The Chipenden Spook

Chapter 11: Trapped

As I began to awake, I saw Grimalkin's across from me, her hands bound by a chain that was tied to a wall. She was awake and staring at the floor, her face blank and empty of emotion. My hands were bound as well, so tightly it didn't seem possible to escape to easily. I looked about me, we were in a small simple room with no windows and only one door. After I noticed all my surroundings, I remembered why I was there.

Lukrasta! Alice! Me and Grimalkin need to help her, who knows what Lukrasta is planning to do with her?

"Grimalkin, we have to help Alice! Where's Lukrasta now? I said, trying to yank on the chains. At that Grimalkin continued to stare at the floor and was utterly silent.

"Grab one of your blades, maybe we can loosen the chains or something." I said, still frantically trying to get free somehow. But she just sat there and did nothing. What was wrong with her, was she okay?

"Grimalkin!" I whisper shouted. I was desperate to get away and save Alice, who knows how much time we had to help her. Finally she responded, but only through a deep sigh. I stared at her, waiting for her to say something, and when she did, I regretted ever trying to get her to talk.

"I don't have my weapons," she started, in a quiet whisper. "Lukrasta took them while we were out. When I came to consciousness, Alice was shaking me, desperate to wake me up. She told me that Lukrasta was going to drain her completely of power, and that she wouldn't survive." Grimalkin's voice got even quieter. "That's why she was so scared when she realized he was here."

I didn't say anything, everything was terrible. Why did it have to be this way? Alice and me were in a confusion of thoughts towards each other, but... I didn't want to loose her. I just could help feeling that way...

After a moment or so, I spoke to Grimalkin, confidence strong in my voice even though my head was telling me that this was going to be easier said then done.

"Well we have to get free and try to save her before Lukrasta is completely through with her-"

"We can't save Alice anymore. She woke me up hours ago. She's probably dead by now. There's nothing we can do," Grimalkin exclaimed, her voice rising steadily. "Lukrasta even came here for the Starblade, and guess what? He probably has that too..."

There was a few moments of silence, me being shocked at the idea of Alice being dead...

"Alice can't be dead, she can't be! We have to try and save her, she could be still alive-"

"Think, would you?" Grimalkin hissed. "What are the odds that she is still alive?" My heart dropped. Alice was probably dead, I guess my heart was just trying to make me believe the impossible.

"Well what do you expect us to do? Sit here waiting for Lukrasta to come back?"

"Neither of us have weapons, so as of now I don't see what else were supposed to do." She replied, pulling hastily on the chain to show it's strength. I lowered my gaze from Grimalkin. I thought hard, though the solution didn't come to me, and the future seemed glum.

"Your teeth! Use your teeth to bite through the chain! I exclaimed, but to my dismay turned her body and lifted her tied hands behind her back to tell me that the chain want long enough to reach her mouth. I was desperate to get free. If Alice really was dead, Lukrasta would be sorry. I would make him regret killing Alice... Regret severely...

My thoughts caused a wave of fury to wash through me, and I yanked and pulled on the chain, making it clatter, making it press up and bang against the wall. In doing so I herd a click. The screws that held the chain to the wall, they were loosening! I kept at that for a while, loosening the screws more and more, but actually making them unscrew completely seemed impossible. When I stopped and looked at Grimalkin, a smirk full of mischief plastered across her face.

"And I before we went out I think I vaguely remember Lukrasta enjoying Alice's sweet welcome back kiss..." She said with a hint of sarcasm.

Alice was forced to do that against her will, I knew that and so did Grimalkin, but just the thought of them kissing sent a wave of jealousy and anger through me.

I stood up angrily and yelled Grimalkin's name. It was then that I noticed, I was standing. I turned and looked back at the wall, the chain was torn from the screws. I looked back at Grimalkin.

"Or maybe Lukrasta was forcing her..." She said darkly, smiling and showing the pointed teeth within.

"Yeah, sure," I said, shrugging off my outrage. Grimalkin had planned to make me pull out the chain in anger, but how was she supposed to break free?

"Alright, so... What if you loosened the chain then tried to gnaw through it with your teeth? Unless you want to just break through the whole thing like me..."

She started tugging on the chain, and after a moment or two I tried to help her, and together we managed to pull the chain out enough so that she could just barley reach her mouth to it. After quite a few moments I became anxious. To my relief though, she finally managed to bite through them. She stood up by my side.

"Well, Spook, what do you recommend we do next?" She asked me. I knew the answer in no time at all.

We were going to get back Lukrasta. I wanted to get him back for putting Alice in such a bad position. Get him back for taking Alice away from me.

Get him back for making me angry.