I hear the faint sound of footsteps, and I refuse to turn around, terrified of what I might see. I lay back down and lift the sheets over my head and suddenly wince in pain as I get a sharp jolt through my arm. The laughter has stopped and been replaced with humming, the scary kind of humming of a deranged person that you hear in scary movies.
My breathing started getting shaky and my palms got clammy and cold. All of a sudden it was eerily silent. I tried to focus my ears to hear the sound of anything moving, talking, or walking. Right when I pulled down there sheets just as crack, something started to shuffle across the floor. Quickly but as quietly as I could I pulled back up the blanket and wrapped it around my body tightly.
A shadow came over me as the shuffling ceased, and it felt like a long, matallic nail was being dragged lightly across the sheets. I held my breath and jumped slightly when the humming started right next to my ear and the thing started caressing my head.
A raspy voice said, "Don't be afraid of me sweetie, I only want to see you."
I sucked in my breath at the sound of the crusty voice next to my ear, I knew that there thing was smiling, I could hear it in its voice. Curiosity got the best of me as I remembered what the "nurse" said, about the Boss liking quiet girls.
I decided to play along, hoping that it would let me go. As innocently as I could I asked
"You promise you won't hurt me?"
The voice was quiet as if it was shocked that I said something. After a while it said,
"Of course I won't hurt you, but he will, the good part is Boss will only hurt you if you aren't being as good little girl."
I put on the most scared face I could muster, scared to see the person even though they said they wouldn't hurt me. When I finally gathered enough courage, I peeked out the covers. To my surprise it was a buff, tall man, with curly hair, and brown eyes. Not matching the voice or the look I thought he looked like in my head.
He smiled at me and asked if I was okay still in the raspy voice which some how didn't sound as scary as it was. I asked what this place was, and why I was there, he looked away sadly and said that he didn't know the answer to either of my questions.
He looked at my arm after I kept holding it while we spoke, asking why I kept grabbing it like it was a lost puppy. Before I got to answer, we both heard keys jangle and a series of what sounded like drunken curse words, while this was happening he told me to obey the Boss if I want to get out alive, and with that he ran back into the darkness.
After a while the door lock clicked and squeaked open. I could barely see the person standing in the doorway, but I knew it had to be the "Boss" as he bellowed down a deep, drunk laugh from the top of the stairs, and then yells,
" Janet!! Where is the pretty girl that came today??!!"
I recognized the voice of the "nurse" as she answered
"She is down there on the bed, but be careful her arm, and hip are bruised."
The stairs creak under his weight as he is starting to come down. My heart starts to flutter and skipped a few beats as I realize how big the "Boss" really is....
