Escape

I'm in a dark cavern and I can hear the distant rain pattering and dripping from the centuries old roof. I'm tied to a post with my hand clasped over my head and my arms hung above my head.

  Escape seems impossible as of now. I have tried to wrench my hands out of this chain but so far it isn't working. I can smell the fire getting closer as I hang. Closer and closer. The air is black with smoke and I can't breathe. It's making me very desperate. I can feel my pulse quickening. No matter what though I will not cry. I will not scream.

  That's what she wants me to do. She wants me to give up. She wants to see me break like a china tea pot. I don't know where she is but I know she can see me.

  I can't let her win! Even if I must die she will not win!

                            Chapter One

  Imagene shakes me awake.

  "What?!" I groan.

  "It's like 8:30 in the evening and you're late for the second interview!"

  "Interview?"

  "Yeah for the new professor. Remember you were randomly selected to hire a new history professor this year so the uppers don't have to."

  "Oh! I freaking missed one already!"

  "Yeah but it was some stupid human college student. At least thats what he said. The college part. He got lost between worlds and had to use the bathroom.""Wow, sounds like a run-of-the-mill human."

  "We checked him and he seemed fine. I had to transport him back to the human world. I guess he was like some human psychic probably was doing a spirit investigation and crossed that veil between worlds. The uppers were annoyed and had to send someone to fix it."

  "Interesting. What was the guys name?"

  "Ethan Summers."

  "Cute. Too bad he's human I might go for him."

  "I thought as much."

  "Whatever I better get to the stupid interview before the uppers find out."

  "See ya. Oh just a heads up but I heard that Alex AND Ken like you. I also heard that one of them is gonna ask you out today. I didn't hear when though.""Wow Ima you're such a gossip!"

  "Whatever. And Tina, Interview!!!"

  "Oh shit!!! Bye Ima!"Chapter Two

  "Hello I'm your interviewer Christina Hartrage. And you are?" I say with fake happiness.

 "Mr. Sanders Clifford. I'm here for the history interview." Says a man that looks around thirty and smells like a human.

  Duh! I think to myself. "Okay sir fill this out and I'll get back to you in a moment." I hand him a two inch stack of papers and turn to the next person with barely controlled boredom.

  "Hey Tina." A masculine voice purrs seductively.

  "Don't tell me you want to be the history professor!" I say teasing.

  "Nah, just wanted to see you."

  "Yeah right Ken. Seriously what's up?"

"I'm serious. I just wanted to see you."

 "Ha ha ha. And?"

  "Okay. I wanted to ask if you wanted to go out with me?"

  "Yeah. I would like that. Ha ha ha I'm getting off in about an hour. See you then?"