THE SCAR THAT NEVER BLED

|THE BANDANA|

MARLIYN POV

NOVEMBER 23TH 8:07PM
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I STARED AT MY SHAKY BLOODY FINGER TIPS WITH MY WAILING EYES,BLOOD WAS LEAKING OUT FROM THEM AS I KEPT DIGGING. I TRIED MY BEST NOT TO CRY AND SOB,I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT BUT IT STUNG AND ACHED SO BAD THAT I COULDN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE. I GOT FRUSTRATED AND PUNCHED A RANDOM WALL. WELL THAT WASN'T SMART BECAUSE IT MADE THE SORENESS EVEN WORSE. I GROANED OUT HOLDING MY FIST.I COULD SEE THE SKIN PEELING AND THE SCRAPES.I SUDDENLY HEARD SOMETHING CRUMBLE AND THE LEFTOVERS DISINTEGRATE TO THE FLOOR.

I LOOKED UP AT THE WALL I JUST PUNCHED AND IT HAD A SLIGHT SHATTER IN IT WITH THE WALL PAINT CRUMBLING OFF .

I PUT MY HAND TO IT, PRESSING AGAINST THE WALL, IT FELT CHALKY,SOFT AND A BIT SPONGY.I BANGED ON IT A FEW TIMES. THE PAINT CRUMBLING OFF LIKE NEW. IF THE WALL CRUMPLED IN LIKE THAT THE WALL HAD TO BE RECENTLY PAVED

I THEN REALIZED THE HOLE I JUST DISENTOMB WASN'T COVERED BY ANYTHING. IF THE GRABBER SEES THAT THE GROUND HAD BEEN DUG UP I'LL SURE BE DEAD. I TURNED AROUND ANALYZING WHAT WAS AROUND ME. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THE RUGS. I RAN OVER, GOD KNOWS WHEN THE GRABBER WILL COME DOWN . I GRABBED A LIGHT GRAY ONE TO MATCH THE SHADE OF THE FLOOR. I UNROLLED IT AND PLACED IT OVER THE CRATER.
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IT BEEN THREE HOURS SINCE AND HONESTLY I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME HAS PASSED SINCE IT COULD HAVE BEEN 15 MINUTES, 5 HOURS OR 30 SECONDS SINCE.ITS BEEN SO HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF TIME WHILE DOWN HERE, LOOKING AT THE SAME DILAPIDATED, MOTH EATEN WALLS FOR WHAT FELT LIKE FOREVER.

THE THOUGHT THAT ALWAYS CAME TO MY MIND WAS.WHEN WAS THE GRABBER GOING TO KILL ME?.WAS HE GONNA POISON ME? WAS HE GONNA KILL ME IN MY SLEEP? THERE'S SO MANY WAS.I MEAN I HATED LIFE AND ALL BUT I DIDN'T WANNA DIE. THERE'S JUST SO LITTLE OF LIFE I'VE SEEN.THE TIME ME AND ROBIN RAN AWAY TOGETHER. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE MATTRESS FACING THE STORM DOOR.MY STOMACH RUMBLED, MY STOMACH HAVE BEEN HURTING SINCE THIS MORNING. I HAVEN'T EATEN ANYTHING, I MEAN HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME ANYTHING. MAYBE THIS IS IT, MAYBE HE WAS GONNA STARVE ME OUT, MAYBE THAT WAS THE WAY I WAS GONNA GO OUT. I FELT MY HEART DROP AND MY THROAT TIGHTEN. TEARS RUSHED OUT FROM THE DUCTS AND POURED OUT AGAINST MY CHEEKS.

'IM NOT GETTING OUT OF HERE, IM NOT GETTING OUT OF HERE'

I THOUGHT TO MY SELF. A SHAKE CAME ACROSS MY NERVES AND I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T BREATHE.

SUDDENLY...

THAT DAMN RING CAME FROM THE PHONE AGAIN. I TURNED AROUND AT IT, I WAS CONVINCED I WAS GOING CRAZY, I REMEMBER BELLA TELLING ME SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THE GRABBER HEARS THE PHONE TO BUT HE DOESN'T WANNA BELIEVE IT. MAYBE HE'S AS CRAZY AS I AM.

I GET UP, WIPED MY EYES AND WALK OVER TO THE PHONE, I PICK UP THE RECEIVER AND LISTEN TO IT.

"HELLO?"

"HELLO? IS SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THERE?" I CALL OUT INTO THE SPEAKER

"You don't have much time.he thinks this might be it, that he's gonna figure it out" A boy called out

"Who's gonna figure it out?"

"His brother upstairs" he suddenly starts laughing

"what's he doing?"