Chapter 4

The long walk along the road gave her a lot of time to think about what happened this morning. Both Cam and Daniel had acted like Luce meant more to them. Or maybe Luce was simply being big headed. She shook her head and began looking around. The road was a long winding road, on both sides were thick forests. Apart from the sound of Luce's 'click click click' of her heels, and an odd owl, the road was deathly silent.

If Luce wasn't so excited about seeing Sarah she would have been worried. Luce didn't realize 6 miles would take this long to walk. She eventually took off her heels and jogged a bit. After 2 hours, she finally reached the bar, slightly past 8pm. The bar was just off the road, but still surrounded by the thick forests.

Luce opened the door to the bar, it was a modern, clean and slick bar which she'd passed many times. All black and a rich purple colours, with various seats and tables. The bar was packed, of course being a Saturday night, but Luce soon found Sarah. She ran over to her and wrapped her arms around her.

"Oh my gosh Luce iv missed you! How are you? Oh my gosh are they feeding you at that place! Your all skin and bones! of course you look lovely as ever! But I've missed youuuu"
Luce burst out laughing, she realised she hadn't laughed like that for a while "I've missed you too Sarah, yeah they're feeding me, although they don't seem to cater for vegetarians. But how are you? What you doing this year?" Luce pulled up a bar stool next to Sarah, who had already ordered 2 strawberry daiquiri cocktails for them both, and began chatting away like there was no tomorrow.

They both laughed, joked, and drank 3 cocktails each. Luce knew it was a terrible idea, she hadn't eaten much during the day and she'd regret it tomorrow. Unlike Sarah who could handle her drink, Luce was already feeling light headed and dizzy, with the room spinning slightly. Sarah was much bigger then Luce, so it usually took a lot more to get her tipsy.
By 11pm Luce and Sarah had laughed so much their stomachs hurt, and had many many guys chat them up, all had been rejected.

Luce was laughing so much she hardly noticed the door of the bar slam open, and most people inside go silent. She looked up at Sarah, who had a pale face and was staring being Luce. Luce turned around, and gasped. The man at the door was tall, taller than most men. His eyes were white, all white, without any pupils. He wore a long old dirty looking coat which reached below his knees. He turned and stared straight into Luce, and gave a menacing smile.

"Unless everyone in here wants their life to end this instant, I suggest you leave" the man at the door boomed. Everyone in the bar screamed and began pouring out. Luce looked back around and Sarah was gone! "SARAH?" Luce screamed. Someone knocked her stool and she went flying to the floor, landing on her wrist which made a horrible popping noise. Luce winced at the pain and held back the tears of pain.
She had no idea how long she was down, that was the bad thing about alcohol, slowing all the senses, but finally looking up she saw the bar was empty, with just the tall man standing in the doorway, still with the evil smile plastered on his face.

"Hello Lucinda" the man said.
Luce's eye widened in shock "H-h-how do you know who I am?" Luce stuttered, struggling to breath with panic.
"Oh I know many things Lucinda, including that you're going to come with me" He began walking over to her.
Luce stood up abruptly, steadying herself on the bar with her good arm and slowly moving backwards "No I'm not. Who are you" She asked, while continuing to move backwards steadily.
"Ah yes, I forgot you wouldn't remember. Well...seems you're going to be sacrificed anyway, why don't I remind you" His smile grew, making Luce panic more. 'Sacrificed?' Luce thought. The man reached inside his coat, and pulled out a two large old looking blades. He put his finger to the tip of one and stared at Luce again.
"Stay away!" Luce almost shouted, knowing she was being cornered in the bar. Why hadn't Sarah stayed! She knew they weren't the closest of friends, but ditching her like this was totally unfair!

The man suddenly picked up pace towards Luce and lifted the blade, Luce screamed and attempted to jump over the bar, before feeling the scorching pain as the two blades ripped across the flesh of her bare back. She slowed as the pain paralysed her, screaming, she slid down to the floor and lay on her side.

Suddenly she heard the door open and saw 3 figures run inside and tackle the man.
It was Daniel, Cam, and Roland. Luce tried to remain focused while the 3 of them ducked and dodge the blade, eventually Roland and Cam dragged the man outside. Daniel stood still for a moment before his eye landed on Luce and widened in shock.
"LUCE!" He shouted before running over to her. He knelt down beside her and looked over her shoulder at her back, before wincing at the blood pooling around her.

"Luce everything's going to be fine, you just need to stay awake" Daniels voice was comforting, and Luce nodded slowly. Daniel reached for her wrist and Luce gave out a moan of pain. Looking down and carefully lifting it, he thought it looked dislocated.

"CAM! ROLAND!" Daniel shouting, causing Luce to groan at the loud noise. Cam and Roland came running into the bar, without a scratch on them.

They both ran over and knelt down beside her, Roland took off his hoodie and placed it under her head. Cam sat where he could examine her back. He touched her shoulder gently, to stop her shaking. She hadn't even realised she had been shaking! "This is pretty bad. Why'd you have to come out alone Luce" He sounded disappointed.
"Shut up Cam! She wouldn't know!" Roland hissed.
"Mm" was all Luce could manage to utter. She didn't understand why they'd be disappointed in her.
"We'll need to get her back and clean it up" Daniel said. Cam went to reach for her wrist to pull her up "NO! I mean...I think its dislocated" Daniel stated. Luce heard Cam sigh and instead placed his hands under her arms to lift her.

He placed her feet on the floor, but Luce's legs weren't working, and she groaned in pain. "Have to do this the awkward way then!" Cam lifted her up so she could wrap her legs around him, and he wouldn't have to touch her back. Luce rested her head on his shoulder, with hardly enough strength to keep her eyes open, she was amazed he could carry her.
Daniel stared at Cam carrying Luce with envy, he came to the side of her and pushed a few strands of hair which had stuck to her face, which now had a sheen of cold sweat on it. She groaned once more, in obvious pain. "It's ok Luce, we'll sort it out" Daniel said softly, placing a cool hand on her cheek.