Kiss Me Deadly Peter Pan

Chapter 7: One of us

Not even an hour has passed...I'm still awake, dead hungry, dead tired but unable to fall asleep. I stare down at the fish on the plate...it smells really awful but I can't stop the killing urge to eat it..should I? I mean, I am really hungry. could they have poisoned it? Is this some kind of a trick? I pick up the fish in my hands and sniff it. It's cold now but smells fresh. I lean in to take a bite but my instincts kick in. NO! I'm not eating anything they give me! Who knows what could happen. Don't fall for it Rachel! I shove the fish through the cage and I hear it fall apart as it comes in contact with the ground. The burning desire to drink water is going to burn my throat soon. I sit back in the cage and try to listen to the calming noise of the birds...but there are non. Not even a nice melody. I quickly put my hands up to my ears as a hear the screeches of a crow. Ahh! I huddle in my knees and try to block out any sounds. I want to go home. I know home isn't anything special but at least it was comfortable. I picture mums face in my head...I miss you :( why couldn't you just stay? It's been years and I still haven't gotten over your death. I know you believed in fairy tails...and in Peter Pan...but I thought of a totally different thing. This isn't anything like what J.M Barrie wrote. It's all wrong. He got it all wrong. What happened to this place? Where are the mermaids? The sunshine? The fairies? The sweet lost boys that just miss their parents and want someone to care for them? And Peter Pan...well...I don't even want to think about it. I just feel so lost. Maybe this is a sign that I should give up...No Rachel don't think like that. It's pointless thinking like this. And anyhow-

"Ohh that was a close one!" A voice yells out. I quickly turn my head around to see pan leaning against a tree with his arms folded while looking up at me from a distance.

"And what do you mean by that?" I question and roll my eyes. He grins and walks towards the cage. I turn away but look again. He's gone.

"Figure that out for yourself" he whispers close to me like I can hear him right next to my ear, only, I can't see him anywhere. About 20 minutes later, still no sign of him. Well good!

"Yeah...like I care, I don't want to talk to talk him. Infact, I would rather die in this cage then to have to talk to any of these assholes. "I whisper to myself and lean against the cage side closest to the tree.

"Is that so?" Pan chuckles. Ahhh Woah! What? I panic and rise up hitting my head on the roof of the cage. Oww!! I scream a little inside as he appears right next to my face on the other side of the cage. Jerk!

"Don't do that!" I snap at him.

"Ohh did I scare you?" He sheeply asks.

"No!" I yell. "And how everrr did you get up here anyway?"

"Take a wild guess"

The cage suddenly shakes as he flies up and sits on the top. I hold onto the bars so I don't get shaken around. Yeah yeah I get that he can fly, clearly he doesn't know the meaning of sarcasm. He shakes it a little on purpose and I hold on even tighter. What the hell is he doing? He flies down infront of me and sits cross legged in the air.

"Your still awake I see" he says. Wow what a good observation! Bravo bravo!

"Good observation!...and I won't ever be falling asleep while I'm in this cage!" I snap at him.

"Well, we can't have you trying to escape now"

"But why? It's not like I can go anywhere, the only way out of here is through the second star"

"Good observation! you know your never land well" he grins.

"Not well enough" I hissed under my breath.

"You know if you want to go home, you can always tell me where that jewel is"

"Don't start that again" I say. "I told you a million times that I have no idea what your talking about ok"

"...hmm, perhaps I do have the wrong girl" he says. Finally!

"Yeah you do so let me go" I say. I study his face, he looks away, deep in thought, I can see him gritting his teeth and clenching his fists.

"Why do you think I have it anyway? And why do you even want it?"

"...that my dear, is classified" he says and puts his face close to mine.

"Get lost" I hiss.

"Oh why so annoyed Rachel? " he chuckles.

"Jee I don't know!" I snap sarcastically.

"Fare enough" he smiles and hovers his way over to the cage door and magically makes the rope disappear. What?? Seriously?

"Your letting me go?" I ask in disbelief. Why would he do that? Is this another one of his tricks?

"Since you don't want to stay here, you can go" he smiles nicely. No...he's up to something. I squint my eyes and he laughs.

"Do what you please lost girl, since your one of us now" he says. One of us? I ain't one of them! I look up and he's gone....I stare at the open cage in front of me. Do you think I should? No! Don't do it, you'll regret it. I decide not to and sit and just stare out into the forest. I pass the time by picking the bark off the bars of the cage but my eyes keep wandering out.

"No your not going!" I yell at myself. Ohh but I'm so hungry! And thirsty! ... I definitely know I shouldn't, I'm telling myself not to but something is fighting against it. This might be my only chance at escaping...then again, he could be waiting for me on the ground below. Either way I'm not getting off this island. They'll just capture me again. But maybe I can find some water of food...curiously gets the better of me......I take hold of the bars and climb up to the top of the cage and hold onto the rope. I start to swing and grab hold of the tree infront of me and start to climb down. Ok Rachel, easy now. It's not so bad, just don't look down...yeah you looked down didn't you! Ahhh! I let go but quickly grab onto a long tree branch before I hit the ground. Ahh no I don't wanna die!! My hands are slipping and I let go but my legs hit the ground in 1 cm. Ohhhh, haha whoops, silly me. I stand up and brush the dirt from my jeans. I look up at the cage...well I can't climb that tree...so I guess it's too late to turn back now

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Authors Note:

Thanks for 1k! I'll be updating More now as a school break is starting soon. Do you guys think Rachel made the right decision? And what's Pan up to? Keep reading to find out. Vote and Comment below <3