Carl & I

Chapter Twenty Lost

My eyelids fluttered as I awoke from whatever had just happened. I looked at my surroundings and none where recognizable. As I began to gain my senses back I realized that I was strapped to a bed. Metal locks held me firmly in place on an operating table and my eyes soaked with tears.

I looked for any kind of exit and I didn't see one. My shoulder didn't ache at all and I'm pretty sure I was stabbed. I turn my head looking at the area where I thought I had been stabbed. The only thing there was a cotton ball with a small bandaid over top. Those were what I got at the doctors when I got my shots.

"HELLO" I yelled loudly into the dark room. I could only see myself as there was one lamp lit over top of me. A tall dark man appeared in front of me and gave me a small smile.

"Hello, I've been waiting for you to wake up." he ran his fingers along my leg until nearly touching my private area.

"You can't run honey. They've all tried, but you can't run."

My heart pounded as the man walked towards me and released my restraints. He violently grabbed my hair and threw me into a very dark room.

I looked around for a moment in the dark room. I saw nothing but blackness until my vision began to adjust to the dark. There I saw two figures and I moved quickly back towards a wall.

"We won't hurt you. We're trapped here just like you are."

"Trapped, what do you mean trapped? What is this place?"

"They're cannibals. There was 15 of us, but now there is two and then you."

Cannibals. I'm going to be someone's dinner.

"I'm going to get out, and you're coming with me." I whispered to the other girls whom I couldn't see because it was too dark.

"I'm not leaving, I'd rather be eaten by a human than a dead thing."

My stomach twisted as the words entered my head. "But you have a chance to survive and you are throwing it all away?"

"I don't have anyone left out there, I can't survive on my own."

"You can come with me, we have a group that we are trying to find. You can be one of us."

I felt my cheeks soak with tears as I remembered that our group was long gone and there wasn't much hope in finding them. Suddenly I heard the door handle twist open and my heart began to sink.