Broken

Chapter Five

(A/N ) long-ish chapter for my readers because i haven't uploaded in such a long time, enjoy (i hope)

That night I slept rather well, despite my mother being dead, having to stay at this crappy orphanage with an over-bossy woman named Jane who for some reason shouts almost every word. The bed was comfy. Jane woke us up at exactly five AM.

"Wake up! Morning routine! You have ten minutes" she shouted then her voice disappeared. Somebody started shaking me softly and my eyes drifted back to the real world.

"C'mon wake up sleepy head, you don't want Jane to find you still sleeping when she gets back" I looked around, my vision still blurry so the room looked like a bunch of ghosts rising from their graves.

"What the heck is going on?" I asked with a hint of rage in my voice, I don't like waking up before seven, I like my sleep. Brianna sighed.

"I didn't tell you? Jane said we have to be up and about at five, we have to go outside now; and do something that requires us to move about, and trust me, you need it for what comes after" she said with an evil smile and ran off to the bathroom with a change of clothes. This was my life now huh.

I got my clothes and got to the bathroom; which was bigger than I expected it was this big hall divided into two rows, I guessed it was girls to one side and boys to the other. I walked to the girl's side and put on a black sweat pants and a blue hoodie over a black tank top. I took out my running shoes, my last gift from my mom before she died, she knew I love to run. I bit back burning tears behind my eyes, I miss my mom, I want her back. I took a deep breath and put on my shoes then ran outside just as Jane was dousing water on the unfortunate souls who decided to stay in bed. Brianna and Elliot had already left, how much time did I have? I didn't want to ask Jane, but how else would I know? I waked over to her.

"Um, Jane? How much time do we have till we have to come back??" She looked at me with those harsh eyes I had come to hate faster than most.

"You have two hours, now get out!" I swallowed back some curse words that I know would get me into trouble, I hated getting yelled at.

"Okay" I said as I ran out the door. I didn't want to be around people for my two hours, so I ran straight into the woods. Passing trees and smelling the fresh air was good, but the image of my mother was stuck behind my eyes, I could almost hear her sweet voice telling me she would be okay...mom you liar.

I could almost smell her hair, her hair that smelled of lavender. I remember hugging her. I remember telling her my problems. She was my best friend. Then it happened, for the first time in a week, I broke down. I fell to my knees. I've been running for almost twenty minutes, nobody would see or hear me. I shouted to nothing in particular.

"GIVE ME MY MOM BACK!" My neck lost power and I was sobbing. I hated it, nothing I did would bring her back, so why hope? Why think that if I walk to my old house I would find her sitting there in her bed reading a book? Why hope that the hospital would call and say that some kind of miracle had happened and she was alive? It wasn't going to happen. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as I wiped my tears away. I swallowed and stood up. I would be okay, I promised myself. I started running again, faster. Faster! FASTER! My breaths got shorter but I continued, the trees rushing past me as if they was running from something up ahead I should be running rom too. The place got darker, less sunlight seeped through the high canopy in waterfalls made of light. Then there was something different in the air, the scent of something that didn't belong in the forest, I didn't know what it was though. I needed some kind of excitement didn't I? of course I ran up to see what it was. After running for a few more minutes there it was, an old factory, around it was gravel, the windows were fine but dirty, vines ran up the wall making it look like a part of the forest, the door was standing strong and made of metal, I doubt that any animals would get into there, before I even made a step I decide that this was my place, away from everything. My feet moved on its own, one step at a time towards the place. I was slightly afraid, animas couldn't get in... but what about humans? What if there was an axe murderer in there? Waiting for a stupid teen girl to wonder in so he can kill her? Or what if this stupid teen girl was just afraid of her imagination? That's the thing about fear I discovered a while ago when I first slept in the hospital; the real monsters are inside our own heads, and not lurking in the shadows. So I walked on more confident, but I have seen enough horror. So just in case, I took up a rather big stick. I heaved it and walked up to the door. I tried pushing and pulling it but it wouldn't budge. The door was a stupid idea anyway, what kind of secret hideout uses a door? So I walked around to the side and saw a window big enough for me to fit through. Perfect. I hit it with the sick a few times and I head it shatter against the floor on the other side. I would need to clean that, and maybe the whole place, I would come back. I looked at my watch and I found that I was hear longer than I had thought, I only had about twenty minutes to be back. Running back felt good, I had a reason to wake up tomorrow, I had to make this place mine.

That morning Jane made breakfast. It would seem that she always makes breakfast, and that breakfast is the only thing she cooks because it's the easiest. After showering and putting on a long pants and a short sleeve shirt I sat on my bed and found a plate with plastic wrap over it and my name written in impressive cursive on a sticky note on it. Jane did this, I knew she did, looking around the room I found that on every bed there was a plate just like mine. I had a bit more respect for Jane now. That morning breakfast was an egg sandwich and orange juice. It was fulling. After breakfast Jane made us clean the place up and wash our dishes, fair enough. I ignored Elliot that day, I wanted no unneeded drama.

I talked to Brianna like normal. The day dragged on, Brianna taking every chance she gets to ditch me. I didn't want to lose the only person I could talk to normally hear with.

While I was sitting at a table outside close to the forest drawing, I caught this guy looking at me, his red bushy hair looked like it was on fire, his smile creeped from ear to ear as he looked at me. I got up and walked away. Guys meant trouble. I laid on the grass looking at the forest. What would I need? I took out a notepad and started jotting down items. A broom, a mop, a bucket, a machete, bug spray, gloves, garbage bags, a lot of paint, paint brushes.

"Interesting list" a voice said from over my shoulder and I jumped.

"What the hell?!" I asked as I caught my breath and made sure my heart didn't jump out of my chest, yup still there.

He put his hands up.

"Sorry, but who are you going to kill? If its Brianna can I help?" I looked at him puzzled then remembered my list.

"It's not as bad as it looks" I said looking at his grey eyes.

"But we could kill Jane if you want" he laughed. Yes! I'm funny.

"Nah don't kill Jane, she's a lot better than you think" he said.

"Are you serious? The screaming, mean, scary two face thing we call Jane is not as bad as I think?

He sighed.

"Keep hanging out with Brianna and you'll never like Jane"

"what do you have against Brianna?"

"I think you should find that out on your own, if I tell you then you would only get caught up in it worse."

I didn't like this guy.

"Okay, well I'm, going now"

"bye" he waved at me as I walked away without looking back.

That afternoon I stole the things I needed from the orphanage, the machete was a bit hard to find. I put all the things into one of the garbage bags and ran back into the forest, I don't think anybody saw me.

I pushed the bag into the window and climbed in, I used the light from my phone to look around, shelves, and convertor belts with a whole lot of nothing on all of them, a lot less cleaning to do.

Just as I got settled, a familiar voice came from the window.

"So this is what that list was"