DARK WOODS CIRCUS | DWC Book 1

2. Part ~ "Metal"

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2. Part

I quietly looked them all up and down from afar, before I got harshly grabbed by the arm, and with feeling something cold, like metal, lock in around my wrists, I was instantly being pulled away deeper into the woods by two of the men that let me out.

Again, hearing growling noises coming from behind me as I was feeling watched, I turned my head to the side to see one of the people who were waiting for us to arrive.

I saw the blond guy quickly wave at everyone else, before he began walking after me.
Several men, that appeared way older than them, have walked behind each one of us, and I could see one of the men nod at the other one.

Pulling me towards the next couple of trees, leading us all farther into the woods, my wrists hurt as whatever was on them was way too tight.
I got tugged by the person who was holding the chains that were keeping me absolutely incapable of making my own steps, and I was forced to look forward.

Finally looking down a bit, trying to see whatever my wrists were in, I stopped walking for a moment, having what I'm seeing put me in sheer shock.

My fingers were gone.
They looked as if there was something animal- like attached to where the fingers should be, and it was hard to believe what I was seeing.

Now holding the urgent need to vomit, I was pushed towards a building I didn't notice until only now, feeling dizzier.

They threw me into a room with no windows, then they made the three people get in.

What did they do to me?

Finally, my sight landed on somebody I didn't notice earlier.

He had blue hair and a dark blue T-shirt.
He was taller than me.
He walked in before he gave a man a hateful look and walked closer to me.

They closed the door, leaving all five of us in the room.

I looked at each one of the people carefully.

First, there was a normal looking guy with blond hair maybe around my age, and a girl that looked similar to him.

Then there was the boy with blue hair, but there didn't yet seem to be anything else special about him.

The tall girl, who looked as if she was around 180 centimeters tall, had turquoise hair, and her left leg looked like an animal's.
I was staring for about two seconds before I could hear a guy's voice call me out:

"Hey!" It was the blond guy.

I looked at the ground and back at her.

Just for several more seconds we were just there, before I spoke up:
"Where are we?"

Most of them looked at me, giving me the attention and making me feel uncomfortable by it.
I could see the girl with the animal-like limb sit down on the ground, and everybody who was looking at me stood in silence.

The guy next to me growled a bit, and it hit me.

It sounded exactly like the growling I kept hearing before.

I stared at him before he looked at me. Feeling so uncomfortable under his gaze, I looked at each one of them except him.
I could hear a girl chuckle, and once my sight landed on her, she walked closer to me.

"I'm Rin," she smiled. She had blonde hair.
The boy who looks like her, almost as if they were twins, hissed.
"That's Len and we're twins."

"We're not really supposed to be talking to you..." I heard him say.

The girl stepped to him and leaned her back against the wall.
"We can at least introduce ourselves if we're gonna be together all the time," she said, more lightly than him.
"That's...-" she was trying to introduce someone else, but she was interrupted.

"I'm MIKU," the sound of the girl with turquoise hair echoed the whole room, making me very dizzy.
"Well, Miku... People here call me that. My real name sounds-"

"That's Miku, she got that," Rin answered.
"That's..." she looked at the only one whose name I have yet to find out about.

"Are you not allowed to talk to me?" I interrupted her, finally asking.

"We're not allowed to talk. Literally at all. So we don't, mostly. Between us, there's only basic communication and only when others are not around. We're not friends," I heard Len say. "You've already noticed your hand, right?"
I nodded.
"Have fun with that. They're gonna be here for you soon and-"

"Don't-" Rin stopped him.

Silence in the room, the entrance opened and I saw two men. One came to me as he grabbed my chains and led me out.