Unlike the others who wore masks, I could clearly see Zarauxc's face, she wears a pretty hijab and her eyes were brown mixed with hazel color I couldn't figure out. She wore a bright and colorful hoodie with a swirl decal on the front, I didn't even try to figure out all the colors on her hoodie, she also wore black ripped jeans with purple and white sneakers as well.
Out of the five of us, she looked the most normal in comparison to the rest of us. She also looked like she was out in society the most, as in he is the one out and around people the most.
"Zara, where do you wanna watch him?" Faust questioned Zarauxc.
"Anywhere's fine with me." Zarauxc was very lively compared to the rest.
"Alrighty then, I guess you can watch him in his room." He looked at me before continuing, "Wrath, show Zara your room, we gotta get moving."
Faust, Dillon, and Bacon then left the house.
There was a good amount of awkwardness in the air as we didn't talk until Zara spoke, "So, take me to your room, Wrath," Zarauxc said with a smile.
I hummed in response and stood, as I knew I really only had to speak to Faust. I walked up the stairs and Zarauxc followed closely behind me. Once we were at my room and we both walked in, Zarauxc closed the door once we were both in.
I sat on the bed and wrapped myself in a blanket and Zarauxc sat on a chair nearby.
It was silent till Zarauxc spoke up, breaking the silence, "Ya'know, I thought you might want to talk while they're gone, but I guess not."
Zara seemed like the talkative type, but I didn't think he'd actually want to talk with me.
I spoke quietly enough to still be heard by Zara, "So, why don't you have a mask on?"
Zara seemed shocked by my sudden talking, "Oh...um...well, I really don't need it for what I do so...yeah." He scratched the back of his neck.
"W-What do you do then?" I asked with caution in my voice as I was curious about Zara.
"I can't tell you exactly what I do, but let's just say I bring people in for Dillon, Faust, and Bacon." She paused in between sentences, "Well...you can probably guess what I do just off of that information alone."
I looked at Zara trying to figure out what she did, but nothing came to my now muddled mind.
***
Eventually, it became 10 pm and that's when I heard a car outside. I perked up and looked out the window, they had finally gotten back.
I heard yelling, it was Faust and Bacon, they were definitely angry about something.
Zara looked scared once she heard the yelling and got up, went to my room door, and left, closing my door on the way out.
I sat back down on the bed, scared that Zara had looked scared, as she didn't look like the type to get scared that easily.
But I could tell something was off about everything.
I could just tell something was about to happen and I wasn't ready for it.
***
Soon, Zara came back and instructed me to follow him, quickly saying that Faust wanted to talk to me.
I knew something was about to go down, but I was too scared of what Faust may say to me to process everything properly. But besides that, I couldn't process anything because I didn't have the time to do so.
I followed Zara downstairs, past the kitchen, and into a living room, where Faust, Dillon, and Bacon were all sitting watching the local news. Although, Dillon and Bacon no longer wore their masks, probably because Faust knew I couldn't seek outside help.
I finally got a look at what Bacon looked like, he had his hair tied into a short ponytail, his eyes were fixated on the TV but I could tell they were brown with a mix of gold.
Faust stood from the couch once he saw me and Zara in the room.
He walked past Zara and towered over me, menacingly. He tightly grabbed my shoulder, hurting me slightly, and growled into my ear, "You better explain yourself well, or I will kill you, now come with me."
I froze completely, 'What did I do? Is he going to actually kill me? What do I need to explain?'
Faust walked past me and yelled at me, "WRATH, Now!"
I felt the tears forming in my eyes, I turned around and walked over to Faust following him. We were in front of the basement door, I didn't know what I even did wrong.
I followed Faust down into the cold and dark basement.
Once we got to the bottom of the stairs, Faust pulled me by my wrist and threw me to the ground, in one swift motion. I landed on my back causing pain to shoot throughout my spine then the rest of my body. Faust placed his one boot on my chest preventing me from moving.
I laid there and I didn't even try to resist, as it would probably only make things worse for me.
"So...Wrathie, you better explain yourself, now." Faust pulled out a knife and pointed it at me.
"Explain w-what?!" I got snippy with Faust, causing Faust to crouch down and start pressing the blade into my neck, drawing a small amount of blood.
Faust yelled, "Your stupid little journal!"
I went quiet, "What...How did..."
"Now you gonna explain it or do you want to die?!"
I looked around the darkness of the room, 'Someone must have found it and given it to the police.' I let my tears fall out of happiness and fear, I kept my mouth shut no matter what Faust asked me after that.
Faust wasn't having it, he got off me and dragged me by my hair into the darkroom in the basement. He threw me inside with no remorse and locked the door.
"Till you open your mouth, you'll say in there!" Faust was aggravated, soon I heard his footsteps go away and back upstairs.
I looked around the room for the light switch but couldn't find it. I gave up after I realized that it wasn't there anymore, most likely removed by Faust. I also realized that the small mattress in the corner was removed as well.
I sat in one corner of the room, curled into a ball, now hugging my legs, and started sobbing uncontrollably, letting all my emotions out in that corner.
I knew all I had to do now, was wait for the cops to find me, which wouldn't be easy in here.
Even then, all they had was my journal, it didn't even have my current location so even then, it's mostly useless to them.
I squeezed my legs tighter as I realized that even with the information in my journal it could still take months before I'm ever found or if I'm even still alive by then.
I could just feel the hope that I had before starting to fade away, as I knew I have little to no choices anymore.
