Blood Moon Lake

Chapter 21

When I woke up the next morning, I noticed Leo and Chase in the corner of the cage talking. Standing up, I walked over to where they were. As soon as they saw me, they immediately stopped talking. "What are you guys talking about?" I asked. "Nothing that concerns you," Leo replied. I glanced over at Chase for an answer, but he didn't say anything. "You're seriously not gonna tell me?" I asked in disbelief. "Nope," he replied, "We don't know if you're the traitor or not so we're not sharing the plan with anyone." Oh, that's what they were talking about. Do they think I would betray them? I mean it would make sense they don't know me that well and for all we know anyone is the traitor. "So, I'm guessing you guys don't want to be disturbed," I said. They both nodded. "Okay," I said, "I'll leave you to it." I went back over to where I was laying before and sat down. What do I do? No one else is up so I can't talk to anyone, and Chase and Leo don't want to be bothered. Maybe Jack or Anna will wake up soon and I can talk to one of them. Until then I guess I'll just have to wait. I sat there lost in thought, I wonder what is happening outside of here. People have to know we're missing by now. We've been gone for eleven days; I know at least my sister knows something is wrong. We text every day, she'd know something was off when I didn't reply. I wonder if anyone else got killed by those things. I hope not, I don't want this to happen to anyone else. I wonder how this even happened in the first place. Did someone summon the demons? Is there a way to send them back? Is there a way to kill them? Can you kill a demon? Oh wait, you need Holy Water to kill a demon. I wonder if there's a priest nearby.

I don't think I saw a church while we were driving to the hospital or while we were walking around. Dang it, guess we'll just have to find a way to send them back. Maybe we can find a book in the library about that type of stuff. Eh, we can worry about that later. Glancing around, I realized Anna had woken up and was coming over. "Morning," I greeted. "Morning," she smiled, "What are those two talking about?" "They're making their plan," I told her, "So we're not welcome over there." Anna frowned, "I don't get why they won't let us know what's going on." "Leo is just being cautious," I sighed, "As much as it sucks I get why he's doing it, just because we're not focusing on trying to figure out if there's a traitor doesn't mean we can't be weary." "True," Anna hummed, "It would be bad if there's a traitor and they knew the plan." I nodded in agreement, "If that happened, we'd be screwed." "Well we're screwed anyway," Jack said sitting down next to us. "How long have you been up?" I asked. "Not long," he replied, "I just figured I'd join the conversation." "Well too bad because we don't want to talk to you," I joked. "Yeah," Anna agreed joining in, "You smell." "Oh please," Jack snorted, "We all smell." "He has a point," I said. "Yeah, but you don't have to agree with him!" Anna exclaimed, "I smell wonderful!" Jack raised his eyebrows, "Sure." "Hey!" Anna shouted tackling him, "Take that back!" Jack yelped and tried to kick her off of him. I laughed as they rolled around on the floor, Jack trying to escape and Anna trying to make him take his words back. They wrestled around for a while until Anna finally got off of Jack after he apologized. "Dude, you lost to a girl," I snickered. "Shut up," Jack grumbled, "She has sharp teeth." I choked on my spit. "Anna did you bite him!?" I asked. Anna gave me a toothy grin, "Maybe." "Anna! You do not bite people!" I scolded. "Yeah, listen to Luke," Jack agreed rubbing his shoulder. "No," Anna said sticking her tongue out at us. I rolled my eyes, "You're so childish." "So are you," Anna argued.

"Well, at least I don't bite people!" I retorted. "Bitting people is a great method of defense," she replied. "But you weren't defending yourself," Jack pointed out. "It also works for an attack," she grinned. I sighed arguing with her was pointless, she's known for biting people during fights. Me scolding her won't do anything. "What if you have rabies?" Jack asked. "Then I'd be foaming at the mouth," Anna deadpanned. "That is true," I said. "Luke! You're supposed to be on my side!" Jack whined. "But it's a fact," I told him, "I'm not going to tell Anna she's wrong." Jack let out a frustrated groan, "I give up!" "Ha, Ha!" Anna shouted victoriously, "I win!" "Whatever," Jack mumbled, "I'll get you next time." "Sure, you will," I laughed. Jack shot me a glare and I just smiled. We continued to talk until Brian brought us our food. As soon as he approached, we went quiet and glanced at each other. Were Chase and Leo going to enact their plan? Nothing happened. Brian set the food inside the cage and walked off. Guess they aren't doing it quite yet. They only have two more chances, so I hope they know what they're doing. As we sat there and ate the mush, Amelia and Carmen came over. "Hey guys," Amelia greeted. "Hi," I replied, "How did you guys sleep?" "About as well as we could have on the concrete floor," she answered. "Fair enough," I hummed. "Are Chase and Leo planning?" Carmen asked glancing over to where his brother and Leo sat. "Yep," I confirmed, "You have any idea what the plan is?" Amelia and Carmen both shook their heads, "No, he won't tell us anything about it." "So literally no one knows anything about the plan that's going to help get us out of here?" Jack asked. "Basically," Amelia replied. "Dang," Anna whistled, "We better hope it works." "Yeah," Jack agreed. "I'm sure it'll be fine," I told them, "I think both of them are smart enough to know how not to get caught." Amelia nodded, "Yeah, those two could come up with a plan to get away with anything." "You make it sound like they're gonna commit crimes together," Jack said.

