{ONE NIGHT}

*Seven*

{I want to go home}

maliea's pov

Monday, September 5, 9 am [Basement]

My eyes flutter open, where the fuck am I? After yesterday's lake incident, I went home on the edge. I didn't have time to think about it though, I needed to babysit some local children in the neighborhood for a few hours. On the walk there, I kept looking around at my surroundings. Already frightened, I called Finney on the walk there, he answered and made me feel a lot better. I had shown him the house I would be at so he would know where I was, then hung up in a hurry... As I got closer to home, I knew something was wrong. 

The house the "mother" had given me to go to looked abandoned, the windows were bordered up with wood, and the doorbell was busted open. She was paying me good money anyway, so fuck it. I walked up to the door and rang the doorbell.

 A man answered the door with a weird grin on his face. "Hello-" Next minute, I was out. The next moment I woke up on a mattress, in a dirty ass basement, with no windows, just one vent on a ledge. I checked my pockets for my phone, this man took my phone!?  Suddenly the door slammed open as I backed away further. A man entered, "Oh my god. . ." I whispered, I felt sick.

 It felt as if my breath just vanished. I was breathing heavily and as if, gasping for air. I took a deep breath to try and stop gasping for air. "Who-who are you?" I asked, stumbling over my words. "I'm not going to hurt you... " He walked slowly towards me, brushing a strand of hair away from my face. "Your friends are worried about you.." He threw my phone onto the mattress. I took it quickly and scrolled through millions of text messages from Finney, Mya, Dimitri, and Savannah, all asking if I was okay and where I was. 

I tried texting them my location but the masked man took my phone before I could. "I'll be back later with food." "I ain't eating that shit, that probably has poison in it," I mumbled to myself. "Hm?" He turned back around. "Huh? Sorry, I was talking to myself." I shrugged laying back on the mattress... Thinking of a way out. Suddenly I stared off into a corner, where a book was placed. I had gotten off the mattress and slowly walked toward it. As I got closer I observed the book was old and torn up. Picking it up straight away the book opened, flipping through pages until it landed on a specific blank page. In a moment, bright red ink appeared on the page. Words and more words started to form. "You need to escape before he kills you too.." Stunned, I try to think of a way to write back. "I was killed by this man, I was like you. I tried to figure out a way to escape, but it was too late. You need to outsmart this monster, escape for the people who couldn't.." I immediately closed the book, looking up at the vent on the ledge. 

I miss Finney and Gwen.. and the crew... Mostly Savannah and Amaiyah... I wanna go home. The door swung open coming face to face again with the masked man holding a tray of food. "You're never gonna get out of here." He slammed the tray onto the floor. I gave him a slide smirk. "Yeah okay." I fake pouted. Tightly closing the door he went. Then, I glanced over once more at the vent. A smirk started to form on my face just thinking of escaping. I realized something, 

I'm gonna escape. For Finney. The next few days were awful, I tried escaping through the vent, only to be brought back and tortured.