Falling Apart

Chapter 14

"Clare? Clare is that you?" I heard a rough voice ask as I enter the main hall. "Over here." I looked to the left of me and began walking down it.

"Ragdoll's here?" A female voice asked.

"Everyone just forgets about me don't they." Jack grunted.

"Shut up." I said to him as I stepped on bars. "Where are those damn lights."

"They died with the Magician smart one." Jack replied.

"Ragdoll! Look down! Please." I looked towards my feet to see white hands gripping big bars.

"We'll I wasn't expecting that." I mumbled.

"Now where is Masky..." Jack trailed off heading further down the hall past me.

"You have to get out of here. Right now. This is all a trap and he will be here any second you need to run." Jane said quickly trying to reach up at me.

"I'll be fine. Are there keys or something?" I asked blindly looking around.

"Not exactly."

"What do you mean?"

"Over here! There's a lock on my door." Jeff said from next to me his hand skimming my arm.

"Alright." I said moving my hands around the bars until I found the lock. "Dranu would be a great help right now." I mumbled looking around.

"Who's that?" Jeff asked impatiently shaking the thick bars.

"You know, green skin." I said pulling the lock to know avail.

"Oh." Jeff said faltering in his movements.

"What did you do now?" I asked quietly just holding the lock in my hand now.

"He's dead. I killed him." Jeff admitted proudly and continued shaking the bars.

"You would do something like that." I laughed shaking my head.

"You know it." He said laughing.

"Ok enough of that talking shit and get us out of here if you won't get yourself out of here." Jane said annoyed. 

"Try your knife." Jeff said.

I pulled my knife from the ribbon on my dress and stuck the tip in the lock moving it around.

"It's to big." Jeff sighed.

"I guess I have to retrieve the key myself." I said taking my knife out of the lock.

"You can't. Just go. We'll be fine." Jeff stated.

"You still think I can't handle anything. How sexist." I scoffed.

"It's not that, I don't want you to get hurt."

"You still think I can get hurt!" I laughed.

"Because you can."

"Alright love birds cut it out." Jane groaned.

"I can handle it relax." I said to Jeff.

"Just don't get put in a cage like us, you're like our last chance." Jeff found my hand and intwined our fingers. "I don't think I can stand being in this cage much longer." I felt his breath on my face as his lips met mine through the iron bars.

"Alright." I whispered and let go of his hand walking down the hall to find Jack.

"And here she is." Masky said from my right.

"Finally." Hoodie grunted.

"Thanks guys." Jack mumbled from my right.

"Yeah yeah. Look he has Sally and Sally has the key in her teddy bear. All the keys. Slenderman is down to the right side of the entrance all the way at the end with white doors." Masky explained.