sister. Now the reason you are locked up is so you don't escape back to your world without our approval. I do not believe that the fashion apparel you are currently wearing is under our dress code. That is if we have a dress code. I have something for you to wear instead. Put it on in the girl's room. If there's another girl in there, that'd be Elvira. Don't talk to her unless she talks to you first. She can be quite…eh…intimidating at times. Once you are done you may as well come back out here and find me. Don't follow any other one of my brothers. Trust me. Now off you go," he said.
He liked to talk obviously.
He opened up the prison door and handed me some clothes.
"Just climb down these rocks and turn right," he said.
I did as told.
I climbed down carefully from the large boulders that supported the square prison cage. Then I walked quickly to the girl's room.
Inside the rocky walls were painted pink.
I walked into a stall and quickly changed my outfit.
The clothes Rufus gave me was a black robe and sandals.
I put my own clothes on a nearby bench and I walked out of the bathroom.
Rufus was outside waiting for me.
"Excellent. Now you can meet my brothers and sister," said Rufus.
"Okay," is all I said.
I followed Rufus to another room in the large cave.
I wondered where the entrance was.
"Hello my brothers," said Rufus.
I noticed several guys sitting around at a table just talking.
"Who is that?" someone asked.
"Don't yell, this is just a visitor…" said Rufus.
He was cut off by other voices.
"A visitor? Are you crazy?" one guy asked.
"This is my fault," said another.
"Finally," said another guy
"Rufus!" yelled one guy.
Rufus turned around quickly.
"What have I told you, son? Never let any mortal inside our cave! I have told you stories of my past!" said a very old looking man.
"But I didn't-" started Rufus.
"He didn't let the girl in here! It was me! She saw me out there and I had no choice, Master! Don't punish Rufus," said one guy.
He was tall, strong-looking, and he wore a black ninja-like suit only with no weird ninja mask.
"Jeremiah! Why have you done so?" asked the leader guy.
"I had no choice. It was either bring her here or our secret was out. No one's ever been here before or seen us until now. She must be special or something," said the guy who was apparently named Jeremiah.
"Very well," said the leader.
He turned to face me.
"And what do you call yourself?" he asked me.
I was speechless after how frightened he made the guys seem.
"My name is Melanie. Can someone tell me what's going on?" I asked.