Blood Moon Lake

Chapter 20

About a week passed and we were nowhere near escaping yet. We had a plan but no way to execute it, no one could figure out a way to get out of the cage, and if we can't figure that our the rest of the plan is useless. But through Ella's charm, she was able to figure out that seven out of the twenty people in Brian's cult disappear at night. Including our guard. She disappears exactly at seven-thirty and the next guard comes five minutes later. We also found out that another seven guards leave the base at night to search for any newcomers either in or around the town. So that only leaves us with eight guards to deal with if something does go wrong. We found a wire to what we think is one of the security cameras, so we plan on cutting that in hopes it might blow the whole system out or distract the person watching the cameras, so they don't notice us. Trying to figure out the guard's patrol pattern was a bust, we didn't get anywhere with that. Once we found a way out of the cage, all we need to do is cut the wire, make it to the exit, and then run as fast as we can to the exit of the town. All while avoiding Brian's guards stationed inside the greenhouse and hunting for more innocent victims outside the greenhouse. Sounds relatively easy... right? I let out an annoyed sigh. I think summer is now my least favorite season. This is not what I planned when I said I was going on vacation with my friends. Oh well, I mean we still get to hang out, right? It may be because we're in mortal danger but whatever, it's still quality time. Besides we can just bond more through our trauma, because you cannot tell me we won't come out of this traumatized. I know we will.

I sighed and looked up at the roof. The sun was starting to go down, it was probably almost time for dinner. Brian brought us our food around the same time every day. Two and a half hours later our guard disappears. I heard the sound of footsteps heading toward the cage and knew exactly who it was. Sitting up, I saw Brian standing there with a food tray and a smug grin on his face. "I was told to deliver a message," he grinned, "Some of you are going to be sacrificed tomorrow at midnight. The Master says some of you are suitable hosts." My face paled, this is bad! "Oh, and They also told me They're among you," Brian said, "I wonder who, I guess we'll find out tomorrow." With that, he placed down the tray and walked off. The cage was silent. No one spoke. No one moved. No one breathed. Because one of us was a traitor. One of us was responsible for what happened in the last eleven days. Someone was a liar and a murderer. But the question was who. Who would do that? Who would betray us? My brain was spinning, everyone here was trustworthy, right? No, the adults weren't they let the group they were with die. Leo wouldn't turn on us, but he did say he wouldn't keep around dead weight. My friends wouldn't stab me in the back, right? I've known them for seven years. But Ella wasn't always the nicest person, I've seen it for myself, Jack was certainly smart to be able to pull something like this off, and Anna she may be sweet but treat her wrong and she'll kill you. No! Don't think like that! That's probably what Brian wants! He wants us to be cautious of each other so we can't work together! He's probably lying. "Don't listen to him," I said breaking the silence, "He's probably lying and trying to get us to not trust each other." "But what if he isn't laying?" Anna asked, "What if he's telling the truth?" "Then we'll have to worry about that later," I told her, "He's going to sacrifice some of us, that's what we need to focus on right now."

"Okay," she nodded. "We need to find a way out of here," I stated, "So if anyone has been keeping some sort of secret that can help us, the time to share is now." I looked around the cage hoping for an answer, but no one said anything. I sighed, "Okay, well I have a backup plan, it's not the safest and I'm not sure if everyone will make it out be it might work." "Wait," Leo interrupted, "We might not need to do that." "Why not?" I asked, "It's not like we can get out of the cage ourselves." Leo grimaced, "Actually, we might be able to." "How?" I asked. "If someone can get me close enough, I'll be able to pit pocket Brian's keys," he said. "You can pit pocket!?" Ella shouted, "How come you didn't tell us this before!?" "Well, it's not exactly one of my best qualities," Leo muttered, "And I was hoping we'd find another way out." "But it'll work right?" Jack asked. "Hopefully," Leo replied, "I haven't done it in a while so I might be a little rusty but if I can get some practice in, I should be good to go." "Great!" I cheered, "But what are you going to practice with?" "A spoon should work," he said. "Who are you gonna practice with?" Anna asked. Leo glanced around the room, "Chase." "Why him?" Amelia asked. "Because," he replied, "He's the closest to Brian's size and I'll need him for my plan." "What's the plan?" Anna asked. "None of your business," he stated, "If Brian is telling the truth, then there's a traitor and if so I don't need them knowing the plan." "But what if Chase is the traitor?" she questioned. "Then we're screwed," Leo said, "But I'll be keeping an eye on him so if he is we don't need to worry about him being able to tell Brian." Finally reassured, Anna nodded. "When are you stealing the key?" Ella asked. Leo raised his eyebrow "Does it matter?" "Yeah," she replied, "How else will we know when we're escaping?" Leo rolled his eyes, "We're still escaping at night, that hasn't changed and as for when I get the key, I'll tell you when I have it." Ella narrowed her eyes in suspicion but dropped the subject.

