Split: Beginnings

Chapter 6

Charlie

Vicky had gone the way Lily told her and near some water on a beautiful clear grassy area there it was. 

Vicky breathed out a sigh of relief as she approached the ruin of the abbey; she crossed her fingers in hope that Jane would be somewhere in amongst the old stone walls. 

She stopped at the entrance terrified, its just like those games Jane made her play. Looking up at the abbey she really did understand why Jane wanted to come here, it was beautiful old mossy stone reaching up so high, large arched holes in walls where windows would have been and gorgeous art carved into the stone. 

Vicky edged forward into the great ruins not a soul insight, she felt braver and took a full step in;  

at that moment a sharp pain ran through Vicky's body from her neck; as she fell to the ground the bright grass and ruin all turned black. 

Vicky slowly woke to see a pair of what looked like combat boots coming towards her,  

"You awake?" A loud stern female voice called out to her.  

Vicky mustered the strength to sit up and nod,  

"Good!" The voice said still sounding quite stern but less tense. 

She looked up to see a pretty girl about a year or two older than her, she was tall easily as tall as jane and had perfect posture with arms behind her in a military fashion, the girl had wavy blonde hilighted wavy hair tied up in a tight pony tail. She wore camo gear and no makeup but was really pretty natural. 

"Where am I?" Vicky asked quite perplexed.  

The girl replied instantly "that can wait for now, there's one more person I need to get wait here!" 

Vicky, not wanting to get on the bad side of her nodded and watched as she left the dark room. 

Looking around she noticed there seemed to be another person on the ground led there not moving at all, Vicky slowly made her way over to the person and gave them a small jab in the side. 

"AAAAAREEEEGH" screamed the girl on the floor as she instantly sat up. 

"JANE!" shouted Vicky as she pulled her into a hug, she let go,  

"What's going on?" Asked Vicky relieved and scared at the same time.  

Jane paused for a moment before replying. 

"I..I'm honestly not sure, but I don't trust her that's why I was faking still being asleep, she didn't try to wake me so...." She trailed off. 

"We need to get OUT" Vicky said hurriedly. 

".....I have a plan!" Exclaimed Jane triumphantly.  

They discussed fur a while and Jane went back to pretending to sleep but with something else in hand...

The girl opened the door to the room and walked over to Vicky with a boy over her shoulder, he looked about 2-3 inches taller than Vicky 'yay another short person' she thought as he was placed in front of her. Vicky looked up at the tall army girl as Jane snuck up behind her with a metal pole that was lying on the ground nearby.  

*SMACK* she fell to the ground holding her head, Jane was strong, but still she wasn't unconscious, Jane grabbed the boy and they ran to the door but it was locked.  

"Damn it!" Jane shouted  

The girl Jane hit stood back up slightly staggering and faced them. 

"Oh damn it...." Jane sighed  

She looked up with a stern face, Vicky was shaking, terrified, she was not good with this sort of thing.  

The army girls expression changed as she looked at them, 

"P..please don't be afraid, l...let me explain..." She trailed off still gripping the back of her head. 

"Please.....trust me!" 

Jane hesitated before putting the boy down and replying, 

"W... What could you do to make us believe we can trust you!"

"Well.... I didn't lock the door..." 

"Wh...wha-" Vicky was cut off  

"You saw me come in with the boy how could I have locked it!" She exclaimed.  

Vicky turned to Jane  

"She's right I watched her walk in and she didn't touch the lock..." 

"Fine since it seems we are stuck, please, explain what's going on but start with who you are, no lying!" Jane told the girl in camo.

They sat in a circle waiting for the boy to wake, after about 5 minutes his eyes slowly opened and he looked up at them, confused and scared. Jane spoke first.  

"Please stay calm, everything is going to be explained, we woke up here just like you. I'm Jane North, this is Vicky West, we're 14... and... well I'll let 'her' tell you who she is, what's your name?"  

He looked up at Jane scared but he soon calmed down, sat up and introduced himself, 

"I'm Cam Mulvihill 14, 15 next month, what's going on?"  

Jane and Vicky both turned to the girl sat in front of them, head hung in shame. She rose her head with, her face slightly softened from before. 

"I'm Charlie Fogarty, 15, I'll explain everything. Two days ago I had a strange dream, I saw all of you... your faces, where and when you were going to be at this abbey. I also heard a voice telling me,

'gather the gaurdians, beware of the holy, beware of the sinners',

it repeated it over and over, then I woke up in this room."  

Charlie seemed like she was about to cry, but she composed herself and carried on.  

"That night I had gone to sleep next to my army cadet friends at our summer camp, looking forward to our training the next day. I decided it was all just a bad dream and decided to sleep it off, when I woke I was still here and I looked over to see you there, Jane, I was shocked because you were one of the people in my dream."  

Jane looked at her confused  

"So you didn't take me? You were just like us?"  

Charlie nodded slowly.  

"I looked at the clock over there" she pointed at it and it was now stuck on the time it was when she brought Cam in. 

"I suddenly felt like I had to go to the entrance of the abbey, but I didn't even know where I or it was! But... I knew exactly where I was if the makes sense... I saw you, Vicky, in the distance so I hid, but I don't know why. As you walked through the entrance my arm reached out and quickly hit the back of your neck I was scared. Although I knew that I was supposed to carry you to where Jane was. The same happened with Cam.... I.. I'm sorry" she managed to stutter out her last few words before putting her head in her hands sobbing slightly.

'What on earth is going on!' Thought Jane