"I can't say I'd be surprised if they did," she confessed. "That's not concerning," I muttered. The conversation died off after that and we continued to eat our food in silence. After we finished eating, everyone drifted off to different parts of the cage to either talk or do something. Ella was still asleep, she normally slept till it was almost time for lunch. Honestly, I'm surprised she could sleep for so long on the hard concrete. I mean you get used to it after a while but it's still not very comfortable. We used to joke around and say she could sleep anywhere, I guess it's true. I wonder if she'd be able to sleep in the middle of a train track while a train was coming right at her. You'd think all the nose and shaking would wake her up, but she sleeps like the dead. It would probably just run her over. Why am I even thinking about this!? Intrusive thoughts are so strange. I continued to let my brain wander, while I waited for the time to pass. After sitting in a cage for eleven days with nothing to do, I was starting to get bored. If Leo's plan fails and we don't get out of here, I'm going to go stir-crazy. There is nothing to do! Heck, I would take a Rubix cube for entertainment at this point! Maybe I could make something out of the plastic spoons that we get with our food. I'm sure I could create a few people out of them, maybe a couple of houses. "Luke," someone said snapping their fingers in front of my face. I blinked back to the present and found Ella in front of me. "Yeah?" I asked. "What were you thinking about?" she asked. "Making people out of the plastic spoons we have," I told her. Ella snorted, "Seriously?" "Yeah," I nodded, "I'm bored. Wanna join?" Ella shook her head and smiled, "Sure, why not." "Yay!" I cheered, going over to where we stored the spoons and grabbing them. "How are we going to put them together?" she asked as we began to construct them. I shrugged, "Dunno, we'll figure it out when we get to that part." "Okay," she said.

We continued building until lunch came. "What are you guys doing?" Jack asked glancing around at all the broken spoons as we ate our lunch. "Making people," I told him. "Why?" he questioned. "Because we're bored," Ella replied, "You can join us if you want." "Sure," he said, "Why not." "Can I join too?" Anna asked. "Of course," I told her, "And Amelia, Carmen, you're welcome to join us if you want." "Thanks for the offer but I'll pass," Amelia declined. Carmen thought about it for a moment, "Maybe later." "Okay," I replied. After we had finished eating, Anna, Ella, Jack, and I continued to build. We ended up gluing the parts together with dried mush, once that stuff dried it was like cement. Once everything was all constructed, we sat there and stared at them. "So, what do we do now?" Ella asked. I shrugged, "I didn't think that far ahead." "Why were we saving the spoons in the first place?" Jack asked. "Were we saving them for the escape plan?" I asked. Ella shook her head, "No, we kept them in case Brian stopped giving us spoons." "Oh, okay," I said, "I got worried for a second." "Me too," Jack chuckled. "Can we play with them?" Anna asked, bringing us back to our question from earlier. "No, I am not playing with plastic spoons," Ella stated. "I will," Jack said. "Maybe," I told her. "Okay," she grinned. She and Jack started to make up a plot for their story and Ella went off to join Amelia, Carmen, and Chase. Are they done planning and practicing? I glanced around trying to find Leo, I saw him in a corner poking at his food bowl. I walked over to him and sat down, "Is something wrong?" "I took too long to eat it and now it's cement," Leo pouted. "Don't worry," I chuckled, "Dinner should be brought around soon." "I guess I'll just wait," he sighed. "So, you got the plan all figured out?" I asked. "Yep," Leo replied, "We'll be out of here by tonight." "Good," I smiled. I heard the sound of footsteps approaching, I looked back and saw Brian coming this way with the food.

Leo's eyes widened, "I'll be right back," he said standing up and walking toward Chase. Leo pulled Chase off to the side and began talking to him. As Brian got closer the two began to argue. When Brian got to the slot where he gives us the food, Chase shoved Leo into bars in front of Brian. "What is going on!?" Brian shouted. "The twerp needs to learn how to watch his mouth!" Chase growled. "I already knew that," Brian scoffed, "If you two can't get along then don't talk to each other. I don't need you two causing trouble." With that, he gave us our food, took the old dishes, and stalked off. "What was that!?" Ella shouted once he was out of sight. "The plan," Leo said. "How was that the plan!?" She asked. Leo held up a set of keys, "That's how." "How did you do that?" I asked in disbelief. "You just have to get close," Leo explained, "Then you can grab the stuff." "Well, it looks like we're escaping," I grinned.