Grey

23.

The cold breeze is what woke me up. The screaming is what got me to open up my eyes.

I shoot up just in time to see a girl who looked about twenty, being dragged away by a tall figure. I only managed to get a look at the back of him before he slammed the door shut behind him. Locking it. Wouldn't matter if he locked it or not I guess. My hands were tied to a metal pillar. And not just me. A girl who looked about my age, was tied to a rotting radiator. She was staring intensely at the locked door.

"Hey," I call, not breaking her stare. "Hey, where are we?"

She doesn't answer me. She just shakes in horror.

"Are you hurt?" I ask, making my voice sound more urgent.

Again, she doesn't answer.

"Hey!" I yell, making her finally snap out of it. "Are you hurt?"

She shakes her head, tears streaming down her face.

"I-I'm okay. But he's going to come b-back! H-He's going to kill us!"

"Nobodies dying. I won't let that happen." I say trying to calm her down.

"H-How? Last time I checked you were tied up to."

I tugged at the rope as she noted that.

"Yeah well, I got friends who are looking for me. They'll find us."

"They won't make it in time." She says, making her voice lower. "He's already killed two other people since I've been here."

"Killed? How do you know he's killing them?"

Right after I ask, we both snap our heads towards the door when we hear screaming from the other side of it. I cringe knowing it's the twenty year old.

After it dies down, I look to the girl.

"What's your name?"

She keeps her eyes glued to the ground but answers,

"Alyssa."

"Well Alyssa, I'm Bradlii. This probably won't make you feel better but we were trying to kill that thing out there."

"Thing? So you know it's not human?"

I sit up as much as I can now.

"Yeah- yeah I know. Do you have any idea what this thing is? Or at least what it looks like?"

She shakes her head.

"No, no I've never seen something like that before....it's ugly...horrifying."

"Can you describe it to me?"

"Slimy...fangs...I-It was a m-monster." She sobbed.

"Hey- hey it's okay. Alyssa," She looks up at me. "It's gonna be okay."

"H-How are you so calm? Like how are you not freaking out?"

"I'm just really good at acting." I wink. "Besides I have this."

I go to grab the knife that Dean had put in my boot for me but I found it wasn't there.

"Looking for this?" A snarly voice asks as the door opens.

I look up to see a bald, slimy creature holding my knife in his hand; dangling it in front of me.