The Mysterious Life of Nina Eliot

Chapter # 5: The Chase

Sally noticed me with little care, leaning back on the corner wall of her cell partially dead. I fell to my knees and placed my hand onto my aching heart while breathing unsteadily, taking in multiple short breaths at a time and exhaling one long breath.

What I felt was a mixture of indescribable feelings. Laughing and crying at the same time could feel like the best feeling in the world, but in some situations, it may feel like the worst.

Mine however, were neither. My shirt was soaking in blood from my bleeding wrists and at that very moment, a hand held my shoulder softly.

I turned around to see who it was, and it turned out to be Mr. Norman. My eyes opened wide and I jumped up from the ground in dismay.

I tried to make a run for it but he held me back and said:-

" Fear not, I'm only here to help you."

I now understood what I felt.

Rage,

Hatred,

Depression, 

and Frustration.

I yelled at him from the top of my lungs angrily until my voice started hurting and eventually began fading away.

" LIES! ALL LIES! YOU DON'T WANT TO HELP ME! YOU WANT TO LOCK ME UP IN A CELL MERCILESSLY LIKE ALL THOSE INNOCENT CHILDREN! YOU WANT ME FOR YOUR POINTLESS REASONS, TO TORTURE ME, TO MAKE ME SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WHILE WISHING IT WAS TAKEN AWAY!

Until the very last drop of blood out of my body falls out. Until you could bury me into the ground. Maybe that's when I'll find peace..."

Mr. Norman stood there, with an uneasy expression written all over his face. The silent moment was broken off by a conversation between two people that were heading towards our way.

We both stared at each other, then Mr. Norman told me:

" Listen, that's Mrs. Victoria's voice so you'll either run away by yourself in this maze of torture and get killed or you can join me on the run towards the exit."

I knew I couldn't trust him, but what choice did I have? So I replied to him and said:

" What about Sally? We can't abandon her!"

" It's pointless to save her, she's practically dead!" He mentioned.

" I'm not leaving unless we save her!" I added.

The sound of Mrs. Victoria grew louder and became more clear. Mr. Norman then grabbed me by the arm and began running through the endless corridors. It seemed as if they would never end but I watched the way carefully, all until I noticed a differently set up room full of tools and mechanic devices.

I broke free from him and dashed into the room. I grabbed the first tool I saw which was a hammer. From that point, I headed back to Sally's cell and began smashing the lock in order to open the door and free her.

Suddenly, Victoria snatched me from the back and strangled my neck. I struggled to breathe as I moved left and right, trying to set myself free.

She then carefully whispered into my ear:

" Don't you think you've wandered around a bit too much dear? I hope you do realize that you're not getting out of here alive and I'll make sure of that, so don't you worry as I am a person of her word."

I stared at Sally and thought to myself that I wasn't going to give up, not on my life or Sally's. So I used my hammer and hit her face with it while using all the strength I had left in me.

Victoria fell onto the ground unconscious and Mr. Norman then came over from the corridor panting.

" How dare you run off like that?"

" Just hurry and carry Sally, we don't have much time." I said.

" Oh God! Mrs. Victoria! What did you do?!" He exclaimed.

Victoria looked horrifying while laying on the ground bleeding, with what seemed like a dislocated jaw.

" Just ignore her and go!" I yelled.

Mr. Norman picked up Sally and carried her on his back. We then left off into the corridors quickly.

We moved through the corridors for a long while, so I asked Mr. Norman if he actually knew the way to the exit.

" We're almost there." He replied.

We finally an elevator at the end of the hallway and rode it.

When the elevator door opened, I couldn't believe my eyes and my heart was pounding like never before. Victoria was standing there holding a mechanical saw machine, and an evil grin drew onto her face.

She moved slowly towards us. While I stepped backwards with fear, Mr. Norman stepped forward out of the elevator bravely and faced her after putting Sally down.

" You're not hurting these kids."  He said.

Victoria then turned the Machine on, laughed hysterically and...

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HEY GUYS! I hope you enjoyed the Chapter!  :) 

I didn't complete that last line because I wanted to give you guys a chance to guess what happens next. So feel free to comment and express your opinions!

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- Aseel