Cora and her Escape from Hell

Escape Plan

~ Chapter 7: Escape Plan ~

"So, you're pregnant with some half-human half-demon hybrid, Satan wants your child, and if you don't give it to him he will kill you?" Jordan asked me. It's almost like he is just talking to himself out loud, sorting through his thoughts. As if that makes it any easier to believe.

"I know it's hard to believe. But, yes. That's exactly what he wants. And I need to speak to Amanda again. If I want to get out of here, I have to talk to her. Please, Jordan. Come with me. We can have a better life."

"Cora, you don't know how long I've been waiting to hear you say that," he smiled. "Let's go, I'm sure Amanda would like to talk to us. Well, who else talks to her other than us?"

We carefully walked around the warehouse, making sure to not be seen by any of the hooded men. When we arrived at Amanda's usual spot where she sits at, we quickly realized that she wasn't there.

Jordan immediately became very panicked. "Where could she be? Is she hurt? Did the hooded men take-"

"HELP! HELP ME PLEASE, SOMEBODY!" Amanda shrieked. "Stupid bitch, shut the fuck up or I'll make this worse for you. You don't want to have your stomach cut out and shoved down your throat, do you?" The hooded man laughed, his teeth almost as black as Satan's soul.

"STOP! PLEASE, TAKE ME INSTEAD! DON'T HURT HER ANYMORE!" Jordan screamed. "What the hell are you doing?! You're gonna get yourself killed!" I cried.

The hooded man's attention was now focused on Jordan, ignoring Amanda's frail body, limp in his arms. He dropped her, as if she were a stupid piece of trash. Slowly trudging towards Jordan, he held up his knife as if he were trying to scare Jordan even more than he already is. "You should have just been happy I haven't gotten around to you yet. Why do you care about this piece of shit anyway?" He pointed over to Amanda, who is now crying on the floor in a fetal position.

That poor woman... I know what that's like. But she's been here a lot longer than I have. I think.

All of a sudden, Amanda stopped crying and became completely silent. She rolled over on her side, and stared at me. She looked possessed, her eyes turning a bright white color, and her face completely emotionless. I looked around to see if anyone else was seeing this, only to see that everyone was frozen in place. Has Amanda frozen time? Is that possible? What the fuck is going on? "Cora. Go to the door. The door with the smear of blood that's in the shape of a star. Grab a knife and cut your hand in the shape of a triangle. Squeeze your hand to make your blood ooze out. Paint a circle around the star with your blood. Then you must say The Lord's Prayer backwards' 6 times. The door will open and you must take 6 steps forward. Anymore and you will burst into flames and burn for eternity. The worst part is next. You must take the knife, and stab yourself 6 times. You will heal later, but you must do this in order to escape. Good luck."

Amanda burst into flames, screaming at the top of her lungs, causing the entire room to catch on fire, melting around me. I fell to the ground, hearing a terrible ringing in both of my ears. I felt tremendous pain from the heat from the fire. Right before I reached my breaking point where I couldn't take this anymore, the ringing stopped. The pain stopped. Everything stopped. I opened my eyes to see Amanda in the same position, still crying. The hooded man, still walking towards Jordan. And Jordan, still by my side as always. The only thing different was a strange vibrating sensation emanating from my stomach. I chose to ignore that. I must act fast. Now is my chance. I need to escape.

I bolted towards the hooded man, tackling him down, and then grabbed his knife. I then took ahold of Jordan's hand, and ran straight to the door Amanda was talking about. I know exactly where it is. I sure hope Amanda's right. If she isn't that could mean that Jordan and I could both be dead.

To be continued...