"Once we get the key, we'll carry out the rest of the escape as planned," I said, "Sound good? Everyone nodded. We ate our food and talked until the guard disappeared. Then one by one, everyone started falling asleep. Once I was sure my friends had fallen asleep, I closed my eyes and let myself drift off. I opened my eyes and found myself standing in what looked like an apartment. It looked vaguely familiar but I couldn't remember where I had seen it before. Strange, I thought, what is this place? I exited the room I was in and went down the hall toward a larger room. Suddenly I heard voices. "They know too much!" A static voice growled, "We need to get rid of them!" "I know!" The other person replied, "I have a plan, everything will still work. All I need is time, then everything will be perfect." I quietly moved toward the voices and peeked around the corner. There were two human-shaped figures, but I couldn't see their faces. The figures were just blurry shapes and colors, but one seemed taller than the other. "What's the plan?" The static voice asked. "Well-" the other person was interrupted by the first. "Shh, someone else is here," the static hissed looking around. "I know you're there come out and we might spare you," it called. My eyes widened and I began to creep back to the room I woke up in. That was a mistake. "In the hall!" The static voice shouted. I took off sprinting, I ran into the room and slammed the door shut. Quickly locking the door, I frantically looked for something to barricade the door with. My eyes landed on the nightstand, I dashed over and pushed it in front of the door. My eyes tore around the room trying to find an escape but there were no windows, and the only door was the one I blocked. I was trapped. The only thing left was to hide or try and reason with these people. The only place to hide was under the bed. So, that option was off the table. Maybe, reasoning with them would work? I cautiously approached the door. I opened my mouth to speak, and an inky black spike tore through the door.

My eyes widened and I scrambled away from the door. Talking was not going to work! As I frantically scanned the room for some sort of weapon or shield, I could hear one of the people ripping apart the door. Quickly grabbing a lamp, I turned and hurled it at the first figure that entered the room. The lamp collided with its head and shattered. It let out a static hiss, it almost sounded like a broken radio. The figure lunged at me and- I woke up with a start. Looking around the cage, I saw that everyone was still asleep. I let out a shaky sigh. What was that? What in the world did my mind create? Dreams are just jumbled memories that your brain creates while it's processing what happened during the day, but it felt like I was in someone else's dream. It didn't feel like it was my dream, is that even possible? That also makes me wonder, whose dream was that? And what was going on!? It was like they were having a conversation with a real person. Well, maybe not a person. Normal people can't create spikes. I shook my head, maybe all of this demon stuff was messing with my head. It's been a crazy week, and I wouldn't be surprised if that mush Brian was giving us wasn't the healthiest. Maybe weird dreams are just a side effect of whatever was in that stuff. I wonder if I could ask anyone about it. Maybe they could tell me what the dream was all about. I mean I've always been told dreams have meanings, maybe this one has one too. Either that or it's a mash-up of memories, movies, and books. That seems more likely, but what movie have I seen that apartment in!? It looks so familiar. Maybe I could ask one of my friends, we normally watch movies together. I'm sure one of them will remember which one I'm talking about. Yeah, that's what I'll do. I yawned, I'll talk to them in the morning, once I've had a full night's sleep and we're all awake.

I found this on my computer keyboard! ᓚᘏᗢ I didn't know you could do that!